[ninjafuchs]

I have a light ubuntu install that boots right into Kodi without loading the windows manager (xfce).

I'd like to avoid having to log into the desktop (or have the desktop be visible) when I use steam launcher. Has anyone found a seamless way to do this? A couple pages back @teeedubb mentioned using steam compositor instead of a windows manager, is it possible to incorporate that into my build, or is it SteamOS only?

Hi nadonate,
so i know i am a little late to the party. But i use kodi and steam in the same way as you do. it isnt flawless but for me the best I got until now. so you boot into kodi at startup. so that it wont crash after starting the steam addon. you need to install openbox on your mashine and start it with kodi.
I do it like that: sudo nano /usr/bin/kodi-standalone
and add this: openbox &
right aufter the comments and before: APP=Kodi

Unfortunatly you have to do this everytime you update kodi.

I think that is why I get some problems when I exit steam instead of suspend steam as I stated in post #1,194 on page 80.