From 2a9a7eecac73d0a97672356f87a79a182acff356 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emile Nijssen <emile@emilenijssen.nl>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:52:24 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add helpful error message

---
 src/lib/WireGuard.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/WireGuard.js b/src/lib/WireGuard.js
index c94fc18..3722273 100644
--- a/src/lib/WireGuard.js
+++ b/src/lib/WireGuard.js
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ module.exports = class WireGuard {
 
         await this.__saveConfig(config);
         await Util.exec('wg-quick down wg0').catch(() => { });
-        await Util.exec('wg-quick up wg0');
+        await Util.exec('wg-quick up wg0').catch(err => {
+          if (err && err.message && err.message.includes('Cannot find device "wg0"')) {
+            throw new Error('WireGuard exited with the error: Cannot find device "wg0"\nThis usually means that your host\'s kernel does not support WireGuard!');
+          }
+
+          throw err;
+        });
         await Util.exec(`iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s ${WG_DEFAULT_ADDRESS.replace('x', '0')}/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE`);
         await Util.exec('iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 51820 -j ACCEPT');
         await Util.exec('iptables -A FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT');