libreleec 9.97.1/10.0 matrix Networking not connecting automatically

wormvortex · July 24, 2021 at 10:55 PM

Just installed as a fresh image but each time I reboot the pi I have to go into librelec settings and manually connect to my wired network. If I tick the connect automatically box and hit save as a soon as I go back into it to check its deactivated.

**Klojum** · July 25, 2021 at 3:34 AM Official Post

Is the "Wait for network" option also enabled, with a 20-30sec timeout?

wormvortex · July 25, 2021 at 7:26 AM

It was yes.

**Klojum** · July 25, 2021 at 8:21 AM Official Post

Then you must have a hardware failure somewhere. Broken cable, router/switch port, RPi4 itself?

A fresh image of LE will autoconnect to network using DHCP by default every time. No extra ticks needed.

**chewitt** · July 25, 2021 at 12:20 PM Official Post

Run "journalctl | paste" and "pastekodi" after booting (and doing whatever is needed with network config) and share the two URLs that are generated. Then reboot and repeat the process, share the URLs again.

wormvortex · July 26, 2021 at 5:30 PM

I reflashed the SD card and it's been fine since so doesn't look hardware related.

If it happens again I'll follow the above steps though.

sunny · October 5, 2021 at 7:39 AM

I had the exact same issue with a Pi4 with LE10 connected via ethernet to a switch. Even with 'Wait for network' enabled with timeout at 30 seconds, and even if I set all the IP settings for the connection manually instead of using DHCP, the 'connect automatically' switch would not stay enabled.... if the Pi or the switch was rebooted, the network connection became idle and had to be manually refreshed to connect.

The problem went away after a did a full clean install of LE 10 and re-did all my settings instead of importing from a LE 9 backup, which also fixed a range of other small, funky things.

KaosKatte · November 9, 2021 at 10:05 PM

Same problem with my P4 and LE10. Probably it came up after recent Update to 10.0.1, but I'm not sure. My wired connection used to connect automatically. But after I have tried manual, I am not able to save the change when I set the slider back to automatic.

I tried the same with the wireless connection. After I had activated wifi, I left the automatic setting. Then I changed to manual and guess what: I wasn’t able to save the settings when I set the slider back to automatic.

Is there a way to edit a LE config file directly to make the change there instead of via Kodi-LE menu?

I upload the log/journal to http://ix.io/3Ex9. But I think it doesn't make sense to run journal export a second time as the amendment in the network configuration isn't saved anyway.

**Klojum** · November 10, 2021 at 8:22 AM

Editing the add-on's settings file is possible when you first stop the Kodi application, edit/save the file, and restart Kodi.

systemctl stop kodi

nano oesettings.xml

systemctl start kodi

You'll need to be in the correct add-on folder first to edit the xml file, of course.

I would also check first if the storage partition on the SDcard isn't in a readonly state with the Gparted tool, because settings not being saved is weird.

**mglae** · November 11, 2021 at 6:14 PM

There is now a fix for the autoconnect disabled issue.

Please test it using https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/issues/4547