[fritsch]

I don't need any logs - if this does not work, it won't work.

Remove the switch and retry.

[m0nKeY]

That would be sad... :-( What options do I have? And what exactly is the reason? I checked the files thrice. Maybe my grub cfg is wrong? Hope you don't mind if I post it:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=HDMI-A-1:$I-A-1:edid/edid.bin video=HDMI-A-1:e"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

I removed the switch and copied the EDID file again. If the TV is turned off, Ubuntu tells me the HDMI source is disabled but if turn on the TV it prints enabled, but still black screen.

Did I miss to install something?

Greetings
m0nKeY

[fritsch]

The howto never told you to edit grub.cfg ...

and yeah you try to convince an xserver to start, while the gpu has no connection to any screen ..

Here, step by step:
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...pid1824527

(written by high school teacher).

[m0nKeY]

Thx, I tried the other step by step and the result is different. Now Ubuntu tells me every time the HDMI output is enabled, but first I tried the line:

Code:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi='!Windows 2012' drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=HDMI-A-1:edid/edid.bin video=HDMI-A-1:D"

Then the result was that the HDMI output is enabled, but screen stayed black. Then I noticed that later, in the step by step and in the other tutorial, the last letter was "e". Updated grub again and now the screen shows something, but it was very crappy, ie wrong colors etc.

I understand the problem but as I used XBMCbuntu 13.4 turning on the HTPC without TV tuned on, worked.

P.S: Without "video=HDMI-A-1:e" screen stays black again.

[deltazulu]

Anyone else feel like this thread needs it's whole separate forum group? so hard to find anything here.

[m0nKeY]

The howto never told you to edit grub.cfg ...

The "/etc/default/grub" file, so apparently this is not the grub cfg, but I think, you know what i meant...

Why isn't it possible to force XServer to start without the EDID Information? Thought the Xsever config file gives a way to to this?

[pyrodex]

Last week or two my wife and I have noticed an issue with KODI and not sure what changed that is causing it on my side. I used this guide from the beginning and have been keeping up and upgraded KODI doing the RCs to the final and didn't have the issue until recently so it's hard to think it's actually KODI 100% itself.

The issue is hard to explain but it happens when we are playing a show and we see that after a few minutes of playing on both systems I have running KODI, which have identical system configurations and software setups but different A/V setups, experience the same issue. KODI will black out video and audio for a few seconds, like 1-3, but the show continues to run and to cuts back in like nothing happened and pick up where it left off. If we finish a show and start another it happens again without rebooting or anything else.

I used to run Kernel 3.18.X line and went back to 3.16 with no fixes thinking the kernel was causing the issue but other than that it is a head scratcher.

I've looked at the logs and I see the following lines following the issue:

Code:

21:39:51 T:140281899808512   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 41708.33, frameduration: 41708.333333
21:39:51 T:140281899808512   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: pattern lost on diff 41000.000000, number of losses 7
21:39:56 T:140281899808512   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 41708.33, frameduration: 41708.333333
21:39:56 T:140281899808512   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: pattern lost on diff 41000.000000, number of losses 8

I've include more data below for reference and would appreciate any help on the matter.

dmesg:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/9838994/
kodi.log:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/207349/kodi.log (to large to pastebin, sorry)
Xorg.0.log:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/9838998/
vdpauinfo:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/9838999/
dpkg w/mesa:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/9839000/

[sampras]

Hi,
This is a new install of 14.04, not the minimal though.
so I've followed the how to in post 1 but am struggling to get my amp to be set as anything other than PCM. I'm assuming there's no need t change any settings in the system settings, the default settings for that a stereo.
Also shoudl teh audio out device in system - settings be changed to Caicos HDMI Auddio [RADEON 6400 Series] or left as default audio (PULSEAUDIO). I've tried both but the output is lways pcm.
I've installed the 3.16.7 kernel as in the history, post 2
uname
3.16.7-031607-generic #201410301735 SMP Thu Oct 30 17:37:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Here are the logs
Dmesg > http://paste.ubuntu.com/9905569/
cat ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log > http://paste.ubuntu.com/9905571/
DISPLAY=:0 vdpauinfo > http://paste.ubuntu.com/9905579/
dpkg -l |grep mesa > http://paste.ubuntu.com/9905587/

Any help would be greatly appeciated.
thanks

[blandoon]

I'm wondering if the upstart script could be modified to launch a window manager, like openbox, and then launch Kodi afterward? Since the script uses xinit to launch, I'm not sure what the best way to do that would be.

the script even includes a comment on how to do that.

It sure does... but it doesn't work exactly as entered. If you uncomment and modify that line to run openbox, like this:

Code:

script
# the following two are to get an idea, if you want to user a window manager
exec su -c "xinit /usr/bin/openbox --  /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0" $USER
exec su -c "xinit /usr/bin/kodi --standalone -- /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0" $USER
end script

...you just get a blank window with mouse cursor, no Kodi at all. My uneducated guess is that xinit can only be invoked once, but I tried it just directly running openbox without xinit, and that didn't work either.

Any ideas?

[wsnipex]

correct, its either or. Comment the kodi line and use standard openbox autostart https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/openbox#autostart
to launch kodi

[s1on]

Hi,

first, thanks for the work you've done here. I appreciate this really .

I've followed the HowTo on the first page, but got still problems with HD audio. Everything else seems fine right. While playing HD audio, there is no sound.
I use the server version, 14.04.

CPU: amd a5600k, fm2+ board

logs, while playing DTS HD content

dmesg | pastebinit
http://pastebin.com/4vAUEMrL

cat ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinit
http://pastebin.com/GDM03BFF

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | pastebinit
http://pastebin.com/wu4V45Uv

DISPLAY=:0 vdpauinfo | pastebinit
http://pastebin.com/MH9Ve9yK

dpkg -l |grep mesa | pastebinit
http://pastebin.com/Cq1Nu6Dm

Kind Regards

Edit:

tried already the solutions in the first post. Didnt help.

[fritsch]

Known bug - filed on bugs.freedesktop.org. For some it works with 60hz, for some it does not work at all. It's a kernel issue.

[s1on]

Currently im using 3.16.2. Is the bug in all versions?

[fritsch]

In all version and not fixed anywhere upstream: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75064

[deadite66]

Would the latest code from agd5f for drm-next-3.20 make any difference?