No audio OR no remote since LE10

No more audio after upgrading from LE9 to LE10 (generic x64 build).

Audio device in LE9 was ALSA/SPDIF device with SPDIF passthrough enabled. Can no longer be selected in LE10, only PulseAudio/BlueTooth device listed (greyed out). I don't remember seeing PulseAudio/BlueTooth device there in LE9 (but I might be wrong; was definitely never used).

The audio issues can be fixed by starting LE10 with the following command:

pasuspender -- env KODI_AE_SINK=ALSA /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.sh --standalone -fs

Tested => audio works.

That, however, causes my remote to stop working (it does work correctly if I just let KODI start automatically (without the above command) but then, alas, without the sound).

Remote is irtrans-based. IRTrans server/daemon is started from autostart.sh with the following command (used this method in LE9 without issue; also works in LE10 as long as I don't use the pasuspender command above to start KODI):

./irserver -logfile /var/log/irserver.log -pidfile /var/run/irserver.pid -daemon /dev/irtrans0

Full instructions on setup for irtrans is here: irserver add-on

How can I get both audio and my remote to work again with LE10?

Need logs? Which ones?

Lost audio after upgrading to LE10. This appears to be caused by PulseAudio (I'm assuming PulseAudio somehow got enabled since LE10). I could get the audio to work again by launching LE10 with the following command:

pasuspender -- env KODI_AE_SINK=ALSA /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.sh --standalone -fs

That, however, caused the irtrans remote to stop working.

To resolve this, I modified /storage/.config/system.d/kodi.service as follows

[Unit]
Description=Kodi Media Center
After=network-online.target graphical.target
Requires=graphical.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Environment=LIRC_SOCKET_PATH=/var/run/lirc/lircd.irtrans
Environment=KODI_AE_SINK=ALSA
Environment=__GL_YIELD=USLEEP
Environment=DISPLAY=:0.0
Environment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
Environment=SDL_MOUSE_RELATIVE=0
Environment=HOME=/storage
Environment=KODI_TEMP=/storage/.kodi/temp
Environment=KODI_HOME=/usr/share/kodi/
EnvironmentFile=-/run/libreelec/kodi.conf
EnvironmentFile=-/run/libreelec/debug/kodi.conf
ExecStartPre=-/storage/.config/kodi-config
ExecStart=pasuspender -- /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.sh --standalone -fs $KODI_ARGS $KODI_DEBUG
ExecStop=/bin/kill -TERM $MAINPID
ExecStopPost=-/usr/lib/kodi/kodi-safe-mode
TimeoutStopSec=5
Restart=always
RestartSec=2
StartLimitInterval=0
LimitNOFILE=16384

[Install]
WantedBy=kodi.target

Note the added line below [Service]:

Environment=KODI_AE_SINK=ALSA

As well as the modified line ExecStart:

ExecStart=pasuspender -- /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.sh --standalone -fs $KODI_ARGS $KODI_DEBUG

Solution also added to the original thread.