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Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Gyuunduh - 14th Jan, 2025 08:21 AM
Software
XBian version: Latest as of 14 January 2015, both 32- and 64-bit
XBMC/Kodi version: 21.1 Omega
Overclock settings: none/stock
Hardware
Device type and model: Raspberry Pi 5 4 GB
Power supply rating: Official 27 W PSU
SD card size and make/type: Some Adata 32 GB
Network (Ethernet or wireless): Both
Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, ...): LG 42" tv via HDMI, network both wired and wireless
Log files
Link to logfile(s): Don't have any right now and don't know how to produce relevent ones.
Problem description:
I have a perfectly working Xbian setup running on Raspberry Pi 3B+. I bought a Raspberry pi 5 and a new microHDMI cable and PSU to go with it and did a fresh install to import my home directory but I have the same problem the user here is having. The rainbow boot screen, text, Xbian splash screen and Kodi Nexus startup animation all play perfect, but once I get to the actual Kodi UI and set up wizard, the visuals are glitched: There is no text anywhere but the UI elements otherwise seem to be there. There are also some unclear vertical columns in the blue background color. Transferring the xbian-home-backup file didn't solve the issue.
Everything else works: SSH, CEC etc. but the Kodi UI is unusable. I tried both 32 and 64 bit versions of Xbian, even LibreELEC but it had the same problem. I tried Retropie and Raspberry pi OS and they both work perfect and my TV works with Rasperry Pi 3B+ Xbian.
The problem is already fixed in an OpenELEC nightly build from around the christmastime of 2024, linked in the Kodi forum post above. I tried a nightly build of OpenELEC and I'm watching a movie with it as I'm typing this. I don't know what fix or settings change is implemented there, but I hope it's also coming to XBian.
How to reproduce:
Get a Raspberry Pi 5, install latest Xbian and hope for the worst.
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Gyuunduh - 16th Jan, 2025 04:54 PM
This problem seems to have been discussed on LibreELEC and Kodi forums.
https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/29137-pi-5-no-boot-with-fresh-image-12-0-1/?postID=195953&highlight=%2522raspberry%2Bpi%2B5%2522%2Bmesa#post195953
https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/29374-rpi5-bad-picture-after-starting-kodi/?postID=197579&highlight=%2522raspberry%2Bpi%2B5%2522%2Bmesa#post197579
The problem is apparently in the mesa drivers not being compatible with the minor changes to the GPU made with the RPi 5 2GB revision. Apparently those changes have also been implemented with later RPi 5 4GB (and probably 8GB) models.
Could the updated Mesa drivers also be added to the Xbian release so I can get my new Pi 5 up and running?
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Nachteule - 16th Jan, 2025 11:50 PM
XBian uses the standard Mesa packages from Debian here, although I cannot currently understand where the currently used version 23.3 comes from.
On my Pi 5/8GB, which is over 1 year old, everything works as it should and so I can't test anything else.
You could try installing the newer Mesa packages from the bookworm backport repo and if it works with these (they are from january 3rd) then I can take them all over.
To do this, create the following file in /etc/apt/preferences.d
Quote:root@kmxbilr5 /etc/apt/preferences.d # cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/03bookworm-backports
#
# Mesa Packages
#
Package: libgl1-mesa-dri libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-common libdrm-etnaviv1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libegl-mesa0 libgbm1 libglapi-mesa libglx-mesa0 mesa-libgallium mesa-libgallium
Pin: release n=bookworm-backports
Pin-Priority: 1001
and add a line in /etc/apt/sources.list like this:
Quote:deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
after that a
Code:
sudp apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-drishould update the packages
I did this with my 32-bit Pi5 installation and Kodi desktop looks as usual
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Gyuunduh - 17th Jan, 2025 02:57 AM
(16th Jan, 2025 11:50 PM)Nachteule Wrote: XBian uses the standard Mesa packages from Debian here, although I cannot currently understand where the currently used version 23.3 comes from.
On my Pi 5/8GB, which is over 1 year old, everything works as it should and so I can't test anything else.
You could try installing the newer Mesa packages from the bookworm backport repo and if it works with these (they are from january 3rd) then I can take them all over.
To do this, create the following file in /etc/apt/preferences.d
Quote:root@kmxbilr5 /etc/apt/preferences.d # cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/03bookworm-backports
#
# Mesa Packages
#
Package: libgl1-mesa-dri libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-common libdrm-etnaviv1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 libegl-mesa0 libgbm1 libglapi-mesa libglx-mesa0 mesa-libgallium mesa-libgallium
Pin: release n=bookworm-backports
Pin-Priority: 1001
and add a line in /etc/apt/sources.list like this:
Quote:deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
after that a
Code:
sudp apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri
should update the packages
I did this with my 32-bit Pi5 installation and Kodi desktop looks as usual
That fixed the issue with the 64-bit build I tried and now Kodi looks like it should.
Thank you so much!
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Nachteule - 17th Jan, 2025 03:00 AM
Thanks for the feedback
I will then borrow these packages and integrate them into the corresponding XBian repository
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Nachteule - 17th Jan, 2025 06:11 AM
During my tests I noticed that with the new Mesa packages the playback of h264 videos only produces a black picture. h265 on the other hand is fine. I only see the picture with h264 when I deactivate drmprime.
Of course this could also be related to the developer version of Kodi, I need to investigate this further
So the new packages are not in the stable repository, but in staging
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Gyuunduh - 20th Jan, 2025 10:02 PM
I had no problems with the new Mesa drives on my Raspberry Pi 5. H264 is software decoded, and also hardware decoding of a h265 file I tested worked
RE: Fresh install on RPi 5: Kodi UI has no text - Nachteule - 20th Jan, 2025 10:15 PM
You beat me to it today. I have localized the problem and it is due to the Kodi Alpha and not the Mesa packages