No Video through HDMI after Upgrade

    Running Libreelec on a Lenovo N22 Netbook with Philips TV attached via HDMI. Worked fine on LE 10.04 but after upgrade to 11.06 I'm not getting video on the TV. Libreelec splash screen displays on both TV and netbook, but as soon as Kodi GUI starts I get no video on the TV. Audio works, just no video.

    Trying getedid create as was mentioned in threads with similar problems, but I get stuck at find . -print | cpio -ov -H newc > ../edid.cpio when the system complains the file system is read only.

    Stumped. :(

    Try Generic-legacy (which worked for a Chromebox user here). If that also doesn't work, go back to Generic, and post a log...

    Please provide a full debug log.

    How to post a log (wiki)

    1. Enable debugging in Settings>System Settings>Logging
    2. Restart Kodi
    3. Replicate the problem
    4. Generate a log URL (do not post/upload logs to the forum)

    use "Settings > LibreELEC > System > Paste system logs" or run "pastekodi" over SSH, then post the URL link

    Graphics driver issue:

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    2024-05-08 17:03:51.793 T:1017    error <general>: libva error: /usr/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed

    Try this:

    Post

    RE: Issues on Beta 1 with X86

    You can force the older intel i965 drivers by creating /storage/.config/kodi.conf:

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    mglae
    March 27, 2021 at 9:14 AM

    reposting.. https://paste.libreelec.tv/premium-manatee.log

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    ay 08 17:03:51.389390 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0
May 08 17:03:51.389390 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
May 08 17:03:51.732002 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_17
May 08 17:03:51.733293 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva error: /usr/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
May 08 17:03:51.733293 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
May 08 17:03:51.733293 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
May 08 17:03:51.779033 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_17
May 08 17:03:51.791757 LibreELEC kodi.sh[1017]: libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

    So it tries iHD and the falls back to i965 ..

    See if adding "video=HDMI-A-1:1280x720M@60" to boot params helps? .. I can see it's trying to use [email protected] and I've seen other issue reports with that weird resolution in recent weeks and despite users blabbing on about it being a native resolution for their old TV, I suspect Linux doesn't like it.

    Quote from chewitt
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    mount -o remount,rw /flash
nano /flash/syslinux.cfg

    ^ edit and add params there

    Thanks for trying to help, but that didn't fix it either. I also tried adding "video=HDMI-A-1:1360x768M@60" and then tried "video=HDMI-A-1:1366x768M@60" to boot parameters as well, but that made no difference.

    Count me in as one of those "blabbing on" about that "weird resolution" lol. ;) I'll agree it's weird, but my HTPC and my Pi ran on that same TV at that resolution for over 10 years just fine. It's also the only resolution available on the Lenovo N22 and I suspect that might be part of the reason I had problems with upgrading through Libreelec.

    I went ahead and downloaded legacy generic 11.06, did a clean install and restored a backup from 2 weeks ago. Works fine now at 1360x768, just like it did before I tried to update. I don't remember if my original install was from a standard or generic package, but I'll remember to download the generic to upgrade in the future. Thanks again for trying to help.

    Quote from chewitt

    I suggested "video=HDMI-A-1:1280x720M@60" and not "video=HDMI-A-1:1360x768M@60" for a reason /shrug

    Yep, and when your suggestion didn't work I figured I'd take a shot in the dark and meddle around and try a few other things before giving up and doing a clean install. My time wasted might save someone else a few minutes of their time.

    You're probably right in that Linux doesn't like that 'weird resolution', but it does work. Though at least in my case, it only seems to work from a clean install.

    In any event, I'm up and running and again and appreciate you trying help salvage my messed up system.