try to run HS4 on 64bit PiOS

[Cor]

I try to run HS4 on a RPi with 64 bits PiOS. I installed mono without problems but if I run ./go from the HS4 directory I get an error message:

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'HSConsole.My.MyProject:m_ComputerObjectProvider' (0) due to: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'HSConsole.My.MyProject:m_ComputerObjectProvider' (0) due to: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.

Searching on the internet I found the suggestion that ASP.NET is missing.
So I installed this as described in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/iot/deployment

Without succes.

I think this is not a HomeSeer problem but something with RaspberryPi, but perhaps someone ran into the same problem here.

Anyone?

[rmasonjr]

I've not tried PiOS, but see if your mono version is up to date. SSH to the Pi and "mono --version"

[Cor]

I have 6.8.0.105



If I do an install then the system responds with allready the latest vetrsion. Very strange because you have 6.12.



If I do an install then the system reports it is the latest:


This is strange not?

[Pete]

Did you also install mono-vbnc?

sudo apt-get install mono-vbnc

Steps from 2017 are:

sudo apt-get install mono-complete
sudo apt-get install mono-vbnc
sudo apt-get install mono-xsp4

to get aspx running then do this:

install -p /usr/bin/vbc /usr/bin/vbnc

Personally I do not install mono-xpsp4 to get HS running in Linux.

[Cor]

yes I did, but the system reports that mono-vbnc doed not exist, uh?

[Cor]

Is it possible because of the 64 bits architecture that mono does not install correctly?

[Pete]

Maybe. Not familiar with the 64bit PiOS.

Guessing you used this repository stuff.

Mono Stable for Debian 64 bit.

[Cor]

I did just this:

sudo apt install mono-complete
sudo apt install mono-devel
sudo apt install mono-vbnc

but the latest (vbnc) was not succesful

[TC1]

Just some anecdotal info, I've heard of other 32-bit applications having a problem with running on 64-bit OSes on Pi's. I believe the UniFi Network controller is one of them, I currently run it against a 32-bit Debian build (from the Pi download site) on a Pi4, was thinking about rebuilding/reinstalling, read some UniFi forum posts where users said that 64-bit OSes are a no-go.

[Cor]

What I did: removing all the mono stuff from my system and used your link to install the Debian 64 bit.

Now I see the 6.12 version of mono and HS4 is running now!

Thanks for showing me the right way!

[Pete]

Googling here on some pieces of mono installation on 64bit RPi which indicates that it is not complete / not working at this time.

monodevelop not working on RPi 4 #9477

Personally I would install the 32bit version of Raspbian and reinstall Mono and be done with it.

I had similar issues with Mono installation on little Armbian 64bit TV boxes a couple of years ago.

[Cor]

Well, here mono-devel installed just fine.

[Pete]

Yes the link above was more related to mono-devel than mono-vbnc on 64bit Arm CPU.

Try to build it?

Visual Basic support

[Cor]

Yes, I did. Without a problem.

[Pete]

Great news Cor.

Glad it worked for you.