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[[Category:Development Boards]]
 
[[Category:Development Boards]]
 
[[Category: BeagleBoard]]
 
[[Category: BeagleBoard]]
This page is about running a (ARM EABI) [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] distribution at [[BeagleBoard]]. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABI) Debian distribution from [[BeagleBoard#MMC.2FSD_boot|SD card]]. To prepare the SD card and install (ARM EABI) Debian on it, [http://bellard.org/qemu/ QEMU] on host PC will be used, following Aurélien Jarno's excellent [http://www.aurel32.net/info/debian_arm_qemu.php Debian on an emulated ARM machine] howto.
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This page is about running a (ARM EABIhf) [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] distribution at [[BeagleBoard]]. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution from [[BeagleBoard#MMC.2FSD_boot|SD card]]. Debian's NetInstall will be used to install Debian onto your Beagle.
 
 
Note: Debian armel deb's are compiled for armv4t, this allows debian to support a larger number of arm devices with a single port, at only the sacrifice of speed.
 
  
 
= Help =
 
= Help =
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*Kernel related help:
 
*Kernel related help:
** [http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard Email Beagleboard user group] *Recommended method
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** [https://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard Email Beagleboard user group] *Recommended method
 
** ''#beagle'': Beagle irc on freenode, accessible also by [http://beagleboard.org/discuss web interface] ([http://www.beagleboard.org/irclogs/index.php logs])
 
** ''#beagle'': Beagle irc on freenode, accessible also by [http://beagleboard.org/discuss web interface] ([http://www.beagleboard.org/irclogs/index.php logs])
** [https://launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel Launchpad Project "Beagleboard Kernel"]
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** Kernel Trees
*** [https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable Launchpad Stable Kernel 2.6.32 src]
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*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform/ v4.6.x kernel branch]
*** [https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-dev Launchpad Development Kernel 2.6.32 src]
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*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel/ BeagleBone]
*** [https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-mainline Launchpad Mainline Kernel git src] *Unless you know what your doing, do NOT use the 2.6-mainline branch...
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*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev Development Kernel source code]
** [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntuKernel Kernel Testing Results]
 
  
 
*When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
 
*When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
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** pastebin dmesg
 
** pastebin dmesg
 
*** Copy from serial port or use "dmesg | pastebinit" (sudo apt-get install pastebinit)
 
*** Copy from serial port or use "dmesg | pastebinit" (sudo apt-get install pastebinit)
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= Official BeagleBoard.org Images for shipping with BeagleBone Black =
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* http://beagleboard.org/source
  
 
= Recommended Beagle Software =  
 
= Recommended Beagle Software =  
* Recent x-loader/MLO
 
** Rev C2/3/4 Boards are fine and do not need an upgrade
 
** Old Rev Bx Boards should upgrade there MLO from here: http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/beagleboard-demo-image-available
 
  
* Recent U-Boot with 'boot.scr' scripts enabled
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Mainline U-Boot:
** u-boot.bin from here: http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/beagleboard-demo-image-available
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* All old Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx boards are required to upgrade to at least these U-Boot versions.
** Or this one I've archived: [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_U-Boot U-Boot 2009.08+r37 Upgrade]  
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* XM Boards have no NAND, so MLO/u-boot.img is always required on the first partition
*** Version 2009.01 (factory installed on C2/3's) and earlier will not work with this guide
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* Directions: [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot]
*** Version 200X.XX (factory installed on C4's) works fine with this guide
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= Debian NetInstall =
  
= Native Net Install =
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Scripts:
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git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
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cd netinstall
  
==Development PC: Format SD Card==
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Device Options:
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BeagleBoard --dtb omap3-beagle
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BeagleBoard-xM --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
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BeagleBoard-X15 --dtb am57xx-beagle-x15
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BeagleBone (serial) --dtb am335x-bone-serial
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BeagleBone (video via cape) --dtb am335x-bone-video
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BeagleBone Black --dtb am335x-boneblack
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PandaBoard (A1->A3) --dtb omap4-panda
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PandaBoard (A4->Ax) --dtb omap4-panda-a4
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PandaBoard ES  --dtb omap4-panda-es
  
 
You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.
 
You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.
 
  Standard System : ~455MB
 
  Standard System : ~455MB
+ Desktop environment (GNOME) : ~2.9GB
 
  
Starting with an empty SD card and using gparted, create:
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== Debian 8 (jessie) ==
  50 MiB Primary Partition, fat32
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  Leave remaining space for the Debian-Installer
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Quick Install script for "board"
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sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb "board" --distro jessie
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So For the BeagleBoard xM:
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sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro jessie
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*Options:
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**--firmware : installs firmware
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**--serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port
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= Demo Image =
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* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBoard xM: Kernel source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform
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git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
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cd armv7-multiplatform
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git checkout origin/v4.9.x -b tmp
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  ./build_kernel.sh
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* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:  Kernel v4.4.x source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/tree/ti-linux-4.4.y
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  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git
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cd ti-linux-kernel-dev
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git checkout origin/ti-linux-4.4.y -b tmp
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./build_kernel.sh
  
==Development PC: Setup SD U-boot Partition==
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== Debian (jessie) ==
  
Mount your SD card fat32 partition. (/media/disk/)
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Default username/password:
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*username: debian
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*password: temppwd
  
Debian Lenny Stable
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Image Updated:
cd /media/disk/
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*2017-01-23
sudo wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/CC-beagle-v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer44.1.uImage
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.5-armv7-x4 kernel
sudo wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz
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** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
sudo mv CC-beagle-v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer44.1.uImage uImage
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
sudo gzip -d initrd.gz
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
sudo dd if=initrd of=initrd.pad ibs=8388608 conv=sync
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*2017-01-13
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
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** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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*2016-11-10
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
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** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
Create U-boot boot script for netinstall:
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Services Active:
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Note: Depending on your internal network these may work out of the box
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Apache, Port 80: http://arm.local/ (Bone: via usb) http://192.168.7.2
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SSH, Port 22: ssh debian@arm.local (Bone: via usb) debian@192.168.7.2
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Getty, Serial Port
  
Debian Install over DVI Port
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Default user: debian pass: temppwd
nano netinstall.cmd
 
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 initrd.pad; bootm 0x80300000'
 
setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 rw rootfstype=ext2 initrd=0x81600000,8M omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60'
 
boot
 
  
Debian Install over the Serial Port
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Get prebuilt image:
  nano netinstall.cmd
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  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/elinux/debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 initrd.pad; bootm 0x80300000'
 
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 rw rootfstype=ext2 initrd=0x81600000,8M'
 
boot
 
  
Create U-boot *.scr file:
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Verify Image with:
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sha256sum debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
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03d9ce6df4283e13cf7362521fb83512e155ca99bf6374cc74a3d972fa7666c3  debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
  
  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n "Debian Lenny" -d ./netinstall.cmd ./boot.scr
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Unpack Image:
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  tar xf debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
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cd debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23
  
Sync and Unmount your mmc card and boot the beagle, it should find the 'boot.scr' file on your first partition while booting.
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If you don't know the location of your SD card:
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sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc
  
==Beagleboard: netinstall==
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You should see something like:
  
  Choose a language
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  Are you sure? I don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...
   C - No localization
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   English - English
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fdisk -l:
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Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes '''<- x86 Root Drive'''
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Disk /dev/sdd: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes '''<- MMC/SD card'''
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lsblk:
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NAME  MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
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sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk
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├─sda1   8:1    0 446.9G  0 part /  '''<- x86 Root Partition'''
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├─sda2  8:2    0    1K  0 part
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└─sda5  8:5    0  18.9G  0 part [SWAP]
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sdd      8:48   1  3.7G  0 disk
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├─sdd1  8:49  1    64M  0 part
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└─sdd2  8:50  1  3.6G  0 part
  
Configure the network:
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* In this example, we can see via mount, '''/dev/sda1''' is the x86 rootfs, therefore '''/dev/sdd''' is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...
  usb0: USB net <- See below for 2.6.29. Could not find usb0 with B7 installing 2.6.28.
 
  eth0: Ethernet <- Your usb-ethernet device
 
  wlan0: Wifi <- Your usb-wifi device.. See [[BeagleBoardDebianWifiInstallInfo]] for my hack to set it up.
 
  
Configuring usb0 network bridge for 2.6.29:
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Install Image:
  While you chose your keyboard layout, setup a bridge with ethX and usbX.
 
  # ifconfig ethX 0.0.0.0
 
  # ifconfig usbX 0.0.0.0
 
  # brctl addbr brX
 
  # brctl addif brX ethX
 
  # brctl addif brX usbX
 
  # ifconfig brX up
 
  # dhclient brX
 
  ''*Sometimes the first beagle DHCP will fail(probably due PC trying autoconnect), just run the auto configuration again and it will configure it right.''
 
  
  Continue the install without loading kernel modules? : <yes>
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Quick install script for [board]
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  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board
  
Partition disks: This partitioner doesn't have the inform.....? : <yes>
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board options:
  Logical Volume Manager not available: <Continue>
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*BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx/Dx          - omap3-beagle
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*BeagleBoard xM                  - omap3-beagle-xm
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*All BeagleBone Varients          - beaglebone
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*OMAP5432 uEVM                    - omap5-uevm
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*BeagleBoard-X15                  - am57xx-beagle-x15
  
Partition disks:
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So for the BeagleBoard xM:
  Guided - Use the largest continuous free space
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sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
  
Partitioning scheme....
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Advanced: Build Image:
  
Example:
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git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git
MMC/SD card #1 (mmcblk0) - 2.0 GB Unknown
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  cd omap-image-builder
  >  #1 primary  57.5 MB    fat32
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  git checkout v2017.01.1 -b tmp
  >  #2 primary  1.8 GB B f ext3  /
 
>  #5 logical 148.0 MB  f swap  swap
 
Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
 
  Write the changes to disk? : <yes>
 
  
No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources? :  
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Stable:
  Continue without installing a kernel? : <yes>
 
  
  Standard System
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  ./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_jessie_armhf
  
No BootLoader: <ok>
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Testing:
  
==Development PC: Setup U-boot for Normal Boot==
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./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_stretch_armhf
  
Create a U-boot normal boot script:
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== Debian Testing (stretch) ==
  
DVI Port
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Image Updated:
nano normal.cmd
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*2017-01-23
setenv bootcmd 'mmc init; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.5-armv7-x4 kernel
setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60'
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** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
boot
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
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*2017-01-13
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
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** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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*2016-11-10
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
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** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
Serial Port
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Get prebuilt image:
  nano normal.cmd
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  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/elinux/debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
 
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro'
 
  
Create U-boot *.scr file:
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Verify Image with:
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sha256sum debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
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5501c8d6f1f62942ba70e63d70342bf883e97c17c1c0b2dedabdf2675dd654f9  debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
  
  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n "Debian Lenny" -d ./normal.cmd ./boot.scr
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Unpack image:
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  tar xf debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
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cd debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23
  
Debian will fix the ext3 partition, it'll try to reboot, after halting remove and reapply power.
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Then follow the directions shown above with the other images...
  
==Beagleboard: install kernel-image==
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= Flasher =
  
===Script File===
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== eMMC: All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC ==
Every Kernel upload going further on rcn-ee.net will now have an 'install-me.sh' file in the same directory..
 
  
example: http://www.rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.32.6-x6.2/
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This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ONSimply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.
   
 
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.32.6-x6.2/install-me.sh
 
  sudo /bin/bash install-me.sh
 
  
Reboot with your new uImage
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Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
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https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
  
= Debian Configuration =
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This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
  
== Serial Ports ==
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Notes:
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* If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
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* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
  
Lenny
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User: debian
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pass: temppwd
  
edit /etc/inittab and add:
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Image Updated:
S:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 ttyS2
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*2017-01-23
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** All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
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*2017-01-13
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** All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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*2016-11-10
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** All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
For root access over the serial port add ttyS2 to /etc/securetty
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Get prebuilt image:
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wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
== WiFi ==
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Verify Image with:
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sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
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425f0707e9de7a16e56d24e5aa8589b5627575cd74d81e15c33fb951e15abac9  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
See [[BeagleBoardDebianWifiInstallInfo|BeagleBoard Debian WiFi install info]].
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Windows/Mac/Linux gui
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http://etcher.io
  
== SGX Video Acceleration ==
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Linux: (dd)
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xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
  
Use a "corporate email" and download the latest (3.01.00.02):  
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== eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15 ==
http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_sb/targetcontent/gfxsdk/latest/index_FDS.html
 
  
=== Kernel Modules ===
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This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io  First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON.  Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.
  
Use the "build_sgx_module.sh" script in 2.6-stable, module source is now in the *.bin
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Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
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https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
  
https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
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This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
  
Copy uImage and modules from the deploy directory to your SD card.
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Notes:
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* If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
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* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
  
Copy the GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz examples to either your SD card or another media (large file) then boot your omap board.
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User: debian
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pass: temppwd
  
Run depmod:
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Image Updated:
sudo depmod -a omaplfb
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*2017-01-23
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
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*2017-01-13
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
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*2016-11-10
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
Tweak System Libraries:
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Get prebuilt image:
  sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.0
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  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXau.so.0
 
  
=== Startup Script ===
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Verify Image with:
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sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
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5a0a8ec329fa66ed326db2eaba0d1e2dfd6f7ebafdda0afc481a44bc09d2ec61  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
For 3.01.00.02
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Windows/Mac/Linux gui
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http://etcher.io
  
Lenny:
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Linux: (dd)
  sudo nano /etc/rcS.d/S60pvr.sh
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  xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
sudo chmod +x /etc/rcS.d/S60pvr.sh
 
  
Squeeze: (probally lenny too)
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= raw microSD img =
sudo nano /etc/init.d/pvr
 
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/pvr
 
sudo update-rc.d pvr defaults
 
  
Contents of S60pvr.sh/pvr
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== BeagleBoard xM ==
#!/bin/sh
 
 
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
 
echo PVR-INIT: Please use start, stop, or restart.
 
exit 1
 
fi
 
 
if [ "$1" = "stop" -o  "$1" = "restart" ]; then
 
echo Stopping PVR
 
rmmod omaplfb 2>/dev/null
 
rmmod pvrsrvkm 2>/dev/null
 
fi
 
 
if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
 
exit 0
 
fi
 
 
echo Starting PVR
 
modprobe omaplfb
 
 
pvr_maj=`grep "pvrsrvkm$" /proc/devices | cut -b1,2,3`
 
 
if [ -e /dev/pvrsrvkm ] ; then
 
rm -f /dev/pvrsrvkm
 
fi
 
 
mknod /dev/pvrsrvkm c $pvr_maj 0
 
chmod 666 /dev/pvrsrvkm
 
 
touch /etc/powervr-esrev
 
 
SAVED_ESREVISION="$(cat /etc/powervr-esrev)"
 
ES_REVISION="$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "CPU revision" | awk -F: '{print $2}')"
 
 
if [ "${ES_REVISION}" != "${SAVED_ESREVISION}" ] ; then
 
echo -n "Starting SGX fixup for"
 
if [ "${ES_REVISION}" = " 3" ] ; then
 
echo " ES3.x"
 
cp -a /usr/lib/ES3.0/* /usr/lib
 
cp -a /usr/bin/ES3.0/* /usr/bin
 
else
 
echo " ES2.x"
 
cp -a /usr/lib/ES2.0/* /usr/lib
 
cp -a /usr/bin/ES2.0/* /usr/bin
 
fi
 
 
echo "${ES_REVISION}" > /etc/powervr-esrev
 
fi
 
 
/usr/bin/pvrsrvinit
 
  
=== Test SGX with a DEMO ===
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io
  
In GFX_Linux_SDK:
+
User: debian
cd OGLES/SDKPackage/Binaries/CommonX11/Demos/ChameleonMan
+
pass: temppwd
./OGLESChameleonMan
 
  
=== Trouble Shooting ===
+
Auto partition resize:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools
 +
git pull
 +
./grow_partition.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
sudo rm /etc/powervr-esrev
+
Image Updated:
sudo depmod -a omaplfb
+
*2017-01-23
sudo /etc/init.d/pvr restart
+
** BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.5-armv7-x4 kernel
 +
*2017-01-13
 +
** BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
 +
*2016-11-10
 +
** BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
  
== Xorg omapfb Drivers ==
+
Get prebuilt image:
 +
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
By default Debian will try* to use the FBDEV video driver, however for the beagleboard we can take advantage of a more software optimized driver (still not using the sgx video hardware) using the NEON extensions of the Cortex-A8 core.
+
Verify Image with:
 +
sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
 +
bf14430337b123489531b87e7a965a6c20ce3a942cf40bc43a23638715146e8b  bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
Lenny might need this xorg.conf, but it's best to use omapfb later in this guide..
+
Windows/Mac/Linux gui
 +
http://etcher.io
  
/etc/X11/xorg.conf:
+
Linux: (dd)
  Section "Device"
+
  xzcat bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
 
Driver "fbdev"
 
EndSection
 
  
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep FBDEV
+
== All BeagleBone Varients ==
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
 
(II) FBDEV(0): using default device
 
(II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
 
(==) FBDEV(0): Depth 16, (==) framebuffer bpp 16
 
(==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 565
 
  
Login into Debian and open a new terminal, xorg has to be running..
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io
  
xvinfo -display :0.0
+
User: debian
X-Video Extension version 2.2
+
pass: temppwd
screen #0
 
  no adaptors present
 
  
=== Drivers ===
+
Auto partition resize:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools
 +
git pull
 +
./grow_partition.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
Note: These are built with neon optimizations: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/xf86-video-omapfb.git;a=blob;f=debian/rules;h=c2f0d5391c96c5abb60b1e691ad86bb27e0c17d8;hb=HEAD  (line 48/49)
+
Image Updated:
 +
*2017-01-23
 +
** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
 +
*2017-01-13
 +
** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 +
*2016-11-10
 +
** All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
Lenny:
+
Get prebuilt image:
  wget -c http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/deb-sbuild/lenny/xorg-drivers/xserver-xorg-video-omap3_0.1.1-2_armel.deb
+
  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-omap3_0.1.1-2_armel.deb
 
  
Squeeze/Sid:
+
Verify Image with:
  sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-omap3
+
  sha256sum bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
 +
bfb5a5bfb3ce8734ffa68261df5ef5708035e519091fc46b182c7fcf2163fccd  bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
=== xorg.conf ===
+
Windows/Mac/Linux gui
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
+
http://etcher.io
  
Section "Monitor"
+
Linux: (dd)
    Identifier "Configured Monitor"
+
  xzcat bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
EndSection
 
   
 
Section "Screen"
 
    Identifier "Default Screen"
 
    Device "Configured Video Device"
 
    #Limited by SGX?
 
    DefaultDepth 16
 
EndSection
 
 
Section "Device"
 
    Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 
    Driver "omapfb"
 
    Option "fb" "/dev/fb0"
 
EndSection
 
  
To verify it was correctly installed, reboot and:
+
== OMAP5432 uEVM ==
  
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep omapfb
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io
(II) LoadModule: "omapfb"
 
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//omapfb_drv.so
 
(II) Module omapfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
 
(II) omapfb: Driver for OMAP framebuffer (omapfb) and external LCD controllers:
 
(WW) Error opening /sys/devices/platform/omapfb/ctrl/name: No such file or directory
 
(II) omapfb(0): VideoRAM: 1800KiB (SDRAM)
 
(II) omapfb(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
 
(**) omapfb(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
 
(==) omapfb(0): RGB weight 565
 
(==) omapfb(0): Default visual is TrueColor
 
(--) omapfb(0): Virtual size is 1280x720 (pitch 1280)
 
(**) omapfb(0):  Built-in mode "current"
 
(==) omapfb(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
 
(II) omapfb(0): DPMS enabled
 
(II) omapfb(0): Video plane capabilities:
 
(II) omapfb(0): Video plane supports the following image formats:
 
(II) omapfb(0): XVideo extension initialized
 
  
Login into Debian and open a new terminal, xorg has to be running..
+
User: debian
 +
pass: temppwd
  
xvinfo -display :0.0
+
Auto partition resize:
  X-Video Extension version 2.2
+
  cd /opt/scripts/tools
  screen #0
+
  git pull
  Adaptor #0: "OMAP XV adaptor"
+
./grow_partition.sh
    number of ports: 1
+
sudo reboot
    port base: 56
 
    operations supported: PutImage
 
    supported visuals:
 
      depth 16, visualID 0x21
 
    number of attributes: 1
 
    etc..
 
  
== DSP ==
+
Image Updated:
 +
*2017-01-23
 +
** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
 +
*2017-01-13
 +
** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 +
*2016-11-10
 +
** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
= Kernel Build =
+
Get prebuilt image:
 +
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
https://launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel
+
Verify Image with:
 +
sha256sum omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
 +
9e7bd91dc2c41f7217395660b3468168721b15f3fa131e103d4dabd66569456d  omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
Register on launchpad.net, install bzr
+
Windows/Mac/Linux gui
  sudo apt-get install bzr
+
  http://etcher.io
  
Download SRC
+
Linux: (dd)
  bzr branch lp:~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
+
  xzcat omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
bzr branch lp:~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-dev
 
  
Build Kernel
+
== BeagleBoard-X15 ==
. build_kernel.sh
 
  
Build SGX Modules
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io
. build_sgx_modules.sh
 
  
Build Deb File
+
User: debian
. build_deb.sh
+
pass: temppwd
  
= QEMU install method via debian-installer (emulated arm core via Desktop PC)=
+
Auto partition resize:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools
 +
git pull
 +
./grow_partition.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
**Planning to drop this section for squeeze, it's slow and ubuntu's rootstock can replace it**
+
Image Updated:
 +
*2017-01-23
 +
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
 +
*2017-01-13
 +
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 +
*2016-11-10
 +
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
  
This methods lasted 4 hours on a PC Ubuntu/Lenny (P4 2GHz) with an external USB2.0 card reader.
+
Get prebuilt image:
Install QEMU on your host PC. This assumes that your host PC is running Debian as well. If not, install QEMU the way your host PC distribution uses.
+
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
apt-get install qemu
 
Note: If your debian armel image crashes while fscking the partition, rebuild qemu from trunk.
 
  
==Development PC: Format SD Card==
+
Verify Image with:
 +
sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
 +
41b05d1dbf317e0619d952923ae7e2faca68e99bf269f28ad3cbe69b99f63af6  bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz
  
You will need a 1GB SD card or greater, depending on the installation chosen :
+
Windows/Mac/Linux gui
Standard System (without graphical environment) : ~455MB
+
  http://etcher.io
  + Desktop environment (GNOME) : ~2.3GB
 
Please note that installer download all packages before installing them, that's why you'll need more space disk.
 
  
Starting with an empty SD card and using gparted/fdisk, create:
+
Linux: (dd)
  50 MiB Primary Partition, fat32
+
  xzcat bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
Leave remaining space for the Debian-Installer
 
  
==Development PC: Preparation==
+
= Debian Configuration =
  
Create a working directory to keep your files organized.
+
==Install Latest Kernel Image==
  
  mkdir debian-armel
+
General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:
  cd debian-armel/
+
  sudo apt-get update
wget ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz
+
  sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
  wget ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile
+
  sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
 +
sudo reboot
  
==Development PC: Install Debian in QEMU==
+
Latest kernel script
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools/
 +
git pull
 +
sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>
  
Quick Note: Debian Lenny is undergoing Beta/RC testing so these debian installers are currently way out of date, so it will tell you their are unavailable kernel modules, just ignore the question and continue. These modules will be provided later, with the provided linux-image deb.
+
== 3.8.x ==
 +
This is the first beagleboard.org long term kernel tree with capemanager support, it's been the default install for Debian Wheezy
 +
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8
  
To install (ARM EABI) Debian inside QEMU:
+
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
 +
--bone-channel --stable
  
  sudo qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile -initrd initrd.gz -m 256 -hda /dev/sdX -append "root=/dev/ram mem=256M"
+
  3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
Note: root/sudo access is required to access /dev/sdX directly (verify mmc card with fdisk -l)
+
--bone-xenomai-channel --stable
  
Partition disks, default settings should work for most: Guided - use the largest continuous free space
+
== 4.4.x-ti ==
 +
This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.
 +
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.4
 +
Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.4.y
  
[[Image:Beagleboarddebian-partitiondisk.png]]
+
4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
 +
--ti-channel --lts-4_4
  
==Development PC: Running Debian in QEMU (Optional)==
+
4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
Note: This section is only useful for people with out a usb-network device for their beagle who would like to install additional applications, otherwise just skip to the next subsection to install your linux-kernel by copying files from your desktop pc to a SD card.
+
--ti-rt-channel --lts-4_4
As ext3 filesystem support is not included in kernel you will need an initrd, just copy the one installed in the SD card in /boot.
 
  
  sudo qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.26-2-versatile -m 256 -hda /dev/sdX -append "root=/dev/sda2 mem=256M"
+
  4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + Xenomai
 +
--ti-xenomai-channel --lts-4_4
  
Note: Time will be incorrect.  
+
== Mainline (4.4.x lts) ==
  
  sudo apt-get install ntpdate
+
  4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
  ntpdate pool.ntp.org
+
  --bone-kernel --lts-4_4
  
Install default deb packages for linux-image.
+
4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
 +
--bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4
  
Stable  2.6.29
+
== Mainline (4.9.x lts) ==
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer44.1/linux-image-2.6.29-oer44.1_1.0lenny_armel.deb
 
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
 
  
Note: It's easier to download these straight to the sd card after you've mounted the SD card to copy uImage to the FAT partition.
+
4.9.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
 +
--bone-kernel --lts-4_9
  
==Development PC: Linux Kernel Preparation ==
+
4.9.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT
 +
--bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_9
  
Install uboot-mkimage utility
+
== Debian 8: jessie ==
  sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage
+
  sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp
  
Remount SD card, Ubuntu remounts SD card like this:
+
Reboot with your new Kernel Image.
/media/vfat/ <fat32>
 
/media/debian/ <ext3>
 
  
Download Kernel-Image
+
== Xorg Drivers ==
cd /media/debian/home/<user>/
 
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer44.1/linux-image-2.6.29-oer44.1_1.0lenny_armel.deb
 
  
Extract linux-image's vmlinuz-*
+
Script:
  dpkg -x linux-image* ./temp
+
  cd /opt/scripts/tools/
 +
git pull
  
Build uboot compatible image and copy to /media/disk/ <fat32 boot partition>
+
BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:
  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n "Linux" -d ./temp/boot/vmlinuz-*  /media/vfat/uImage
+
  cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
 +
./ti-omapdrm.sh
  
Clean up
+
BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:
  rm -rfd temp
+
  cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
 +
./ti-tilcdc.sh
  
Sync, umount Partitions and Install sd card in beagleboard
+
== SGX Drivers ==
  
== Beagleboard: Setup U-boot for boot ==
+
=== SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black ===
  
Insert SD Card and power up Beagleboard.
+
Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...
  
Using a terminal program, stop u-boot and add these commands:
+
Install the "4.4.x" lts/bone kernel:
 +
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Mainline_.28lts.29
  
For Linux Kernel 2.6.29 and higher using DSS2
+
Build SGX userspace for 4.4.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor)
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
+
  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git
or
+
  cd bb-kernel/
  setenv bootcmd 'mmc init; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
+
  git checkout origin/am33x-v4.4 -b tmp-sgx
+
  ./sgx_create_package.sh
DVI Port
 
setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60'
 
 
 
  Serial Port
 
  setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro'
 
   
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
  
You shall adapt the resolution to you screen as following :
+
Copy ./deploy/GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz to BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black and install
  omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-24@60
+
  sudo tar xfv GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz -C /
  Modes:
+
  cd /opt/gfxinstall/
  "1024x768MR-24@60""800x600-MR24@60" ...
+
  sudo ./sgx-install.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
Here is more explanation on dss video options : [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/fb/modedb.txt;h=ec4dee75a35450376ad13442ea926eaf76de76aa;hb=HEAD]
+
Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded
 +
debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb
 +
omaplfb                12065  0
 +
pvrsrvkm              178782  1 omaplfb
  
The Beagleboard will reboot 3-4 times while the ext3 filesystem is repaired. (may have to remove power etc)
+
= Building Kernel =
  
==Debian on Beagleboard==
+
Note, this section use to have a lot of details, but maintenance of the two wiki's became a pain, so for now on we will just link to my other pages:
  
Debian on BeagleBoard uses the following configuration:
+
== Beagle/Beagle xM ==
 +
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard
  
* Console log = Serial Terminal
+
== BeagleBone ==
* User Console = HDMI port + usb (keyboard, mouse, etc).  
+
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone
  
If you want to log in with the serial port, you will have to add to /etc/inittab
+
== BeagleBone Black ==
  S:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 ttyS2
+
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black
  
And if you want to log in as root on the serial port, add ttyS2 to /etc/securetty.
+
== Panda/Panda ES ==
 +
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard
  
Note : the beagle board I have was not configured as USB host. I had to modify it to be able to use mouse and keyboards (see [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard#OTG]). I you do not want to do this, you'll have to install a Vnc server on the beagle to access desktop.
+
= Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6 =
  
==Current Issues==
+
[http://www.jeremycole.com/blog/2011/03/09/beagleboard-upgrading-from-debian-5-to-debian-6/ Upgrading] from Debian 5 to Debian 6 report and tutorial.
  
#Swap disabled: change /dev/hda5 -> /dev/mmcblk0p5 in /etc/fstab (artifact of qemu install to /dev/hdaX)
+
= Upgrading from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to Debian 7 (Wheezy) =
#RTC seems to be not enabled: use ntpdate when ethernet works, or issue
 
date +"%m%d%y%H%M" -s MMDDYYHHMM
 
  
[[Image:Beagleboarddebian-GNOME.jpg]]
+
Note, this only goes over "armel" -> "armel"... For users wishing to switch from "armel" -> "armhf" just re-install...
  
==Notes==
+
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
#'fbdev' is normally *slow* since it completely relies on the system cpu to update the framebuffer. Once the video processing core's driver is released this will no longer be an issue.
+
  sudo sed -i -e "s/squeeze/wheezy/g" /etc/apt/sources.list
# Debian/Gnome actually need the swap to run (up to 90Mo of swap space on my beagle with 128Mo RAM shipped on it) so that it's even slower when using the SD card (try using an external hdd disk).
+
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -y apt aptitude udev dpkg
 +
sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude -y safe-upgrade ; sudo aptitude -y dist-upgrade

Revision as of 15:20, 23 January 2017

This page is about running a (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution from SD card. Debian's NetInstall will be used to install Debian onto your Beagle.

Help

If you need any help:

  • When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
    • U-Boot Version installed on board
    • Kernel Version: uname -a
    • pastebin dmesg
      • Copy from serial port or use "dmesg | pastebinit" (sudo apt-get install pastebinit)

Official BeagleBoard.org Images for shipping with BeagleBone Black

Recommended Beagle Software

Mainline U-Boot:

  • All old Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx boards are required to upgrade to at least these U-Boot versions.
  • XM Boards have no NAND, so MLO/u-boot.img is always required on the first partition
  • Directions: Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot

Debian NetInstall

Scripts:

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
cd netinstall

Device Options:

BeagleBoard --dtb omap3-beagle
BeagleBoard-xM --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
BeagleBoard-X15 --dtb am57xx-beagle-x15
BeagleBone (serial) --dtb am335x-bone-serial
BeagleBone (video via cape) --dtb am335x-bone-video
BeagleBone Black --dtb am335x-boneblack
PandaBoard (A1->A3) --dtb omap4-panda
PandaBoard (A4->Ax) --dtb omap4-panda-a4
PandaBoard ES  --dtb omap4-panda-es

You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.

Standard System : ~455MB

Debian 8 (jessie)

Quick Install script for "board"

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb "board" --distro jessie

So For the BeagleBoard xM:

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro jessie
  • Options:
    • --firmware : installs firmware
    • --serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port

Demo Image

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
cd armv7-multiplatform
git checkout origin/v4.9.x -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh
git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git
cd ti-linux-kernel-dev
git checkout origin/ti-linux-4.4.y -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh

Debian (jessie)

Default username/password:

  • username: debian
  • password: temppwd

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.5-armv7-x4 kernel
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Services Active:

Note: Depending on your internal network these may work out of the box
Apache, Port 80: http://arm.local/ (Bone: via usb) http://192.168.7.2
SSH, Port 22: ssh debian@arm.local (Bone: via usb) debian@192.168.7.2
Getty, Serial Port

Default user: debian pass: temppwd

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/elinux/debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
03d9ce6df4283e13cf7362521fb83512e155ca99bf6374cc74a3d972fa7666c3  debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz

Unpack Image:

tar xf debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
cd debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23

If you don't know the location of your SD card:

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc

You should see something like:

Are you sure? I don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...

fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes <- x86 Root Drive
Disk /dev/sdd: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes <- MMC/SD card

lsblk:
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0 446.9G  0 part /  <- x86 Root Partition
├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part 
└─sda5   8:5    0  18.9G  0 part [SWAP]
sdd      8:48   1   3.7G  0 disk 
├─sdd1   8:49   1    64M  0 part 
└─sdd2   8:50   1   3.6G  0 part 
  • In this example, we can see via mount, /dev/sda1 is the x86 rootfs, therefore /dev/sdd is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...

Install Image:

Quick install script for [board]

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board

board options:

  • BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx/Dx - omap3-beagle
  • BeagleBoard xM - omap3-beagle-xm
  • All BeagleBone Varients - beaglebone
  • OMAP5432 uEVM - omap5-uevm
  • BeagleBoard-X15 - am57xx-beagle-x15

So for the BeagleBoard xM:

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm

Advanced: Build Image:

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git
cd omap-image-builder
git checkout v2017.01.1 -b tmp

Stable:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_jessie_armhf

Testing:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_stretch_armhf

Debian Testing (stretch)

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.5-armv7-x4 kernel
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/elinux/debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
5501c8d6f1f62942ba70e63d70342bf883e97c17c1c0b2dedabdf2675dd654f9  debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz

Unpack image:

tar xf debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23.tar.xz
cd debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-23

Then follow the directions shown above with the other images...

Flasher

eMMC: All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.

Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Notes:

  • If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
  • If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.

User: debian pass: temppwd

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
425f0707e9de7a16e56d24e5aa8589b5627575cd74d81e15c33fb951e15abac9  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.

Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Notes:

  • If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
  • If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.

User: debian pass: temppwd

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
5a0a8ec329fa66ed326db2eaba0d1e2dfd6f7ebafdda0afc481a44bc09d2ec61  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

raw microSD img

BeagleBoard xM

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.5-armv7-x4 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
bf14430337b123489531b87e7a965a6c20ce3a942cf40bc43a23638715146e8b  bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

All BeagleBone Varients

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
bfb5a5bfb3ce8734ffa68261df5ef5708035e519091fc46b182c7fcf2163fccd  bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

OMAP5432 uEVM

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
9e7bd91dc2c41f7217395660b3468168721b15f3fa131e103d4dabd66569456d  omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

BeagleBoard-X15

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on Windows/Mac/Linux: https://etcher.io

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2017-01-23
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.43-ti-r84 kernel
  • 2017-01-13
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
  • 2016-11-10
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-23/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb*
41b05d1dbf317e0619d952923ae7e2faca68e99bf269f28ad3cbe69b99f63af6  bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-23-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Debian Configuration

Install Latest Kernel Image

General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
sudo reboot

Latest kernel script

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>

3.8.x

This is the first beagleboard.org long term kernel tree with capemanager support, it's been the default install for Debian Wheezy

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
--bone-channel --stable
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
--bone-xenomai-channel --stable

4.4.x-ti

This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.4
Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.4.y
4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
--ti-channel --lts-4_4
4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
--ti-rt-channel --lts-4_4
4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + Xenomai
--ti-xenomai-channel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.4.x lts)

4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
--bone-kernel --lts-4_4
4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
--bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.9.x lts)

4.9.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
--bone-kernel --lts-4_9
4.9.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT
--bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_9

Debian 8: jessie

sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp

Reboot with your new Kernel Image.

Xorg Drivers

Script:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull

BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
./ti-omapdrm.sh

BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
./ti-tilcdc.sh

SGX Drivers

SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black

Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...

Install the "4.4.x" lts/bone kernel: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Mainline_.28lts.29

Build SGX userspace for 4.4.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor)

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git
cd bb-kernel/
git checkout origin/am33x-v4.4 -b tmp-sgx
./sgx_create_package.sh

Copy ./deploy/GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz to BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black and install

sudo tar xfv GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz -C /
cd /opt/gfxinstall/
sudo ./sgx-install.sh
sudo reboot

Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded

debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb
omaplfb                12065  0 
pvrsrvkm              178782  1 omaplfb

Building Kernel

Note, this section use to have a lot of details, but maintenance of the two wiki's became a pain, so for now on we will just link to my other pages:

Beagle/Beagle xM

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard

BeagleBone

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone

BeagleBone Black

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black

Panda/Panda ES

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard

Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6

Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6 report and tutorial.

Upgrading from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to Debian 7 (Wheezy)

Note, this only goes over "armel" -> "armel"... For users wishing to switch from "armel" -> "armhf" just re-install...

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo sed -i -e "s/squeeze/wheezy/g" /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -y apt aptitude udev dpkg
sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude -y safe-upgrade ; sudo aptitude -y dist-upgrade