T440p: Flashing process stops at "Reading flash... done."

[handmeatowel]

I'm flashing my T440p with skulls 1.0.5 and this never goes past the "Reading flash... done." part for both the top and bottom chip. I followed the manual to the letter.

Since I don't get any error messages: What could be the reason for this? Any pointers appreciated.

pi@raspberrypi:~/skulls-1.0.5 $ sudo ./external_install_bottom.sh -m 
Skulls

Please select the hardware you use:
1) Raspberry Pi
2) CH341A
3) Exit
Please select the hardware flasher: 1
Ok. Run this on a Rasperry Pi.
trying to detect the chip...
Detected W25Q64.V.
make: Entering directory '/home/pi/skulls-1.0.5/util/ifdtool'
make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/skulls-1.0.5/util/ifdtool'
Intel ME will be cleaned.
The flash ROM will be unlocked.
Start reading 2 times. Please be patient...
flashrom v1.2 on Linux 5.15.61-v7+ (armv7l)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns).
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q64.V" (8192 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.
Reading flash... done.
flashrom v1.2 on Linux 5.15.61-v7+ (armv7l)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns).
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q64.V" (8192 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.
Reading flash... done.

[merge]

thanks for the feedback. cmp is being run when it hangs here. We could remove the --silent option in order to improve the output here. I might just do that for the next release.

Does "never" mean you tried it often?

[handmeatowel]

Does "never" mean you tried it often?

More than ~20 times on different days with variations in corona activity ;-)