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  • wilkinsafW Offline
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    wilkinsaf
    ModalAI Team
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    Hello,

    I am unbricking my VOXL2 using QDL. It seems to be taking much longer than 10-15 minutes. More like an hour and it is still not done
    I am in a virtual box.
    Modem Manager is turned off

    I get a new block of text about every 5 minutes
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    Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you!

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    • wilkinsafW wilkinsaf

      Hello,

      I am unbricking my VOXL2 using QDL. It seems to be taking much longer than 10-15 minutes. More like an hour and it is still not done
      I am in a virtual box.
      Modem Manager is turned off

      I get a new block of text about every 5 minutes
      1b69e679-3603-4624-b6fd-f2aaa69219b6-image.png

      Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you!

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      wilkinsaf
      ModalAI Team
      wrote on last edited by
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      From @tom

      Using a VM might be causing a slowdown, but even USB2 vs. USB3 cables can have a pretty big effect on QDL speed.
      Suggestion: ensure communicating over USB3

      I am also going to attempt to flash from a laptop running ubuntu on bare metal.

      Hope to keep this forum post updated with results

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      • wilkinsafW wilkinsaf

        From @tom

        Using a VM might be causing a slowdown, but even USB2 vs. USB3 cables can have a pretty big effect on QDL speed.
        Suggestion: ensure communicating over USB3

        I am also going to attempt to flash from a laptop running ubuntu on bare metal.

        Hope to keep this forum post updated with results

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        wilkinsaf
        ModalAI Team
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        @tom

        So I double checked, I am using USB3.0.
        I also am using Ubuntu 22.04 now on a bare metal macbook air.

        It is not FINISHED yet, but it is going a lot faster.

        If anyone is experiencing slow qdl, would definitely be worth using Ubuntu on bare metal and ENSURING you are using USB3.0

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          ModalAI Team
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          Yeah...It finished in under 10 minutes.

          no virtual machine
          ensure usb3

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          • wilkinsafW wilkinsaf

            Yeah...It finished in under 10 minutes.

            no virtual machine
            ensure usb3

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            @wilkinsaf Thanks for the follow up!

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