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This guide was removed as it was deprecated and full of bad practices and suggestions.


The purpose of this guide is to give a hand to new XBMC users, who want to build a Linux based, dedicated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC HTPC (Home Theater PC)], a true living-room media center computer, but don't have any knowledge and experience in the Linux world.
New linux users should start with XBMC Live or a default Ubuntu install and head to the forums with any questions they may have.A start-to-finish guide just isn't possible for every scenario with a program that changes a quickly as XBMC.


You will also always have the chance to try [[XBMC Live]] to test/demo XBMC Media Center, but if you want to have more control and more customization possibilities, than a Linux installation like in this guide is more suitable.
Thanks for understanding.
 
In case you have any issues/ questions and comments, feel free to visit [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=44019 this forum thread]
 
= Introduction =
This is a real step-by-step guide, I hope everybody can follow and walk through the whole installation procedure. The guide is based on either Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), or 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) as a platform, start with a minimal install and only install the needed components on the top of that.
 
On the face of it, this guide may seem like a very lengthy process, but it will feel much shorter while you begin following it step-by-step.
 
'''Please note:'''
* The guide is for using XBMC on a dedicated HTPC, so there is no window manager and/ or any additional applications installed.
* You need minimum 4GB size Flash drive or harddisk drive to install on.
* Since you will use this PC only as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_center media center]. I therefor assume that you use digital audio pass-through (S/PDIF or HDMI) to a receiver/amplifier with built-in Dolby Digital (AC3) decoder, and hence I choose NOT to install the dependency libraries for PulseAudio and compile XBMC later without PulseAudio support.
* <span style="color:red">'''Please be aware, if you are installing a full Ubuntu OS with GDM, then the guide will not fully applicable!'''</span>
* <span style="color:red">'''Please also think twice, if you want to use any of the below sections in it's own, without following the guide step-by-step from the begining'''</span>
 
'''You will get:'''
* A dedicated HTPC which auto-boots directly to XBMC Media Center.
* Latest XBMC SVN version.
* Upgraded ALSA (audio) driver.
* Up to date VIDEO (graphics) driver.
* LIRC (Microsoft MCE Remote will work out-of-the-box, however if you have any other remotes and/or LCD displays then you are on your own to solve the individual LIRC and LCDproc issues).
* Suspend/resume (works perfectly for example with ASUS P5N7A-VM motherboard using Intrepid).
 
'''Known issues:'''
* Installations based on Intrepid and Jaunty having video playback performance issues due to an unidentified root cause. You can read more about that [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=43075 in this forum thread].
* You might have some difficulties with suspend/ resume on Hardy based installations
* Mouse cursor is appearing in the middle of the screen after resume on Jaunty
 
= Preparation =
'''FIRST STEP'''<BR>
 
Download and burn Ubuntu Hardy/ Intrepid/ Jaunty mini.iso (according to your platform preference) from here:
<BR>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
 
<span style="color:red">Please be aware, if you are choosing to install a full-blown Ubuntu OS with GDM instead of the minimal install, then this guide is not fully applicable!</span>
 
Now perform a default install.
 
* '''please set „xbmc” for username and also for password when asked during the installation'''
 
* When you have the option to choose from the optional components during the installation, check only „OpenSSH” to be able to access your HTPC remotely later via SSH.
 
''In case you are using a flash drive (aka. pendrive, usb drive) and choosed '''''Intrepid''''' as base platform, you will facing with a bug in '''''Intrepid''''' installer. In this case the installer won't installing GRUB for some reason.'' '''''<BR>This is only affect Intrepid, and only when you are installing on a flash drive.'''''
 
''As a workaround, you have to install Hardy(Ubuntu 8.04) mini.iso first, which is installing GRUB correctly, then immedietly after that, install Intrepid mini.iso over the same flash drive. It will reformat the drive, but GRUB will stay alive on the drive.''
 
Once you finsihed the installation, boot up, then use an SSH application (e.g. putty) to log in remotely from your desktop using the above created username and password. This way, you will be able to copy/ paste all the steps below. Alternatively you can use the console of the htpc itself too, but then you will have a hard time typing in everything.
 
So once you logged in:
 
 
'''First of all you need to install all XBMC prerequisites:'''
 
 
'''NEXT STEP Hardy''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Intrepid/ Jaunty''''', if you are installing Intepid or Jaunty</span> <BR>
<div style="height: auto; width: 1000px; overflow:auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get --purge autoremove -y nvidia-kernel-common linux-restricted-modules-generic linux-restricted-modules-common linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-23-generic
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Hardy''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Intrepid/ Jaunty''''', if you are installing Intepid or Jaunty</span> <BR>
<div style="height: auto; width: 1000px; overflow:auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install -y linux-headers-generic localepurge subversion make g++ gcc gawk pmount libtool nasm automake cmake gperf unzip bison libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-sound1.2-dev libsdl-stretch-dev libfribidi-dev liblzo-dev libfreetype6-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libasound-dev python-sqlite libglew-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libmad0-dev libtre-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libmysqlclient15-dev libpcre3-dev libdbus-1-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libjasper-dev libfontconfig-dev libbz2-dev libboost-dev libfaac-dev libenca-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg-dev mesa-utils libcdio-dev wget zip curl hal build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` xorg pm-utils
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Intrepid/ Jaunty'''<BR>
<div style="height: auto; width: 1000px; overflow:auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install -y localepurge subversion make g++ gcc gawk pmount libtool nasm automake cmake gperf unzip bison libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-sound1.2-dev libsdl-stretch-dev libfribidi-dev liblzo-dev libfreetype6-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libasound-dev python-sqlite libglew-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libmad0-dev libtre-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpcre3-dev libdbus-1-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libjasper-dev libfontconfig-dev libbz2-dev libboost-dev libfaac-dev libenca-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg-dev mesa-utils libcdio-dev wget zip curl build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` xorg xserver-xorg-dev pm-utils
</div>
 
During the installation of the packages, there will be a popup window to choose your locale languages to let "localepurge" know which locales not to remove in further installations. I would suggest to keep all en_us (3 all together) and your own country locales (again should be 3) as well. Localepurge will save you some space with removing unneccessary languages.<BR>
 
= Upgrading ALSA (sound driver) to the latest version =
 
To download and use the upgrade script:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.16.sh
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# chmod a+x AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.16.sh
</div>
 
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.16.sh -di
</div>
 
If you are on Intrepid or Jaunty, you have to add your user (the one you've created during the installation) to the „audio” group (you don't need to do that in case of Hardy).
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo usermod -a -G audio xbmc
</div>
('''''Please note:''''' replace „xbmc” with username you've installed with)
 
<BR>
You also have to edit the following file to make spdif and/or hdmi work properly:
 
'''NEXT STEP Hardy/ Intrepid''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Jaunty''''', if you are installing Jaunty</span> <BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Jaunty'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
</div>
 
 
and add (copy/ paste) this line to the last line of the file:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig
</div><BR>
 
reboot the computer:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo reboot
</div>
 
Delete the just downloaded ALSA source to free up some disk space:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo rm -r /usr/src/Alsa-1.0.19/
</div>
 
Now run alsamixer:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# alsamixer
</div>
 
Navigate right with cursor keys until IEC958 and unmute all three of them (IEC958) with „M” key. You should see in case of all three IEC958 a „00” in green background. Press „ESC” to quit from alsamixer.
 
= Update Video driver =
 
<span style="color:red">'''These update methods are only applicable for those, who are following the guide step-by-step from the begining. Do not use these at any circumtances in case you have installed full-blown Ubuntu OS with GDM, instead of the minimal one!!!'''</span>
 
== Nvidia==
 
''(For Ati owners: jump to [[#Ati]])''
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# wget ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/185.18.08/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.08-pkg1.run
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.08-pkg1.run
</div>
 
Within nvidia installer: accept the License agreement, choose „YES” for „No precompiled kernel interface...”, choose „OK” for „No matching precompiled kernel interface...”, choose „YES” again to update X configuration file, then a final „OK” again at the end.
 
Now you can delete Nvidia installer:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# rm NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.08-pkg1.run
</div>
 
=== xorg.conf configuration (Nvidia) ===
 
If you want Xorg autodetect the native resolutions of your display from EDID and want to use 24p, you have to replace your xorg.conf with this one(not guaranteed to work, but should with newer Nvidia cards):
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/xorg.conf -O /etc/X11/xorg.conf
</div>
 
'''''(To continue click on: [[#Download, compile, and install XBMC from source]] (skip section Ati))'''''
 
<BR>
 
== Ati ==
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install -y cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8-12-x86.x86_64.run
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo sh ati-driver-installer-8-12-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/intrepid
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.561-0ubuntu1_i386.deb fglrx-kernel-source_8.561-0ubuntu1_i386.deb fglrx-amdcccle_8.561-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# rm ati-driver-installer-8-12-x86.x86_64.run  *.deb
</div>
 
=== xorg.conf configuration (Ati) ===
Will be discussed later, stay tuned
 
<BR>
 
= Download the source from SVN, compile, and install XBMC  =
 
To download from SVN:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''
<div style="height: auto; width: 1000px; overflow:auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# svn checkout https://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc/branches/linuxport/XBMC
</div>
 
In case of Hardy, you will get a certificate warning, accept it permanetly by pressing „P”.
Wait until downloading XBMC source files finished. That might take long time, depending on your Internet connection.
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# cd XBMC
</div>
 
Then configure, compile, and install XBMC:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-pulse
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# make -j2 ('''''Please note''''': use only „make”, if you don’t have a dualcore CPU)
</div>
 
This is again, can take quite some time, depending on your CPU speed.
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo make install
</div>
 
<BR>
 
= Autoboot to XBMC =
 
<span style="color:red">'''This autoboot method is strictly for use with non-GDM installations, do not use this at any circumtances in case you have installed full-blown ubuntu OS with GDM!!! Again, this is especially for those who are following the guide step-by-step from the begining!!!'''</span>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/xbmc -O /etc/init.d/xbmc
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/xbmc
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo update-rc.d -f xbmc defaults
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/runXBMC.sh -O /usr/bin/runXBMC.sh
</div>
If you not choosed "xbmc" as your user at the installation, you have to modify this file according to your username.
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/runXBMC.sh
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure x11-common
</div>
Choose "anybody" to run X. Leave the other question on default.
 
<BR>
 
= Install Lirc =
 
MS MCE Remotes - listed here: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote - are working plug & play out of the box. So in case you own one of the above mentioned MS MCE remotes, the installation is that simple:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install -y lirc
</div>
 
And follow the lirc installation wizard.
 
<BR>
= Power Management =
 
To have control over power related functions (suspend, shutdown, reboot) from within XBMC, you have to modify PolicyKit.conf to grant privilegies to your user for power management. There is a preprepared PolicyKit.conf for this. You can get it by:
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/PolicyKit.conf -O /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
</div>
Please note: if you installed your system with username other than "xbmc" during the installation, you have to modify the file according to the username.
 
 
If you wish to enable CPU scaling, install the required package below, but '''don’t forget to enable it in the BIOS as well'''.
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install powernowd
</div>
 
<BR>
 
= Install Splash =
You may want to have a look at du-duke's fantastique splash screens. You can check these here: http://du-duke.blogspot.com/
You can download your choice below.
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get -y install usplash libusplash-dev
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Hardy''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Intrepid or Jaunty''''', if you are installing Intepid or Jaunty</span> <BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get -y install usplash-theme-ubuntu
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Hardy''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Intrepid or Jaunty''''', if you are installing Intepid or Jaunty</span> <BR>
'''<span style="color:red">CHOICE 1</span> - Downloading spinner-blue'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/splash/usplash-spinner-hardy.so -O /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Hardy''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Intrepid or Jaunty''''', if you are installing Intepid or Jaunty</span> <BR>
'''<span style="color:red">CHOICE 2</span> - Downloading pulsating-logo'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/splash/usplash-pulsating-hardy.so -O /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Intrepid''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Jaunty''''', if you are installing Jaunty</span> <BR>
'''<span style="color:red">CHOICE 1</span> - Downloading spinner-blue'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/splash/usplash-spinner-intrepid.so -O /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Intrepid''' - <span style="color:red">Skip this and jump to '''''NEXT STEP Jaunty''''', if you are installing Jaunty</span> <BR>
'''<span style="color:red">CHOICE 2</span> - Downloading pulsating-logo'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/splash/usplash-pulsating-intrepid.so -O /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Jaunty'''<BR>
'''<span style="color:red">CHOICE 1</span> - spinner-blue'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/splash/usplash-spinner-jaunty.so -O /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP Jaunty'''<BR>
'''<span style="color:red">CHOICE 2</span> - Downloading pulsating-logo'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/splash/usplash-pulsating-jaunty.so -O /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-ubuntu.so
</div>
 
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/usplash.conf
</div>
 
and set your desired splash resolution, so inserting the following to here.
('''''Please note:''''' this is a FullHD example):
 
<div style="height: auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
xres=1920<BR>
yres=1080
</div>
 
'''NEXT STEP'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo update-initramfs -u
</div>
 
<BR>
 
= Enable thermal monitoring =
 
To install the necessary package:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install -y lm-sensors
</div>
 
Once lm-sensors installed, you have to run sensor detection to identify your sensors:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo sensors-detect
</div>
There will be a lot of questions here, but you can answer by "enter" key to all of them except the last question which is "Do you want to add these lines automatically?" At here, you have to type "yes", then enter.'''.
 
 
Reboot the computer:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo reboot
</div>
 
After rebooted, check if the sensors are working:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sensors -u
</div>
You should see the output of the sensors here.<BR>
 
== XBMC CPU temp detection ==
 
To let XBMC detect your CPU temps provided by lm-sensors, you have to edit your advancedsettings.xml and insert the following:
<div style="height: auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
<advancedsettings> <BR>
<cputempcommand>sensors|sed -ne "s/Core 1: \+[-+]\([0-9]\+\).*/\1 C/p"</cputempcommand> <BR>
</advancedsettings> <BR>
</div> <BR>
 
== XBMC GPU (nvidia) temp detection ==
To let XBMC detect your GPU temps provided by nvidia-settings, you have to edit your advancedsettings.xml and insert the following:
<div style="height: auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
<advancedsettings> <BR>
<gputempcommand>echo "$(nvidia-settings -tq gpuCoreTemp) C"</gputempcommand> <BR>
</advancedsettings> <BR>
</div>
 
 
<BR>
 
= Enable eject button of your ODD =
 
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
</div>
 
and uncomment (by deleting # from the begining of the line) the last line, so it will look like this:
 
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
dev.cdrom.lock=0
</div>
 
<BR>
= Reduce boot time =
 
'''reduce GRUB waiting (~2 sec)'''<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
</div>
 
Find the timeout (currently set to 3) and change this to 0
 
 
'''reduce the number of loaded vts (virtual terminal service)'''<BR>
 
By default, there're F1 through F7, we don't need that much for a HTPC, so we can remove most of them.
 
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/event.d/tty3
</div>
 
and comment out all the lines, using #.
Repeat the above command for tty4-tty6, so at the end you've deactivated 3 vts's.
 
<BR>
 
= BIOS OEM Splash screen =
Recent motherboards usually featured with the possibility to change to BIOS OEM logo. Below you can find two modified XBMC logo. The format and size of the picture has been modified to fit into the BIOS (ASUS P5N7A-VM), '''''there is no guarantee to work with any other motherboard, but I guess it should work with all boards with newer AMI bioses.'''''
 
'''''BE AWARE! Nobody take responsibility if you brick your motherboard while playing with BIOS.'''''
 
In case of ASUS, you can do it with MyLogo2, which is a bundled tool for your MB.
 
The aspect ratio of the picture is like this for purpose. When your BIOS displays it, it will stretch to fit to the screen. So this is made for 16:9 (not for 4:3, and nor for 16:10)
 
[[Image:Bios splash pwrd by xbmc.jpg|360px|http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/pwrd_by_xbmc_bios_splash.bmp]] [[Image:Bios splash oldFor16x9.jpg|360px|http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/Splash_oldFor16x9.bmp]]
<BR>[http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/pwrd_by_xbmc_bios_splash.bmp Download1] [http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/Splash_oldFor16x9.bmp Download2]
 
 
<BR>
 
= Wake On Lan =
 
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo apt-get install -y ethtool
</div><BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/init.d/wol.sh
</div>
 
Copy the following text into it, then save the file:
 
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
ethtool -s eth0 wol g
</div><BR>
Make this newly created script executable:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/wol.sh
</div><BR>
Make it start during boot:
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo update-rc.d -f wol.sh defaults
</div>
 
<BR>
= Sound configuration in XBMC =
 
After booted into XBMC switch to „digital” audio output, than '''''choose the AC3 and DTS capabilities''''' according to your receiver.
 
<BR>'''''For SPDIF:'''''                                   
<BR>Leave audio output device: default           
<BR>Leave passthrough to IEC958                   
<BR>[[Image:Audio_iec958_default_1.jpg]]
<BR> 
 
'''''For HDMI:'''''<BR>
To have analog and navigation sound working:<BR>
<div style="height: 32px; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
# sudo nano /etc/asound.conf
</div><BR>
and insert the following lines:
<div style="height: auto; border: thin inset black; background: #E6E6FA">
pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave {
        pcm "hdmi"
    }
}</div><BR>
then save the file.<BR>
 
<BR>In xbmc change audio output device to hdmi
<BR>Change passthrough to hdmi
<BR>[[Image:Audio hdmi.jpg|Audio hdmi.jpg]]
<BR>
 
= MythTV =
 
You may want to have a look at here:
 
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=MythTV

Revision as of 04:35, 10 May 2009

Template:GoToParent This guide was removed as it was deprecated and full of bad practices and suggestions.

New linux users should start with XBMC Live or a default Ubuntu install and head to the forums with any questions they may have.A start-to-finish guide just isn't possible for every scenario with a program that changes a quickly as XBMC.

Thanks for understanding.

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