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    RetroPie & KODI

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      Kangool19
      last edited by

      Hi guys,

      has for some time a Raspberry Pi 3 and for a long time no longer used. Today I wanted to update one or the other and now I have trouble.

      Use RetroPie and have made an update. After that I wanted to start Kodi over RetroPie, unfortunately without success. I uninstalled Kodi and re-added via the package RetroPie.

      Just when I start Kodi it opens a gray window and it looks as if he would try the launch. After a few seconds, I land again in the RetroPie menu.

      What's wrong here? Do you have an idea?

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @Kangool19
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        @Kangool19

        Can you post the contents of /home/pi/.kodi/temp/kodi.log? Be sure to put it in a code block as describe here.

        RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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          Kangool19 @Kangool19
          last edited by

          @Kangool19 said in RetroPie & KODI:

          Hi guys,

          has for some time a Raspberry Pi 3 and for a long time no longer used. Today I wanted to update one or the other and now I have trouble.

          Use RetroPie and have made an update. After that I wanted to start Kodi over RetroPie, unfortunately without success. I uninstalled Kodi and re-added via the package RetroPie.

          Just when I start Kodi it opens a gray window and it looks as if he would try the launch. After a few seconds, I land again in the RetroPie menu.

          What's wrong here? Do you have an idea?

          I receive these message if i try to update Kodi via RetroPie:

          E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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            darthlink
            last edited by darthlink

            When i installed Kodi, all i did in a command prompt was: sudo apt-get install kodi

            then i created a file with gedit and only put kodi in the file and i saved it as kodi.sh

            Then i created a folders called kodi inside the roms folder inside RetroPie folder and moved the file kodi.sh into the folder kodi

            Then in the file es_systems.cfg ( witch is in: /home/pi/.emulationstation ) i added kodi to it this way:

            <system>
            <fullname>kodi</fullname>
            <name>kodi</name>
            <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/kodi</path>
            <extension>.sh .SH</extension>
            <command>bash %ROM%</command>
            <platform>kodi</platform>
            <theme>kodi</theme>
            </system>
            

            Then reboot

            So now i have kodi in the console list as all my other consoles and i can start it from there.

            I hope this can help ;)

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            • RascasR
              Rascas @Kangool19
              last edited by

              @Kangool19 It was probably because we were uploading Kodi 17.3, sorry. Please try again now.

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                Kangool19
                last edited by

                @Rascas hmmmm now it seems that i have installed Kodi and also could use an update but still the same problem.

                After i restart the system and choose -> PORTS -> KODI the screen goes black and return to RetroPie..... What´s even wrong.

                No Message like
                E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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                  darthlink @Kangool19
                  last edited by

                  @Kangool19 said in RetroPie & KODI:

                  @Rascas hmmmm now it seems that i have installed Kodi and also could use an update but still the same problem.

                  After i restart the system and choose -> PORTS -> KODI the screen goes black and return to RetroPie..... What´s even wrong.

                  No Message like
                  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

                  Try this way instead of ports

                  sudo apt-get update
                  sudo apt-get install kodi

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                    Kangool19
                    last edited by

                    Here the message from the terminal..... still doesn´t work

                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo apt-get install kodi
                    Reading package lists... Done
                    Building dependency tree
                    Reading state information... Done
                    kodi is already the newest version.
                    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.

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                    • AlexMurphyA
                      AlexMurphy Banned @Kangool19
                      last edited by

                      @Kangool19 I updated KODI to 17.3 earlier without any problems. Tell me what you are actually doing and then maybe I can point out what you are doing wrong.

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                        Kangool19
                        last edited by

                        Ok just found a solution now it works.

                        Used this way:

                        sudo apt-get update

                        sudo apt-get upgrade

                        sudo apt-get install kodi

                        After that period no problems at all.

                        THX

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                        • AlexMurphyA
                          AlexMurphy Banned @Kangool19
                          last edited by

                          @Kangool19 So, you are up to 17.3 now?

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                            darthlink @Kangool19
                            last edited by

                            @Kangool19 said in RetroPie & KODI:

                            Ok just found a solution now it works.

                            Used this way:

                            sudo apt-get update

                            sudo apt-get upgrade

                            sudo apt-get install kodi

                            After that period no problems at all.

                            THX

                            good job ;) i am happy it finally works for you.

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