Trying to upgrade from LibreElec to RetroElec, but can't get past boot. An Error pops up for less than a second, so sorry about the quality... Had to record a video and frame advance just to read it. O.O
It gets to "Update UTMP about system Runlevel changes." and then fails to unmount /flash.
Running latest generic x86 build (RetroELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.2-devel-20200214162808-28eddc2)
Trying to upgrade from LibreElec to RetroElec, but can't get past boot.
Try flashing a clean image. I suspect upgrading from LibreELEC will not work properly.
When configuring Kodi to use PULSE, all passthrough settings are disabled and my receiver claims to be receiving PCM. In ALSA mode, this works fine. So, I'll just stick with ALSA.
As mentioned, you need to tell PA what pass-through formats are supported using the command I gave you.
Wrt\ to 'obsession'. I would assume that my Yahama receiver does a better job in the decoding, conditioning and up/down-mixing the audio stream for my speaker setup. But, yeah, at some point it might become a question of 'believe'
There should be no difference where the decoding is done, as long as all information is extracted (which I believe it is at this point). There is no remixing done by Kodi/PA if the sink supports the sampling format (avoid-resampling=true is set in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf).
Just updated the latest generic build and I am getting no text on the default skin in kodi. Never mind, took the text a while to load all appears to be fine now. thanks again for all your hard work
As mentioned, you need to tell PA what pass-through formats are supported using the command I gave you.
Ah. OK. Yep passthrough via PULSE know works. Thx.
There should be no difference where the decoding is done, as long as all information is extracted (which I believe it is at this point). There is no remixing done by Kodi/PA if the sink supports the sampling format (avoid-resampling=true is set in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf).
The standards typically specify the bitstream format but not necessarily any further post-processing. So, if the receiver knows which compressed content it is dealing with, it should do a better job compared handling 'unknown' PCM. But, anyway. PT works. Thx !
Small behavior I noticed:
On the RPi I noticed that a log is created when I access \\192.168.178.22\ and another one if I access \\192.168.178.22\Logfiles
LibreELEC:~/logfiles # ls -lat
total 295
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Feb 20 23:09 .
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 42267 Feb 20 23:09 log-2020-02-20-23.09.39.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 43753 Feb 20 20:01 log-2020-02-20-20.01.16.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 43624 Feb 20 20:01 log-2020-02-20-20.01.00.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 45253 Feb 16 21:28 log-2020-02-16-21.28.57.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 45036 Feb 16 21:28 log-2020-02-16-21.28.29.zipLibreELEC:~/logfiles # ls -lat
total 337
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Feb 20 23:09 .
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 42512 Feb 20 23:09 log-2020-02-20-23.09.57.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 42267 Feb 20 23:09 log-2020-02-20-23.09.39.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 43753 Feb 20 20:01 log-2020-02-20-20.01.16.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 43624 Feb 20 20:01 log-2020-02-20-20.01.00.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 45253 Feb 16 21:28 log-2020-02-16-21.28.57.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 45036 Feb 16 21:28 log-2020-02-16-21.28.29.zipI tried the latest RPi2 image 'RetroELEC-RPi2.arm-9.2-devel-20200216221355-28eddc2.img.gz', but same here, Kodi doesn't start.
Messages on the screen:
Logs attached
Here's a small preview of what's to come 
Here we see Sway with window shadows, Firefox 73 (with Webrender/EGL acceleration), RPCS3 and LavaLauncher. All beautifully rendered through pure Wayland (Mesa and controllable with the Dualshock 4 functioning as mouse. Lightweight desktop environment for the modern HTPC
Looks like a clean boot except for Kodi not being able to open a GBM surface. Can you check that your /flash/distroconfig.txt contains
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d? A new build for the RPi2 is halfway done as well, will be uploading soon. EDIT: Uploaded, please try it with a clean SDcard if possible.
Ah. OK. Yep passthrough via PULSE know works. Thx.
Update: RA starts up and has audio. ES and FF are not starting up properly and seem to hang somehere (Sway background is visible). Are there any PA related settings I need to adapt or remove ?
N64: Still some crackling sound with Doom64, while F-Zero X and Mortal Combat4 seem ok. So, not a general problem, it seems.
Your Pentium J005 simply isn't powerful enough for more demanding N64 emulation. I don't see any attempts to start ES/FF in your logs, they both should log to /var/log. The logs are wiped on reboot, so reproduce without rebooting.
Not sure if you can see anything in the logs (yet). Maybe this helps:
ps -ef :
1277 root 0:00 {kodi-browser.sh} /bin/sh /usr/bin/kodi-browser.sh
1278 root 0:00 systemctl start firefox
1279 root 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --session --address=unix:path=/run/dbus/session_bus_socket --nofork --nopidfile --syslog-only
1286 root 0:00 /usr/bin/sway -V
1288 root 0:00 /usr/bin/sway -V
1297 root 0:00 swaybg -o * -i /usr/share/backgrounds/sway/Sway_Wallpaper_Blue_1920x1080.png -m fill
1301 root 0:00 swaybar -b bar-0
Can you check that your /flash/distroconfig.txt contains
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d?
No it doesn't:
cat /flash/distroconfig.txt
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN WHEN UPGRADING!After adding this line it boots into Kodi normally. Thanks!!!
RetroELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2-devel-20200220171357-28eddc2.img still boot looping
log attached
escalade what is the newest image for the XU4 is see tow image with the same date 14 feb.
Wich one to choose?
Your Pentium J005 simply isn't powerful enough for more demanding N64 emulation. I don't see any attempts to start ES/FF in your logs, they both should log to /var/log. The logs are wiped on reboot, so reproduce without rebooting.
Yep. Question is if I'm rather CPU or GPU bound ?
There's a new Pentium silver coming up. CPU clock speed is up to 500 MHz higher, but GPU is identical.
I'm looking for an affordable fan-less system. The cheaper Intel NUCs seem to have a fan, and anything else that's fan-less costs about 500+ Euros, which I consider too much for an HTPC.
on the latest generic emulation station does not launch it hangs at a dark screen.
