I have installed the latest Version of Kodi (xbmc). I have installed/uninstalled/re-installed it several times.
Whenever I'm trying to open it nothing happens (see the error log below). Even though I can see Kodis icon (indicating it's running) in the launcher. Can anyone help me?
Log File
15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/ 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Starting Kodi (17.0 Git:20170210-nogitfound). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x64 build 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Kodi compiled Nov 4 2012 by GCC 5.4.0 for Linux x86 64-bit version 4.4.40 (263208) 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Running on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 4.8.0-39-generic 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: FFmpeg version/source: ffmpeg-3.1-kodi 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Host CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz, 4 cores available 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/kodi 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://xbmcbinaddons/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi/addons 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /home/mbkm/.kodi/userdata 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://envhome/ is mapped to: /home/mbkm 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /home/mbkm/.kodi 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /home/mbkm/.kodi/temp 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://logpath/ is mapped to: /home/mbkm/.kodi/temp 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kodi/kodi.bin 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Local hostname: mbkm-ThinkPad-X240 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Log File is located: /home/mbkm/.kodi/temp//kodi.log 15:05:44.942 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 15:05:44.955 T:139935054596480 ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property 'OnLowBattery' 15:05:44.957 T:139935054596480 ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property 'CanSuspend' 15:05:44.957 T:139935054596480 ERROR: DBus: Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - No such property 'CanHibernate' 15:05:44.960 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: load settings... 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Found 1 Lists of Devices 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Enumerated PULSE devices: 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Device 1 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_deviceName : Default 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_displayName : Default 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: Default Output Device (PULSEAUDIO) 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 5512,8000,11025,16000,22050,32000,44100,48000,64000,88200,96000,176400,192000,384000 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_U8,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S24NE3,AE_FMT_S24NE4,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_FLOAT 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_streamTypes : No passthrough capabilities 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Device 2 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_deviceName : alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_displayName : Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI) 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: HDMI / DisplayPort (PULSEAUDIO) 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 5512,8000,11025,16000,22050,32000,44100,48000,64000,88200,96000,176400,192000,384000 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_U8,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S24NE3,AE_FMT_S24NE4,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_FLOAT 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_streamTypes : No passthrough capabilities 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Device 3 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_deviceName : alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_displayName : Built-in Audio Analog Stereo 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: Headphones (PULSEAUDIO) 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 5512,8000,11025,16000,22050,32000,44100,48000,64000,88200,96000,176400,192000,384000 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_U8,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S24NE3,AE_FMT_S24NE4,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_FLOAT 15:05:44.971 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: m_streamTypes : No passthrough capabilities 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml) 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml) 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Default Video Player: VideoPlayer 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0. 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Log level changed to "LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL" 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: CMediaSourceSettings: loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml. 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml. 15:05:44.974 T:139935054596480 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping. 15:05:44.978 T:139935054596480 ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] SQL error or missing database Query: SELECT idVersion FROM version 2 Answers
The problem is at a profile level and one or more addons is probably the culprit. Reinstalling changes nothing because the user profile settings, addons, etc. is kept.
Deleting the hidden folder .kodi should do it.
Be aware this will reset all Kodi settings.
If you look at the last line of the log you have
15:05:44.978 T:139935054596480 ERROR: SQL: [Addons27.db] SQL error or missing database Query: SELECT idVersion FROM version This indicates that Kodi failed trying to query the table version from the database Addons27.db
There seems to be a problem with your database, which you can find in userdata/Database/. Normally the error would reference mysql if you were using it.
The simplest workaround is to delete Addons27.db from userdata/Database. This would delete your addons database but all other configurations, including sources, library, addons packages and configurations, would be kept as is. If you have a backup of Addons27.db (you should keep backups of the Database folder anyways - I personnally backup the whole kodi user folder), you can always revert to a working copy.
The reason why deleting the whole .kodi directory works is in doing so, you are also deleting the faulty Addons27.db, while also deleting all other settings, which is why I prefer to only delete the faulty file.
