[eltommi]

Hello,

I'm trying to use Kodi on my up to date Archlinux machine using KDE 4.14.4

Code:

tommi in ~ λ uname -a
Linux archy 3.18.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 27 20:45:02 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Asrock Z77 Pro3 - Intel i5 3570 - Nvidia GT560Ti

As the title says, Kodi crashes to desktop almost every time I try to start it. Once in a while, after several attempts, it works. At that time, it may crash after clicking on a Main Menu voice, or it may keep working for hours.
I must specify that it's a brand new system, and I've been affected by this behaviour since the beginning.

Version of Kodi is the one in the Arch Repository; System info shows it as Kodi 14.0 Git:Unknown (Compiled Jan 1 2015)

It every time creates a crash log in my ~/
Here's the latest, after installing gdb for strace purpose:

http://paste.debian.net/143050/

Thanks in advance.

[fritsch]

Disable joystick, by editing guisettings.xml in ~/.kodi/userdata

make also sure to set default="false" in that line.

[fritsch]

Code:

<enablejoystick default="false">false</enablejoystick>

[eltommi]

Great! You got the point at first shot.

Now to the worst part. Even though I edit guisettings.xml with false, when I exec kodi it crashes, and if I check back that config file, enablejoystick is back to true.

Unplugging the controller is actually a good workaround, and it makes Kodi work as it should, though I'm curious about why it switches back to the original state, and if I can handle some other config file to disable it properly.
Is it relevant to the case that I sometimes run "kodi -p" to load the portable settings dir, to have 2 different configurations with no big headache?

Thanks again!

[Martijn]

don't edit while running it

[eltommi]

My bad. Was only modifying the true between brackets, and not the one "inside" after "default=".

FYI I tried keeping joypad attached, and start Kodi while running "xboxdrv". And it works.
So it's the original PS3 driver that isn't well digested by Kodi.

Thanks a thousand anyway for the swift response.
Cheers