ver May1st

a temporary workround for Mac hosts.

desktop_env/envs/__init__.py

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import threading
 import uuid
 import zipfile
 from time import sleep
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("desktopenv.envinit")
 
 import psutil
 import requests
@@ -190,10 +193,12 @@ def _install_virtual_machine(vm_name, working_dir="./vm_data", downloaded_file_n
     def __download_and_unzip_vm():
         # Determine the platform and CPU architecture to decide the correct VM image to download
         if platform.system() == 'Darwin':  # macOS
-            if os.uname().machine == 'arm64':  # Apple Silicon
-                url = UBUNTU_ARM_URL
-            else:
-                url = UBUNTU_X86_URL
+            #if os.uname().machine == 'arm64':  # Apple Silicon
+                #url = UBUNTU_ARM_URL
+            #else:
+                #url = UBUNTU_X86_URL
+            url = UBUNTU_ARM_URL # a workout as most new macs are using apple silicon and they are frequently misrecognized as x86_64
+            logger.warning("Your platform is temporarily considered to be ARM. If this is a mistake, please manually replace the downloaded VM under ./vm_data with the VM of x86 version from %s", UBUNTU_X86_URL)
         elif platform.machine().lower() in ['amd64', 'x86_64']:
             url = UBUNTU_X86_URL
         else: