A little Help with Anbox

[Austin]

Now, please don’t start on me that I haven’t searched the Forum.
I try to follow this forum but linux-zen-anbox was taking forever to build.
I even checked with xanmod-anbox, which is in the chaotic AUR; but again Anbox won’t start.

I checked the wiki: ArchWiki:Archive - ArchWiki
It says the ‘linux-zen kernel includes the necessary modules’

And I tried this( while using linux-zen) →

mkdir /dev/binderfs
mount -t binder binder /dev/binderfs

but again anbox won’t launch, int worked flawlessly with manjaro though

I had earlier started a reddit post: Reddit - Dive into anything

but it didn’t solve my issuse, since anbox is in chaotic-aur, It is reasonable that it should be provided with proper support and work flawlessly at Garuda. I wonder, how the package maintainer runs it.

Thank you

Anbox Not Starting

Hey, I've been trying to install anbox on garuda d460nized dor a couple of days but to no luck, I've tried installing it by installing linux-zen-anbox-headers then linux-zen-anbox then "modprobe binder_linux ashmem-linux" which the first time didn't give anything but after reboot gave "modprobe: FATAL: Module binder_linux not found in directory /lib/modules/5.8.7-zen1-1-zen-anbox" then the android image and anbox-git, but to no luck. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[filo]

@Austin

linux-zen-anbox was taking forever to build

Are you sure you need it?
I use the zen kernel, a couple of weeks ago I tried installing ambox-git from chaotic-aur and followed exactly that guideline.
I remember that

modprobe -a binder-linux ashmem-linux

gave me an error, but I saw in another forum that it was not needed anymore (sorry I didn’t take note of that site).
At least it was starting, the basic android apps started (for example I could reach google play with my account and install apps).
I gave up because the app I was interested in (Roblox, for my kids to get rid of windows for good) did not start…
Sorry I can’t help you more than this, but at least for sure it was starting…

[Austin]

So, you mean that Anbox at least starts somehow, but you forgot how you made it work.

[filo]

Yes, following that wiki, no more no less.
No need to compile.
From installation onwards...

[dr460nf1r3]

Try using linux-xanmod-anbox to check if its a kernel issue, this one definitly got anbox support as I was using it myself when testing Anbox a while back.

[Austin]

@dr460nf1r3

linux-xanmod-anbox

sudo pacman -S linux-xanmod-anbox
[sudo] password for austin:      
error: target not found: linux-xanmod-anbox

[Austin]

It seams like it has been removed from chaotic-aur, and I don't want to build kernels from AUR, last time I did so, it took hours. And again I would have to wait same amount of time while updates

[dr460nf1r3]

No, its in there. (just re-added it lol)

sudo pacman -Syu linux-xanmod-anbox linux-xanmod-anbox-headers

Your current database is not up to date, which is why -Syu is the "fix" in this case

[Austin]

That really brought a smile on my face

[Austin]

@dr460nf1r3

just re-added it lol

That was fast!

[Austin]

@Austin

I even checked with xanmod-anbox, which is in the chaotic AUR; but again Anbox won’t start.

Yeah now I have tried it again now,

1. I install xanmod:

sudo pacman -Syu linux-xanmod-anbox linux-xanmod-anbox-headers

2. Followed the instructions: Anbox - ArchWiki
3. rebooted

Still Anbox is not launching

[Austin]

@Austin

rebooted

By the way, the new Plymouth is Fantastic.

[dr460nf1r3]

Installing Anbox - RebornOS Wiki - RebornOS - OSDN

Someone sent this to the Telegram group, forwarding to here.

[Austin]

It works now!,

I had simply missed these steps:

1. Configure Networking:

sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-networkd

2. Enable the Container Manager Service:

sudo systemctl enable --now anbox-container-manager.service

3. Enable the Session Manager Service:

systemctl --user enable --now anbox-session-manager.service

These steps weren't explicitly given in the Arch wiki,
but RebornOS has clearly highlighted every step.

[filo]

Works for me too, but with same results as with zen kernel: generally ok but not roblox, which was my objective.
Probably because the Android image is old, 7.1.
Never mind...

[Austin]

Thanks a lot!.
The case is solved

[Austin]

You mean it works with linux-zen.

[SGS]

Please, don’t post like in chat groups, until nobody answered you can edit your post.

@Austin

These steps weren’t explicitly given in the Arch wiki,

but RebornOS has clearly highlighted every step.

You can also change older posts if you want to add something.

@Austin

Thanks a lot!.
The case is solved

Just click the heart

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[SGS]

Instead of these seven contributions, two would have sufficed. There are no prizes for frequent writers here. It just bloats the threads unnecessarily.

@SGS

Please, don’t post like in chat groups, until nobody answered you can edit your post.

@Austin

Sorry, I didn’t get you there?

I really wonder what is not understandable about this sentence?

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So that it doesn’t get any longer, I’ll close here.