Bootburn error decoding utf-8

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Please provide the following info (check/uncheck the boxes after creating this topic):
Software Version
DRIVE OS Linux 5.2.6
DRIVE OS Linux 5.2.6 and DriveWorks 4.0
DRIVE OS Linux 5.2.0
DRIVE OS Linux 5.2.0 and DriveWorks 3.5
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Software 10.0 (Linux)
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Software 9.0 (Linux)
other DRIVE OS version
other

Target Operating System
Linux
QNX
other

Hardware Platform
NVIDIA DRIVE™ AGX Xavier DevKit (E3550)
NVIDIA DRIVE™ AGX Pegasus DevKit (E3550)
other

SDK Manager Version
1.9.10816
other

Host Machine Version
native Ubuntu 18.04
other

Flashing my system to 6.0.5 is failing trying to decode utf-8. The end of the log looks like:

[2022-12-02 17:04:52,497 root DEBUG console_logger.py 17 39957] b'[bootburn]: [GetTegrasAssocWithAurix(507)] : Setting Tegra-A on hold... \r\n[bootburn]: ExecuteAurixCommand entered\r\n'
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,767 root DEBUG console_logger.py 17 39957] b"[bootburn]: [ExecuteAurixCommand(449)] : Send command on Aurix serial port: 'tegrareset x1 h\\n'\r\n"
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,768 root INFO runner.py 37 39957] 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 51: invalid start byte
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,769 root DEBUG runner.py 39 39957] Error on line 920
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,769 root DEBUG runner.py 40 39957] Exception info: Exception Type <class 'UnicodeDecodeError'>, Traceback <traceback object at 0x7fa4252e7448>
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,769 root INFO runner.py 45 39957] driveinstaller cannot continue! Check the log file for details: /home/mogill/.nvsdkm/driveinstaller.log
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,869 root DEBUG runner.py 62 39957] Cleaning up...
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,870 root DEBUG utilities.py 137 39957] Deleting temporary directories...
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,870 root DEBUG utilities.py 139 39957] Deleting /tmp/pdkinstall-tmp-winj2xmt-bind
[2022-12-02 17:04:52,870 root DEBUG runner.py 64 39957] Closing the log file.
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@jace.mogill1 are you using Orin devkit? If yes, I’ll move this topic to the appropriate forum.

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This is a Drive AGX Orin Developer Kit.

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@jace.mogill1
Please power cycle your host and target system and then try to flash again.

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After power-cycling both the x86 host and Orin, the flash process fails in the same way. Log is attached.
driveinstaller.log (484.3 KB)

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Please refer to below in DRIVE OS 6.0.5 Linux Release Notes and see if it helps with your issue.

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There’s no sign of USB disconnections or other USB problems, however, the byte that has the UTF-8 decoding error is different on today’s try. I will purchase the recommended USB cable and try with it.

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At the same time, please also try with USB 2.0 port on the host PC.

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I rebooted the PC, plugged the specified USB cable into a USB2.0 port on the PC, and tried to re-flash the Orin using SDKManager, but I got the same UTF-8 decoding error. Log is attached.

driveinstaller.log.2022-12-07 (726.1 KB)

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Please also provide all logs under ~/.nvsdkm/ for our analysis. Thanks.

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Logs are attached. Let me know if you need other info.

driveinstaller.log.2022-12-07 (726.1 KB)
sdkm_download.log (5.1 KB)
sdkm-2022-12-07-09-57-22.log (200.3 KB)
sdkm.log (200.3 KB)

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Thanks. Please help tar ~/.nvsdkm directory and upload it here.

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This should be the whole ~/.nvsdkm. If you need more info, just let me know.

nvsdk.tgz (432.3 KB)

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@jace.mogill1 I sent a private message to you. Please help to check if the debian package provided can fix the issue. Thanks.

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After our offline support, you have successfully flashed.
However, please help answer the below questions for our further analysis. Thanks.

  • Is this the first time you flashed the board out of box?
  • Or had you been using but never flashed? Did you see any errors on booting about Aurix update?
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As noted in the other support exchange, the network is not coming up, and a software reboot (reboot from the command line) does not restart the system without power-cycling.

  • I’ve attempted flashing the system several times. The system shipped to me with no OS installed.
  • I don’t see any messages during boot, the first thing to display is the Ubuntu login screen
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Please create topics for different issues.

The questions are to know if you have ever flashed the system before atempting to flash DRIVE OS 6.0.5 this month?

  • Is this the first time you flashed the board out of box?
  • Or had you been using but never flashed? Did you see any errors on booting about Aurix update?
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  • Yes, I have previously flashed the system, but not with DRIVE OS.
  • I have never seen errors from the Aurix on the boot screen
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@jace.mogill1
If not DRIVE OS, may I know what you flashed to the system previously?

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SDKManager installed the Jetson OS.