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) first make sure your direct rendering is working (running the command "glxinfo") then you can just install xbmc and some other packages, try to use aptitude [5] which have some console-based menu for package management. There are more xbmc-related packages - search for them and read about them for more information. Decide what's needed by yourself. Once you will have the setup complete you could face issues with VDPAU and/or VAAPI (accelerated video playback on graphic chip). Search on XBMC forum will help you. -- Peter [1] http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ [2] https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo [3] https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI [5] https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <r...@tristatelogic.com> wrote: > > 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 anything will I need to manually tweek/diddle/edit in order to > cause my newly installed Jessie RC1 to properly fetch the newer XBMC 13.2, > which you mentioned? If I just say "apt-get install xbmc" will that get > it? Or will I need to edit or modify some repository links someplace? > (Sorry, I am kind-of new to debian's repository system, so I'm still just > feeling my way along.) > > Thanks in advance for any further enlightenment. > > > Regards, > rfg > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/27469.1422303...@server1.tristatelogic.com > >
