2019-03-14, 20:45
Thanks for your replies, I finally figured it out.
What I did was this: I copied my complete ~/.kodi directory to another (mostly unused) user I'd created when I first set up this laptop and changed the ownership to this user. My Google API keys were correct -- I'd created some API keys previously for another app, so was somewhat familiar with the process.
Running Kodi and signing in to youtube worked from this user account, though I don't understand why it should work at this point. Clearly, there is something in my usual account which is interfering with Kodi, though I have no idea what it could be. I'm running Gnome on the new account, on my usual account I usually run KDE Plasma 5, though I wouldn't have thought that made a difference (?) It's puzzling, to say the least! (If I figure it out I'll report back here, on the odd chance someone else has the same problem).
Anyway, the main thing is it's now working! :-) Thanks to @HTGeek and @Spiderfish for your help.
Cheers.
What I did was this: I copied my complete ~/.kodi directory to another (mostly unused) user I'd created when I first set up this laptop and changed the ownership to this user. My Google API keys were correct -- I'd created some API keys previously for another app, so was somewhat familiar with the process.
Running Kodi and signing in to youtube worked from this user account, though I don't understand why it should work at this point. Clearly, there is something in my usual account which is interfering with Kodi, though I have no idea what it could be. I'm running Gnome on the new account, on my usual account I usually run KDE Plasma 5, though I wouldn't have thought that made a difference (?) It's puzzling, to say the least! (If I figure it out I'll report back here, on the odd chance someone else has the same problem).
Anyway, the main thing is it's now working! :-) Thanks to @HTGeek and @Spiderfish for your help.
Cheers.