Disable screen blanking by default via xorg configuration snippet

Further changes:
- add ppa:yavdr/experimental-kodi for KODI 18
- add set-kodi-display script to allow switching DISPLAY in dual
screen configuration (inkompatible with KODI 17)

Manual.org

@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ ppa_owner: 'ppa:yavdr'
 repositories:
   - '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-main'
   - '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-vdr'
+  - '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-kodi'
   #- '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-yavdr'
-  #- '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-kodi'
 #+END_SRC
 ** VDR user, directories, special configuration and plugins
 :PROPERTIES:
@@ -2578,6 +2578,10 @@ preferred_refreshrates:
   when:
     - intel_detected
 
+- name: server flags config snippet to disable screen blanking
+  template:
+    src: templates/10-serverflags.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-serverflags.conf
 #+END_SRC
 **** intel.yml
 :PROPERTIES:
@@ -3071,6 +3075,17 @@ Section "Screen"
 EndSection
 {% endif %}
 #+END_SRC
+***** snippet to disable screen blanking
+#+BEGIN_SRC conf :tangle roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/10-serverflags.conf.j2
+{{ ansible_managed | comment }}
+Section "ServerFlags"
+    Option         "NoPM" "true"
+    Option         "blank time" "0"
+    Option         "standby time" "0"
+    Option         "suspend time" "0"
+    Option         "off time" "0"
+EndSection
+#+END_SRC
 **** vdr
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       748ef799-1673-4028-b52e-234328dc793b
@@ -5325,7 +5340,8 @@ end
 
 # This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped 
 # to anonymous connections
-   map to guest = bad user
+   map to guest = bad password
+   guest account = nobody
 
 {% if samba.windows_compatible %}
 # disable unix extensions and enable following symlinks
@@ -6010,6 +6026,106 @@ install serial_ir setserial /dev/{{serial_ir_device}} uart none; /sbin/modprobe
 :END:
 This systemd unit for the user session starts (and stops) kodi.
 #+INCLUDE: "roles/kodi/templates/kodi.service.j2" src conf
+**** set-kodi-diplay
+This is a version-dependent script to force KODI to use the display set by the environment variable ~DISPLAY~. The following Version is intended for KODI 18.
+#+BEGIN_SRC jinja2 :tangle roles/kodi/templates/set-kodi-display.j2 :padline no
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+{{ ansible_managed }}
+
+This Script changes the monitor in KODI's guisettings.xml to the wanted output
+according to the DISPLAY environment variable. It works with KODI 18 (not KODI 17!).
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+GUISETTINGS = '/var/lib/vdr/.kodi/userdata/guisettings.xml'
+CACHE_DIR = '/var/lib/vdr/.kodi/.display_cache'
+VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE = """<settings version="2">
+    <setting id="videoscreen.monitor" default="true">{}</setting>
+</settings>"""
+
+
+def get_output_names():
+    """
+    get display name from xrandr output for given DISPLAY environment variable
+    """
+    xrandr_output = [
+        l for l in subprocess.check_output(
+            ["xrandr"],
+            env={"DISPLAY": os.environ["DISPLAY"]}
+        ).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+    ]
+    return [l.split()[0] for l in xrandr_output if " connected " in l]
+
+
+def parse_template(template_path, template, output=""):
+    """read videoscreen settings from backup or create a stub file"""
+    try:
+        xml_tree = ET.parse(template_path)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("{} not found, creating stub file".format(template_path))
+        xml_template = ET.fromstring(template.format(output))
+        xml_tree = ET.ElementTree(xml_template)
+    finally:
+        xml_tree.write(template_path)
+    return xml_tree
+
+
+def backup_videoscreen():
+    """parse guisettings.xml for display name an backup videoscreen data"""
+    tree = parse_template(GUISETTINGS, VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE, "Default")
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    videoscreen = root.find("./setting[@id='videoscreen.monitor']")
+    output = videoscreen.text
+    xml_path = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, '{}-videodevice.xml'.format(output))
+    base_tree = ET.fromstring('<settings version="2"></settings>')
+    xml_tree = ET.ElementTree(base_tree)
+    backup_root = xml_tree.getroot()
+    backup_root.insert(0, videoscreen)
+    xml_tree.write(xml_path)
+    print("written backup for {} to {}".format(output, xml_path))
+
+
+def change_videoscreen(output, new_videoscreen):
+    """change videoscreen node to content of backup file"""
+    tree = parse_template(GUISETTINGS, VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE, output)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    videoscreen = root.find('./setting[@id="videoscreen.monitor"]')
+    if videoscreen is not None:
+        videoscreen.text = new_videoscreen.text
+    else:
+        videoscreen = root.find("./settings")
+        root.insert(0, new_videoscreen)
+    tree.write(GUISETTINGS)
+    return tree
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    output = get_output_names()[0]
+    if not output:
+        sys.exit("Error: no screen name found")
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(CACHE_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    except PermissionError:
+        sys.exit("Error: insufficient permissions to create cachedir {}".format(
+            CACHE_DIR))
+    try:
+        backup_videoscreen()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("{} does not exist".format(GUISETTINGS))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Could not backup videoscreen.monitor:", str(e))
+    xml_path = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, '{}-videodevice.xml'.format(output))
+    videodir_xml = parse_template(xml_path, VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE, output)
+    videodir_root = videodir_xml.getroot()
+    new_videoscreen = videodir_root.find("./setting[@id='videoscreen.monitor']")
+    guisettings_xml = change_videoscreen(output, new_videoscreen)
+#+END_SRC
 *** files
 :PROPERTIES:
 :ID:       58c5c693-bd24-420a-bfed-79771e8e0d47

group_vars/all

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ ppa_owner: 'ppa:yavdr'
 repositories:
   - '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-main'
   - '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-vdr'
+  - '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-kodi'
   #- '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-yavdr'
-  #- '{{ ppa_owner }}/{{branch}}-kodi'
 # properties of the user vdr and vdr-related options
 # NOTE: user name, uid and confdir must match the values set by the vdr package
 vdr:

roles/kodi/tasks/configure-kodi.yml

@@ -35,4 +35,9 @@
       group: '{{ vdr.group }}'    
       mode: "0664"
       force: no
-# TODO: Add configuration files
+
+- name: expand template for set-kodi-display
+  template:
+    src: 'templates/set-kodi-display.j2'
+    dest: '/usr/bin/set-kodi-display'
+    mode: "0755"

roles/kodi/templates/set-kodi-display.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+{{ ansible_managed }}
+
+This Script changes the monitor in KODI's guisettings.xml to the wanted output
+according to the DISPLAY environment variable. It works with KODI 18 (not KODI 17!).
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+GUISETTINGS = '/var/lib/vdr/.kodi/userdata/guisettings.xml'
+CACHE_DIR = '/var/lib/vdr/.kodi/.display_cache'
+VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE = """<settings version="2">
+    <setting id="videoscreen.monitor" default="true">{}</setting>
+</settings>"""
+
+
+def get_output_names():
+    """
+    get display name from xrandr output for given DISPLAY environment variable
+    """
+    xrandr_output = [
+        l for l in subprocess.check_output(
+            ["xrandr"],
+            env={"DISPLAY": os.environ["DISPLAY"]}
+        ).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+    ]
+    return [l.split()[0] for l in xrandr_output if " connected " in l]
+
+
+def parse_template(template_path, template, output=""):
+    """read videoscreen settings from backup or create a stub file"""
+    try:
+        xml_tree = ET.parse(template_path)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("{} not found, creating stub file".format(template_path))
+        xml_template = ET.fromstring(template.format(output))
+        xml_tree = ET.ElementTree(xml_template)
+    finally:
+        xml_tree.write(template_path)
+    return xml_tree
+
+
+def backup_videoscreen():
+    """parse guisettings.xml for display name an backup videoscreen data"""
+    tree = parse_template(GUISETTINGS, VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE, "Default")
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    videoscreen = root.find("./setting[@id='videoscreen.monitor']")
+    output = videoscreen.text
+    xml_path = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, '{}-videodevice.xml'.format(output))
+    base_tree = ET.fromstring('<settings version="2"></settings>')
+    xml_tree = ET.ElementTree(base_tree)
+    backup_root = xml_tree.getroot()
+    backup_root.insert(0, videoscreen)
+    xml_tree.write(xml_path)
+    print("written backup for {} to {}".format(output, xml_path))
+
+
+def change_videoscreen(output, new_videoscreen):
+    """change videoscreen node to content of backup file"""
+    tree = parse_template(GUISETTINGS, VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE, output)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    videoscreen = root.find('./setting[@id="videoscreen.monitor"]')
+    if videoscreen is not None:
+        videoscreen.text = new_videoscreen.text
+    else:
+        videoscreen = root.find("./settings")
+        root.insert(0, new_videoscreen)
+    tree.write(GUISETTINGS)
+    return tree
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    output = get_output_names()[0]
+    if not output:
+        sys.exit("Error: no screen name found")
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(CACHE_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    except PermissionError:
+        sys.exit("Error: insufficient permissions to create cachedir {}".format(
+            CACHE_DIR))
+    try:
+        backup_videoscreen()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("{} does not exist".format(GUISETTINGS))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Could not backup videoscreen.monitor:", str(e))
+    xml_path = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, '{}-videodevice.xml'.format(output))
+    videodir_xml = parse_template(xml_path, VIDEOSCREEN_TEMPLATE, output)
+    videodir_root = videodir_xml.getroot()
+    new_videoscreen = videodir_root.find("./setting[@id='videoscreen.monitor']")
+    guisettings_xml = change_videoscreen(output, new_videoscreen)

roles/samba-config/templates/smb.conf.j2

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
 
 # This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped 
 # to anonymous connections
-   map to guest = bad user
+   map to guest = bad password
+   guest account = nobody
 
 {% if samba.windows_compatible %}
 # disable unix extensions and enable following symlinks

roles/yavdr-xorg/tasks/detect-xorg.yml

@@ -174,3 +174,8 @@
     dest: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
   when:
     - intel_detected
+
+- name: server flags config snippet to disable screen blanking
+  template:
+    src: templates/10-serverflags.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-serverflags.conf

roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/10-serverflags.conf.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{{ ansible_managed | comment }}
+Section "ServerFlags"
+    Option         "NoPM" "true"
+    Option         "blank time" "0"
+    Option         "standby time" "0"
+    Option         "suspend time" "0"
+    Option         "off time" "0"
+EndSection