cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

[AllenEllis]

When I run tailscale up I get this error:

bash: /usr/sbin/tailscale: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

This is on an EdgeRouter X running the latest firmware. Do I have the wrong platform?

[jamesog]

Hey Allen. Yeah, it sounds like the wrong platform version has been installed. I think the ERX uses the MIPS-LE processes, whereas others use MIPS.

Did you install using the package method? If so can you show the output of sudo apt-get update so I can see how it's pulling from the repo?

Also useful would be sudo dpkg --print-architecture to confirm that it's really mipsle.

[axiomdata]

I have same router and same error. Here is my output:

Ign:1 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy InRelease Ign:2 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy Release Ign:3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:4 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main all Packages Ign:5 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:6 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib all Packages Ign:7 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib mipsel Packages Ign:9 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy InRelease Ign:10 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib Translation-en Ign:11 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free mipsel Packages Ign:12 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy Release Ign:13 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free all Packages Ign:14 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free Translation-en Ign:15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main all Packages Ign:3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:16 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:4 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main all Packages Ign:5 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:17 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:6 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib all Packages Ign:15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main all Packages Ign:7 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib mipsel Packages Ign:16 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:10 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib Translation-en Ign:11 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free mipsel Packages Ign:17 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:13 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free all Packages Ign:15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main all Packages Ign:14 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free Translation-en Ign:16 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:17 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:4 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main all Packages Ign:5 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main all Packages Ign:6 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib all Packages Ign:16 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:7 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib mipsel Packages Ign:17 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main all Packages Ign:10 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib Translation-en Ign:11 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free mipsel Packages Ign:16 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:13 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free all Packages Ign:14 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free Translation-en Ign:17 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:4 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main all Packages Ign:15 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main all Packages Ign:5 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main Translation-en Err:16 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main mipsel Packages 404 Not Found Ign:6 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib all Packages Ign:17 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:7 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib mipsel Packages Ign:10 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib Translation-en Ign:11 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free mipsel Packages Ign:13 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free all Packages Ign:14 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free Translation-en Ign:3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main mipsel Packages Ign:4 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main all Packages Ign:5 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:6 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib all Packages Ign:7 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib mipsel Packages Ign:10 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib Translation-en Ign:11 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free mipsel Packages Ign:13 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free all Packages Ign:14 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free Translation-en Err:3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main mipsel Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 64.50.233.100 80] Ign:4 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main all Packages Ign:5 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/main Translation-en Ign:6 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib all Packages Ign:7 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib mipsel Packages Ign:10 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/contrib Translation-en Ign:11 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free mipsel Packages Ign:13 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free all Packages Ign:14 http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy/non-free Translation-en Fetched 5544 B in 6s (890 B/s) Reading package lists... Done W: The repository 'http://http.us.debian.org/debian wheezy Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. W: The repository 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist wheezy Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. E: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/binary-mipsel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 64.50.233.100 80] E: Failed to fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/britannic/debian-repo/master/blacklist/dists/wheezy/main/binary-mipsel/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[axiomdata]

After typing sudo dpkg --print-architecture I got "mipsel"

[jamesog]

@axiomdata what version of EdgeOS are you running? Wheezy is very old so I suspect you're on 1.x which is definitely not supported by this setup.

[axiomdata]

I'm on 2.0.9.hotfix.2 which is currently the most recent version for of EdgeOS available to (E50).

[jamesog]

Alright, maybe the ERX is somehow different, but that's pretty odd that it says wheezy.

@AllenEllis if yours also reports wheezy, I wonder if that's the issue. Either way, I think it confirms you should try raising this as an issue with Tailscale directly. It's either their repo doesn't have mipsle binaries for .deb, or something to do with the ERX running wheezy.

[AllenEllis]

@jamesog Thanks so much for the response. This particular EdgeRouter I had to provision and then send off-site so I don't have physical access to it any longer. I'll try to setup a remote login with someone there next week and report back.

[jamesog]

I haven't heard back on this for some time so I'll close it out. If it's still an issue I'd recommend creating an issue with the Tailscale team to investigate their packages.