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-====== Build A Slackware Mediacenter (HTPC) With XBMC ======+====== How To Build A Slackware Mediacenter (HTPC) With XBMC ======
  
 ====== My Situation ====== ====== My Situation ======
  
-I wanted a **stand alone** media center and everything pointed to XBMC. I tried the various LiveCD versions of XBMC but each had problems that either made to system just not work or were too annoying.  The solution turned out to be a Slackware 14 box that boots right into XBMC.+I wanted a **stand alone** media center and everything pointed to XBMC. I tried the various LiveCD versions of XBMC but each had problems that either prevented the system from working or were too annoying.  The solution turned out to be a Slackware 14 box that boots right into XBMC.
  
 ====== Here's What I Did ====== ====== Here's What I Did ======
  
-1) Install Slackware on an old PC. +  - Install Slackware on an old PC. 
- +    - Set the default windows manager to TWM. 
-1a) Set the default windows manager to TWM. +  - Create user xbmc and login as user xbmc. 
- +  - Copy ''/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.twm'' to ''~/.xinitrc'' 
-2) Create user xbmc and login as user xbmc. +  - Edit ''~/.xinitrc'' and at the bottom, change: <code> 
- +/usr/bin/twm &
-3) Copy /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.twm to ~/.xinitrc +
- +
-4) Edit ~/.xixnitrc and at the bottom, change: +
-<code>/usr/bin/twm &+
 /usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & /usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
 /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
 /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
-exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login</code> +exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login 
-to: +</code> to: <code> 
-<code>/usr/bin/twm &+/usr/bin/twm &
 #/usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & #/usr/bin/xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
 #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
 #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & #/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
 #exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login #exec /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
-exec /usr/bin/xbmc -geometry +0+0</code> +exec /usr/bin/xbmc -geometry +0+0 
- +</code> 
-5) su back to root +  - "su" to root 
- +  - Install FFMPEG, XBMC and their dependencies via [[http://www.sbopkg.org/|sbopkg]]. 
-6) Install FFMPEG, XBMC and their dependencies via sbopkg. +  - Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add: <code> 
- +sudo -u xbmc startx 
-7) Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add: +</code>
-<code>sudo -u xbmc startx</code>+
  
 After you reboot the machine, it should boot right into XBMC and you should have a working media center/HTPC. After you reboot the machine, it should boot right into XBMC and you should have a working media center/HTPC.
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 ====== Some Other Things to Configure ===== ====== Some Other Things to Configure =====
  
-If you keep your media files on other machines and they are accessible via Samba or NFS, make sure you: +If you keep your media files on other machines and they are accessible via Samba or NFS, make sure you enable file sharing:
- +
-To enable Samba file sharing: +
-<code>chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.samba;/etc/rc.d/rc.samba start</code>+
  
-To enable NFS file sharing: +  * To enable Samba file sharing: <code> 
-<code>chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd;/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start</code>+chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.samba;/etc/rc.d/rc.samba start 
 +</code> 
 +  * To enable NFS file sharing: <code> 
 +chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd;/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start 
 +</code>
  
-For NFS, you'll have to do some other configuration but all that is explained in the NFS wiki pages.+For NFS, you'll have to do some other configuration but all that is explained in the [[howtos:network_services:home_nfs_howto|NFS wiki pages]].
  
  
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