Posts by Forceflow

Hello there,

Been running LibreElec on a RPI 3B+ for a while. Saw a new beta was out, and installed it manually (downloading the file from here: libreelec-rpi2.arm-9.1.001.img.gz), plopping it in the .update folder and rebooting the device.

Upon rebooting, I was greeted by the "red look" of LibreElec, informing me that the boot had failed. I went looking in the log files and found this:

2019-04-11 18:28:41.382 T:1937626160  NOTICE: ADDON: vfs.sftp v1.0.1.3 installed
2019-04-11 18:28:41.382 T:1937626160  NOTICE: ADDON: virtual.network-tools v9.0.104 installed
(... some more plugins here ...)
2019-04-11 18:28:41.382 T:1937626160  NOTICE: ADDON: xbmc.webinterface v1.0.0 installed
2019-04-11 18:28:41.465 T:1937626160   ERROR: Unable to load /storage/.kodi/addons/vfs.sftp/vfs.sftp.so.1.0.1, reason: libcrypto.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

After SSH'ing into the system and removing the plugin (by rm -rf on the folder), I could successfully boot. I then tried to reinstall the plugin from the addons menu, which failed, with these messages in log:

2019-06-30 01:40:25.185 T:1804620672   ERROR: Requested path https://addons.libreelec.tv/9.0/RPi2/arm/vfs.sftp/vfs.sftp-1.0.1.3.zip not found in known repository directories
2019-06-30 01:40:25.185 T:1804620672   ERROR: CAddonInstallJob[vfs.sftp]: failed to resolve addon install source path
2019-06-30 01:40:32.950 T:1610793856   ERROR: Requested path https://addons.libreelec.tv/9.0/RPi2/arm/vfs.sftp/vfs.sftp-1.0.1.3.zip not found in known repository directories
2019-06-30 01:40:32.950 T:1610793856   ERROR: CAddonInstallJob[vfs.sftp]: failed to resolve addon install source path
2019-06-30 01:41:38.132 T:1816114048   ERROR: Requested path https://addons.libreelec.tv/9.0/RPi2/arm/vfs.sftp/vfs.sftp-1.0.1.1.zip not found in known repository directories
2019-06-30 01:41:38.132 T:1816114048   ERROR: CAddonInstallJob[vfs.sftp]: failed to resolve addon install source path

The references to "9.0" in the URL there made me think my repository info was maybe out of date? And surely, after a refresh, only version 1.0.1.1 was an install option, which installed fine and works (now playing some music over SFTP).

I don't know if this is related to the 9.2 image, but since I'm running a pretty vanilla libreelec (no extra/custom repositories, no funky addons, ...) I thought it would be wise to report anyway. AFAIK the vsftp plugin is an official kodi plugin as well - since SFTP support was removed from Kodi Core recently, I can imagine a lot of people have this installed.

Full crashlog attached.

This is gonna sound petty, and I don't wish to point fingers or blame at anyone.

I'm a happy LibreELEC user, love the project, and thank the developers for all their hard work.

Nevertheless, in some release posts, the term "Wife Acceptance Factor" is used, for example, in the latest Alpha announcement:

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If you have no idea what a debug log is or “wife acceptance factor” is critical, these builds are not for you.

I think the usage of this term - although I understand where its origins lie and that it might not be its intended goal - is not good practice. There are some good writeups online on why that is, but it boils down to this: the WAF was a derogatory way of marketing products to women, who were implied to be "gatekeeper" of what is acceptable tech equipment in the house. The term is arguably archaic and misogynistic.

I think it would be nice to replace the term with something that is not rooted in this stereotype.

It's a small thing, but it can make a big difference in perception.

What are your thoughts?

Just chiming in to remind people that Libreelec devs are doing this for free, in their free time. I don't think that "patch this now, my system is vulnerable! YOU HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO DO SO!"-attitude is respectful.

Disable automatic subtitle downloading and you will be fine. Manually download subtitles from respected uploaders for now.