# Tinker Board S can't run Balena WPE

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216 "2019-05-10T13:20:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bjornnuppeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@bjornnuppeke](https://forums.balena.io/u/bjornnuppeke)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216/1 "2019-05-10T13:20:56Z")

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I’m trying to run [Balena WPE](https://github.com/balena-io-projects/balena-wpe) on a Tinker Board S but it fails.

I have set all 3 of the `RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_gpu_mem` config vars.

The logs in Balena Cloud says:

```auto
Rebooting
10.05.19 15:04:33 (+0200) Supervisor starting
10.05.19 15:04:26 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:27 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:28 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:29 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:30 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:31 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:32 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:33 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:36 (+0200) Service exited 'main sha256:532992ba063c3f855d30f87ec1cefa6299cbe228506dffcde2bed24d9735b081'
10.05.19 15:04:38 (+0200) Restarting service 'main sha256:532992ba063c3f855d30f87ec1cefa6299cbe228506dffcde2bed24d9735b081'
10.05.19 15:04:33 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:35 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:35 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:38 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
10.05.19 15:04:38 (+0200) main * failed to open vchiq instance
...

```

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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216/3 "2019-05-10T16:20:56Z")

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Hi @bjornnuppeke, the Balena WPE project is for the **Raspberry Pi** devices. The `RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_gpu_mem` values also just apply to Raspberry Pi (setting the values in its `confog.json`), not the ASUS Tinker Board, which is a completely different set of hardware. Thus that project is not suitable for the Pi. That’s why it’s complaining as well, `vchiq` is the the Pi’s [VideoCore interaction tool](https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/54571/what-is-dev-vchiq-in-raspberry-pi).

What are you trying to do, actually?

For a similar display-oriented project that is cross-platform, you can possibly check:

> **[balena-io/balena-electronjs](https://github.com/balena-io/balena-electronjs)**
>
> electronJS-based resin application template. Contribute to balena-io/balena-electronjs development by creating an account on GitHub.

Or you are aiming for something else?

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**Author:** ![bjornnuppeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@bjornnuppeke](https://forums.balena.io/u/bjornnuppeke)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216/5 "2019-05-10T20:11:22Z")

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Thank you for the answer @imrehg. That explains a lot!

My goal is a kiosk/dashboard, so the electronjs repo you mentioned seems to work just as well. Great tip. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![bjornnuppeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@bjornnuppeke](https://forums.balena.io/u/bjornnuppeke)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216/7 "2019-05-15T08:11:36Z")

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Trying out the resin-electronjs service. I can’t get mouse and keyboard to work. Do you have any experience of this @imrehg?

There are a lot of errors in the BalenaCloud logs:

```auto
15.05.19 09:55:04 (+0200) Supervisor starting
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main hostname: No address associated with hostname
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "2aacba6:1" in "add" command
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main  
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main  
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main X.Org X Server 1.19.2
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Release Date: 2017-03-02
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-armmp-lpae armv7l Debian
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Current Operating System: Linux 2aacba6 4.4.103-yocto-standard #1 SMP Wed Apr 10 06:38:44 UTC 2019 armv7l
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Kernel command line: root=PARTUUID=f5612e0d-02 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait console=tty1 console=ttyS3,115200n8
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Build Date: 03 November 2018 05:53:43AM
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main xorg-server 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u5 (https://www.debian.org/support) 
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main to make sure that you have the latest version.
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed May 15 07:54:58 2019
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main gbm: failed to open any driver (search paths /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/dri:${ORIGIN}/dri:/usr/lib/dri)
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main gbm: Last dlopen error: /usr/lib/dri/rockchip_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
15.05.19 09:54:58 (+0200) main failed to load driver: rockchip
15.05.19 09:54:59 (+0200) main EGL_MESA_drm_image required.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main Electron 1.6.x has reached the end of its support cycle.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main Developers are encouraged to upgrade their applications to a newer series.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main Read about newer series at https://electronjs.org/releases .
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main Read about Electron support at https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/support#supported-versions .
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.423968:ERROR:bus.cc(427)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.482069:WARNING:audio_manager.cc(317)] Multiple instances of AudioManager detected
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.482132:WARNING:audio_manager.cc(278)] Multiple instances of AudioManager detected
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.621108:ERROR:bus.cc(427)] Failed to connect to the bus: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.991922:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(125)] Failed to create channel.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.992076:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(125)] Failed to create channel.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.992499:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(125)] Failed to create channel.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.993226:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(125)] Failed to create channel.
15.05.19 09:55:01 (+0200) main [49:0515/075501.993738:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(125)] Failed to create channel.

```

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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216/8 "2019-05-15T10:02:49Z")

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@bojrnuppeke will give it a try on the a device that we have at hand and let you know what we see. Will keep you posted!

Otherwise, the display part does work?

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**Author:** ![bjornnuppeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@bjornnuppeke](https://forums.balena.io/u/bjornnuppeke)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/tinker-board-s-cant-run-balena-wpe/8216/10 "2019-05-15T11:22:17Z")

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Yes, the display part works as intended. Thanks for taking the time @imrehg!