dtrammell
commented
2 years ago I found a few stale specter processes (named after the binary that I moved out of the way to specterd.exe.old) in the task list. After killing those, Specter launches as normal without hanging. I suspect the hang may be due to a resource lock on something the new process is attempting to access that the stale process still has control of, but that's just speculation.
frennkie
When upgrading on Windows 10, Specter attempts to rename (move) a binary executable 'specterd.exe' from the 'specterd-binaries/specterd-dir' directory to the 'specterd-binaries' directory, overwriting the executable that is already there. This fails with 'Error: EPERM: operation not permitted' when installed as either a regular user or as Administrator.
Logs: 2022-02-14T20:55:57.089Z [info] : Framework Ready! Starting tray Icon ... 2022-02-14T20:55:57.125Z [info] : Framework Ready! Initializing Main-Window, populating Menu ... 2022-02-14T20:55:57.263Z [info] : Updating C:\Users\USER.specter\app_settings.json : {"mode":"specterd","specterURL":"http://localhost:25441","tor":false,"proxyURL":"socks5://127.0.0.1:9050","specterdVersion":"v1.7.2","specterdHash":"f39688e7f7044e98aae3ad5cab8c58874529d7c8bde8b88a84bb76faa1c68699","specterdCLIArgs":"","versionInitialized":"v1.7.2"} 2022-02-14T20:55:57.567Z [info] : Using version 2022-02-14T20:55:57.567Z [info] : https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/download/v1.8.1/specterd-v1.8.1-win64.zip 2022-02-14T20:55:58.191Z [info] : content-type: 2022-02-14T20:55:58.191Z [info] : content-length: 2022-02-14T20:56:00.559Z [error] : Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'C:\Users\USER.specter\specterd-binaries/specterd-dir/specterd.exe' -> 'C:\Users\USER.specter\specterd-binaries/specterd.exe' 2022-02-14T20:56:00.560Z [error] : Error: Script failed to execute, this normally means an error was thrown. Check the renderer console for the error.
If I remove the target executable prior to installation, then this rename (move) operation completes successfully, however then I end up with different errors:
Logs: 2022-02-14T20:59:48.397Z [info] : Framework Ready! Starting tray Icon ... 2022-02-14T20:59:48.413Z [info] : Framework Ready! Initializing Main-Window, populating Menu ... 2022-02-14T20:59:48.547Z [info] : Using version 2022-02-14T20:59:48.547Z [info] : https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/download/v1.8.1/specterd-v1.8.1-win64.zip 2022-02-14T20:59:48.962Z [info] : content-type: 2022-02-14T20:59:48.962Z [info] : content-length: 2022-02-14T20:59:51.382Z [info] : Starting specterd C:\Users\USER.specter\specterd-binaries/specterd.exe server,--no-filelog 2022-02-14T21:00:10.936Z [info] : stderr-SPECTERD: INFO in server: Configuration: cryptoadvance.specter.config.ProductionConfig 2022-02-14T21:00:10.937Z [info] : stderr-SPECTERD: INFO in specter_migrator: Initiated MigDataManager(C:\Users\USER/.specter\migration_data.json events:1 execs:0 ) SPECTERD: INFO in specter_migrator: A new version has been started compared to last time: v1.8.1 2022-02-14T21:00:10.943Z [info] : stderr-SPECTERD: INFO in specter_migrator: No Migrations to execute! SPECTERD: INFO in server: Initializing LoginManager SPECTERD: INFO in server: Initializing Specter 2022-02-14T21:00:10.945Z [info] : stderr-SPECTERD: ERROR in version: name 'self' is not defined Traceback (most recent call last): File "cryptoadvance\specter\util\version.py", line 148, in _get_latest_version_from_github NameError: name 'self' is not defined 2022-02-14T21:00:10.945Z [info] : stderr-SPECTERD: INFO in version: version checked. upgrade: False
This results in Specter hanging at the "Launching Specter Desktop..." startup message.
OS Information: Edition Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 Installed on 3/7/2021 OS build 19042.1348 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0