0.9.10-beta failure on Ubuntu

MrT10001

Tried this on two Ubuntu machines and it won't detect ADB.
It also has an annoying drop down informing that you are not on stable (I know).
Rolling back to a stable version (if I can) as i use Ubuntu a lot for Samsung ROM fun and UT. Error is:

Error: plugin wait(): Error: {"message: "device offline","name":"adb"}

(Updated Ubuntu 20.04 running fine).

Edit: rolled back to 0.9.7 and still getting the error. It was fine for so long with no bother, back to the bug bench I suppose!

MrT10001

Still an issue with this installer. OPO hangs after install. Reverted to 0.9.7-beta installer and it went straight through. Windows 11 and Ubuntu machines.

Moem

@MrT10001 Did you choose Xenial or Focal for the OpO?

Lakotaubp

@Moem Focal still not installing. Only goes as far as recovery. Tried with a new recovery version from @TheVancedGamer

MrT10001

Yes, Focal not working, so used Xenial Stable. At the moment the 0.9.7 installer is stable and fine. I ~~thing~~ think (know) the 0.9.10-beta is on Edge. I have the latest ADB and fastboot which is working with all else.

domubpkm

@MrT10001 said in 0.9.10-beta failure on Ubuntu:

I thing the 0.9.10-beta is on Edge.

Yes

stanwood

@domubpkm Don't know it it's related, but I've got an error message when opening UBports Installer.
It says that I run the 9.7 pre-release, which is however the stable release.

Doing a snap refresh command returns that I'm running the latest stable software...

I have Ubuntu 22.04.2

UBports installer 9.7 error message.png

MrT10001

@stanwood I get that on Ubuntu (22.04 and 20.04).

klh

Just to clear some stuff up.

@MrT10001 said in 0.9.10-beta failure on Ubuntu:

I have the latest ADB and fastboot which is working with all else.

The installer has its own adb and fastboot, it won't use the system ones unless you tell it to.

@MrT10001 said in 0.9.10-beta failure on Ubuntu:

At the moment the 0.9.7 installer is stable and fine.

@stanwood said in 0.9.10-beta failure on Ubuntu:

@domubpkm Don't know it it's related, but I've got an error message when opening UBports Installer.
It says that I run the 9.7 pre-release, which is however the stable release.

Doing a snap refresh command returns that I'm running the latest stable software...

There was an issue with the version check, will be fixed in the next release.

I'm not sure who decided to put clearly marked beta versions on a stable channel, but until you see a 1 at the start of the version none of them is going to be more stable than the other. If you have issues with some version I'd start by using AppImage instead of an older version - snap is very often the reason for USB issues and generally newer versions have important bugfixes.

MrT10001

@klh said in 0.9.10-beta failure on Ubuntu:

The installer has its own adb and fastboot, it won't use the system ones unless you tell it to.

I have never told the UT installer to use a different ADB or fastboot. However in Windows, Ubuntu, Debian and MacOS the installer won't work unless I have ADB and fastboot installed on the PC.

The 0.9.10-beta installer seems to be working for me now on the majority of devices.

On a side note, I have never been able to install UT on a Samsung device from a windows machine (heimdall drivers probably).

klh

@MrT10001 This is very weird, because we ship all the executables in the installer itself. On Windows I would guess that maybe when you install adb/fastboot you also get the drivers, but that definitely doesn't happen on any Linux distro.

What happens if you try to use the installer without having these installed on your system?

MrT10001

@klh Thats what I thought.