Kubos FAQs and Troubleshooting Tips

FAQs

How do I contact y’all?

Our community Slack: slack.kubos.co

Our email: info@kubos.co

How do I check if I’m using the latest version of the Kubos Vagrant image?

From your host machine, issue the vagrant box outdated command.

How do I get the latest version of the Kubos Vagrant image?

From your host machine, issue the vagrant box update command.

Warning

This will overwrite all files in your existing image

How do I check what version of Kubos Linux I’m running?

Issue the uname -r command on the target board to display the kernel information. The Kubos Linux version will be the n.n.n number after “KubOS”.

uname -r
4.4.23-KubOS-1.0.0

How do I make Rust binaries smaller?

Check out our Rust optimization tips for suggestions on how to make your compiled Rust projects smaller.

Troubleshooting

Kubos SDK

The vagrant up command just hangs

If you’re using Windows 7 SP1, make sure you are using the correct version of Windows PowerShell.

I’ve tried other steps here, but my Kubos Vagrant image is still behaving weirdly.

Try logging out and restarting the VM using the vagrant reload command.

I can’t build my project. I keep getting “Permission denied” errors

If you copied your project from another location, it’s possible that the files are set up with root permissions only. Change the project file permissions to allow the local vagrant user to have access.

sudo chown vagrant:vagrant . -R

Interacting with an OBC

Can’t Connect via Serial Debug

If the SDK was unable to connect to the Kubos Linux target using minicom kubos:

  • Check that the Kubos Linux target is turned on and connected to your computer
  • Check that no other Vagrant images are running. Only one VM can have control of the USB, so it may be that another instance currently has control of the device. You can shutdown a Vagrant image with the command vagrant halt
  • Verify that the USB is showing up within the Vagrant environment with the lsusb command. You should see an FTDI device
  • Verify that the USB has been mapped to a linux device. Issue the command ls /dev. You should see a /dev/ttyUSB* device. If you don’t, try rebooting your Vagrant image (vagrant halt, vagrant up)

Can’t Connect via SSH

Log in to the board via the debug UART and verify the IP address matches what is expected with ipaddr.

For more information, check out our documentation about ethernet connections.

System Won’t Boot into Linux

If the system goes through the full recovery process and the bootcount is still exceeded, it will present the U-Boot CLI instead of attempting to boot into Kubos Linux again.

If this occurs, follow the instructions for resetting the boot environment.

Note: This is a case which normal users should never encounter, but becomes more likely when initially testing custom Kubos Linux builds.

I transferred a script, but it won’t run

scp does not preserve file modes by default, however scp -p should preserve the execute bit. Check that your file has the appropriate execute permissions turned on.