Anyone currently running Crimson

[FranklyFlawless]

Okay, try adding --stable and let me know if the script makes any further progress.

[ssilvi]

Yes, now the script progresses. When I plug in the phone, it begins the flash but dies before the process completes. The messages are as follows:

1:3 3/ 5 [===========> 32% ] FB: flash -raw2sparse all
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/pureos/librem5-flash-image/./scripts/librem5-flash-image”, line 538, in
sys.exit(main())
File “/home/pureos/librem5-flash-image/./scripts/librem5-flash-image”, line 521, in main
flash_image(uuu_target, args.debug)
File “/home/pureos/librem5-flash-image/./scripts/librem5-flash-image”, line 351, in flash_image
subprocess.check_call([‘uuu’, uuu_target])
File “/usr/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py”, line 373, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command ‘[‘uuu’, ‘./flash_librem5r4.lst’]’ died with <Signals.SIGBUS: 7>.

[FranklyFlawless]

Those last few messages are referring to uuu. If you have not done so already, you need to install uuu and the udev rules for serial access permissions to the Librem 5.

[ssilvi]

I ran through the install steps up to the udev rules install. uuu is installed and the udev rules are there in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-librem5-flash-image.rules but the script keeps dying at the same spot.

[FranklyFlawless]

Okay, there is another step that is often overlooked in the documentation:

sudo apt build-dep .

Ensure that the Python dependencies are built, then try running the script again.

[ssilvi]

Yes, I ran that command again just to be sure. Same result.

[FranklyFlawless]

There are a few ideas I have left:

• Use a different flashing mode method

@FranklyFlawless

Enter the flashing mode by holding volume-up button while turning the phone on.

            If it's not detected, follow these steps:
            - Ensure that the phone is powered off
            - Turn all Hardware-Kill-Switches off
            - Unplug the USB cable if connected
            - Remove battery
            - Hold volume-up button
            - Insert the USB-C cable (red light blinks, no green light)
            - Reinsert the battery (red and green lights constantly on, the script will continue)
            - Release volume-up button

• Use a different USB cable
• Use a different USB port

[ssilvi]

@FranklyFlawless:

This may be hard to believe but after leaving the L5 sit all night with no battery, I re-ran the script again this morning from my Debian Trixie PC (yesterday I had been using my KDE Neon install) and, yep, you guessed it. Worked like a charm! I appreciate all your help.

[FranklyFlawless]

Great, if you wish to share your experience with Crimson, you can do so using this thread:

Crimson Experience

I recently installed Crimson on my Librem 5 USA, and I have noticed many changes. Here is a list of them, along with photos: WPA3 works. The Settings app is nearly fully adaptive (excluding Displays, File History and Trash, Time Zone, and potentially others). Sometimes the adaptation is not triggered, so a workaround is to drag Quick Settings slightly down to redraw the screen. In Appearance, there is now a Dark style/theme. In Power, there are now Power Modes (Balanced and Power Saver). In A…

[irvinewade]

@ssilvi

This may be hard to believe

You do need a sufficiently up to date version of uuu and it is possible that the two computers have different versions.