Raspberry Pi 3B, trying to set up Zigbee2MQTT addon, "Error while starting zigbee-herdsman", log included

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Trying to setup HAOS on my Raspberry 3B. I had many problems during installation but somehow I got through all that… I added this repository to add the Zigbee2mqtt addon GitHub - zigbee2mqtt/hassio-zigbee2mqtt: Official Zigbee2MQTT Home Assistant add-on. I am starting the addon but it keeps giving me this same error. I searched the forum and Reddit but could not find any solution. Sometimes people mention commands but I dont know where to type the commands. I just bought a USB cable to eliminate potential interference issues. I also tried another cable with my 20W charger but still the same error.

Here is the log

[18:31:43] INFO: Preparing to start...
[18:31:45] INFO: Socat not enabled
[18:31:50] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT...
Zigbee2MQTT:info  2024-01-30 18:32:08: Logging to console and directory: '/config/zigbee2mqtt/log/2024-01-30.18-32-07' filename: log.txt
Zigbee2MQTT:info  2024-01-30 18:32:08: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.35.1 (commit #unknown)
Zigbee2MQTT:info  2024-01-30 18:32:08: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.30.0)
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2024-01-30 18:32:11: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2024-01-30 18:32:11: Failed to start zigbee
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2024-01-30 18:32:11: Check https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2024-01-30 18:32:11: Exiting...
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2024-01-30 18:32:11: Error: spawn udevadm ENOENT
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:284:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

Edit

I am using a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 dongle plus

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What is you configuration look like? Here’s mine below and after days of struggling. I move the USB plug to another port and magically it worked without even changing the port ID. This is on a Pi 3B+

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This is my config, the addon is has not been started and I turnbed off ZHA (another thread suggested it). But I laso treid with ZHA on. I also changed the USB ports. I am not sure if it need some “spcial combination” for it to work…

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you have not done your config yet. mqtt and serial are still empty. You need to fill them.
As for ZHA. disable it or delete it. You can’t have 2 ZigBee coordinators running on the same stick at the same time.
Not sure which Sonoff dongle you are using but here’s a youtube video for Dongle E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_dDgo0i2g

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