Troubleshooting

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1 Permission denied
2 Issue with make login
3 Input/output error
4 Problem running Cooja
5 Problem with compiling in Cooja
6 Attribute Error while Interfacing with Python
Permission denied
If you try to connect to a mote and receive a permission error, you may need to
add yourself to the dialout group. The error may look something like the followi
ng:
/home/user/contiki/tools/sky/serialdump-linux -b115200 /dev/ttyUSB0
connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0 (115200)
/dev/ttyUSB0: Permission denied
make: *** [login] Error 255
Use the following command (replace <username> with your account):
sudo adduser <username> dialout
-OR-
sudo usermod -a -G dialout <username>
These two commands are equivalent. They both will add username to the dialout gr
oup. You will then have to re-login to or reboot your computer for the changes t
o take effect. You should now have read/write permissions to your USB serial dev
ices. It is not necessary to remove any packages.

Issue with make login

If you are trying to execute the serial-dump application (contiki/tools/sky/seri
aldump-linux) and see the message: "No such file or directory" or "Command not f
ound", it means that you are running in a 64-bit operating system that does not
have proper 32-bit libraries installed. Since serialdump-linux is a pre-compiled
32-bit tool you need to execute the following command to install the necessary
libraries:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
On newer versions of Ubuntu, try:
sudo apt-get install libc6-i386
If the above does not work
Then, try few commands like:
ldd serialdump-linux
The output look similar to the following:
 ldd serialdump-linux
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xf772d000)
libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf75b4000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf772e000)
Then it means that you have to install 32-bit packages. Remember to add i386 arc
hitecture or you won't be able to install 32-bit packages:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Input/output error
If you try to connect to a mote and receive an Input/output error as shown below
,
/contiki/examples/hello-world$ sudo -s make login
using saved target 'sky'
../../tools/sky/serialdump-linux -b115200
connecting to /dev/ttyS0 (115200) [OK]
could not get options: Input/output error
make: *** [login] Error 255
Then it means that VirtualBox cannot detect the mote connected to the USB interf
ace.
This issue can be fixed by making a minor change in the VM settings.
In the VirtualBox Manager, select the 'Contiki' VM.
Settings-> USB-> Add new USB Filter with all fields set to the values of the sel
ected USB device
and select the mote to be added. You will have to restart the VM for the changes
to take effect.
Problem running Cooja
If you have a problem regarding using the correct version of Java, please check
that your default Java compiler is set correctly. You can use the following comm
and:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Problem with compiling in Cooja
If you get an error in the linking there may be 2 possible places u need to chec
k to correct them.
LD example-netflood.sky
/usr/lib/gcc/msp430/4.6.3/../../../../msp430/lib/mmpy-16/libc.a(rand.
o):(.debug_info+0xd3):
relocation truncated to fit: R_MSP430_16_BYTE against `no symbol'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [example-netflood.sky] Error 1

First, check the line near 132 in file : contiki/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430

which looks like the following
CFLAGSNO = -Wall -mmcu=$(CC_MCU) -g $(CFLAGSWERROR)
and delete the option -g .
The line should look like :
CFLAGSNO = -Wall -mmcu=$(CC_MCU) $(CFLAGSWERROR)
Use the second one if the first doesnot work.
Second one is go to the Makefile of the currently compiling program and remove t
he line which looks similar to the following.
CFLAGS += -g
Attribute Error while Interfacing with Python
After installing sky-shell on Tmote sky, if you encounter the following error on
running python serial.py
/contiki/examples/sky-shell$ python serial.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "serial.py", line 2, in <module>
import serial
File "/home/user/contiki/examples/sky-shell/serial.py" , line 3 , in <module>
ser = serial.Serial(
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Serial'
Then delete 'serial.pyc' if exists and rename 'serial.py' to anything other than
'serial'.
Cause of Problem: Error occurs when you import 'something' when your python file
name is 'something.py'.
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