Appimage non functional as normal user

Red_Fir · 2024-06-29 22:47:02

So I have XFCE on Devuan5
I recently downloaded an appimage that will not execute as user, It executes without hitch as root.
Other appimages run flawlessly but not this one. (Endless_Sky-v0.10.8-x86_64.AppImage)

I assume that I need to be a part of some group?
Any direction would be good!

Red_Fir · 2024-06-29 23:05:27

When ran from the command line it gives
failed to exec fusermount: Permission denied

stopAI · 2024-07-01 11:45:45

Did you make it executable (as user) with command

chmod +x

Red_Fir · 2024-07-01 15:48:17

yes

when executed from the command line (as user) the full message is

"fuse: failed to exec fusermount: Permission denied

Cannot mount AppImage, please check your FUSE setup.
You might still be able to extract the contents of this AppImage
if you run it with the --appimage-extract option.
See https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/FUSE
for more information
open dir error: No such file or directory"

When invoked via sudo it executes (but as a new user without a game history)

stopAI · 2024-07-02 11:39:47

I think it is related to this

https://github.com/AppImage/type2-runtime/issues/15

aitor · 2024-07-06 11:29:35

Read the header of /etc/fuse.conf. I have the following setup (fuse is required by vdev):

# The file /etc/fuse.conf allows for the following parameters:
#
# user_allow_other - Using the allow_other mount option works fine as root, in
# order to have it work as user you need user_allow_other in /etc/fuse.conf as
# well. (This option allows users to use the allow_other option.) You need
# allow_other if you want users other than the owner to access a mounted fuse.
# This option must appear on a line by itself. There is no value, just the
# presence of the option.

user_allow_other

# mount_max = n - this option sets the maximum number of mounts.
# Currently (2014) it must be typed exactly as shown
# (with a single space before and after the equals sign).

#mount_max = 1000

i.e., you want to enable user_allow_other.

Last edited by aitor (2024-07-06 11:29:53)

GNUser · 2024-07-07 01:59:23

Hi Red_Fir. I've encountered your issue with some recent appimages:

$ ./foo.AppImage
fuse: failed to exec fusermount: Permission denied

I'm able to fix the problem like this:

$ export FUSERMOUNT_PROG=$(which fusermount)
$ ./foo.AppImage

The bug was introduced by recent changes in the tools used to create appimages and has nothing to do with Devuan. Old appimages that were working fine on Devuan 4 (Chimaera) are still working fine for me on Devuan 5 (Daedalus) without the above workaround.

Last edited by GNUser (2024-07-07 02:03:40)

Red_Fir · 2024-07-08 02:08:08

No joy,
neither solution was effective.

ghp · 2024-07-08 03:51:21

this perhaps?
https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/issues/10297

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn · 2024-09-22 09:47:58

was this ever solved?

LinuxMan · 2024-10-01 22:41:38

Right click the AppImage and select Properties, then click on the Permissions Tab, now put a check mark in "Allow this file to run as an app" cilck close now right click it again and select "execute" it should work now

greenjeans · 2024-11-17 21:32:24

^^The above reply is how I do mine, never had an issue, but all i'm using it for are browsers. Perhaps it's program-specific? Have you tried other appimages?

Just downloaded a nightly and an esr version of Firefox yesterday, and both work fine.

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