@Luksus Yes I did register.

I am experiencing an interesting problem. Fossa install on a Pixel 3a. I am getting error messages from what appears to be the Google Play Services, that my device is not certified, despite having certified it. The error appears to be generated by the Shelter cloned (work) version of Google Play Services, and despite having taken what I consider a 360% view of this issue, I don't see any way that this could be solved by a separate certification of the work Google Play Services. Any other ideas for a work around?

@saveurlinux Thanks. Yes, I have tried that. If I am lucky, I get an error message...

Can someone provide me with the contents of a pam_environment file?

I got irritated with the lack of a time format option for 24 hour clock in the system settings, so I created a /home/phablet/.pam_environment file on my own, with the following contents:

LANGUAGE=en_US
LANG=en_US.UTF-8

LC_TIME=da_DK.UTF-8

Unfortunately, I have no idea if there are other things that the file should contain, as I haven't been able to find any pam_environment file on the system, and no example file was in /home/phablet/ when I installed the system...

I already setup my other phone. Unfortunately, that didn’t work for app generated SMSs either. However, I again installed the GAPPS version of Waydroid, as I need to install a couple of apps that are only available on Google Play Store…

@Luksus Interesting. I have another phone that I can setup tomorrow, to see if this issue is device specific.

OK, so I can now confirm that SMS is working in Ubuntu Touch, but there is a problem receiving a confirmation SMS via my parking app.

@saveurlinux Hi again. I don’t see a GSM setting.

I am experiencing two issues with my EasyPark app in Waydroid. I am supposed to be getting confirmation SMS messages when I try to register the app with my phone number, but I don't receive anything. The other issue that I have tried with another parking app, as I can't re-register wih EasyPark on my Pixel 3a phone yet. The second parking app does not get any location information.

In UT, I have both uNav and GPS Toolkit working.

Thanks to everyone for all of the help and feedback!

@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.

@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

@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
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 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 ***

(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 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 ***

@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.

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.

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.