Aura Nickel does not start

[valris]

So i updated KSM (Kobo Start Menu) to version 6. And now nickel does not start anymore. Not sure if that is related.

I can still telnet into it. And when i run /usr/local/Kobo/nickel i get the following error message.

error while loading shared libraries: libQtSolutions_IOCompressor-2.3.so.1

Is that the right way to start nickel? How can i obtain the lib or fix the problem in general?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by valris

So i updated KSM (Kobo Start Menu) to version 6. And now nickel does not start anymore. Not sure if that is related.

I can still telnet into it. And when i run /usr/local/Kobo/nickel i get the following error message.

error while loading shared libraries: libQtSolutions_IOCompressor-2.3.so.1

Is that the right way to start nickel? How can i obtain the lib or fix the problem in general?

nickel needs some environment variables to be set, and some arguments. Unfortunately, which arguments and variables are needed depends on the firmware version. You can find the correct way to call nickel in the etc/init.d/rcS of each (upgrade package).

KSM tries to find which firmware version is running and to select the correct parameters, but might fail to do so in this case. What FW are you running?

[valris]

I run 3.11.

Can someone give me the vanilla rcS, so i can make a diff and look if something is missing?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by valris

I run 3.11.

Can someone give me the vanilla rcS, so i can make a diff and look if something is missing?

Here's the 3.11 rcS.

#!/bin/sh

PRODUCT=`/bin/kobo_config.sh`;
[ $PRODUCT != trilogy ] && PREFIX=$PRODUCT-

mount -o remount,noatime,nodiratime /dev/mmcblk0p1 /

PLATFORM=freescale
if [ `dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512 skip=1024 count=1 | grep -c "HW CONFIG"` == 1 ]; then
	CPU=`ntx_hwconfig -s -p /dev/mmcblk0 CPU`
	PLATFORM=$CPU-ntx
fi

if [ $PLATFORM == freescale ]; then
	if [ ! -s /lib/firmware/imx/epdc_E60_V220.fw ]; then
		mkdir -p /lib/firmware/imx
		dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=512K skip=10 count=1 | zcat > /lib/firmware/imx/epdc_E60_V220.fw
		sync
	fi
fi

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:
runlevel=S
prevlevel=N
umask 022
export PATH runlevel prevlevel

for i in /proc /dev /root /tmp /sys /mnt/sd /mnt/onboard /mnt/user /var/db /var/lib /var/log /var/run /lib/modules/`uname -r`; do
	[ ! -d $i ] && mkdir -p $i
done;

/bin/mount -t proc  none  /proc
/bin/mount -t tmpfs none -o size=16m /tmp
/bin/mount -t tmpfs none /dev
/bin/mount -t tmpfs none -o size=16k /var/lib
/bin/mount -t tmpfs none -o size=16k /var/log
/bin/mount -t tmpfs none -o size=128k /var/run
/bin/mount -t sysfs none -o size=500k /sys

for i in /var/run/dbus /var/lib/dbus; do
	mkdir -p $i
done

mkfifo /tmp/nickel-hardware-status
rm -rf /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
rm -rf /mnt/onboard/.kobo
rm -rf /mnt/onboard/*

echo -e '\000\000\000\000' > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
/sbin/udevd -d

[ "$(ls -s /etc/udev.tgz | awk '{print $1}')" == 0 ] && rm -rf /etc/udev.tgz
if [ $PLATFORM == freescale ] || [ ! -e /etc/udev.tgz ]; then
	/sbin/udevadm control --env=STARTUP=1
	/sbin/udevadm trigger
	/sbin/udevadm settle --timeout=2
	/sbin/udevadm control --env=STARTUP=
	[ $PLATFORM != freescale ] && tar cpzf /etc/udev.tgz /dev &
else
	zcat /etc/udev.tgz > /dev/null || ( rm -rf /etc/udev.tgz; reboot )
	tar zxf /etc/udev.tgz -C /
fi

export UBOOT_MMC=/etc/u-boot/$PLATFORM/u-boot.mmc
export UBOOT_RECOVERY=/etc/u-boot/$PLATFORM/u-boot.recovery

FS_CORRUPT=0
dosfsck -a -w /dev/mmcblk0p3 || dosfsck -a -w /dev/mmcblk0p3 || dosfsck -a -w /dev/mmcblk0p3 || dosfsck -a -w /dev/mmcblk0p3 || FS_CORRUPT=1
/usr/local/Kobo/pickel should-factory-reset
if [ $? == 1 ] || [ $FS_CORRUPT == 1 ]; then
	case $PRODUCT in
		kraken|phoenix)
			export COORDINATES="80 870 70 70 200 870 70 70";;
		dragon|dahlia)
			export COORDINATES="120 1220 100 100 280 1220 100 100";;
		*)
			export COORDINATES="55 685 60 60 150 685 60 60";;
		
	esac
	sleep 5
	zcat /etc/images/$PREFIX\factory-reset.raw.gz | /usr/local/Kobo/pickel showpic
	/usr/local/Kobo/pickel wait-for-hit $COORDINATES
	if [ $? == 2 ]; then
		dd if=$UBOOT_RECOVERY of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=128k count=1 seek=6
		sync
	fi
	reboot
fi

mount -t vfat -o noatime,nodiratime,shortname=mixed,utf8 /dev/mmcblk0p3 /mnt/onboard
rm -rf /mnt/onboard/fsck*
rm -rf /mnt/onboard/FSCK*
rm -rf /usr/local/Kobo/db.tgz
chmod u+s /libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper

echo -n 8192 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
echo -n 67108864 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

/usr/local/Kobo/pickel can-upgrade
CAN_UPGRADE=$?

if [ ! -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo ]; then
	mkdir -p /mnt/onboard/.kobo
fi

if [ $CAN_UPGRADE == 1 ] && [ -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo.tgz ]; then
	zcat /mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo.tgz > /dev/null && tar zxf /mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo.tgz -C /usr/local/Kobo/ && ( cat /usr/local/Kobo/revinfo >> /usr/local/Kobo/install.log )
	rm /mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo.tgz
	echo "Done upgrading..."
fi
                               
if [ $CAN_UPGRADE == 1 ] && [ -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboRoot.tgz ]; then
	zcat /etc/images/$PREFIX\ghostbuster.raw.gz | /usr/local/Kobo/pickel showpic
	/etc/init.d/update-animator.sh &
	zcat /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboRoot.tgz > /dev/null && tar zxf /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboRoot.tgz -C / && ( cat /usr/local/Kobo/revinfo >> /usr/local/Kobo/install.log )
	if [ -e /mnt/onboard/.kobo/upgrade ]; then
		/etc/init.d/upgrade-wifi.sh
		rm -rf /mnt/onboard/.kobo/upgrade
	fi
	rm /mnt/onboard/.kobo/KoboRoot.tgz
	killall update-animator.sh
	echo "Done upgrading..."
	zcat /etc/images/$PREFIX\ghostbuster.raw.gz | /usr/local/Kobo/pickel showpic
	zcat /etc/images/$PREFIX\reboot.raw.gz | /usr/local/Kobo/pickel showpic
	sync
	reboot
fi

( usleep 400000; /etc/init.d/on-animator.sh ) &

(
	/usr/local/Kobo/pickel disable.rtc.alarm

	if [ ! -e /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ]; then
		cp /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.template /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
	fi

	/sbin/hwclock -s -u
) &

INTERFACE=wlan0
WIFI_MODULE=ar6000
if [ $PLATFORM != freescale ]; then
	INTERFACE=eth0
	WIFI_MODULE=dhd
fi

export PLATFORM
export PRODUCT
export INTERFACE
export WIFI_MODULE

export NICKEL_HOME=/mnt/onboard/.kobo
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/Kobo
export WIFI_MODULE_PATH=/drivers/$PLATFORM/wifi/$WIFI_MODULE.ko
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

/bin/dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
/bin/dbus-daemon --system &
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=`/bin/dbus-daemon --session --print-address --fork`

/usr/local/Kobo/hindenburg &
/usr/local/Kobo/nickel -platform kobo -skipFontLoad &
[ $PLATFORM != freescale ] && rm -rf /dev/mmcblk1* && udevadm trigger &
insmod /drivers/$PLATFORM/misc/lowmem.ko &
[ `cat /mnt/onboard/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo\ eReader.conf | grep -c dhcpcd=true` == 1 ] && dhcpcd -d -t 10 &

[tshering]

@valris
As you see from the rcS file, there are several values that have to be set to run nickel. Even so they get already set, when the rcS is run, they are not seen by the shell that you access by telnet. A comparison of the rcS and the one provided by KSM might not help you much in this case, I guess.
Maybe the easiest way is to make a fresh install. (For the firmware upadate files see this threat), cf. also the entries of the last couple of days in the kobo start menu threat.