Posts by Bedford

Hi!

In the last weeks I've tried to remove addons one-by-one to see if that helps.

Short answer: no.

Last thing I've tried is a fresh install of 12.2.1 (manual download, dd to new [reused] SD-Card, after first boot copying my old sources.xml and the contents of the old Database folder to the new installation).

==> Issue persists. After approx. 20 h of normal operation (6 h Music, 1-2 h Video playback) KODI restarts due to out-of-memory. The growing memory consumption can be easily seen through the GUI).

I have to assume something within KODI core functionalities is causing the memory leak.

Two questions:

a) Could a corrupted database be the cause? I'm seeing requests at my pi-hole asking for "nas-server" where the correct name should be "nas-server.lan" (and would be answerded by my router). Sometimes in the past I changed my network config (I forgot why) and I assume this DNS requests come from KODI (I can't be sure because at the pi-hole client is always my router).

b) when trying LE13: could I copy "sources.xml" and my Database entries? Currently I'm a bit reluctant to configure everything from scratch. If it's necessary I will do it. Right know my wife is a bit unhappy with the stability of KODI

Regards,

Oliver

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What process seems to be leaking? Could be identified in top via ssh for instance

I can see the increasing memory consumption of kodi quite easily:

Top just before the crash and right after it (only the first 10 lines shown; two crash incidents):

top - 09:30:00 up 1 day, 13:48,  0 user,  load average: 1.23, 1.42, 1.64
Tasks: 175 total,   1 running, 174 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 29.5 us,  2.3 sy,  0.0 ni, 68.2 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st 
MiB Mem :   3791.5 total,    192.5 free,   3366.6 used,    379.1 buff/cache     
MiB Swap:      0.0 total,      0.0 free,      0.0 used.    424.8 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
   1153 root      20   0 5598.1m   3.1g 134.1m S 127.3  84.3     16,22 kodi.bin
      1 root      20   0   15.7m   3.8m   1.2m S   0.0   0.1   0:01.61 systemd
      2 root      20   0    0.0m   0.0m   0.0m S   0.0   0.0   0:00.22 kthreadd

top - 09:40:00 up 1 day, 13:58,  0 user,  load average: 2.02, 3.36, 2.42
Tasks: 185 total,   1 running, 184 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):  5.9 us,  3.9 sy,  0.0 ni, 90.2 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st 
MiB Mem :   3791.5 total,   3203.9 free,    285.5 used,    404.7 buff/cache     
MiB Swap:      0.0 total,      0.0 free,      0.0 used.   3506.0 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
 296305 root      20   0 2610.4m 102.8m  58.7m S   7.7   2.7   0:14.73 kodi.bin
 296388 root      20   0    4.3m   3.4m   1.6m R   7.7   0.1   0:00.04 top
      1 root      20   0   15.7m   6.3m   3.7m S   0.0   0.2   0:01.72 systemd

top - 00:50:00 up 2 days,  5:08,  0 user,  load average: 2.74, 2.48, 2.36
Tasks: 174 total,   1 running, 173 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 29.2 us,  8.3 sy,  0.0 ni, 62.5 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st 
MiB Mem :   3791.5 total,    157.4 free,   3203.5 used,    582.0 buff/cache     
MiB Swap:      0.0 total,      0.0 free,      0.0 used.    588.0 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
 296305 root      20   0 5219.1m   2.9g 202.3m D 116.7  79.4     11,33 kodi.bin
1461956 root      20   0    4.3m   3.4m   1.6m R   8.3   0.1   0:00.02 top
      1 root      20   0   15.7m   6.2m   3.7m S   0.0   0.2   0:02.12 systemd

top - 01:10:00 up 2 days,  5:28,  0 user,  load average: 0.69, 1.07, 1.81
Tasks: 172 total,   1 running, 171 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 27.3 us,  2.3 sy,  0.0 ni, 70.5 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st 
MiB Mem :   3791.5 total,   2671.8 free,    475.9 used,    761.3 buff/cache     
MiB Swap:      0.0 total,      0.0 free,      0.0 used.   3315.6 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
1491298 root      20   0 2697.2m 275.9m  55.6m S 100.0   7.3   4:36.49 kodi.bin
1491517 root      20   0    4.3m   3.3m   1.6m R   9.1   0.1   0:00.01 top
      1 root      20   0   15.7m   6.1m   3.5m S   0.0   0.2   0:02.35 systemd

But of course, that doesn't help me understand what's going on inside kodi.

Oliver

My setup is:

RPi 400 -> Receiver Denon AVR-X2200 -> TV LQ 65QNED86A6A --> no-name Remote (china made, bought from Amazon).

We are using the no-name Remote instead of LG's "Magic Remote", because the latter is missing some keys (for context menus etc.).

OK, thanks.

I'll remove add-ons one-by-one and see if that improves things.

Log from today:

https://paste.libreelec.tv/finer-muskox.log

Any ideas what's going wrong?

Hi,

I ran "pastekodi" and got a link to "https://paste.libreelec.tv/social-perch.log" instead of a link to ix.io. Is this the currently intended behavior?

Regards,

Oliver

Hi,

since some time now Kodi crashes quite often (that's my feeling) apparently to out of memory.

System: LibreELEC (official): 12.2.1, RPi 400 with 4GB.

pan:~/.kodi/temp # dmesg | grep "Out of mem"
[147606.130573] Out of memory: Killed process 1162 (kodi.bin) total-vm:5952300kB, anon-rss:3585432kB, file-rss:32kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:8680kB oom_score_adj:0
[262259.435914] Out of memory: Killed process 801006 (kodi.bin) total-vm:6259820kB, anon-rss:3539876kB, file-rss:76kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:8844kB oom_score_adj:0
[394588.835382] Out of memory: Killed process 1352004 (kodi.bin) total-vm:5993176kB, anon-rss:3610388kB, file-rss:48kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:8520kB oom_score_adj:0
[497543.605009] Out of memory: Killed process 1571503 (kodi.bin) total-vm:6066948kB, anon-rss:3544532kB, file-rss:304kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:0 pgtables:8428kB oom_score_adj:0

For me nothing obvious in the kodi.log (but, I'm no expert).

Are there any known problems with this setup?

Before I upload tons of unnecessary logs: what's the best approach to pinpoint the problem?

TIA,

Oliver

Have you tried to assess the pure network speed using tools like iperf3?

Currently I'm not using a RPi+USB+SMB, but I remember the RPi was a bit picky about the power supply, so you may want to check the logs about any related error or warning messages. Does the external HDD have an own power supply?

Hi,

have you checked the settings for the CEC-adapter? System -> Settings -> Input, there's an entry where you can select which device to power on during startup.

Regards,

Oliver

Hi,

I'm also running LE 12.0.1 on a RPi 400. Recently I've noticed some weird, random problems with CEC. Everything is working fine and than at some point CEC is no longer working with Kodi (can't use the remote control to interact with Kodi, everything else is working: controlthe TV, AV receiver; LE is still alive, ssh working etc.). After rebooting LE everything is fine again.

Checking the config, I've also noticed the two libCEC adapters. May this be the source of my problems or should I look elsewhere?

TIA!

Regards,

Oliver

Sorry, I wasn't watching this thread anymore.

I'm currently using LE on a RPi 400 - no more issues regarding crashes due to low memory, picture cache overflow, SMB errors etc. So I think your problem is unrelated.

I occasionally get the a.m. error message - which in my case is correct, the file Kodi tries to open is a directory in reality (and contains the backup of a DVD).

Regards,

Oliver

Hi,

I finally got a RPi 400 (DE) for 79,90 € from the shop CvH mentioned. Fast delivery, good price, KODI seems to be working fine, so I'm quite happy.

Regards,

Oliver

Hi Guys,

many thanks for the valuable input.

I think I'll stick to the RaspPi 400. I wasn't aware that at the current price of 79,- € it is quite a bargain, compared to the alternatives (no need for case and new power supply). I'm not sure I can use the keyboard, though (I have to hide my RPi in a sideboard from my two toddlers, they've already killed my subwoofer...).

Regards,

Oliver

PS: That's getting really annoying. 5 min ago the RPi 400 was available for 79,90 incl. shipping. But no longer. The best current offer is >90,- € or the kit for 115,-

Ok,

what seems available for less than 100 € (4 GB configuration; only the board) here in Germany:

Odroid C4

Rock Pi 3 A

Banana PI BPI-M5

Regards,

Oliver

Hi,

currently I'm using LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 3 B (no media attached, everything fetched over the network; connected to normal TV via Receiver; HDMI-CEC would be vital). Overall I'm happy with the setup, but I run into more and more issues which seem to be hardware limitations of the RPi 3 (memory, ability to play H.265 Full-HD, ...).

The logical upgrade path would be a RPi 4, but currently it is not really available.

So what other choices are there? My budget is around 100,- €.

Odroid C4? Banana, Orange, Rock Pi? Is LE the best choice for these devices or should I look elsewhere? Currently, 4K is not relevant, but of course will be become in the future...

Regards,

Oliver

With cma-512 the issue is gone (almost). I succeeded in crashing Kodi once, but failed to reproduce it (scrolling pictures, album covers, artist images).

Da Flex: changing to NFS didn't make a difference.

I'll change my standard installation to cma-512, too and will report if the situation has resolved.

Regards,

Oliver

Hi,

do you need the debug output in the crash log? I seems I'm getting to the sizelimit of pastecrash - no URL is created, although with 'pastecrash -c' I see the whole log (around 1.6M). ('echo Hello world. | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io' works too)

Regards,

Oliver

Pastecrash (new crash):

http://ix.io/41rO

Interestingly, this time it was a bit harder to provoke a crash & reboot.

Regards,

Oliver