[zurich-freddy]

I am trying to set up Kodi in a small embedded system.

At the moment it is failing with the error message

16:04:54 T:1995587584 ERROR: InitWindowSystem: Could not initialize
16:04:54 T:1995587584 FATAL: CApplication::Create: Unable to init windowing system

Do I need the full X window system ? Browsing the www some say it just needs an X-server, some say it doesn't, some say I need a server and a window manager.

What is the minimum requirement ?

Thanks.

[wsnipex]

it depends on the hardware in use.
x86 needs an X server and openGL, embedded systems often run on the framebuffer and use openGLES.

[zurich-freddy]

Thanks for the reply.

It is running on an ARM V7, so am I right in assuming I do not need the X server ?

[wsnipex]

correct, but you have to compile with the proper options.