code-server armhf release always missing some scripts on Android

[AnonymousM21]

code-server works successfully on my samsung galaxy a11 android device. But the log output shows some files are missing always when I run it. I checked four versions of code-server, but it's the same always. What's is the solution? Here is the log output:

File not found: /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vsda_bg.wasm
File not found: /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vsda.js
[19:28:58] [127.0.0.1][7c7d4a64][ManagementConnection] New connection established.
[19:29:01] Using the in-memory credential store as the operating system's credential store could not be accessed. Please see https://aka.ms/vscode-server-keyring on how to set this up. Details: Cannot find module '../build/Release/keytar.node'
Require stack:

• /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/keytar/lib/keytar.js
• /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/out/bootstrap-amd.js
• /usr/lib/code-server/out/node/util.js
• /usr/lib/code-server/out/node/cli.js
• /usr/lib/code-server/out/node/entry.js

A screeshot from Termux:

A screenshot to show that it works successfully on my browser:

Thanks,
Melaku

[im-coder-lg]

I believe you use something else with Termux, and what I think has occured is that you use a VM along with Termux, and it doesn't have all the dependency files for you to run code-server. Can you give us more info on the way you use code-server with Termux in this case?

[AnonymousM21]

I used proot to install ubuntu on termux(without root). That's it!
Here are some error occured directories looks:

[code-asher]

You can ignore the vsda files, they are not available in OSS builds of VS Code. They seem to be optional.

If keytar is missing it might be because the dependencies required to build it are missing. I think it is libsecret or something like that. But it is probably not worth getting it built because secret storage is broken right now anyway, using keytar requires dbus which is tricky, and it seems VS Code is moving away from keytar.

[AnonymousM21]

I tried to install libsecret and keytar even globally, but the error is the same.
Here are the commands I've used:

$ sudo apt-get install pkg-config
$ sudo apt-get install libsecret-1-dev
`export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"` to `~/.bashrc` file
$ npm install -g keytar

[code-asher]

If keytar continues to fail building it might just not be supported on Android, I am not sure. Might have to ask the keytar folks.

But since secret storage is broken anyway even if you manage to set up dbus you might be better off just ignoring keytar for now. I think it will be replaced in a future update.

If you need secret storage now one workaround is to replace keytar: #5072 (comment)

[AnonymousM21]

As you suggest, I run:

$ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stevenlafl/node-keytar/master/lib/keytar.js -o /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/keytar/lib/keytar.js

but it's not compatible for android, generated more errors than before.

Thanks you all for your replies! I'll wait for future updates of code-server, Keep going!

And the other bug that I've discovered on android is that when you run code-server with specifed directory like:

$ code-server --auth none ./home/m21/demoProject

it always opens the most recent window(project) instead of the specified directory, maybe consider it also in future updates.

Thanks again!

[code-asher]

Ah good to know, I have never tried the workaround myself so I have no idea why it would not work on Android.

Hmm that is strange, code-server should prefer the directory passed on the command line over the most recent.

code-server/docs/FAQ.md

Lines 221 to 228 in 03dc8cd

	## How does code-server decide what workspace or folder to open?
	code-server tries the following in this order:
	1. The `workspace` query parameter
	2. The `folder` query parameter
	3. The workspace or directory passed via the command line
	4. The last opened workspace or directory

Could be a bug. Definitely feel free to open an issue.

[AnonymousM21]

Okay Thank you!