Raspberry Pi Installation Help?

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Not trying to hijack thread, but forum won't let newbie start thread.

Software
XBian version: XBian_Buster_latest_rpi4.img.gz (dated 2021-08-17)
XBMC/Kodi version: ??
Overclock settings: none

Hardware
Device type and model (e.g. Raspberry Pi 3 Model B 1024 MB,
Power supply rating:2.5A
SD card size and make/type: sandisk 16gb "Ultra"
Network (Ethernet or wireless): wired
Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, ...): 1080p TV, keyboard, mouse

I expanded the gz, wrote image to sd card, booted the Pi.
I get a splash screen, which eventually gets to 'starting kodi'
After a couple minutes, screen switches to a console login.

I can SSH in, looked around for some kind of log file (none?)
Latter part of DMESG output is:

Quote:[ 14.502071] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control off
[ 14.545465] init: failsafe main process (532) killed by TERM signal
[ 14.743540] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[ 14.791579] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[ 14.823119] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[ 14.823154] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[ 14.916795] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x1541a9a6
[ 14.934324] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1
[ 14.937064] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 15.013599] init: xbian-failaccess main process (437) killed by TERM signal
[ 15.147906] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node output[0] registered as /dev/video13
[ 15.165812] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node capture[0] registered as /dev/video14
[ 15.171384] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Device registered as /dev/video12
[ 15.171431] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Loaded V4L2 isp
[ 15.176870] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node capture[1] registered as /dev/video15
[ 15.184679] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node stats[2] registered as /dev/video16
[ 15.184781] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register output node 0 with media controller
[ 15.184968] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1
[ 15.185099] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1
[ 15.185162] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
[ 15.185509] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register capture node 1 with media controller
[ 15.185539] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register capture node 2 with media controller
[ 15.185640] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register capture node 3 with media controller
[ 15.186340] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43430/1 wl0: Oct 22 2019 01:59:28 version 7.45.98.94 (r723000 CY) FWID 01-3b33decd
[ 15.187549] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Loaded V4L2 bcm2835-isp
[ 16.076500] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[ 17.393591] uart-pl011 3f201000.serial: no DMA platform data
[ 18.134781] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 18.135390] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 18.135403] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 18.135431] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 18.135445] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 18.135477] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 18.157080] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[ 18.157100] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[ 18.157703] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[ 18.160112] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[ 18.563821] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 18.563835] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 18.563855] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 117.345533] init: wait-for-state (zram-swapxbmc-done) main process (1989) terminated with status 100
[ 117.378060] systemd-udevd[118]: Failed to touch /run/udev/queue: No such file or directory
[ 117.384004] systemd-udevd[118]: Failed to touch /run/udev/queue: No such file or directory
[ 117.386845] zram: Added device: zram0
[ 117.390799] zram: Added device: zram1
[ 117.391588] zram: Added device: zram2
[ 117.392473] zram: Added device: zram3
[ 117.441102] zram0: detected capacity change from 0 to 134217728
[ 117.502479] Adding 131068k swap on /dev/zram0. Priority:20 extents:1 across:131068k SSFS
[ 117.662455] Adding 250364k swap on /dev/mmcblk0p3. Priority:0 extents:1 across:250364k SSFS
[ 180.474962] init: wait-for-state (xbmcxbmc-loaded) main process (2797) terminated with status 100
[ 180.560855] init: xbmc-failed-start main process (534) killed by TERM signal
[ 180.656022] init: xbmc post-start process (2787) terminated with status 1
[ 181.166488] init: wait-for-state (kill-splashxbmc-exits) main process (3068) killed by TERM signal

Should I expect the Xbian 'latest buster image' to boot straight into Kodi on a virgin Pi3B?
Can someone point me to the location of a log file on the sdcard that might reveal more?

It's been several years since I last dabbled with any of this stuff. My multiple Pi1B's running OpenElec 5.0.8 / kernel 3.17.8 / Kodi 14.2 are still in service playing files via SMB (no streaming add-ons).

I recently bought a Pi Zero 2 W, which (based upon my research) probably needs a 5.10 kernel and new dtb file - hence my focus on a 'recent' Buster-based distribution. When Xbian's Kodi would not start on *it*, I pulled my old never used Pi3B off the shelf, rewrote the sdcard, and had the same problem on the Pi3B.