Exiting Kodi to Emulationstation

[ceuse]

Hey Guys,

I think/know that this Problem occures to quite a few people : After you exit Kodi you come to a blackscreen

I used the “normal” Script to start kodi via Emulationstation:

#!/bin/bash
kodi-standalone

After some Googleing a found the following script which should solve the Issue.
Sadly doesnt work and im wondering if anyone can help me out / figure out what (i added the Emulationstation part (last 2 lines) myself but im far too bad in Linux / Python to figure out where i go wrong.

LOG_FILE=$HOME/.kodi/temp/kodi.log
 
rm $LOG_FILE 2> /dev/null
 
/usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin --standalone &
 
while [[ ! -f $LOG_FILE ]] ; do
sleep 1s
done
 
while read line ; do
if [[ ${line} =~ "application stopped" ]] ; then
echo "Killing kodi"
break
fi
done < <(tail --pid=$$ -f -n0 $LOG_FILE)
 
killall kodi.bin
fbset -depth 8 && fbset -depth 16
killall emulationstation
/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation
 

Anybody can help me out? i think alot of Ppl would love a working script for this.

[davejaca]

Hi Ceuse,

On RetroPie 2.6 and 3.0, if you select exit from the shutdown menu it automatically returns to EmulationStation. I have heard of a few people having the black screen issue but when they exit this way it works fine.

How do you usually exit Kodi?

[pokeparadox]

I’m not sure what to say apart from that I also have this problem.

I have to shut down the pi every time I exit Kodi as it just locks on a black screen instead of going back to ES.

[ceuse]

Also it happens no matter if its exit or shut down from the kodi menue.
It only occures after a longer period of time though. as far as i read its because emulationstation enters sleep mode and wont react after kodi is quit.

sooo nobody with a bit of python experience ? :-(

[tank]

i thought it’s not about retropie/emulationstation but about raspbmc… i think there’s an issue with kodi in raspbmc… !? hopefully this will get fixed soon. there seems to be a lot of confusion about this topic as well ;)

[ceuse]

[quote=94090]i thought it’s not about retropie/emulationstation but about raspbmc… i think there’s an issue with kodi in raspbmc… !? hopefully this will get fixed soon. there seems to be a lot of confusion about this topic as well [/quote]

I Think you mean Raspbian ;-)
And thats the context where i found the script above that im unable to get to work :-( but it seems like a easy fix if i just would know how to get emulationstation killed and restarted. It wont fix the source problem but it would be a great workaround i think

[kmhamel]

[quote=93959]Hey Guys,

I think/know that this Problem occures to quite a few people : After you exit Kodi you come to a blackscreen

I used the “normal” Script to start kodi via Emulationstation:

#!/bin/bash
kodi-standalone

After some Googleing a found the following script which should solve the Issue.
Sadly doesnt work and im wondering if anyone can help me out / figure out what (i added the Emulationstation part (last 2 lines) myself but im far too bad in Linux / Python to figure out where i go wrong.

LOG_FILE=$HOME/.kodi/temp/kodi.log
 
rm $LOG_FILE 2> /dev/null
 
/usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin --standalone &
 
while [[ ! -f $LOG_FILE ]] ; do
sleep 1s
done
 
while read line ; do
if [[ ${line} =~ "application stopped" ]] ; then
echo "Killing kodi"
break
fi
done < <(tail --pid=$$ -f -n0 $LOG_FILE)
 
killall kodi.bin
fbset -depth 8 && fbset -depth 16
killall emulationstation
/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation
 

Anybody can help me out? i think alot of Ppl would love a working script for this.

[/quote]

Yes I tried this one also, didn’t work for me either. I found this, but haven’t tried it yet.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=100811&hilit=black+screen+kodi

Looks like we just have to wait until the fix is added to the repository.

[ceuse]

well it seems though it runs the same command in the end (although checks for other stuff). i checked the kodi.log file while a blackscreen occured and it read (at least on my test) “application stopped”. so i think this one should work.

also it basicly does the same thing in the end :

sudo killall /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin

i dont think Kodi itself is the issue but “Waking up” Emulationstation.

i gotta check in my free time again where the script fails. although i just think the problem occures in my own modification (killing emulationstation and starting it again)

[dishins]

i don’t get exactly the black screen but when i exit kodi the CEC turn my TV OFF, then i just have to turn ir on and its on the E.Station menu.

[coderkind]

I get the black screen too. While FTP and SSH’d into my Pi at the same time the FTP client disconnects but it seems I’m still connected via SSH.

This is a problem as essentially it means without keyboard access you’re faced with having to pull the power supply to get the system operational again.

[ceuse]

Bumpedy..

no python guru arround? :-(

[coderkind]

Bump-shizzle.

Nobody? Does this work? https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/kodi-tab-in-emulationstation/

[ceuse]

no idea. the initial post is the normal script where the blackscreen can occure. and the other way around i didnt try out / dont want to since i want to boot into emulationstation first :-)

[labelwhore]

There’s a fix for the black screen that seems to work. check it out. Replace your kodi.sh script with this. It looks really similar to what was pasted above. I only poked around at this a little last night but it seems to be working ok on my end.

https://gist.github.com/aperezm-vlex/75d7481afff0db8f5894

[herbfargus]

Just in case anyone else is interested, I added a patch to the source code that fixes the black screen issue (assuming that you are booting into emulationstation). I’ve tested it and it no longer freezes on a black screen upon exit or shutdown of Kodi.

You can either update your setup script and reinstall kodi or modify the kodi.sh file in roms/ports/ to look like this:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 "kodi-standalone" "kodi"

[Omnija]

Nice, so many new additions have been fixed and added this weekend.

[pattaboy]

[quote=98849]Nice, so many new additions have been fixed and added this weekend.

[/quote]

in a new update?

[tank]

[quote=98849]Nice, so many new additions have been fixed and added this weekend.

[/quote]
what… just one line should fix it? funny, how there are ~5 different very long bash-scripts that DO NOT work…
i hope this really fixes it for me too, then i wouldn’t need to change to kodi 15 beta 2, which should work also.

edit: yep, doesn’t work… the same. after starting a video and then closing kodi – blackscreen!

[meat]

It seemed to fix the problem for quick use of kodi. (open,close)
This blank screen still happens after longer use e.g. movie, youtube.
For me anyway it completely locks up the pi with the only way to restart it SSH.

edit: Is there a way via keyboard hotkey to force it out of blank screen to restart it safely?

[herbfargus]

Ah… Perhaps I spoke too soon on the matter and should have tested it more… I’ll keep looking into it and post the real solution when I come up with it. What a bother, sorry for instilling false hope.

[Omnija]

[quote=95972]
#!/bin/bash

LOG_FILE=$HOME/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

rm $LOG_FILE 2> /dev/null

/usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin –standalone &

while [[ ! -f $LOG_FILE ]] ; do
sleep 1s
done

while read line ; do
if [[ ${line} =~ “application stopped” ]] ; then
echo “Killing kodi”
break
fi
done < <(tail –pid=$$ -f -n0 $LOG_FILE)

killall kodi.bin

fbset -depth 8 && fbset -depth 16
[/quote]

I’ve been using this one for quite some time now, and it seems to help a lot.

[herbfargus]

yeah, I’ve tested that too but the dev’s want something more concise in the source code… Ideally I’d like to have this be patched upstream so people don’t have to modify configs themselves.

[Omnija]

At least temporarily until a better method works.

[meat]

Yeah I can also confirm that labelwhore’s method works. No worries Herb appreciate the hard work!

[tank]

well, with kodi 15 the bug is fixed anyways… i’ll just wait for the stable release.
maybe you can add an option in the script to install the experimental experimental kodi 15 beta (actually its beta 2 already) instead of 14.2 ;)

[herbfargus]

Yeah I’ve looked at that as well- its definitely worth looking into. Some of the addons have issues with the latest beta but all betas have their bugs.

[dishins]

Maybe this is a bit off topic but how can i update my kodi build to the 15x beta? i installed it within the Retropie Script.

[herbfargus]

This is a post on compiling the latest kodi:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=109088-

it may have to be adapted somewhat for retropie and being beta you may run into more issues than just a black screen (broken addons, etc). I’d like to test it myself as well once I’ve got some free time.

(Note this may only work for a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.)

[herbfargus]

For anyone who is interested- if you have a raspberry pi 2, these are the steps I followed to install Kodi 15

Uninstall current Kodi:

sudo apt-get remove kodi kodi.bin

Install Kodi 15

wget http://steinerdatenbank.de/software/kodi-15.tar.gz
tar -xzf kodi-15.tar.gz
cd kodi-15
sudo ./install

Replace contents of roms/ports/kodi.sh with:

#!/bin/bash
startkodi

There is no black screen issue with this build (i made sure to test it long enough this time) Some of my addons didn’t work but I think it will just be a matter of time before those are fixed.

[dishins]

i can confirm this work, goodbye black screen! :)

[tank]

oh nice! i’m gonna try it now… people keep saying the thing about the addons only – so it seems to be quite stable otherwise.
thank you for posting the way you did it.

you don’t even have to test it “a long time”. just start kodi, start a video and exit kodi. if it works, it works (i think)

[pattaboy]

I have managed to update Kodi to the new Isengard but whenever I quit to emulationstation there is no black screen which is a good thing but emulationstation will have small window in the left corner instead of full screen.
Any fixes for that?

[Omnija]

Does installing kodi 15 overwrite the old kodi or do you need to uninstall 14 then install 15?

[herbfargus]

@pattaboy

I didn’t have that issue, but you could try changing kodi.sh to

#!/bin/bash
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 "startkodi" "kodi"

And see if that makes any difference.

@omnija

I think you have to uninstall kodi 14 first (at least according to the post I used to install it- but they were saying to make sure you install kodi 14 first so you have the right dependencies and then you uninstall it before you install kodi 15.) You could try it without uninstalling it and see if it works, but I uninstalled 14 first when I installed 15.

[Omnija]

@herbfargus what would be the best method of removing/uninstalling kodi

sudo apt-get --purge remove kodi or sudo apt-get remove kodi

Also whats the benefits and disadvantages of remove and autoremove and purge?

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