pi pico UF2 issues | adafruit | Page 1

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:02 PM

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let's make a thread

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@naive elbow are you using a USB hub or direct to port?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:03 PM

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I have tried both

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:04 PM

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Try copying the 8.2.9 UF2 to the plain Pico again, on Linux

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then see how it acts on Linux

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:04 PM

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I have already tried that

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:04 PM

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Are these regular Raspberry Pi Pico's, not some third-party board?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:04 PM

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regular

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:04 PM

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what version of Linux are you running, on what host computer

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:05 PM

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arch linux

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running it off my laptop

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:05 PM

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naive elbow I have already tried that

once mounted I can no longer read, write or create files

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:05 PM

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ok, so you copied adafruit-circuitpython-raspberry_pi_pico-en_US-8.2.9.uf2 to RPI-RP2, on Linux. Then CIRCUITPY appears, and then immediately disappears, is that right?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:06 PM

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it appears as mounted for a while

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:06 PM

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is /dev/ttyACM0 available? Can you connect to the REPL?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:06 PM

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the virtual file for the device disappears though

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let me check

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:06 PM

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if it is still available, do this in the repl:

import storage
storage.erase_filesystem()

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that will make a clean CIRCUITPY and reset the board (so it will restart as if unplugged and replugged)

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tio is a nice serial program for connecting to the REPL

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:09 PM

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thanks

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I was looking for that

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can't find it in the arch repo

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:10 PM

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apparently it is in the snap store

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:11 PM

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found it in aur

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:11 PM

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https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tio

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yah

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it is nice because it reconnects as needed

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i have to leave in 15-20 minutes for several hours

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:12 PM

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Do you mind if I add you on discord and message you another day if we run out of time?

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I was planning on leaving soon as well

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:13 PM

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I will be afk for most of this week starting tomw. You can ping me in the channel, or just ask. Someone can help you. Also you can ask in https://forums.adafruit.com/viewforum.php?f=60

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:14 PM

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alright

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so in the tty should I be looking for anything specific?

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it's still updating some packages I forgot about

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:14 PM

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the behavior you are seeing is weird. I've downloaded those exact UF2's several times and loaded them on Pico's, used them on Windows and Ubuntu Linux, no problem

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:14 PM

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I thought so

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This problem came up a while ago

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I was quite sure that it was on my side

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but I can not for the life of me figure out why

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:15 PM

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do you have an RPi? That would be another bog-standard test case

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in case something is odd about your Arch setup

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:15 PM

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I do

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:16 PM

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you are not resting the Pi Pico's on something metallic, etc, are you? And they are not in antistatic foam?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:16 PM

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no

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I even had it suspended in air

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:16 PM

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do you have any other CircuitPython-capable boards?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:16 PM

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No

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM

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and you didn't solder headers or anything?

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM

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naive elbow I do

It's inaccessible atm, but I can try it out soon

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM

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mental dirge and you didn't solder headers or anything?

on one of them 2 pins are soldered to a button

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM

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and you are copying the UF2 to RPI-RP2, not CIRCUITPY

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:18 PM

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yes

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:18 PM

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also maybe try more cables, if you have them. Sometimes there's a bad batch

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I am just running through all the typical issues

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:19 PM

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I tried a sketchy adapter and a cablew

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they seem to work

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I will get another cable to be sure

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:20 PM

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uninstall modemmanager on Linux if it is installed

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https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/troubleshooting

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:20 PM

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I am unfamiliar with this package

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:20 PM

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lots of possibilities there

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:21 PM

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apologies

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I have to leave

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Thanks a lot for the suggestions

mental dirge Jan 28, 2024, 8:21 PM

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np

naive elbow Jan 28, 2024, 8:22 PM

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I am not exagerating when I say that this issue has been haunting me for a while

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