Posts by Garzie

Quote from chewitt

You can update using the .tar file or clean install. Clean install is probably quickest.

OK - did a fresh install on my T95Z plus box - with this nightly box image - and same device tree as before

with the previous img file from 13th - it ran fine - streamed video ok - just had problems with skip forward and back functions - and the suspend behaviour i couldn't figure out

but now now its v unstable - crashes and restarts from Libreelec splash screen every couple of minutes

have tried twice from scratch in case it was me - but still doing it second time around - shame - the file from the 13th was looking v promising

not sure if i can get a log out

Quote from chewitt

I pushed an unclean set of images to the webserver by mistake where Kodi is built against python 3.8 but the OS has python 3.9 so Kodi fails to start. Those images have now been replaced with some corrected ones. The Python 3.9 change is fresh so I won't guarantee all add-ons have been published to the LE repo yet (the bump was in the last 24h). I have no interest in maintaining Matrix images as I have limited time for testing and Nexus better supports the Amlogic codebase.

I've test installed on a C2 and Ethernet works fine for me, see http://ix.io/3PBJ. The u-boot patch you found is still being included pstream, see https://github.com/chewitt/u-boot…ot.dtsi#L32-L36 - and the unknown boot command line is harmless, I'm not aware of any hardware issues with C2 other than the USB ports needing a hack to prevent the driver from autosuspending (which is in my kernel image).

sorry chewitt - not sure i am following - was this for me ?

do i need to do a clean install of my box due to the above issue ?

Quote from Garzie

perfect - got it - will give that a go

appreciate the help

Quote from chewitt

Get the AMLGX "box" image from https://test.libreelec.tv/ .. write to SD card and then edit uEnv.ini to set the dtb name (do not rename the dtb to dtb.img). Insert the SD card and trigger recovery boot again so the LE bootscripts are loaded (else you have CE scripts which look for different files). If all is well it will boot. The "meson-gxm-q200.dtb" device-tree exists and should support most hardware.

OK - that worked

i got a message "[FAILED] failed to start configure eth0 MAC address" on the libreelec splash screen on start up - which i assume is to do with wired network connection - but wireless is working fine so no issue there

i am having odd power button function issues - box boots when power cable is plugged in - and shuts down when power button pressed - but will not boot up again - ie will not respond to power button - LED's remain dim blue - only way to get it to boot up again is to unplug and replug the power cable - have tried adjusting the kodi skin power options to give suspend as the option on power button press - but still does the same in response

steaming 720 video seems to play OK - skip forward or back seems to cause it to freeze - pause works OK

Quote from chewitt

Get the AMLGX "box" image from https://test.libreelec.tv/ .. write to SD card and then edit uEnv.ini to set the dtb name (do not rename the dtb to dtb.img). Insert the SD card and trigger recovery boot again so the LE bootscripts are loaded (else you have CE scripts which look for different files). If all is well it will boot. The "meson-gxm-q200.dtb" device-tree exists and should support most hardware.

perfect - got it - will give that a go

appreciate the help

Quote from chewitt

Nightly images use Kodi Nexus (20) not Matrix (19). The images are not perfect but quite usable on S912 hardware as long as your media needs are not too exotic.

awesome!

i am using a CoreElec branch for the amlogic boxes (9.2.8) but it does not support Kodi 19 - and doesn't lock like its going to - but i need it for some addons which no longer work on 18. no special media requirements.

I'm assuming addons that work on 19 should work on 20 also - or at least will be worth a try

can anyone point me to a how-to for installing the LibrEelec builds on these boxes - i gather its a bit different from CoreElec - but its a while since i have dabbled with it

my box appears to be an old Edal T95Z plus ( 2g RAM 16g ROM) and runs ok with the "gxm_q200_2g" device tree file with CoreElec

i haven't read the whole 18 pages of posts - but was hoping for a simple answer to the question:

can we run Kodi 19 on the amlogic S912 boxes with any of the LE nightly builds