UBPorts Installer and stock unlocked Nexus 5 - can't install
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@touchyfeely look, only 21 minutes ago https://forums.ubports.com/post/13338 XD
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@advocatux Well, I'll certainly try another USB cable - just in case - but, as I pointed out earlier, if it really was the cable, I would think it would've given me grief when I reflashed the Nexus 5 back to the stock Android 6.0.1 from Google, right? Or, for instance, when I flashed LineageOS on it yesterday, right?
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@touchyfeely from my experience helping in the Install group, I can tell you that ubports-installer is a lot more picky with usb cables than any other installer
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@advocatux Here's the output from a terminal from macOS 10.13 (High Sierra):
gondor:~ wls$ which adb
/usr/local/bin/adb
gondor:~ wls$ which fastboot
/usr/local/bin/fastbootgondor:~ wls$ adb devices
List of devices attached- daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
- daemon started successfully
093f6271006d0ccd device
The UBPorts log is under /Users/<username>/Library/Caches/ubports/ubports-installer.log
From the log:
{"level":"debug","message":"adb shell: echo 1","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:08.934Z"}
{"message":"Command failed: /var/folders/lj/hr4c1zyx4hq5g3hxkhv3vm6m0000gn/T/.com.ubports.installer.K7e0Ud -P 5038 shell echo 1\nerror: no devices/emulators found\n","stack":"Error: Command failed: /var/folders/lj/hr4c1zyx4hq5g3hxkhv3vm6m0000gn/T/.com.ubports.installer.K7e0Ud -P 5038 shell echo 1\nerror: no devices/emulators found\n\n at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:282:12)\n at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)\n at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)\n at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:921:16)\n at Socket.stream.socket.on (internal/child_process.js:348:11)\n at emitOne (events.js:115:13)\n at Socket.emit (events.js:210:7)\n at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:549:12)","killed":false,"code":1,"signal":null,"cmd":"/var/folders/lj/hr4c1zyx4hq5g3hxkhv3vm6m0000gn/T/.com.ubports.installer.K7e0Ud -P 5038 shell echo 1","level":"debug","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:09.051Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"adb shell: echo 1","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:10.064Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:10.223Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"adb shell: getprop ro.product.device","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:10.226Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:10.406Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"getprop: hammerhead","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:10.408Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"adb shell: cat /etc/system-image/channel.ini","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:12.095Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:12.298Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"adb shell: echo 1","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:28.076Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:28.264Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"reboot to bootloader","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:28.277Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:28.867Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"reboot to bootloader [DONE] err:null","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:28.868Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"checking password","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:33.845Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"correct password","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:34.969Z"}
{"level":"debug","message":"fastboot: wait for device","timestamp":"2018-10-13T01:03:34.971Z"} -
It's also worth noting that the "Report a Bug" button on the installer, at least on my Macbook, doesn't do anything you'd expect - like, open a webpage to report a bug.
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Also, to note, while UBPorts Installer is waiting, I can fire up a terminal and run the following:
gondor:~ wls$ fastboot devices
093f6271006d0ccd fastboot -
So, the work-around I mentioned above actually works. After trying the SNAP UBPorts Installer on my Debian Sid box, and essentially getting the same results as the macOS counterpart, I decided to try this:
wls@rivendell:~/Downloads$ sudo /usr/bin/ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --device=hammerhead --channel=ubports-touch/16.04/stable --bootstrap --wipe
2018/10/12 20:24:03 Device is |hammerhead|
2018/10/12 20:24:04 Flashing version 3 from ubports-touch/16.04/stable channel and server http://system-image.ubports.com to device hammerhead
56.60 MB / 56.60 MB [====================================================================================================================================================] 100.00 % 8.42 MB/s
378.89 MB / 378.89 MB [==================================================================================================================================================] 100.00 % 7.45 MB/s
/root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubports-touch/16.04/stable/hammerhead/version-3.tar.xz
/root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-master.tar.xz
/root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz
/root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz
/root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/device-964a84f55b03eca87dacd34dffc9c61c4b50ae471c6b675eafdc2a2eacfad29c.tar.xz
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubports-touch/16.04/stable/hammerhead/version-3.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-master.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/device-964a84f55b03eca87dacd34dffc9c61c4b50ae471c6b675eafdc2a2eacfad29c.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Start pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/ubports-1e002fd7e685421651a9b8dc15b0147c4460993169acd0519183533f17331c84.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-master.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubports-touch/16.04/stable/hammerhead/version-3.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/keyring-4c4e7ef380ebcfa2c31084efa199138e93bfed8fc58aa3eb06bdf75a78af9b57.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:15 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/gpg/image-signing.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:25:32 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/device-964a84f55b03eca87dacd34dffc9c61c4b50ae471c6b675eafdc2a2eacfad29c.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:26:22 Done pushing /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/pool/ubports-1e002fd7e685421651a9b8dc15b0147c4460993169acd0519183533f17331c84.tar.xz to device
2018/10/12 20:26:22 Created ubuntu_command: /root/.cache/ubuntuimages/ubuntu_commands901896083
2018/10/12 20:26:22 Rebooting into recovery to flashAnd Success! I was able to successfully install 16.04/stable onto my old Nexus 5.
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@touchyfeely Congratulations and welcome to UBports Ubuntu Touch.
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@touchyfeely I'm glad you finally did it. Enjoy your new UT device!
PS If you need to paste any log output it's better to pastebin it and put the link here. You can use https://paste.ubuntu.com/ or any other similar service for that
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@advocatux Sure. But, since the output wasn't too egregious and - if some poor soul runs into the same kind of issues I have encountered - then the resulting index in DuckDuckGo or Google can help them in a single thread.
Next up: Libertine containers and running Firefox and a terminal. Bluetooth keyboard and mouse are ordered.
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@touchyfeely Don't forget to try the libertine set up in system settings. I think only older versions of firefox work in libertine but maybe wrong by now its been awhile
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@Lakotaubp Bluetooth mouse and keyboard work without incident. Using the Logitech M535 mouse and the Anker A7721 keyboard. The monitor I have at work is DVI only. I have a DVI to HDMI adapter and I'm using the "MyDP Slimport to HDMI Adapter", but not having much luck. I'll try with my monitor at home, which does have native HDMI and DisplayPort.
As far as Libertine goes, I've installed gnome-calculator as a test; that works. Firefox and Thunderbird, though, don't work. From looking at the Github issues, this seems like it's a known issue.
@advocatux Any thoughts on getting Firefox to work in Libertine?
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@touchyfeely someone [*] got to run an old version of Firefox in a 15.04 Libertine container, but it seems there's an upstream bug for Firefox in armhf still if you want to do it in a 16.04 Libertine container.
[*] Maybe @UniSuperBox?