DVBLink 5.5 on Ubuntu - can't get Kodi PVR 1.10.9 working

[soSolid]

I upgraded to DVBLink 5.5 packages yesterday, and today I've upgraded Kodi from 14.2 to 15 final. In Kodi, when I enable live TV, I get "Add-on couldn't be loaded", and then "The PVR manager has been enabled without any enabled PVR add-on" so I enable the DVBLink PVR client 1.10.9 and nothing happens. There's no Live TV available. Is there an issue with DVBLink 5.5 and Kodi 15? Any ideas?

[Oberon]

I would uninstall add-on and re-add it again. Kodi for Ubuntu comes without addons and it probably uses the old binary.

[soSolid]

Hi Oberon, I did an apt-get remove kodi-pvr-dvblink and then reinstalled it, but it's still the same. When I start Kodi, I get "check the log for more information about this message. Add-on couldn't be loaded. An unknown error has occurred. Can't load Dll"

[Oberon]

Please check if binary was physically removed

[soSolid]

I uninstalled the add-on, removed the file /var/cache/apt/archives/kodi-pvr-dvblink_1.10.9-1~vivid_amd64.deb, and reinstalled the add-on again, but I'm still getting the same error.

[jawilljr]

Mine is also doing the same thing.

Log files:

dvblink-log-20150722-2035.zip

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I am also getting this error in Kodi's debug log:

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20:28:16 T:139860010772224   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so
20:28:16 T:139860010772224   ERROR: Unable to load /usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so, reason: /usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so: undefined symbol: _ZTIN17dvblinkremotehttp10HttpClientE
20:28:16 T:139860010772224    INFO: Called Add-on status handler for '4' of clientName:DVBLink PVR Client, clientID:pvr.dvblink (same Thread=no)

[Oberon]

Very strange. Seems to me like a broken build process for ubuntu pvr addon. We will double check it on our side and let you know.

Is it Ubuntu 32 or 64 bit that you are running?

[soSolid]

I was running x64, but I needed a working system back , so I wiped it and went back to Windows.

[jawilljr]

Very strange. Seems to me like a broken build process for ubuntu pvr addon. We will double check it on our side and let you know.

Is it Ubuntu 32 or 64 bit that you are running?

Client:
Running 64 bit Ubuntu-Mate 15.04.

Server:
64 bit Ubuntu 12.04.5.

Any word on a possible fix?

[Oberon]

Can you please try removing and re-installing kodi-pvr-dvblink?
It might have been fixed lately. At least it loads and works perfectly ok on Ubuntu 14.04 x64 with Kodi 15.0.

[jawilljr]

Can you please try removing and re-installing kodi-pvr-dvblink?
It might have been fixed lately. At least it loads and works perfectly ok on Ubuntu 14.04 x64 with Kodi 15.0.

I did and getting the same results.

Full Kodi debug log

Below is the relevent portion:

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14:58:03 T:139934413518592   DEBUG: RegisterClient - registering add-on 'DVBLink PVR Client'
14:58:03 T:139934413518592   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.
14:58:03 T:139934413518592   DEBUG: PVR - Create - creating PVR add-on instance 'DVBLink PVR Client'
14:58:03 T:139934413518592   DEBUG: ADDON: Dll Initializing - DVBLink PVR Client
14:58:03 T:139934413518592   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(/usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so)
14:58:03 T:139934413518592   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so
14:58:03 T:139934413518592   ERROR: Unable to load /usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so, reason: /usr/lib/kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so: undefined symbol: _ZTIN17dvblinkremotehttp10HttpClientE
14:58:03 T:139934413518592    INFO: Called Add-on status handler for '4' of clientName:DVBLink PVR Client, clientID:pvr.dvblink (same Thread=no)
14:58:03 T:139934413518592 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to create add-on DVBLink PVR Client, status = 6
14:58:03 T:139934413518592 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to load the dll for add-on DVBLink PVR Client, disabling it
14:58:03 T:139935522420480  NOTICE: Thread AddonStatus pvr.dvblink start, auto delete: true
14:58:03 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogOK.xml) ------
14:58:04 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.
14:58:04 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: ------ Window Init (Pointer.xml) ------
14:58:05 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: ProcessMouse: trying mouse action leftclick
14:58:05 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (Pointer.xml) ------
14:58:05 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogOK.xml) ------
14:58:05 T:139935523231744   DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogOK.xml) ------
14:58:05 T:139935522420480   DEBUG: Thread AddonStatus pvr.dvblink 139935522420480 terminating (autodelete)

Like the OP when I try to enable 'LiveTV' I get can not load DLL error.

Also like the OP it works in ubuntu 14.04...just not Ubuntu 15.04.

I also noticed that Vivid's version of the addon is about 50 KiB smaller than the Trusty version. Why?

Also what is symbol _ZTIN17dvblinkremotehttp10HttpClientE? It is undefined...like it is missing a header file.

[Oberon]

Can you please try the attached addon. It is taken from the 14.04 ubuntu x86_64 distribution and should work on 15.04 as well.
Just uninstall any existing pvr.dvblink and install this one from a zip file.

[jawilljr]

Can you please try the attached addon. It is taken from the 14.04 ubuntu x86_64 distribution and should work on 15.04 as well.
Just uninstall any existing pvr.dvblink and install this one from a zip file.

Now I am getting error...basically it is looking for an earlier version of litimyxml2.

Trusty (14.04) uses libtinyxml2-0.0.0

Vivid (15.04) uses libtinyxml2-2 (2.2.0-1)

Below is the error:

08:50:10 T:139802057897728 DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(/home/jawilljr/.kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so)
08:50:10 T:139802057897728 DEBUG: Loading: /home/jawilljr/.kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so
08:50:10 T:139802057897728 ERROR: Unable to load /home/jawilljr/.kodi/addons/pvr.dvblink/pvr.dvblink.so, reason: libtinyxml2.so.0.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
08:50:10 T:139802057897728 INFO: Called Add-on status handler for '4' of clientName:DVBLink PVR Client, clientID:pvr.dvblink (same Thread=no)
08:50:10 T:139802057897728 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to create add-on DVBLink PVR Client, status = 6
08:50:10 T:139802057897728 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to load the dll for add-on DVBLink PVR Client, disabling it
08:50:10 T:139804004103936 NOTICE: Thread AddonStatus pvr.dvblink start, auto delete: true

Hope this helps.

I don't know if I can install the previous version or not, So didn't try.

Thanks for the help...hope it gets fixed.

[Oberon]

According to this:
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=233707
dvblink pvr addon should be fixed by now in Ubuntu Vivid.

[jawilljr]

According to this:
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=233707
dvblink pvr addon should be fixed by now in Ubuntu Vivid.

Thanks for the update...I see that the nightly got updated.

Will this fix also eventually go into the stable PPA?