[x86-64] HDMI-CEC not working on Intel N100

    Hi, I recently upgraded my KODI hardware to Asus ExpertCenter PN42 (Intel N100 processor), which states it does have the HDMI CEC support (there is a dedicated settings in BIOS). However, the KODI player does not respond to any button presses on my Samsung One Remote. In the previous setup with Venztech V12 Ultra (Amlogic S912) box it worked well. Moreover, there is no CEC Adapter in Kodi's settings/system/input/pheriperals. I am using the latest LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0.2.img.gz. To have it a bit more complicated the KODI box is connected to Denon receiver, which is then connected to Samsung TV. However in this setup the previous Venztech box worked well with CEC. Any suggestions? Thanks

    Hi Chewitt, many thanks. I put the file into /storage/.update and rebooted. However now the device does not boot at all, just jumps into bios after restart. Would you be so kind a prepare the .img file from it so I can burn it on USB stick and do the clean reinstall? Thanks. Pavel

    In addition: somewhere I read that the libcec is by default disabled in LibreELEC generic build and that adding this to build options should help: CEC_FRAMEWORK_SUPPORT="yes"

    Hi Chewitt, I was wrong, the device finally booted and I see the version installed as LibreELEC (chewitt) version 12.80.2. However the CEC is still not present in settings/system/input/pheripherials nor it is working. Any idea? I want to avoid buing the Pulse eight CEC adapter but maybe it will be only option.

    Hi, I did a fresh install with https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreE…-12.80.2.img.gz but it did not help. Still there is no CEC Adapter in peripherals settings in KODI. The question is what to do next.

    Option 1: order the CEC adapter from Pulse Eight - the problem is it is available only in US so price to deliver to Europe incl. tax and VAT would be like $90. The box itself was $340 so final price tag would be $430.

    Option 2: return the Asus box (16GB RAM, 256 GB SSD) and order some Amlogic device or Raspberry PI5. In case of Amlogic with 4/32 GB it is like returing 10+ years back. In case of Raspberry I did not find any suitable case, which allows for both the NVMe disc and passive cooling. What would you suggest?

    I forgot to mention the Asus PN42 box has the infrared sensor but I am not sure how to use it in the setup I have: KODI box -> Denon AV receiver -> Samsung TV/One remote. The remote controls the volume +- of the Denon, which also passes CEC commands to KODI box. I am not sure if it can be configured to send IR commands to both Denon and KODI/ASUS box at the same time.

    Update with https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreE…_64-12.80.2.tar and check/test again. I've enabled some more kernel modules; I'm intentionally doing them in bits to see which ones make a difference (or not). Also share the URL generated by "pastekodi" (run from the SSH console) after updating so I can see the system log.

    Information on IR remotes is here: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/configuration/ir-remotes but an RC6/MCE remote should basically work out of box. Worst case you might need to swap some buttons around via XML maps. If you have some other kind of remote you'll need to create a toml keymap (not hard to do).

    I'd advise against Amlogic purchases due to no LE support on anything recent. RPi5 is nice. Mine just has some standoffs fitted to the board with plastic bits top/bottom to give some basic protection. It sits in a cupboard out of sight though so appearance and protection aren't important, and I use a BT remote so line-of-sight with an IR remote isn't required (CEC is disabled in the AVR as I have too many CEC capable devices connected and this only causes problems).

    Hi Chewitt, thanks for all your advices but I finally gave up and returned the devices. Besides problems with CEC it also had (I guess) some error because sometimes it found the NVMe SSD disk and sometimes not - it was just not there, it could not boot and ended up in bios. I bought Homatics Box R 4K Plus instead, wich is recommended as on of the currently best available Kodi boxes. And after years of using LibreELEC I switched to CoreELEC as they has a dedicated image for this box (sorry). And it runs perfectly on the first try, incl. the HDMI CEC. Thanks for all your support. Pavel