launch kodi on bootup

peterson99

So I'm trying to configure my RetroPie image to boot/launch directly into kodi, rather than emulation station. Then I could just back out of kodi when I want to play roms. Does anyone know if there's a boot script somewhere that I could edit to do this?

Thanks!

pattaboy

I am figuring out the exact same thing.

Meneer Jansen

Emulationstation (ES) is started via the .bashrc script. Edit that file to start Kodi instead of Emulationstation. If you're not very handy on the command line then this might be a bit scary. But this is approximately how you could do this (and there may be better ways!) via the Command Line Interface (CLI):

Go to the command line by pressing F4 in Emulationstation. You have to press an any key after that too to stay on the CLI.
nano .bashrc
Darn it: I modified my .bashrc so much that the standard RetroPie startup stuff is gone. Anyway: search for a line somewhere at the end that file that starts ES.
Comment that line out by placing the # character in front of it.
Place somewhere in that file a line saying kodi and it should start after boot.
Beware: I would make sure Kodi and ES aren't started at the same time. I'd reboot once or twice in between of editing .bashrc.

Some info for people not familiar w/ Linux: a point as frist character in a file name means "hidden file".

Goor luck. :-)

batman

There's a clever individual whose created various dual boot pi images. That includes one that can switch between OSMC (Kodi) and Retropie.

http://www.multibootpi.com/

Meneer Jansen

@batman said in launch kodi on bootup:

There's a clever individual whose created various dual boot pi images. That includes one that can switch between OSMC (Kodi) and Retropie.

http://www.multibootpi.com/

You can also make your own "NOOBS" version to dual boot. See this link. It's from the RetroPie homepage: Documentation > RetroPie wiki > Advanced Configuration > Install via NOOBS.

However, you might have an easier time to install Kodi in RetroPie and to boot only one OS. :-)

ScottF80

@peterson99

I'm actually looking to reverse this. Kodi is now an optional addon in retropie. You can also set it up to boot directly to Kodi. I thought this was a great idea at first. That was until I went to add on a Commodore 64 emulator in retropie. Upon trying to enter the menu, I only got a black screen. I tried rebooting with the same result and cannot find a workaround. Therefore I cannot disable the automatic boot to Kodi. Help?

BuZz

@ScottF80 You should start a new thread when looking for help and provide information as requested when registering (Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first)