Solved Kodi Helix not launching after update - was out of disk space
FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#1
2015-05-18, 02:02
I've been running Kodibuntu with 14.0 for a while, and decided to update to 14.2 on my Asus Chromebox.

I ran:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot

When the box came back up, I get a desktop login screen prompting for a password for my main 'xbmc' user, but won't accept the password (I enter it, but it claims it's invalid).

I can still SSH into the box, so I tried following the instructions here by doing:
Code:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install

After a reboot, I'm still at the desktop login screen.

Looking at the upgrade instructions in the Wiki, I checked to be sure I am pointed at the correct, non-nightly, PPA, which I believe I am:
Code:
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main Translation-en
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
     release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-team-xbmc,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=XBMC PPA,c=main
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
     release v=14.04,o=LP-PPA-team-xbmc,a=trusty,n=trusty,l=XBMC PPA,c=main

Just to be sure, from the same page, I executed:
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove kodi
sudo apt-get install kodi

And I'm still at the desktop login after a reboot.

I'd appreciate any further instructions.
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FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#2
2015-05-19, 03:07
Since tumbleweeds seem to be blowing by, I decided to take another couple of shots.

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove kodi*
sudo apt-get purge kodi*

yielded:

Code:
xbmc@xbmc:~$ sudo apt-get remove kodi*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150102_173443.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150102_173443.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150103_122915.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150103_122915.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150103_210450.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150103_210450.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150116_193843.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150116_193843.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150121_225743.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150121_225743.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150124_173930.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150124_173930.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150126_174351.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150126_174351.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150126_204458.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150126_204458.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150127_220308.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150127_220308.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150129_190526.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150129_190526.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150129_192303.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150129_192303.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150131_151801.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150131_151801.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150208_194412.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150208_194412.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150214_130346.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150214_130346.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150214_161630.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150214_161630.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150215_140049.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150215_140049.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150216_212849.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150216_212849.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150216_213328.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150216_213328.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150218_174608.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150218_174608.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150221_195541.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150221_195541.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150222_171915.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150222_171915.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150222_190631.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150222_190631.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150227_212242.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150227_212242.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150228_142308.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150228_142308.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150228_223242.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150228_223242.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150302_210902.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150302_210902.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150304_195550.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150304_195550.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150307_120711.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150307_120711.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150309_204524.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150309_204524.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150311_195115.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150311_195115.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150314_175534.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150314_175534.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150314_183533.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150314_183533.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150315_203029.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150315_203029.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150317_174511.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150317_174511.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150317_190836.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150317_190836.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150317_193521.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150317_193521.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150318_204546.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150318_204546.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150318_211931.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150318_211931.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150321_140132.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150321_140132.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150321_165627.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150321_165627.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150321_173151.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150321_173151.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150322_194248.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150322_194248.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150403_152637.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150403_152637.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150412_183645.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150412_183645.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150421_201351.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150421_201351.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150422_224349.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150422_224349.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150424_215207.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150424_215207.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150510_151309.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150510_151309.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150512_201249.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150512_201249.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150514_190817.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150514_190817.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150514_232200.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150514_232200.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150517_134427.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150517_134427.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150517_172448.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150517_172448.log'
xbmc@xbmc:~$ sudo apt-get remove kodi* > remove.log
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150102_173443.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150102_173443.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150103_122915.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150103_122915.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150103_210450.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150103_210450.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150116_193843.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150116_193843.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150121_225743.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150121_225743.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150124_173930.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150124_173930.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150126_174351.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150126_174351.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150126_204458.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150126_204458.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150127_220308.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150127_220308.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150129_190526.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150129_190526.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150129_192303.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150129_192303.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150131_151801.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150131_151801.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150208_194412.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150208_194412.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150214_130346.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150214_130346.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150214_161630.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150214_161630.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150215_140049.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150215_140049.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150216_212849.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150216_212849.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150216_213328.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150216_213328.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150218_174608.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150218_174608.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150221_195541.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150221_195541.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150222_171915.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150222_171915.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150222_190631.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150222_190631.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150227_212242.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150227_212242.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150228_142308.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150228_142308.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150228_223242.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150228_223242.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150302_210902.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150302_210902.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150304_195550.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150304_195550.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150307_120711.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150307_120711.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150309_204524.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150309_204524.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150311_195115.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150311_195115.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150314_175534.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150314_175534.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150314_183533.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150314_183533.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150315_203029.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150315_203029.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150317_174511.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150317_174511.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150317_190836.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150317_190836.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150317_193521.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150317_193521.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150318_204546.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150318_204546.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150318_211931.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150318_211931.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150321_140132.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150321_140132.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150321_165627.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150321_165627.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150321_173151.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150321_173151.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150322_194248.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150322_194248.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150403_152637.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150403_152637.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150412_183645.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150412_183645.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150421_201351.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150421_201351.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150422_224349.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150422_224349.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150424_215207.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150424_215207.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150510_151309.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150510_151309.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150512_201249.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150512_201249.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150514_190817.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150514_190817.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150514_232200.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150514_232200.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150517_134427.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150517_134427.log'
E: Unable to locate package kodi_crashlog-20150517_172448.log
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kodi_crashlog-20150517_172448.log'

(same thing from running the purge)

then I checked:
Code:
xbmc@xbmc:~$ sudo apt-get install kodi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
kodi is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
xbmc@xbmc:~$

I'm not sure why remove and purge are looking for packages that pretty clearly seem to be log files, and don't seem to actually uninstall Kodi so I can try to reinstall it.

Anybody throw a guy a bone?
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wsnipex
Team-Kodi
Posts: 7,649
#3
2015-05-19, 15:47
because the shell will glob your "kodi*" and pass those crashlogs to apt.

those logs are actually interesting though, so please pastebin the last one:
Code:
pastebinit kodi_crashlog-20150517_172448.log
Team XBMC stable PPA -- Team XBMC unstable PPA -- Team XBMC nightly PPA
DEBUG log
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FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#4
2015-05-20, 03:36
Thanks, wsnipex.

I posted the penultimate log, because that last one was 0 bytes.
xbmc@xbmc:~$ pastebinit kodi_crashlog-20150517_134427.log

http://paste.ubuntu.com/11235472/
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wsnipex
Team-Kodi
Posts: 7,649
#5
2015-05-20, 09:41
try removing /home/xbmc/.kodi/addons/screensaver.picture.slideshow

I also wonder why you still run 14.0 even though you supposedly tried a dist-upgrade.
please provide:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
apt-cache policy kodi | pastebinit
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade 2>&1  | pastebinit
Team XBMC stable PPA -- Team XBMC unstable PPA -- Team XBMC nightly PPA
DEBUG log
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FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#6
2015-05-20, 12:53
thanks again, wsnipex!

screensaver.picture.slideshow removed.

Quote:I also wonder why you still run 14.0 even though you supposedly tried a dist-upgrade.
I'm wondering that myself... :/

xbmc@xbmc:~/.kodi/addons$ apt-cache policy kodi |pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/11242574/

xbmc@xbmc:~/.kodi/addons$ sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade 2>&1 | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/11242756/

NOTE: I rebooted after the above, and it still comes up to a desktop login screen and does not start kodi
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DaVu
Team-Kodi Member
Posts: 4,498
#7
2015-05-20, 14:28
Can you provide

Code:
df -h | pastebinit

Seems your HDD has not enough space, as the errors show in the pastebin for the dist-upgrade
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wsnipex
Team-Kodi
Posts: 7,649
#8
2015-05-20, 14:52
yes, seems your disk is full.
Team XBMC stable PPA -- Team XBMC unstable PPA -- Team XBMC nightly PPA
DEBUG log
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FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#9
2015-05-21, 00:24
Code:
xbmc@xbmc:~$ df -h
df: â/run/user/107/gvfsâ: Permission denied
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1        13G   13G     0 100% /
none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev            924M  4.0K  924M   1% /dev
tmpfs           188M  796K  187M   1% /run
none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
none            938M  4.0K  938M   1% /run/shm
none            100M  4.0K  100M   1% /run/user
overflow        1.0M  4.0K 1020K   1% /tmp

Yes, it does seem that way...

The box has a 16GB SSD, with all media stored on my unRAID box.

I would assume the first step is to get rid of all the log files, what else can be removed or relocated, and what's the best process for doing that?

Also, what's the likely cause of the non-ASCII characters and the permission denied error in:
df: â/run/user/107/gvfsâ: Permission denied

Here's a list of addons I've installed. I'm not particularly attached to any but the aeon nox skin. Can I simply delete the directories to "uninstall" them? Will that free up much space?

http://paste.ubuntu.com/11254554/
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FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#10
2015-05-22, 04:09
In an attempt to uninstall & reinstall I did this:

xbmc@xbmc:~/.kodi/addons$ sudo apt-get remove kodi* 2>&1|pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/11275245/
xbmc@xbmc:~/.kodi/addons$ sudo apt-get purge kodi* 2>&1 | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/11275265/
xbmc@xbmc:~/.kodi/addons$ df -h |pastebinit
df: â/run/user/107/gvfsâ: Permission denied
http://paste.ubuntu.com/11275267/
xbmc@xbmc:~/.kodi/addons$

why would uninstalling Kodi not free up any disk space?
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FreeMan xbmc
Senior Member
Posts: 132
#11
2015-05-22, 07:12
I have the <useddsfanart> feature set in advancedsetting. That means that I've got duplicate files in both .jpg and .dds formats. I removed the <useddsfanart> setting, deleted 5.3 GB (yes GB) of .dds files, and that left me enough room to get the update installed.

Thanks so much for your time and for identifying that disk space was the issue.
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