DietPi-Software | Kodi will not run.

[Fourdee]

http://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=504&p=2205#p2205

[Fourdee]

Due to shift from fbdev to X11 with recent mali driver release. Many thanks to Meveric for his help on this one:

Changes for X11 installing xf86-video-mali and libump-odroid aside of mali450-odroid and a new set of aml-libs-odroid.
xorg.conf for /etc/X11

[rhkean]

so, is it fixable?

[Fourdee]

@rhkean Yep, just testing now

[Fourdee]

notes:

• :u55b6: boot.ini setenv vout "dvi" now disables hdmi audio. So this must now be commented out.
• :u6307: Kodi 32bit works from console.
• :u55b6: Kodi 24bit from console visually appears slower and stutters. 32bit is alot smoother.
• :u5408: LXDE 24bit fails on xorg.
• :u55b6: LXDE 32bit desktop fine. Kodi stutters and flashes in menus. Desktop visible in video playback.
  
  
  
  • Desktop visible is caused by xcompmgr -n in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
  
  
  • xcompmgr -a hides the desktop and Kodi runs as smooth as butter. However, if a window is open prior to running Kodi, Kodi's menu interface stutters.
  
  
  • We need to use xcompmgr -a/n for LXDE, else, moving windows results in 100% cpu.
  
  
• :u55b6: MATE 32bit desktop fine. Kodi stutters and flashes in menus. Audio latency in Kodi menus. Video playback is fine.
  
  
  
  • xcompmgr -a resolves all the above issues.
  
  

[Fourdee]

notes:

• 32bit is now default. Required for optimal performance in Kodi and allows for working Desktops.
• setenv vout "dvi" is now commented out by default to allow HDMI audio.
• xcompmgr -a is set when user runs Kodi from any Desktop. Prevents stuttering/flashing in Kodi menus and prevents laggy audio in pulseaudio desktops (eg: MATE).

The main question is patching:

• Due to so many needed changes from fbdev to X11, might not be feasible.
• Might need to consider a forced v121 image for C2. Lets see, maybe we can uninstall and reinstall KODI.

[Fourdee]

The above commit should cover patching. But i'll test it tomorrow from 120 master with Kodi+LXDE installed > 121 testing.

Reason for boot.ini overwrite:
Patching boot.ini would be risky due to far too many additions and changes at various lines, and, I honestly don't have the time at the moment to code around it :-1: . Also contains the new "nographics" (headless) option which i'll add to dietpi-config at a later date (+300MB RAM whoooho :+1: ).

[Fourdee]

Patch tests completed. Resolved for v121.
Marking as closed :)