On a freshly installed 64bit Ubuntu 18.04 system with Intel graphics, a freshly installed kodi hangs at the splash screen. The log file appears nominal until the last three lines.
2019-09-15 08:17:16.734 T:139670001514240 NOTICE: Running database version Addons27 2019-09-15 08:17:16.735 T:139670001514240 ERROR: SQL: [ViewModes6.db] SQLite error SQLITE_ERROR (no such table: version) Query: SELECT idVersion FROM version 2019-09-15 08:17:16.792 T:139670001514240 ERROR: Process error processing job I tried kodi both from the stock repos and the stable ppa, both had the same problem.
I've installed kodi successfully on several systems and AFAIK didn't do anything different this time - what's causing it to hang here?
2 Answers
You could 'repair' the missing data
I dont remind where is stored the ViewModes6.db file, lets say its~/.kodi/userdata/Database/ViewModes6.db
The concerned table contains only 1 line, if there is no other missing component it will be a quick fix .
# Install sqlite3 if not present sudo apt-get install sqlite3 # Define db file location (setup your own) DbFile="~/.kodi/userdata/Database/ViewModes6.db" # Create the version table sqlite3 $DbFile "CREATE TABLE version (idVersion integer, iCompressCount integer);" # Fill in the table with default data (only 1 line!) sqlite3 $DbFile "insert into version (idVersion, iCompressCount) values (6, 0);" You can also use the sqlitebrowser GUI if you want it a bit easier
sudo apt install sqlitebrowser 
Help I received at led to the discovery that databases used by the application were corrupted. I'm unsure how this happened since this is a fresh Kodi install on a fresh Ubuntu install... At any rate, I simply deleted all the files out of /home/[user]/.kodi/userdata/Database/ and it started up fine on the next attempt.
