Troubleshooting

Requirements and installation

All dependencies are commonly used on a Linux system, but some may not be installed on your system. The dependencies are:

• Python 2.7 or 3.5+.

• Python-pip (pip).

• Tcpdump.

• Sudo

Amazon-dash v2.0.0 will only be compatible with Python 3.6+. This version is currently in development.

Why root is required

This program needs permission to open raw sockets on your system. You can set this permission using setcap, but you must be very careful about who can run the program. Raw sockets permission could allow scaling permissions on the system:

setcap cap_net_raw=eip ./scripts/amazon-dash
setcap cap_net_raw=eip /usr/bin/pythonX.X
setcap cap_net_raw=eip /usr/bin/tcpdump

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36215201/python-scapy-sniff-without-root

Amazon Dash Exceptions

These are the types of errors that are contemplated in Amazon Dash. If Amazon Dash returns one of these errors, please do not open an issue without reading the error message. The following is an example of a configuration error:

$ amazon-dash run
Welcome to Amazon-dash v0.4.1-1 using Python 3.6.3
Listening for events. Amazon-dash will execute the events associated with the registered buttons.
[Error] Amazon Dash Exception (InvalidConfig):
The configuration file is invalid (/current/path/amazon-dash.yml). Check the file and read the documentation.
while scanning a simple key
  in "amazon-dash.yml", line 42, column 5
could not find expected ':'
  in "amazon-dash.yml", line 43, column 1

The line number with the typo appears in the error. The error type is in parentheses (in the ex. InvalidConfig). These are the types of errors:

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.AmazonDashException

Amazon Dash base exception. All the exceptions that use this base are captured by the command line.

error_code = 3

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.AudioError

Error on dash button audio hack error.

error_code = 12

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.ConfigFileNotFoundError(file)

The configuration file was not found

error_code = 5

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.ConfigWifiError

Error on dash button Wifi configuration.

error_code = 11

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.ConfirmationError

A An error occurred while sending the confirmation

error_code = 9

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.ExecuteError

A An error occurred while executing a device

error_code = 10

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.InvalidConfig(file=None, extra_body='')

The configuration file has not passed the yaml validation or json-schema validation or exec. class validation

error_code = 6

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.InvalidDevice

Used on test-device command. The mac address device is not in config file

error_code = 8

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.SecurityException

A configuration fault has been found that puts the system at risk

error_code = 4

Error code to return

exception amazon_dash.exceptions.SocketPermissionError

The program must be run as root or the user needs permissions to sniff the traffic

error_code = 7

Error code to return

Cli errors

The command line will return an error if unknown or misused options are used. For example:

$ amazon-dash foobarspam
Welcome to Amazon-dash v0.4.1-1 using Python 3.6.3
Usage: amazon-dash foobarspam [OPTIONS]

Error: Got unexpected extra argument (foobarspam)

Obviously foobarspam is not a known command. Please use --help to see all the commands.

The problem is the same with the options. For example:

$ amazon-dash --foo
Welcome to Amazon-dash v0.4.1-1 using Python 3.6.3
Error: no such option: --foo

The command line exceptions (like abort) on Click return an 1 error code. Errors due to misuse of the options return an error code 2.

Installation errors

If you have problems with the installation, check that you meet all the requirements of section Requirements and installation. Check that you are running the commands as sudo. If you still have problems open a ticket and do not forget to paste all the error messages during the installation.

To verify that you have installed Amazon Dash and you are using the latest version:

$ amazon-dash --version
You are running Amazon-dash v0.4.1-1 using Python 3.6.3.
There is a new version available: 0.4.2. Upgrade it using: sudo pip install -U amazon-dash
Installation path: /home/nekmo/Workspace/amazon-dash/amazon_dash
Current path: /home/nekmo/Workspace/amazon-dash