After inserting an USB stick (on a Raspbery PI 2 computer) LibreELEC 9.0.1. mounts it. But trying to use it by scrolling through the files results in an immediately removing device signal in the right corner.
The same with a HD USB drive.
Isn't this a very old bug problem of Kodi?
For the moment, I must go back to LibreELEC 8 If I want to use external USB devices.
With regards,
Ronald
At last I'v found the solution
1) I'v installed two extra LibreELEC Add-ons: System Tools and Raspberry Pi Tools and checked some things in terminal mode. I2C appeared not to be running.
1) I'v added in config.txt these settings and did a reboot:
dtparam=i2c_arm=on,spi=on
dtparam=i2s=on
2) I've checked if I2C was running: i2cdetect -y and it did, so I could find the memory adress: 0x27
3) I've copied my old HD44780.so driverfile (version 08-12-2015, around 64Kb) to the map Downloads
4) I'v edit the file userdata/addon_data/http://service.lcdd/LCDd.conf
5) in this LCDd.conf file i'v changed the driver path to the map Downloads
6) in this LCDd.conf file i'v changed/checked these settings:
Driver=hd44780
## Hitachi HD44780 driver ##
[hd44780]
ConnectionType=i2c
Port=0x27
Device=/dev/i2c-1
Speed=0
Keypad=no
Backlight=yes
OutputPort=no
Size=16x2
CharMap=hd44780_default
DelayMult=2
7) Bingo
It's seems a kind of magic to get a working LCD, in my case a HD44780 (16x2) with an I2C, a Raspberry Pi 3 and the latest and the latest version of LibreELEC.
I can't figuring out what I'm doing wrong, I just followed the wiki:
1) Install two Add-ons / Services: LCDproc with LCD driver hd44780 and XBMC LCDproc
2) Make a LCD.xml file (copy and paste from the LibreELEC wiki and put it in the Userdata map)
3) Edit the userdata -> addon_data->service.lcdd LCDd.conf file and choose the HD44780 driver and change the default settings (see below)
Others on this forum put a LCDd.conf in the .config map and a hd44780.so driver file in the map Downloads. I did this also and edit the driver path in the LCDd.conf and changed settings for the HD44780:
At the end:
## Hitachi HD44780 driver ##
[hd44780]
ConnectionType=i2c
Port=0x27
Device=/dev/i2c-1
Speed=0
Keypad=no
Backlight=yes
OutputPort=no
Size=16x2
CharMap=hd44780_default
DelayMult=2
Some users of LibreELEC copy an old hd44780.so driver, some recompile it. There seems to be serveral versions with different size: 64Kb, 85Kb, 105Kb.
Some others added in the config.txt file the I2C driver.
On the wiki there is still a screen example of Settings -> Services -> LCD Driver option. But I'm missing it. Only Samba, SSH etc.
It's all very confusing
With the latest versions of Volumio, MoOdeAudio and OpenElec, I've always succeed without much problems due to a good description what to do (in the Forums, Github etc).
Despite all my dozen attempts with LibreELEC I can't manage to get a working HD44780 display ........
Hopefully somebody can help me with a step by step procedure and put it on the wiki.
With regards,
Pad
