System Hijacked By XBMC

[Pete Smout]

@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you!
sent from my HTC.
On Sep 12, 2013 11:28 PM, "Ric Moore" <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 09/12/2013 02:34 AM, Ernest Doub wrote:
>>
>> My wifes old HP Media Center PC running Ubuntu 12.10 seems to have been
>> hijacked by XBMC.
>> On bootup I get the normal first splash screen from the bios loader,
>> then the purple background splash screen but it doesn't go to the normal
>> Ubuntu screen with the loading indicators. Instead it goes to a black
>> screen long enough for the monitor power saving to turn off the monitor
>> and then comes up with XBMC [which looks very impressive on her 23"
screen].
>> I can't find any way out of this program so I am appealing to more
>> competent authority for help or at least a point in the right
>> direction.  I've tried a web search but come up with lots of
>> golly-gosh-wow and very little information about how to get this
>> wiz-bang media center to go away so she can write a letter or surf the
web.
>> I have no idea how she managed to get this installed on her system and
>> am stuck as far as getting the lid pried open so I can get her back to
>> her "normal" system and programs.
>> Ed
>> On the Mojave
>
> Maybe do the ctrl/alt/f1 text login and "sudo apt-get purge xbmc*"
> and "sudo update-grub". Wait for the gears to stop grinding and reboot.
>
> I have only the xbmc-bin package installed. It shows up in multimedia. I
just tried it and it took up all three monitors straight out of the box!
Ha! I guess I better get to config'ing it. It IS slick though. Kinda heavy
on the CPU usage. When it is dedicated as a server, you can enable infrared
with an infrared detector, and use a remote from the couch to play with it.
And, any machine on your localnet is supposed to be able to access it and
stream audio, video and picture media. Ric
>
I have it installed alongside unity on my 13.04 pc / home server I agree
its great for multimedia and I can control it from my phone when sat on the
sofa with my feet up! Always a good selling point ;-)

Pete Smout
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