ESP32 HMI Display - Linux - Unable To Build Factory Program

MrSunshine · November 2023

There is a slight overlap with this issue and something I had discovered when working arriving at the end of this forum post:

ESP32 HMI Display - Brittle and Broken Documentation

MrSunshine Nov 6, 2023

Working with the ESP32 5.0 Inch HMI display and followed along the video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKJesBu_cg4 quickly led to realization that the video no longer matches between expected (in video) and actual (on product page). There is no direct downloads on the product page, now there is the wiki. The video is only two months old and already its obsolete.
Following along the wiki seems to be the way so I pause the video and go forward with the wiki. One of the two libraries is a broken link (the one containing the UI library). So then found that broken link alternative hiding in the FAQ page... super awesome experience so far... The instructions in the wiki for dealing with what needs to be known about the UI stuff is clear as mud in the wiki. The video thankfully was very clear about what needs to happen with the UI section.
The wiki fails again where the download for the factory project code should be. The download is a zero byte size zip file with no files, just the root folder.
I suggest using one of the many source control options out there to host source code such as GitHub or GitLab and refrain from moving things around so much to keep links relevant for some planned number of years. If you don't do this soon your going to be unable to maintain the content and assets for the product you currently maintain and its going to get infinitely worse as your inventory grows.
So, where can I find that factory program hosted at now or can you please repair those so they actually have content to download?

I was able to successfully build and push the factory program following those updated instructions from a Windows machine, but I failed to arrive at the same success on any Linux machine I had tested on. I wasn't able to decipher what exactly was wrong from the build error logs and I didn't dedicate a lot of time to determine for sure if this could be related to case sensitivity, but I can't help but think that it is related.

My tests were conducted (if this is even relevant) from a Linux VM running Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 and also a Chromebook with the Linux environment. I matched the settings required per the Wiki.

If someone from Elecrow could allocate a little time to setup of a Linux machine (easily done via a VM) and run through the Wiki please let me know what settings are required for a successful build and deploy.