DietPi Kodi no gui x86

Troubleshooting
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Hi all

I’ve tried to install Kodi on my Dietpi x86 on HP t530 thin client but after reboot and trying to run ‘startkodi’ and autoboot into kodi, I get these errors as in the screenshot.

Can someone please help me troubleshoot as I regret I do not understand the error

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2

Can you please fill the troubleshoot form?
And which desktop environment are you using?

3

Please see the form below and I am not using an Desktop/GUI presently, I had dietpi setup headless with access through SSH and then wanted to install KODI to change this to also be a media player not just server - do I need to install a Desktop/GUI first then?

Creating a bug report/issue

  • DietPi version | Version core=9, version sub = 3, version rc = 0, gitbranch = master, gitowner = MichaIng
  • Distro version | bookworm
  • Kernel version | Linux DietPi 6.1.0-20-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.85-1 (2024-04-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux
  • Architecture | amd64
  • SBC model | Native PC (x86_64)
  • Power supply used | standard adapter for HP thin client T530
  • SD card used | N/a - 128 GB M2.

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | Kodi
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated? Fresh install
  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi? Not attempted yet

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install Kodi
  2. Error reported when running Kodi

Expected behaviour

  • Kodi loads

Actual behaviour

  • error as reported

Extra details

  • Setup dietpi originally as headless
4

It’s a media player with a GUI, so how would you access it without a desktop environment? Maybe only xserver is needed for execution, I’m not sure about that.
I’m wondering also why it did not install a DE when you tried to install kodi :thinking:

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OK, I’ll try installing a DE and then kodi and report back soon

Edit:

Installed LXDE and then Kodi, but same error. Cannot startkodi from ssh, nor LXDE. I get the following error trying to run LXDE from terminal over ssh, haven’t tried locally yet:

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When you start it via ssh you would need to specify a display where it should run.
What happens when you start LXDE and try to start it from the desktop shortcut?

edit:

Same with LXDE, you would need to specify a display when you try to start the desktop via SSH.
Why do you use ssh at all? Kodi is a desktop app, you would need a monitor and keyboard / remote anyway to interact with kodi?!

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I was trying to follow up this remotely through ssh. I’ll take a look at it later when I am at home with the machine locally connected to my tv

Thanks for your help, I’ll report back shortly

8

Same errors as before sadly:-(

EDit: fixed! installed xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and that allows to boot into desktop and or kodi, but resolution very low, so making progress!

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You can try to change the resolution with dietpi-config.