Posts by chewitt

  • VPN Manager for OpenVPN

    Code
    Slice:~ # connmanctl services
*AO Wired                ethernet_b827ebe1571e_cable

    ^ find the active service name, it's the "ethernet_mac_cable" string.

    Code
    connmanctl config ethernet_b827ebe1571e_cable --nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

    ^ set nameservers

    Code
    Slice:~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf 
# Generated by Connection Manager
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

    ^ connman has updated the nameserver list for eth0

  • TMDB version issue

    ^ this is from an 8.2.2 install which shows the add-on was updated on 15 December. Kodi redirects requests to their add-on repo to mirror servers so it's possible the mirror that you are being sent to has bad/outdated information, but the mirrroring software normally stops that. I suggest you download the zip file direct and "install from zip" manually.

  • Lock resolution to 1920x1080@60Hz

    You need to create a custom /storage/.config/xorg.conf that restricts the modes available to Xorg. The following xorg.conf was something I used with an older Samsung LCD in the past. It defines the specific modes (all 1080p) for output. As long as you don't define 4k modes, they will not be present in the mode pool and Kodi cannot use them. You will need to put Xorg into 'debug' mode and figure out what the Horizontal/Vertical refresh limits and correct 1080p modelines are for your screen. Note that the first parameter of the 23.976 mode can be set to four decimal places to get more accurate mode timing - the default is only two decimal places. It is never possible to get exact 23.976 on an nvidia card but it's possible to get closer than the default.

  • Can't update 8.0.2 -> 8.2.2 and no FTP

    Check for space on the internal storage. You will need approx 2.5x the size of the update file free for boot to succeed. If you are under the required amount the only option is to download the .tar file on macOS, uncompress, then copy the files over to /storage/.update and reboot. This skips a stage and requires less space. LE (and OE before) have never supported FTP so that's an easy explanation. SFTP (FTP over SSH) should work.

  • Cannot install (solved) - now a network access problem

    SMB1 is being deprecated and removed throughout the entire Windows ecosystem and "browsing" is an SMB1 feature, so once LE/Kodi and MS things update beyond a certain point you need to learn a new way of adding SMB shares. The 8.2.1 release notes are fairly comprehensive on the topic, but you will have to go read them instead of looking for an easy button to press - because there isn't one.

  • S905 going to official builds?

    Some of our community developers are burning out from the hassle of trying to support an ever-increasing amount of sh1t hardware that requires over-complex installation hackery and a ever-increasing population of users who are a bit too self-entitled and whiny when their $25 box doesn't deliver the $500 experience they were inappropriately expecting. At the moment I'd estimate that 85% of the support posts in this forum come from devices that represent 8% of our userbase. That's not sustainable.

    So we are going to publish a Generic S905 image that community developers can contribute proven changes towards while the core project handle the boring stuff related to building and releasing things. It means the image will have a considerably slower release schedule; but should become more stable over time. To drive stability we will not adopt high maintenance features like "install to internal" storage which are responsible for at least 50% of the installation issue posts in this forum.

    Community developers have also decided to bump up to the Android 'Nougat' kernel. However, Amlogic 3.14 kernels are full of crap code so newer doesn't necessarily mean better, and there is a very real risk that this introduces a slew of new bugs. Our challenge is to do as little as possible with this build project as ultimately it will be thrown under a bus the moment a viable mainline kernel option exists. Sadly that will not happen within the Kodi Leia release schedule, so this is a stop-gap. Albeit a stop-gap that will be an important learning experience for the project.