i found our issue.
Helix has dropped use of SDL in leu of direct X11;
i've confirmed this in
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=213257
as a result the old script will no longer work in the same manner.
here's the new fix i came up with for XBMCbuntu.
you need to edit a script to run a window manager before Kodi launches. if this is done, everything works seamlessly again.
edit /usr/bin/kodi-standalone and add this line,
right after the
Code:
# http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
line, so the full script reads:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Team XBMC
# http://xbmc.org
#
# This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with XBMC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
# the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
# http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
openbox &
APP=Kodi
prefix="/usr"
exec_prefix="${prefix}"
bindir="${exec_prefix}/bin"
bin_name=kodi
APP="${bindir}/${bin_name} --standalone $@"
PULSE_START="$(which start-pulseaudio-x11)"
if [ -n "$PULSE_START" ]; then
$PULSE_START
else
PULSE_SESSION="$(which pulse-session)"
if [ -n "$PULSE_SESSION" ]; then
XBMC="$PULSE_SESSION $XBMC"
fi
fi
LOOP=1
CRASHCOUNT=0
LASTSUCCESSFULSTART=$(date +%s)
while [ $(( $LOOP )) = "1" ]
do
$APP
RET=$?
NOW=$(date +%s)
if [ $(( ($RET >= 64 && $RET <=66) || $RET == 0 )) = "1" ]; then # clean exit
LOOP=0
else # crash
DIFF=$((NOW-LASTSUCCESSFULSTART))
if [ $(($DIFF > 60 )) = "1" ]; then # Not on startup, ignore
LASTSUCESSFULSTART=$NOW
CRASHCOUNT=0
else # at startup, look sharp
CRASHCOUNT=$((CRASHCOUNT+1))
if [ $(($CRASHCOUNT >= 3)) = "1" ]; then # Too many, bail out
LOOP=0
echo "${APP} has exited uncleanly 3 times in the last ${DIFF} seconds."
echo "Something is probably wrong"
fi
fi
fi
done
this will fix focus and 'displaying a 1/4 screen in the corner' issues. to fix sound issues, i had to unpin the apt pinning that blacklists pulseaudio and install pulseaudio.
