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Steam Launcher + KODIbuntu v14

Steam BPM will not work in the Kodi session as it appears Steam BPM (and wmctrl too, which the addon uses to detect whether Steam is in BPM) needs a window manager to run properly, plus by default the addon kills Kodi which causes the session, therefore Kodi, to restart - it needs to be run from a desktop session, either Lubuntu or Openbox, both of which are included in KODIbuntu. You can try running Steam BPM in the Kodi session via SSH to see for yourself the problems it has with the following command:

Code:

DISPLAY=:0 steam -bigpicture

Hi all

first i would thank you for the add on and this helpful thread.

I followed the the mandatory steps on page 44, but i skipped all sound settings and optional steps for now.
Now steam is working as expected, but without sound. I think i need to do one of the sound related optional settings as well.
But also Media playback is not working anymore.
If I try to play a Movie there is just a complete black screen or sometimes a black screen with the mous coursor. in this case i can right click and geht the openbox menu.
But nothing else happens at all.I also have no sound to determine if the media will be played but in the background or something.

Can someone kindly advise what i probably did wrong or should do to fix that ?