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Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-19

Hello Folks

I've set up a test system to help me work out if I can move away from PPA to the newer Flatpak install.

The aim is to have a system that boots into Kodi. I have no need of a graphical desktop but I do use the the OS a lot.

Output of lscpu is here this

Installation process so far is to install Ubuntu Server Minimal 22.04 from live usb, then post install

Code:

sudo apt install -y nano whiptail

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

I have a GeForce GT 710 so install nvidia drivers

Code:

sudo apt install -y nvidia-driver-470

sudo shutdown -r now

Install flatpak

Code:



sudo apt install flatpak -y

sudo shutdown -r now

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

sudo flatpak install flathub tv.kodi.Kodi

then try and run kodi from command line via SSH

Code:

flatpak run tv.kodi.Kodi

which generates the error

Code:

'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:63 do_unlock()

ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting

I've then created the advancedsettings.xml file in the flatpak userdata location to trigger debug logging which gave this log

The errors start with the freedesktop section and then more errors for input events. Googling freedesktop seems to suggest these are safe to ignore and then I'm stumped. Would appreciate a few pointers

Do I need to add my system to any groups or use a different command to start kodi from flatpak?

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - wsnipex - 2024-09-20

your user should be member of the following groups: audio, video, input, plugdev

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-20

(2024-09-20, 19:16)wsnipex Wrote: audio, video, input, plugdev

Thanks wsnipex, ran:

Code:
sudo usermod -a -G audio,video,input,plugdev littlejeem

rebooted then tried to launch kodi flatpak again

this generated a new error

Code:

'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:63 do_unlock()

KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Function not implemented

KMS: DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Function not implemented

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'

  what():  eglSwapBuffers failed

/app/bin/kodi: line 216:     7 Aborted                 (core dumped) ${KODI_BINARY} ${ENV_ARGS} $SAVED_ARGS

Crash report available at /home/littlejeem/.var/app/tv.kodi.Kodi/data/kodi_crashlog-20240920_183423.log

Crash report is here

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - wsnipex - 2024-09-21

Quote:GL_RENDERER = llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6, 128 bits)

Something wrong with your GFX driver. I guess the problem is that your old nvidia card doesn't support EGL, which is necessary for GBM windowing. You can test that theory by trying to run kodi on X11 with:

Quote:flatpak run tv.kodi.Kodi --command kodi --gl-interface=glx

Another, probably easier, option is to just use your intel iGPU.

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-21

Thanks for the tips, I saw some posts in my googling that seemed to suggest that nvidia drivers don't support gbm for drivers 470 and below so that does make sense.

I've done as suggested and stripped out the nvidia card and started with fresh install of ubuntu 22.04

Followed the same steps as I outlined in first post (omitting the nvidia drivers), added to the groups and re-ran the launch command for kodi

Code:

'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:63 do_unlock()

ERROR: Unable to create GUI. Exiting

new debug log here

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-22

Ok, so i've not solved the issue but it does seem isolated somehow to my hardware. I say this because

I've fired up a VM of ubuntu 22.04 on proxmox and the flatpak of kodi installed and ran exactly as expected.
Wiped a Z83-F Intel Cherry Trail mini pc and again flatpak installed and ran as expected

I'm not sure what to do now as the machine I can't get the flatpak of kodi running on is my main machine. Big Grin

Do folks think a new g-card would solve it...... Huh

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - wsnipex - 2024-09-23

(2024-09-22, 18:11)littlejeem Wrote: Do folks think a new g-card would solve it......

Probably, otoh it might be overkill and less efficient then a new amd or intel soc

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-23

Thanks wsnipex. I'll take a look at upgrading the CPU.

For the current set up.ive had some success. I wiped the test system and started with a fresh install of Ubuntu server 22.04. This time I chose the HWE option and the full server install.

To my surprise the flatpak now ran (yay! 🎉)...however there is some green spotting/artifacting like weird halo on the screen.

...screenshot attached here

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-24

Ok, sooo ignore that picture it only happened until I ran a full reboot, rookie error I know...apologies.

RE: Ubuntu 22.04 server minimal - flatpak install help - littlejeem - 2024-09-24

...and wow, it lives!

Got it up and running on full server install, got some things playing so thought I'd try again with a fresh install. So went back to linux 22.04 minimal server install.

Stepped though the following to get kodi up and running connected to AV Amp.

Code:



sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

sudo shutdown -r now

sudo apt install -y nano whiptail read-edid edid-decode

sudo get-edid -m 0 > edid.bin

cat edid.bin | edid-decode

sudo apt install flatpak -y

sudo shutdown -r now

sudo usermod -a -G audio,video,input,plugdev,render littlejeem

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

exit

sudo flatpak install flathub tv.kodi.Kodi

sudo apt -y install vainfo

sudo shutdown -r now

Created the systemd service

Code:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/kodi-flatpak-gbm.service

paste in, thanks to this thread here

Code:

[Unit]

Description = kodi-standalone using gbm

After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target network-online.target

[Service]

User = littlejeem

Group = littlejeem

Type = simple

PAMName = login

ExecStart = /usr/bin/flatpak run --filesystem=/run/udev:ro --filesystem=home:ro tv.kodi.Kodi --standalone --windowing=gbm

ExecStop = /usr/bin/flatpak kill tv.kodi.Kodi

Restart = always

[Install]

WantedBy = multi-user.target

ctrl+x to exit and save

update systemd and enable service at reboot

Code:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable kodi-flatpak-gbm.service

reboot and watch the magic happen...sooo cool!

...now for testing