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AnalogueMan · 2016-10-08, 20:57

Hello, first timer here.
I have a problem: When I power up my Raspberry Pi 2 it boots
right into KODI. And although I first had a linux O.S. distro installed (it is Raspbian I think but I forgot Sad

)
I cannot see a method to get first boot into that distro and then choose KODI.
How can I solve this?
Thanks.

speedwell68 · 2016-10-09, 00:27

(2016-10-08, 20:57)AnalogueMan Wrote: Hello, first timer here.
I have a problem: When I power up my Raspberry Pi 2 it boots
right into KODI. And although I first had a linux O.S. distro installed (it is Raspbian I think but I forgot )
I cannot see a method to get first boot into that distro and then choose KODI.
How can I solve this?
Thanks.

When the pi is running are you able to connect to it using SSH from another computer?

donbrew · 2016-10-10, 20:36

Use the power button (lower left) to turn Kodi off?

I found it by searching.

If you want Kodi to automatically start when the system boots, edit /etc/default/kodi and change ENABLED to 1: ENABLED=1 or ENABLED=0 for not to.

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=230035

AnalogueMan · 2016-10-16, 16:15

(2016-10-09, 00:27)speedwell68 Wrote:
(2016-10-08, 20:57)AnalogueMan Wrote: Hello, first timer here.
I have a problem: When I power up my Raspberry Pi 2 it boots
right into KODI. And although I first had a linux O.S. distro installed (it is Raspbian I think but I forgot )
I cannot see a method to get first boot into that distro and then choose KODI.
How can I solve this?
Thanks.

When the pi is running are you able to connect to it using SSH from another computer?

Sorry for my late response but for some reason I did not receive an email notification.

Running from another computer did not gave me a clue to connect to the Pi. Sad

AnalogueMan · 2016-10-16, 16:19

(2016-10-10, 20:36)donbrew Wrote: Use the power button (lower left) to turn Kodi off?

I found it by searching.

If you want Kodi to automatically start when the system boots, edit /etc/default/kodi and change ENABLED to 1: ENABLED=1 or ENABLED=0 for not to.

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=230035

Well, because I am booting right into Kodi, I do not know how to get into terminal do run that string.
Perhaps I have to execute some magic key combination to do that?

ActionA · 2016-10-16, 16:36

Quote:Use the power button (lower left) to turn Kodi off?

You should simply need to choose Exit from this menu (not turn off or shutdown).

AnalogueMan · (This post was last modified: 2016-10-16, 16:57 by AnalogueMan.)

(2016-10-16, 16:36)ActionA Wrote:
Quote:Use the power button (lower left) to turn Kodi off?

You should simply need to choose Exit from this menu (not turn off or shutdown).

I only see these possibilities in the left down corner:

1. Star : Clicking on it opens a window on the right side of the (kodi)screen and that's it.
2. Power of symbol : clicking on it opens three possibilities:
a. Power shut of system
b. Custom shut down timer
c. Reboot.

ActionA · 2016-10-16, 17:05

Then just ssh into the system from another device on the LAN.

speedwell68 · 2016-10-16, 17:42

(2016-10-16, 16:15)AnalogueMan Wrote:
(2016-10-09, 00:27)speedwell68 Wrote:
(2016-10-08, 20:57)AnalogueMan Wrote: Hello, first timer here.
I have a problem: When I power up my Raspberry Pi 2 it boots
right into KODI. And although I first had a linux O.S. distro installed (it is Raspbian I think but I forgot )
I cannot see a method to get first boot into that distro and then choose KODI.
How can I solve this?
Thanks.

When the pi is running are you able to connect to it using SSH from another computer?

Sorry for my late response but for some reason I did not receive an email notification.

Running from another computer did not gave me a clue to connect to the Pi.

I assume you run Windows on your main PC. Then install this...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtat...nload.html

Then from there it is quite self explanatory, you just need the IP address of your Pi. Which you can get from the system info screen in Kodi.

AnalogueMan · 2016-10-16, 20:31

(2016-10-16, 17:42)speedwell68 Wrote:
(2016-10-16, 16:15)AnalogueMan Wrote:
(2016-10-09, 00:27)speedwell68 Wrote: When the pi is running are you able to connect to it using SSH from another computer?

Sorry for my late response but for some reason I did not receive an email notification.

Running from another computer did not gave me a clue to connect to the Pi.

I assume you run Windows on your main PC. Then install this...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtat...nload.html

Then from there it is quite self explanatory, you just need the IP address of your Pi. Which you can get from the system info screen in Kodi.

I am NOT running from Windows O.S. I am running PCLinuxOS Full Monty KDE 64 bit

ActionA · 2016-10-16, 20:54

Then SSH should be easy as it is typically already built in to any linux system command line.

Code:

ssh [email protected]

password=raspberry

AnalogueMan · 2016-10-16, 21:17

(2016-10-16, 20:54)ActionA Wrote: Then SSH should be easy as it is typically already built in to any linux system command line.

Code:
ssh [email protected]

password=raspberry

well I may be an idiot but entering this code did not do anything but giving my terminal this response:
"ssh: Could not resolve hostname ip.livingroom.pi: Name or service not known"
I tried other combinations with same results.
I give up... Sad

ActionA · 2016-10-16, 22:19

You used the numeric IP right?

AnalogueMan · 2016-10-16, 22:28

(2016-10-16, 22:19)ActionA Wrote: You used the numeric IP right?

That's it. How can I see the IP's of my computer and that of the Pi?
And, if I have them, what is the command line I have to enter in terminal then?

AnalogueMan · 2016-10-17, 00:02

In the meantime I found the IP address and did a ssh: "connection refused"