[Dark_Slayer]

Set the Openbox background to black and XBMC to auto start:

Code:

mkdir -p $HOME/.config/openbox/ && echo "export DISPLAY=:0" >> $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh && echo "xsetroot -solid black &" >> $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh && echo "/usr/bin/xbmc &" >> $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh && chmod +x $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

Holy schnikes there is a lot involved in marrying kodibuntu + steam

I've got several things to work thus far, but I'm not getting Kodi to autostart just yet or a black background

Could you post the code of a working autostart.sh? Just for reference as my terminal interpretation is poor

I ended up with

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0 &
xsetroot -solid black &
/usr/bin/xbmc &

There is still a /usr/bin/xbmc though I've tried booting with the autostart.sh setup like shown above and also changed to /usr/bin/kodi (which also exists) to no avail

The steam in home streaming has me pretty excited though. I'll end up consolidating my server and gaming machine when this all works out and sell one of them off as I'm currently not using a low powered HTPC (and I have enough spare parts to sell off a server)

I at least already have steam installed and have streamed a few games in kodibuntu. Didn't work out the audio part yet. Is pulse audio installation still blocked after Gotham introduced the pulse-audio sink? Well, one thing at a time and autostart is up on the priority for me

Tried searching this issue with a lot of people trying to set their user-session to XBMC (not what we are looking for) all my other searches ended here or where someone had copied your post already.