[vampyrex13]

I just had to rebuild my box after my system along with my SSD died. All new hardware. Using a GT 710 instead of my old GT 430. Still using AMD for my processor. I installed Kodinuntu, then upgraded to Xenial and Jarvis. Did all the instructions here like before, but when I log in, it's not going to the OpenBox session. If I launch Steam (both from terminal using the DISPLAY=:0 steam command or via the script), it just loads a black screen but I can hear Big Screen music in the background. If I log off Kodi and choose to log into the OpenBox session, I just get a black screen with a cursor instead of Kodi. I can't seem to find a fix. Here is my notes on the basic setup that I did for my system (important info X'd out). I have other things on there like mame and mednafen emulators as well. It worked fine in this last configuration.


- Install Kodibuntu. Create a 15GB (15360MB) primary / partition at the beginning and 4GB (4096MB) primary swap partition at the end with the remaining sandwiched primary partition becoming the /home partition.
- After reboot, it is normal to see the error popup "Kodi needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering."

- SSH into the server and install updated Nvidia drivers. Uninstall nvidia-prime as it is not supported by my hardware.
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-367 nvidia-settings libvdpau1
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-prime

- Update Kodi and uninstall tvheadend:
sudo apt-get install kodi
sudo apt-get remove tvheadend

- Update system to current and reboot. Install the new lsb-release configuration file. You may need to reboot and install linux-firmware update separate:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

- Upgrade to Ubuntu to Xenial locally. Hit CTRL-ALT-F1 for terminal. Allow services to restart without asking. Install all new configuration files. For lirc, choose Windows Media Center for the remote control and none for the IR transmitter. Remove old packages then allow it to restart. It will take 1 minute before it restarts.
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
sudo do-release-upgrade
; sudo do-release-upgrade -d # if Ubuntu cannot find Xenial.

- Re-enable Kodi and Nvidia sources by uncommenting the lines with xenial in them, then reinstall them. Also remove unsupported tvheadend source:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kodi.list
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-trusty.list
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tvheadend.*
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kodi nvidia-364 nvidia-settings libvdpau1

- At the login screen, choose Kodi from the menu at top right, then login and confirm Kodi is working.
- SSH in and clean up orphaned files:
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

- Install pulseaudio. It can later be tested after Kodi is running using "speaker-test -c6 -twav"
sudo mv /etc/apt/preferences.d/libasound2-plugins.pref /etc/apt/preferences.d/libasound2-plugins.pref.bak && sudo mv /etc/apt/preferences.d/pulseaudio.pref /etc/apt/preferences.d/pulseaudio.pref.bak
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio libasound2-plugins
sudo nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
# Change the following lines.
# resample-method = speex-float-5 ; default speex-float-1
# default-sample-format = float32ne ; default s16le
# default-sample-channels = 5 ; default 2
sudo nano /etc/pulse/default.pa
# Add the below just underneath "#load-module module-alsa-sink"
# load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,7

- Upload /etc/X11/edid.bin and /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that it can load the desktop when even the TV is off.

- Disable core files from getting generated in the home direcry:
sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf
# Add the following to the bottom
# * - core 0

- Install Steam, wmctrl, and powerwake for the WOL script:
sudo apt-get install steam wmctrl powerwake

- Enable Openbox and set as default session and have it run Kodi:
sudo cp /usr/share/xsessions/hidden/openbox.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/
sudo dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Accounts /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000 org.freedesktop.Accounts.User.SetXSession string:openbox
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/kodi &" >> $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh && chmod +x $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

- Install Valves X-Box controller drivers:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mdeslaur/steamos
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install steamos-xpad-dkms

- Make sure the Valve driver loads:
sudo nano /etc/rc.local && sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local
# Add the beloe just above "exit 0"
# (until [ "`lsmod | grep xpad`" ] ; do sleep 1 ; done ; rmmod xpad && modprobe xpad)&