LibreELEC 9.0 / Kodi 18.X for Minix X8,X8H,X8H+

datrh · October 4, 2018 at 9:02 PM

Quote from repip

The only trouble I found with 8.9.x and this is not acceptable is often minix hang with black screen when I stop a video.

got the same with a old panasonic plasma but if a use a more modern led panasonic tv (supporting 24hz) : no hang, everything works as it should be.

It's a kodi beta problem.

i will soon post a new release with update LE + kodi B3

maybe it will be solved...

datrh · October 4, 2018 at 9:07 PM

Quote from Solain

will do, should I use a specific usb port or do both of them work for booting?

the bootloader will check all USBs (but if i'm not wrong minix has 1 usb and 1 otg)

just be sure that there are no other usb devices plugged in

Solain · October 4, 2018 at 9:48 PM

Quote from datrh

the bootloader will check all USBs (but if i'm not wrong minix has 1 usb and 1 otg)

just be sure that there are no other usb devices plugged in

HALLELUJAH!!!

I updated my firmware to the latest release (that I got from minix support) and it booted from SD with no problems!

darth thank you for the patience and thanks to repip for the suggestion

rowlodge · October 5, 2018 at 5:09 AM

Quote from Solain

HALLELUJAH!!!

I updated my firmware to the latest release (that I got from minix support) and it booted from SD with no problems!

darth thank you for the patience and thanks to repip for the suggestion

are you able to install KODI 18?

datrh · October 5, 2018 at 5:47 AM

Quote from rowlodge

are you able to install KODI 18?

there's no need to install kodi, it's already there.

LibreELEC 8.9.x => kodi 18 ( it's on development phase)

LibreELEC 8.2 => kodi 17.6

datrh · October 5, 2018 at 6:21 AM

Quote from repip

Repatch bootloader you mean boot with the clip in the hole?

The only trouble I found with 8.9.x and this is not acceptable is often minix hang with black screen when I stop a video.

I think boot to internal a good way to have stable version and opportunity to test new versions without have to use many SD cards

did you activate the "adjust refresh rate" and set a "whitelist"?

datrh · October 5, 2018 at 6:34 AM

#1 updated

datrh · October 6, 2018 at 10:14 AM

Quote from datrh

#1 updated

#2 updated

repip · October 6, 2018 at 1:58 PM

Quote from datrh

did you activate the "adjust refresh rate" and set a "whitelist"?

With adjust refresh rate and whitelist the ploblem seems solved

lieuandy · October 7, 2018 at 5:28 AM

Hi Datrh,

I have the X8-H Plus, currently running Kodi 17.6 from SD card.

I put this image in the Kodi update folder.

After reboot and decompressing the file, it indicated error and stated this is not compatible with Gen-1 hardware.

Can this be rectified?

Thanks.

datrh · October 7, 2018 at 5:44 AM

Quote from lieuandy

Hi Datrh,

I have the X8-H Plus, currently running Kodi 17.6 from SD card.

I put this image in the Kodi update folder.

After reboot and decompressing the file, it indicated error and stated this is not compatible with Gen-1 hardware.

Can this be rectified?

Thanks.

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if you want to use the tar, you need to put in the "update folder" a .nocompat file.

i would suggest to first test the new image on a spare SD.

if you want to be able to install the new image on internal, you need also to "toothpick". (it"s backward compatible with 17.6 img)

lieuandy · October 7, 2018 at 5:58 AM

Thanks for the reply.

I am not running from internal, only from SD card.

Should I use the tar or gz file to put in the update folder with .nocompat file?

Edit:

I used the tar file with .nocompat and it worked.

Thanks.

So far encountered are shutdown and CEC issues.

datrh · October 7, 2018 at 6:16 AM

tar is to update but if you do that, your 17.6 version is gone.

lieuandy · October 7, 2018 at 6:33 AM

Thanks and noted.

repip · October 7, 2018 at 11:02 AM

Can't fix ip in ethernet interface: mac always change. Also if I put libreelec config -> manual configuration for ipv4 and save at reboot it return auto-dhcp.

Code

ale@ale-Lenovo-B50-30 ~ $ ssh [email protected]
The authenticity of host '192.168.1.14 (192.168.1.14)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:KgpxjoJCl7+cEY5PSxxtSqUOifw0GxXGUASrer1jGOQ.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.14' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
[email protected]'s password: 
##############################################
#                 LibreELEC                  #
#            https://libreelec.tv            #
##############################################

LibreELEC (community): devel-20181005064202-197066a (X8-X8H.arm)
LibreELEC:~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 1A:11:56:E0:15:88  
          inet addr:192.168.1.14  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3447 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1495 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:998598 (975.1 KiB)  TX bytes:507806 (495.9 KiB)
          Interrupt:40 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:30844 (30.1 KiB)  TX bytes:30844 (30.1 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6C:FA:A7:4A:4C:F7  
          inet6 addr: fe80::6efa:a7ff:fe4a:4cf7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:14435 (14.0 KiB)

LibreELEC:~ # reboot
LibreELEC:~ # Connection to 192.168.1.14 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.14 closed.
ale@ale-Lenovo-B50-30 ~ $ ssh [email protected]
The authenticity of host '192.168.1.17 (192.168.1.17)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:KgpxjoJCl7+cEY5PSxxtSqUOifw0GxXGUASrer1jGOQ.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.17' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
[email protected]'s password: 
##############################################
#                 LibreELEC                  #
#            https://libreelec.tv            #
##############################################

LibreELEC (community): devel-20181005064202-197066a (X8-X8H.arm)
LibreELEC:~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr BE:E1:8F:A1:6C:F7  
          inet addr:192.168.1.17  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1084 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:480387 (469.1 KiB)  TX bytes:438602 (428.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:40 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:5616 (5.4 KiB)  TX bytes:5616 (5.4 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6C:FA:A7:4A:4C:F7  
          inet6 addr: fe80::6efa:a7ff:fe4a:4cf7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:15997 (15.6 KiB)

LibreELEC:~ #

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datrh · October 7, 2018 at 11:59 AM

Quote from repip

Can't fix ip in ethernet interface: mac always change. Also if I put libreelec config -> manual configuration for ipv4 and save at reboot it return auto-dhcp.

will check. i use x8-h exclusively with wifi/dhcp.

datrh · October 7, 2018 at 12:11 PM

[8.0.0d s905x MXQ Pro] Random mac address on eth0 on every reboot

seem to be a known issue

repip · October 7, 2018 at 12:32 PM

Quote from datrh

[8.0.0d s905x MXQ Pro] Random mac address on eth0 on every reboot

seem to be a known issue

In 8.2 mac doesn't change

Code

ale@ale-Lenovo-B50-30 ~ $ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password: 
##############################################
#                  LibreELEC                 #
#            https://libreelec.tv            #
##############################################

LibreELEC (community): 8.2RC-kodi_17.6-final (S812 arm)
LibreELEC:~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 10:00:00:2B:FC:3A  
          inet addr:192.168.1.13  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1514081 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:744895 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2035521970 (1.8 GiB)  TX bytes:122656053 (116.9 MiB)
          Interrupt:40 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:2504 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2504 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:76924 (75.1 KiB)  TX bytes:76924 (75.1 KiB)

tun0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          inet addr:172.21.22.22  P-t-P:172.21.22.22  Mask:255.255.254.0
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:444698 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:110079 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
          RX bytes:599416932 (571.6 MiB)  TX bytes:6669654 (6.3 MiB)

LibreELEC:~ # reboot
Connection to 192.168.1.13 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.13 closed.
ale@ale-Lenovo-B50-30 ~ $ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password: 
##############################################
#                  LibreELEC                 #
#            https://libreelec.tv            #
##############################################

LibreELEC (community): 8.2RC-kodi_17.6-final (S812 arm)
LibreELEC:~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 10:00:00:2B:FC:3A  
          inet addr:192.168.1.13  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3625 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3914 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:624975 (610.3 KiB)  TX bytes:2907902 (2.7 MiB)
          Interrupt:40 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:8069 (7.8 KiB)  TX bytes:8069 (7.8 KiB)

tun0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          inet addr:172.21.20.2  P-t-P:172.21.20.2  Mask:255.255.254.0
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
          RX bytes:6460 (6.3 KiB)  TX bytes:2054 (2.0 KiB)

LibreELEC:~ #

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Annoying manual configuration instead dhcp is not saved. Also this stuff in 8.2 there is no issue (verified now)