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Originally Posted by dhdurgee
You could try running "ldd /mnt/us/extensions/sox/sox" and see what if any missing libraries are reported.
You could also run "uname -a" and tell me what it shows.
Here on my PW4 with an earlier firmware it shows:
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Linux kindle 4.1.15-lab126 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 27 03:27:44 PST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
I would expect yours to be different on HF firmware.
Dave |
Hi Dave,
Thanks again for the guidance. I’ve continued investigating why Sox isn’t launching on my PW4 running HF firmware (5.17.1.0.3), and I think I’ve narrowed things down.
I ran `strings` on the `sox` binary and saw that it expects `/lib/ld-linux.so.3` as its dynamic loader:
strings /mnt/us/extensions/sox/sox | grep ld-linux
→ /lib/ld-linux.so.3
That file doesn’t exist on HF firmware:
ls /lib/ld-linux.so.3
→ No such file or directory
However, I did find a few similar linkers on the system:
/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3
/usr/bin/chromium/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3
I tried launching Sox using them like this:
/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 --library-path /mnt/us/extensions/sox/library /mnt/us/extensions/sox/sox --version
…but that results in:
/mnt/us/extensions/sox/sox: error while loading shared libraries: /mnt/us/extensions/sox/sox: internal error
So, the linker is working, but the binary still fails to load — probably due to an instruction set or ABI mismatch. In short, I think the binary just isn’t compatible with the PW4 on HF firmware.
Kernel version for reference:
Linux kindle 4.1.15-lab126 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 28 11:38:31 UTC 2024 armv7l GNU/Linux
Do you think it might be worth trying a rebuilt Sox binary with minimal CPU requirements, or even statically linked? I’m happy to test anything you put together.
Appreciate all the help as always.
—Hubris