Jetson stuck at logo screen after OS flash

It is stuck at the logo screen after reset and does not move forward to the login page.
I am unable to install the SDK components onto the Jetson TX2 after flashing the OS. When I try to install the sdk components it gives me an error saying that "could not connect to the target device.

I have attached photos of the logo screen, error while installing sdk components and also the logs while installing sdk components.

Link to photos: [url]https://imgur.com/a/dSoQ517[/url]

Logs:

00:49:04 INFO : null
00:49:15 INFO : CUDA on Host : download ‘CUDA on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : OpenCV on Host : download ‘OpenCV on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : VisionWorks on Host : download ‘VisionWorks on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : DevTools Documentation : download ‘DevTools Documentation’ success
00:49:15 INFO : CUDA Cross Compile Package on Host : download ‘CUDA Cross Compile Package on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : NVIDIA Nsight Systems : download ‘NVIDIA Nsight Systems’ success
00:49:15 INFO : NVIDIA Nsight Graphics : download ‘NVIDIA Nsight Graphics’ success
00:49:15 INFO : CUDA on Host : install ‘CUDA on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : OpenCV on Host : install ‘OpenCV on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : VisionWorks on Host : install ‘VisionWorks on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : DevTools Documentation : install ‘DevTools Documentation’ success
00:49:15 INFO : CUDA Cross Compile Package on Host : install ‘CUDA Cross Compile Package on Host’ success
00:49:15 INFO : NVIDIA Nsight Systems : install ‘NVIDIA Nsight Systems’ success
00:49:15 INFO : NVIDIA Nsight Graphics : install ‘NVIDIA Nsight Graphics’ success
00:49:27 INFO : CUDA Toolkit for L4T : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/cuda-repo-l4t-10-0-local-10.0.166_1.0-1_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:29 INFO : cuDNN on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libcudnn7_7.3.1.28-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:31 INFO : cuDNN on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libcudnn7-dev_7.3.1.28-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:32 INFO : cuDNN on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libcudnn7-doc_7.3.1.28-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:32 INFO : OpenCV on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libopencv_3.3.1-2-g31ccdfe11_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:32 INFO : OpenCV on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libopencv-dev_3.3.1-2-g31ccdfe11_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:32 INFO : OpenCV on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libopencv-python_3.3.1-2-g31ccdfe11_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:32 INFO : OpenCV on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libopencv-samples_3.3.1-2-g31ccdfe11_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:33 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libnvinfer5_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:33 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libnvinfer-dev_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:40 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libnvinfer-samples_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_all.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:40 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/tensorrt_5.0.6.3-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:40 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/python-libnvinfer_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:41 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/python-libnvinfer-dev_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:41 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/python3-libnvinfer_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:41 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/python3-libnvinfer-dev_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:41 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/graphsurgeon-tf_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:41 INFO : TensorRT on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/uff-converter-tf_5.0.6-1+cuda10.0_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:42 INFO : VisionWorks on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libvisionworks-repo_1.6.0.500n_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:42 INFO : VisionWorks on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libvisionworks-sfm-repo_0.90.4_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:42 INFO : VisionWorks on Target : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/libvisionworks-tracking-repo_0.88.2_arm64.deb with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:43 INFO : Multimedia API : Found file /home/anurag/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/Tegra_Multimedia_API_R32.1.0_aarch64.tbz2 with correct checksum, skip downloading.
00:49:51 INFO : [host] [sudo] password for anurag:
00:49:51 INFO :
00:49:51 INFO :
00:49:51 DEBUG : running command < ip addr | grep 192.168.55.100/24 >
00:49:51 ERROR : command terminated with error
00:49:51 DEBUG : running command < lsusb | grep “NVidia Corp” >
00:49:51 ERROR : command terminated with error
00:49:51 ERROR : Could not connect to the target device. Verify that: 1. The device is connected to this host machine with a USB cable. 2. Ubuntu ‘System configuration wizard’ is completed on the device. 3. Jetson’s Ubuntu OS is up and running.
00:49:59 DEBUG : running command < ip addr | grep 192.168.55.100/24 >
00:49:59 ERROR : command terminated with error
00:49:59 DEBUG : running command < lsusb | grep “NVidia Corp” >
00:49:59 ERROR : command terminated with error
00:49:59 ERROR : Could not connect to the target device. Verify that: 1. The device is connected to this host machine with a USB cable. 2. Ubuntu ‘System configuration wizard’ is completed on the device. 3. Jetson’s Ubuntu OS is up and running.
00:50:00 DEBUG : running command < ip addr | grep 192.168.55.100/24 >
00:50:00 ERROR : command terminated with error
00:50:00 DEBUG : running command < lsusb | grep “NVidia Corp” >
00:50:00 ERROR : command terminated with error
00:50:00 ERROR : Could not connect to the target device. Verify that: 1. The device is connected to this host machine with a USB cable. 2. Ubuntu ‘System configuration wizard’ is completed on the device. 3. Jetson’s Ubuntu OS is up and running.
01:29:35 INFO : Device Mode Host Setup in Target SDK : install ‘Device Mode Host Setup in Target SDK’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : DateTime Target Setup : install ‘DateTime Target Setup’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : CUDA Toolkit for L4T : install ‘CUDA Toolkit for L4T’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : cuDNN on Target : install ‘cuDNN on Target’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : TensorRT on Target : install ‘TensorRT on Target’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : OpenCV on Target : install ‘OpenCV on Target’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : VisionWorks on Target : install ‘VisionWorks on Target’ Skipped
01:29:35 INFO : Multimedia API : install ‘Multimedia API’ Skipped
01:29:36 INFO : All done!

Try booting the Jetson normally, keep the USB connected, run SDKM without flash (just keep install of packages), and when it gets to that point:

  1. Unplug the USB.
  2. Monitor "dmesg --follow".
  3. Find the MAC address as you plug the USB back in.
  4. Go to your GUI network settings and mark the MAC address as active (enable this device).
  5. Now try to continue on, or restart SDKM while leaving USB up.

After running “dmesg --follow”, when I unplug and replug the USB, there is no address that comes up.

Hi rsethuna,

Please refer to below topic if can help:
[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1050477/jetson-tx2/jetpack4-2-flashing-issues-and-how-to-resolve/[/url]

Thanks

Hi rsethuna,

After flashing and Jetson device booting up, usb-device mode is up . The expected results at this stage are:

  • 192.168.55.1 is assigned to Jetson device
  • 192.168.55.100 is assigned to host machine

If you can see the name like “enp0s26u1u1” and no ip address, you can use below command to enable host machine:

sudo ifconfig enp0s20f0u1 192.168.55.100 netmask 255.255.255.0

After host machine usb-device mode enable, please run sdkmanager again.

I solved the issue. I had been running the flash with an SD card inserted which, I assume, cause the OS to flash on the SD card and the Jetson was never responding after that. When I flashed it again after removing the SD card, the system booted up and worked properly.

Thanks for the help.