Answers.Body: <p>I thought we had a noticed about this on the ev3dev site, but apparently not. Etcher version high than v17 are broken. You can get the older release here: <a href="https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.17.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.17.0</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I am now using the older version of etcher, and now it gets to the "validating" phase. But once it gets to 2%, it stops, and raises and error; "Something went wrong while writing". Also, just before, the drive disappears from my file explorer, I guess disconnecting from my device. Is this a problem with my SD or another bit of software?
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Answers.Text: Ran it again, here is my stack trace from the console: rror: Error invoking remote method 'enable-screensaver': No handler registered for 'enable-screensaver'
      at EventEmitter.i.invoke (node:electron/js2c/renderer_init:57:526)
  (anonymous) @ gui.js:37
  3gui.js:37 Amplitude Logger [Error]: Event rejected due to exceeded retry count
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Answers.Text: It does sound like there could be something wrong with the microSD card itself or something unusual with the computer you are using.
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Body: <p>I am trying to flash <a href="https://www.ev3dev.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ev3dev</a> onto my 32GB microSDHC card, using <a href="https://etcher.balena.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BalenaEtcher</a>, but after flashing I get this error:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Something went wrong. If it is a compressed
  image, please check that the archive is not
  corrupted.
  The writer process ended unexpectedly</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Is this to do with the SD card or the image itself. On the ev3dev website, it says</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>The release can be a .img.zip or .img.xz; whichever you have will work with Etcher.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>When I download it I get a zip file like this:</p>
  <pre><code>ev3dev-stretch-ev3-generic-2020-04-10.zip
   - ev3dev-stretch-ev3-generic-2020-04-10
    - ev3dev-stretch-ev3-generic-2020-04-10.img
    - .meta
  </code></pre>
  <p>Am I meant to flash the whole zip file,just the .img file or something else? I have tried both and they both cause this error. If I just plug the SD card in anyway, it just stays on the loading screen forever.
  I am on Windows 11 (24h2)
  If I press <em>ctrl+shift+i</em> and look at the console, the extended error message is:</p>
  <pre><code>index.js:2 Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly
      at i (index.js:353:5238)
      at t.createUserError (index.js:353:6464)
      at m (index.js:140:45502)
      at index.js:140:46208
      at L.&lt;anonymous&gt; (index.js:140:42787)
      at L.emit (node:events:518:28)
      at e.exports.H (index.js:2:2313625)
      at e.exports.emit (node:events:518:28)
      at index.js:2:2289445
      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  2
  index.js:2 Starting...
  media/icon.png:1 
   Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
  index.js:2 Verifying 1 device, 99% at 5.70 MB/s (total 5.70 MB/s) eta in 0s with 0 failed devices
  3
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Warn]: {code: 0, error: &quot;Status 'unknown' provided for 2 events&quot;}
  index.js:2 CHILD: flash done 
  Object
  index.js:2 Flash results 
  Object
  index.js:2 Starting...
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Warn]: {code: 0, error: &quot;Status 'unknown' provided for 2 events&quot;}
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Warn]: {code: 0, error: &quot;Status 'unknown' provided for 2 events&quot;}
  2
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Error]: Event rejected due to exceeded retry count
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <ev3><ev3dev>
Title: Error while downloading ev3dev onto my ev3 brick
UserDisplayName: Michael Savage
ThreadText: # Error while downloading ev3dev onto my ev3 brick
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-14)
  
  I am trying to flash [ev3dev](https://www.ev3dev.org/) onto my 32GB microSDHC card, using [BalenaEtcher](https://etcher.balena.io/), but after flashing I get this error:
  
  > Something went wrong. If it is a compressed
  > image, please check that the archive is not
  > corrupted.
  > The writer process ended unexpectedly
  
  Is this to do with the SD card or the image itself. On the ev3dev website, it says
  
  > The release can be a .img.zip or .img.xz; whichever you have will work with Etcher.
  
  When I download it I get a zip file like this:
  
  ```
  ev3dev-stretch-ev3-generic-2020-04-10.zip
   - ev3dev-stretch-ev3-generic-2020-04-10
    - ev3dev-stretch-ev3-generic-2020-04-10.img
    - .meta
  
  ```
  
  Am I meant to flash the whole zip file,just the .img file or something else? I have tried both and they both cause this error. If I just plug the SD card in anyway, it just stays on the loading screen forever.
  I am on Windows 11 (24h2)
  If I press *ctrl+shift+i* and look at the console, the extended error message is:
  
  ```
  index.js:2 Error: The writer process ended unexpectedly
      at i (index.js:353:5238)
      at t.createUserError (index.js:353:6464)
      at m (index.js:140:45502)
      at index.js:140:46208
      at L.<anonymous> (index.js:140:42787)
      at L.emit (node:events:518:28)
      at e.exports.H (index.js:2:2313625)
      at e.exports.emit (node:events:518:28)
      at index.js:2:2289445
      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  2
  index.js:2 Starting...
  media/icon.png:1 
   Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
  index.js:2 Verifying 1 device, 99% at 5.70 MB/s (total 5.70 MB/s) eta in 0s with 0 failed devices
  3
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Warn]: {code: 0, error: "Status 'unknown' provided for 2 events"}
  index.js:2 CHILD: flash done 
  Object
  index.js:2 Flash results 
  Object
  index.js:2 Starting...
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Warn]: {code: 0, error: "Status 'unknown' provided for 2 events"}
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Warn]: {code: 0, error: "Status 'unknown' provided for 2 events"}
  2
  index.js:2 Amplitude Logger [Error]: Event rejected due to exceeded retry count
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** ev3, ev3dev
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-12-14. Score: 1
  
  I thought we had a noticed about this on the ev3dev site, but apparently not. Etcher version high than v17 are broken. You can get the older release here: <https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.17.0>.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I am now using the older version of etcher, and now it gets to the "validating" phase. But once it gets to 2%, it stops, and raises and error; "Something went wrong while writing". Also, just before, the drive disappears from my file explorer, I guess disconnecting from my device. Is this a problem with my SD or another bit of software?  
  > **username_0**: Ran it again, here is my stack trace from the console: rror: Error invoking remote method 'enable-screensaver': No handler registered for 'enable-screensaver'     at EventEmitter.i.invoke (node:electron/js2c/renderer_init:57:526) (anonymous) @ gui.js:37 3gui.js:37 Amplitude Logger [Error]: Event rejected due to exceeded retry count  
  > **username_1**: It does sound like there could be something wrong with the microSD card itself or something unusual with the computer you are using.  
  
  ---
  
  