New Raspberry Pi firmware & XBMC Frodo RC3

[Koenkk]

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Hi all,

The new raspberry pi firmware is again a huge improvement. It fixes the grey block(s) in the video when forwarding/skipping in a movie. It also solves the XVID playback issues that happend in XBMC RC2 & RC3. In my case it also improved the playback and overall performance (I can now finally stream 1080p from samba over wifi without hiccups & more overclocking )

NOTE: Advanced users only!

To install
SSH into your pi and execute the following commands:

Code:

sudo su         #default password = 'raspberry'
apt-get update
apt-get install libcurl3
/etc/init.d/xbmc stop
cd /opt
rm -rf xbian
git clone -b xbian-alpha5 git://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian.git
cd xbian
git reset --hard cf71d5f9af56e0593cd9cbc41a99c2cf2aa3c8dc
rm  boot/config.txt boot/cmdline.txt
rm -rf /boot.OLD
mkdir /boot.OLD
cp -R /boot/* /boot.OLD
rm -rf /opt/vc.OLD
mv /opt/vc /opt/vc.OLD
rm -rf /usr/local/share/xbmc.OLD
mv /usr/local/share/xbmc /usr/local/share/xbmc.OLD
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/xbmc.OLD
mv /usr/local/lib/xbmc /usr/local/lib/xbmc.OLD
cp -R boot/*  /boot
cp -R opt/vc /opt
cp -R usr/local/lib/xbmc /usr/local/lib/xbmc
cp -R usr/local/share/xbmc /usr/local/share/xbmc
chmod +x /usr/local/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin
mv /lib/modules/3.6.11+ /lib/modules/3.6.11+.OLD
cp -R lib/modules/3.6.11+ /lib/modules/
reboot

To restore
If you don't like the new firmware & XBMC restore using the following commands.

Code:

sudo su         #default password = 'raspberry'
/etc/init.d/xbmc stop
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/xbmc
rm -rf /usr/local/share/xbmc
mv /usr/local/share/xbmc.OLD /usr/local/share/xbmc
mv /usr/local/lib/xbmc.OLD /usr/local/lib/xbmc
rm -rf /boot
mv /boot.OLD /boot
rm -rf /opt/vc
mv /opt/vc.OLD /opt/vc
rm -rf /lib/modules/3.6.11+
mv /lib/modules/3.6.11+.OLD /lib/modules/3.6.11+
reboot

Please leave your feedback, finding & suggestions here! Thanks!

[kobazik]

Updating now. Gonna do some testing

[Koenkk]

(7th Jan, 2013 05:38 AM)Trekster Wrote:  At

rm boot/kernel3_2_27.img boot/kernel3_6_1.img boot/kernel3_6_7.img

i'm getting permission denied..am i doing something wrong?((probably!))

Are you sure you executed

Code:

sudo su

, you should see root@xbian in front of every command.

[Trekster]

(7th Jan, 2013 05:40 AM)Koenkk Wrote:  

(7th Jan, 2013 05:38 AM)Trekster Wrote:  At

rm boot/kernel3_2_27.img boot/kernel3_6_1.img boot/kernel3_6_7.img

i'm getting permission denied..am i doing something wrong?((probably!))

Are you sure you executed

Code:

sudo su

, you should see root@xbian in front of every command.

I was root, it was my own fault didn't copy the entire line it would seem!

[CurlyMo]

@Koenkk, you forgot you also need the new kernel

[Trekster]

Worked...it is a joy to be able to forward and rewind without the mess!

on a different note how do i check the firmware version of my rPi?

[CurlyMo]

Code:

vcgencmd version

It should say:

Terminal

Dec 27 2012 17:49:29
Copyright © 2012 Broadcom
version 359888 (release)

[Trekster]

(7th Jan, 2013 05:49 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  

Code:

vcgencmd version

It should say:

Terminal

Dec 27 2012 17:49:29
Copyright © 2012 Broadcom
version 359888 (release)

It does indeed, thank you!

[raspberry_pd]

But can it leap tall buildings in a single bound?

[Trekster]

(7th Jan, 2013 05:52 AM)raspberry_pd Wrote:  But can it leap tall buildings in a single bound?

I believe it can

[networkpadawan]

Hi, i tried to upgrade xbmc but when i try to start xbmc i get
failed to open vchiq instance

and when i try to see the version i get:
root@quarto:/home/xbian# vcgencmd version
VCHI initialization failed

any ideas?
thks

[CurlyMo]

Did you reboot?

[networkpadawan]

yes i did

[CurlyMo]

Try

Code:

ldconfig
depmod -a

[networkpadawan]

commands entered ok, without errors

but the same problem persists