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RE: Headless Kodi - docwra - 2018-07-09
(2018-07-09, 09:56)a1rwulf Wrote:Does this approach have the benefits of better resource usage?(2018-07-06, 14:16)Gomez Wrote:Linux GBM is kodi directly talking to the kernel graphics stack via drm/kms (no X server).(2018-06-30, 08:00)a1rwulf Wrote: However it takes a different approach.Great to see people are working on this. I dont understand the use case. Are you running kodi in a headless server? Docker? Whats linux gbm? Some links could be enough for me.
My patch renders to an off screen rendernode instead of not creating a gui at all and is tied to linux gbm.
My use case is using kodi as musicplayer (analog audio) and control it via kore.
But your use cases would work as well if you have an intel gpu.
RE: Headless Kodi - jjd-uk - 2018-07-09
I don't know the technical details of the code, but I suspect the main benefit of what a1rwulf has done is better for stability as Kodi is built around having an active display device on when using Kodi and from what I understand what this does is fool Kodi into thinking there is still a real display device connected when headless or the connected display is off, the headless patch discussed here is a more quick and dirty hack which is why it's never made it into the code.
RE: Headless Kodi - a1rwulf - 2018-07-09
(2018-07-09, 13:10)jjd-uk Wrote: I don't know the technical details of the code, but I suspect the main benefit of what a1rwulf has done is better for stability as Kodi is built around having an active display device on when using Kodi and from what I understand what this does is fool Kodi into thinking there is still a real display device connected when headless or the connected display is off, the headless patch discussed here is a more quick and dirty hack which is why it's never made it into the code.
My approach renders to an off screen target.
It's still a workaround but fits into the gbm code architecture.
Imho it's an "OK" solution (at least for my use case) until we have proper headless support.
RE: Headless Kodi - a1rwulf - 2018-07-16
fyi - my PR has been merged.
RE: Headless Kodi - docwra - 2018-07-16
Fantastic How do we test?
What improvements can we expect when running headless?
RE: Headless Kodi - a1rwulf - 2018-07-16
(2018-07-16, 14:00)docwra Wrote: Fantastic How do we test?As said I did this to serve my use case:
What improvements can we expect when running headless?
Using kodi as music player by controlling via kore.
From a quick glance it looks like the headless patches here don't create a GUI at all.
So I'd expect my implementation is more expensive as there's normal rendering done to a render node.
However it fit's good into the gbm architecture has low impact and therefore is already upstreamed.
It's close to running kodi with your screen off ;-)
You'll need to build from source currently:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/docs/README.Linux.md
RE: Headless Kodi - docwra - 2018-07-16
(2018-07-16, 21:25)a1rwulf Wrote:I also run a headless Raspberry Pi + Justboom AMP hat for music. But it doesn't have a screen at all, I just connect over JSON with no HDMI cable or video output connected.(2018-07-16, 14:00)docwra Wrote: Fantastic How do we test?It's close to running kodi with your screen off ;-)
What improvements can we expect when running headless?
Am I right in thinking there is no advantage to this patch, or am I missing something?
Ideally I would like a low resource Kodi setup for my PI that has some kind of boot option or switch to go headless (i like to plug it in sometimes to upgrade or change options).
RE: Headless Kodi - a1rwulf - 2018-07-17
In this case I think you'll need to wait until our dependencies are properly untangled and we can officially make gui optional.
RE: Headless Kodi - marantz - 2018-08-17
so little chance of any kind of headless for kodi18? I've come really dependent on this for scraping
RE: Headless Kodi - a1rwulf - 2018-08-17
(2018-08-17, 09:25)marantz Wrote: so little chance of any kind of headless for kodi18? I've come really dependent on this for scrapingIt's already there, you'll have to use the gbm version though (it's already in our ppa).
RE: Headless Kodi - marantz - 2018-08-28
I see, are you able to do a quick write up on how to do this?
best regards
marantz
RE: Headless Kodi - wsnipex - 2018-08-28
install kodi-gbm from the nightly PPA and run kodi from a shell without X running.
RE: Headless Kodi - Solo0815 - 2018-08-28
Have you thought about installing Addons via WebIF (Chorus2) or if there already a FR for it?
You can already configure Addons via WebIF.
That would make configuring a headless server much easier
RE: Headless Kodi - sparky3387 - 2018-09-04
(2018-08-28, 16:03)wsnipex Wrote: install kodi-gbm from the nightly PPA and run kodi from a shell without X running.Booted up a virtual machine of Ubuntu server, enabled universe and kodi nightly ppa, installed kodi-gbm, but when trying to start I get:
ERROR: CWinSystemGbm::InitWindowSystem - failed to initialize off screen DRM
FATAL: CApplication::Create: Unable to init windowing system
Am I missing something here?
RE: Headless Kodi - a1rwulf - 2018-09-04
Please post a full debug log.
And what's your hw spec?