KODI segfaults on new install. Worked in same hardware before drive change

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  1. A bit of background:

This is an old tech (but bought as new) Gigabyte E2500N CPU/Mobo/GPU combo I got to replace a basic Core i3 mediacenter that became unstable, with video freezes, runtime errors at finally sata errors. I mistakenly assumed the problem was with the mobo, silly me.

I had 15.1 installed on a 640 EVO SSD from the previous Core i3 mobo. I just changed the mobo and, to my delight, the existing openSUSE install reconfigured itself and worked with the E2500N, including the existing KODI installation. So I tought the SSD was OK.

However, the component that borked the Core i3 was actually this SSD, as smartd indicates some prefailure warnings, in special the attribute in bold below:

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   100   100   010    -    0
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   094   094   000    -    25807
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   099   099   000    -    779
177 Wear_Leveling_Count     PO--C-   098   098   000    -    23
179 **Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot   PO--C-   100   001   010    Past 0**
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total  -O--CK   100   100   010    -    0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total  -O--CK   100   100   010    -    0
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       PO--C-   100   100   010    -    0
187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel -O--CK   070   052   000    -    30
195 ECC_Error_Rate          -O-RC-   200   200   000    -    0
199 CRC_Error_Count         -OSRCK   099   099   000    -    51
235 POR_Recovery_Count      -O--C-   099   099   000    -    359
241 Total_LBAs_Written      -O--CK   099   099   000    -    13171600528
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

The box worked for a short time, including KODI, but started to give the same errors, so I reinstalled LEAP 15.1 in a new SSD, keeping the existing /home folder.

Everything works, except KODI that segfaults:

:~> kodi
libva info: VA-API version 1.3.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_3
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>:<exec_prefix>]
ImportError: No module named site
/usr/bin/kodi, linha 219: 14705 **Falha de segmentação**  *(segfault)* (imagem do núcleo gravada) *(core image recorded)* ${KODI_BINARY} $SAVED_ARGS
Crash report available at /home/blimmer/kodi_crashlog-20200617_173159.log
:~>

The crash log doesn’t seem to help much. I selected what seems relevant below, but of course the whole 167 lines log is available if necessary:

############## Kodi CRASH LOG ###############

################ SYSTEM INFO ################
 Date: qua jun 17 17:31:59 -03 2020
 Kodi Options: 
 Arch: x86_64
 Kernel: Linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.52-default #1 SMP Wed Jun 10 15:32:08 UTC 2020 (464fb5f)
 Release: openSUSE Leap 15.1
############## END SYSTEM INFO ##############

############### STACK TRACE #################
############# END STACK TRACE ###############

################# LOG FILE ##################

2020-06-17 17:31:26.546 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
2020-06-17 17:31:26.546 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Starting Kodi (18.7 Git:20200520-20200520-f14f7a8). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
2020-06-17 17:31:26.547 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x64 build
2020-06-17 17:31:26.547 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Kodi compiled 2020-05-20 by GCC 8.2.1 for Linux x86 64-bit version 4.15.0 (265984)
2020-06-17 17:31:26.547 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Running on openSUSE Leap 15.1, kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 4.12.14-lp151.28.52-default
2020-06-17 17:31:26.547 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: FFmpeg version/source: 4.2.1
2020-06-17 17:31:26.547 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Host CPU: AMD E1-2500 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics, 2 cores available
...
2020-06-17 20:31:26.716 T:140703629534976 **WARNING**: Pulseaudio module module-allow-passthrough not loaded - opening PT devices might fail
...

2020-06-17 20:31:26.728 T:140703621142272  NOTICE: PulseAudio: Opened device Default in pcm mode with Buffersize 150 ms
2020-06-17 20:31:26.943 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Checking resolution 15
2020-06-17 20:31:28.326 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Using visual 0x21
2020-06-17 20:31:28.452 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: VAAPI::Close - closing decoder context
2020-06-17 20:31:28.454 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = X.Org
2020-06-17 20:31:28.454 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = AMD KABINI (DRM 2.50.0, 4.12.14-lp151.28.52-default, LLVM 7.0.1)
2020-06-17 20:31:28.454 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.3.2
2020-06-17 20:31:28.454 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 4.50
2020-06-17 20:31:28.454 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: GL_GPU_MEMORY_INFO_TOTAL_AVAILABLE_MEMORY_NVX = 2616728
2020-06-17 20:31:28.454 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: GL_GPU_MEMORY_INFO_DEDICATED_VIDMEM_NVX = 524288
...
2020-06-17 20:31:28.723 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version Addons27
2020-06-17 20:31:28.724 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version ViewModes6
2020-06-17 20:31:28.725 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version Textures13
2020-06-17 20:31:28.728 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version MyMusic72
2020-06-17 20:31:28.733 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version MyVideos116
2020-06-17 20:31:28.734 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version TV32
2020-06-17 20:31:28.735 T:140702740875008  NOTICE: Running database version Epg12
2020-06-17 20:31:28.736 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
2020-06-17 20:31:28.771 T:140704195123776  NOTICE:   load skin from: /usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary (version: 2.0.27)
2020-06-17 20:31:29.072 T:140704195123776 **WARNING**: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "Setting.Details.SettingList"
2020-06-17 20:31:29.120 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Register - new keyboard device registered on application->keyboard: Keyboard (0000:0000)
2020-06-17 20:31:29.121 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Register - new mouse device registered on application->mouse: Mouse (0000:0000)
2020-06-17 20:31:29.123 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
2020-06-17 20:31:29.123 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
2020-06-17 20:31:29.123 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
2020-06-17 20:31:29.123 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
2020-06-17 20:31:29.136 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: initialize done
2020-06-17 20:31:29.136 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: Running the application...
2020-06-17 20:31:29.150 T:140704195123776  NOTICE: starting zeroconf publishing
2020-06-17 20:31:29.157 T:140702029694720  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on port 9777
2020-06-17 20:31:29.157 T:140702029694720  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777 (ipv6 : false)


############### END LOG FILE ################

############ END Kodi CRASH LOG #############

Continued on the next post…

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Sometimes KODI crashes right after its splash screen, sometimes after about 30 seconds without any activity.

Note: right after install I switched all packages to the Packman repo. Also, all nfs media shares are mounted and accessible, and there is no problem watching Netflix.

GPU info:

31: PCI 01.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
  [Created at pci.386]
  Unique ID: vSkL.5VRH5Z4+SiE
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:01.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "ATI Kabini [Radeon HD 8240 / R3 Series]"
  Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
  Device: pci 0x9838 "Kabini [Radeon HD 8240 / R3 Series]"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1458 "Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd"
  SubDevice: pci 0xd000 
  Driver: "radeon"
  Driver Modules: "radeon"
  Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xd07fffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xf000-0xf0ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xfeb00000-0xfeb3ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x000c0000-0x000dffff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 33 (53706 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d00009838sv00001458sd0000D000bc03sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: radeon is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe radeon"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: amdgpu is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe amdgpu"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  1. Things I tried based on this and kodi’s forum posts (that didn’t work):
  • remove / reinstall Mesa-libva
  • install libva-32bit
  • close KODI, remove ~/.kodi folder and restart
  • install libsec (there’s no -32bit version in the standard repos)
  1. tl;dr

Since KODI worked for the older (but 15.1 x64) install, I’m speculating that I’m missing some library, perhaps -32bit, that was installed. But I have no idea how to check this, or even if the problem lies elsewhere.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

TIA

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Having the same issue. Kodi worked fine in 15.1 and not working at all in 15.2. I can’t understand why.

localhost:/usr/bin # kodi
libva info: VA-API version 1.5.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/radeonsi_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_5
mesa: for the --simplifycfg-sink-common option: may only occur zero or one times!
mesa: for the --global-isel-abort option: may only occur zero or one times!
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
ImportError: No module named site
*** Error in `/usr/lib64/kodi/kodi-x11’: corrupted double-linked list: 0x000000000318c130 ***
/usr/bin/kodi: line 219: 4905 Aborted (core dumped) ${KODI_BINARY} $SAVED_ARGS
Crash report available at /root/kodi_crashlog-20201108_184254.log

No info in log file
2020-11-07 17:37:10.685 T:139969474820736 NOTICE: Contents of special://profile/advancedsettings.xml are…
<advancedsettings version=“1.0”>
<setting>value</setting>
<advancedsettings>
<loglevel hide=“true”>1</loglevel>
</advancedsettings>
<setting>value</setting>
</advancedsettings>
2020-11-07 17:37:10.685 T:139969474820736 NOTICE: Default Video Player: VideoPlayer
2020-11-07 17:37:10.685 T:139969474820736 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
2020-11-07 17:37:10.685 T:139969474820736 NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
2020-11-07 17:37:10.685 T:139969474820736 NOTICE: Log level changed to “LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL”
…
2020-11-07 17:37:10.942 T:139969474820736 ERROR: DBus error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property “OnLowBattery”
2020-11-07 17:37:10.943 T:139968905914112 WARNING: Pulseaudio module module-allow-passthrough not loaded - opening PT devices might fail
2020-11-07 17:37:10.944 T:139968905914112 NOTICE: Found 1 Lists of Devices
2020-11-07 17:37:10.944 T:139968905914112 NOTICE: Enumerated PULSE devices:
…
2020-11-07 17:37:11.301 T:139967883900672 NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777 (ipv6 : true)
2020-11-07 17:37:11.301 T:139969474820736 ERROR: JSONRPC Server: Failed to connect to sdpd

That is abpout it.

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In my case I suspect it was multiple hardware issues, not necessarily software, but I couldn’t find why. Now I’m using an old WDTV Live (a great little box), and also a RPi 2 with KODI.

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The Mesa errors are noteworthy but the errors I highlighted in red look like showstoppers.
I doubt those kinds of errors are anything you can fix, recommend submitting a bug to https://bugzilla.openssuse.org

TSU