[RPi] New setup - completely broken from start

    Question for the developers - what was your actual intended experience here?

    I setup a microsd card with the lastest libreelec version, connected my Pi to my receiver via hdmi, set the receiver to the right input, turned on the TV, and booted up the Pi.

    It booted up to kodi, let me set a hostname, let me find my wifi network, and - now I have a kodi screen that is configured completely wrong with no clear direction to go in.

    Poking around the settings, I see the following problems right off the bat:
    - audio is set to bluetooth with no other options (uh, hello? HDMI is literally what I'm using and what you're already sending video signal to - why wouldn't you send audio there, or have that available as an option to select?)
    - video resolution is set to 1024x768 with no higher options. Seriously?
    - clock is set to wrong time with no option to set or automatically update, despite being connected to internet. Even Microsoft can figure out how to do this right from the start.

    So please developers, please explain to me why you think this is an acceptable starting point, and what you intend your end users to do from this state to actually make use of your product. Because for anyone that cares at all about end user experience, this is a completely unacceptable starting point!

    Hello, seriously, just complaining without any info or logs?

    Hint: if you only get 1024x768 and no HDMI audio this usually means the RPi couldn't detect the TV/receiver and was unable to read the EDID - and is running with some fail-safe defaults.

    So check the cabling (especially avoid micro<->full-size HDMI adapters and keep in mind that cases with built-in HDMI adapters are rather prone to this sort of issue).

    Time will be set correctly once you configured your timezone and are connected to the network/internet so time can be retrieved from NTP servers.

    so long,

    Hias

    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

    This thread was based on a Pi3, which I set aside in favor of a Pi4, which setup a bit better - although a setup process that actually prompts to set a time zone would be a welcome feature rather than just assuming the entire world lives in a single time zone, thus making the time wrong by default for the vast majority of users.

    From a technical perspective timezone is a "nice to have" not "must have" function. The OS runs exactly the same on UTC as it does with one configured. There is also no need to define NTP servers; we fallback onto pool.ntp.org servers by default so as long as the network is functional, devices like RPi boards with no hardware RTC chip will have time corrected during boot.

    NB: Adding a timezone setup option in the wizard would be great. Our all-volunteer project staff working for fun in their free time looks forward to reviewing your contribution on GitHub to make that possible.