Posts by ClayMontgomery

  • Permissions Problem Accessing smb://HTPC on a Windows Server

    I having trouble getting my PVR client to work on LibreELEC 8.2 because I probably do not have the folders on the back-end shared properly.

    The error reported in the Kodi log is:

    ERROR: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Permission denied. Check the file or share access rights for 'smb://HTPC/Timeshift/live2-0.ts.tsbuffer'


    My MediaPortal server is on a Windows 7 system and it works fine with older versions of Kodi (OpenELEC 6 and 7) and the MediaPortal PVR add-on.

    I have these folders fully shared on my Windows server, but I'm guessing that's not really the issue.

    My question is this really the samba permissions that is the issue? And how is that configured on LibreELEC?

    Thanks, Clay

  • How to Really Disable Updates?

    Thanks for the help chewitt!

    I found that actually the download of the update does not start until the second reboot begins, but the 'manual' setting for updates does not take effect until after the second boot is complete, so the update is applied anyway. Maybe that's a bug? But, the simple work-around is to just unplug the ethernet cable during the second boot and then reboot again with it reconnected.

    I am using vpeter's LibreELEC 8.2.1 image with the 3.14 kernel on a HummingBoard2.

    The issue I'm seeing with the official i.MX6 releases is that the 4.4 kernel does not ever boot for me. I get this kernel error every time:

    imx6q-pcie 1ffc000.pcie: phy link never came up

    I think this means that the ethernet PHY is not being setup correctly and that is probably because the device tree file is wrong, but I have tried all 3 of them for SolidRun i.MX6 quad boards. I will investigate this further.

    Can you please confirm if anyone has managed to get any 8.2 release with a 4.4 kernel running on any SolidRun i.MX6?

    Thanks, Clay


  • How to Really Disable Updates?

    I'm testing LibreElec 8.2.1 on a SolidRun Hummingboard2 (i.MX6). It works great, but only on the first boot. On the second boot, it auto-installs an update, which includes a different kernel and that kernel fails to boot. So, I changed the updates option in the LibreElec settings to 'manual' and even deleted the '.updates' folder, but it still updates on the second boot.

    How can I really disable updates (for at least the kernel)?

    Thanks, Clay