Mycroft fails to start on Manjaro

[1Maxnet1]

Describe the bug Starting Mycroft on Manjaro Linux after installing it in the official way, results in errors and warnings.

To Reproduce

1. Go to https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-core
2. Copy the steps from the Installation guide and run them in your terminal.
3. Answer all the Questions asked at the Installation
4. run ~/mycroft-core/start-mycroft.sh debug

Expected behavior The CLI-Interface should show up.

Log files audio.log bus.log enclosure.log skills.log voice.log

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Device type: Desktop
• OS: Manjaro
• Mycroft-core version: 20.08.0

Additional context I used to see the same problem with the AUR-package and the official Manjaro package. Reported the error there too, but as it happens with the git installation method too, I report it here too.

[goldyfruit]

Did you install it as root or as a simple user?

In you bus.log I can see some permission denied.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/mycroft/service.pid'

[JackPala]

I had the same issue, I did a chmod -R 777 on the directory that contains the files in question, this is certainly not the best way, but it worked for me

[1Maxnet1]

Did you install it as root or as a simple user?

In you bus.log I can see some permission denied.

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/mycroft/service.pid'

How to install as root or user ? I did simply run the commands as they are described in the readme. So I guess as user, not as root, although it asked for my password in the installation script.

[ivvil]

How to install as root or user?

I tried to run bash dev_setup.sh as root, but it error-ed saying that it shouldn't be run as root, I have the same problem with arch, and also had problems with the AUR package, maybe it left some files it doesn't like?

[goldyfruit]

Does you /tmp is mounted separately than /? If yes could you please paste the output of the command below?

$ mount | grep /tmp

[ivvil]

Does you /tmp is mounted separately than /?

If you are asking if I have a separate partition for /tmp no, i don't.

The output of mount | grep /tmp: tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,nr_inodes=409600,inode64)

[goldyfruit]

Are you able to create a directory in /tmp as a simple user?

$ mkdir /tmp/mycroft
$ touch /tmp/mycroft/service.pid

[ivvil]

The file /tmp/mycroft already exists in /tmp and also /tmp/mycroft/service.pid if i do touch /tmp/mycroft/service.pid It gives me an error but the file already exists. I have tried to make /tmp/test and it works, it also lets me touch a file into it

[goldyfruit]

The file /tmp/mycroft already exists in /tmp and also /tmp/mycroft/service.pid if i do touch /tmp/mycroft/service.pid It gives me an error but the file already exists. I have tried to make /tmp/test and it works, it also lets me touch a file into it

Could you please paste the output of this:

$ ls -ld /tmp/mycroft

[ivvil]

Restarting now fixed it, maybe the /tmp files where left from the AUR installation and the new installation couldn't erase them?

[goldyfruit]

Yeah that was my though, that /tmp/mycroft was created by root, during the reboot /tmp is flushed so the directory and the rest of the files have been cleared.

[ChanceNCounter]

Couple clarifying questions, as I'm a Manjaro user and I see this is still open. It's not a direct comparison, though, because my build almost certainly predates yours.

@1Maxnet1 @JackPala had you guys also tried the Manjaro or AUR packages first, before doing a git install? Both of those packages are unreliable, and the Manjaro package has never worked; they don't come from MycroftAI. I wouldn't be surprised if they left artifacts.

[1Maxnet1]

Couple clarifying questions, as I'm a Manjaro user and I see this is still open. It's not a direct comparison, though, because my build almost certainly predates yours.

@1Maxnet1 @JackPala had you guys also tried the Manjaro or AUR packages first, before doing a git install? Both of those packages are unreliable, and the Manjaro package has never worked; they don't come from MycroftAI. I wouldn't be surprised if they left artifacts.

Yes i tried the packages. Manjaro as well as AUR. Can I somehow clear the artifacts?

[ChanceNCounter]

Well, to judge by the above logs, I'd make sure /tmp/mycroft and /var/tmp/mycroft* are all gone. Also /var/log/mycroft and /opt/mycroft/ for good measure. I don't know off-hand what else those packages might have created that would interfere with a git install, but future error messages will tell.

[1Maxnet1]

Well, to judge by the above logs, I'd make sure /tmp/mycroft and /var/tmp/mycroft* are all gone. Also /var/log/mycroft and /opt/mycroft/ for good measure. I don't know off-hand what else those packages might have created that would interfere with a git install, but future error messages will tell.

I deleted all those directories and files, you mentioned, and reinstalled mycroft-core following the readme, but but the situation did not changed, same things are happening when running mycroft.

$ ./start-mycroft.sh debug
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Bereits aktuell.
Starting all mycroft-core services
Initializing...
Starting background service bus
CAUTION: The Mycroft bus is an open websocket with no built-in security
         measures.  You are responsible for protecting the local port
         8181 with a firewall as appropriate.
Starting background service skills
Starting background service audio
Starting background service voice
Starting background service enclosure
Starting cli
2021-02-24 14:33:```01.759 | ERROR    | 46775 | mycroft.configuration.config:__init__:146 | RequestException fetching remote location: 
2021-02-24 14:33:01.788 | ERROR    | 46775 | mycroft.configuration.config:__init__:166 | Failed to fetch remote configuration: AttributeError("'str' object has no attribute 'items'")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/maxb/mycroft-core/mycroft/configuration/config.py", line 155, in __init__
    translate_remote(config, setting)
  File "/home/maxb/mycroft-core/mycroft/configuration/config.py", line 50, in translate_remote
    for k, v in setting.items():
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'
2021-02-24 14:33:01.878 | WARNING  | 46775 | mycroft.util.file_utils:ensure_directory_exists:252 | Failed to create: /tmp/mycroft/ipc
2021-02-24 14:33:01.879 | INFO     | 46775 | mycroft.messagebus.load_config:load_message_bus_config:33 | Loading message bus configs