Posts by HiassofT

Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback!

It looks like we were not only missing the kernel driver but also the brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin file - we'll include that in the next release.

You'll still have to take care about the brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt file yourself, but adding just that single file to the my-firmware directory and sticking to the kernel overlay mechanism should be fine I guess (this file is not only missing in Linux mint but also in the linux kernel firmware repository so there's not much we can do about it for now).

As for the kodi crash: If it wasn't a one-off glitch and you are able to reproduce that please open a ticket with some more information here: Ticket System - LibreELEC Forum with a link to your log. Best use the logfile upload function in LibreELEC settings, that will upload all relevant logs including the kodi_crash.log file with hopefully some useful information.

so long,

Hias

Milhouse created a test-build with CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_SDIO added, could you give it a try and report back?

libreelec-generic.x86_64-9.0-milhouse-20181129154449-#1128b-gf7346d2.tar

If it works it would also be interesting to know if the custom firmware txt file is actually needed - LE builds should already include the latest firmware versions.

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Hias

It looks like we don't have BRCMFMAC_SDIO enabled in the x86 kernel so LibreELEC is missing the driver for your Wifi chip (having Wifi connected via MMC/SDIO on x86 is rather unusual)

linux.x86_64.conf#l2057

I'll ping my LE colleagues and check if we can add that option.

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Hias

Ah, just noticed Netflix addon 0.13.20 has been tagged a few minutes ago: 0.13.20.zip - could be worth a try, I haven't tested that yet myself though.

Edit: just tested it, 0.13.20 seems to work fine.

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Hias

Netflix (again) changed their API and current 0.13.18 and 0.13.19 Netflix addon versions are broken (there's another bug in 0.13.19).

The latest version from the msl2 branch with API changes is working fine here: msl2.zip

See also Video playback is not working in 0.13.18 · Issue #555 · asciidisco/plugin.video.netflix · GitHub

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Hias

Quote from sandin

Sorry for being newbish (I am actually new to this), but how do I access LE system partition? When I plugin the MicroSD into my PC, all I see is the Storage folder. I have 2 partitions, of which one is the EFI (I presume). But when I try to explore the sdb/sdb2, all I can see is the storage. How do I access the root, and extract SYSTEM file? I know I can use SSH to extract the SYSTEM file, but I cannot replace the SYSTEM file with a new one via SSH because read-only file system won't let me.

The SYSTEM file is in /flash, but you shouldn't replace it from a running system via ssh as that'll crash your box (it's being used and if you swap it out behind LibreELEC's back things will go really crazy - I accidentally did that once). You'd have to do that without LibreELEC running, eg from a Linux live boot or Windows on a separate partition.

Better switch to LE9 and use the kernel overlay approach then you don't have to patch your installation on each upgrade.

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Hias

Quote from vpeter

Doesn't LE 9 has new kernel modules and firmware overlay?

Hmm, yes, good idea! I should have thought about that

The following approach should work:

Create a /storage/my-firmware/lib/firmware/brcm directory:

mkdir -p /storage/my-firmware/lib/firmware/brcm/

and copy the brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt file in there.

Then configure the kernel-overlay system to pick up stuff from /storage/my-firmware:

echo "/storage/my-firmware" > /storage/.cache/kernel-overlays/90-my-firmware.conf

Now reboot and the firmware files should be picked up.

so long,

Hias

Quote from sandin

Thanks for the reply.

Wouldn't it be possible to unpack the ISO, make changes (copy the nvram configs), then compile the ISO and use that ISO to install new LibreELEC on my Mini PC?

Proceed at your own risk:

copy the SYSTEM file from the LE system partition to a linux box, then

run fakeroot, then run unsquashfs SYSTEM to extract the SYSTEM squashfs image to squashfs-root, then modify files in the extracted dir, then run mksquashfs squashfs-root SYSTEM -comp lz4 to create the SYSTEM squashfs file with the modified content and copy that over to the LE system partition.

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Hias

mpd is a (binary) addon, to create the addon zip with all the necessary metadata you have to run scripts/create_addon. eg

PROJECT=RPi2 ARCH=arm scripts/create_addon mpd

This will call scripts/build and then create the addon zip in target/addons/...

Note that by default the addon ZIP won't be re-created if a ZIP with the same name and version number already exists in target/addons/... - which can be a bit annoying during development. But you can override that with ADDON_OVERWRITE="yes" (I added that to ~/.libreelec/options on my build PC).

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Hias

The next LibreELEC release will contain libcec 4.0.3, the update is already in our master branch

libcec: update to libcec-libcec-4.0.3 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv@827c6f8 · GitHub

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Hias

You can override lirc_options.conf with your own setting via /storage/.config/lirc_options.conf - see the wiki Infrared Remotes [LibreELEC.wiki]

To load additional modules you can use the standard .config/modules-load.d /xxx.conf .config/modprobe.d/xxx.conf method.

gpio-ir-recv should be available but I never heard of gpioplug-ir-recv before. Usually gpio-ir-recv gets it's configuration (gpio, rc table) from devicetree and relies on proper pinmux/gpio setup via devicetree as well - this is what RPi and Rockchip are doing.

I'm not familiar with the Odroid C2 so maybe someone else has an idea and can chime in. You'll probably need to modify the devicetree, disable the meson-ir node and enable a gpio-ir one (in which case the module should automatically be loaded), plus add the pinmux settings.

so long,

Hias

It seems we hadn't enabled the dmesg applet in the initramfs busybox binary.

I opened a PR to fix that, when it's merged busybox dmesg will work (this should hopefully be included in the next LE alpha version)

busybox: enable dmesg and less in init by HiassofT · Pull Request #3113 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

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Hias

You can still use lirc if you want or need to. Just make sure to disable in-kernel decoding as described in the wiki.

In LE9 lirc will automatically start if your have a /storage/.config/lircd.conf file (in LE8 you had to enable it in LE settings).

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Hias

FYI: about an hour ago a fix was commited to the master branch. Latest master version is working fine here master.zip

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Hias

Quote from 5schatten

I had some advices about remote config in mind So if you know if mecool remotes are supported by upstream for example.

Only very few "AML box" remotes are supported out of the box (there are way too many of them), and IIRC mecool isn't among them.

If it's a popular remote someone probably creates keymap and posted it on the forum (in the large Amlogic remote thread).

But first make sure ir-keytable finds the meson-ir device, if it's not there you need to dig into the dtb stuff. If it's there everything you need to know is on the IR remote wiki page (plus keytables probably here on the forum).

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Hias

Quote from 5schatten

HiassofT  CvH any hints about that?

Sorry, can't help there. dtb files for AML boxes running ancient 3.14 kernels isn't exactly my area

All I can say is that on Le Potato my MCE remote works out of the box.

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Hias

Yes, I found a solution and it will be included in the next alpha release (which should be out real soon now)

eventlircd: prevent race with libinput / kodi · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv@ec0e7fb · GitHub

Please test with 8.90.007 (when it's out) and report back if it works.

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Hias

Use a HDMI splitter which provides RCA and/or Toslink (optical) SPDIF output, extracted from the HDMI signal. You should be able to get them for about 20-40 bucks.

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Hias