Ubuntu logs out after a few seconds of opening XBMC

**sirclescratch** · March 9th, 2014

Since upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10 32bit, after a few seconds of opening XBMC, it freezes briefly and then sends me back to the OS logon screen. If I log back in without rebooting, it will do the same thing no matter what I'm doing, regardless of opening XBMC. Obviously I've tried uninstalling/re-installing umpteen times. I found similar articles about being logged off but none of them had to do with XBMC. I tried their resolution steps anyway, but without success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**sirclescratch** · March 11th, 2014

Come on Ubuntu community! 118 views and no response(s)?!? I really don't want to re-install the OS.

**frank18** · March 13th, 2014

Originally Posted by sirclescratch

Since upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10 32bit, after a few seconds of opening XBMC, it freezes briefly and then sends me back to the OS logon screen. If I log back in without rebooting, it will do the same thing no matter what I'm doing, regardless of opening XBMC. Obviously I've tried uninstalling/re-installing umpteen times. I found similar articles about being logged off but none of them had to do with XBMC. I tried their resolution steps anyway, but without success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I would upgrade to 14.04 the other day i had 13.10 installed then i installed XBMC and the mouse did no move right in XBMC so i couldn't use it,i upgraded to 14.04 and mouse started work right.

**sammiev** · March 13th, 2014

14.04 will not be released until April and may break easily.

@frank18, Interesting fix for your problem.

**3rdalbum** · March 13th, 2014

It's not so much that it "logs you off" or "sends you back to the login screen". What's actually happening is that the X server has crashed, which brings down all your graphical programs. Then X is automatically restarted, and the first thing X does is display the login screen.

What's your graphics card and what graphics driver are you using?

**sirclescratch** · March 13th, 2014

I've actually desided to just do a clean install of 13.10 since I was starting to have other issues as well. So far, good.

**frank18** · March 15th, 2014

Originally Posted by sirclescratch

I've actually desided to just do a clean install of 13.10 since I was starting to have other issues as well. So far, good.

if you have problems with xbmc with 13.10 just upgrade to 14.10 just as i did, do this.

http://itsfoss.com/upgrade-ubuntu-1404-beta-1310/

**frank18** · March 15th, 2014

Originally Posted by sammiev

14.04 will not be released until April and may break easily.

@frank18, Interesting fix for your problem.

Well i updated from 13.10 to 14.04 and so far my system has been perfect,so till it brakes i'm happy and it fixed all issues i had with 13.10. and it's only a few days away from Lts.