Chris I tried the windows install on July 31 and it all worked. I do not think the files have updated since then.
-- Jason Weathersby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mills" <[email protected]> To: "J. Ryan Stinnett" <[email protected]> Cc: "Julien Wajsberg" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Jason Weathersby" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 1:02:02 PM Subject: Re: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root Ok, instructions now updated and polished: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame This now works really nicely on Mac and Linux. Although I have to ask, will this work on Windows? cc’ing Jason, as I know he has tested most of this stuff on Windows. Jason - have you tested the most recent Flame nightly update instructions on Windows? Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills On 7 Aug 2014, at 20:43, Chris Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh - now I feel silly. You are right Ryan, it was a permissions issue. chmod > 777 on the shallow_flash.sh file made it work without needing sudo…phew! > > Ok, back to the article to do some more updates. > > Chris Mills > Senior tech writer || Mozilla > developer.mozilla.org || MDN > [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills > > > > On 7 Aug 2014, at 19:22, J. Ryan Stinnett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't recall ever having to use "sudo" when flashing a device from >> OS X, so I am a bit unsure why a few people have found that they need >> it suddenly. >> >> Chris, perhaps the permissions on those scripts aren't set correctly? >> If you do "ls -l shallow_flash.sh", what do you get back? >> >> - Ryan >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:16 AM, Julien Wajsberg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I really think we should try to do it without using sudo. >>> >>> I don't know enough of MacOS X to know how to make it see the device, but >>> I'm sure there is a solution like udev on LInux. >>> >>> How does it work for other devices? >>> >>> Le 07/08/2014 09:29, Chris Mills a écrit : >>> >>>> Hi there! >>>> >>>> I’ve now investigated the supplied instructions in the Flame article[1], >>>> tested them thoroughly, and updated them to make them clearer and more >>>> complete. >>>> >>>> Josh was right about needing to mention sudo: when I didn’t run flash.sh >>>> with sudo, the flash script seemed to fail to see the device, so it didn’t >>>> work; it just sat there saying “waiting for device”. When I did use sudo, >>>> it >>>> worked fine. >>>> >>>> Then when I ran shallow_flash.sh without using sudo, it gave me a >>>> “permission denied” error. When I did use use sudo, that error went away. >>>> >>>> However, I am still stuck on that bit. The current text includes the >>>> following instruction: >>>> >>>> "5. To install the build on your phone download the shallow flash script >>>> and run it like this: >>>> >>>> sudo ./shallow_flash.sh -g/path/to/gaia.zip >>>> -G/path/to/b2g-XX.XX.en-US.android-arm.tar.gz” >>>> >>>> I’ve got shallow_flash.sh, gaia.zip and >>>> b2g-34.0a1.en-US.android-arm.tar.gz downloaded into the same directory. I >>>> then go into that directory in terminal and run the above command, and it >>>> gives me the message "sudo: ./shallow_flash.sh: command not found”. >>>> >>>> How do I fix this? ;-) >>>> >>>> Chris Mills >>>> Senior tech writer || Mozilla >>>> developer.mozilla.org || MDN >>>> [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame >>>> >>>> On 6 Aug 2014, at 20:34, Dave Hylands <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm a little confused by some of your statments. >>>>> >>>>> Whether you flash the base image as the root user or as a regular user >>>>> will have NO impact on how adbd runs on the phone. >>>>> >>>>> Running commands using sudo on the build machine only affects access to >>>>> the devices on the build machine. >>>>> >>>>> "adb root" relaunches the adbd on the phone under the root user (if the >>>>> phone is configured to allow it). >>>>> >>>>> Dave Hylands >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: "Josh Aas" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 9:15:36 AM >>>>> Subject: [b2g] Flame phone documentation, running adb as root >>>>> >>>>> I got a Flame phone and wanted to update it to 2.0 nightly so I could >>>>> test/dogfood. Last week I couldn't figure out how to do that via the Flame >>>>> home page, but someone has since added instructions. Thanks to whoever did >>>>> that! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame >>>>> >>>>> One issue with the instructions, though, at least on OS X - they only >>>>> really work if both flash steps are run as root (sudo). Flashing the base >>>>> doesn't require root, but the flash to 2.0 nightly requires the adb daemon >>>>> to be running as root, and if you didn't flash the base as root adb will >>>>> not >>>>> be running as root. You'll need to do "adb kill-server", which most people >>>>> won't know how to do. If you didn't run the base flash as root, and you >>>>> figured out how to kill the adb server, you then need to run the second >>>>> flash as root to get adb to start as root. We should either recommend that >>>>> people run the flash commands as root (prefix "sudo"), or explain how to >>>>> get >>>>> adb running as root first. >>>>> >>>>> Other than this, the page's information is much better than before. Still >>>>> could be better organized, though. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-b2g mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-b2g mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
