F23 Arduino

[Robert Moskowitz]

This is on my pcDuino3 nano lite.  This board supposedly has arduino 
features and can be controled with Arduino IDE.  I am using the tutorial 
I found at:

http://www.linksprite.com/quick-start/

Where I got the pdf:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcduino/book/Introduction+to+pcDuino.pdf

In this pdf, they are using Arduino IDE 1.5.4 and showing to add the 
pcDuino board.  The version of Arduino in F23 is 1.0.6 and it does not 
seem to be able to add a board under tools.  So I enabled 
fedora-updates-testing and upgraded to 1.6.4.

I go to open it, and nothing happens.  I have rebooted, and nothing 
happens.  I do not see anything in /var/log/messages.  I need so help to 
figure out what is wrong here.

thanks

[Peter Robinson]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com&gt; wrote:
>  This is on my pcDuino3 nano lite.  This board supposedly has arduino
>  features and can be controled with Arduino IDE.  I am using the tutorial I
>  found at:
>
>  http://www.linksprite.com/quick-start/
>
>  Where I got the pdf:
>
>  https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcduino/book/Introduction+to+pcDuino.pdf
>
>  In this pdf, they are using Arduino IDE 1.5.4 and showing to add the pcDuino
>  board.  The version of Arduino in F23 is 1.0.6 and it does not seem to be
>  able to add a board under tools.  So I enabled fedora-updates-testing and
>  upgraded to 1.6.4.
>
>  I go to open it, and nothing happens.  I have rebooted, and nothing happens.
>  I do not see anything in /var/log/messages.  I need so help to figure out
>  what is wrong here. 
Robert, below is a fairly standard process, not just for Fedora but
any distro, for debugging a problem on an application:

1) Define what you mean by "nothing happens", does any thing appear at all?
2) Run it from the command prompt to see if there's a segfault or some
other output indicating why
3) Check bugzilla to see if anyone else has reported the problem [1]
3) If it crashes run it from gdb and gather a backtrace [2]
4) Update the bug with relevant information if it exists or report a
bug [3] attaching the above information if not.

Peter

[1] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/arduino/bugs
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces#How_do_I_generate_a_backtrace.3F
[3]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawh...

[Robert Moskowitz]

thanks.  A couple questions below.

On 01/05/2016 08:23 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>  On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Robert Moskowitz
> <rgm(a)htt-consult.com&gt; wrote:
> > This is on my pcDuino3 nano lite.  This board supposedly has arduino
> > features and can be controled with Arduino IDE.  I am using the tutorial I
> > found at:
> >
> > http://www.linksprite.com/quick-start/
> >
> > Where I got the pdf:
> >
> > https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcduino/book/Introduction+to+pcDuino.pdf
> >
> > In this pdf, they are using Arduino IDE 1.5.4 and showing to add the pcDuino
> > board.  The version of Arduino in F23 is 1.0.6 and it does not seem to be
> > able to add a board under tools.  So I enabled fedora-updates-testing and
> > upgraded to 1.6.4.
> >
> > I go to open it, and nothing happens.  I have rebooted, and nothing happens.
> > I do not see anything in /var/log/messages.  I need so help to figure out
> > what is wrong here.
>  Robert, below is a fairly standard process, not just for Fedora but
>  any distro, for debugging a problem on an application:
>
>  1) Define what you mean by "nothing happens", does any thing appear at all?
Nothing visibly happens.

>  2) Run it from the command prompt to see if there's a segfault or
> some
>  other output indicating why 
I am going to have to dig a bit to figure out what Xfce is running. I 
SHOULD be able to figure this one out myself.

>  3) Check bugzilla to see if anyone else has reported the problem [1]
>  3) If it crashes run it from gdb and gather a backtrace [2] 
What is gbd and how do I run it from there.  Or rather, point me to 
instructions about this, please.

>  4) Update the bug with relevant information if it exists or report a
>  bug [3] attaching the above information if not. 
I knew once I found what was happening, I would more than likely be 
filing a bug report.  But should really have realized to check there first.

thanks

[Peter Robinson]

> >> This is on my pcDuino3 nano lite.  This board supposedly has
> arduino
> >> features and can be controled with Arduino IDE.  I am using the tutorial
> >> I
> >> found at:
> >>
> >> http://www.linksprite.com/quick-start/
> >>
> >> Where I got the pdf:
> >>
> >> https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcduino/book/Introduction+to+pcDuino.pdf
> >>
> >> In this pdf, they are using Arduino IDE 1.5.4 and showing to add the
> >> pcDuino
> >> board.  The version of Arduino in F23 is 1.0.6 and it does not seem to be
> >> able to add a board under tools.  So I enabled fedora-updates-testing and
> >> upgraded to 1.6.4.
> >>
> >> I go to open it, and nothing happens.  I have rebooted, and nothing
> >> happens.
> >> I do not see anything in /var/log/messages.  I need so help to figure out
> >> what is wrong here.
> >
> > Robert, below is a fairly standard process, not just for Fedora but
> > any distro, for debugging a problem on an application:
> >
> > 1) Define what you mean by "nothing happens", does any thing appear at
> > all?
>
>
>  Nothing visibly happens.
>
> > 2) Run it from the command prompt to see if there's a segfault or some
> > other output indicating why
>
>
>  I am going to have to dig a bit to figure out what Xfce is running. I SHOULD
>  be able to figure this one out myself.
>
> > 3) Check bugzilla to see if anyone else has reported the problem [1]
> > 3) If it crashes run it from gdb and gather a backtrace [2]
>
>
>  What is gbd and how do I run it from there.  Or rather, point me to
>  instructions about this, please. 
See the link I referenced at [2] below. All the information was
provided in the links that I referenced. There is also google or even
"dnf info gdb" would provide you this informaiton.

>> 4) Update the bug with relevant information if it exists or report a
>> bug [3] attaching the above information if not.
>
>
> I knew once I found what was happening, I would more than likely be filing a
> bug report.  But should really have realized to check there first.
>
> thanks
>
>

[Rich Mattes]

On 01/05/2016 10:01 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> > What is gbd and how do I run it from there.  Or rather, point me
> to
> > instructions about this, please.
>
>  See the link I referenced at [2] below. All the information was
>  provided in the links that I referenced. There is also google or even
>  "dnf info gdb" would provide you this informaiton.
>
> >> 4) Update the bug with relevant information if it exists or report a
> >> bug [3] attaching the above information if not.
> >
> >
> > I knew once I found what was happening, I would more than likely be filing a
> > bug report.  But should really have realized to check there first.
> > 
Arduino is a java app, so gdb isn't going to help much.

That said, I also encountered a failure of the IDE to launch with 
arduino-1.6.4-3 on x86_64.  I have figured out why and filed a bug at 
[1].  It's possible that you are facing the same problem.

Rich

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296002

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/06/2016 12:16 AM, Rich Mattes wrote:
>  On 01/05/2016 10:01 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> >> What is gbd and how do I run it from there.  Or rather, point me to
> >> instructions about this, please.
> >
> > See the link I referenced at [2] below. All the information was
> > provided in the links that I referenced. There is also google or even
> > "dnf info gdb" would provide you this informaiton.
> >
> >>> 4) Update the bug with relevant information if it exists or report a
> >>> bug [3] attaching the above information if not.
> >>
> >>
> >> I knew once I found what was happening, I would more than likely be 
> >> filing a
> >> bug report.  But should really have realized to check there first.
> >>
>
>  Arduino is a java app, so gdb isn't going to help much.
>
>  That said, I also encountered a failure of the IDE to launch with 
>  arduino-1.6.4-3 on x86_64.  I have figured out why and filed a bug at 
>  [1].  It's possible that you are facing the same problem.
>
>  Rich
>
>  [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296002 
I just updated this bug report.  I get the same error with F23-arm, but 
I don't have any package_index.json file to move around.  That may be 
due to the different installation method I used (Fedora-updates-testing 
repo).

Thanks for starting this bug report.