Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-27 Thread Peter Viskup
Hi Roland, regarding the XBMC version - try to use Deb-multimedia repository [1]. There are more recent versions available. Ad 1) more things which needs to be checked - kernel support - Xorg open source radeon or closed sourced fglrx ati drivers support Try to read these [2] [3] [4] Ad 2)

Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-27 Thread Torsten Landschoff
Hi Peter, Roland, On 01/27/2015 09:55 AM, Peter Viskup wrote: regarding the XBMC version - try to use Deb-multimedia repository [1]. There are more recent versions available. True. These are not part of Debian itself though which is why I usually forget to check package versions over there.

Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-26 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Sunday 25 January 2015 21:31:35 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: The second thing I noticed probably explains why the mouse seemed a tad sluggish... Both cores on my dual core system were pegged at 94-95% utilization. you probably have software rendering. Check your Xorg log to see what driver

Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-26 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
Torsten, Thank you for your clear response. I have a couple of follow-up questions: Assuming that I now wipe Wheezy off my disk, and replace it with Jessie RC1... 1) Other than testing it myself, how can I find out if this (Jessie RC1) will properly support the AMD A4-6300 APU? 2) What if

Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-25 Thread Torsten Landschoff
Hi Ronald, On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:31:35 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I have a reasonably fresh (1 month old) install of Debian. Today, I became root and did the following: apt-get install xbmc You are not saying which release you are using so I guess you are running the latest

XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-25 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
I have a reasonably fresh (1 month old) install of Debian. Today, I became root and did the following: apt-get install xbmc That completed successfully, and I then ran XBMC from the command line in a seraparate xterm window (*not* as root). It came up alright, but the mouse seemed to be