[zachmorris]

Hey guys,

Installed Kodibuntu v 16.0 x86, got RetroArch and IARL. All was more or less working for some time.

Several questions:

1) Today I changed the way how my TV is connected. Ditched VGA cable and hooked my HTPC using HDMI. Now once ROM is launched - i only hear game sounds in the background while on TV there's Kodi interface. Tried setting monitor index from 0 to 1 in retroarch config file, no luck, still the same. I've also set my HDMI connection to be the primary using xrandr - no help either. What's the remedy for this?

2) Another problem - I control my Kodi with GamePad only. Once game is launched - Kodi still receives all the gamepad input. You play the game and at the same time gamepad affects Kodi as well (only you do not know where and what are you doing). Any easy way to prevent this?

3) Was looking into external_command_database.xml to maybe somehow solve my 2nd question by shutting down Kodi during the gameplay and then relaunch it back. However in external_command_database.xml there are no os="Linux" entries. I am not using win, mac or OpenElec. I use Kodibuntu. So I have no clue how to make IARL launch applaunch.sh from resources/bin? Tried adding os="Linux" os="Lubuntu" os="Kodi" os="KODIBUNTU" nothing seems to execute the script.

Thanks

I think the fix for your issues will be to close Kodi and launch retroarch using the applaunch script as you tried. I see that I never got that into the external launch database, so I'll include it in the next update (hopefully within the week). As far as the external_command_database.xml, Kodibuntu is covered by the "Nix" category - I'll fix that as well in my next update to be clearer and make it more GUI friendly for setup.

I'm currently working on a wizard to automagically set up external launching in one step, I think/hope that will resolve a lot of peoples issues.