[TESTING] Linux 4.9 kernel and improved video stack for Vero 4K / 4K +

Testing
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Okay, maybe I should have wrote knowck on wood. I had very similar issues are the other reports before me:
0. playing some 1080 and 4k videos,

  1. then the next one was jut full green video and audio, subs like normal. (like others before me)
  2. I thought problem in download, switched to an SD TV series: same green video: okay, it is not the video file but the player.
  3. Rebooted, full black screen (like others before me)
  4. power cycle a few times still
  5. grabbed the logs through SSH: REDACTED
  6. while to look at the logs I will remove power and wait till the device cools down to see if that helps… :frowning:
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Been a while since last updating; assuming I can simply do step 5 in the instructions up top? “…update via My OSMC -> Updates -> Manual Controls -> Check for Updates now”.

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Note the repo for 4.9 has changed name videoimprovevero -> videoimprovevero49

Do that, then check for updates.

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Do a fresh install - the packages are mangled on your system

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OK. Will do. Thanks.

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Hi Sam, I just installed the Buster update - thank you!

Did you have a chance to look into the issue (I described in May) with missing WiFi channels in 5 GHz band? It’s not yet working in my case. Please let me know if you need a new log or anything else.

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I have a short question that might not lead to a short answer from you. Is there anything we can expect from Hi10 hardware support that you’re talking about? I watch anime and this does seem like a great thing since it’s often encoded in High10

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After updating as described here my Vero 4K+ does not accept infrared mce keypresses anymore. I use my Harmony with a mixture of CEC and MCE/RC6 commands to control the device, but something must have been changed in the area with the upgrade.

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I’m not sure if lircd and eventlircd should bot run…

root      2306  0.0  0.0   1836   516 ?        Ss   23:44   0:00 /usr/sbin/eventlircd --evmap=/etc/eventlircd.d --socket=/var/run/lirc/lircd -f
root      2327  0.0  0.0   4020  1424 ?        Ss   23:44   0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --uinput --output=/var/run/lirc/lircd-lirc0 --pidfile=/var/run/lirc/lircd-lirc0.pid /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
root      2497  0.0  0.1   6768  2772 ?        S    23:44   0:00 sudo -u osmc MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_=8192 LIRC_SOCKET_PATH=/var/run/lirc/lircd /usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin --standalone -fs
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After restarting eventlircd, journalctl shows these warnings.

Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Info: Using remote: mceusb.
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: mceusb: Multiple definitions of: KEY_SUBTITLE
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: mceusb: Multiple definitions of: KEY_SCREEN
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: mceusb: Multiple definitions of: KEY_TV
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: mceusb: Multiple definitions of: KEY_MENU
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: mceusb: Multiple definitions of: KEY_PAUSE
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Info: Using remote: mceusb_hauppauge.
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: mceusb_hauppauge: Multiple definitions of: KEY_TV
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Info: Using remote: vista_mce.
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Info: Using remote: Xbox.
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Warning: Xbox: garbage after 'name' token in line 304 ignored
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: Xbox: Multiple values for same code: KEY_PLAYPAUSE
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: Xbox: Multiple definitions of: KEY_STOP
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: Xbox: Multiple values for same code: KEY_STOP
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Notice: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: Xbox: Multiple definitions of: KEY_STOP
Sep 22 23:53:48 tv lircd-0.9.4c[2938]: Warning: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf: Xbox: Invalid code : KEY_PAUSE

They are exactly the keys that are not working. I will check the related config files.

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Don’t worry. I still have a note of this and I am currently investigating.
I will let you know when I have made progress.

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Help… can’t edit sources.list…

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Did you use sudo?

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At which point? Used Putty, and did…

cd /etc/apt/
nano sources.list

Typing in sudo instead of nano gives me a ‘command not found’ error

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sudo nano sources.list

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Thank you, that worked. Think it’d be helpful to document the steps in a crystal clear way. I say this so this device is more accessible to more users. And because there isn’t way to properly update just from the device UI.

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I think its actually by design to keep some people away from the testing thread if they dont have that much experience with CLI. helps limit the problem solving when they mess it up not knowing what they are doing. You wont need to do it when it goes mainstream

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We intend for testing to be carried out by users with at least some knowledge of Linux and, therefore, some experience in debugging issues. You can’t imagine how frustrating it is when devs have to ask for logs two dozen times a day. It’s not intended for everyone, hence the entry barrier of somewhat advanced installation procedures.

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@hdmkv I think you left out editing lines 1-4 where you should change “stretch” to “buster”. I’m not sure what to expect from your update.

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It should already be clear from our Wiki how to keep your system up to date and this doesn’t require any command line knowledge.

Some knowledge is needed to install experimental builds however, and this is intentional.