Installation & Launch issue on Mac with M1

[jstrnbrg]

• MacBook with M1
• Mac OS 11.2

Issues

• Installation: Can install the BitBoxBridge via right-click > open.
  • Without right-click > "open" he get's an "developer cannot be identified" error.
• After installation there is a "bitbox-bridge can't be opened" error that keeps poping up.
• Launching BitBox-Bridge: When performing normal double click on the bitbox-bridge executable the terminal shows the following error:

  /opt/shiftcrypto/bitbox-bridge/bin/bitbox-bridge ; exit;                        
  ~ % /opt/shiftcrypto/bitbox-bridge/bin/bitbox-bridge ; exit;
  zsh: killed     /opt/shiftcrypto/bitbox-bridge/bin/bitbox-bridge
  Saving session...
  ...saving history...truncating history files...
  ...completed.
  Deleting expired sessions...none found.

• Launching BitBox-Bridge: Performing a right-click > open on the bitbox-bridge executable opens terminal and shows the following error message:

  /opt/shiftcrypto/bitbox-bridge/bin/bitbox-bridge ; exit;
  ~ % /opt/shiftcrypto/bitbox-bridge/bin/bitbox-bridge ; exit;
  Set RUST_LOG=<filter> to enable logging. Example RUST_LOG=debug
  listening on http://127.0.0.1:8178
  [2021-04-06T18:08:58Z INFO  bitbox_bridge::usb] Notified!
  thread 'main' panicked at 'error binding to 127.0.0.1:8178: error creating server listener: Address already in use (os error 48)', /tmp/cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/warp-0.2.1/src/server.rs:211:27
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
  Saving session...
  ...copying shared history...
  ...saving history...truncating history files...
  ...completed.

• Checking localhost in the browser, the bridge is running despite this error

cc @x1ddos

[NickeZ]

It looks correctly installed. It runs in the background which explains why the port is already busy. Iirc there is a web address you can enter to see if it is running. Let me check

[jstrnbrg]

@NickeZ this link http://127.0.0.1:8178/?

Yeah after launching via right-click > open it's running, just didn't expect the terminal to show an error

[NickeZ]

It should be running even if you didn't "right-click -> open". It should be running in the background after the laptop has booted.

edit: yeah, that is the link to check if it is running

[x1ddos]

FTR I believe all these troubles are solved by producing signed and notarized binaries or macOS.

[NickeZ]

re-reading it I realized that this is a new ARM based macbook, so signing/notarizing wouldn't solve the issue. I thought M1 should be able to run x86 executables, but maybe not. We can compile it for M1, but I'll have a hard time testing. So we need to find a user willing to test for us.

[x1ddos]

signing/notarizing wouldn't solve the issue

why not? why would a CPU architecture affect signing and notarization?

M1 should be able to run x86 executables, but maybe not

it cannot run x86 natively but via their Rosetta 2 thing. but yes, we should compile the bridge for native M1 too and make it a universal binary that works for both architectures.

[NickeZ]

signing/notarizing wouldn't solve the issue

why not? why would a CPU architecture affect signing and notarization?

(Since I don't have apple aarch64 hardware I cannot replicate the issue, but I assume the issue "After installation there is a "bitbox-bridge can't be opened" error that keeps poping up." is unrelated to signing/notarization.

M1 should be able to run x86 executables, but maybe not

it cannot run x86 natively but via their Rosetta 2 thing. but yes, we should compile the bridge for native M1 too and make it a universal binary that works for both architectures.

Yeah, doesn't seem that hard to create a universal binary. The only problem I have is with testing it :/

[x1ddos]

On 4/12/21 3:09 PM, Niklas Dusenlund wrote:

signing/notarizing wouldn't solve the issue

why not? why would a CPU architecture affect signing and notarization?

(Since I don't have apple aarch64 hardware I cannot replicate the issue, but I assume the issue "After installation there is a "bitbox-bridge can't be opened" error that keeps poping up." is unrelated to signing/notarization.

I have access to a M1 mac mini here. A BitBoxApp built for x86 behaves in the same way. If unsigned or not notarized, I can't run it easily - need to right click > open first, same as here in this issue. When signed and notarized, I'm running it via the Rosetta 2 without issues.

M1 should be able to run x86 executables, but maybe not

it cannot run x86 natively but via their Rosetta 2 thing. but yes, we should compile the bridge for native M1 too and make it a universal binary that works for both architectures.

Yeah, doesn't seem that hard to create a universal binary. The only problem I have is with testing it :/

I have an M1. Maybe I should take this issue and send you some pull requests.

[NickeZ]

I have a WIP branch here that builds two executables, haven't tested the lipo and signing calls yet in package.sh

edit: made a PR https://github.com/digitalbitbox/bitbox-bridge/pull/23