Jump to content
Flirc Forums

Kodi stops responding to remote during video or live TV after a random amount of time


Poolee

Recommended Posts

Hi everyone, Happy New Year!

I've just set up a new new Kodi install on Ubuntu 18.03 LTS.  Used to be on Windows 7, worked fine.
Since moving, and inadvertantly upgrading the firmware, I have encountered issues during playback of a video (movoe, TV show) and live TV. 
Initally I can use the remote (Harmony 650 with FLIRC dori) to pause, step forward, step backward, etc, but if I leave the video to play for a while, kodi no longer responds to the remote, or keyboard. 
I have replicated this on a laptop, where, oddly, it responds to the USB mouse ok but not the same remote and FLIRC or even the built-in keyboard.

I did discover that by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del brings up the Ubuntu lock screen dialog successfully, and if I cancel that manually after a few seconds, the remote starts to work again for a while.

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Kodi 18.4
FLIRC firmware 4.9.3

I tried some verbose logging, but there didn't appear to be anything in the logs that correlates with the remote stopping working.

When I used the TV remote (Sony Bravia remote, RMT-TX300E) and mapped most of the keys to the kodi profile, I couldn't replicate the issue, so seems to be affecting my Harmony remote only.

I would like to downgrade my firmware to its shipped version if possible please - I couldn't find it only anywhere, so can you PM me a link or something?

 

Thanks in advance

Paul

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Some additional information has come to light when looking at the Kodi debug logs.  

Normally when a button press on the remote is received by Kodi from FLIRC, the log will show something like this:

HandleKey: p (0xf050) pressed, action is Play

But during the time when the remote is unresponsive, the equivalent button press is logged like this:

HandleKey: meta-p (0x20f050) pressed, action is

 

Also logged are the keyboard scancodes - these change too.  Almost like a key is stuck?  Please see the full debug log https://paste.kodi.tv/rewaxuvuvo.kodi

Thanks

Paul

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...