Re: [Cdemu-devel] vhba trouble

[Rok M. <rok...@gm...>]

No, both the daemon and the clients (gcdemu or cdemu-client) should be 
run as regular user, not as root. Because by default, both are trying to 
connect via per-session D-Bus, which will probably be missing for root.

On 9. 01. 19 21:47, lie...@gr... wrote:
> I will do so.
> FYI
> 0# modinfo vhba
> filename:       /lib/modules/4.9.0-6-amd64/extra/vhba.ko
> license:        GPL
> description:    Virtual SCSI HBA
> version:        20170610
> author:         Chia-I Wu
> srcversion:     33907B3A0F9660F04111AD7
> depends:        scsi_mod
> retpoline:      Y
> vermagic:       4.9.0-6-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
>
> So it now loaded when I did modprobe
>
>
> I already posted the error message for running it as root user (as it 
> should as it is a device program)
> Running it through sudo, from user account I get
>
> ~$ sudo gcdemu
> [sudo] password for bozo:
> AppIndicator tray icon mode
>
> after which nothing happens.
>
>
>
>
> On 2019-01-09 14:48, Rok Mandeljc wrote:
>> On debian, I would advise you to use the provided build scripts
>> (debian subfolder in each component's folder) to build .deb packages
>> and install those:
>>
>> git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdemu/code cdemu-code
>> cd cdemu-code
>>
>> # VHBA
>> cd vhba
>> apt-get build-dep . # Run as root; should install all build dependencies
>> dpkg-buildpackage -b -tc -uc # Builds the package
>> cd ..
>> apt install ./vhba-dkms_20170610-1_all.deb # Run as root to install 
>> the package
>>
>> modinfo vhba # Check if module was automatically built for the 
>> current kernel
>>
>> # libmirage
>> cd libmirage
>> apt-get build-dep . # Run as root; should install all build dependencies
>> dpkg-buildpackage -b -tc -uc # Builds the package
>> cd ..
>> apt install ./libmirage11_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb
>> ./libmirage11-dev_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb
>> ./gir1.2-mirage-3.2_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb # Install libMirage before
>> trying to build cdemu-daemon package
>>
>> # Same steps for cdemu-daemon, cdemu-client, gcdemu: same
>>
>> The .deb packages provide additional configuration for setting
>> permissions and module auto-load, which you will be missing if you do
>> a manual build from source. And incorrectly set permssions on VHBA
>> control device will be one of the reasons for cdemu-daemon to refuse
>> to start.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>     Rok
>
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