Intel NUC Ubuntu/XBMC Help

photoshop · 4 Oct 2015 at 13:05

Hi guys

Recently bought a NUC from eBay which came preloaded with ubuntu and xbmc.

The problem i am having is getting into ubuntu OS as the nuc starts up straight into xbmc media centre.

I do get a few options at start up stage to choose what i want to boot into:

ubuntu
advanced options for ubuntu

if i select advanced options then i get

ubuntu 13.x.x
ubuntu x.x.x (recovery)
ubuntu 12.x.x
ubuntu x.x.x (recovery)

recovery just takes me into a command terminal and the others just take me straight into xbmc.

now i want to get into the OS so i can copy files over and tinker with xbmc and add plex from disc etc.

if i exit out of xbmc then i end up on the desktop but its asking for a xbmc password and i dont know what it is.

any help would be appreciated.

cheers

Steveocee · 4 Oct 2015 at 13:42

It ends like it's set to boot to Xbmc/kodi by default and this is a fairly standard option.

I'd say reinstall it completely with the latest stable and then install kodi from there. I hate/can't use someone else's installs.

photoshop · 4 Oct 2015 at 14:12

Thanks.

So load Ubuntu on to a usb stick and format and install fresh and then install kodi?

Steveocee · 30 Oct 2015 at 17:09

photoshop said:
Thanks.

So load Ubuntu on to a usb stick and format and install fresh and then install kodi?

Yep. Sorry for bad grammar in last message, it was sent from my phone and I've only just read back over it!

binaryknight · 30 Oct 2015 at 17:38

the original install might be xbuntu or what ever its called or maybe openelec and that could be why it goes straight to xbmc