I notice that it happens more frequently when I’m in kodi’s debug mode - e.g. it crashes on the first/second toggle, while it can take 5-10 toggles without debug mode.
any suggestion?
it’s the only way for me to change the input method on this device.
(I was told on Kodi’s forums that it’s a libxkbcommon related issue and they don’t provide support for it.)
if I understand you correctly, you can open any input dialog (for example a youtube search), type a few letters, then run the script, type a few more letters and they should be in a different language.
repeating this like 8 times hangs and shortly after crashes my Kodi.
I think something else doesn’t work for me because on right side of input dialog I always see English QUERTY. I assume this button should be changed? I can change it even manually.
nope, that button (that says English QWERTY) changes the onscreen keyboard language.
the script that I use changes the physical keyboard typing language.
so even if it says English QWERTY, when I click the f11 on my keyboard, and start typing, the typed letters will be in Russian/Hebrew, and that button will still say English QWERTY.
strange, maybe you should first add those typing languages to Kodi’s keyboard layout like I have, under settings -> interface -> regional -> keyboard layouts:
I tried your script and it works on S922X device without issues.
I don’t see Hebrew symbols, but it switch normally and I receive correct English and Russian symbols.
thanks for testing!
I am running CE on a s905x2 box.
like I said, it’s the only way to switch input languages with a physical keyboard and I have to use it.
is there a way to debug the crash?
You could try to update to 9.2.3 version. As I see you still have 9.2.2.
Or try fresh install of CE(without additional addons) on different sd/usb card and check if it works or not.
took me a while to find time to do a fresh install - sorry.
anyway - the problem is happening in a fresh install as well - although in the fresh install, the system is MUCH snappier (default skin, no content at all, etc), and so to reproduce it, I have to do multiple clicks very quickly, but sure enough after about 8-10 very rapid clicks it happens - system freeze and restart.
my box is Magicsee N5 Max - s905x2 with 4GB RAM and 1Gbit lan.
any additional logs I can provide?
this is a really big issue for me - I’m youtubing a lot with great need for multi language input in HW keyboard and in the regular setup I have, it happens sometimes even after 1 click (I can’t say which race condition is exactly going on in the code, but it’s pretty obvious there is one from these symptoms).
yeah something’s got to be different.
unless I’m forcibly trying to reproduce the issue in a way you didn’t (like I wrote - I had repeatedly press the button very quickly to reproduce it on a clean empty installation).
back to update after a few months for anyone that might come across a similar issue.
after changing the keymap to a longpress action, the script works without issues.
this leads me to believe there’s an issue with libxkbcommon, the usb drivers in the system, or the remote itself.
anyway - I can live with longpressing to change the input language.
