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nharris
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:43 am |
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Ozdemon wrote: How do you switch into and out of xbmc in R6? I just exit the frontend and run xbmc from a shell. But, you will need to add a menu option to your xml file if you want to do it via remote from the frontend.
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:09 am |
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Joined: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:39 pm
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I just tried to download xbmc. I got the following error message:
Code: error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) libmikmod: /usr/info/dir exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Can anyone suggest a workaround?
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Daved
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:27 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:37 pm
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Ozdemon wrote: I just tried to download xbmc. I got the following error message: Code: error: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) libmikmod: /usr/info/dir exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Can anyone suggest a workaround? Code: rm /usr/info/dir
Worked for me
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:30 pm |
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Daved wrote: Code: rm /usr/info/dir
Worked for me
Thanks, I will give it a try. ![Idea :idea:](./images/smilies/icon_idea.gif)
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nharris
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:32 pm |
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Daved wrote: Code: rm /usr/info/dir
Worked for me Or try Code: pacman -Sf xbmc-svn
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:03 am |
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Daved wrote: Code: rm /usr/info/dir
Worked for me
Worked for me too! Thanks. (I actually read the file and it was just info).
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nharris
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:44 pm |
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An updated package has been pushed. Do a "pacman -Syu" to update. It seems to be running smoothly on my test system.
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graysky
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:01 pm |
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@nharris - is this the package in the AUR?
EDIT: nevermind...
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nharris
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:46 am |
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Updated xbmc-svn package available. The Arch xbmc maintainers claim that this one is very good/stable. Since xbmc is headed for a release real soon, this is probably a good one to try out.
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RacerX
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:14 pm |
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On R6 01.00 to get the XBMC package to work
Code: rm /usr/info/dir Code: pacman -S xbmc-svn Now that R6 works with my Snapstream Firefly remote out of the box ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif) , it would be super if the remote also just worked with XBMC. R6 Code: /usr/Mythvantage/templates/remotes/snapstream_firefly/lircrc-snapstrm.txt XBMC - Edited this file using the Mythvantage Template as an guide to create a snapstream firefly remote. Code: /usr/share/xbmc/system/Lircmap.xml I'm not clear what is required for sharing Lirc - XBMC-XML and R6-txt Code: /etc/Lircrc
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graysky
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:45 am |
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RacerX
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:45 am |
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Graysky
So far I have not yet found answer about how share xml data with txt. However, I did come across this script which gets at the broader thought between XBMC and Mythfrontend (ie sharing the remote).
http://code.google.com/p/yatvgrabber/wiki/XbmcMythtvRemote
Code: Details
* add this to ~/.lircrc
include ~/.lirc/irexec
* create or add/modify this file ~/.lirc/irexec
begin prog = irexec button = LiveTV config = ~/scripts/appswitch.pl end
* create this script file ~/scripts/appswitch.pl and make it executable
#!/usr/bin/perl -w ############################################################################################################################### ## Name: appswitch.pl ## ## Purpose: Executed by irexec this script will cycle between mythtv and xbmc using a single button. ## ## (C)opyright 2008 Arksoft. ## ## Author: Arkay ## ## Ver 1.0: 4-08-2008. Initial version. ## ############################################################################################################################### # Require and Use Clauses. ###############################################################################################################################
use strict; #Keeps code neat. use Getopt::Std; #Getopt module for option preprocessing. use vars qw/ $opt_d $opt_h /; #Option Processing vars. use POSIX qw(strftime); #Time routine we need.
############################################################################################################################### # Prototype definitions ###############################################################################################################################
sub logmsg(@); #Message logger so we can track what's been going on. sub process_opts(); #Option processing.. Nothing exiting for this script. sub do_command($); #Execute a shell command for lazy perl programmers :) sub check_proc($); #Check if a process is running. sub startproc($);
############################################################################################################################### # Constant Definitions. ###############################################################################################################################
my ($TRUE) = 1; my ($FALSE) = 0;
############################################################################################################################### # Global vars, paths, commands to call. ###############################################################################################################################
my ($LOG) = "~/scripts/appswitch.log"; #Log location. my ($LOGSIZE) = 1024; #Maximum log size in kbytes, self pruning. my ($DEBUG) = $FALSE; #Debugging default is off. my ($BASENAME) = $0; #How was the program called?
my ($MYTHTV)="/usr/bin/mythfrontend"; #Process name to start my ($XBMC)="/usr/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin -fs"; #Process name to start my ($KMYTHTV)="mythfrontend.real"; #Process name to use with killall my ($KXBMC)="xbmc.bin"; #Process name to use with killall my ($KMPLAYER)="mplayer"; #Also kill any external players my ($KILLALL)="/usr/bin/killall"; #kill command. my ($AUDIOHACK)="/usr/bin/iecset audio on"; #Shitty Alsa hack with intel HDA
############################################################################################################################### # The Mainline. ############################################################################################################################### MAIN: { my ($command); process_opts();
logmsg "$BASENAME started : PID($$)";
my ($myth)=check_proc($MYTHTV); my ($xbmc)=check_proc($XBMC);
SWITCH: { if (($myth == $TRUE ) && ($xbmc == $TRUE)) { logmsg "Killing $XBMC and $MYTHTV"; $command="$KILLALL $KMYTHTV"; do_command($command); $command="$KILLALL $KMPLAYER"; do_command($command); $command="$KILLALL $KXBMC"; do_command($command); sleep(2);
$myth=check_proc($MYTHTV); if ($myth == $TRUE) { logmsg "Killing $MYTHTV (forced)"; $command="$KILLALL -9 $KMYTHTV"; do_command($command); $command="$KILLALL -9 $KMPLAYER"; do_command($command); }
$xbmc=check_proc($XBMC); if ($xbmc == $TRUE) { logmsg "Killing $XBMC (forced)"; $command="$KILLALL -9 $KXBMC"; do_command($command); } do_command($AUDIOHACK); startproc("export XBMC_PLATFORM_MODE=1 ; $XBMC"); last SWITCH; } if ($myth == $TRUE) { logmsg "Killing $MYTHTV"; $command="$KILLALL $KMYTHTV"; do_command($command); $command="$KILLALL $KMPLAYER"; do_command($command); sleep(2); $myth=check_proc($MYTHTV); if ($myth == $TRUE) { logmsg "Killing $MYTHTV (forced)"; $command="$KILLALL -9 $KMYTHTV"; do_command($command); $command="$KILLALL -9 $KMPLAYER"; do_command($command); } do_command($AUDIOHACK); startproc("export XBMC_PLATFORM_MODE=1 ; $XBMC"); last SWITCH; }
if ($xbmc) { logmsg "Killing $XBMC"; $command="$KILLALL $KXBMC"; do_command($command); sleep(2); $xbmc=check_proc($XBMC); if ($xbmc == $TRUE) { logmsg "Killing $XBMC (forced)"; $command="$KILLALL -9 $KXBMC"; do_command($command); } do_command($AUDIOHACK); startproc($MYTHTV); last SWITCH; } do_command($AUDIOHACK); startproc("export XBMC_PLATFORM_MODE=1 ; $XBMC"); }
logmsg "$BASENAME Completed."; }
############################################################################################################################### # startproc() # Execute a given command. ############################################################################################################################### sub startproc($) { my ($proc)=@_; logmsg "Starting $proc"; exec("export DISPLAY=:0; $proc &"); }
############################################################################################################################### # check_proc($) # Check if processes are running that should stop shutdown from occuring. ############################################################################################################################### sub check_proc($) { my ($proc)=@_; my (@output); my ($command); my ($count)=0; my ($running)=$FALSE;
logmsg "Checking for active process $proc.";
$command="ps -ef | grep \"$proc\" | grep -v grep |wc -l"; @output=do_command($command);
if (@output) { $count=$output[0]; chomp ($count); }
if ($count > 0) { logmsg "Found active process : $proc ($count running)."; $running=$TRUE; } return($running); }
############################################################################################################################### # logmsg # Little routine to write to the log file. # Rotates around $LOGSIZE bytes. ############################################################################################################################### sub logmsg(@) { my ($string)=@_; my $time=scalar localtime; my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks); my (@lines,$line);
($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks)=stat("$LOG");
if (defined($size)) { $size=$size/1024; #size in kbyte
if ($size >= $LOGSIZE) { unlink ("$LOG.old") if (-e("$LOG.old")); rename ($LOG,"$LOG.old"); } }
print "$time : $string\n" if ($DEBUG==$TRUE);
if (open (LOG,">>$LOG")) { if ($string =~ /\n/) { @lines=split(/\n/,$string); foreach $line (@lines) { print LOG "$time : $line\n"; } } else { print LOG "$time : $string\n"; } close (LOG); } else { print "Unable to open LOG $LOG : $!"; } }
############################################################################################################################### # process_opts() # Set Global option flags dependant on command line input. ############################################################################################################################### sub process_opts() { getopts('dh');
$DEBUG=$TRUE if ($opt_d); exit(usage(1)) if ($opt_h); }
############################################################################################################################### # usage() # Output Relevant Usage strings if incorrect opts are given. ############################################################################################################################### sub usage() { my($ucode)=@_;
if ($ucode == 1) { print "Usage: $BASENAME [-dh]\n"; return(0); } }
############################################################################################################################### # sub do_command($) # use system call to execute command. Returns output of command in array. ############################################################################################################################### sub do_command($) { my ($command)=@_; my (@output); my ($exit_value)=0;
logmsg "Executing $command" if ($DEBUG == $TRUE);
@output=`$command`;
$exit_value = $? >> 8;
if ($exit_value != 0) { logmsg "Error executing $command : $!"; } return(@output); }
XBMC UI is ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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iscraigh
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:42 pm |
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I changed the video button in mythtv to launch xbmc for watching movies. I think XBMC has a much better way of displaying movies and its grabber seems to get almost all of my files correct. I then exit xbmc and myth is still running, I may play with the above script.
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ceenvee703
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:56 am |
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I followed these directions to load xbmc-svn onto my R6 system, tried to start up xbmc from a terminal, and it crashes before starting. Crash log has these two errors:
Code: 02:26:08 T:3043522448 M:1879744512 ERROR: GLX: Same window as before, refreshing context and then at the end of the crash log there is Code: 02:26:09 T:3043522448 M:1871839232 ERROR: DS: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: dbus-launch failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Failed to waitpid() for babysitter intermediate process: No child processes
Anyone else see this? One note is this was post-0.22 upgrade.
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RacerX
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:29 pm |
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I have not seen this error before on R6 01.00, it works fine for me. Could you try this?
Code: dbus-launch xbmc
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