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Limhes

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Xmbc Won't Run As Dashboard
« on: February 18, 2005, 10:20:00 AM »
I am trying to set XBMC as my dashboard, instead of EvoX. I copied default.xbe to the root (C:) together with xboxmediacenter.xml. I changed the home directory in the .xml file to the XBMC's install directory (C:\fonts\nk\apps\xbmc or something like that) and changed the name of the .xbe to xboxdash.xbe. I also deleted the E:\TDATA\something folder.
Since this gave me an Error 13 after booting, I changed it to evoxdash.xbe and eventually even to default.xbe again, but it didn't resolve the error.

What am I doing wrong here? I am getting quite frustrated since it should work to my opinion and I hate swapping the HDD all the time...

Am I missing some crucial step I had to follow?
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JayDee

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Xmbc Won't Run As Dashboard
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2005, 10:27:00 AM »
have you tried the manual?
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Blumpkin

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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2005, 10:33:00 AM »
Where is the manual?  The XBMC site is downz0red.  

Please don't  :evil:

Oh...and you may want to try just naming the default.xbe to evoxdash.xbe and see if that works.
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Limhes

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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2005, 10:33:00 AM »
The manual is offline at the moment, so I don't know where to look for it, supposing you mean the XBMC manual? I read the 'Set XBMC as dashboard' tutorial, but according to that I am doing all the things in the right way, at least as far as I can see...
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Limhes

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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2005, 10:45:00 AM »
QUOTE(Blumpkin @ Feb 18 2005, 07:33 PM)
Where is the manual?  The XBMC site is downz0red. 

Please don't  :evil:

Oh...and you may want to try just naming the default.xbe to evoxdash.xbe and see if that works.
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You mean in the XBMC install dir?
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Loto_Bak

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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2005, 12:37:00 PM »
edit xboxmediacenter.xml's <home>-</home> tag to point to wehre xbmc is installed

example
<home>f:\apps\xbmc\</home>

then copy xboxmediacenter.xml and default.xbe to where your bios boots your dashboard. Rename default.xbe to the xbe that your bios loads.

Be sure that xbmc functions properly before switching over
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Limhes

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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2005, 04:30:00 AM »
If you read the topic start you could have read that I already did this. I just can't figure out where it goes wrong. What does Error 13 say, except from unknown dashboard error?
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Limhes

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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2005, 05:18:00 AM »
Okay, for those who want to know how I finally managed it:

My XBOX didn't seem to boot from the root, but from C:\fonts\dashboard\default.xbe. When I saw this directory, I just tried to put the xbmc binary in it, and it worked. Maybe this is pretty obvious to you all, but for a n00b as I, I am pretty glad I found it out :).
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JayDee

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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2005, 05:28:00 AM »
Sounds like you are using a exploit (softmod)

If you had said that in the first post it would have helped alot....
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Limhes

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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2005, 07:50:00 AM »
Okay, I didn't know that was any different from ordinary mods. I will mention it in future questions. Thanks!
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