openelec

[balanga]

Is there a FreeBSD port of openelec?

 

[SirDice]

It's a specific Linux distribution especially designed to run Kodi (and nothing else). Just install multimedia/kodi.

 

[balanga]

There is a problem when I try installing kodi:-

pkg: mesa-dri-17.1.4 conflicts with dri-11.2.2.2...
Problematic file: /usr/local/etc/drirc

The error disappears after removing that file but I'm not sure what put it there...

 

[balanga]

It's a specific Linux distribution especially designed to run Kodi (and nothing else). Just install multimedia/kodi.

Is it possible to boot up straight into Kodi?

 

[SirDice]

On FreeBSD? Sure, it might take some fiddling but I'm sure it's possible.

 

[balanga]

On FreeBSD? Sure, it might take some fiddling but I'm sure it's possible.

I'm sure it is possible, but where do I start with this fiddling? I would need to start X.org and automatically launch Kodi... Can I do this without logging on? Is there a desktop environment which would be best suited to deploying a single application ?

 

[SirDice]

SLiM has a auto-logon function, you could use that. Kodi itself could then be started from ~/.xinitrc. OpenELEC starts Kodi with some specific options in order to start it without Xorg. That's also a possibility, you could use that to start Kodi from rc.local.