Background service not available / AddonSignals timed out about plugin.video.netflix

[jakermx]

try modifying the ipc.py file line 76

from this
urllib2.urlopen(url=url, data=json.dumps(data)).read(),

to this line
urllib2.urlopen(url=url, data=json.dumps(data), timeout=60).read(),

On my RPI2B+ I have to I disabled AddOnSignals and go with IPC option , but on my RPI3 have it enabled withou issues.

[CastagnaIT]

the log suggests a communication problem with the server is possible that you have some wrong settings on your network, or nat / proxy / vpn

[jakermx]

try delaying the widget and skin, so netflix addon backgroud services could start....

In order to test this hteory, remove any home widget or change to default skin, disabling widgets...

[mac1202]

Hi also had this issue, very annoying error message popup several time a day even when I'm not using netflix. Except for this error the plugin work perfectly fine when I use it. Is there anyway to make the popup less intrusive, I have enable the setting "show notification instead of modal dialog for error" but it doesn't seem to apply to this error message. Thank

[JeroenTuinstra]

Just a quick update, I have changed to "show notification instead of modal dialog for error", so now I only get a small error message. IPC over HTTP is disabled. So the background service does start. The error AddonSignals remains but not visible. Netflix seems to work.
I am not sure what the error in the communication is, as all other addons are working fine it seems. Can you extract from the logfil which server it tries to communicate to?

[JeroenTuinstra]

@jakermx If this theory is right, how would I delay the skin and the widgets?

[CastagnaIT]

Widgets skins are causing a lot of problems i do not recommend its use, widgets force the addon to work incorrectly

[JeroenTuinstra]

, @CastagnaIT So the solution is to run this addon only in a basic setup of kodi? What is actually causing the problem. As it seems "you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't".

[CastagnaIT]

widgets often force the content to load before the addon completes its initial configuration, there were other people who found a workaround, maybe you find something in the closed issues

[JeroenTuinstra]

Tried the suggestion with timeoout=60 @jakermx but doesn't make a difference, with both settings (IPC over HTTP enabled or disabled) the error occures still. The workaround is that I enable the "show notification instead of modal dialog for error" and basically ignore the error. Not very elegant and strangely in previous versions it was working fine. Hopefully there will be a version that keeps widgets in mind as I am sure I am not the only one facing this issue. Anyway thanks for all the work on this. I'll keep it open, as it is not resolved.

[CastagnaIT]

in the closed issues not this...

[JeroenTuinstra]

None of the closed issues seem to talk about it. I generally search first before I would report a bug.

[jakermx]

what happen if you use default skin or if you disable netflix addon and once kodi finishes the startup, you eneble it?

[jakermx]

or try removing ssl verification

[CastagnaIT]

try to change the skin you're using, and use the default kodi skin

[CastagnaIT]

if within 3 days there are no more answers,
i close it