Forget everything you have read about Lirc and uninstall it. It is no longer valid.
I have found that virtually everything outdated.
Read this: Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki]
I don't think Panasonic protocol is supported by the kernel, I can't find it.
The old lircd.conf format has changed.
In theory, a RC-6 (MCE) remote will work without doing anything. NOT a Vista MCE.
I got couchpotato working on the Ubuntu machine; somehow permissions got changed.
Interested in looking at the addons though. Can't make any of them work by just installing.
The default in the Medusa addon settings page is 18081.
Regardless, it is CouchPotato that is my focus. Port 5050 is the default, as far as I know.
Since I can't seem to find any docs for the CouchpPotato addon I assumed all I had to do was install it then access it via 192.168.1.xxx:5050 on a remote machine. That does not work.
Are there any tuts or docs. I am happy to help myself.
RPi 3, LE 9
The reason I am trying this is Couchpotato suddenly refuses to start as a service on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was starting fine until this week. Was starting fine as systemd service, tried as init.d (nope). Starts fine from command line. Could this be related?
Medusa Addon won't connect on port 18081 either.
What have I missed?
As of August 15, 2018 it still does not work.
What is so tough about typing \\192.168.1.3 then typing the user and password?
An interesting point I discovered yesterday; a local usb drive will auto magically get shared via samba after it auto magically mounts on /var/media, if you check that option in LE settings.
Turns out that crontab -e edits the crontab xxx file AND the root file at the same time. It seems to copy both ways; if you edit the root file the crontab xxx gets changed. In my searching for an answer the seemingly best answer this forum gave was wrong, it said to create a file named "what it does" in storage/.cach/cron/crontabs; that does NOT work, it has to be named "root" or a user name if you can figure out how to have a different user.
Curiously, I had the same problem with the clock and cron as I did on a previous installation. I had to issue "systemctl restart cron" to correct the clock. This install has been going for 2 month and has been restarted many times and has ntp servers setup and cron enabled, but the system time was not the same as cron time.
Evidently, creating a crontab in LE is different from other linux distros. I have searched for an hour for some guidance.
When I type "crontab -e" in a ssh terminal the editor opens an empty file /storage/.cache/cron/crontabs.1832. There is an empty file named "root" in /storage/.cache/cron/crontabs, is that the right file?
Is there a tut that applies to LE somewhere? Should I type my crontabs into that file?
The other thing is in settings>display resolution changes back to 640X480 everytime there is an update, and some other times with out warning.
The square box in the center is supposed to be perfectly "square" The corners should make the screen the same aspect as the TV.
BTW, a square is a rectangle with equal sides and angles.
My 1920X1080 Polaroid flatscreen is of the "old" (2006) variety the settings don't even get close.
I have to go to settings set to Expert. All the way at the bottom is Video Calibration. Click it; press the down arrow until you starty seeing the corner marker and get it to show no black above it, then press the right arrow until the marker shows no black to the left. Press OK, repeat in revers for the lower right. When that is set look at the center square, if it is not perfectly square follow direction on screen. and adjust the position of sub titles.
When everything is right click back. Done.
If you type \\address into the nav window it will be there.
If you are wanting to access a file from LE that is on your windows machine you can't browse workgroup/machine anymore. Instead type smb://machine address/folder name. You will need to have a password protected windows.
If you want access files on LE from windows, first you need the samba.conf set up then on windows file explorer type the address of the LE box, \\192.168.x.xx or whatever.
If you just want to transfer files or edit files on LE try WinSCP on the windows machine
It is not as complicated as we try to think.
Did you remember to enable the mount and place it in the correct directory with the correct name.
The name should be "storage-tvshows.mount" The path of the where with - instead of /
And is should be in /storage/.config/system.d/
Are your username and password the same in LE as they were in OE?
If you modify it after enabling you need to do systemctl daemon-reload.
Yes, and if I want to make LE the server? I want to have nfs access to the hdd on the LE machine.
I finally found that samba.conf does live in /storage/.config.
Why is typing \\192.168.x.xxx such a problem? Do it once save as a favorite.
LE didn't even ask me for user and password.
To install nfs on win10 pro: got to old fashioned control panel>programs & features>(on left) turn windows featueres on or off then check everything under services for nfs.
Then you will need to create a file called "exports" on the libreELEC machine, I think in /storage/.config, following nfs tuts available on line.
I am still trying to figure out where samba.conf is supposed to live in LE, I guess the same place as exports.
Samba works fine for me, you can't browse to directories, but you type \\192.168.x.xxx into the nav bar and Viola!
That "connected" message means to LE. not to the TV. Just means it is turned on. It may need configuring; on the TV and LE.
As far as I know, which isn't very far, If both are turned on and configured right and the remote controls the TV it should control LE.
You could just ask a question about the wifi "issue" that can't be easily solved with the LE configuration in Settings.
