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"No removable drive detected." when /tmp is mounted as noexec

See original GitHub issue

Etcher version: 1.1.2
Operating system and architecture: openSUSE Leap 42.3, x64

Mount /tmp as noexec (many people and some distros do that by default) and click on “Select drive” after you chose an image. It will show “No removable drive detected”.

Console log:

Uncaught Error: spawn EACCES
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:313:11)
    at exports.spawn (child_process.js:399:9)
    at Object.exports.execFile (child_process.js:160:15)
    at Object.module.(anonymous function) [as execFile] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:200:20)
    at executeScript (/tmp/.mount_npruyq/usr/bin/resources/app.asar/node_modules/drivelist/lib/execute.js:87:16)
    at createTemporaryScriptFile (/tmp/.mount_npruyq/usr/bin/resources/app.asar/node_modules/drivelist/lib/execute.js:153:5)
    at fs.writeFile (/tmp/.mount_npruyq/usr/bin/resources/app.asar/node_modules/drivelist/lib/execute.js:67:5)
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:112:15)

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:9 (8 by maintainers)

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szotsakicommented, Aug 22, 2017

Yes, I used the remount option to make /tmp executable but only root can do that, so I think it’s not a good solution. Modifying it in a program and knowing that that program can accidentally crash leaving /tmp in exec state may have awful consequences.

Directory selection idea: I recommend to adhere to Freedesktop specification, specifically $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR or maybe $XDG_CACHE_HOME.

Running ethcher with TMPDIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR ./etcher-1.1.2-x86_64.AppImage made it work with noexec, thank you for the tip.

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lurchcommented, Oct 10, 2017

Closing, as drivelist in Etcher has been upgraded.

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