[SOLVED] Unable to login/start - Need to check log

  • Hi,

    In continuation of libreElec installation to a new 8TB HDD (thread) ; I then able to restart to the new HDD.

    I can see the LibreELEC splashscreen and the "LibreELEC (official) - Version: 8.0.2" word on top left hand side

    But...that's it...no GUI no nothing afterwards, it just stuck there.

    I can also see the computer HDD light does not lite up / working at all; which indicated that the computer is rather idle / hang.

    It's been running 2.5 hours and the screen just stay as is, I might going to try for another hour or so,

    if the problem persist, is there a way to retrieve the start up log files to check what's really happening?

    Thank you!

  • Seagate Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB8000100) Hi Klojum,

    Thanks for your response; I tried to ssh from another machine (Mac), unfortunately, connection is refused.

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    ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.105 port 22: Connection refused

    I then tried to use Ubuntu LiveCD and managed to get the log files from the drive:

    - kodi.log = Empty file

    - kodi.log.old = Ubuntu Pastebin

    - kodi_crashlog_20170712210957.log = Ubuntu Pastebin

    - kodi_crashlog_20170712210925.log = Ubuntu Pastebin

    For your reference, the following is my hardware spec:

    - HP Microserver N40L

    - Memory 8GB

    - Graphic:

    -- internal graphic card to VGA monitor (I use this during libreelec installation)

    -- Asus Radeon R7 240 2GB DDR (I use this once libreelec is up and running to my projector)

    - Seagate 8TB (taken from Expansion 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 - STEB8000100)

    Note: If I use my 1TB HDD (Hitachi HTS541010A9E680), LibreElec works as expected

    Hope this information helps your investigations

    Thanks heaps!

    Edited once, last by televisi: Added hardware information (July 13, 2017 at 9:04 PM).

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    21:10:30.450 T:139805307557120   ERROR: X11 Error: No Display found

    I'm afraid that Linux/LibreELEC doesn't really like your AMD video card. AMD/Ati GPUs have given us mixed results for the last couple of years, mostly because AMD hasn't really bothered to do any Linux video support.

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    Note: If I use my 1TB HDD (Hitachi HTS541010A9E680), LibreElec works as expected

    You mean you then get a normal display of LibreELEC's main screen? That would be very odd.

  • Hi Klojum,

    Thanks for your responses so far, this definitely help me.

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    21:10:30.450 T:139805307557120   ERROR: X11 Error: No Display found

    I'm afraid that Linux/LibreELEC doesn't really like your AMD video card. AMD/Ati GPUs have given us mixed results for the last couple of years, mostly because AMD hasn't really bothered to do any Linux video support.

    You mean you then get a normal display of LibreELEC's main screen? That would be very odd.

    Sorry, I think you were right, I tried plug-in my 1TB HDD with the same VGA display, and it is just stuck during boot (right after docker applications run):

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    ERROR: X11 Error: No Display found

    The resolution is to boot the 8TB using external graphic using HDMI port (Asus Radeon R7 240 2GB DDR ), and do the configuration over projector :)

    Case closed :)