If you have one of these remotes to get most of the buttons working you will need to do the following

Log into a terminal session on your XBMC machine

issue the following command

touch .xsessionrc and press enter

then nano .xsessionrc

and copy the following lines into it

xmodmap -display :0 -e “keycode 127 = space”
xmodmap -display :0 -e “keycode 166 = Escape”
xmodmap -display :0 -e “keycode 175 = c”
xmodmap -display :0 -e “keycode 150 = s”

Then ctrl X to exit and save

What this does is remaps the pause button on the Emprex to space, the back button to escape, the power button to S and the record button to C (open context menu).

written by NewsFeeder \\ tags: emprex remote, xbmc

After some of the hassle with installing jaunty and xbmc on my acer revo the new version now runs on the new version of ubuntu (Karmic Koala) so I thought I would put down my install procedure as I went so that it may be of use to others.

First, download the minimal install of Ubuntu Karmic Koala (12.1mb x86 12.2mb x64)

Download either the x86 or x64 version dependent on your hardware.

Once the disk image has downloaded either burn it to CD or use UNetbootin to boot from a USB memory stick.

Boot from the meory stick on the computer you are going to use for XBMC

My self I burnt a disc and booted from an external DVD drive

*** Please note this will over write everything on your computer ***

Once you have booted from the CD you should have a screen with a prompt that looks somthing like boot:

if you type in install and press enter it will start the installation of ubuntu you will need to answer a series of questio

The installer will ask you what packages to install, scroll down to OpenSSH Server and press SPACE, then press ENTER to continue.

After the installation has completed, your computer will reboot.

When you get to the login screen, login with the username and password you entered.

written by NewsFeeder \\ tags: acer revo, minimal install, xbmc

If you get this error on your xbmc on the command line do the following

sudo nano /etc/sudoers

You will then get up a screen that contains the lines below many times

#
# XBMC-specific configuration
#
Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN_CMDS = /sbin/shutdown, /sbin/reboot, /sbin/halt
Cmnd_Alias MOUNT_CMDS = /bin/mount, /bin/umount
xbmc ALL=(ALL) ALL
xbmc ALL=NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN_CMDS, MOUNT_CMDS

Just remove the duplicated lines and save and you should be good to go

written by NewsFeeder \\ tags: Error, xbmc

To keep you grphics drivers at the latest levels you should use the PPA solution

try this

0) Remove manually installed driver
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo /usr/bin/nvidia-uninstall

1) Add source
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

3) Add key
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com CEC06767

4) Install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic nvidia-glx-185

written by NewsFeeder \\ tags: video driver, xbmc