Problem flashing Jetson Xavier AGX to Jetpack 5 with SDK Manager

[elie.genard]

Hello,

I’m trying to flash Jetpack 5 on my Xavier AGX which was previously flashed to Jetpack 4.5. My host machine runs the SDK Manager on Ubuntu 20.04.

The Jetson is recognised as a USB peripheral as indicated by lsusb and in recovery mode, as indicated by the following screenshot.

When I launch the flashing, I have the following error message:

The target is in a bad state
The Jetson target is in a bad state and cannot be flashed. Please manually put the target into recovery mode and then retry flashing.

I tried to flash using the flash.sh script but I get a similar error:

$ sudo ./flash.sh jetson-agx-xavier-devkit mmcblk0p1
###############################################################################
# L4T BSP Information:
# R35 , REVISION: 1.0
###############################################################################
Error: probing the target board failed.
       Make sure the target board is connected through
       USB port and is in recovery mode.

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:568b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f3:2234 Elan Microelectronics Corp. Touchscreen
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 0403:6011 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT4232H Quad HS USB-UART/FIFO IC
Bus 001 Device 013: ID 0955:7019 NVIDIA Corp. APX
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Here is a log of the process:

SDKM_logs_JetPack_5.0.2_Linux_for_Jetson_AGX_Xavier_modules_2022-08-30_16-15-33.zip (80.4 KB)

How can I debug this problem?

[carolyuu]

Hi elie.genard,

Can you try another type-C flash cable or plug-in different USB port on host?

[elie.genard]

Hi @carolyuu,

I’ve tried a combination a 3 different USB ports and 2 cables and the result is the same.

I also have a Jetson Xavier NX that I tried to flash and had the same issue.

[WayneWWW]

Hi,

Do you have any ubuntu 18.04 host that can flash both jp4 and jp5 jetpack to try?

I think this is host issue but not related to jetson.

[elie.genard]

I don’t have a Ubuntu 18.04 host.

I tried on a virtual machine with Ubuntu 18.04 and even though it was pretty painful it worked in the end.

Thanks for your help!