Can't update v9.2.1 to v9.2.3 through GUI in Czech language

wylda · June 12, 2020 at 2:54 PM

Hi, i have a RPi4 running 9.2.1. When i try to manually update LibreElec to 9.2.3, it silently fails.

Previous versions, at least 9.2.0 to 9.2.1 was fine, because i needed Wireguard

Log shows, that Czech letters are probably involved in this issues - wild guess "Jm\xc3\xa9no souboru:" vs. "Jméno souboru:"

Code

2020-06-08 06:16:52.403 T:2980987760  NOTICE: PulseAudio: Opened device Default in pcm mode with Buffersize 300 ms

2020-06-08 06:16:56.728 T:3011858448   ERROR: Control 1000 in window 13001 has been asked to focus, but it can't

2020-06-08 06:17:03.165 T:2962219888   ERROR: ## LibreELEC Addon ## oe::download_file(http://releases.libreelec.tv/LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.3.tar, /storage/.kodi/temp/update_file) ## ERROR: (UnicodeDecodeError('ascii', 'Jm\xc3\xa9no souboru: ', 2, 3, 'ordinal not in range(128)'))

2020-06-08 06:17:03.166 T:2962219888   ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/lib/jenkins/LE/build5/workspace/RPi4/build.LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1/LibreELEC-settings-6f6ca1e46c230d1e5045e6bb92a03889e1f1c71a/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/oe.py", line 389, in download_file
File "/var/lib/jenkins/LE/build5/workspace/RPi4/build.LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1/LibreELEC-settings-6f6ca1e46c230d1e5045e6bb92a03889e1f1c71a/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/oe.py", line 133, in update
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

2020-06-08 06:22:43.752 T:2980987760  NOTICE: PulseAudio: Opened device Default in pcm mode with Buffersize 300 ms

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I can probably fix that by SSH or switching into English, but i thought it could be useful to report.

Update LibreELEC [LibreELEC.wiki]

Thanks.

anand0412 · June 12, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Hi. I'm also on RPI 4 v 9.2.1. I don't even have the option to upgrade in the GUI

**Klojum** · June 12, 2020 at 5:12 PM Official Post

Quote from anand0412

don't even have the option to upgrade in the GUI

Update options can be found in the LibreELEC Settings add-on, not in the main Kodi GUI.

wylda · June 12, 2020 at 8:23 PM

I successfully updated through SSH / CLI:

Code

cd /storage/.update
ls -alF
wget http://releases.libreelec.tv/LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.3.img.gz
reboot

But when i compared the image file with KODI log, i wonder, why GUI uses TAR archive instead of above image file??

Code

wget http://releases.libreelec.tv/LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.3.tar

?

**Da Flex** · June 12, 2020 at 8:41 PM Official Post

Quote from wylda

But when i compared the image file with KODI log, i wonder, why GUI uses TAR archive instead of above image file??

The image file contains data for two partitions. The tar file is the one that contains the update for the Linux partition. The data for the Windows partition isn't needed in your case, because you don't install LE from scratch.

wylda · June 12, 2020 at 9:22 PM

Thank you for help and support. So next time can i put TAR file into /storage/.update instead of IMG and reboot?

And when my SD card has two partition:

mmcblk0p1 ... 512MB vFAT
mmcblk0p2 ... 30GB+ ext4

TAR updates just the 30GB ext4?

IMG contains partition table + vFAT (boot?) + ext4 and does some trickery to adapt partition table to different size of SD card?

When i was reading your post i thought, that when i already used IMG it rewrote my vfat+ext4 and i lost recorded TV shows etc. on ext4 But when i double checked the content, all my data reminded intact on linux ext4. Uffff... Cool.

PS: shouldn't be that wiki page changed from IMG to TAR, when it mentions UPDATE?

**HiassofT** · June 12, 2020 at 10:16 PM

The update system in LibreELEC supports updating both from a tar file and and img.gz one - you can just copy it into the .update folder, reboot, and it'll get picked up.

The /storage (ext4/linux) partition is unchanged, the updater will only replace files in the /flash (vfat/windows) partition.

The difference between the tar file and the img.gz file is that the tar file contains the files that need to be updated in /flash in a more suitable format. The img.gz is a compressed raw disk image with a 512MB vfat partition and an empty ext4 partition that will get resized when first booted. When updating with it this image file needs to be uncompressed first and then scanned for partitions to get to the actual files in the vfat partition.

So, while both variants work and have the same end result, doing that with an img.gz takes longer (due to the uncompressing overhead).

so long,

Hias

**Da Flex** · June 12, 2020 at 10:27 PM Official Post

There is no need to extract the image by yourself. Just let the update script do the job. It updates some files. It doesn't installs the complete tar for the Linux partition. All unneeded data will be deleted after the update. At the end you'll get the same result like on GUI update.

**HiassofT** · June 12, 2020 at 10:39 PM

This is what I meant. The updater needs to uncompress the image. That needs additional space and takes longer than updating with a tar - but it works the same.

so long,

Hias

**Da Flex** · June 12, 2020 at 10:47 PM Official Post

HiassofT You've been answered faster, that's why I double-posted the same facts.

anand0412 · June 13, 2020 at 1:49 AM

Quote from Klojum

Update options can be found in the LibreELEC Settings add-on, not in the main Kodi GUI.

found it. Only after i changed it to manual

wylda · August 26, 2020 at 8:05 AM

Problem is still present:

v9.2.3 -> v9.2.4 (needs manual update through SSH console)
v9.2.4 -> v9.2.5 (needs manual update through SSH console)

yarik2720 · November 4, 2020 at 11:15 AM

Rpi3b+ russian language

9.2.4 -> 9.2.6 downloading update fails. After changing language to English downloads successfully and installed

queeup · November 12, 2020 at 11:54 PM

wylda , problem persist because of unicode problem on the service.libreelec.settings. Unfortunately you can't fix it easily because some of the service.libreelec.settings files are .pyo(python optimized) and you can't edit them.

Can't update LibreELEC manualy because of "UnicodeDecodeError" on the service.libreelec.settings

**CvH** · November 14, 2020 at 5:25 AM Official Post

Quote from queeup

Unfortunately you can't fix it easily because some of the service.libreelec.settings files are .pyo(python optimized) and you can't edit them.

Testing LibreELEC-settings addon · Issue #4547 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

there you have a solution how to test it

wylda · December 20, 2020 at 8:45 AM

Problem is still present:

v9.2.5 -> v9.2.6 (needs manual update through SSH console)

I wonder, why such simple and widespread bug isn't simply fixed by changing the string back to non-accented ANSI/ASCII letters or simply kept in English? Same way as bootloader firmware and USB firmware - asks me in English, but buttons are ANO / NE (YES / NO ) :c))

.

wylda · April 4, 2021 at 8:32 AM

The problem is still present, can't update/upgrade through GUI.

To update from v9.2.6 -> v9.95.1 i still have to update manually through CLI SSH console.

**mglae** · April 4, 2021 at 9:47 AM

Things happen. The fix missed 9.2.6. Testing LibreELEC-settings addon · Issue #4547 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub is the only possibility to have it in 9.2

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