Kodi

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This is how i installed a standalone Kodi "Jarvis" 16 on a Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini-ITX board with an AMD A8-7600 APU and a Samsung EVO 850 SSD.

I've skipped the Wifi setup because i'm using a wired connection (high quality 1080p streaming is nicer without buffering).

Install OS

  • Ubuntu 15.10 (netboot via PXE is perfect, but you can use whatever you want, preferably Ubuntu Server)
  • New User: Kodi
  • In the software selection dialog choose:
    • [x] Basic Ubuntu server
    • [x] OpenSSH server

Install Kodi

  • make sure you're install the correct driver for your hardware, i need fglrx or Kodi has a constant CPU load of ~100%
  • i used the "unstable" PPA, but if you prefer final releases just replace the "unstable" with "ppa"
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y xinit fglrx-updates alsa-utils avahi-daemon libva-glx1 libva-egl1 vainfo upower libcurl3 mysql-client kodi 

  • allow "anybody" to start the X server
sudo sed -i 's/allowed_users=console/allowed_users=anybody/' /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

  • grant the "kodi" user access to serial devices (CEC), the soundcard and to shutdown, reboot, etc.
sudo usermod -aG users,dialout,audio,video,sudo kodi

Allow Shutdown/Reboot

  • create /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/custom-actions.pkla
[Actions for kodi user]
Identity=unix-user:kodi
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*;org.freedesk.top.udisks.*
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes

Kodibuntu Splashscreen

sudo apt-get install plymouth-label v86d
wget 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/udso4dhckjasfsi/plymouth-theme-kodibuntu-animated-logo_0.45-1_all.deb?dl=1' -O 'plymouth-theme-kodibuntu-animated-logo_0.45-1_all.deb'
sudo dpkg -i plymouth-theme-kodibuntu-animated-logo_0.45-1_all.deb

Autostart Kodi

  • create /etc/systemd/system/kodi.service
[Unit]
Description=Job that runs Kodi
After=default.target graphical.target getty.target sound.target network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
User=kodi
Restart=always
RestartSec=1s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/kodi --standalone -- -nocursor

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

  • enable the startup script
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable kodi
sudo systemctl enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

  • reboot. now. Kodi won't start with the new driver unless you reboot
sudo reboot