LibreELEC 9.0.0, Raspberry Pi 3b+: Could not connect to Kodi Add-on repository

darkblaster77 · February 6, 2019 at 5:52 AM

SETUP

LibreELEC Version: 9.0.0 (from LibreELEC USB-SD Creator) - Fresh installation

System: Raspberry Pi 3b+

Power Supply: 5v 3A

Connection: LAN to WiFi router, no USB devices

ISSUE

Tried to install YouTube video addon from Kodi Add-on repository.

An error message is displayed "Could not connect to repository"

LOG FILE

http://ix.io/1ajj

What I have tried so far

- Updated WiFi router firmware

- Restarted Modem and router

- Same issue with Raspberry Pi 2, on USB WiFi dongle

- Used different SD cards

- No issue on LibreELEC 8.2.5 (fresh installation too)

Not sure if this is a known bug. Did a search in the forum, and found nothing is mentioned.

Appreciate if any help or advice to overcome this issue.

Thank you.

cbrchrt · February 6, 2019 at 9:59 AM

I have the same issue and more:

- could not update addons

- could connect via ssh

WIFI is good and some other network services work (ssh does the initial handshake but stops with a "connection reset" message).

Tried soft and hard resets with no luck. Now I've got back to 8.2.5 and it is working again.

Thanks.

**chewitt** · February 6, 2019 at 10:34 AM Official Post

Code

05:21:38.302 T:1790935920   DEBUG: CurlFile::Open(0x6abf7ab8) http://mirrors.kodi.tv/addons/leia/addons.xml.gz
05:21:38.555 T:1790935920   DEBUG: CCurlFile::Open - effective URL: <http://103.1.138.206/mirrors.kodi.tv/addons/leia/addons.xml.gz>
05:21:38.626 T:1790935920   ERROR: CRepository: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/addons/leia/addons.xml.gz index has wrong digest aaec368750d01ade4908bc50e2c5bf37020fbae588d1d083f668ee2c33b59f03, expected: ������addons.xml����G�'��鯈�k��uW�y�1����F�Y���EUFWeWVf)�T?�
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Kodi uses geographic mirrors provided by volunteer third-parties to host add-ons. It looks like the one you're accessing is out of sync so the checksum doesn't match and Kodi cannot load the repo files. The problem should correct itself with time; either because a future request will be redirected to a different mirror (if there are multiple mirrors in your part of the world) or because the mirror will resync and have the right files again. If there's a single mirror that you consistently prefer (are redirected to) and it's wrong .. there's not much you can do. Plan B is to find a Kodi mirror and download the zip file for the addon and install it manually, although YouTube has external dependencies and you'll need all those too.