Arduino Yun stuck in "uploading".

system · July 10, 2014, 9:34pm

Hi all,
I've been playing with my new Yun and had some of the examples as well as some of my own code running on it just fine. Eventually I uploaded a fairly large project, which may have pushed the memory limitations of the Yun. Since that upload I have not been able to upload any sketches to it, not even a blink.

Things I have tried (based on what I could find in this forum and on google):

Leaving yun unplugged and trying again.
"Resetting" in each of the ways described in the "Resetting the processors" section of http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoYun.
Wirelessly uploading to COM port, instead of USB.
Using my Uno to burn the bootloader onto the Yun as described at http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP.
All of the obove in a variety of orders.

Here is the output I get from the IDE (I'm using Arduino's 1.5.6-r2 IDE on Ubuntu 12.04), with verbose output checked for upload:

Build options changed, rebuilding all

Sketch uses 5,132 bytes (17%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28,672 bytes.
Global variables use 153 bytes (5%) of dynamic memory, leaving 2,407 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2,560 bytes.
Forcing reset using 1200bps open/close on port /dev/ttyACM0
PORTS {/dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyS0, } / {/dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyS0, } => {}
PORTS {/dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyS0, } / {/dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyS0, } => {}
Uploading using selected port: /dev/ttyACM0
/home/local/ANT/hoffmaj/arduino-1.5.6-r2/hardware/tools/avrdude -C/home/local/ANT/hoffmaj/arduino-1.5.6-r2/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf -v -v -v -v -patmega32u4 -cavr109 -P/dev/ttyACM0 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:/tmp/build1064611237676539316.tmp/Blink.cpp.hex:i 

avrdude: Version 5.11, compiled on Sep  9 2011 at 16:00:41
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/home/local/ANT/hoffmaj/arduino-1.5.6-r2/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/home/local/ANT/hoffmaj/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/ttyACM0
         Using Programmer              : avr109
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
         AVR Part                      : ATmega32U4
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PA0
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

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           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  9000  9000 0x00 0x00
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         Programmer Type : butterfly
         Description     : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader

Connecting to programmer: .avrdude: Send: . [1b] 
avrdude: Send: S [53] 
avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: butterfly_recv(): programmer is not responding
processing.app.debug.RunnerException
	at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(SerialUploader.java:125)
	at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1719)
	at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1625)
	at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1597)
	at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2397)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:701)
Caused by: processing.app.debug.RunnerException: Problem uploading to board.  See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.
	at cc.arduino.packages.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(Uploader.java:111)
	at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(SerialUploader.java:123)
	... 5 more

Is there anything else I can try? Is my Yun fried?
Many Thanks.

zaxarias · July 10, 2014, 10:30pm

Did you try to upload an empty sketch, with not even a single wire on your Yun ?
Empty sketch and no connections.. Give it a try ...

system · July 10, 2014, 10:37pm

zaxarias:
Did you try to upload an empty sketch, with not even a single wire on your Yun ?
Empty sketch and no connections.. Give it a try ...

Yes I have tried that too, if by empty you mean

void setup() {}
void loop() {}

.
If you mean empty like literally not a single character of code, no I hadn't tried that but it just gives a compile error if those functions are missing.
Thanks for the suggestion!

zaxarias · July 10, 2014, 10:49pm

When we say empty sketch, we mean empty by default(no code added)..

This is an empty sketch :

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

}

system · July 10, 2014, 10:52pm

zaxarias:
When we say empty sketch, we mean empty by default(no code added)..

This is an empty sketch :
void setup() {

// put your setup code here, to run once:

}

void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

}

Oh okay. I get the same error during uploading with that.

system · July 11, 2014, 4:24pm

I've found a way to reset the firmware of the arduino yun, you can find out how off of this link:

[u]http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/YunSysupgrade[/u]

if this doesn't work message me back I may have another way too.

system · July 11, 2014, 5:08pm

Shazam360:
I've found a way to reset the firmware of the arduino yun, you can find out how off of this link:

[u]http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/YunSysupgrade[/u]

if this doesn't work message me back I may have another way too.

Oh dang, I don't have a micro-sd card. It looks like I should be able to borrow one on monday.

Does the other way you mentioned involved the sd card as well?

system · July 11, 2014, 5:12pm

johnnyhoffman:

Shazam360:
I've found a way to reset the firmware of the arduino yun, you can find out how off of this link:

[u]http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/YunSysupgrade[/u]

if this doesn't work message me back I may have another way too.

Oh dang, I don't have a micro-sd card. It looks like I should be able to borrow one on monday.

Does the other way you mentioned involved the sd card as well?

No I don't think so I'll post it

system · July 11, 2014, 5:15pm

Shazam360:

johnnyhoffman:

Shazam360:
I've found a way to reset the firmware of the arduino yun, you can find out how off of this link:

[u]http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/YunSysupgrade[/u]

if this doesn't work message me back I may have another way too.

Oh dang, I don't have a micro-sd card. It looks like I should be able to borrow one on monday.

Does the other way you mentioned involved the sd card as well?

No I don't think so I'll post it

I found a way to update the firmware of an arduino uno here:

http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/DFUProgramming8U2

download the DFU from here and instead of running the arduino uno update on it try to find the Yun firmware online and upload it, if I find the firmware I will certainly tell you about it. Hope it works!

system · July 11, 2014, 5:22pm

Okay cool, I'm searching for the Yun firmware now. Thank you!

system · July 11, 2014, 5:44pm

It's a good thing I was randomly looking for that yesterday!

system · July 11, 2014, 6:03pm

As an update: I have had no luck finding the appropriate firmware for the yun

system · July 11, 2014, 6:35pm

I'll try to keep you updated on other methods.

system · July 11, 2014, 6:36pm

Thank you, I appreciate it!

system · July 11, 2014, 6:39pm

Do you have the Arduino IDE 1.5.7 BETA (with support for Arduino Yún and Arduino Due boards)? to download click this link: http://arduino.cc/en/main/software#toc3

system · July 11, 2014, 7:35pm

Shazam360:
Do you have the Arduino IDE 1.5.7 BETA (with support for Arduino Yún and Arduino Due boards)? to download click this link: http://arduino.cc/en/main/software#toc3

Oh, no. Apparently I was using version 1.5.6; they must update those pretty often. Unfortunately, I get the same error with 1.5.7 though. While on the page I also tried the nightly build, which also had the same output.

system · July 12, 2014, 3:34pm

If I were you I would wait for the micro-sd card and test out my first method and then would go to more drastic measures if it didn't work. Good luck though! I'll keep trying to help you.

system · July 18, 2014, 9:36pm

I finally got my hands on a micro sd card and I tried the method described (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/YunSysupgrade). Unfortunately, my problem persists, exactly as it was before :(.

system · October 9, 2014, 9:15am

I'm also having this same problem.

Sometimes the Yun's IP appears under the port menu so I can upload over WiFi and that's usually successful, but the port comes and goes. I just upgraded open-wrt and no change. It seems to be a problem with the Arduino side.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

bartdereu · October 9, 2014, 10:04am

I would most defenitly think this could be a power issue. Power it from a powered charger and not USB

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