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    Kodi won't start when launched from Ports

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      francegue
      last edited by

      Hi All,

      here some information of my system:

      Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 2 Modello B
      Power Supply used: (If using a Pi) : the original one included in the starter kit
      RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): v4.3
      Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - please provide the filename of any image used) : Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website - retropie-4.3-rpi2_rpi3.img
      USB Devices connected: external usb hard disk plus PS4 dualshock controller
      Controller used: PS4 dualshock controller
      Error messages received: no error message, when launching kodi from Ports it just goes back to the Ports section after loading a bit
      Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
      Parameters:
      Executing: kodi
      ERROR: Unable to create application. Exiting
      Segmentation fault (core dumped)
      find: /home/pi/Videos/lost+found': Permission denied find: /home/pi/Videos/.fseventsd': Permission denied
      find: `/home/pi/Videos/.Trashes': Permission denied
      Crash report available at /home/pi/kodi_crashlog-20171123_210744.log
      Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide) : Retropie installed from scratch following the guide here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/ . Then updated from raspi-config
      File: (File with issue - with FULL path) : not applicable
      Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable) : not applicable
      Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS) : none
      How to replicate the problem: not applicable

      Basically after upgrading my retropie I had some issues with emulationstation as explained in the thread here:
      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/14540/solved-emulationstations-symbol-lookup-error-after-update
      which I fixed with the help of the suggestions of the thread :)
      But then I tried to load kodi, which I had previously installed from retropie-setup and now basically it loads for a while but then it goes back to the Ports screen.
      I pasted above what I see in /dev/shm/runcommand.log , while the crash log of kodi ends with:
      21:07:37.870 T:1946596000 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
      21:07:37.871 T:1946596000 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
      21:07:37.871 T:1946596000 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
      21:07:37.919 T:1946596000 NOTICE: Running database version Addons27
      21:07:44.719 T:1946596000 FATAL: addon 'screensaver.xbmc.builtin.black' not installed or not enabled.
      21:07:44.719 T:1946596000 FATAL: CServiceManager::Init: Unable to start CAddonMgr

      I already tried to update kodi from retropie-setup and what I noticed is that at the end of the update is says that the file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
      is empty, which is indeed true (but I honestly don't know how it looked before).

      Any idea on what to check or how to fix the problem?

      Thanks,
      Francesca

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        @francegue said in Kodi won't start when launched from Ports:

        /home/pi/kodi_crashlog-20171123_210744.log

        Upload the file above to pastebin.com (/home/pi/kodi_crashlog-20171123_210744.log) to see why kodi crashed.
        You have some permission related errors on the /home/pi/Videos/ folder, which looks like an external drive - do you have an external UDB stick/HDD that you mounted under this folder ?

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          francegue
          last edited by

          @mitu : here you have the crash log : https://pastebin.com/QBtHfELM

          Yes, /home/pi/Videos/ is a mount of an external hdd:
          drwxr-xr-x 10 pi pi 4096 Sep 23 10:30 Videos
          which is used by the plex server I installed on retropie.
          In the Videos folder "lost+found" is indeed belonging to root, that's why probably it says "Permission denied" but I am not sure that's the reason of the kodi crash.

          Thanks for your help!

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          • RascasR
            Rascas
            last edited by

            It seems like you have corrupted files. Try reinstalling kodi:

            sudo apt-get install --reinstall kodi kodi-bin
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              francegue
              last edited by

              @francegue said in Kodi won't start when launched from Ports:

              /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

              @Rascas : indeed, installing kodi from the command line instead of from retropie-config solved the problem. Thanks!

              I see I still have the file /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg totally empty, do you think it can be an issue if I reboot?

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