Posts from December 2016

• Fix: Allow Kodi to power down and reboot Raspbian

  23 December 2016 | linux raspberry pi kodi xbmc systemd policykit | Comment

  The default settings for Raspbian seem to prevent Kodi from accessing the power-related functions it requires to shut down or reboot the system, causing its power menu to display only the ‘Exit’ option. This is particularly frustrating, as the default setup of Kodi is generally… »

• Guide: Launching EmulationStation/RetroPie from within Kodi on Raspbian (The XBone, part 2)

  22 December 2016 | guide linux raspberry pi kodi xbmc retropie emulationstation retroarch xbone | Comment

  So you've got your Raspberry Pi to display a glorious ‘XBone’ splash screen, but what kind of bone would it be if it couldn't play games? Kodi looks kind of like a console UI, and with RetroPie, we can launch games, but how… »

• Guide: A custom splash screen on the Raspberry Pi, for Raspbian Jessie (The XBone, part 1)

  21 December 2016 (updated 22 December 2016) | guide linux raspberry pi xbone | Comment

  There are many guides on the internet for creating a custom splash screen on Linux, but most for Raspbian are based on SysV init, and don't interface well with systemd, which is now used by Raspbian. Those that do support systemd make use of Plymouth… »