NRF Connect for Desktop Programmer cannot find nrfutil unless ran using sudo on Mac

RE: NRF Connect for Desktop Programmer cannot find nrfutil unless ran using sudo on Mac

Asbjørn — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:39:34 GMT

Hi Jamie,

I'm glad you found a way around and that you have a working setup. We will hopefully see less of this, but great to have a reference for others.

Thank you

Asbjørn

RE: NRF Connect for Desktop Programmer cannot find nrfutil unless ran using sudo on Mac

sittingduck03 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:36:32 GMT

Hi Asbjørn,

Thanks for the response. I am able to work around this using sudo like I mentioned. My nrf52840 DK is running just fine with the ANT+ heart rate monitor example from nRF5 SDK 17.1.0. I ported it to use soft device version s340. I was using nrf Connect for Desktop to flash the soft device before flashing the app from Segger Embedded Studio and then ran into this issue on my second day of development after installing an nrf Connect for Desktop update. I raised this ticket because I assumed other's might run into this issue after updating the desktop app.

Thanks,

-Jamie

RE: NRF Connect for Desktop Programmer cannot find nrfutil unless ran using sudo on Mac

Asbjørn — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 08:20:26 GMT

Hi Jamie,

There's been some similar experiences both internal and external on this behaviour and we are investigating. Assumption is that there's some part of the support for the nRF54L15 that conflicts with programming other devices in some situations. However, the way out is to open a powershell or terminal and run "nrfutil device recover"

After that, you should be able to use your device again as normal. We are working on finding the cause and updating the SW deliveries from us.

Best regards

Asbjørn