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(Previously fully-functioning system)
APT system update caused the following behavior:
system boots,
KODI splash,
Blank screen.
ssh into server, no running instance of kodi.bin
calling kodi from commandline produces:
ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting

uname -a:
Linux ubuntu 3.13.0-87-generic #133-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 24 18:32:09 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

kodi logs
http://paste.ubuntu.com/17004287/

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Without a properly setup xserver kodi won't run. This is not a bug, but a user error. If you start it from cmdline via ssh, you need to export DISPLAY correctly.

Note that I did state that the system was properly functioning prior to running apt-get upgrade. Kodi will actually start over the ssh terminal to my laptop, but not on the system locally. Since all the support threads for this error are in windows-land I'm stumped on where to begin.

DISPLAY=:0 kodi

xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting

Debug Log _after_ this command. Turn on debuglogging advancedsettings.xml please.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/17006932/

I'm seeing the same error:

14:39:22 T:140537396340736 ERROR: GLX Error: No Display found
14:39:22 T:140537396340736 FATAL: CApplication::Create: Unable to init windowing system

This may be xorg related during update rather than kodi.

I'm investigating.

Yeah it's not a kodi issue for sure, which I already told you in my first post. Fix your xserver and it will work as before.