(Solved) New UT on Pixel 3a user.

globetrotterdk

I have tried both installing Waydroid manually, and trying to run Waydroid with the init:

$ sudo waydroid init -s GAPPS

I thought Waydroid Helper might help with getting the Play store installed, but nothing seems available. (I am aware of the need to certify with Google afterwards) Unfortunately, I only seem to get the vanilla version without Google Play Store, so I will try to ask my questions in reference to that:

Will location services in Waydroid work for a parking app? I tried it with Organic Maps and didn't have any luck...

Streaming music with the Deezer app in Waydroid - will streaming continue after the screen locks? The native UT app (UTeezer) just stops.

If it is possible to get the Google Play Store installed, will authentication and banking apps work in Waydroid?

Trying to figure out if it will pay to try to get the Play Store working, as some of these app are pretty hit and miss without. Thanks.

AppLee

@globetrotterdk said in New UT on Pixel 3a user.:

will authentication and banking apps work in Waydroid?

Sorry, I won't be of many help.
First I do not use Waydroid so I have no personal experience with it.
But I read reports of banking apps being hit and miss as you also reported.

I'm not sure the play store could be helpful or not.

Sorry, not a straight answer, it will depend on specific apps and use cases.

globetrotterdk

I tried jumping through hoops, but the best that I could get out of the parking app that I need was to manually place location, which would probably not be precise enough to avoid a parking ticket. The banking app refuses to work without Google’s PlayStore, which doesn’t appear to be available on the UT version of Waydroid.

One of the weirder experiences was when trying to install the NDR SH app from the Aurora store, I got an error message saying that installing wasn’t possible as I hadn’t paid for the app - which is free of charge.

The end result is that I have deleted Waydroid again.

saveurlinux

@globetrotterdk in waydroid Helper, at the install stape, there is a litle button on top rigth to select to be able to install Gapps "Google Apps", did you select it ?

globetrotterdk

@saveurlinux
I see it now that you point it out… way too easy to overlook. I am giving it a try as I write. Thank you.

globetrotterdk

@saveurlinux If the commands are the same as in desktop Wayroid, I am experiencing some problems. If Waydroid isn’t running and I use

$ sudo waydroid shell

I get the message that the Waydroid container is stopped. If Waydroid is running, I get

Permission denied - Failed to rexec as memfd 
free():  invalid pointer.

I see that I should be able to use something like

$ sudo waydroid session start

I get

[15:55:05] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus. Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /usr/bin/dbus-launcher terminated abnormally without any error message

I hope posting the log here is OK:


(003517) [15:52:24] Clipboard service is not even started
(007273) [15:52:36] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message
(007273) [15:52:36] See also: <https://github.com/waydroid>
(007273) [15:52:36] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/__init__.py", line 70, in main
    actions.session_manager.start(args)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/actions/session_manager.py", line 35, in start
    name = dbus.service.BusName("id.waydro.Session", dbus.SessionBus(), do_not_queue=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 212, in __new__
    return Bus.__new__(cls, Bus.TYPE_SESSION, private=private,
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 102, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 124, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message

(001973) [15:53:12] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(001973) [15:53:12] % /usr/lib/waydroid/data/scripts/waydroid-net.sh stop
vnic is waydroid0
waydroid-net isn't running
(001973) [15:53:12] % systemctl is-enabled -q nfcd
(001973) [15:53:12] % systemctl start nfcd
Failed to start nfcd.service: Transaction for nfcd.service/start is destructive (var-lib-waydroid.mount has 'stop' job queued, but 'start' is included in transaction).
See system logs and 'systemctl status nfcd.service' for details.
(001973) [15:53:12] % pidof waydroid-sensord
(001461) [15:53:58] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(001461) [15:53:58] % lxc-info --version
4.0.12
(001461) [15:53:58] % mkdir -p /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(001461) [15:53:58] % sh -c cat "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_base" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_3" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_4" > "/var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config"
(001461) [15:53:58] % sed -i s/LXCARCH/aarch64/ /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config
(001461) [15:53:58] % cp -fpr /usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/waydroid.seccomp /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/waydroid.seccomp
(001461) [15:53:58] % aa-enabled --quiet
(001461) [15:53:58] % mv /var/lib/waydroid/config_nodes /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(002186) [15:53:59] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(002186) [15:53:59] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-binder
(002186) [15:53:59] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-vndbinder
(002186) [15:53:59] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-hwbinder
(003493) [15:55:05] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message
(003493) [15:55:05] See also: <https://github.com/waydroid>
(003493) [15:55:05] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/__init__.py", line 70, in main
    actions.session_manager.start(args)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/actions/session_manager.py", line 35, in start
    name = dbus.service.BusName("id.waydro.Session", dbus.SessionBus(), do_not_queue=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 212, in __new__
    return Bus.__new__(cls, Bus.TYPE_SESSION, private=private,
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 102, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 124, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message

(003504) [16:01:56] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(003504) [16:01:56] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***
(003747) [16:12:55] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(003747) [16:12:55] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***

globetrotterdk

(After complete uninstall and app data wipe with Waydroid Helper)
OK, I have gotten smart this time and run the commands through adb shell to see what is going on - much easier:

$ adb shell
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo waydroid init -s GAPPS
[sudo] password for phablet: 
[09:02:25] Downloading https://sourceforge.net/projects/waydroid/files/images/system/lineage/waydroid_arm64/lineage-18.1-20240217-GAPPS-waydroid_arm64-system.zip/download
[Downloading] 863.96 MB/864.2 MB    23383.79 kbps(approx.)[09:03:14] Validating system image
[09:03:15] Extracting to /var/lib/waydroid/images
[09:03:53] Downloading https://sourceforge.net/projects/waydroid/files/images/vendor/waydroid_arm64/lineage-16.0-20240217-HALIUM_9-waydroid_arm64-vendor.zip/download
[Downloading] 6.95 MB/7.09 MB    25762.95 kbps(approx.)[09:03:54] Validating vendor image
[09:03:54] Extracting to /var/lib/waydroid/images

$ sudo waydroid container start
ERROR: WayDroid container service is already running
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo waydroid shell
[09:05:41] WayDroid container is STOPPED
$ sudo waydroid container start
ERROR: WayDroid container service is already running

So is the container running or stopped? The system appears to be confused...

saveurlinux

@globetrotterdk did you try reboot ?

globetrotterdk

@saveurlinux Yes, a number of times. After the latest try, I get the following:

$ adb shell
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo waydroid session start
[sudo] password for phablet: 
[15:30:05] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
[15:30:05] See also: <https://github.com/waydroid>
Run 'waydroid log' for details.

$ waydroid log
(003442) [09:03:55] Save config: /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg
(003442) [09:03:55] % lxc-info --version
4.0.12
(003442) [09:03:55] % mkdir -p /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(003442) [09:03:55] % sh -c cat "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_base" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_3" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_4" > "/var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config"
(003442) [09:03:55] % sed -i s/LXCARCH/aarch64/ /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config
(003442) [09:03:55] % cp -fpr /usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/waydroid.seccomp /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/waydroid.seccomp
(003442) [09:03:55] % aa-enabled --quiet
(003442) [09:03:55] % mv /var/lib/waydroid/config_nodes /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(001917) [09:03:56] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(001917) [09:03:56] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-binder
(001917) [09:03:56] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-vndbinder
(001917) [09:03:56] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-hwbinder
(003498) [09:05:41] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(003498) [09:05:41] WayDroid container is STOPPED
(001917) [09:12:41] Hardware service is not even started
(001917) [09:12:41] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(001917) [09:12:41] % /usr/lib/waydroid/data/scripts/waydroid-net.sh stop
vnic is waydroid0
waydroid-net isn't running
(001917) [09:12:41] % systemctl is-enabled -q nfcd
(001917) [09:12:41] % systemctl start nfcd
Failed to start nfcd.service: Transaction for nfcd.service/start is destructive (mount-android-partitions.service has 'stop' job queued, but 'start' is included in transaction).
See system logs and 'systemctl status nfcd.service' for details.
(001917) [09:12:41] % pidof waydroid-sensord
(001272) [15:27:56] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(001272) [15:27:56] % lxc-info --version
4.0.12
(001272) [15:27:56] % mkdir -p /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(001272) [15:27:56] % sh -c cat "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_base" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_3" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_4" > "/var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config"
(001272) [15:27:56] % sed -i s/LXCARCH/aarch64/ /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config
(001272) [15:27:56] % cp -fpr /usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/waydroid.seccomp /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/waydroid.seccomp
(001272) [15:27:56] % aa-enabled --quiet
(001272) [15:27:56] % mv /var/lib/waydroid/config_nodes /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(001972) [15:27:57] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(001972) [15:27:57] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-binder
(001972) [15:27:57] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-vndbinder
(001972) [15:27:57] % chmod 666 -R /dev/anbox-hwbinder
(003528) [15:30:05] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
(003528) [15:30:05] See also: <https://github.com/waydroid>
(003528) [15:30:05] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/__init__.py", line 70, in main
    actions.session_manager.start(args)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/actions/session_manager.py", line 35, in start
    name = dbus.service.BusName("id.waydro.Session", dbus.SessionBus(), do_not_queue=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 212, in __new__
    return Bus.__new__(cls, Bus.TYPE_SESSION, private=private,
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 102, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 124, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11

(003537) [15:33:04] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(003537) [15:33:04] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***

saveurlinux

@globetrotterdk I have same phone as you and waydroid install throw WayDroid Helper. It works fine on my phone, except banking apps.
Trying to launch throw the command line

sudo waydroid session start

raise the same error as you,
but launching it throw the WayDroid Helper works

saveurlinux

@saveurlinux I think, you should try to launch it with sudo but as:

waydroid session start

and in an other tab launch

waydroid show-full-ui

other command line are available look at

waydroid help

globetrotterdk

@saveurlinux
1st. shell:

$ adb shell
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo waydroid session start
[sudo] password for phablet: 
[21:11:07] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
[21:11:07] See also: <https://github.com/waydroid>
Run 'waydroid log' for details.

2nd. shell:

$ adb shell
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ sudo waydroid show-full-ui
[sudo] password for phablet: 
[21:12:19] Starting waydroid session
[21:12:19] ERROR: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
[21:12:19] See also: <https://github.com/waydroid>
Run 'waydroid log' for details.

Looks to me like a DBus issue, but I will take a look at waydroid help tomorrow and see if I can get something out of that. At this point, not holding out much hope however, as my experience is that when you cut out the gui and just using the cli, there is a better chance of understanding what is going on. While the errors are fairly verbose, the result isn't ringing any bells.

saveurlinux

@globetrotterdk have you tried without sudo ?

globetrotterdk

@saveurlinux The Waydroid icon appears, but no active window, and when I try to swipe from the right, the system tells me that there are no apps running.

Here is the cli output from the same session:

$ adb shell
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ waydroid session start
[23:10:10] WAYLAND_DISPLAY is not set, defaulting to "wayland-0"
[23:10:11] Failed to start Clipboard manager service, check logs
[gbinder] Service manager /dev/anbox-binder has appeared
[23:10:36] Android with user 0 is ready
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gbinder.pyx", line 499, in gbinder.LocalObject.callback
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/interfaces/IUserMonitor.py", line 33, in response_handler
    packageStateChanged(arg1, arg2, arg3)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/services/user_manager.py", line 87, in packageStateChanged
    makeDesktopFile(appInfo)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/services/user_manager.py", line 35, in makeDesktopFile
    for cat in appInfo["categories"]:
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
Exception ignored in: 'gbinder.local_transact_callback'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gbinder.pyx", line 499, in gbinder.LocalObject.callback
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/interfaces/IUserMonitor.py", line 33, in response_handler
    packageStateChanged(arg1, arg2, arg3)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/services/user_manager.py", line 87, in packageStateChanged
    makeDesktopFile(appInfo)
  File "/usr/lib/waydroid/tools/services/user_manager.py", line 35, in makeDesktopFile
    for cat in appInfo["categories"]:
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
^C
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

saveurlinux

@globetrotterdk maybe that's because you are doing it from adb and WAYLAND_DISPLAY is not available ? Try to do it from the phone terminal

When the command

waydroid session start

succeed , you can open a new tab into the terminal phone app and then do this next one:

waydroid show-full-ui

globetrotterdk

@saveurlinux Unfortunately, no such luck. I get a few of the same lines and then the process refuses to go any further:

$ waydroid session start
[07:49:53] Failed to start Clipboard manager service, check logs
[gbinder] Service manager /dev/anbox-binder has appeared
[07:50:19] Android with user 0 is ready
^C

arubislander

@globetrotterdk The last line says it is ready, maybe it doesn't go any further until you follow with what @saveurlinux suggests?

globetrotterdk

@arubislander Cool. That works. I was able to go in and get the Waydroid instance certified (through the adb shell) by following the Waydroid instructions and getting the android id.

Unfortunately, after using Wayroid stop and rebooting the phone, the system freezes at the Google splash screen.

A restart is possible, and I am able to get into Waydroid again by using the app tray.

globetrotterdk

Thanks to everyone for all of the help and feedback!