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sunshine
Asked: 2018-03-06 14:56:32 +0800 CST

Difference between Kodi and Kodi-standalone? Both launch fine w/o a window manager

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On Ubuntu server 16.04, with only X installed and no window manager, I can still launch Kodi without the --standalone switch. For example from a local console:

xinit kodi -- vtx

This leads me to ask: what is the difference between "kodi" and "kodi --standalone" if I can still launch kodi without calling the "kodi-standalone" or "--standalone" switch?

I understand kodi is for launching with a window manager, and kodi-standalone is a script that launches kodi with the --standalone switch.

My question is why, since I have with no WM installed, do both kodi and kodi-standalone (or kodi --standalone) launch just fine?

server xorg 16.04 kodi

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Accoding to user FernetMenta over at the Kodi forums:

    The option standalone has nothing to do with a window manager (docs/wiki is wrong). With standalone Kodi is i.e. allowed to power the system down and users can change refresh rate in settings dialog.

    Running Kodi without a window manager may work but is not a supported and tested scenario.

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