Writer process ended unexpectedly (macOS)

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I’ve been having this problem intermittently for some time. The update to version 1.5.102 seems to have made it worse. I’m running on Catalina 10.15.6. Select the file. Select the drive. Press FLASH. Enter password, and immediately get the error in the title.

Image: 2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img
uSD: SanDisk Ultra PLUS 32GB

The Developer Tools console window contains the following…

Wed Aug 12 2020 09:56:23 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Open image selector ({“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:72142 Wed Aug 12 2020 09:56:26 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Select image ({“image”:{“size”:1853882368,“name”:“2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img”,“hasMBR”:true,“partitions”:[{“offset”:4194304,“size”:268435456,“type”:12,“index”:1},{“offset”:272629760,“size”:1581252608,“type”:131,“index”:2}],“path”:"/Users/sjf/Desktop/Tick Devel notes/2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img",“extension”:“img”,“logo”:false,“blockMap”:false},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:72142 Wed Aug 12 2020 09:56:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Toggle drive ({“drive”:{“size”:31914983424,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“DiskArbitration”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"/dev/rdisk3",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"/dev/disk3",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"/dev/disk3",“busVersion”:null,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“Secure Digital”,“isCard”:true,“isUSB”:false,“devicePath”:“IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP04@1C,3/SDXC@0,1”,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:"/Volumes/boot",“label”:“boot”}],“description”:“Apple SDXC Reader Media”,“isUAS”:null},“previouslySelected”:false,“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:72142 Wed Aug 12 2020 09:56:59 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Flash ({“image”:"/Users/sjf/Desktop/Tick Devel notes/2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img",“drives”:[{“size”:31914983424,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“DiskArbitration”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"/dev/rdisk3",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"/dev/disk3",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"/dev/disk3",“busVersion”:null,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“Secure Digital”,“isCard”:true,“isUSB”:false,“devicePath”:“IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP04@1C,3/SDXC@0,1”,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:"/Volumes/boot",“label”:“boot”}],“description”:“Apple SDXC Reader Media”,“isUAS”:null}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“78c37d17-7218-417e-8481-14ff4bf02e2b”,“status”:“started”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“78c37d17-7218-417e-8481-14ff4bf02e2b”,“unmountOnSuccess”:false,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:72142 Elevating command: /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Frameworks/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher Helper (Renderer) /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/Resources/app/generated/child-writer.js
gui.js:72142 Wed Aug 12 2020 09:56:59 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) SafeWebview loaded ({“event”:{“id”:93,“url”:“https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html?borderRight=false&darkBackground=true&etcher-version=1.5.102&api-version=2&optOutAnalytics=false",“method”:“GET”,“timestamp”:1597244219876.2642,“resourceType”:“mainFrame”,“ip”:“104.31.82.157”,“fromCache”:false,“statusLine”:"HTTP/1.1 200”,“statusCode”:200,“responseHeaders”:{“access-control-allow-origin”:["*"],“age”:[“259”],“cache-control”:[“max-age=600”],“cf-cache-status”:[“DYNAMIC”],“cf-ray”:[“5c1b0bd5a9e9ec5e-DFW”],“cf-request-id”:[“0484c5b9840000ec5ebdbcf200000001”],“content-encoding”:[“br”],“content-type”:[“text/html; charset=utf-8”],“date”:[“Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:56:59 GMT”],“expect-ct”:[“max-age=604800, report-uri=“https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct””],“expires”:[“Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:23:18 GMT”],“last-modified”:[“Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:24:01 GMT”],“server”:[“cloudflare”],“status”:[“200”],“vary”:[“Accept-Encoding”],“via”:[“1.1 varnish”],“x-cache”:[“HIT”],“x-cache-hits”:[“1”],“x-fastly-request-id”:[“e3cdaa06a4f4a11d21766f72b71e2a083abbf77a”],“x-github-request-id”:[“6B6E:6AB2:2E98A3:3A1EE4:5F2418ED”],“x-origin-cache”:[“HIT”],“x-proxy-cache”:[“MISS”],“x-served-by”:[“cache-dfw18639-DFW”],“x-timer”:[“S1597244220.831787,VS0,VE1”]},“referrer”:"",“error”:“net::OK”},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:72142 Successfully connected to IPC server: etcher-server-698, socket root /var/folders/kt/8p_9_kw92z16450lkdqdmjg00000gn/T/
gui.js:72142 Image: /Users/sjf/Desktop/Tick Devel notes/2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img
gui.js:72142 Devices: /dev/disk3
gui.js:72142 Umount on success: false
gui.js:72142 Validate on success: true
gui.js:72142 Auto blockmapping: true
gui.js:72142 Decompress first: true
gui.js:72142 Wed Aug 12 2020 09:57:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Flash error ({“image”:"/Users/sjf/Desktop/Tick Devel notes/2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img",“drives”:[{“size”:31914983424,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“DiskArbitration”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"/dev/rdisk3",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"/dev/disk3",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"/dev/disk3",“busVersion”:null,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“Secure Digital”,“isCard”:true,“isUSB”:false,“devicePath”:“IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP04@1C,3/SDXC@0,1”,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:"/Volumes/boot",“label”:“boot”}],“description”:“Apple SDXC Reader Media”,“isUAS”:null}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“78c37d17-7218-417e-8481-14ff4bf02e2b”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“78c37d17-7218-417e-8481-14ff4bf02e2b”,“unmountOnSuccess”:false,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“error”:{“name”:“Error”,“message”:“EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open ‘/dev/rdisk3’”,“stack”:“Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, open ‘/dev/rdisk3’”,“code”:“EBUSY”,“syscall”:“open”,“errno”:-16},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:72142 Finish: 0
gui.js:72142 Terminating IPC server
gui.js:72142 Flash results {results: {…}, cancelled: false}
gui.js:72142 Wed Aug 12 2020 09:57:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Write failed ({“image”:"/Users/sjf/Desktop/Tick Devel notes/2020-05-27-raspios-buster-lite-armhf.img",“drives”:[{“size”:31914983424,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“DiskArbitration”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"/dev/rdisk3",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"/dev/disk3",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"/dev/disk3",“busVersion”:null,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“Secure Digital”,“isCard”:true,“isUSB”:false,“devicePath”:“IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP04@1C,3/SDXC@0,1”,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:"/Volumes/boot",“label”:“boot”}],“description”:“Apple SDXC Reader Media”,“isUAS”:null}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“78c37d17-7218-417e-8481-14ff4bf02e2b”,“status”:“failed”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“78c37d17-7218-417e-8481-14ff4bf02e2b”,“unmountOnSuccess”:false,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“error”:{“description”:“Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists”,“report”:false,“code”:“ECHILDDIED”},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“2b54dcea-a400-4520-bec0-49cedc2d19be”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“bb4e382d-a269-4dd2-b21f-393a2ad64a5c”})
gui.js:5981 0 devices, 0% at 0.00 MB/s (total 0.00 MB/s) with 0 failed devices

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Hi Steven, thanks for providing the logs. We are passing along the information to the Etcher maintainers. Can I ask what you are using to flash the SD card? Are you using an SD card reader? Could you share the brand/model with us?

Thanks
Felipe

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I’m using the SDXC card slot in my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) with a SanDisk adapter (came with the uSD cards).

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Hi Steven, the trace indicates the target resource is busy. Could you please try to use a different adapter, and if that does not work try running with sudo?

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OK, I have tried a different adapter, and the first attempt was successful. I have marked that adapter as ‘questionable’, and will continue with the other. However, this problem is intermittent, we’ll see if it reoccurs in the future.

Also, what is the command line to run the application? I’ve always run it by clicking the icon.

BTW, the disk shows up on the desktop when inserted.

Thanks for the help!

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Hi Steven, glad that works. To run from the command line try something like:

sudo /Applications/balenaEtcher.app/Contents/MacOS/balenaEtcher