2020-09-18, 00:01
Hi,
I have a nearly constant message on my screen "Skin Helper Service Error". I have 3 skins installed (Estuary, Rapier and Aura). I see the error flashing on all 3 skins. In Rapier, I see extreme delays (screen freezing for up to 15 seconds) at the time I see the errors in the log. I see the errors on multiple screens and areas of the app. I tried uninstalling Kodi and reinstalling from scratch twice, always same results. I tried reinstalling the add-on from the Kodi version 1.1.3 Add-on repository, no luck.
From the log:
020-09-17 17:35:54.491 T:2383409360 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.skin.helper.service/?action=alphabet&reload=0
^[2020-09-17 17:38:58.670 T:2742018256 ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
2020-09-17 17:38:58.670 T:2742018256 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>
Error Contents: No module named functools_lru_cache
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.skin.helper.widgets/plugin.py", line 9, in <module>
import main
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.skin.helper.widgets/resources/lib/main.py", line 18, in <module>
from metadatautils import MetadataUtils, process_method_on_list
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.metadatautils/lib/metadatautils.py", line 9, in <module>
from helpers.animatedart import AnimatedArt
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.metadatautils/lib/helpers/animatedart.py", line 6, in <module>
from utils import get_json, DialogSelect, log_msg, ADDON_ID
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.metadatautils/lib/helpers/utils.py", line 12, in <module>
import arrow
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
from .api import get, now, utcnow
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/api.py", line 10, in <module>
from arrow.factory import ArrowFactory
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/factory.py", line 18, in <module>
from arrow import parser
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/parser.py", line 15, in <module>
from backports.functools_lru_cache import lru_cache # pragma: no cover
ImportError: No module named functools_lru_cache
020-09-17 17:40:07.810 T:2707534032 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=next&mediatype=episodes&limit=20&reload=
2020-09-17 17:40:15.300 T:2707534032 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?mediatype=favourites&reload=
2020-09-17 17:40:17.563 T:2689700048 WARNING: CPythonInvoker(1, /home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.extendedinfo/plugin.py): the python script "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.extendedinfo/plugin.py" has left several classes in memory that we couldn't clean up. The classes include: N9XBMCAddon7xbmcgui10DialogBusyE
I can't automatically update to 18.8 because 18.7 is the latest version in my distro repo. I can't manually update Kodi, the Kodi downlaod page for Raspberry Pi isn't functional (https://kodi.tv/download-thanks). It says "Download started" but no file every downloads (no direct link is provided). I tried it in 3 browsers.
I am a new user and this has been a very frustrating experience. I can't really use Kodi with these errors flashing constantly on the screen. Is Kodi broken out of the box? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have a nearly constant message on my screen "Skin Helper Service Error". I have 3 skins installed (Estuary, Rapier and Aura). I see the error flashing on all 3 skins. In Rapier, I see extreme delays (screen freezing for up to 15 seconds) at the time I see the errors in the log. I see the errors on multiple screens and areas of the app. I tried uninstalling Kodi and reinstalling from scratch twice, always same results. I tried reinstalling the add-on from the Kodi version 1.1.3 Add-on repository, no luck.
From the log:
020-09-17 17:35:54.491 T:2383409360 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.skin.helper.service/?action=alphabet&reload=0
^[2020-09-17 17:38:58.670 T:2742018256 ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
2020-09-17 17:38:58.670 T:2742018256 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>
Error Contents: No module named functools_lru_cache
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.skin.helper.widgets/plugin.py", line 9, in <module>
import main
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.skin.helper.widgets/resources/lib/main.py", line 18, in <module>
from metadatautils import MetadataUtils, process_method_on_list
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.metadatautils/lib/metadatautils.py", line 9, in <module>
from helpers.animatedart import AnimatedArt
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.metadatautils/lib/helpers/animatedart.py", line 6, in <module>
from utils import get_json, DialogSelect, log_msg, ADDON_ID
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.metadatautils/lib/helpers/utils.py", line 12, in <module>
import arrow
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
from .api import get, now, utcnow
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/api.py", line 10, in <module>
from arrow.factory import ArrowFactory
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/factory.py", line 18, in <module>
from arrow import parser
File "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.module.arrow/lib/arrow/parser.py", line 15, in <module>
from backports.functools_lru_cache import lru_cache # pragma: no cover
ImportError: No module named functools_lru_cache
020-09-17 17:40:07.810 T:2707534032 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?action=next&mediatype=episodes&limit=20&reload=
2020-09-17 17:40:15.300 T:2707534032 ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://script.skin.helper.widgets/?mediatype=favourites&reload=
2020-09-17 17:40:17.563 T:2689700048 WARNING: CPythonInvoker(1, /home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.extendedinfo/plugin.py): the python script "/home/pi/.kodi/addons/script.extendedinfo/plugin.py" has left several classes in memory that we couldn't clean up. The classes include: N9XBMCAddon7xbmcgui10DialogBusyE
I can't automatically update to 18.8 because 18.7 is the latest version in my distro repo. I can't manually update Kodi, the Kodi downlaod page for Raspberry Pi isn't functional (https://kodi.tv/download-thanks). It says "Download started" but no file every downloads (no direct link is provided). I tried it in 3 browsers.
I am a new user and this has been a very frustrating experience. I can't really use Kodi with these errors flashing constantly on the screen. Is Kodi broken out of the box? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.