Login at Kodi Home

mpiter · (This post was last modified: 2016-10-06, 10:56 by mpiter.)

Hello,

I am very sorry for the the dumb question in the title. I have circled for a while between the download page (https://kodi.tv/download/) which points for linux to a guide (http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux) which points to the main Kodibuntu page (http://kodi.wiki/view/KodiBuntu) for Kodibuntu which in turn points to the download page (https://kodi.tv/download/, how stupid!)

In the complete guide for Linux, there is only the Helix version with a too old kernel (3.13) for my hardware. I tried it but it failed to put my Ethernet card on. The function lspci finds "Ethernet controller Intel corporation device 15b8" but ifconfig only shows my lo interface with the usual 127.0.0.1 IP address, nothing else (no Eth0). That is why I would like to try to download the Jarvis version instead of fighting with my Ethernet configuration.

Thank you in advance for any piece of information.

**fritsch** · 2016-10-06, 10:01

There is none. Also kodibuntu is hopelessly outdated and not suitable anymore. Us e.g. Lubuntu and install Kodi manually.

mpiter · 2016-10-06, 10:30

Thanks for your clear answer. Let's go for Lubuntu.

Is there any means to bypass the login window and immediately start in Kodi when we boot the computer as Kodibuntu did? In other words, I switch on my server, and a few seconds later I can see the Kodi main window without other action than pressing the On/Off button at the start.

**fritsch** · 2016-10-06, 10:43

Yes auto login for lightdm, first hit in Google.

mpiter · 2016-10-06, 10:56

Thanks a lot, you answered all my questions. I think I am going to install Linux Mint because this is my working distribution. It will be easier to have exactly the same one on my HTPC and my working computers. The login is managed in Mint by mdm with /etc/mdm/mdm.conf to be edited to auto login (I found it thanks to your previous answer). If it takes too much time to boot, I will try Lubuntu.

Thanks.

**fritsch** · 2016-10-06, 11:06

Mint does compositing, which is not suggested

mpiter · 2016-10-06, 11:10

Oh, thanks. I did not know that.

I am at my work. I have just downloaded Lubuntu 16.04. I will install it tonight when I get home. You saved my day :-)