Hi, years ago when Jami was called Ring I created an account on my old Android phone and one on my old Android tablet and communication was working although being a little buggy at that time.
Recently I decided to try Jami on my Raspberry Pi 4 with Arch Linux ARM and LXDE desktop. I installed the jami-gnome package with all its dependencies. I decided to use the phone account also on the Pi by linking it using the PIN method. And lo and behold: it worked.
Strangly enough on my Android phone I donāt see any linked device (shouldnāt there be the Pi?). On the Pi however I see 2 linked devices each represented by an 8 digit alphanummerical number with the long ID number underneath. One has a āsettingsā wheel sign on the right which allows me to edit the name. The other has a āone way do not enterā sign on the right which shows āRevoke deviceā on hover.
Both numbers and IDās do not ring a bell with me, both IDās are not the IDās from my phone or tablet account. If I remove the second device (āRevoke deviceā) it disappears from the list but after a couple of seconds it appears back again! Iām wondering what these devices are and how to get rid of them.
This morning after a fresh start (power up) of the Raspberry Pi I looked again in the account and the second device seems gone now (yesterday it kept coming back). Is this normal behaviour?
That still leaves me with the first known device with the āsettingsā wheel beside it. Could this be the actual Raspberry Pi device? If so I do not understand the ID. Let me try to make it more clear by showing the account settings:
PHONE (Android)
Registered username: johndoe (not the real name, just example)
Identity : long string ending with 8200
This device : PC16
PC (Arch Linux ARM, LXDE, jami-gnome)
Username : johndoe (linked from PHONE)
ID : long string ending with 8200 (same as johndoe on PHONE)
Known devices linked to this Jami account:
4fe4fffb
long string ending with 58fb
So what is this linked device on the PC? I cannot place the ID.
Hi @wrycode, thanks for the detailed reply. However this means that with the jami-gnome package thereās an error in the Account page layout. The device with the settings gear is listed under āKnown devices linked to this Jami accountā where it should be under āThis deviceā like on the Android version. But the Account page doesnāt have a āThis deviceā section. Thatās confusing, at least to me.
Iām still wondering where this 8-digit number comes from. Itās definitely neither the Piās serial ID (/proc/cpuinfo) nor is it the hostname (/etc/hostname). Since Iām an Arch Linux user Iād like to know whatās under the hood so maybe there are other Raspberry Pi users who can share a light on this.
Yep, the 8-digit number is just the ādevice nameā . It defaults to the hostname for me (e.g. āwrycodeā or āiPhoneā) but I can rename it from jami-gnome or jami-qt with the pen icon. I donāt know if renaming it is implemented in the Android app.
I agree that that having a āThis deviceā section might be easier for new users than listing the devices all together.
Indeed, in jami-gnome thereās only one device section, āKnown devices linked to this Jami accountā. However, I just implemented (5d8c5099) a āThis deviceā label that will be shown above the name of the current device in the device list. This will be available in the next release, and will hopefully more clearly indicate the current device.