I tried using Waydroid on Linux Mint (Edge) only to have it not work and realized that it requires Wayland, and Mint uses X11. So I used VirtualBox to install Fedora 40 Gnome which does use Wayland.

I installed Waydroid as per the instructions and am having seemingly the same issue as on Mint. After downloading “Vanilla” Android and clicking “Done” everything exits out. So I launch the Waydroid application but nothing ever happens.

I then try to manually start Waydroid in terminal but always get “ERROR: WayDroid container service is already running”. Then I skip to the second step “waydroid session start” but receive “OSError: container failed to start”.

Am I doing something wrong? Is it simply because the VM is causing the issues? Or does WayDroid not work well on Fedora? Thanks

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    7 months ago

    You need a GPU.

    First, ditch VirtualBox as it isn’t a type 1 hypervisor. Next setup virtual manager and then enable GPU.

    If you need more help let me know.

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    If you’re going to run waydroid in a VM, why not just run Android in a VM?

    Also why. The. He’ll. Are people still using vietualbox? What is this? 2005?

    • n2burns@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      Also why. The. Hell. Are. People. Still. Using. Virtualbox? What is this? 2005? You’re already running a kernel with built in world tier type 1 virtualization.

      Honestly, for me, it’s probably just momentum at this point. I’ve been using Virtualbox for at least 15, maybe 20 years now. I don’t use it much anymore with how good docker, etc. have become. Any recommendation on what I should be using instead?

      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Qemu, which is the standard KVM front end. Also does emulation when you need other architectures (great for prepping Pi images for example). If you need a UI virt-manager is a UI for libvirt that supports Qemu and lxc (even remotely through ssh). It’s been around since 2009.

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Is there an easy way to run Android in a VM?

      It’s been a long time since I looked, but I never had great success. The only AMD64 builds I could find were ancient. Getting apps installed was difficult. And my understanding (correct me if I’m wrong) is that Waydroid delivers apps in windows without a whole Android UI around them.

      The best option I found was using the Android Studio simulator.

          • Landless2029@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            I’m trying to run blissos now in hyperv with no luck.

            Did you make any progress?

            I’m trying to find a bluestacks alternative

            • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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              7 months ago

              Not really. I tried in AQEMU and also VirtualBox. I got the installer to run, but I never got it to boot into a GUI, either in the LiveCD or installation. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Maybe I should try the stable 12L build instead of 13.

    • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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      7 months ago

      Also why. The. Hell. Are. People. Still. Using. Virtualbox?

      Couldn’t get any Qemu-manager to work (and no time to master running it with scripts) and Vmware can use KVM as hypervisor. Virtualbox not?

      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        No, VirtualBox is a Type 2 hypervisor.

        I’m not sure what qemu-manager is, but virt-manager works out of the box on Debian at least. There are no scripts needed, it’s a UI.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I was able to get Waydroid to work in a Debian VM, so unless there’s something weird about how VirtualBox handles things, Waydroid shouldn’t care whether it’s running in a VM or not.

    What happens when you run waydroid status or waydroid show-full-ui?

    • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayOP
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      7 months ago

      I’m not on my computer currently but I did try show-full-ui. I just remember it didn’t work correctly either. Good to know it can work in a VM though.

      PS. I can see your comment in my inbox and reply from there but when I’m on my post your comment doesn’t appear. Some odd Lemmy thing?

    • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayOP
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      7 months ago

      This is interesting though at first glance seems a little over my head. I’ll read more into it. Thank you.

      PS. This is another comment I can only see and reply to in my inbox. I can’t see it on my post. I don’t know if this is a Lemmy, server, or Voyager issue.

  • db2@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I have waydroid working great in the latest Mint. You need Weston so Waydroid has a Wayland to connect to.

    e: or use the experimental Wayland in 21.3 but it’s not ready for daily driving

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Here’s the script I use to start and stop Waydroid:

      #!/bin/bash
PID=$(pgrep "weston")
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
    waydroid session stop
    kill $PID
    exit
fi
weston --width=1920 --height=1080 --socket=wayland-1 &>/dev/null &
sleep 2
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland waydroid show-full-ui

      Change the resolution to whatever you need it to be. Run it once to start, again to stop. It just lives on my desktop.