# Doesn't seem to finish flashing, no error **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaEtcher\ **Created:** [September 14, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/doesnt-seem-to-finish-flashing-no-error/349286 "2021-09-14T23:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zanelien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ab992/32.png) [@zanelien](https://forums.balena.io/u/zanelien)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/doesnt-seem-to-finish-flashing-no-error/349286/1 "2021-09-14T23:36:57Z")
So I downloaded the Etcher fine, and tried flashing kali linux live iso to a USB drive. But after I selected “Flash”, and entered my password, it just brought me back immediately to the normal interface. (also, I forgot to check the logs, sorry bout that.) It didn’t give me the “Success!” screen or whatever. What did I do wrong? I’m on mac v. 11.6 ---
**Author:** ![mpous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mpous/32/4742_2.png) [@mpous](https://forums.balena.io/u/mpous)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/doesnt-seem-to-finish-flashing-no-error/349286/2 "2021-09-16T11:09:38Z")
Hello @zanelien welcome to the balena forums. Sorry to hear that it didn’t work. Could you please share the logs pressing `Shift + Command + i`? What etcher version are you using? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![zanelien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ab992/32.png) [@zanelien](https://forums.balena.io/u/zanelien)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/doesnt-seem-to-finish-flashing-no-error/349286/4 "2021-09-16T23:23:57Z")
Thanks, this is the entire console output: ```auto index.css:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND electron/js2c/renderer_init.js:13 (electron) The remote module is deprecated. Use https://github.com/electron/remote instead. log @ electron/js2c/renderer_init.js:13 gui.js:90465 _____ _ _ | ___| | | | | | __| |____ | | _____ _ __ | __||__ / __| '_ \ / _ \ '__ | | |___| || (__| | | | __/ | \ ____/ \__ \ ___|_| |_|\___ |_| Interested in joining the Etcher team? Drop us a line at join+etcher@balena.io Version = 1.5.122, Type = dmg gui.js:58408 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:10 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Application start ({"packageType":"dmg","version":"1.5.122","sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c2029eb0-b79e-4a63-a116-9b2d6945dba8","flashingWorkflowUuid":"1c7229cc-515f-439a-9a67-68f693f4f201"}) gui.js:51110 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:11 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Open image selector ({"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c2029eb0-b79e-4a63-a116-9b2d6945dba8","flashingWorkflowUuid":"1c7229cc-515f-439a-9a67-68f693f4f201"}) gui.js:51110 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:14 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Image selector closed ({"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c2029eb0-b79e-4a63-a116-9b2d6945dba8","flashingWorkflowUuid":"1c7229cc-515f-439a-9a67-68f693f4f201"}) gui.js:51110 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:24 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Open image selector ({"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c2029eb0-b79e-4a63-a116-9b2d6945dba8","flashingWorkflowUuid":"1c7229cc-515f-439a-9a67-68f693f4f201"}) gui.js:51110 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:46 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Select image ({"image":{"size":3215994880,"name":"kali-linux-2021.2-live-i386.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":3214901248,"type":23,"index":1},{"offset":3214934016,"size":753664,"type":1,"index":2}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/zanehemphill/Downloads/kali-linux-2021.2-live-i386.iso","logo":false,"blockMap":false},"sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c2029eb0-b79e-4a63-a116-9b2d6945dba8","flashingWorkflowUuid":"1c7229cc-515f-439a-9a67-68f693f4f201"}) gui.js:51110 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:54 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Flash ({"image":{"size":3215994880,"name":"kali-linux-2021.2-live-i386.iso","hasMBR":true,"partitions":[{"offset":32768,"size":3214901248,"type":23,"index":1},{"offset":3214934016,"size":753664,"type":1,"index":2}],"extension":"iso","path":"/Users/zanehemphill/Downloads/kali-linux-2021.2-live-i386.iso"},"drives":[{"size":16018046976,"isVirtual":false,"enumerator":"DiskArbitration","logicalBlockSize":512,"raw":"/dev/rdisk2","error":null,"isReadOnly":false,"displayName":"/dev/disk2","blockSize":512,"isSCSI":false,"isRemovable":true,"device":"/dev/disk2","busVersion":null,"isSystem":false,"busType":"USB","isCard":false,"isUSB":true,"devicePath":"IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14","mountpoints":[{"path":"/Volumes/LEXAR","label":"LEXAR"}],"description":"Lexar USB Flash Drive Media","isUAS":null,"partitionTableType":"mbr"}],"driveCount":1,"uuid":"465496e2-9c7e-4a36-a3fe-5bf4d86ea443","status":"started","flashInstanceUuid":"465496e2-9c7e-4a36-a3fe-5bf4d86ea443","sample":0.1,"applicationSessionUuid":"c2029eb0-b79e-4a63-a116-9b2d6945dba8","flashingWorkflowUuid":"1c7229cc-515f-439a-9a67-68f693f4f201"}) gui.js:51110 Elevating command: /private/var/folders/73/vrkmbjc16q73721vyqdrt4_00000gq/T/AppTranslocation/8A438E1F-24A5-4BFD-8935-46DCF38C2F0D/d/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Frameworks/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer) /private/var/folders/73/vrkmbjc16q73721vyqdrt4_00000gq/T/AppTranslocation/8A438E1F-24A5-4BFD-8935-46DCF38C2F0D/d/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/child-writer.js gui.js:38454 0 devices, 0% at 0.00 MB/s (total 0.00 MB/s) with 0 failed devices gui.js:51110 Thu Sep 16 2021 16:19:56 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) SafeWebview loaded ({"event":{"id":1,"url":"https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html?borderRight=false&darkBackground=true&etcher-version=1.5.122&api-version=2&optOutAnalytics=false","method":"GET","timestamp":1631834395189.461,"resourceType":"mainFrame","ip":"172.67.149.103","fromCache":false,"statusLine":"HTTP/1.1 200","statusCode":200,"responseHeaders":{"access-control-allow-origin":["*"],"age":["560"],"alt-svc":["h3=\":443\"; 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**Author:** ![gelbal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/gelbal/32/1109_2.png) [@gelbal](https://forums.balena.io/u/gelbal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/doesnt-seem-to-finish-flashing-no-error/349286/6 "2021-09-24T13:24:53Z")
Hello @zanelien, thank you for the information. Judging from the error log `Elevation cancelled`, seems like you are experiencing an issue we observed on MacOS earlier: > > > \- \*\*Etcher version:\*\* Version 1.5.116 (1.5.116) > \- \*\*Operating system and archit…ecture:\*\* macOS BigSur > \- \*\*Image flashed:\*\* TrueNAS-12.0-U2.iso > \- \*\*Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?\*\* No > > > > !\[Etcher\_–\_Starting\_\_\_\_and\_Downloads\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/20406729/108810400-0c225000-7579-11eb-90b3-d68e61634526.jpg) > > Hello, > I can upload the .iso, I can select the target, but when I click on "Flash" then I'm prompted for a password (it doesn't give me the normal macOS elevation dialogue where I enter the elevated username). Once I enter a password, nothing happens, it just goes back to the "Select Target" screen (see attachment)? > > Please advise As noted in the GitHub issue, until we implemented a different solution, the workaround is to run the Etcher app with `sudo`. Can you please try that and note how it goes? Cheers…