[SOLVED] Kodi refuses to start

[Nachteule]

1) check if /boot partition is full
2) reinstall xbian-package-firmware (sudo apt-get install --reinstall xbian-package-firmware)

[Exnor]

(30th Jul, 2018 06:32 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  1) check if /boot partition is full
2) reinstall xbian-package-firmware (sudo apt-get install --reinstall xbian-package-firmware)

Yes actually is full :/

Code:

Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1956428   5143204  28% /
devtmpfs           54336       8     54328   1% /dev
none               11736    5392      6344  46% /run
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1956428   5143204  28% /lib/modules
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1956428   5143204  28% /home
/dev/mmcblk0p1     34730   34680        50 100% /boot
none                   4       0         4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1956428   5143204  28% /xbmc-backup
tmpfs              11732       0     11732   0% /run/user/0

Reinstalling xbian-package-firmware will resolve this? Don't i need to delete something 1st?

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Also can i delete the /boot.new directory?

[Nachteule]

Sure, first remove files like *.old, and you can remove /boot.new

[Exnor]

(30th Jul, 2018 07:23 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  Sure, first remove files like *.old, and you can remove /boot.new

Well that did it . Clean boot and Kodi is back (also the /boot.new folder disappeared)...
.... but i already had reverted to kernel 4.9.... Does this mean i cant install newer versions of the Kernel? (i really don't care if i cant as long Kodi works, just to know if have to avoid upgrading the Kernel)

My SDcard is now like this and boot partition no longer full:

Code:

Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev                 256       4       252   2% /dev
tmpfs              36168    1236     34932   4% /run
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1953164   5146388  28% /
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1953164   5146388  28% /lib/modules
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1953164   5146388  28% /home
/dev/mmcblk0p1     34730   27054      7676  78% /boot
none                   4       0         4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs              36164       0     36164   0% /run/user/1000
/dev/mmcblk0p2   7440384 1953164   5146388  28% /xbmc-backup
tmpfs              36164       0     36164   0% /run/user/0

Also in case this is interesting here is the new dmesg file

Thank you for all the help

[Nachteule]

(30th Jul, 2018 07:51 AM)Exnor Wrote:  Well that did it . Clean boot and Kodi is back (also the /boot.new folder disappeared)...
.... but i already had reverted to kernel 4.9.... Does this mean i cant install newer versions of the Kernel? (i really don't care if i cant as long Kodi works, just to know if have to avoid upgrading the Kernel)

Of course, not. But your boot partition is quite small, you have a pretty old installation

You can try setting

Code:

MAKEBACKUP=no

in file /etc/default/xbian-initramfs to get some more space in /boot when building initramfs.gz

[Exnor]

(30th Jul, 2018 08:30 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  

(30th Jul, 2018 07:51 AM)Exnor Wrote:  Well that did it . Clean boot and Kodi is back (also the /boot.new folder disappeared)...
.... but i already had reverted to kernel 4.9.... Does this mean i cant install newer versions of the Kernel? (i really don't care if i cant as long Kodi works, just to know if have to avoid upgrading the Kernel)

Of course, not. But your boot partition is quite small, you have a pretty old installation

You can try setting

Code:

MAKEBACKUP=no

in file /etc/default/xbian-initramfs to get some more space in /boot when building initramfs.gz

Thank you Just modified that option (so i can upgrade the Kernel right?)

Yep its the original installation circa late 2013 when i joined the forum.... always updating (or upgrading) via APT-GET to this day (also the same SDcard.... ) (and since the Pi 3 + is now finally reaching a decent price at retailers i might retire this unit this year...).

[Nachteule]

(30th Jul, 2018 10:32 PM)Exnor Wrote:  

(30th Jul, 2018 08:30 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  

(30th Jul, 2018 07:51 AM)Exnor Wrote:  Well that did it . Clean boot and Kodi is back (also the /boot.new folder disappeared)...
.... but i already had reverted to kernel 4.9.... Does this mean i cant install newer versions of the Kernel? (i really don't care if i cant as long Kodi works, just to know if have to avoid upgrading the Kernel)

Of course, not. But your boot partition is quite small, you have a pretty old installation

You can try setting

Code:

MAKEBACKUP=no

in file /etc/default/xbian-initramfs to get some more space in /boot when building initramfs.gz

Thank you Just modified that option (so i can upgrade the Kernel right?)

Yep its the original installation circa late 2013 when i joined the forum.... always updating (or upgrading) via APT-GET to this day (also the same SDcard.... ) (and since the Pi 3 + is now finally reaching a decent price at retailers i might retire this unit this year...).

Should work, data on my P1 /boot occupies 29MB without initramfs.gz.old

Same here, when Kodi Leia will be released (I'm already using it but for HEVC videos only), my Pi1 in living room will be replaced by Pi3B

[Exnor]

(31st Jul, 2018 02:45 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  Should work, data on my P1 /boot occupies 29MB without initramfs.gz.old

Same here, when Kodi Leia will be released (I'm already using it but for HEVC videos only), my Pi1 in living room will be replaced by Pi3B

Nice