xbmc flashes on then off [Archive] - XBMC Community Forum

nush

2009-04-29, 02:18

hi all
hope someone can help with this, when i start xbmc it flashes on then goes straight back off again, if i use the terminal i get this report

The XBMC_HOME environment variable is not set.
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 1 (X_CreateWindow)
Serial number of failed request: 21
Current serial number in output stream: 22
CRITSEC[0x8bec5e4]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x8bec5e4]: Trying to leave destroyed section.

i am running ubuntu 9.04
thanks nush

davilla

2009-04-29, 02:49

hi all
hope someone can help with this, when i start xbmc it flashes on then goes straight back off again, if i use the terminal i get this report

The XBMC_HOME environment variable is not set.
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 1 (X_CreateWindow)
Serial number of failed request: 21
Current serial number in output stream: 22
CRITSEC[0x8bec5e4]: Trying to enter destroyed section.
CRITSEC[0x8bec5e4]: Trying to leave destroyed section.

i am running ubuntu 9.04
thanks nush

How are you "starting" xbmc?

althekiller

2009-04-29, 03:07

Debug log on pastebin.

nush

2009-04-29, 16:54

hi davilla
i have tried typing xbmc in terminal, which gives the result above. i have also clicked the program starter in the usual way and all i get is xbmc flashes on and then straight off.

hi althekiller
i saw a debug log similar to this early yesterday but when i went back to check it i couldnt find it, it also related i think to a different graphics chip but i am not sure if that is relevant
nush

nush

2009-04-30, 23:33

hi
after repository down load today, xbmc now starts but mouse pointer is very hit and miss, i havent had time yet to look on here for solutions but thanks xbmc for getting me this far
nush

zepfan

2009-05-01, 06:43

I got this error before. It's a problem with ati driver/jaunty X. I had to go back to 8.10 for the time being.

nush

2009-05-02, 01:29

hi zepfan
my graphics chip is sis so unfortunately its not ubuntu that is the problem its sis as they havent released a linux driver
nush

zepfan

2009-05-02, 21:13

hi zepfan
my graphics chip is sis so unfortunately its not ubuntu that is the problem its sis as they havent released a linux driver
nush
Interesting. Maybe it's not an ATI issue that I was having then. It must be something with Jaunty though because once I moved back, it was fine.