[ale] Yea!! Android emulator working after 1/2 hr hair pulling

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Charles,

They REALLY should put an appropriate descriptive error message.

Like, "The superapp application failed to run because its executable bit is off."  or "The emulator application failed while trying to load xxx.yyy library."

(Yes, to any newbies reading, you may get a file not found error on Ubuntu 12.04 and Mint 13 and possibly others if the executable bit in the file properties is off.

Well horsefeathers.  I just tested this by taking away the executable permission from the LS command.  It then gives a permissions error.  However, I'm pretty sure I've seen this manifest as a file not found error too.)

Or better yet, (what I said above) + "error code 2342".  Which you could then google.  And / or, print a trace of the last 10 commands.

What really confused me is that I'd already run the emulator, albeit insanely slowly, on my laptop.  This missing file phenomena never happened.  But ... that vm is 32 bit, not 64 bit.

These events of pounding on something that is already (as far as I could tell) properly configured put serious dents in my already dented sanity, at least temporarily.

Ron



Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:

>Oh yeah, that's a surprisingly common Linux loader thing.  If the
>executable you're trying to start claims File Not Found and you can
>actually _see_ the file, check your .so libraries.
>
>-- CHS
>
>
>On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
>atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Yea!!  The mint vm is finally working as described in another thread.
>>
>> And, the android emulator is finally working in the vm.
>>
>> However, I spent about 1/2 hour of almost literally pulling my hair
>out
>> and literally sometimes screaming at the pc.
>>
>> I downloaded the adt package as instructed.  I ran eclipse as
>instructed.
>>  I created an AVD (android virtual device?) as instructed.
>>
>> But, every time I started the emulator, it failed and said the
>emulator
>> executable was not found.
>>
>> I went into a terminal.  I listed the files.  I set their executable
>bits,
>> again.  I executed the emulator from the command line.
>>
>> File not found.  More screaming.  It's RIGHT STINKING THERE in front
>of me.
>>
>> Finally, I googled around and found, OH YEA, you have to execute THIS
>on
>> Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit and Mint 13 64 bit (I have the latter).
>>
>> sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
>>
>> It installed about 100 things of which I know not.
>>
>> Now the emulator works just fine.
>>
>> Here's my first emulated android tablet.
>>
>>
>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.**com/u/9879631/androd-vm-**initial.png<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9879631/androd-vm-initial.png>
>>
>> It IS slow.  It takes about 3 minutes to boot and about 1 second to
>> respond to a click.  But I can test procedures and take screen shots.
>>
>> Tomorrow, I'll change the processor type from arm to x86 and boost
>the
>> tablet ram to see if that helps.  I'll also try to hook the virtual
>tablet
>> up to the google play store.
>>
>> This process has been a lot harder than I thought it would be.  You
>gotta
>> know the right magic spells.
>>
>> Here's a good write up on getting the ADT working.
>>
>> http://ridz1ba.blogspot.com/**2012/12/google-android-adt-on-**
>>
>linux-mint-13-maya.html<http://ridz1ba.blogspot.com/2012/12/google-android-adt-on-linux-mint-13-maya.html>
>>
>> That is ALL I can take tonight.  I'm going to watch Star Trek - The
>Voyage
>> Home and go to bed.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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