I have Ubuntu 22.04 installed with desktop environment and Reminna RDP running. I cannot install the .7z, .run or the .AppImage file. I’m getting:
atom@atomstack:~$ ./LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage
bash: ./LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
atom@atomstack:~$
Is there a bug/problem? I see that the compatibility says that it works with ubuntu 20.04, should I downgrade or go back to Ubuntu 20.04 for this?
The file needs execution permission.
Run in Terminal:
chmod u+x ./LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage
No luck. Unless I’m forgetting something really dumb/stupid, this is what I’m getting:
atom@atomstack:~$ ls
Desktop LightBurn Pictures Templates
Documents LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage Public thinclient_drives
Downloads Music snap Videos
atom@atomstack:~$ sudo chmod u+x ./LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage
[sudo] password for atom:
atom@atomstack:~$ ./LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage
bash: ./LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
atom@atomstack:~$
I’m not really sure what’s going on. Should I try it on a different machine? I can’t get the appimage to run from terminal or gui.
EDIT: Is this thing x86? And I’m trying to run it on ARM?
Find out what machine architecture you have:
uname -m
If it looks something like:
x86_64
Then the executable file should Just Work™.
The doc gives the compatibility list:
Can you run this in the directory that holds the appimage file and return results:
ls -l
How do people run LB on the new arm Macs? Compatibility mode?
I was pretty sure my permissions were fine and @ednisley, I was asking if LB software/application is x86_64 because the LePotato is aarch64.
Here’s what I get:
atom@atomstack:~$ uname -m
aarch64
atom@atomstack:~$ ls
Desktop LightBurn Pictures Templates
Documents LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage Public thinclient_drives
Downloads Music snap Videos
atom@atomstack:~$ ls -l
total 51736
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 64 Oct 20 18:04 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 378 Oct 20 11:16 LightBurn
-rwxrwxr-x 1 atom atom 52974784 Oct 20 18:02 LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Music
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Public
drwx------ 1 atom atom 64 Oct 15 23:53 snap
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Templates
drwxrwxr-t 1 atom atom 0 Oct 16 23:55 thinclient_drives
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Videos
atom@atomstack:~$ sudo ls -l
total 51736
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 64 Oct 20 18:04 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 378 Oct 20 11:16 LightBurn
-rwxrwxr-x 1 atom atom 52974784 Oct 20 18:02 LightBurn_1.4.04.AppImage
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Music
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Public
drwx------ 1 atom atom 64 Oct 15 23:53 snap
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Templates
drwxrwxr-t 1 atom atom 0 Oct 16 23:55 thinclient_drives
drwxr-xr-x 1 atom atom 0 Oct 15 23:20 Videos
atom@atomstack:~$
I think that the LePotato board with only 2gb memory is going to be pretty weak running LB and also trying to do any design work. It’s great as a headless machine but pretty slow/laggy with dekstop OS and RDP running.
I’ll drag out one of her old macbooks and see if those will still run/update, or I’ll look for a little mini-PC.
I missed this or didn’t ask. I was under the impression that this was a previously working system.
There is no ARM build of LightBurn currently.
You’re out of luck unless you want to attempt an emulation scenario which is not for the faint of heart.
Thanks. That’s what I figured. I was a little confused at first with the whole usb/serial-to-wifi bridge thing vs. actual lightburn software, etc. Wasn’t sure if LB worked on arm or not but now I understand. Looks like her old 2010 macbook pro still fires up and somehow the battery even partially charges. We will give that a shot and see if we can get LB working that way. Thx.
Now we all know! 
The funny thing is I’d heard of that board but didn’t think of it in this context. Honestly thought that was just the given name of the computer.