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kodi-standalone: "ERROR: Unable to create GUI" in Focal on Orange Pi PC


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Image: Armbian_20.08.1_Orangepipc_focal_current_5.8.5

 

1) Install kodi via `sudo apt install kodi`.

2) Launch `kodi-standalone` or kodi --standalone.

Expected: Kodi will start without X server or Wayland.

Factual:  Kodi throws "ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting".

 

kodi.log: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/QFkR9TQ6f3/.

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2 hours ago, ilyaigpetrov said:

Who is responsible for apt packages and how they are compiled?

Does Armbian has some own PPA in addition to the official Ubuntu repositories?

Packages are built from the corresponding repositories: https://github.com/armbian/

Armbian APT repository: http://apt.armbian.com

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Kodi standalone is not the same as Kodi with GBM.

Kodi GBM is used to launch Kodi without graphical server (X11 or Wayland).

Kodi can't be compiled with support of all the windowing systems in one binary, so there are separate packages for each case in the OS repositories.

 

The right commands to install and launch Kodi without X11 on Focal on Orange Pi PC:

```sh-session

sudo apt install kodi

sudo apt intsall kodi-gbm

/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/kodi/kodi-gbm

```

The current issue I have on my orange pi pc board is the absence of sound over hdmi but that's a different problem.

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