Stuck in SAFE MODE

cartman74 · January 4, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Hi !

Several times when i boot my LibreElec machine, i'm stuck in SAFE MODE and need to reboot to work again.

You can see since my first setup how many times it fails :

Code

KODI19:~/logfiles # ls -altrh
total 6M
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      198.3K Sep 15 12:19 log-2021-09-15-10.19.42-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      250.6K Oct 28 17:41 log-2021-10-28-15.41.15-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      248.9K Oct 30 17:20 log-2021-10-30-15.20.29-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      244.1K Nov  8 16:56 log-2021-11-08-15.56.41-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.1K Nov 12 17:59 log-2021-11-12-16.59.43-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.6K Nov 13 10:44 log-2021-11-13-09.44.41-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      248.1K Nov 14 12:21 log-2021-11-14-11.21.51-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      245.0K Nov 15 18:31 log-2021-11-15-17.31.25-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      244.4K Nov 19 18:26 log-2021-11-19-17.26.28-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      247.1K Nov 23 17:21 log-2021-11-23-16.21.14-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      244.3K Nov 25 12:53 log-2021-11-25-11.53.18-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      245.6K Nov 25 17:36 log-2021-11-25-16.36.37-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.0K Nov 26 22:36 log-2021-11-26-21.36.22-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      254.0K Nov 27 21:01 log-2021-11-27-20.01.31-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      252.5K Nov 28 12:00 log-2021-11-28-11.00.51-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.5K Dec  1 17:26 log-2021-12-01-16.26.31-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      250.4K Dec  3 21:49 log-2021-12-03-20.49.13-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      245.2K Dec 16 10:21 log-2021-12-16-09.21.38-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.6K Dec 16 19:00 log-2021-12-16-18.00.57-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      254.9K Dec 18 17:26 log-2021-12-18-16.26.45-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      253.2K Dec 20 11:30 log-2021-12-20-10.30.41-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      254.5K Dec 21 10:05 log-2021-12-21-09.05.24-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      250.6K Dec 26 19:59 log-2021-12-26-18.59.17-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      247.4K Dec 27 10:36 log-2021-12-27-09.36.14-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.9K Jan  1 16:33 log-2022-01-01-15.33.34-FAILED.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      252.2K Jan  3 17:50 log-2022-01-03-16.50.39-FAILED.zip

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Here is my latest kodi_crash.log.

As you can see I use the database configuration with an external MariaDB which is still in experimental but i never had any problems with this.

The MiniPC I use to run LibreElec is H31G.

If someone finds my problem ?

Thanks !

cartman74 · January 7, 2022 at 2:03 PM

No one has an idea ...?

Software or hardware problems ?

**chewitt** · January 10, 2022 at 3:15 AM

Nothing stands out, but the most common cause of unexplained crashes is add-ons. So start with a clean install and add things back in small changes until either everything works or you can pinpoint the change that introduces the problem.

cartman74 · January 10, 2022 at 12:48 PM

I will setup a new instance of KODI in a spare disk to check this.

The only plugin at startup is IPVR Simple Client and TVHeadEnd when they scan channels and guide i guess.

Quote from chewitt

Nothing stands out, but the most common cause of unexplained crashes is add-ons. So start with a clean install and add things back in small changes until either everything works or you can pinpoint the change that introduces the problem.

**chewitt** · January 10, 2022 at 2:28 PM

You can rename /storage/.kodi to /storage/.kodi-old or such and reboot to start over .. it makes copying working config back easier

cartman74 · January 15, 2022 at 6:26 PM

I setup a new KODI in a new SSD drive and after several on/off I have the same problem without plugins etc ...

I noticed something when it goes in SAFE MODE at kernel boot :

When i googled i found this :

This message can be safely ignored. This occurs due to the Linux Kernel unable to locate any PS/2 controller.

Do i need to try to set this on boot in the grub ?

quiet splash nomodeset

Code

set timeout="0"
set default="LibreELEC"

menuentry "LibreELEC" {
        search --set -f /KERNEL
        linux /KERNEL boot=UUID=C9FE-B3B2 disk=UUID=046048be-ef87-4380-b66f-f155274b5c7f quiet splash nomodeset
}

**chewitt** · January 16, 2022 at 9:19 AM

The message that appears on-screen is indeeed harmless and can be ignored. No harm in adding nomodeset to the boot config .. but we don't use grub unless it's a 32-bit BIOS (as indicated by the SYSLINUX header in the pic). Similar place to modify, but not actually grub.

cartman74 · January 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM

I think i found the bug !

I hadn’t this problem with previous Librelec (<= 9)

So first i need to explain how i use my LibreElec machine. I use a software for my home automation (Jeedom). When i want to watch TV i just say to my Alexa « zap to channel X ».

- it triggers a Wake On LAN on my LibreElec machine

- it tries every second to ping the response of the API on 8080 port

- when it pings it switches to the desired channel with the API

The problem was i guess the « hammering » every second.

I change this to try every 5 sc after 25 sc of booting and now it takes maybe fewer seconds to switch the channel after booting, but it does not reboot in Safe Mode anymore.

So is there something new with the LAN interface and the API in this new version ?

Thanks for the support

**heitbaum** · January 31, 2022 at 10:45 AM

Hi cartman74 - enabled debug crash logs may help pinpoint the issue.

cartman74 · January 31, 2022 at 1:19 PM

Quote from heitbaum

Hi cartman74 - enabled debug crash logs may help pinpoint the issue.

Hi !

I forgot to enable Debug Mode, you are right

So I managed to reproduce the bug, you can find all my Log Files here : https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/0dfcac30-df6…a7-17af70c5c6de

I hope you'll find something.

Thanks.

Stuck in SAFE MODE

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