I'm trying to run XBMC on a Dell Dimension 4300S (stock parts). I cannot get it to finish a live boot. It gets stuck on "restarting openbsd secure shell server sshd" [see picture].
Any ideas?
Since the XBMC Live is based on Ubuntu (mobile),
it might help to try a Ubuntu Live CD boot on your hardware.
It would give you a better debug environment to check what is blocking it.
The XBMC Hardware Discussion forum may also have useful notes -- but, I have not checked that.
Update: Can you confirm that a regular Ubuntu LiveCD works fine?
Update2: Hardware limitations (and driver support) is what I suspect.
Maybe you should install XBMC on a regular Ubuntu and check out the dependencies required for it to work on your hardware. You could do this with a USB Installed Ubuntu with XBMC added in (and other required updates). This would work fine off a 8 GB USB (maybe even 4GB).
Well, since no one wanted to help me, I figured it out myself. I just installed it as software on the machine. Setup the third-party software key and updates and I was good to go. Just installed through the terminal and it runs like a charm.