Unable to upload logs

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Vero 4k+ with latest software … lots of disk space.

I’m trying to upload logs related to another issue, but the upload fails. If I try using the GUI, it hangs at “Retrieving Kodi” and using the terminal at “masking private information.”

Using the GUI method locks the system, and I have to reboot the Vero via the command line.

If I interrupt the command line process using Ctrl C the process completes with the following output:

Masking private information …
Grabbing log Kodi Old Log …
Masking private information …
^CAn error occurred while grabbing Kodi Old Log:
KeyboardInterrupt
Writing logs to temp file …
Dispatching logs …
Logs copied to /boot/uploadlog.txt

Any idea what the issue might be?

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Have you checked that the device has Internet access?

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Hi Sam, we can stream media, so yes.

A question for you, is your end working correctly?

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Bit personal…

But jokes aside, yes, it is. Can you check the log which has been saved manually to /boot and paste it to https://paste.osmc.tv. Ironically we need a log to see what the issue is.

Cheers

Sam

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Logs are here …

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Hi

I have re-read your post. Unfortunately we’d only get a log if you uploaded from Kodi, but I see you used the CLI.

I understand Kodi is hanging. Is the device responsive at all when trying this or does it completely lock up?

Can you let me know what the other issue is? Might give me some ideas.

Cheers

Sam

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Yes, it completely locks up if I use the gui to upload the logs. I left it some time to see if it would time out. I rebooted the Vero using ssh in the terminal.

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I think the question was what was your original problem why you wanted to upload logs.

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The original issue is about the Netflix plugin. When I try to play something, it get:

“One or more items failed to play. Check the logs for more information about this message.”

When I researched this it seems to be a generic message kodi throws up, ie, people using other apps have seen this, rather that a specific message created by the Netflix plugin. (I could be wrong.)

So the idea was to run it by yourselves first before I head to the developer.

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Try this:

sudo systemctl stop mediacenter
rm -R .kodi/temp/*
sudo systemctl start mediacenter

Then reproduce your Netflix issue and try to upload logs

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The OSMC Log Updater function still hangs at “Retrieving Kodi.” There’s no control of the system, and I have to reboot the box to recover.

Is there a manual way I can get the logs? I can scp the file to my laptop and upload it from there if that helps. I just need to know where it lives.

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The Kodi log would be at /home/osmc/.kodi/temp/kodi.log.

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Ok … file is here.

What I did:

  1. Enabled debug logging
  2. Rebooted twice
  3. Tried Netflix, got the error
  4. Tried to upload the log using the gui, it hung
  5. scp’d the file to my laptop and manually pasted the contents to your pastebin.

Hopefully you’ll get something for both issues. :crossed_fingers:

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Any luck with this issue?

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I found the Netflix problem, the InputStream Helper dependency hadn’t updated. Once manually updated, Netflix now works. Hopefully that helps someone.

The uploading of logs still locks up my Vero. Without any assistance to fix this, the obvious course of action would be to do a clean reinstall. However, I know enough about Linux admin to get the logs anyway, and perhaps the next major OSMC update will fix this.

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It won’t fix it unfortunately because we didn’t get other reports of this. There hasn’t been any rework in this area…

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From your log, it looked like InputStream Helper downloaded the wrong (aarch64) version of libwidevine

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Thanks for the feedback @sam_nazarko

The log issue is a mystery. I was thinking that something is corrupted at my end, so the update may have corrected that? I haven’t tried it again as yet. Everything’s working so :crossed_fingers:

FYI: Some time ago I had an issue with InputStream Helper. From memory I installed a version from the developer’s repository (or something … it a while ago.) When I installed the later version from the Kodi repository, it downloaded a new version of widevine and Netflix now works. It’s all magic, I have a reasonable handle on Linux, but I’m not a software developer.

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EDIT: Ive managed to sort out how to grab the log manually from a Win machine and am happy to provide it, I juat need to know what to select for logging that will show the log uploader failing.

Regarding the topic Im having the same issue as tony-r. Ive turned on debug, rebooted twice, played an entry from a Smart Playlist of TV Show (random list of 20 epis), then attempted to upload the logs using My OSMC>Log Uploader, and just the Kodi log selected. It hangs on “Retrieving Kodi”, can move the selector in the My OSMC gui but cannot select or escape, have to pull power to reboot. I left it for

I first tried this using the Kodi Log Uploader which i installed for this purpose (trying to get logs to the Up Next dev), and it too fails but no notification, can select menu items, but again no action or escape, need to pull power.

What i can see once Ive rebooted, immediately go back into My OSMC>LU, I can both save to SD as well as Upload my Kodi log. However, if i exit My OSMC, go into Video>Playlists, select one of my Smart Playlists (random 20 episodes of TV shows), play an entry, ff to near end, UP Next comes up and i let it progress to load another episode (it shouldnt come up, and plays next epi of the selected show, not the next playlist entry, which is why i need the logs!), stop, and try to again grab the kodi log, both Save to SD and Upload hang as described.

Id be happy to provide logs, but…you know…irony and all that. :wink: Any assistance to get this resolved would be very appreciated, Im happy to do whatever I can at this end to get resolution.

Everythings up to date: Kodi 21.2, OSMC 2025.3-1

Thanks
K

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Just reboot twice, enable debug logging, no specifics necessary, and proceed with the steps to cause the issue.