Background : CM4102008 on a DFRobot DR0767 router board
Back home with the trusty ubuntu desktop - uploaded fine with 1.9.5.
downloaded 2.0.0 appimage and failed again - below is the stdout
Why do I mention this all - because is is probably not the image since it can be loaded with the 1.9.4 and the 1.8.5 so probably not an image issue.
stdout for 1.8.5 below![:roll:]( "Rolling Eyes")
Back home with the trusty ubuntu desktop - uploaded fine with 1.9.5.
downloaded 2.0.0 appimage and failed again - below is the stdout
note that the gui froze at 12% while the load continued as monitored by stdout.┌──[XXXX@XXXX-AI:~/Downloads/Raspberry Pi]
└─> sudo ./imager_2.0.0_amd64.AppImage
Running as root via sudo
Original user: XXXX
Original UID: 1000
Original home directory: /home/XXXX
DISPLAY already set to: :1
XAUTHORITY already set to: /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
Set HOME to: /home/XXXX
Set XDG_CACHE_HOME to: /home/XXXX/.cache
Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME to: /home/XXXX/.config
Set XDG_DATA_HOME to: /home/XXXX/.local/share
Set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to: /run/user/1000
Set DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS to: unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
qt.qpa.theme.dbus: Session DBus not running.
qt.qpa.theme.dbus: Application will not react to setting changes.
Check your DBus installation.
Loading cache settings:
Caching enabled: true
Last file name: ""
Uncompressed hash (extract_sha256): "(empty)"
Compressed hash (image_download_sha256): "(empty)"
CacheManager initialized with background thread
Starting background cache operations
Starting background drive list polling
Background: Checking disk space for cache operations
Background: Cache directory: "/home/XXXX/.cache/Raspberry Pi/Raspberry Pi Imager"
Background: Available space: 314 GiB
No D-Bus session bus available
qrc:/qt/qml/RpiImager/main.qml:16:1: QML ApplicationWindow: Accessible attached property must be attached to an object deriving from Item or Action
IP DETECTED: "192.168.1.127"
Disk space check complete: 314 GiB available in "/home/XXXX/.cache/Raspberry Pi/Raspberry Pi Imager"
OS list refresh disabled (no interval provided)
Drive removed: "/dev/sda"
Device removal detected: "/dev/sda" Current selected: "" State: 0
Hardware device changed from "" to "Raspberry Pi 4" - clearing image selection
qml: OSSelectionListView: index: 3 currentIndex: -1 isReselection: false shouldPreserveScroll: false fromMouse: true fromDoubleClick: false
qml: OSSelectionListView: index: 1 currentIndex: 0 isReselection: false shouldPreserveScroll: true fromMouse: true fromDoubleClick: false
qml: OSSelectionListView: Restoring scroll - contentY: 0 savedContentY: 0 contentHeight: 1019
qml: OSSelectionListView: Restored to 0
Device selection changed to: "/dev/sda"
Detected total system memory: 15325 MB on "Linux"
Adaptive sync configuration: "High memory (15325MB)" - Sync interval: 239 MB - Time interval: 7000 ms - Platform: "Linux"
Optimal write buffer size: 8192 KB for 15325 MB system
Using buffer size: 8388608 bytes with page size: 4096 bytes
Cache setup - file path: "/home/XXXX/.cache/Raspberry Pi/Raspberry Pi Imager/lastdownload.cache" custom: false
Cache setup complete for download: "/home/XXXX/.cache/Raspberry Pi/Raspberry Pi Imager/lastdownload.cache"
Setting up cache file for download: "/home/XXXX/.cache/Raspberry Pi/Raspberry Pi Imager/lastdownload.cache"
Download thread starting. isImage? true filename: "/dev/sda"
Unmounting: "/dev/sda"
BLKDISCARD not supported
Zeroing out first and last MB of drive
Done zero'ing out start and end of drive. Took 0 seconds
Telemetry done. cURL status code = 0 info sent = "url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloads.raspberrypi.com%2Fraspios_lite_arm64%2Fimages%2Fraspios_lite_arm64-2025-11-24%2F2025-11-24-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img.xz&os=Raspberry%20Pi%20OS%20%28other%29&image=Raspberry%20Pi%20OS%20Lite%20%2864-bit%29&imagerVersion=v2.0.0&imagerOsType=ubuntu&imagerOsVersion=24.04&imagerOsArch=x86_64&imagerLocale=en_US"
Received header: "HTTP/2 200"
Received header: "date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:19:49 GMT"
Received header: "server: Apache"
Received header: "vary: User-Agent"
Received header: "last-modified: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:24:43 GMT"
Received header: "etag: \"1edfc3f4-6444dddbdf690\""
Received header: "accept-ranges: bytes"
Received header: "content-length: 517981172"
Received header: "content-type: application/x-xz"
Received header: ""
Started progress updates after successful drive opening
_writeFile: captured first block ( 8388608 ) and advanced file offset via seek
Performing periodic sync at 33554432 bytes written ( 33554432 bytes since last sync, 7757 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 75497472 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8055 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 117440512 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8069 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 159383552 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8161 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 201326592 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8071 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 243269632 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8087 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 285212672 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8022 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 327155712 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8168 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 369098752 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8067 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 411041792 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8003 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 452984832 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8041 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 494927872 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8070 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 536870912 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8070 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Performing periodic sync at 578813952 bytes written ( 41943040 bytes since last sync, 8056 ms elapsed) on "Linux"
Periodic sync completed successfully
Hash of uncompressed image: "fc787a8d5f170f78974b6215167e76494c862fbfe0344c5a0655209b277f02c5"
Mismatch with expected hash: "9ebe1529a7aaf9f7d77b6852280224cddf5f0ed30789ec664ec567ceab2c1708"
Why do I mention this all - because is is probably not the image since it can be loaded with the 1.9.4 and the 1.8.5 so probably not an image issue.
stdout for 1.8.5 below
Don't usually do this much legwork but this issue has been a real productivity killer this holiday┌──[XXXX@XXXX-AI:~/Downloads/Raspberry Pi]
└─> rpi-imager
Aborting fetch of subitems JSON, exceeded maximum configured limit of 16 levels.
Aborting insertion of subitems, exceeded maximum configured limit of 16 levels.
qrc:/main.qml:795:9: QML QQuickItem: Binding loop detected for property "height"
qrc:/main.qml:795:9: QML QQuickItem: Binding loop detected for property "height"
qrc:/main.qml:795:9: QML QQuickItem: Binding loop detected for property "height"
qrc:/main.qml:795:9: QML QQuickItem: Binding loop detected for property "height"
qrc:/main.qml:795:9: QML QQuickItem: Binding loop detected for property "height"
qrc:/main.qml:795:9: QML QQuickItem: Binding loop detected for property "height"
Custom config.txt entries: ""
Custom cmdline.txt entries: ""
Custom firstuse.sh: ""
Cloudinit: ""
Available disk space for caching: 314 GB
Unmounting: "/dev/sda"
Telemetry done. cURL status code = 0 info sent = "url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloads.raspberrypi.com%2Fraspios_lite_arm64%2Fimages%2Fraspios_lite_arm64-2025-11-24%2F2025-11-24-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img.xz&os=Raspberry%20Pi%20OS%20%28other%29&image=Raspberry%20Pi%20OS%20Lite%20%2864-bit%29&imagerVersion=1.8.5&imagerOsType=ubuntu&imagerOsVersion=24.04&imagerOsArch=x86_64&imagerLocale=en_US"
BLKDISCARD not supported
Zeroing out first and last MB of drive
Done zeroing out start and end of drive. Took 0 seconds
Image URL: "https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspi ... ite.img.xz"
Received header: "HTTP/2 200"
Received header: "date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:33:47 GMT"
Received header: "server: Apache"
Received header: "vary: User-Agent"
Received header: "last-modified: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:24:43 GMT"
Received header: "etag: \"1edfc3f4-6444dddbdf690\""
Received header: "accept-ranges: bytes"
Received header: "content-length: 517981172"
Received header: "content-type: application/x-xz"
Received header: ""
Download done in 204 seconds
Hash of uncompressed image: "9ebe1529a7aaf9f7d77b6852280224cddf5f0ed30789ec664ec567ceab2c1708"
Done writing cache file
Write done in 589 seconds
Verify hash: "9ebe1529a7aaf9f7d77b6852280224cddf5f0ed30789ec664ec567ceab2c1708"
Verify done in 315.499 seconds
Writing first block (which we skipped at first)
Deactivating auto-mount for "/dev/sda"
Ejecting drive: "RPi-MSD--0001-06d9f331"
Statistics: Posted by reckel — Sun Nov 30, 2025 1:01 am