Possible to output text on LibreELEC boot screen?

I am running LibreELEC 9.95.2 on RPi4.

Have setup autostart.sh to load some scripts upon boot.

It would take about 30 to 45 seconds to complete.

Thought it might be good to display the status on TV.

Wondering if it is possible to output text on LibreELEC boot screen.

Hi Hias,

Thank you for the solution. It is working great.

Hi chewitt,

Thank you for the tip. Shall read up on systemd.

Quote from HiassofT

You can simply write to /dev/console. eg try this as autostart.sh:

Code

( 
echo -n "waiting"
for i in `seq 1 10` ; do
  echo -n "."
  sleep 1
done
echo "done"
) > /dev/console

so long,

Hias

Hi Hias,

Sorry to trouble you again.

I have tried the above script on another setup with RPi3B+ running LE 9.2.6, but it is not working.

Is there something which I need to do or enable first?

Quote from HiassofT

You can simply write to /dev/console. eg try this as autostart.sh:

Code

( 
echo -n "waiting"
for i in `seq 1 10` ; do
  echo -n "."
  sleep 1
done
echo "done"
) > /dev/console

so long,

Hias

Hi Hias, I did a fresh installation of LE 9.2.6 for my other RPi 3B+ setup.

Applied the above same script, as what I have tested previously for RPi 4.

Oddly, it is not showing on the LibreELEC boot screen.

Is there something I have missed?

Have tried running the script manually, but did not observe any output or error.

The script took about 10 sec to run, due to the "for" loop.

Also checked the journal and paste it in the link below. Can't seem to identify the error either.

Quote from HiassofT

Check the journal or stop kodi ("systemctl stop kodi"), run the script manually and watch out for errors.

so long,

Hias

Hi Hias,

Appreciate if you could take a look at the journal attached above.

Thank you.

Quote from HiassofT

Nothing unusual in the logs, no idea what's going wrong.

The script worked fine when I tested it on my LE 9.2.6 RPi4.

I'd suggest testing with a direct echo to the console with kodi stopped. eg "echo hello > /dev/console"

so long,

Hias

Tried that on RPi3. Does not work either.

Have fresh installed LE 9.2.6 on RPi3 and RPi4. Configured the same "for loop" script in autostart.sh on both setups.

Oddly, it only worked on RPi4.

Quote from Mario77

Or output to a file instead of console for testing script..

Hahahaha.. This might sound silly...

I am running LibreELEC and RetroPie on a single SD card with a customised PINN setup.

It is configured to run LibreELEC by default, where I can toggle to RetroPie upon reboot.

At initial boot, a script will resize RetroPie partition to the maximum available space.

It would take about 30 seconds to complete, depending on the card.

Thought it would be cool to display the progress, than to see a "frozen" screen.

Hi Hias,

Sorry for the unusual request, and thank you for your time and help.

Good to know that this feature will be supported in LE10 for RPi2 to 4.