[SOLVED] Anbox fails to start : Sparky linux rolling

jt1122 · 05-16-2021, 03:22 AM

Hi,

I'm on Sparky rolling (=debian testing) & apt installed anbox.

Code:

anbox session-manager

gives

Code:

[daemon.cpp:61@Run] Failed to connect to socket /run/anbox-container.socket: No such file or directory

Based on some sites I've tried

Code:

systemctl start anbox-container-manager.service

but the probelm persists.

Any suggestions?.

Thanks

hazel · 05-16-2021, 04:23 AM

Do you actually have an anbox-container-manager.service file in /lib/systemd/system or /etc/systemd/system directories? Did you run the systemctl command as root?

jt1122 · 05-16-2021, 04:27 AM

Thanks.

Code:

ls /lib/systemd/system|grep anb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  485 Jan 11 05:56 anbox-container-manager.service

Code:

ls /etc/systemd/system|grep anb

shows nothing.

I ran systemctl as root.

hazel · 05-16-2021, 04:30 AM

And after running it, did you use ps to check if the daemon was actually running?

Incidently, /lib/systemd/system is where packages put their systemd config files. The ones in /etc, if present at all, are user overrides.

jt1122 · 05-16-2021, 04:33 AM

ps|grep anb
shows nothing is running though I did run the systemctl command.

hazel · 05-16-2021, 04:38 AM

Grrr! So it's a systemd problem. This is probably where I drop out as I don't use systemd. The last thing I can suggest is that you use journalctl to examine the end of the systemd journal. It might tell you why the command failed.

jt1122 · 05-16-2021, 04:46 AM

Thanks.

journalctl shows:

Code:

Condition check resulted in Anbox Container Manager being skipped.

hazel · 05-16-2021, 04:59 AM

So I checked and it seems that modern versions of systemd allow conditions to be set in the service file. If those conditions are not met, the service doesn't start. The systemd.unit man page has a whole section on this. I suggest you start by reading it, then go through the anbox service file and check what conditions it has set for running. Some systemd users here can probably take you on from there.

jt1122 · 05-16-2021, 05:06 AM

Thanks, appreciated.

A bug?
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-...sg1691259.html

jt1122 · 05-16-2021, 06:06 AM

OK, the problem was that the deb package doesn't install the android image:
https://build.anbox.io/android-images

The image needs to moved at/var/lib/anbox/android.img

When the anbox is run from the apps menu it should work. A reboot might be needed.