Stuck in KODI

zymsmith · 07-31-2019, 08:53 PM

I started the Kodi desktop to see what it is. Cannot get out of it, every shutdown or exit choice leads to a reboot right back to Kodi. Mint mx is I believe the version of linux I installed, using xfce desktop. Working pretty well up to now.

frankbell · 07-31-2019, 09:30 PM

You should be able to change you desktop environment/window manager on the display manager's login screen; there should be some icon somewhere that allows you to do that (the appearance and placement of the icon varies from DM to DM). Some DM's don't display that icon until you enter your user name.

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ondoho · 08-07-2019, 08:48 AM

^ reported.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zymsmith

every shutdown or exit choice leads to a reboot right back to Kodi.

In addition to what others said, it sounds like your DM is set to autologin; you might want to change that:

boot into recovery mode
find out which display manager you use
edit the appropriate file to remove autologin
reboot

obviously 2 and 3 are tricky. we need more info about your setup.

BW-userx · 08-07-2019, 10:05 AM

cannot one change that conf file while in a desktop? I'd think so.

kilgoretrout · 08-07-2019, 11:12 AM

I assume you are in full screen mode when Kodi automatically starts up on reboot. IIRC to get Kodi to switch to windowed mode you just hit the backslash key, i.e. \ Hitting that key toggles Kodi from full screen to windowed. Once in windowed mode you can kill Kodi by hitting the "x" on the window title bar and you should then be in your XFCE desktop.

BW-userx · 08-07-2019, 11:57 AM

dud, KODI is an app, cannot you switch ttys, pkill kodi switch back to whatever dt you're in, then do your damage control in there to prevent kodi to doing that again.

switch ttys
ctrl+alt+Fx
x=1-12 ie F4