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My RPi B no longer starts up. I do get the OpenElec splash screen but then just a black screen. I tried a different power source and also removing the WIFI and BT keyboard dongles.
I do see a yellow light flicker by the red power light like there is some traffic.
I am writing this from work so I don't have access at present.
Where do I start to troubleshoot this?
Thank you for your input.
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OpenELEC is all but a dead project. I think I am right in saying it hasn't been updated in 10 months. I would try swapping to LibreELEC as a first step.
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Thanks, I will look at that. I am using an old build of OpenElec anyway. My preference is getting my current system up and running again.
I am connecting to multiple video shares and in the middle of several multi-episode viewings. I don't wish to regen everything if I can avoid it.
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Why not clone or at least backup your SD card? That way if things fail you can just roll back to where you started and all you've lost its a little time?
LE should take all the existing settings etc from the OE install though.
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Please be careful, if the OE installation is too old. It's perfectly fine to migrate to LE from OE 8.0.4. Older versions of OE might cause problems after/during migration. For everything older than OE 8.0.4 LibreELEC recommends to do do a fresh install.
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Thank you. My OE is 6.x. I will have time this weekend to work on this and figure out what is the best way to proceed. I should have a different SD card somewhere I could load the LE on and take it for a spin.
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DaVu
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agree
There should be more than a single thing which shouldn't work as expected with that old version. Please don't try to migrate from that version. It might fail. If you try, I highly recommend making backups before.
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To follow up, it turned out the SD card itself was corrupted. I did install LE and spent a lot of time this weekend setting up my media database.
I was using the old 6.x version because it worked. This is a media player, not a hobby for me.
Thank you to all who responded.
