Posts by Reddirt

  • 11.01 Update

    Just thought I'd post 11.01 update results of my three builds.

    RPi3 No Issues

    Rpi4 No Issues

    X86 Legacy No Issues

    Kudos to all the guys and gals that keep this super build of Kodi working and improving. :thumbup:

  • Micro SD locked

    In the process of updating my Pi3 to LE11 I encountered a very strange micro SD issue. It's a Samsung 16gb EVO class 10 flavor used for years and for some reason decided to give me a headache today. It was running LE10.2 but would not update to 10.4 let alone LE11. After a few attempts I discovered it was locked. I could read files run LE and all was good. Delete a file ? Sure. Reformat sure. Reboot and nothing changed. Chkdsk reported no errors. Diskpart reported read-only not set. I threw everything at it no files changed. Anyway thought I might share in case any members has issues like this. I rebuilt a new 32 GB Samsung with LE11 without any issues. I've used this brand for years but now rethinking a change. What brand(s) config seem to perform the best?

  • Upgraded and now some but not all of my drives show up

    Just wanted to mention what I found after checking both external hard drives. One drive was fine no errors but was marked offline after an ID signature collision. The second drive had corrupted files. The drives were cloned and identical. I found the collision error occurred when a system attempts to access both drives at the same time (should never happen) but it did. The quick fix is to clone the drive and change the signature ID on the cloned drive. Still unsure if this is related to upgrade or just a coincidence.

  • Upgraded and now some but not all of my drives show up

    I found an error on one of my two 4tb drives today. After the initial problem on LE 11 yesterday the drive labeled 4TB disappeared and the second drive labeled "New Volume" seems ok until I tried to play a file. Error playing this file may be corrupted or some such displayed. So here's the log. If it makes any difference this occurred by powering down the LE system before the external drives. It may or may not have something to do with mounting.

    http://ix.io/4qKu

    Just some additional info here. I recall getting this message yesterday when I scanned the two hard drives on Win10:

    The disk is offline because it has a signature collision with another disk that is online.

    Both these drives have been operating for months without a hitch but I understand sometimes *%4t happens. I found using WIN10 chkdsk on the NewVolume drive it calculated 31 hours to check for file corruption so I'll need to wipe and start over. Yikes! :(

  • Upgraded and now some but not all of my drives show up

    Probably something simple in the update code that needs attention. I always try out new updates on my x86 system first before I update my two pi boxes. Patience is key here and lots of good members here eager to help. Sometimes they forget some of us are tech-challenged and have zero coding experience. It's all good. They always come through in the end. :thumbup:

  • Upgraded and now some but not all of my drives show up

    I had precisely the same event happen on my X86 system last night. Two external hard drives and one didn't mount. The other was visible but I could not access files using the file manager then when I powered them down with the system running the dismount message for both drives was displayed.

    I scanned and repaired both drives on my Win system and all is working again but something new is going on after the updates. I will keep an eye on this and if it repeats I'll submit a log for review.

  • Speed Test issue

    Not sure where to post this but I noticed the Speed Test program no longer functions properly after the new update. Hangs with "Please Wait....." after update. I know this is a Kodi addon but works fine except in LE environment. Any thoughts?

  • Chrome and Update X86 to V11.0.0

    Just a small hitch. Chrome operates fine on PC but once again no sound on the htpc connected to the Sony flat screen. Kinda confused here as last Chrome version had sound without custom audio device selected. Now no sound with or without custom device. I used to have to start YouTube on chrome to kick start the audio then worked fine. Now silence🤔

    No doubt something with hdmi but I'm stumped.

  • Chrome Update Question

    I think this addon is kinda like an orphan child and as long as it works (mostly) I doubt the devs have the time nor inclination to dedicate their time and energy to a limited audience of users as it will only work on the x86 builds. If they came up with a way to work on all platforms that might change the dynamics but meantime Chrome works usually with a few hiccups here and there for the most part. I'm tickled pink it works at all :)

    RD