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Re: basename: missing operand

 

Running
$> kvm-ok
INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions
KVM acceleration can NOT be used

And after checking my cpu (Intel P7450) doesn't support hardware
visualization (
http://ark.intel.com/products/36734/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-P7450-3M-Cache-2_13-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB
)

So it means I can't use emulators at all ?

2016-06-21 9:16 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Zeller <benjamin.zeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hm can you check if virtualization support is enabled in your BIOS? I
> think someone once had a similar issue with that.
>
>
> On 06/21/2016 08:42 AM, Bertrand CHEVRIER wrote:
>
> I'm also still stuck with the emulator, having created a new one using the
> command line :
>
> > sudo ubuntu-emulator create --channel=ubuntu-touch/stable myinstance
>
> then running
> > ubuntu-emulator run --scale=0.8 myinstance
> and I fall in the same situation. I'll create a bug in launchpad.
>
> The complete log is in attachment (emulator.log)
>
> I've also tried from unbuntu-sdk and the result is even worth, my load avg
> kept increasing (I think I've stopped the processes at 12). And there was
> some segfault errors in my syslog  (see attachment also) and the nice
> screenshot of the screwed GUI of the ubuntu-sdk.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2016-06-21 5:20 GMT+02:00 Unix One <unix1@xxxxxxxx>:
>
>> On 06/20/2016 09:25 AM, Benjamin Zeller wrote:
>> > At least the SDK IDE would always suggest you to create a i386/stable
>> > emulator as default.
>>
>> As seen in this blog post
>>
>> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/06/14/calling-testers-new-ubuntu-sdk-ide-post/
>> it doesn't suggest one way or the other, it just lets you pick. The post
>> also mentions that
>>
>> "for creating click packages for the phone we will need an armhf target"
>>
>> which I read as I won't be able to do this with the i386 target. Is this
>> wrong?
>>
>> > Probably, but they are extremely slow. Its possible that you just did
>> not
>> > wait long enough.
>>
>> OK, this time I started the emulator and waited for over an hour for it
>> to boot. In the first couple of minutes (roughly) it quickly reached the
>> spot where it gives the "basename: missing operand" error and then for
>> the next hour, while taking up 100% of a CPU core, stayed there; at
>> which point I stopped it.
>>
>> My laptop is Dell XPS 13 9350 which has Skylake i7 and 16GB RAM, most of
>> which was free during this time. I would think if the emulator were
>> making progress it would have finished the boot, or at least gotten past
>> that point in that 1 hour time period.
>>
>> > Also they can get stuck randomly.
>>
>> Well, seems like stuck in an infinite loop during boot, at least.
>>
>> Unless anyone has suggestions, I think I'm giving up for now, and I'm
>> going to use the phone; and alternatively see how useful the i386
>> emulator is.
>>
>> I would, however, suggest updating the wiki -
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Emulator - and maybe few other places,
>> suggesting that arm emulators may not be reliable for now and to use
>> i386 or the physical devices, in the hopes of avoiding frustration of
>> newcomers who might not know.
>>
>> Finally, I am new to all this. So please forgive my ignorance. My intent
>> is to ask questions, learn, and hopefully give feedback. And I am
>> grateful for any help I get. Thank you!
>>
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