To my surprise, this problem has disappeared after installing XBMC from the Nathan Rennie-Waldock PPA instead of the default Ubuntu repositories: https://launchpad.net/~nathan-renniewaldock/+archive/xbmc-stable
(I actually installed XBMC from there for another reason also appearant in the default Ubuntu version: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=130780)
To my surprise, this problem has disappeared after installing XBMC from the Nathan Rennie-Waldock PPA instead of the default Ubuntu repositories: https:/ /launchpad. net/~nathan- renniewaldock/ +archive/ xbmc-stable
(I actually installed XBMC from there for another reason also appearant in the default Ubuntu version: http:// forum.xbmc. org/showthread. php?tid= 130780)