Error 139 (Segmentation Fault) Platformio Core

aleben · March 22, 2019, 10:20am

Hello,
I have been using platformio on a Linux system without any problem, yesterday I installed pio on a raspberry pi 0 running the latest raspbian (A derivate of Debian 9) and every time I try to pio run I get this:

Building .pioenvs/nodemcuv2/firmware.bin
Segmentation fault
*** [.pioenvs/nodemcuv2/firmware.bin] Error 139

Some specs:
My Linux Pc:

Ubuntu 18.10 x64
-Platformio Core 3.6.5 + Platformio IDE Vs Code

Raspberry Pi 0:

Raspbian Stretch (Derivate of Debian 9) ARM
-Platformio Core 3.6.5 (I’m running only CLI, can’t install Platformio IDE)

Board esp8266, I tried creating a project for both a NodeMcu and a wemos_d1_mini, on Linux both of them compile with no problem, on raspberry none of them compiles.

I think I tried everything but nothing seems to work, here’s what I tried so far:

Reinstalling platformio Core
Removing pio Core and installing the dev version
Creating a new pio project and changing the board
Copying the project folder from the Linux machine to the raspberry one

Here you can find the output of the pio run -v command

NodeMcu pio run -v

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/provaBo $ more platformio.ini
; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
;
;   Build options: build flags, source filter
;   Upload options: custom upload port, speed and extra flags
;   Library options: dependencies, extra library storages
;   Advanced options: extra scripting
;
; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html

[env:nodemcuv2]
platform = espressif8266
board = nodemcuv2
framework = arduino

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/provaBo $ pio run -v
Processing nodemcuv2 (platform: espressif8266; board: nodemcuv2; framework: arduino)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif8266/nodemcuv2.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 8266 > NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)
HARDWARE: ESP8266 80MHz 80KB RAM (4MB Flash)
Library Dependency Finder -> http://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF MODES: FINDER(chain) COMPATIBILITY(soft)
Collected 26 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
No dependencies
"esptool" -eo "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266/bootloaders/eboot/eboot.elf" -bo .pioenvs/nodemcuv2/firmware.bin -bm dio -bf 40 -bz 4M -bs .text -bp 4096 -ec -eo .pioenvs/nodemcuv2/firmware.elf -bs .irom0.text -bs .text -bs .data -bs .rodata -bc -ec
Segmentation fault
*** [.pioenvs/nodemcuv2/firmware.bin] Error 139

Wemos D1 Mini pio run -v

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/provaBo2 $ more platformio.ini
; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
;
;   Build options: build flags, source filter
;   Upload options: custom upload port, speed and extra flags
;   Library options: dependencies, extra library storages
;   Advanced options: extra scripting
;
; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html

[env:d1_mini_lite]
platform = espressif8266
board = d1_mini_lite
framework = arduino

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/provaBo2 $ pio run -v
Processing d1_mini_lite (platform: espressif8266; board: d1_mini_lite; framework: arduino)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif8266/d1_mini_lite.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 8266 > WeMos D1 mini Lite
HARDWARE: ESP8266 80MHz 80KB RAM (1MB Flash)
Library Dependency Finder -> http://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF MODES: FINDER(chain) COMPATIBILITY(soft)
Collected 26 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
No dependencies
"esptool" -eo "/home/pi/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif8266/bootloaders/eboot/eboot.elf" -bo .pioenvs/d1_mini_lite/firmware.bin -bm dout -bf 40 -bz 1M -bs .text -bp 4096 -ec -eo .pioenvs/d1_mini_lite/firmware.elf -bs .irom0.text -bs .text -bs .data -bs .rodata -bc -ec
Segmentation fault
*** [.pioenvs/d1_mini_lite/firmware.bin] Error 139

Any suggestion is welcome!

maxgerhardt · March 22, 2019, 10:39am

Can you give the output of the command file ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/* please.

aleben · March 22, 2019, 10:43am

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/provaBo2 $ ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/*
Segmentation fault

maxgerhardt · March 22, 2019, 10:44am

file please as the command in front of it.

aleben · March 22, 2019, 10:49am

Sorry, didn’t see that

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/provaBo2 $ file ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/* 
/home/pi/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/esptool:      ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=b30dec20e4ed1f9652ba81937dcc8e4c8360d0ab, stripped
/home/pi/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/package.json: ASCII text

maxgerhardt · March 22, 2019, 11:08am

Ok what does

ldd /home/pi/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/esptool

output?

aleben · March 22, 2019, 11:11am

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ldd /home/pi/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/esptool
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem.so (0xb6f33000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb6de1000)
/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6f49000)

maxgerhardt · March 22, 2019, 11:18am

Okay so I thought there’s maybe a binary incompatibility (e.g. compiled from wrong ARM architecture version) for the esptool file, but the loader doesn’t complain . I’ll look into it on my Pi Zero W.

pfeerick · March 22, 2019, 1:03pm

Well, that’s just plain weird. It isn’t giving exec format errors, so it doesn’t look like it’s the wrong architecture. But it just-does-not-work™. If you just want to get it working, you can clone the esptool-ck repo, compile the binary and swap it in… but it doesn’t explain what’s the go here. Or you can use the binary I compiled if you trust any ol’ binary you are offered online https://dl.bintray.com/pfeerick/armv6l/:esptool

If it is of any help, this is my output…

file ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/esptool
ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=b30dec20e4ed1f9652ba81937dcc8e4c8360d0ab, stripped

versus a self-compile on a rPi ZW (raspbian stetch nov 2018)…

file ~/esptool-ck/esptool
ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=9143a614834b66afa6cdcc1550c65d181a1a51c2, stripped

Only difference appears to be the linux version and build hash? Thankfully, it’s not my fault, as it’s not the esptool ARM64 binary!

I can say that for (and I don’t know why there are two versions of the files - oh, duh… actual esptool versions!), that
tool-esptool-linux_armv6l-1.413.0.tar.gz gives the segmentation fault, but tool-esptool-linux_armv6l-1.409.0.tar.gz doesn’t.

aleben · March 22, 2019, 3:30pm

Thanks!
Your binary works perfectly

aleben · March 22, 2019, 3:37pm

If anybody has the same problem here is how to solve it:

Download the binary provided by @pfeerick (https://dl.bintray.com/pfeerick/armv6l/esptool)
Replace the binary in ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/
Make it executable

Here’s the commands to do so:

cd ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/
mv esptool esptool.old
wget https://dl.bintray.com/pfeerick/armv6l/esptool
sudo chmod +x esptool

Try to run a pio project, if it works then remove the old esptool ( rm ~/.platformio/packages/tool-esptool/esptool.old )

pfeerick · March 22, 2019, 10:53pm

No problem… glad it worked for you btw, I gave the wrong link above for the working distributed pio version… this is the proper link… Service End for Bintray, JCenter, GoCenter, and ChartCenter | JFrog … just note it does appear to be a slightly older version of esptool 4.09 vs 4.13, if that matters.

Just need to find out why the other version doesn’t work… probably something simple!