[SOLVED] Boxee pre-v1.0 Freezing/crashing

[crownroyal77]

EDITED: It was the 295 driver that caused the problem, 290.10 works fine.

I had this problem for months, it would freeze while the audio kept playing then eventually crash completely. I solved this by removing the 295.09 Nvidia drivers and installing the 290.10 version drivers. Runs perfect now. FYI I'm running Linux Mint 10 (Ubuntu Maverick).

[crownroyal77]

Here's a info dump for what I used to get my JETWAY HBJC600C99 working. I don't need to come back here since I've finalized my setup (I don't like 1.0+ versions) so I apologize for not answering your PMs.

Linux Mint 10 (or Ubuntu Maverick)
boxee-0.9.23.15885 64-bit

To meet dependency for Boxee Installation
Add to /etc/apt/sources.list (run "sudo apt-get update" after)

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick main universe

Video

Purge existing driver
sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*
reboot

Kill xserve before installation
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

Install Nvidia 290.10 drivers ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/290.10/

Open Compiz Settings Manager
Select your refresh rate and click the "Sync to VBlank" checkbox

Remote

Install (hid versions are kernel specific) http://gitorious.org/~fcatrin/hid-au...-kernel-module

Add to /etc/rc.local
rmmod usbhid
modprobe hid-aureal
modprobe usbhid

Sound DTS & AC3 (via mini TOS to TOS fiber cable)

Remove PulseAudio
sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio

Enable Alsa
In terminal type "gstreamer-properties".
On "Audio" tab select plugin "Alsa" then device "USB Audio".
Then make plugin "Custom" and previous pipeline settings should be there (ie. alsasink device="hw:1,0"). I had to do this to make settings stay.

Create ~/.asoundrc
pcm:iec958 hdmi:NVidia

pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
ipc_key_add_uid false
ipc_perm 0660
slave {
pcm "hw:1,0"
rate 48000
channels 2
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_time 0
buffer_size 8192
}
}

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

Boxee Configuration
In Settings>System>Audio Hardware, select
Audio Output : Digital
DTS: checked
AC3: checked
Audio: default
Passthrough: default
Downmix: unchecked
(Your receiver should indicate Dolby Digital, etc when playing video)

Startup without GUI

Create /usr/share/xsessions/boxee.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Boxee
Comment=Boxee
Exec=/opt/boxee/run-boxee-desktop
TryExec=/opt/boxee/run-boxee-desktop
Icon=
Type=Application
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-session-2.0[/FONT]

Samba Startup (before login)

Replace /etc/init/smbd.conf
start on local-filesystems
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

pre-start script
RUN_MODE="daemons"

[ -r /etc/default/samba ] && . /etc/default/samba

[ "$RUN_MODE" = inetd ] && { stop; exit 0; }

install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba
end script

exec smbd -F

Mount NTFS USB Drive Before Login

Get UUID
sudo blkid

Add to /etc/fstab (use your USB drive's UUID#)
UUID=A448C1AF48C18092 /PATH_TO YOUR_DRIVE ntfs-3g auto,rw,user 0 0

Utorrent Upstart Script

Edit /etc/init/utorrent.conf
description "utorrent startup script"
author "Alanw"

start on (local-filesystems and started dbus and stopped udevtrigger)
stop on runlevel [016]

script
cd /PATH TO/utorrent
exec su YOURUSERNAME -c "/PATH TO/utserver"
end script