ShuttleBuilder
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Recently I’ve been trying to build a media PC for my front room using Geexbox. I’m using an old Shuttle XPC I managed to source very cheaply. I’m running,
Shuttle XPC SN41G2 Version 3 AMD Socket A
Radeon 9800
512mb of RAM
Athlon 1gig processor
As you can see, it’s quite old.
Anyway, I downloaded the Geexbox ISO earlier today, put it on a USB using UNetBootIn and have it running on the Shuttle. However, from the main menu, if I select “videos”, this happens:
>> The screen flickers
>> The GeexBox logo appears
>> I’m returned to the main menu
This also happens if I select “pictures”, for example – though I can get into the System Settings menu.
Can anyone tell me what’s going on here? I don’t really know a great deal about Linux so I’ve no idea what’s going on.
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tomlohave
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Try this :
swith to vt2 (see documentation)
rm -R /root/.xbmc
switch to vt4
Does it solve your problem ?
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ShuttleBuilder
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Terribly sorry, but can you explain that in layman’s terms? Or provide a link to the documentation you mention?
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tomlohave
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http://www.geexbox.org/geexbox-advanced-configuration-login-and-administration/
documentation is next to the Forum tab …
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ShuttleBuilder
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It’s this bit I didn’t really get:
rm -R /root/.xbmc
Sorry, as I said, I’ve used Linux very little. I assume this is a command for a terminal/console window? And I switch to VT4 in the same way I switched to VT2?
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tomlohave
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sorry :
switch to vt2 : press CTRL+ALT+F2
login : root
password : root
write follow by enter : rm -R /root/.xbmc
switch to vt4 : press CTRL+ALT+F4
test if it changes something
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Montekuri
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ShuttleBuilder – I am a layman like you. And I have very old machines, too.
So, I would recomend you use the old releases of geexbox, as the new ones will not work.
Try the geexbox-1.2.4-en.i386.glibc.iso:
http://download.geexbox.org/releases/1.2.4/
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This reply was modified 3 days ago by
 Montekuri.
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This reply was modified 3 days ago by Montekuri.
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ShuttleBuilder
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Hi, thanks Tomlohave – I can open up the Video section now.
New problem though; I put some videos on a USB to test out playing them; however, they don’t show up in the video filebrowser – the USB stick itself DOES show up, just the browser states that there are zero files on it. I put a few on, mainly MKV’s – doesn’t GeexBox support this format?
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tomlohave
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add a new video path in videos : /.root
your video are here (yes we should add this to documentation)
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ShuttleBuilder
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Sorry, how do I do that? (I apologise, I’m not actually in front of the machine right now – this is for when I get home from work)
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tomlohave
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on xbmc, from videos menu —> add new source
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ShuttleBuilder
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Just had a look, and I’ve realised that GeexBox can’t see the USB stick I’m plugging in that has the video files on. I tried addint /.root as a new source, and now I can browse some folders fine (which I believe are on the OS’s USB stick) but I can’t find the SECOND USB stick that has my video files on. Anyone know what’s going on here? Do I have to “mount” it or something?
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tomlohave
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look in default in videos.
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ShuttleBuilder
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It’s not there. That’s what I meant initially. The default locations it lists are the USB stick with the OS on, and the blank hard disk inside the machine.
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ShuttleBuilder
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Just had a thought; the USB stick I’ve got the video files on was formatted in Windows XP. That a problem?
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