Tanix TX6-A hangs when idle

When idle for too long, the device hangs. It is unable to take input from the IR remote nor am I able to SSH into it. Here is the pastekodi output that I ran after disconnecting and reconnecting the power cable (the only way I am able to get the device running again). The issue happens at seemingly random time intervals. I am able to watch Movies, YouTube etc. in full HD perfectly fine with no crashes. The issue (so far) has only occurred while the device was idle.

I'm at a loss here, any assistance is appreciated.

blueribb thanks for pointing that out! Didn't even know that was still there.

I've enabled debug logging and persistent logs to try to catch the error. I will remove that pesky repo and update with new logs soon.

Hi all,

I've uploaded the new logs. Ran pastekodi immediately after rebooting once I found the device unresponsive.

Thank you. Had a power outage and the old log got overwritten so I had to wait for it to hang again. Here is the correct log.

Unfortunately not, that is the entire log...

# wc -l /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.old.log
937 /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.old.log

The device was on for about 3 minutes before it became unresponsive for that log specifically. It usually takes much longer.

I thought as much. Couldn't find anything wrong myself and thought I was going mad. Will start with a fresh install and if that doesn't work I'll move on to solder UART pins. jernej could you point me towards any resources that could guide me regarding where to solder etc.? I've never used UART before but am willing to learn.

Side note - we have regular power outages where I am from and I have LE installed on a micro SD. Could this cause the issue? I'm thinking corruption of some sort. I was trying to avoid installing to the EMMC until I know it's stable for use on this device but I think I may have found a copy of the original firmware. Should I try installing to EMMC?

It seems to have either been the piracy addon or the power outages. I suspect it may have been the power outages as since I've re-imaged the boot device I have been shutting down the machine before the outage hits and haven't had any issues yet.

Don't mark as resolved just yet, I will update here after a week or so to let you guys know if the issue starts again (I have not completely set up the device as it was prior due to my media server having gone in for motherboard repairs, fingers crossed it's not a configuration causing the crash) but so far so good! I appreciate the assistance

I spoke too soon, it crashed will have to get familiar with UART...

EDIT: Waiting on delivery of the USB UART adapter, will update as soon as I get logs. Also it seems that the TX6 is not the only device affected by this, see here.