RK3576 nanopi M5 cannot start Waydrod
I am trying to use Waydrod on the nanopi M5, and I am starting it up
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_DEVICES="binder,hwbinder,vndbinder"
However, during the actual startup of Waydrod, there was a continuous black screen crash and restart.
The following is the error log:
nano@nanopi-m5:$ waydroid show-full-ui
[13:55:56] Introspect error on :1.103:/ContainerManager: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
[13:56:21] Failed to unfreeze container. Trying to launch anyways...
[13:57:06] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:07] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:08] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:09] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:10] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:11] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:12] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:13] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:14] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:15] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
[13:57:16] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...nano@nanopi-m5:$ waydroid log
(009909) [13:52:01] % lxc-info --version
5.0.3
(009909) [13:52:01] % mkdir -p /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(009909) [13:52:01] % sh -c cat "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_base" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_3" "/usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/config_4" > "/var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config"
(009909) [13:52:01] % sed -i s/LXCARCH/aarch64/ /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/config
(009909) [13:52:01] % cp -fpr /usr/lib/waydroid/data/configs/waydroid.seccomp /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/waydroid.seccomp
(009909) [13:52:01] % systemctl is-active -q apparmor
(009909) [13:52:01] % mv /var/lib/waydroid/config_nodes /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(006325) [13:52:01] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
STOPPED
(006325) [13:52:01] % modprobe -q ashmem_linux
(006325) [13:52:01] % chmod 666 -R /dev/binder
(006325) [13:52:01] % chmod 666 -R /dev/vndbinder
(006325) [13:52:01] % chmod 666 -R /dev/hwbinder
(010960) [13:53:11] Starting waydroid session
(006325) [13:53:11] % /usr/lib/waydroid/data/scripts/waydroid-net.sh start
vnic is waydroid0
(006325) [13:53:11] % systemctl is-active -q nfcd
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/sw_sync
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /sys/kernel/debug/sync/sw_sync
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dri/renderD130
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dri/renderD129
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dri/renderD128
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/fb0
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dma_heap/reserved
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dma_heap/system-uncached
(006325) [13:53:11] % chmod 777 -R /dev/dma_heap/system
(006325) [13:53:11] % mv /var/lib/waydroid/config_session /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid
(006325) [13:53:11] % mount -o ro /var/lib/waydroid/images/system.img /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs
(006325) [13:53:11] % mkdir -p /var/lib/waydroid/overlay_work/system
(006325) [13:53:11] % mount -t overlay -o ro,lowerdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay:/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs,upperdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_rw/system,workdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_work/system,xino=off overlay /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs
(006325) [13:53:11] % mount -o ro /var/lib/waydroid/images/vendor.img /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor
(006325) [13:53:11] % mkdir -p /var/lib/waydroid/overlay_work/vendor
(006325) [13:53:11] % mount -t overlay -o ro,lowerdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay/vendor:/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor,upperdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_rw/vendor,workdir=/var/lib/waydroid/overlay_work/vendor,xino=off overlay /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor
(006325) [13:53:11] % mount -o bind /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.prop /var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor/waydroid.prop
(006325) [13:53:11] Save config: /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg
(006325) [13:53:11] % lxc-start -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -F -n waydroid -- /init
(006325) [13:53:11] New background process: pid=11037, output=background
(006325) [13:53:11] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
RUNNING
(010960) [13:53:11] Skipping clipboard manager service because of missing pyclip package
(011121) [13:55:27] Session is already running
(011139) [13:55:56] Introspect error on :1.103:/ContainerManager: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
(011139) [13:55:56] Executing introspect queue due to error
(011139) [13:56:21] Failed to unfreeze container. Trying to launch anyways...
(011139) [13:57:06] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(006325) [13:57:06] % lxc-info -P /var/lib/waydroid/lxc -n waydroid -sH
RUNNING
(011139) [13:57:07] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:08] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:09] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:10] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:11] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:12] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:13] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:14] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:15] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(011139) [13:57:16] Failed to get service waydroidplatform, trying again...
(012115) [13:57:27] % tail -n 60 -F /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.log
(012115) [13:57:27] *** output passed to waydroid stdout, not to this log ***
nano@nanopi-m5:~sudo systemctl status waydroid-containerer
● waydroid-container.service - Waydroid Container
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/waydroid-container.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-09-21 13:17:05 CST; 41min ago
Main PID: 6325 (waydroid)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 9464)
Memory: 21.4M (peak: 92.5M)
CPU: 4min 20.835s
CGroup: /system.slice/waydroid-container.service
├─ 6325 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/waydroid -w container start
└─11005 dnsmasq --conf-file=/dev/null -u dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/waydroid-lxc/dnsmasq.pid --listen-address 192.168.240.1 --dhcp-range 192.168.240.2,192.168.240.254 --dhcp-lease-max=253 --dhcp-no-override --except-interface=lo --interface=waydroid0 ->
9月 21 13:17:05 nanopi-m5 systemd[1]: Started waydroid-container.service - Waydroid Container.
9月 21 13:17:52 nanopi-m5 waydroid[6552]: [13:17:52] Downloading https://sourceforge.net/projects/waydroid/files/images/system/lineage/waydroid_arm64/lineage-20.0-20250809-VANILLA-waydroid_arm64-system.zip/download
9月 21 13:34:17 nanopi-m5 waydroid[6552]: [13:34:17] Validating system image
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq[11005]: started, version 2.90 cachesize 150
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq[11005]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-UBus i18n IDN2 DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset nftset auth cryptohash DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq-dhcp[11005]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.240.2 -- 192.168.240.254, lease time 1h
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq-dhcp[11005]: DHCP, sockets bound exclusively to interface waydroid0
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq[11005]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq[11005]: using nameserver 127.0.0.53#53
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dnsmasq[11005]: read /etc/hosts - 10 names
nano@nanopi-m5:~$ systemctl status dbus
● dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2025-09-20 21:30:20 CST; 16h ago
TriggeredBy: ● dbus.socket
Docs: man:dbus-daemon(1)
Main PID: 1455 (dbus-daemon)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 9464)
Memory: 3.5M (peak: 3.8M)
CPU: 2.817s
CGroup: /system.slice/dbus.service
└─1455 @dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation --syslog-only
9月 21 13:16:57 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Reloaded configuration
9月 21 13:17:02 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.6' (uid=0 pid=1527 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon")
9月 21 13:17:02 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
9月 21 13:17:11 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: Unknown username "gnome-remote-desktop" in message bus configuration file
9月 21 13:17:11 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: Unknown username "whoopsie" in message bus configuration file
9月 21 13:17:11 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Reloaded configuration
9月 21 13:23:17 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.94' (uid=1000 pid=4015 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-control-center network")
9月 21 13:23:17 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.6' (uid=0 pid=1527 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon")
9月 21 13:53:11 nanopi-m5 dbus-daemon[1455]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
nano@nanopi-m5:$ nano@nanopi-m5:$ sudo lxc-attach -n waydroid -- systemctl status dbus
lxc-attach: waydroid: ../src/lxc/attach.c: get_attach_context: 406 Connection refused - Failed to get init pid
lxc-attach: waydroid: ../src/lxc/attach.c: lxc_attach: 1470 Connection refused - Failed to get attach context
nano@nanopi-m5:$ nano@nanopi-m5:$ ls -l /var/lib/waydroid/
ls -l /var/lib/waydroid/lxc/waydroid/
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 9月 21 13:52 cache_http
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 9月 21 13:52 host-permissions
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 9月 21 13:51 images
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 9月 21 13:52 lxc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 9月 21 13:52 overlay
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 9月 21 13:52 overlay_rw
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 9月 21 13:53 overlay_work
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 9月 21 13:52 rootfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 472 9月 21 13:52 waydroid_base.prop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 486 9月 21 13:53 waydroid.cfg
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 6558 9月 21 13:57 waydroid.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 776 9月 21 13:53 waydroid.prop
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 989 9月 21 13:52 config
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1860 9月 21 13:52 config_nodes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 311 9月 21 13:53 config_session
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 346 6月 24 17:18 waydroid.seccomp
nano@nanopi-m5:~$
How to reproduce?
At present, RK3576 cannot use Waydrod when opening IPC and Android binder.
Perhaps it is due to the absence of VNet ANDROID_SHMEM.
On which OS are you observing this problem? (for easier diagnosis please provide logs with armbianmonitor -u)
Armbian Ubuntu 24.04 Noble
