cannot download image due to minidict being always empty

[nonchip]

I set up a rp2350 (pimoroni pico 2 plus w) with a few things loaded (mostly zed, transfer, the sram FS stuff; ontop of a 16mb usb-full build), installed my own cornerstone called "reset" and saved the minidict just to be sure (though the platform code does include save-minidict so shouldnt even need to).

running utils/download_uf2_image.sh rp2350 /dev/ttyACM0 custom_16mib to extract the uf2, outputs the following (removing the TX lines full of forth code):

Uploading src/common/forth/ihex.fs
TX:[snip]
grep: screenlog.0: No such file or directory
:00000001FF clone_end 
Uploading src/common/forth/ihex_minidict.fs
TX: [snip]
rm: cannot remove 'screenlog.0': No such file or directory
:00000001FF clone_end 
arm-none-eabi-objcopy: error: the input file 'custom_16mib.minidict.ihex' has no sections
No screen session found.

and the minidict ihex file is indeed just :00000001FF

[nonchip]

turns out a sequence of reset (my cornerstone, just to make sure), forcing the minidict save, and then downloading without a reboot did it, i don't understand why that worked though :D

[tabemann]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 07:16 Kyra Zimmer ***@***.***> wrote: *nonchip* left a comment (tabemann/zeptoforth#223) <#223 (comment)> turns out a sequence of reset (my cornerstone, just to make sure), *forcing* the minidict save, and then downloading *without* a reboot did it, i don't understand *why* that worked though :D

What you observed is very curious -- I will have to look into it further. One thing that would help me diagnose this issue is if you provided an exact step-by-step listing of each command you executed (including words at the zeptoforth REPL and pseudowords handled by utils/codeload3.py (which utils/codeload3.sh is a thin wrapper around) or zeptocom.js). This would be extremely helpful in trying to figure out the underlying problem. I should note that at the end of a normal build on the RP2350 (and RP2040) code is installed so that on bootup if the flash dictionary has changed the minidictionary is regenerated and written to flash -- but this should not affect utils/download_uf2_image.sh at all. Travis