Posts by jecete

New to all this, so how would I go about getting a kodi.log file?

Jo

Hi,

With the help of some members of this forum, about a month ago I successfully managed to update my Slice from CM1 to CM3 (using the 8.9.008 image). Today I decided update to the 8.9.5 image thru the GUI update feature, by following the procedure detailed in this video. However, whenever I click the LibreElec icon I the following message,

"Settings addon is not yet ready, please try again later."

As a result I can't go any further than this to update to the latest versions.

In doing a search, I came across this thread but it didn't seem to offer any solution.

I originally had the Esturay theme as default when I encountered this message. Changed it to Conluence, same result.

Does anybody have any idea what is going on and how to fix it?

Thanks.

Regards,

Jo

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the image. I assume the 'mount' command you noted is to be input via the SSH console. I really liked the images that the Slice 'architecure' theme had, so would have liked to have kept that....oh well, no drama.

Re the skins, would it be safe to say that I have dl the skin first before selecting 'Get more' in the settings options?

Regards,

Jo

Hi,

Well I finally took the plunge and,

1. swapped out the CM board for the CM3 board,
2. installed the rpiboot drivers,
3. connected the SMP with the USB cable, powered it on and, lo and behold there it was as a windows disk,
4. wrote the 8.90.008 file to the eMMC of the CM3 by using the libreELEC USB SD creator. Took about 30seconds.

Seems to have gone smoothly coz when I connect to the TV, it seems to work fine.

However............it in now branded as LibeeElec, no mention of Slice anywhere. The Slice media player has 'lost' the Slice themes and feel. Is that to be expected? Is there anyway I can get the original slice themes back? Tried to 'Get more' themes but nothing seems to happen even though I am connected to the net.

In the USB-CD creator, as per the image below, I bypassed 'Number 1 - Select version' and went straight to 'Number 2 - Select file' and selected the 8.90.008 that I had downloaded. Not sure if I was meant to select the default Slice (CM3) with the 8.2.3 image and then upgrade to the 8.90.008.

Further, what is meant to happen from here? Next time I want to upgrade, do I have to connect to my Windows pc and go thru steps 3 and 4 again ? Or does it upgrade automatically thru the system settings?

Once again, thanks in anticipation.

Regards,

Jo

Thanks westland,

So just to clarify, the procedure is,

1. Replace the CM board with the new CM3 board,

2. by following the instructions on the raspberrypi.org webpage, flash the eMMC on the CM3 by downloading the rpiboot program and installing thru windows,

3. this should result in the eMMC appearing as a storage device in Windows,

4. download the 8.90.008 image,

5. use either Win32DiskImager to write the unzipped 8.90.008 (for CM3) image direct to the eMMC, or,

use etcher to write the zipped 8.90.008 (for CM3) file direct to the eMMC,

6. Once you have written an OS image, make sure J4 (USB SLAVE BOOT ENABLE) is set to the disabled position and/or nothing is plugged into the USB slave port. Power cycling the IO board should result in the Compute Module booting the OS image from eMMC.

>>I assume this means to reboot the Slice.

>> Where is the J4 located? I cannot see it in either etcher or win32diskimager.

All starting to make (a bit of) sense now. Will give it a go over the next day or so.

Thanks again,

Regards,

Jo

Hi again,

Thanks for your response westland16. As I noted in my post, I am new to this process so you will have to bear with my questions. I do have the intention of upgrading to a CM3; bought a unit a few months ago for that very purpose.

My first question would be, do I need to swap out the CM for the CM3 BEFORE I undertake the upgrade of the OS/ software? I assume that to be the case.

Next question is re the download listed on that page (LibreELEC-Slice3.arm-8.2.3.tar). I assume this contains both the LibeElec OS and the Kodi software. Is this correct? So my understanding is that after flashing the eMMC card on the CM3 (thru windows) the current versions of libreElec and Kodi will be avialable after a reboot. Will the noobs software be needed as part of this process?

Further, I notice in other posts there seems to be more current files, eg., LibreELEC-Slice3.arm-8.90.008.img.gz. Again I assume this is the current updated version of the previous file.

I am sure there will be more questions to follow, but... baby steps.

Regards,

Joe

Good evening all,

I have a Slice media player (SMP) which I bought back in its kickstarter days. Due to apathy, it's been sitting in its box this whole time and now that I have a few days of leave from work, I thought it might be a good time to set it up for my daughters tv room.

Upon hooking it up to the tv I notice that (obviously) it has the 2015 OS and Kodi 14.1 software installed. I think the SLice software is dated 20150327. For me this is too far out of date, so I would like to update the unit to the latest OS and software. Further to that, I also bought a CM3 (and copper heat sinks) about a year back with a view to swapping out the original module. The time of reckoning has finally arrived.

I remember back in the day that the forum offered numerous posts as to how to update, install a heat sink etc etc. I suppose I always to it for granted that the forum would always be there. Now that the fiveninjas forum is down and with my being reliant on it, I have no idea how to update this unit. I am just an end user, but if I have to I don't mind getting my hands dirty. Been online pretty much the whole day trying to figure out how to do this, but really didn't get anywhere. Some of the posts I came across assume you have an understaning of coding and I am not sure if they apply specifically to Slice or if they are generic solutions.

Finally came across this website and, as it now seems to be the defacto Slice forum, I figure it would be the best place to find my answers.

So, can anybody here offer any insight as to what I need to do to upgrade/ update my SMP or at least direct me to where I can find that information. I tried the slicehowto.com page but some of the information there may as well have been written in greek.

If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated, but in your response please bear in mind that I am new too all this.

Have a good day.

Regards,

Jo.