Kodi on q4os..no keyboard or mouse on Raspberrypi3

nomadxp1 · 2016-10-30 02:00

I installed Kodi no trouble starts right up..but no mouse or keyboard support....or is it frozen? I have to cut the power and reboot .any ideas..Thanks in advance

Dai_trying · 2016-10-30 10:48

I have kodi running on debian without any problems, although I haven't tried it with q4os yet. And usually it has pretty good keyboard/remote support, although I don't have a Pi so cannot test it on that arch. what keyboard/remote do you use with it? And what version of kodi do you have?

nomadxp1 · 2016-10-30 18:35

After re-installing Kodi it says 'the latest version' ? whatever that is...Kodi is not freezing as I had first thought..clock is still keeping time..after re-installing Kodi when starting there is the pointer icon in top left corner, as it finishes starting it moves and then just disappears.I loaded the sd card into a usb adapter and looked at all the xml files..I couldn't find anything about the mouse other than it does have a reference for it...nothing about on or off..

as an afterthought I have PI server running Libre Elec and Kodi works fine on that and another pi as client (also running Libre Elec) on one of my tv sets Kodi is fine on that as well..more to think about

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Dai_trying · 2016-10-30 18:46

To get the kodi version try

apt-cache policy kodi

This is assuming you installed the debian packaged version although you may have downloaded it direct, let me know.

And after kodi has started can you select another tty? (ctrl-alt + F1) if you can just use (ctrl-alt + F7) to get back to your desktop.

nomadxp1 · 2016-10-31 19:25

This is what apt-cache policy kodi shows

kodi:
Installed: 2:15.2-2~jessie
Candidate: 2:15.2-2~jessie
Version table:
*** 2:15.2-2~jessie 0
500 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ jessie/main armhf Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ctrl-alt+f1 or f7 does nothing...still hung I have installed q4 on my amd laptop so I will install Kodi on that and see how it goes..
as if I needed more things to fix yesterday everytime I would re-boot it would come up in 640x480..so I gave up for the night..in the morning my wife says..maybe the HDMI cable is bad she was right geezz....I'm 75 and supposed to know everything..

Dai_trying · 2016-10-31 19:33

If that is solved then great news!
And I just looked on debian packages and you should have version 16.1+dfsg1-2~bpo8+1 available.

EDIT:
I just noticed you are not using the debian version and although it shouldn't really make a lot of difference, but if you enable jessie-backports you should be able to use the newer version..

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q4osteam · 2016-10-31 20:59

Dai_trying wrote:

... if you enable jessie-backports you should be able to use the newer version..

There is no 'backports' in Raspbian repositories included. The 'kodi - 2:15.2-2~jessie' version is the only available for Raspbian Jessie.

@nomadxp1
You could try to add 'kodi' to the 'input' group
$ sudo usermod -a -G input kodi
Reboot and check Kodi again.

Dai_trying · 2016-10-31 21:01

I guess debian have got it wrong then as you can see from the link I posted they are saying it is available.

q4osteam · 2016-10-31 21:39

We are not sure, if we understood well, so a summary:

Debian Jessie version of Kodi (available only from backports):
'16.1+dfsg1-2~bpo8+1' - https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/kodi

Raspbian Jessie version of Kodi (backports not available):
'2:15.2-2~jessie' - http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/p … ie_all.deb

It's not possible to mix Debian and Raspbian repositories, they are not compatible.

Dai_trying · 2016-10-31 21:44

It might be that I don't understand the workings of the (q4os) pi version, but does it still use the normal repos and just filter by architecture?

q4osteam · 2016-10-31 21:57

Dai_trying wrote:

... does it still use the normal repos and just filter by architecture?

No, Q4OS for Raspberry Pi doesn't use Debian repositories - it's not based on Debian, but Raspbian. The Raspbian repositories are completely independent, they could host own packages versions and all packages are compiled and optimized specifically for CPUs used on the Raspberry Pi boards, although they come out from Debian.

EDIT: Detailed info on Raspbian - http://raspbian.org/

Dai_trying · 2016-10-31 22:03

I see, thanks for the clarification I must get myself one to play with, then I'll get to know a bit more about them.

@nomadxp1
Glad your wife sorted your problem out for you

q4osteam · 2016-10-31 22:09

Dai_trying wrote:

I must get myself one to play with, then I'll get to know a bit more about them.

Yes, we can recommend it for everybody, as Raspberry Pi 3 is excellent piece of hardware for $35 and a cool toy as well. Q4OS does run really fast on RPI

nomadxp1 · 2016-11-01 17:58

I want to say thanks for the help on this Kodi thing..I am going to write another sd card with q4os and start from scratch I will install Kodi before any other software..to see if one of them is causing a problem..I will let you know as I do like q4os..

Dai_trying · 2016-11-01 18:03

Didn't the cable fix the problem?

nomadxp1 · 2016-11-01 18:11

I guess I wasn't too clear on that..I had 2 problems that day trying to get Kodi working an then the monitor started acting up with the 640X480 thing..so it was the cable that fixed the 640 thing..but now back to getting Kodi working..

ok started a fresh copy of Q4os..basic... installed codecs,Kodi,package manager,desktop effects...1 at a time..Kodi works perfect..now added user and logged in as user..no cursor in Kodi..go back to user pi cursor works..so getting close must be permissions for my user??

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q4osteam · 2016-11-01 21:00

You probably need to add the new user to some more system groups.

See which groups 'pi' user belongs to:
$ sudo groups pi

Add 'my-new-user' to the same groups as 'pi', except group 'pi':
$ sudo useradd -G group1,group2,...,groupx 'my-new-user'

nomadxp1 · 2016-11-01 21:32

That was the problem..not in the right group..again many thanks to all for your help...also wanted to say that on some systems when you click EXIT to get out of Kodi it will just freeze..not on Q4os though it clears right back to desktop..

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