block by prompt "[sudo] password for kodi"

[jujumo]

I was using kodi stand alone on raspi with bullseye. It was working like a charm.

I re-installed a brand new "bookworm" system, and now I am stuck with this prompt on the screen:
"[sudo] password for kodi"

I made sure boot preference is set to a graphical target.
I can find a file named "/etc/sudoers.d/020_kodi"
I can manually launch kodi in userspace through ssh.

Any idea of whats going on ?

[graysky2]

Not sure. Did you search closed issues? #37

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[graysky2]

Are you trying to use it as its own in your graphical target by the way?

[jujumo]

Thanks for pointing the closed issue and the former documentation.
Sorry for delay, I wanted to be able to test before answering.

The ticket you pointed gave me the solution.
The problem was indeed:
sudo openvt -sw -- su -c ${KODI_BINARY} $SAVED_ARGS
in /usr/bin/kodi

I manually patched it to:
${KODI_BINARY} $SAVED_ARGS
(instead of using the one in the ticket), since kodi probably evolved since then.
I am wondering if its a good solution though.

If this "sudo" command is there, its probably for a reason.
I see that CEC service may also require sudo.
So I am wondering if there is any mean to add kodi user to sudoers (or use another username that is in sudoers) with password prompt. But I am no expert and cant tell whats best.

Thanks again for the lead.
May be it worth mentioning with the associated error message in the RPi section of the documentation (master branch).

Best,
JuMo

[jujumo]

may be related to that:
"However, I've found a misconfiguration: Kodi asked superuser password with normal users (including video group). I followed the error, and now it is used openvt, instead of fgconsole."
-- https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=357693#p2146651

i am investigating

[graysky2]

Please send through a PR against the README for bookworm. I do not use it/cannot test.