No Swift Dialog boxes on Intel Devices

[harinathreddys401]

Describe the bug When running Eraseinstall-29.0 on intel devices it is downloading and upgrading the macOS but not getting any GUI related Swift dialog boxes showing about download and preparation status etc.. I have testing this on 3 intel devices running on Monterey 12.6.3 and was trying to update to Ventura 13.2.1

To Reproduce

• I tried running the script manually from Terminal and install the package from Jamf and used the script path with --reinstall --update parameters.

Expected behavior It should provide Swift Dialog boxes to the user currently what's going on with the update.

Code/log output

2023-02-24 13:24:13  [erase-install] v29.0 script execution started: Fri Feb 24 13:24:13 GMT 2023
2023-02-24 13:24:13  [erase-install] System version: 12.6.3 (Build: 21G419)
2023-02-24 13:24:13  [erase-install] Making working directory at /Library/Management/erase-install
2023-02-24 13:24:13  [erase-install] Making log directory at /Library/Management/erase-install/log
2023-02-24 13:24:13  [check_for_dialog_app] Downloading dialog...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 4086k  100 4086k    0     0  3877k      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 6228k
installer: Package name is dialog
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install was successful.
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [check_for_dialog_app] dialog is installed
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [check_for_dialog_app] Sending to dialog: quit:
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [erase-install] Caffeinating this script (pid=28375)
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [check_free_space] OK - 371 GB free/purgeable disk space detected
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [erase-install] Looking for existing installer app or pkg
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [find_existing_installer] Installer found at /Applications/Install macOS Ventura.app.
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [check_installer_is_valid] Checking validity of /Applications/Install macOS Ventura.app.
2023-02-24 13:24:16  [check_installer_is_valid] Mounting /Applications/Install macOS Ventura.app/Contents/SharedSupport/SharedSupport.dmg
2023-02-24 13:24:17  [check_installer_is_valid] Using Build value from com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate.xml
Volume Shared Support on disk2s2 force-unmounted
2023-02-24 13:24:18  [compare_build_versions] Comparing (1) 21G419 with (2) 22A400
2023-02-24 13:24:18  [check_installer_is_valid] Installer: 22A400 >= System: 21G419 : valid build.
2023-02-24 13:24:18  [erase-install] Checking for newer installer
2023-02-24 13:24:18  [check_for_mist] Downloading mist-cli...

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS version - 12.6.3 Intel Devices
• erase-install version - 29.0

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

[mrmte]

im seeing the same thing

[Uggbert]

confirmed same here, Intel with T2 chip. logs showing the erase install process is running as expected but there are no displays/prompts for the user.

[rougegoat]

Same with a 2017 MacBook Pro but only on macOS 12. macOS 11 and 13 worked without issues.

Interestingly enough, it seemed the issue went further than just erase-install. I wasn't able to get any swiftDialog windows with user interaction on them to open after attempting to upgrade with erase-install.

[Uggbert]

forgot to mention mine was running 13.2.1

[grahampugh]

I can reproduce the issue in an Intel VM running Monterey. Looking into it now.

[grahampugh]

It does seem that dialog does not open if there is a log file in place (or maybe if there are specific commands in the log). Even manually running /usr/local/bin/dialog --title Test --message "Hello World" does not work if the log file is in place. So, I'll add a line to remove the log file at the beginning and end of the erase-install run.

[grahampugh]

Please test https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/releases/tag/v29.1 which should fix this.

[rougegoat]

Verified that v29.1 resolves this issue on my test Intel machine.

[harinathreddys401]

I can confirm 29.1 release fixed this issue.. Thank you for the update grahampugh...