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Error: (0 , h.requestMetadata) is not a function
- Etcher version: 1.18.13 - 1.19.3
- Operating system and architecture: NixOS, x86_64-linux
- Image flashed: Arbitrary image
- What do you think should have happened: Image selected successfully, being able to select target
- What happened: Can't select any image
- Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? No, same error as above.
In Nixpkgs we package Etcher on the basis of the official deb. The procedure no longer works as of 1.18.13.
Likely a continuation of #4138. Probably that issue should be reopened? @dfunckt
Was initially trying on Hyprland, which is on Wayland. I download Cinnamon to test and Xorg environment and it worked for me. I used 1.8.13. Is anyone else on Wayland?
I'm getting this issue on Manjaro with the 1.18.14 version from the AUR and I'm on X11. However, it lools like 1.18.14 released just a couple of days before #4132 was merged, meaning that the fix for #4138 wasn't included in that version. So any Arch/Manjaro issues (@Sargeanthost, @devM7MD, @myxor) should hopefully be fixed when 1.19.x lands on the AUR. Maybe I can try and manually build a 1.19 package and see if it works?
It looks like the move to building with electron-forge causes build issues on Arch, and this is why the AUR package is still on version 1.18.
Same issue on Ubuntu 22.04 with X11 using balenaEtcher-1.19.3-x64.AppImage but no error when using balenaEtcher-1.18.11-x64.AppImage
Thanks for the reports guys.
This basically means the sub-process etcher-utils could not be spawned properly (or is not yet ready).
There might be more infos in the debug console.
Can you check what it says ( Ctrl + Shift + I should open it) ?
Thanks for the reports guys. This basically means the sub-process
etcher-utilscould not be spawned properly (or is not yet ready). There might be more infos in the debug console. Can you check what it says ( Ctrl + Shift + I should open it) ?
Getting the same on Fedora 39 with version v1.19.3. Tried both RPM and AppImage formats. Same result. -1706048290684.log
Same on Arch on both x11 and wayland, installed with yay from aur (since people above were talking abt wayland)
AppImage works fine
Thanks for the reports guys. This basically means the sub-process
etcher-utilscould not be spawned properly (or is not yet ready). There might be more infos in the debug console. Can you check what it says ( Ctrl + Shift + I should open it) ?
node:events:491 Uncaught Error: spawn /usr/lib/balena-etcher/generated/etcher-util ENOENT
at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (node:internal/errors:490:5)
at __node_internal_errnoException (node:internal/errors:620:12)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
(anonymous) @ gui.js:3
gui.js:3 TypeError: requestMetadata is not a function
at gui.js:278:1759
at SourceSelector.selectSource (gui.js:278:2719)
at SourceSelector.openImageSelector (gui.js:278:3117)
Unfortunately console does not have much info
OS: Fedora 39 pkg: balena-etcher-1.19.4-1.x86_64.rpm
Looking at the inspector the error is thrown in the source-selector component here... https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/v1.19.4/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx#L425
requestMetadata which is imported from app is still undefined.
https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/v1.19.4/lib/gui/app/app.ts#L139-L157
Since requestMetadata is initially defined as undefined there needs to be an additional check in selectSource to know that requestMetadata has been defined. It appears the only way to know this is listening for the emitted scan event, but I didn't deep dive on a solution.
Experiencing the same issue here on Manjaro and Garuda Linux with balena-etcher-2:1.18.14-1.
Just as @Kaiddd commented, I can confirm that the balenaEtcher-1.5.109-x64.AppImage version works fine on both systems.
Same issue here on ElementaryOS and Zorin OS with balenaEtcher-1.19.5-x64.AppImage. Confirmed that balenaEtcher-1.18.11-x64.AppImage worked on both systems.
Experiencing this problem on my Dell XPS 9520 running Arch Linux. This is with balenaEtcher v1.18.14 from AUR, v1.18.12 AppImage, and v1.19.5 AppImage. Running GNOME 45.4 on Wayland with Intel GPU.
Same on nix home-manager on arch, also if you open it as sudo it doesn't actually give that error however in my setup at least, root etcher doesn't show any graphics, it's just a white screen, but if you know where are the buttons are you can technically do it. Unsure of the safety of this since it's a root action. Not to mention if it gives an error there is no way of knowing it. Btw I'm on Wayland so if you get any graphics on x11 please let me know.
@aethernet thanks for the ctrl+shift+l trick! @kdh8219 I'm on latest greatest Arch Linux as of this day.
As temporary bypass I used a Windows 10 VM with latest portable build to flash it. It worked 10/10. https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v1.18.11/balenaEtcher-Portable-1.18.11.exe
Anyone got manual tricks to perform same task via terminal tools on Arch Linux?
Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
gui.js:320 _____ _ _
| ___| | | |
| |__ | |_ ___| |__ ___ _ __
| __|| __/ __| '_ \ / _ \ '__|
| |___| || (__| | | | __/ |
\____/ \__\___|_| |_|\___|_|
Interested in joining the Etcher team?
Drop us a line at [email protected]
Version = 1.18.14, Type = local
gui.js:3 [Intervention] Slow network is detected. See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5636954674692096 for more details. Fallback font will be used while loading: file:///usr/lib/balena-etcher/generated/lib/gui/app/css/fonts/SourceSansPro-SemiBold.ttf
node:events:491 Uncaught Error: spawn /usr/lib/balena-etcher/generated/etcher-util ENOENT
at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (node:internal/errors:490:5)
at __node_internal_errnoException (node:internal/errors:620:12)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
gui.js:3 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
Policy set or a policy with "unsafe-eval" enabled. This exposes users of
this app to unnecessary security risks.
For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
(anonymous) @ gui.js:3
gui.js:3 TypeError: requestMetadata is not a function
at gui.js:278:1759
at SourceSelector.selectSource (gui.js:278:2719)
at SourceSelector.openImageSelector (gui.js:278:3117)
Hello, same error here:
index.css:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
gui.js:320 _____ _ _
| ___| | | |
| |__ | |_ ___| |__ ___ _ __
| __|| __/ __| '_ \ / _ \ '__|
| |___| || (__| | | | __/ |
\____/ \__\___|_| |_|\___|_|
Interested in joining the Etcher team?
Drop us a line at [email protected]
Version = 1.18.14, Type = local
node:events:491 Uncaught Error: spawn /usr/lib/balena-etcher/generated/etcher-util ENOENT
at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (node:internal/errors:490:5)
at __node_internal_errnoException (node:internal/errors:620:12)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
gui.js:3 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
Policy set or a policy with "unsafe-eval" enabled. This exposes users of
this app to unnecessary security risks.
For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
(anonymous) @ gui.js:3
gui.js:3 TypeError: requestMetadata is not a function
at gui.js:278:1759
at SourceSelector.selectSource (gui.js:278:2719)
at SourceSelector.openImageSelector (gui.js:278:3117)
(anonymous) @ gui.js:3
gui.js:3 TypeError: requestMetadata is not a function
at gui.js:278:1759
at SourceSelector.selectSource (gui.js:278:2719)
at SourceSelector.openImageSelector (gui.js:278:3117)
(anonymous) @ gui.js:3
On arch linux, installed https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/etcher-bin from the AUR and it works, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/balena-etcher shows the error. For what is worth, the etcher-bin pkg was last updated 2023-07-15, while balena-etcher was updated 2023-12-20.