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Purist form of Kodi on Intel NUC7CJYH - No LibreELEC

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Purist form of Kodi on Intel NUC7CJYH - No LibreELEC

#1 Post by peek »

After more than three weeks of Googling myself to sleep, I’m finally admitting to intellectual deficiency.

I acquired an Intel NUC to use with Kodi…

I have to confess, I’ve only used Linux for network type services and always only via an SSH console. (Yip, beloved ‘olde putty seated right next to corporate Windows) Yet, in my heart, I felt tis to be the year I would finally axe Windows.

And so, the NUC7CJYH was to be the bearer of graphical FREEDOM. I did a minimal console install of “debian-9.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso” followed by “apt-get install xinit kodi” .

(I contemplated other hardware options, but finalised on Mr & Mrs Intel as I understand they’re forthcoming and actually do wanna play nice with Uncle Linus)

For good measure I also, as always, do a:

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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
which adds the “firmware-linux-free” package, in this scenario.

Yet, starting Kodi via

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/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/kodi-standalone
had the terminal swear at me !

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/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi/kodi-xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
libEGL warning: DRI2: failed to authenticate
Regardless, Kodi starts up, be it a bit slow.

Yet the true surprise is in the system details being:
Processor utilisation constantly at 33%.

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) (kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64)
GPU: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.9, 128bits)
OpenGL vendor: VMWare, Inc.
OpenGL version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6
Moving to the Audio under System Settings in Kodi … “freezes” the interface temporarily. (Please forgive me for such a sacrilegious statement involving Linux)

Once finally within the Audio settings, no output devices is listed.

Soooo, this has to be a driver issue … Yet, what more than installing the “firmware-linux-free” package can be done in regards to a driver?? For this is not over bloated Windows…

I’ve scoured the net, trying to make sense of this. Installed packaged on packages. Even did a graphical installations and then another with ALL packages installed. All for naught.

Though I’ve found numerous “related” topics, the final answer has always been to install LibreELEC.

Without making an commotion, I softly put my Debian T-shirt in the wash as to never allow it to witness what I was about to do.



Now … LibreELEC-Generic-x86_64-8.90.006.img.gz works PERFECT with the NUC7CJYH !

PERFECT, as in better than I could ever have contemplated, AMAZINGLY PERFECT! Everything works. Once the LibreELEC installer has completed and the NUC boots into Kodi all connectivity options works, first time, every time. Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth. Video, audio and power options (with WOL). LibreElec should be relabelled “Garden of Eden”. It’s bliss, tranquillity, the definition of ZEN, did I mention perfect, sensation, euphoric, … it’s unbelievable. … but it’s not debian.

Time for another confession. I’ve never contemplated or even tried to use wireless, bluetooth or even audio on a Linux machine before.

From LibreELEC’s Kodi, the system details being:
Processor utilisation lingering at 2%.

OS: LibreELECC (official) 8.90.006 9.0 (kernel: Linux 4.18.11)
GPU: Mesa DRI Intel® UHD Graphics 600 (Geminilake 2x6)
OpenGL vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL version: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.2.1
Audio: ALSA: HAD Intel PCH ALC233
ALSA: HAD Intel PCH, HDMI #0 -> 4
PULSE: Bluetooth Audio (PULSEAUDIO)
That was 4 days ago. Yet, I still just cannot get a breakthrough with debian.

i.e.

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glxinfo
Error: Unable to open display

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Glxgears
Error: couldn’t open display (null) 
I feel so lost, I’ve actually stopped and have resorted to reading Linux administrative publications in search of enlightenment. (Which means I'm at the verge of throwing the towel in, as I hardly ever get past the second chapter of any admin manual)

Sooo, what am I trying to accomplish?

1. The most minimalist possible installation of Debian with Kodi
2. On startup or restart, boot straight into Kodi
3. No full blown aids. Sorry, I mean, the least amount of any window managers and/or desktop environment components, if even required.
4. SSH access and the freedom to install any other network service such as BIND, DHCP and/or PostFix if and when required. Basically dear olde debian as I have loved her since many many moons ago, upgraded to play music or a video in the background on some screen or HiFi.
5. Understand Debian\Linux multimedia better as to be able to resolve these ferrel issues quicker and more efficiently in the future.

Being new to forum posts, is there any seasoned Debianian whom would advise on how to proceed and troubleshoot as to finally achieve this objective?

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Re: Purist form of Kodi on Intel NUC7CJYH - No LibreELEC

#2 Post by Segfault »

Dunno, bro. The whole idea using 4.9 kernel (or OS that defaults to this) with new hardware is just calling for trouble. Sure, now all Debian gurus will chime in and tell how great thing is backporting and how you should do this and that to apply them. Besides, all other software is antiquated, too. For instance Xorg server and its drivers. Can the video driver even handle your graphics? According to your post it cannot and falls back to something like VESA or fbdev.

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Re: Purist form of Kodi on Intel NUC7CJYH - No LibreELEC

#3 Post by stevepusser »

This is a common issue as the stable version of Debian ages and no longer supports new hardware out of the box.

The answer is the same as it always is: install the latest versions of the kernel, firmware, and usually newer Mesa packages from the backports repository, and everything should work.

If you want us to know what hardware you have, install inxi, update the hardware databases as sysadmin with

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update-pciids
update-usbids
then as a normal user:

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inxi -Fxz
The output of "gallium" in your openGL rendering is showing that it's falling back to software rendering instead of the hardware DRI provided by Mesa--no doubt at the root of why the openGL Kodi interface isn't working.
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Re: Purist form of Kodi on Intel NUC7CJYH - No LibreELEC

#4 Post by peek »

Thanks for replying.

My ignorance has been bliss. It's served me well, till now.

Segfault, would you mind advising how you'd address the objective? (Dare we speak the name of another distribution, starting with U...?)

stevepusser, I'm in for the ride. I've installed inxi, just not sure on how to "update the hardware databases as sysadmin"

So, in the interimn, I just run the above as root, resulting in:

update-pciids -> "Downloaded daily snapshot"
update-usbids -> "Downloads from http://www.linux-usb.org" and saves "/var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids.new" locally

#inxi -Fxz

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System:    Host: Debkodi Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Console: tty 0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Machine:   Device: un-determined System: Intel product: NUC7CJYH v: J67971-402
           Mobo: Intel model: NUC7JYB v: J67967-401
           UEFI: Intel v: JYGLKCPX.86A.0045.2018.1001.1100 date: 10/01/2018
CPU:       Dual core Intel Celeron J4005 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7987
           clock speeds: max: 2001 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 1100 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 3185 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: N/A drivers: fbdev (unloaded: modesetting,vesa)
           tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Audio:     Card Intel Device 3198 bus-ID: 00:0e.0
Network:   Card-1: Intel Device 31dc bus-ID: 00:0c.0
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 15.4GB (35.1% used)
           ID-1: USB /dev/sda model: Ultra_Fit size: 15.4GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 11G used: 1.7G (17%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.85GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 88 Uptime: 17:44 Memory: 100.3/3539.6MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.5
.. boldly venturing further than I've ventured before:

1.) Installing the latest version of the kernel:

#apt-cache search linux-image

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linux-headers-4.9.0-7-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-7-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-3-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-4-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-4-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-5-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-5-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-5-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-6-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-6-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-8-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-8-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64
Hhmmmm ... I believe I'd need to get back to this after the backports repository update.


2.) Implementing backports - Heeding Segfault's warning

2.1) "For Backports are packages taken from the next Debian release (called "testing") adjusted and recompiled for usage on Debian stable. (In a few cases, usually for security updates, backports are also created from the Debian unstable (aka SID) distribution.)" - via Google

2.2) "It is therefore recommended to only select single backported packages that fit your needs, and not use all available backports. " - https://backports.debian.org/

2.3) "Who's afraid?" - Famous last words that has left deep scares

#echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list

#apt-get update

** All backports are deactivated by default To install something from backports run: apt-get -t stretch-backports install "package"

#apt-cache search linux-image

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linux-headers-4.9.0-7-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-7-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-7-rt-amd64
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux rt-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-headers-4.9.0-3-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-3-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-4-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-4-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-5-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-5-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-5-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-6-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-6-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-8-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-8-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-4-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-5-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-6-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-8-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.17.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
linux-headers-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.17.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64
linux-headers-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.17.0-0.bpo.3-amd64
linux-headers-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-cloud-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.17.0-0.bpo.3-cloud-amd64
linux-headers-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
linux-headers-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64
linux-headers-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Linux 4.17 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64 - Linux 4.17 for x86-64 cloud
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 - Linux 4.17 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-amd64
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-cloud-amd64 - Linux 4.17 for x86-64 cloud
linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.17.0-0.bpo.3-cloud-amd64
linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 - Linux 4.18 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64 - Linux 4.18 for x86-64 cloud
linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-cloud-amd64
linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64 - Linux 4.18 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64-dbg - Debug symbols for linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64
linux-headers-4.9.0-4-grsec-amd64 - Header files for Linux 4.9.0-4-grsec-amd64
linux-image-4.9.0-4-grsec-amd64 - Linux 4.9 for 64-bit PCs, Grsecurity protection (unofficial patch)
linux-image-grsec-amd64 - Linux image meta-package, grsec featureset
linux-image-cloud-amd64 - Linux for x86-64 cloud (meta-package)
linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux cloud-amd64 configuration (meta-package)
Hhmmm. Nice. Picking .... linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 ... taking point 2.3 of above into account.

#apt-get -t stretch-backports install linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64

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Some moaning ...
...
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw for module r8169
...
Rebooting ...

Some hardware errors ... then "input not supported" on display. Swap to a newer model display and we're fired up.

#dmesg

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[    0.000000] Linux version 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 20170516 (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1)) #1 SMP Debian 4.18.6-1~bpo9+1 (2018-09-13)
[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 root=UUID=850b2b49-b9b1-457a-90d0-53343350a3d9 ro quiet
...
[    6.862088] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[    6.862090] Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation
[    6.862141] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    6.912652] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode (-2)
[    6.912692] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[    6.912727] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.912743] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode (-2)
[    6.912776] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.912788] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode (-2)
[    6.912820] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.912830] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode (-2)
[    6.912863] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.912873] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode (-2)
[    6.912905] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.912914] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode (-2)
[    6.912947] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.912958] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode (-2)
[    6.912991] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.913000] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode (-2)
[    6.913033] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.913042] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode (-2)
[    6.913075] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.913077] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30
[    6.913125] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38
[    6.913154] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
[    6.955143] i2c i2c-2: fc0012: Fitipower FC0012 successfully identified
[    7.116495] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
[    7.220071] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[    7.220093] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[    7.220094] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[    7.220099] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[    7.220102] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[    7.220109] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[    7.251120] videodev: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[    7.360055] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[    7.390726] Bluetooth: hci0: Bootloader revision 0.1 build 42 week 52 2015
[    7.391731] Bluetooth: hci0: Device revision is 2
[    7.391732] Bluetooth: hci0: Secure boot is enabled
[    7.391732] Bluetooth: hci0: OTP lock is enabled
[    7.391733] Bluetooth: hci0: API lock is enabled
[    7.391734] Bluetooth: hci0: Debug lock is disabled
[    7.391735] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
[    7.391754] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load intel/ibt-17-16-1.sfi (-2)
[    7.391791] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-17-16-1.sfi failed with error -2
[    7.391793] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file (-2)
[    7.396715] [drm] GuC: No firmware known for this platform!
[    7.396717] [drm] HuC: No firmware known for this platform!
...
[    7.398073] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[    7.399067] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[    7.399074] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[    7.399077] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
[    7.399079] i915 0000:00:02.0: DMC firmware homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/i915
...
[    9.023017] r8169 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
[    9.023059] r8169 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw failed with error -2
[    9.023063] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eno1: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
[    9.062585] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eno1: link down
[    9.062586] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eno1: link down
...
[  166.521677] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[  166.521685] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[  166.521691] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 3096.031354] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:0e.0: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x202f0600
[ 3097.043581] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:0e.0: No response from codec, disabling MSI: last cmd=0x202f0600
[ 3098.055593] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:0e.0: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x202f0600
Trying to start Kodi as a normal user:
Fatal server error:
(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
#groups user
cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev
Starting Kodi under root:

... and the MAGIC of Uncle Linus's kernel just jumps out ! No wonder I've never need to fiddle with it. (*** Not forgetting Segfault's warning ***)

From BackPortDebian’s Kodi, the system details being:
Processor utilisation lingering at 2%.

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) (kernek: Linux 4.18.0-0.bp...
GPU: Mesa DRI Intel® UHD Graphics 600 (Geminilake 2x6)
OpenGL vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6

- GPU temperature: ? -

Audio: ALSA: HD Intel PCH ALC233
ALSA: HD Intel PCH, HDMI #0 -> 4

- No Bluetooth Audio -
With Kodi still running or exited:
#glxinfo
Error: unable to open display
#glxgears
Error: couldn't open display (null)
and on the console I notice:
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name=(null)
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.4
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name=(null)
One hellova improvement just running a new kernel. It's insane !

So, what would the "normal user" be missing to be able to run Kodi (as opposed to root) ?

And the only remaining things to fix (firmware) would be: ?

iwlwifi
bluetooth
i915
r8169

Would it just be a case of dropping *.ko files in a folder ?

Then to upgrade MESA 13.0.6 to MESA 18.x.y and pondering if there's a means to hook into the LibreElec's "Add-On's" for Kodi ?

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#5 Post by Segfault »

OK, I myself stopped using Debian when systemd came. Thus, I really don't know what one has to do in Debian to run a single application on X (and not using any WM). I do exactly this with my NUC, running Gentoo. Here is wiki article abut non-root Xorg. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Non_root_Xorg

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#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

peek wrote:Picking .... linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
You should install the kernel metapackage (the one without any version numbers) to make sure it is kept updated, running an outdated kernel is unwise.
peek wrote:

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W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169
The backported firmware-realtek package will remove those messages.
peek wrote:

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[    7.398073] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[    7.399067] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[    7.399074] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[    7.399077] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
[    7.399079] i915 0000:00:02.0: DMC firmware homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/i915
The backported firmware-misc-nonfree package will remove those messages.
peek wrote:Trying to start Kodi as a normal user:

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Fatal server error:
(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
Does this get Kodi working (as your normal user!):

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startx $(which kodi)
peek wrote:Starting Kodi under root
*Never* do this.

Also, how are you "starting Kodi as root", exactly?

Did you log in as your normal user and use `sudo`? If so then the root-owned ~/.Xauthority will have to be deleted (I think).
peek wrote:With Kodi still running or exited:

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#glxinfo
Error: unable to open display

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#glxgears
Error: couldn't open display (null)
If you are running those commands from a console (TTY) then you need to state the display, for example:

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DISPLAY=:0 glxinfo
And please stop running commands as root unless you absolutely have to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle ... _privilege

Oh, and I agree with Segfault — you should probably use Arch instead with hardware this new; Debian 10 will be out next summer and should work much better with your hardware (once the non-free firmware has been installed).
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#7 Post by stevepusser »

Sysadmin means as root or with sudo; since Debian users can have either one or both of those enabled, I wasn't that specific. But don't run inxi as sysadmin.

You can also get your wi-fi working, if that's important, by installing firmware-iwlwifi from backports.
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#8 Post by Segfault »

I've never used kodi-standalone, so I looked it up: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=329239

FYI I set up my NUC by hand, it autologins kodi user in inittab and starts kodi from ~/.xinitrc.

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#9 Post by stevepusser »

I know kodi installs some kind of session manager; I have a standalone Kodi session option in lightdm.
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#10 Post by Segfault »

stevepusser wrote:I know kodi installs some kind of session manager; I have a standalone Kodi session option in lightdm.
No logic here, if lightdm calls it a session it does not mean Kodi has a session manager. Probably if you ran plain xterm on top of X without any WM then you could make lightdm call it xterm session ...

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#11 Post by jmgibson1981 »

Read most of the posts. I think the installation is being done wrong and that is the issue. I don't think the hardware is to new. Below I've posted my research compiled from many sources. Try this guide to install and see where you end up. While I know backports are helpful, at the end of the day they are not the highly tested packages that come with stable. Backport as needed, not by default is how I run my systems. The reason your xinit failed is because you didn't install a package necessary for it to work, which is covered below. Do a fresh install and follow below steps. Report back as needed. I wrote this, not copy pasted from someone's blog.

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I've been running my main HTPC on Ubuntu 16.04 for awhile now. Only reason I don't run Debian is with the AMD hardware, there is a graphical stutter that I can't shake with Debian. But the configuration is the same. You will need ssh access to this box. My machine also runs dns, dhcp, ltsp, torrent, apt-cache proxy, minecraft servers, file server & backup, main media storage among other things all on a box in my entertainment center.

For all configurations add firmware packages as required. You will likely need to enable contrib and nonfree repos.

Packages required for a minimal Kodi installation. Standalone is not officially supported by the Kodi team, so I use LightDM with Openbox.

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kodi kodi-eventclients-kodi-send xorg openbox lightdm pulseaudio
To autostart Openbox with LightDM this is my config

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cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kodi.conf 
[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=kodimain
autologin-user-timeout=0
user-session=openbox
Openbox autostart config.

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cat /home/kodimain/.config/openbox/autostart 
sleep 5
mediastart &
sleep 5
xset s 0 s blank -dpms &
Above mediastart script. I've found on the official Kodi packages from the PPA that it will segfault once every 15-20 restarts. This will restart till running. I've seen this behavior with Debian as well. I think it has to do with a PVR addon though so It may not be an issue for you. black_eagle gave me this on the Kodi forums. Works perfectly.

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while true ; do
  pidof kodi.bin > /dev/null
  if [[ "$?" -ne 0 ]] ; then
    /usr/bin/kodi &
  fi
  sleep 30
done
I restart Kodi daily with a cronjob. Keeps it fresh. There is also a minor audio stutter that shows up after X number of days of runtime on my local MP3 collection when played. This solves the issue. I've seen this on both Ubuntu & Debian. I run this script on a cronjob to stop Kodi, and restart LightDM which restarts Kodi. You may or may not need this. For a daily restart with systemd service file, just crontab a service restart. Simple.

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for seconds in 30 20 10 ; do
  kodi-send --action "Notification(kodi restart in ${seconds} seconds,standby!)"
  sleep 10
done
for app in mediastart kodi openbox ; do
  for process in $(pgrep "$app") ; do
    kill "$process"
  done
done
if pgrep lightdm ; then
  sleep 2
  systemctl restart lightdm
fi
If you insist on running standalone rather than a supported way with a window manager then adjust package list accordingly.

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kodi kodi-eventclients-kodi-send xorg xinit dbus-x11 pulseaudio xserver-xorg-legacy
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dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-legacy
Edit /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to add the following line.

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needs_root_rights=yes
A systemd service file is included in the Debian installation. You will find it in /lib/systemd/system I believe. Copy it to /etc/systemd/system and edit as needed. Don't forget to enable the service.

For both standalone & with Openbox / DM create a dedicated kodi user to run as. Put this user in the audio & video groups. This should enable the sound selections in the Kodi settings. Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/kodi.conf to reflect this user. For standalone adjust user in service file and run this to update the service.

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systemctl daemon-reload
If you want a central SQL database, I personally use MariaDB. Instructions for an SQL database can be found on Kodi's wiki - https://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL . I'm not sure if this works with MySQL but this configuration greatly increases speed of accessing the DB on MariaDB

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cat /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-kodi.optimize.conf 
[mysqld]

optimizer_search_depth = 1
skip-name-resolve
innodb_adaptive_hash_index = off
Start the Kodi service else start LightDM and you should be rolling.

The above will give you a fully functional base installation. I would highly recommend using an SQL DB rather than Kodi's internal DB. This allows you to share the DB with other Kodi machines in your home if you wish from the start rather than losing or having to export and import your existing DB to an SQL DB at a later date. The SQL overhead is minimal even with multiple machines accessing at the same time.

Static IP on the Kodi machine(s) would be best. This allows one to use an app on your phone / tablet as the remote. I find it more convenient than using a physical remote with Lirc - https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfigur ... e_manually

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The above is my accumulation of much googling and searching to optimize my setup. It has become a bit of an obsession. This is just a compiled list of (IMHO) the right way to do things, without the various inconsistencies. This is not the only way to skin this cat, but I find it to be the best way after much experimentation over a few years.

To name a few sources. Arch wiki, Debian forums, Ubuntu forums, Kodi wiki, Kodi forums, Overclock.net forums. I wish I had kept a list of all the pages I've viewed over the last few years compiling this. To many to count. Lots of reading.

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#12 Post by stevepusser »

You use an Ubuntu PPA at your own risk.

2018 hardware very often needs a newer kernel and graphic libraries. This is a fact. If you don't have the exact same device and have tested it, what weight should anyone give your opinion about that? FWIW, my May 2018 Intel Coffee Lake i7-8750H laptop absolutely requires a newer kernel, mesa, and firmware than is in standard Stretch to work correctly.
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#13 Post by jmgibson1981 »

My opinion, which is clearly worthless in your eyes is my own personal experience. Backports haven't done a damn thing for me on my hardware, even though it's older hardware. But that was the ONLY suggestion people had near as I recall. My point, if you can at least respect it, is that backports are NOT a silver bullet. You need to isolate a problem, then fix problem. In this case if Kodi isn't installed and configured correctly then you don't know what you are trying to fix. I recognize some of those errors posted above. They are due to not having xserver-xorg-legacy installed and configured correctly. It's like throwing darts in the dark, just hoping for the best. Backports while being official Debian packages do not have the testing time that stable packages have. As such, I see no need to jump straight to backports until you know you need it. I'd rather keep my systems on as many stable packages as possible personally.

*EDIT* Calling me out for using a PPA on Ubuntu is nothing more than trying to discredit sound advice. If you don't like it you don't need to post, or insult in the process. I screwed around for a couple months trying to get Debian to play nice with my hardware, backports and all and got nowhere. I went with what worked, I didn't settle for 2nd best in my case as some people do.

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#14 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

jmgibson1981 wrote:I've been running my main HTPC on Ubuntu 16.04 for awhile now.
Then why are you posting here?
jmgibson1981 wrote:I use LightDM with Openbox
Why?

Kodi works just fine without a display manager or a window manager and the OP wants a minimal system.
jmgibson1981 wrote:If you insist on running standalone rather than a supported way with a window manager then adjust package list accordingly.

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kodi kodi-eventclients-kodi-send xorg xinit dbus-x11 pulseaudio xserver-xorg-legacy
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dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-legacy
Edit /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config to add the following line.

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needs_root_rights=yes
A systemd service file is included in the Debian installation. You will find it in /lib/systemd/system I believe. Copy it to /etc/systemd/system and edit as needed. Don't forget to enable the service.
^ This is shockingly bad advice, please remove it from your post.

The xserver-xorg-legacy package should not be used and is not needed, this will start Kodi just fine from a console login (I've just tested it in my Debian stretch system):

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startx $(which kodi)
The reason why the OP has problems is because they tried `xinit` instead of `startx`, IMO.
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#15 Post by jmgibson1981 »

God forbid I try to help someone. Minimal yes. But most people want support for what they do, I know I do. You want to run unsupported methods, by all means. I have no vested interest. But you people are ridiculous. I have a feeling I wouldn't have gotten half this garbage if I left out the Ubuntu part of my post. Unreal. This type of crap is why people hate linux. Elitist BS nitpicking every little thing. I won't be back. Throw a party, I don't care. I've spent a couple years perfecting my deployment in every way with countless adjustments and experiments to configs to get things perfect. If that is worthless, I'm sorry I wasted your time. I won't make that mistake again, at least not here. If a mod is reading this, just close my damn account. Not worth the grief.

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#16 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

jmgibson1981 wrote:This type of crap is why people hate linux. Elitist BS nitpicking every little thing
Do you even understand what the xserver-xorg-legacy package does and what a risk it represents?

Also, one of the advantages that a technical support forum has over random blogs is peer review — if somebody posts nonsense then the community will correct them.

I understand that you feel aggrieved by my post but please see if from my perspective: I'm annoyed that I had to correct you :mrgreen:
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#17 Post by GarryRicketson »

jmgibson1981 wrote:
This type of crap is why people hate linux
Speak for your self, but there are plenty of people that do like Linux, that is why they or we use it. The ones that "hate" it, hate it because it is not like their beloved MS windows, I suppose. With Linux, it is opensource, and this allows us to be able to see what the code is, and if and when something is bad, or could cause problems, we can speak out, and let others know as well.
H_O_A_S >Also, one of the advantages that a technical support forum has over random blogs is peer review — if somebody posts nonsense then the community will correct them.
As compared to :
jmgibson1981>>I have a feeling I wouldn't have gotten half this garbage if I left out the Ubuntu part of my post. Unreal.
Ubuntu is NOT Debian, and not mentioning that a script or tutorial is intended for Ubuntu, or that the packages to be installed are for Ubuntu, from Ubuntu ppas, is just plain bad advice. Fortunately HeadOnAStick, did say something, so other Debian users don't mess up their system , unwittingly. These are things that I like about Linux, my self. I don't know about others.

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#18 Post by stevepusser »

jmgibson1981 wrote:God forbid I try to help someone. Minimal yes. But most people want support for what they do, I know I do. You want to run unsupported methods, by all means. I have no vested interest. But you people are ridiculous. I have a feeling I wouldn't have gotten half this garbage if I left out the Ubuntu part of my post. Unreal. This type of crap is why people hate linux. Elitist BS nitpicking every little thing. I won't be back. Throw a party, I don't care. I've spent a couple years perfecting my deployment in every way with countless adjustments and experiments to configs to get things perfect. If that is worthless, I'm sorry I wasted your time. I won't make that mistake again, at least not here. If a mod is reading this, just close my damn account. Not worth the grief.
You disagreed with my statement that new hardware very often required new KMF (kernel mesa firmware) based on your personal experience with your own older hardware. I asked for inxi output to see what the graphics stack situation was doing with the stock KMF. And you complain about arrogance. Jeesh.

By the way, there are repositories with the current Kodi release that has been backported on Stretch: https://repology.org/metapackage/kodi/versions
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#19 Post by peek »

Thanks for joining this lab session Head_on_a_Stick. As advised:
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
peek wrote:Picking .... linux-image-4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
You should install the kernel metapackage (the one without any version numbers) to make sure it is kept updated, running an outdated kernel is unwise.
I've installed the "linux-image-amd64" package which is currently still keeping the unit on 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
peek wrote:

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W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw for module r8169
The backported firmware-realtek package will remove those messages.
Unfortunately I cannot find any "firmware-realtek" package in the stretch-backports repository ... There is a "firmware-linux-free" package though, which I installed.
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
peek wrote:

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[    7.398073] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[    7.399067] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[    7.399074] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[    7.399077] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
[    7.399079] i915 0000:00:02.0: DMC firmware homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/i915
The backported firmware-misc-nonfree package will remove those messages.
First edited /etc/apt/sources.list to include "non-free" which now reads

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deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free
.

Then the usual

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apt-get update
&

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apt-get install firmware-misc-nonfree
.

I also noticed package "intel-microcode", yet could not install it due to it's depency on "iucode-tool". Yet "iucode-tool" is either missing, obsolete or available from another source I'm not currently aware of...

The current status being:

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[    7.463396] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[    7.463398] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[    7.463401] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
...
[    8.631479] r8169 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
[    8.631524] r8169 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw failed with error -2
[    8.631528] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eno1: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
...
[    6.942249] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load intel/ibt-17-16-1.sfi (-2)
[    6.942320] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-17-16-1.sfi failed with error -2
[    6.942323] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file (-2)
...
[    7.061732] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode (-2)
[    7.061774] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.061786] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode (-2)
[    7.061819] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.061830] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode (-2)
[    7.061863] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.061872] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode (-2)
[    7.061905] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.061916] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode (-2)
[    7.061948] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.061958] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode (-2)
[    7.061990] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.062001] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode (-2)
[    7.062033] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.062043] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode (-2)
[    7.062075] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.062085] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode (-2)
[    7.062118] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.062120] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30
[    7.062149] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38
...
[    7.463396] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[    7.463398] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[    7.463401] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
...
[    8.631479] r8169 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
[    8.631524] r8169 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw failed with error -2
[    8.631528] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eno1: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
peek wrote:Trying to start Kodi as a normal user:

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Fatal server error:
(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
Does this get Kodi working (as your normal user!):

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startx $(which kodi)
Yes !!

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startx $(which kodi)
and also

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startx $(which kodi-standalone)
starts Kodi as a non-priviledged (not root) user.

I've been starting Kodi via

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xinit $(which kodi)
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xinit $(which kodi-standalone)
until it started to fail executing as non-priviledged user.
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
peek wrote:Starting Kodi under root
*Never* do this.

Also, how are you "starting Kodi as root", exactly?

Did you log in as your normal user and use `sudo`? If so then the root-owned ~/.Xauthority will have to be deleted (I think).
No. I log in as a non-priviledged user. Then, if everything fails and creates headaches, I

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su
only to see what would transpire as an elevated user. (be it root)

"sudo" is not not even installed.
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
peek wrote:With Kodi still running or exited:

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#glxinfo
Error: unable to open display

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#glxgears
Error: couldn't open display (null)
If you are running those commands from a console (TTY) then you need to state the display, for example:

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DISPLAY=:0 glxinfo
And please stop running commands as root unless you absolutely have to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle ... _privilege
Even with Kodi started via

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startx $(which kodi)
and running on display 2, executing either

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DISPLAY=:2 glxinfo
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DISPLAY=:2 glxgears
still causes "Error: unable to open display: 2".

I can understand that GLXGears would need to run in a window and as such a window manager would be required (of which none is installed), yet I didn't expect the same from GLXInfo though.

I've only used debian/Linux in console/terminal/ssh mode, being the reason I'm quite clueless with anything that involves X.

And it is specifically due to the principle of least priviledge that I just cannot trust LibreELEC, although it works perfectly out-of-the-box.

LibreELEC runs all processes as root, with the root password unchangeable and only changeable at compilation. Being the reason I included "No LibreELEC" in the heading.
Head_on_a_Stick wrote:Oh, and I agree with Segfault — you should probably use Arch instead with hardware this new; Debian 10 will be out next summer and should work much better with your hardware (once the non-free firmware has been installed).
I hear ya, but I don't want to use anything other than debian :cry: Be it not the quickest resolution.

Make no mistake, I appreciate all the comments and assistance.

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Re: Purist form of Kodi on Intel NUC7CJYH - No LibreELEC

#20 Post by peek »

stevepusser wrote:You can also get your wi-fi working, if that's important, by installing firmware-iwlwifi from backports.

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apt-get -t stretch-backports install firmware-iwlwifi
Eveything is important. From a learning perspective. 8)

Though DMESG still chokes a bit :

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[    6.979390] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    7.009364] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode (-2)
[    7.009404] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[    7.009448] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009463] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode (-2)
[    7.009496] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009507] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode (-2)
[    7.009557] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009567] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode (-2)
[    7.009599] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009610] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode (-2)
[    7.009642] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009652] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode (-2)
[    7.009684] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009694] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode (-2)
[    7.009726] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009737] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode (-2)
[    7.009769] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009779] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode (-2)
[    7.009811] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode failed with error -2
[    7.009814] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-30
[    7.009843] iwlwifi 0000:00:0c.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38
...
[    7.050023] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load intel/ibt-17-16-1.sfi (-2)
[    7.050078] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-17-16-1.sfi failed with error -2
[    7.050081] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file (-2)
[    7.441842] [drm] GuC: No firmware known for this platform!
[    7.441844] [drm] HuC: No firmware known for this platform!
...
[    7.493791] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[    7.493793] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[    7.493797] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
...
[    8.502684] r8169 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
[    8.502728] r8169 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw failed with error -2
[    8.502732] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eno1: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)

Thanks.

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