Revision as of 22:03, 15 January 2016

(For BeagleBoardAngstrom, click here.) (Should Beagleboard:Ubuntu On BeagleBone Black be merged into this page?)

This page is about running a Linux distribution (ARM EABI) Ubuntu on the BeagleBoard. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABI) Ubuntu distribution from the SD card. Since much of this page is generic, it has also been extended to help support devices such as the PandaBoard and BeagleBone.

For the best experience, make sure you have an LCD/HDMI monitor attached to the BeagleBoard's HDMI port, 2 GB/4 GB/8 GB SD card, and a known good USB 2.0 hub with mouse and keyboard.

1 Help
2 Required Beagle Software
3 Omap Serial Changes
4 Method 1: Download a Complete Pre-Configured Image
5 Method 2: Use the NetInstall method
6 Method 3: Manual Install (no automatic scripts)
7 Advanced
8 Swapfile
- 8.1 Using a File for Swap Instead of a Partition
  - 8.1.1 Creating a Swapfile
9 Ubuntu Software

Help

If you need any help:

Kernel related help:
- Email Beagleboard user group *Recommended method
- #beagle: Beagle IRC on Freenode, accessible also by web interface (logs)
- Kernel Trees
  - v3.17.x kernel branch
  - Development Kernel source code

Ubuntu related help:
- #ubuntu-arm: Ubuntu's ARM IRC on Freenode (logs -> year -> month -> day -> #ubuntu-arm.html)

When requesting 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)

Required Beagle Software

Mainline U-Boot:

All older BeagleBoard (classic) 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

Omap Serial Changes

boot.scr/boot.cmd changes:

With 2.6.35:

console=ttyS2,115200n8

With 2.6.36/37+:

console=ttyO2,115200n8

Serial console login: /etc/init/ttyO2.conf

start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
exec /sbin/getty 115200 ttyO2

Method 1: Download a Complete Pre-Configured Image

Demo Image

Advanced Users only: BeagleBoard xM: Kernel source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
cd armv7-multiplatform
git checkout origin/v4.4.x -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh

Advanced Users only: BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: Kernel v4.1.x source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/tree/ti-linux-4.1.y

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git
cd ti-linux-kernel-dev
git checkout origin/ti-linux-rt-4.1.y -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh

Ubuntu (14.04.3)

Default username/password:

username: ubuntu
password: temppwd

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.4.0-armv7-x3 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 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 ubuntu@arm.local (Bone: via usb) ubuntu@192.168.7.2
Getty, Serial Port

Default user: ubuntu pass: temppwd

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/elinux/ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
3f2fa9b8c95ae5f52d2f285f51de5d1d2195fddf28032b10f079c8356ade1f52  ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz

Unpack Image:

tar xf ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
cd ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14

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
BeagleBone White/Black/Green - 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 v2016.01 -b tmp

Stable:

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

Testing:

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

Ubuntu Testing (xenial)

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.4.0-armv7-x3 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/elinux/ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
a8b5995584caf58a37e1b454724b4b4e300a21bfd72e2156f30052a104d2b035  ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz

Unpack image:

tar xf ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
cd ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14

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

Flasher

eMMC: BeagleBone Black/Green

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager 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 Ubuntu 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: ubuntu pass: temppwd

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
cf6cae65a5cceb0bf777a6c9a9826c24991d1a9d9b8dfb3c9d86c980d5628982  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
2b02acd35c419b6ae9f91f5b5f99bff8ef918ac9200bea74f10e397c90d2e918  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img 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: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager 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 Ubuntu 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: ubuntu pass: temppwd

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
9fb1dad893f59dd520b77ebb2561e774154ba150486b0c5073ff14ff238d3a04  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
2164ad445759eb5933aafb286213e393f031dc29d67fb0c1b3d1abcdcf65c406  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

raw microSD img

BeagleBone White/Black/Green

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: ubuntu pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

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

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
4ffbb35026f3f25925d65895da4d17d69aa5133e4d2f7afcf093672073a5fa82  bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
991888ec1ce4fb66e6d6b3d3ab4715983f0082f67508d2bd74581dfb843e3747  bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

OMAP5432 uEVM

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: ubuntu pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

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

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
89759c74dd879900a7757c1abfdcf101f3ee40527c835f86d40159025ddd4d96  omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
a7130cc1a143aec3f35b6869ef722fd987b8e0f3e7e51590c3a3d80e82de93f8  omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

BeagleBoard-X15

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: ubuntu pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

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

Image Updated:

2016-01-14
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
2015-12-11
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
2015-11-13
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
871a6e0022f14db643c37e81ad0684bb6111e52d90a6184b29d597c4a1b0f7fb  bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
938cb6d2c5876bccf7dfa897a22d4a56a21f4ea05bff78cdde589060700ac9a2  bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

Method 2: Use the NetInstall method

You will need a 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB SD card or greater.

Standard system : ~700 MB

Report Bugs/Issues to: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall/issues (anywhere else will be ignored..)

Download the netinstall script:

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

Currently supported Ubuntu distributions:

--distro oneiric (11.10)
--distro precise-armhf (12.04)
--distro quantal (12.10)
--distro raring (13.04)
--distro saucy (13.10)

Device: <board> selection:

*BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx  - omap3-beagle
*BeagleBoard xMA/B/C   - omap3-beagle-xm
*BeagleBone Ax         - am335x-bone-serial
*BeagleBone (DVI cape) - am335x-bone-video
*BeagleBone Black      - am335x-boneblack
*PandaBoard Ax     - omap4-panda
*PandaBoard A4+    - omap4-panda-a4
*PandaBoard ES     - omap4-panda-es

Installation script for new <board> selection: (slowly migrating all devices to this method)

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb <board> --distro <distro>

So for the xM: with quantal:

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro quantal

Other Options:
- --firmware : installs firmware
- --serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port

Place SD card into BeagleBoard and boot:

Configure the network:

usb0: USB net <- (usually the OTG port)
eth0: USB net <- (usually the smsc95xx adapter on the BeagleBoard and PandaBoard)
wlan0: Wifi <- Your USDB-Wi-Fi device..

See my notes for my testing procedure: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall/blob/master/test.Ubuntu

Troubleshooting: If booting fails..

Hold the user button down to force booting from MMC
Upgrade X-loader and U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot
Clear U-boot's Environment Variables in NAND:

nand erase 260000 20000

NetInstall assumptions:

Assume asll <default>'s... Thanks you preseed.conf!!!

Method 3: Manual Install (no automatic scripts)

Note, this section used 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

Advanced

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

4.1.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/4.1
Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.1.y

4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
--ti-channel --stable

4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
--ti-rt-channel --stable

Mainline (lts)

4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
--bone-kernel --lts

4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
--bone-rt-kernel --lts

Mainline

4.3.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
--bone-kernel --testing

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 "4.1.x" lts/bone kernel: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Mainline_.28lts.29

Build SGX userspace for 4.1.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-v4.1 -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

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

Swapfile

Using a File for Swap Instead of a Partition

On the Beagleboard you should expect to require a swap file given the limitation of how little RAM is available (between 256 MB and 512 MB). Some system programs like apt-get will only run properly when some swap space is present (due to 256 MB not being enough RAM).

Some images (such as those from Linaro.org) do not come with a swap partition or any swap space allocated.

Under Linux, swap space can be either a dedicated partition or a swap file. Both can be mounted as swap which the OS can access.

Creating a Swapfile

The following commands will create a 1 GB file, limit access only to root, format it as swap and then make it available to the OS:

sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/swap/   
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/cache/swap/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
sudo chmod 0600 /var/cache/swap/swapfile 
sudo mkswap /var/cache/swap/swapfile 
sudo swapon /var/cache/swap/swapfile

To tell the OS to load this swapfile on each start up, edit the /etc/fstab file to include the following additional line:

/var/cache/swap/swapfile    none    swap    sw    0   0

To verify that the swapfile is accessilble as swap to the OS, run "top" or "htop" at a console.

Ubuntu Software

Wi-Fi Networking (command line)

/etc/network/interfaces

It is relatively easy to configure a Wi-Fi card from the command line.

You will need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. There are several guides available via Google.

This is a particularly useful guide https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834

A sample /etc/network/interfaces file for a WPA2 encrypted access point is:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid <NAME OF AP>
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise CCMP
wpa-group CCMP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk <INSERT KEY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>

Your Wi-Fi card will automatically load these settings upon startup and initialize wireless network access.

Lightweight window managers

If you intend to use Ubuntu on the BeagleBoard you can install JWM or IceWM to improve performance.

JWM in particular uses little RAM. On a BeagleBoard with 256 MB, using JWM will leave about 60 MB free in which to run applications.

Web Apps

Midori

Given that the BeagleBoard has fewer resources than a desktop a lightweight browser is more responsive. Midori is a lightweight browser that still supports flash, etc. It is available from the standard repositories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_%28web_browser%29

Surveillance

Motion

If you have a video source (webcam, IP cam, etc.) which appears as /dev/video0, etc. then you can use the Linux surveillance software "motion" to monitor the video stream and record periods of activity.

Motion is also available from the standard repositories: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_Introduction_to_Video_Surveillance_with_%27Motion%27 Using a 960x720 resolution webcam with a 15 fps rate under the UVC driver the Rev C BeagleBoard under Xubuntu reports ~60% CPU utilisation.

To make the BeagleBoard automatically start recording on boot, do the following:

Auto Login - run "gdmsetup" from a terminal and select a user to automatically login
Sessions - make sure you don't save any previous X Windows sessions so that it doesn't prompt you for which one you want
motion.conf - edit /etc/motion/motion.conf to use the settings you want (that is, video output directory, record only video, record in MPEG-4, set frame rate, etc). Do this with "sudo medit /etc/motion/motion.conf" at a prompt.
Boot script - create a new script in /etc/rc2.d called "S65motion_client" and set permissions appropriately ("sudo chmod 777 /etc/rc2.d/S65motion_client"). Then edit the file so it contains the following lines:

#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/motion -c /etc/motion/motion.conf

This will now launch the motion client as root when you boot up.

Also note that unless your BeagleBoard can remember the time (battery backed up clock installed), the timestamps will not be correct until you update the time. If your BeagleBoard has an Internet connection this can be achieved using the ntpdate application.

Robotics

ROS

ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. ROS is licensed under an open source, BSD license.

There are currently builds of ROS for Ubuntu Trusty armhf. These builds include most but not all packages, and save a considerable amount of time compared to doing a full source-based installation:

http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/UbuntuARM

Alternatively ROS can be installed from source and is generally easy to do so (although slow).

For more information about ROS, see www.ros.org.

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 [[Category:Development Boards]]
 [[Category: BeagleBoard]]
-This page is about running a (ARM EABI) [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu] distribution at [[BeagleBoard]]. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABI) Ubuntu distribution from [[BeagleBoard#MMC.2FSD_boot|SD card]].
+''(For BeagleBoardAngstrom, click [[BeagleBoardAngstrom|here]].)''
+''(Should [[Beagleboard:Ubuntu On BeagleBone Black]] be merged into this page?)''
-Note: for the best experience, make sure you have an LCD attached to the HDMI port, 2GB/4GB/8GB SD card, and a known good usb2.0 hub with mouse and keyboard.
+This page is about running a Linux distribution (ARM [https://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort EABI]) [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu] on the [[BeagleBoard]]. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABI) Ubuntu distribution from the [[BeagleBoard#MMC.2FSD_boot|SD card]]. Since much of this page is generic, it has also been extended to help support devices such as the [[PandaBoard]] and [[BeagleBone]].
+* For the best experience, make sure you have an LCD/HDMI monitor attached to the BeagleBoard's HDMI port, 2&nbsp;GB/4&nbsp;GB/8&nbsp;GB SD card, and a known good USB&nbsp;2.0 hub with mouse and keyboard.
 = Help =
@@ Line 12: / Line 15: @@
 *Kernel related help:
-** [http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard Email Beagleboard user group] *Recommended method
+** [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"]
+** Kernel Trees
-*** [https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable Stable Kernel 2.6.35 src]
+*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform/ v3.17.x kernel branch]
-*** [https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6.37-devel Development Kernel src]
+*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev Development Kernel source code]
-** [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntuKernel Kernel Testing Results]
 *Ubuntu related help:
-** ''#ubuntu-arm'': Ubuntu's arm irc on freenode ([http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ logs] -> year -> month -> day -> #ubuntu-arm.html)
+** ''#ubuntu-arm'': Ubuntu's ARM IRC on Freenode ([http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ logs] -> year -> month -> day -> #ubuntu-arm.html)
-*When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
+*When requesting help, please provide some debugging information:
 ** U-Boot Version installed on board
 ** Kernel Version: uname -a
@@ Line 30: / Line 32: @@
 = Required Beagle Software =
-X-loader/MLO (1.4.4ss) & U-Boot (2010.03) (Zippy1 & Zippy2 Support)
+Mainline U-Boot:
-* All Bx, C2/3/4 Boards are required to upgrade to atleast these MLO and U-Boot versions.
+* All older BeagleBoard (classic) Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx boards are required to upgrade to at least these U-Boot versions
-* XM Boards have no NAND, so u-boot.bin is always required on the first partition
+* XM Boards have no NAND, so MLO/u-boot.img is always required on the first partition
 * Directions: [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot]
-= Canonical Pre-Installed Images =
+= Omap Serial Changes =
-Support:
+boot.scr/boot.cmd changes:
-* ''#ubuntu-arm'': Ubuntu's arm irc on freenode ([http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ logs] -> year -> month -> day -> #ubuntu-arm.html)
-== Maverick 10.10 ==
+With 2.6.35:
+ console=ttyS2,115200n8
-Just follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAPMaverickInstall and make sure you're using a SD card >= 4GB.
+With 2.6.36/37+:
+ console=ttyO2,115200n8
-=Demo Image=
+Serial console login: /etc/init/ttyO2.conf
+ start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
+ stop on runlevel [!2345]
+ respawn
+ exec /sbin/getty 115200 ttyO2
-Note, these Demo Images contain a custom kernel from rcn-ee.net.  If you'd like to use ubuntu's 'kernel' edit "/etc/flash-kernel.conf" disable the rcn-ee kernel variable then install flash-kernel which should bring ubuntu's kernel with it.  Once you do this, it's not trivial to reverse the process..  For example, what are some of the differences? Ubuntu does not support the xM with lucid, with the rcn-ee.net kernel that's possible and done with the lucid image below..
+= Method 1: Download a Complete Pre-Configured Image =
-== Maverick 10.10 ==
+== Demo Image ==
-Image Updated Dec 5th, Lots of setup_sdcard.sh fixes/tweaks for ubuntu/debian/fedora...
+* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBoard xM: Kernel source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform
+  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
-Default user: ubuntu pass: temppwd
+ cd armv7-multiplatform
+ git checkout origin/v4.4.x -b tmp
-Get prebuilt image:
+ ./build_kernel.sh
+* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:  Kernel v4.1.x source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/tree/ti-linux-4.1.y
-  wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git
-  mirrors (will take some time to update):
+  cd ti-linux-kernel-dev
- wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+  git checkout origin/ti-linux-rt-4.1.y -b tmp
-  wget http://vivaphp.net/beagle/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+ ./build_kernel.sh
-Verify Image with:
-  md5sum ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar.7z
-f5565ef1772baef423f106f2aff15  ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar.7z
-Unpack Image:
+=== Ubuntu (14.04.3) ===
-*7za from: sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
-za x ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+Default username/password:
- tar xf ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel.tar
+*username: ubuntu
- cd ubuntu-10.10-r3-minimal-armel
+*password: temppwd
-non-english, quick fix:
+Image Updated:
- rm setup_sdcard.sh
+*2016-01-14
- wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/omap-image-builder/tools/setup_sdcard.sh
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.4.0-armv7-x3 kernel
- chmod a+x setup_sdcard.sh
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+*2015-12-11
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+*2015-11-13
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-Install Image:
+Services Active:
+  Note: Depending on your internal network these may work out of the box
-Quick Install script for Beagle Bx, Cx, xM Ax, xM B
+  Apache, Port 80: http://arm.local/ (Bone: via usb) http://192.168.7.2
-  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
+ SSH, Port 22: ssh ubuntu@arm.local (Bone: via usb) ubuntu@192.168.7.2
+ Getty, Serial Port
-*Additional Options
-** --rootfs <ext4 default>
-** --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>
-** --addon <pico>
-You should now be able to unmount the SD card from you PC, insert into your BeagleBoard, reboot and have Ubuntu Maverick loaded.
-Problems?
-  What you should see on first boot: http://pastebin.com/h2MFRj89
-For a full gui install run this on your beagle (make sure network is setup):
- setup network: "sudo ifconfig -a" and "sudo dhclient usb1 or eth0"
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install xfce4 gdm xubuntu-gdm-theme xubuntu-artwork xserver-xorg-video-omap3
-Advanced: Build Image:
-fixup.sh: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/omap-image-builder/tools/fixup.sh
-Built with rootstock trunk (ARM native mode, run directly on beagleboard):
- sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --imagesize 2G --dist maverick --serial ttyS2 \
- --login ubuntu --password temppwd \
- --seed btrfs-tools,i2c-tools,nano,pastebinit,uboot-envtools,uboot-mkimage,usbutils,wget,wireless-tools,wpasupplicant \
- --script fixup.sh --components "main universe multiverse" \
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/maverick/v2.6.35.9-l9/linux-image-2.6.35.9-l9_1.0maverick_armel.deb
-== Lucid 10.04.1 ==
-Image Updated Dec 5th, Lots of setup_sdcard.sh fixes/tweaks for ubuntu/debian/fedora...
 Default user: ubuntu pass: temppwd
 Get prebuilt image:
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/elinux/ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
- wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+Verify Image with:
- mirrors (updating):
+  sha256sum ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
- wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+f2fa9b8c95ae5f52d2f285f51de5d1d2195fddf28032b10f079c8356ade1f52  ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
-Verify Image with:
-  md5sum ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel.tar.7z
-  fa3e1a88852cafbd5103eb496c423973  ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel.tar.7z
 Unpack Image:
-*7za from: sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
+ tar xf ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
+ cd ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14
-za x ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+If you don't know the location of your SD card:
-  tar xf ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel.tar
+  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc
- cd ubuntu-10.04.1-r4-minimal-armel
-non-english, quick fix:
+You should see something like:
- rm setup_sdcard.sh
- wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/omap-image-builder/tools/setup_sdcard.sh
- chmod a+x setup_sdcard.sh
-Install Image:
+ 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
-Quick Install script for Beagle Bx, C2/C3/C4, xM Ax, xM B
+* 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...
- sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle --swap_file 50  (YOU need atleast 50Mb for oem-config to NOT Opps)
-For Serial Port Users add: (to use default user/pass ubuntu/temppwd)
+Install Image:
- --use-default-user
-*Additional Options
+Quick install script for [board]
-** --rootfs <ext4 default>
+ sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board
-** --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>
-** --addon <pico>
-Problems?:
+board options:
- What you should see on First Boot (oem-config on dvi): http://pastebin.com/5HvWgRDj
+*BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx/Dx          - omap3-beagle
+*BeagleBoard xM                   - omap3-beagle-xm
+*BeagleBone White/Black/Green     - beaglebone
+*OMAP5432 uEVM                    - omap5-uevm
+*BeagleBoard-X15                  - am57xx-beagle-x15
-For a full gui install: (make sure network is setup)
+So for the BeagleBoard xM:
-  sudo apt-get update
+  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
- sudo apt-get install xfce4 gdm xubuntu-gdm-theme xubuntu-artwork xserver-xorg-video-omap3
 Advanced: Build Image:
-fixup.sh: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/omap-image-builder/tools/fixup.sh
+ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git
+ cd omap-image-builder
+ git checkout v2016.01 -b tmp
-Built with rootstock trunk (ARM native mode, run directly on beagleboard):
+Stable:
- sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --imagesize 2G --dist lucid --serial ttyS2 \
- --login ubuntu --password temppwd \
- --seed btrfs-tools,i2c-tools,nano,pastebinit,uboot-envtools,uboot-mkimage,usbutils,wget,wireless-tools,wpasupplicant \
- --script fixup.sh --components "main universe multiverse" \
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/lucid/v2.6.35.9-l9/linux-image-2.6.35.9-l9_1.0lucid_armel.deb
-== Natty 11.04 Development ==
+ ./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_ubuntu_trusty_armhf
-.04: Alpha-1
+Testing:
-Default user: ubuntu pass: temppwd
+ ./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_ubuntu_xenial_armhf
-Get prebuilt image:
+=== Ubuntu Testing (xenial) ===
- wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/natty/ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+Image Updated:
- mirrors (will take some time to update):
+*2016-01-14
- wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/natty/ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.4.0-armv7-x3 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+*2015-12-11
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+*2015-11-13
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-Verify Image with:
+Get prebuilt image:
-  md5sum ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/elinux/ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
-c034dd4e4f51caad5a79df690896102  ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
-Unpack Image:
+Verify Image with:
-*7za from: sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
+ sha256sum ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
+ a8b5995584caf58a37e1b454724b4b4e300a21bfd72e2156f30052a104d2b035  ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
-za x ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
+Unpack image:
-  tar xf ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel.tar
+  tar xf ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
-  cd ubuntu-natty-alpha1-minimal-armel
+  cd ubuntu-xenial-console-armhf-2016-01-14
-non-english, quick fix:
+Then follow the directions shown above with the other images...
- rm setup_sdcard.sh
- wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/omap-image-builder/tools/setup_sdcard.sh
- chmod a+x setup_sdcard.sh
-Install Image:
+== Flasher ==
-Quick Install script for Beagle Bx, Cx, xM Ax, xM B
+=== eMMC: BeagleBone Black/Green ===
- sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
-*Additional Options
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager  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 Ubuntu will now boot directly from eMMC.
-** --rootfs <ext4 default>
-** --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>
-** --addon <pico>
-You should now be able to unmount the SD card from you PC, insert into your BeagleBoard, reboot and have Ubuntu Maverick loaded.
+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
-For a full gui install run this on your beagle (make sure network is setup):
+This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
- setup network: "sudo ifconfig -a" and "sudo dhclient usb1 or eth0"
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install xfce4 gdm xubuntu-gdm-theme xubuntu-artwork xserver-xorg-video-omap3
-Advanced: Build Image:
+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.
-fixup.sh: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/omap-image-builder/tools/fixup.sh
+User: ubuntu
+pass: temppwd
-Built with rootstock trunk (ARM native mode, run directly on beagleboard):
+Image Updated:
- sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --imagesize 2G --dist natty --serial ttyS2 \
+*2016-01-14
- --login ubuntu --password temppwd \
+** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
- --seed btrfs-tools,i2c-tools,nano,pastebinit,uboot-envtools,uboot-mkimage,usbutils,wget,wireless-tools,wpasupplicant \
+*2015-12-11
- --script fixup.sh --components "main universe multiverse" \
+** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/natty/v2.6.35.9-l9/linux-image-2.6.35.9-l9_1.0natty_armel.deb
+*2015-11-13
+** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-= NetInstall Method =
+Get prebuilt image:
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
-NOTE: Lucid's NetInstall will not work with the new XM model..
+Verify Image with:
+ sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
+ cf6cae65a5cceb0bf777a6c9a9826c24991d1a9d9b8dfb3c9d86c980d5628982  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
+b02acd35c419b6ae9f91f5b5f99bff8ef918ac9200bea74f10e397c90d2e918  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
-The NetInstall Method, allows you to install Ubuntu directly onto your Beagle by pre-populating a boot image that will perform the complete install.
+Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
+ sudo bmaptool copy --bmap BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
+  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
-Note: The boot arg's are stored in boot.scr which will be copied to the first partition.
+Linux: (dd)
+ unxz BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+ sudo dd if=./BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
-Recommended:
+=== eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15 ===
-* 2GB+ SD card
-* USB Ethernet/Wifi
-Discover SD/MMC Partition
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager  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 Ubuntu will now boot directly from eMMC.
-  sudo fdisk -l
-Download NetInstall Omap script
+Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
-  git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall-omap.git
+  https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
- cd netinstall-omap
- ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --distro lucid --firmware
-*Options:
+This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
-**--distro : lucid
-**--firmware : install firmware for WiFi devices
-**--serial-mode : force NetInstall to use Serial Port
-Note: The default boot options work for most people, but if you'd like to tweak boot settings, edit these before running the script.
+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.
- NetInstall boot Settings:
+* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
- gedit ./netinstall-omap/scripts/dvi.cmd
- gedit ./netinstall-omap/scripts/serial.cmd
- Normal Boot Settings:
- gedit ./netinstall-omap/scripts/dvi-normal-lucid.cmd
- gedit ./netinstall-omap/scripts/serial-normal-lucid.cmd
-Place SD card into Beagle and Boot
+User: ubuntu
+pass: temppwd
-Troubshooting: If boot fails..
+Image Updated:
-*Hold the user button down to force booting from MMC
+*2016-01-14
-*Upgrade X-loader and U-boot [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot]
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
-*Clear U-boot's Environment Variables in nand:
+*2015-12-11
- nand erase 260000 20000
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+*2015-11-13
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-NetInstall assumptions:
+Get prebuilt image:
-  Continue with out Kernel Modules <yes>
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
-  Partition <Guided - use the largest continuous free space>
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
-= Build an Ubuntu root file system with RootStock=
+Verify Image with:
+ sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
+fb1dad893f59dd520b77ebb2561e774154ba150486b0c5073ff14ff238d3a04  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
+ad445759eb5933aafb286213e393f031dc29d67fb0c1b3d1abcdcf65c406  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
-== Install RootStock ==
+Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
+ sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
+ bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
-This is based off Ubuntu's RootStock Project; [https://launchpad.net/project-rootstock RootStock] script.
+Linux: (dd)
+ unxz bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+ sudo dd if=./bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
-Maverick (10.10)
+== raw microSD img ==
- sudo apt-get install rootstock
-Lucid (10.04) (use rootstock trunk)
+=== BeagleBone White/Black/Green ===
- sudo apt-get install rootstock (to install rootstock's dependices)
- bzr branch lp:project-rootstock
- cd project-rootstock
-== RootStock ==
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
-=== RootStock: Useful seed Packages ===
+User: ubuntu
+pass: temppwd
-Useful Packages:
+Auto partition resize:
-  linux-firmware,wireless-tools :wifi adapters..
+  cd /opt/scripts/tools
-  ntpdate :sync real time clock from network
+ git pull
+ ./grow_partition.sh
+  sudo reboot
-GUI's (broken bug: FIXME)
+Image Updated:
- xfce4:  xfce4,gdm,xubuntu-gdm-theme,xubuntu-artwork
+*2016-01-14
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+*2015-12-11
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+*2015-11-13
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-=== RootStock: Running ===
+Get prebuilt image:
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
-Rootstock Command line:
+Verify Image with:
-  sudo ./rootstock --fqdn <hostname> --login <rootuser> --password <rootuserpasswd> --imagesize <qemu image size> \
+  sha256sum bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
-  --seed <packages> --dist <lucid/maverick> --serial <ttySx>  --kernel-image <http>
+ffbb35026f3f25925d65895da4d17d69aa5133e4d2f7afcf093672073a5fa82  bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
+ec1ce4fb66e6d6b3d3ab4715983f0082f67508d2bd74581dfb843e3747  bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
-Basic Maverick (10.10) Beagleboard minimal image:
+Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
-  sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --login ubuntu --password temppwd --imagesize 2G \
+  sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
- --seed wget,nano,linux-firmware,wireless-tools,usbutils --dist maverick --serial ttyS2 \
+  bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
-  --components "main universe multiverse" \
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/maverick/v2.6.35.9-l8/linux-image-2.6.35.9-l8_1.0maverick_armel.deb
-Upon Completion, you should have:
+Linux: (dd)
-  armel-rootfs-<date>.tgz  -> Root file System, dump to ext2/3 partition of SD card
+  unxz bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
- vmlinuz-2.6.<version>    -> Boot Image, use mkimage to create uImage and dump to the first fat16 partition of SD card
+  sudo dd if=./bone-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
-  initrd.img-2.6.<version> -> Boot initramfs, use mkimage to create uInitrd and dump to the first fat16 partition of SD card
-= Manually Setup SD Card =
+=== OMAP5432 uEVM ===
-For this section, you can use the files from above:
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
- Demo Images: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
- Rootstock: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Build_an_Ubuntu_root_file_system_with_RootStock
-== Partition SD Card ==
+User: ubuntu
-You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.
+pass: temppwd
- Standard Console System : ~286MB
- + Desktop environment (lxde,gdm) : ~479MB
-Starting with an empty SD card and using gparted, create:
+Auto partition resize:
-MiB Primary Partition, fat16/fat32
+  cd /opt/scripts/tools
-  Rest as ext2/ext3/ext4/btrfs
+ git pull
+  ./grow_partition.sh
+ sudo reboot
-Note: The boot partition can be hard to make bootable at times, here's a quick command line:
+Image Updated:
+*2016-01-14
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+*2015-12-11
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+*2015-11-13
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-First blank the MMC card's partition table with parted: (/dev/sdX as an example)
+Get prebuilt image:
-  sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mklabel msdos
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
-Then create the new boot partition:
+Verify Image with:
-  sudo fdisk -H 255 -S 63 /dev/sdX << MMC_END
+  sha256sum omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
-  n
+c74dd879900a7757c1abfdcf101f3ee40527c835f86d40159025ddd4d96  omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
-  p
+  a7130cc1a143aec3f35b6869ef722fd987b8e0f3e7e51590c3a3d80e82de93f8  omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
- +64M
- a
- t
- e
- p
- w
- MMC_END
-And format it as vfat:
+Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
-  sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/sdX1
+  sudo bmaptool copy --bmap omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
+ omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
-The rootfs partition, doesn't need any special options, so just use fdisk, gparted, etc to create and format your rootfs partition..
+Linux: (dd)
+ unxz omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+ sudo dd if=./omap5-uevm-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
-Gparted Example: http://nishanthmenon.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-boot-beagle.html
+=== BeagleBoard-X15 ===
-For Reference:
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
- Disk /dev/sdd: 2038 MB, 2038431744 bytes
-heads, 63 sectors/track, 247 cylinders
- Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
- Disk identifier: 0x0008e471
-    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
- /dev/sdd1               1           6       48163+   6  FAT16
- /dev/sdd2               7         247     1935832+  83  Linux
-== Boot Partition ==
+User: ubuntu
+pass: temppwd
-Requirements:
+Auto partition resize:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools
+ git pull
+ ./grow_partition.sh
+ sudo reboot
- sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage
+Image Updated:
- Mount the fatfs partition of your SD card.
+*2016-01-14
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
+*2015-12-11
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
+*2015-11-13
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
-Mount such as: (/dev/sdX1 is the fat Boot Partition)
+Get prebuilt image:
- mkdir -p ./tmp
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
-  sudo mount /dev/sdX1 ./tmp
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
-=== MLO and U-Boot ===
+Verify Image with:
+ sha256sum bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
+a6e0022f14db643c37e81ad0684bb6111e52d90a6184b29d597c4a1b0f7fb  bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
+cb6d2c5876bccf7dfa897a22d4a56a21f4ea05bff78cdde589060700ac9a2  bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
-Download and copy MLO and U-Boot from here:
+Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
-  http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/
+ sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
+  bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
-  First copy "MLO-beagleboard-1.44+rX+gitX-rX" as MLO to the Boot Partition
+Linux: (dd)
-  Then copy "u-boot-beagleboard-20XX.XX+r62+gitX-rX.bin" as u-boot.bin to the Boot Partition
+  unxz bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+  sudo dd if=./bbx15-ubuntu-14.04.3-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
-=== U-Boot uImage and uInitrd ===
+= Method 2: Use the NetInstall method=
-U-Boot needs a compatible kernel image to boot.  To do this, we are using mkimage from (uboot-mkimage) to create an image from the vmlinuz kernel file.
+You will need a 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB SD card or greater.
+  Standard system : ~700&nbsp;MB
- mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n "Linux" -d ./vmlinuz-* ./uImage
+Report Bugs/Issues to: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall/issues
- Copy "uImage" to the Boot Partition
+(anywhere else will be ignored..)
-Next create a uInird (this contains a script to fix the rtc on boot, otherwise fsck/reboot/fsck/reboot/repeat happens..)
+Download the netinstall script:
+ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
+ cd netinstall
-  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n initramfs -d ./initrd.img-* ./uInitrd
+Currently supported Ubuntu distributions:
-  Copy "uInitrd" to the Boot Partition
+  --distro oneiric (11.10)
+ --distro precise-armhf (12.04)
+ --distro quantal (12.10)
+ --distro raring (13.04)
+  --distro saucy (13.10)
-=== U-Boot Boot Scripts ===
+Device: <board> selection:
-The version of U-Boot installed or recommended to install uses boot scripts by default.  This allows users to easily switch between multiple SD cards with different OS's with different parameters installed.  Ubuntu/Debian requires a slight modification to the bootargs line vs. Angstrom, 'ro' vs 'rw'.
+ *BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx  - omap3-beagle
+ *BeagleBoard xMA/B/C   - omap3-beagle-xm
+ *BeagleBone Ax         - am335x-bone-serial
+ *BeagleBone (DVI cape) - am335x-bone-video
+ *BeagleBone Black      - am335x-boneblack
+  *PandaBoard Ax     - omap4-panda
+  *PandaBoard A4+    - omap4-panda-a4
+ *PandaBoard ES     - omap4-panda-es
- fixrtc: (only uInitrd) Resets RTC based on last mount
+Installation script for new <board> selection: (slowly migrating all devices to this method)
-  buddy=${buddy}: (both) Kernel Zippy1/2 Support
+  sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb <board> --distro <distro>
- mpurate=${mpurate}: (recommended core clock)
-==== Beagle Bx/Cx ====
+So for the xM: with quantal:
+ sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro quantal
-create a new file: boot.cmd
+*Other Options:
- setenv dvimode 1280x720MR-16@60
+**--firmware : installs firmware
- setenv vram 12MB
+**--serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port
- setenv bootcmd 'mmc init; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 uInitrd; bootm 0x80300000 0x81600000'
- setenv bootargs console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro vram=${vram} omapfb.mode=dvi:${dvimode} fixrtc buddy=${buddy} mpurate=${mpurate}
- boot
-==== Beagle xM ====
+Place SD card into BeagleBoard and boot:
-kernel limitation, randomly hardlocks at 1Ghz, can only run at 800Mhz till the dvs patches hit upstream..
-create a new file: boot.cmd
+Configure the network:
-  setenv mpurate 800
+  usb0: USB net <- (usually the OTG port)
-  setenv dvimode 1280x720MR-16@60
+  eth0: USB net <- (usually the smsc95xx adapter on the BeagleBoard and PandaBoard)
- setenv vram 12MB
+  wlan0: Wifi <- Your USDB-Wi-Fi device..
-  setenv bootcmd 'mmc init; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 uInitrd; bootm 0x80300000 0x81600000'
- setenv bootargs console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro vram=${vram} omapfb.mode=dvi:${dvimode} fixrtc buddy=${buddy} mpurate=${mpurate}
- boot
-Use mkimage create to actual *.scr file for U-Boot:
+See my notes for my testing procedure: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall/blob/master/test.Ubuntu
- mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n "Ubuntu" -d ./boot.cmd ./boot.scr
+Troubleshooting: If booting fails..
- Copy "boot.scr" to the Boot Partition
+*Hold the user button down to force booting from MMC
-  For "igepv2" users, rename this to "boot.ini"
+*Upgrade X-loader and U-boot [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot]
+*Clear U-boot's Environment Variables in NAND:
+  nand erase 260000 20000
-Umount the Boot Partition:
+NetInstall assumptions:
+  Assume asll <default>'s... Thanks you preseed.conf!!!
-  sudo umount ./tmp
-== RootFS Partition ==
-Root File System
-Mount your SD card's larger root file system partition (assuming /dev/sdX2) and 'untar' the rootfs into it.
+= Method 3: Manual Install (no automatic scripts)=
- mkdir -p ./tmp
+Note, this section used 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:
- sudo mount /dev/sdX2 ./tmp
- sudo tar xfp armel-rootfs-*.tgz -C ./tmp
- sudo umount ./tmp
-== Ubuntu Bugs & Tweaks ==
+== Beagle/Beagle xM ==
+ http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard
-===Enable Network Access===
+== BeagleBone ==
+ http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone
-Modify /etc/network/interfaces
+== BeagleBone Black ==
- auto eth0
+ http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black
- iface eth0 inet dhcp
-Manual: From the Command line
+== Panda/Panda ES ==
-  sudo ifconfig -a
+  http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard
- sudo dhclient ethX (or wlanX/etc..)
-Additional Network Setup Information can be found [[BeagleBoardUbuntuNetwork|HERE]]
 = Advanced =
@@ Line 460: / Line 472: @@
 ==Install Latest Kernel Image==
-===Script File===
+General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:
+  sudo apt-get update
-Latest Stable is : https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
+  sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
+  sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
-  export DIST=maverick  (options are lucid/maverick/squeeze)
+ sudo reboot
-  wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/${DIST}/LATEST
- wget $(cat ./LATEST | grep STABLE | awk '{print $3}')
-  /bin/bash install-me.sh
-Reboot with your new uImage
+Latest kernel script
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/
+ git pull
+ sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>
-== Upgrade X-loader and U-boot ==
+== 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
-Compatible with Bx,C2/3/4
+.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
+ --bone-channel --stable
-Requires MMC card..
+.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
+ --bone-xenomai-channel --stable
-  git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/flash-omap.git
+== 4.1.x-ti ==
- cd flash-omap
+This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.
-  ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX (i.e. use /dev/sdc - the entire device, not a partition)
+  beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.1
+  Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.1.y
-: Place MMC card in Beagle
+.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
-: Push/Hold User Button Down
+  --ti-channel --stable
-: Apply Power
-: After U-boot loads, Let Off User Button
-: Wait for Flashing to end
-: Power down, remove/edit boot.scr from MMC card
-Example 4G card:
+.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
+ --ti-rt-channel --stable
- sudo fdisk -l
+== Mainline (lts) ==
-  Disk '''/dev/sde''': 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes
+.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
-heads, 63 sectors/track, 481 cylinders
+  --bone-kernel --lts
- Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
- Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
-  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
- Disk identifier: 0x00080e99
-    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
- '''/dev/sde'''1   *           1           9       72261    e  W95 FAT16 (LBA)
-  ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sde
+.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
+ --bone-rt-kernel --lts
-Worst case, depending on what's actually in NAND, you might still have to stop and do this:
+== Mainline ==
+.3.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
+ --bone-kernel --testing
- nand erase 260000 20000
+== Debian 8: jessie ==
-  reset
+  sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp
-===Manual Run===
+Reboot with your new Kernel Image.
- mmc init
- fatload mmc 0:1 0x80200000 MLO
- nand unlock
- nand ecc hw
- nandecc hw
- nand erase 0 80000
- nand write 0x80200000 0 20000
- nand write 0x80200000 20000 20000
- nand write 0x80200000 40000 20000
- nand write 0x80200000 60000 20000
- fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 u-boot.bin
- nand unlock
- nand ecc sw
- nandecc sw
- nand erase 80000 160000
- nand write 0x80300000 80000 160000
- nand erase 260000 20000
- reset
-== SGX Video Acceleration ==
+== Xorg Drivers ==
-Requirements: 2.6-stable from launchpad or 2.6.35.3-x1+ deb's from rcn-ee.net. (the Demo Images hosted on rcn-ee.net meet this requirement)
+Script:
-  https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/
+ git pull
-Note: ''An older version of these instructions was adapted for the IGEPv2 platform - if you are following this tutorial and have an IGEPv2, consider using http://wiki.jmaustin.org/wiki/IgepSGXUbuntu instead''
+BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+ ./ti-omapdrm.sh
-=== SDK unPackage Script ===
+BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+ ./ti-tilcdc.sh
-Download the latest version of the "create_sgx_package.sh" script
+== SGX Drivers ==
- wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/updates/2.6-stable/create_sgx_package.sh
-Make script executable
+=== SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black ===
- chmod a+x ./create_sgx_package.sh
-Run script
+Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...
- ./create_sgx_package.sh
-After Successfully running:
+Install the "4.1.x" lts/bone kernel:
+http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Mainline_.28lts.29
-  :~/temp$ ls
+Build SGX userspace for 4.1.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor)
- create_sgx_package.sh
+  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git
-  GFX_4_00_00_01_libs.tar.gz                      : -> Copy to Beagle (System Libs)
+  cd bb-kernel/
-  GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz                            : -> Copy to Beagle (DEMO's)
+  git checkout origin/am33x-v4.1 -b tmp-sgx
-  Graphics_SDK_setuplinux_4_00_00_01.bin
+  ./sgx_create_package.sh
- SDK
- SDK_BIN
-=== Beagle: GFX_*_libs.tar.gz ===
+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 /
-  tar xf GFX_4_00_00_01_libs.tar.gz  (extracts install-SGX.sh and run-SGX.sh)
+  cd /opt/gfxinstall/
-  ./install-SGX.sh (copies necessary SGX libs and startup script)
+  sudo ./sgx-install.sh
-  ./run-SGX.sh (force run the new init script, or you can just reboot...)
-On Successful install:
- Stopping PVR
- Starting PVR
- Starting SGX fixup for ES2.x (or ES3.x) (or ES5.x xM)
-Reboot for good measure (Maverick's Alpha-1 needs this....)
   sudo reboot
-=== Beagle: GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz ===
+Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded
+ debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb
+ omaplfb                12065  0
+ pvrsrvkm              178782  1 omaplfb
- tar xf GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz
+== Xorg Drivers ==
- cd GFX_Linux_SDK
- tar xf OGLES.tar.gz
-=== Test SGX with a DEMO ===
+Script:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/
+ git pull
-  cd OGLES/SDKPackage/Binaries/CommonX11/Demos/ChameleonMan
+BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:
-  ./OGLESChameleonMan
+  cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+  ./ti-omapdrm.sh
-=== Trouble Shooting ===
+BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+ ./ti-tilcdc.sh
- sudo rm /etc/powervr-esrev
+= Swapfile =
- sudo depmod -a omaplfb
- sudo /etc/init.d/pvr restart
-== DSP ==
+== Using a File for Swap Instead of a Partition ==
-=== Work In Progress ===
+On the Beagleboard you should expect to require a swap file given the limitation of how little RAM is available (between 256&nbsp;MB and 512&nbsp;MB). Some system programs like apt-get will only run properly when some swap space is present (due to 256&nbsp;MB not being enough RAM).
-Using: https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6.37-devel
+Some images (such as those from Linaro.org) do not come with a swap partition or any swap space allocated.
-Package script:
+Under Linux, swap space can be either a dedicated partition or a swap file. Both can be mounted as swap which the OS can access.
- ./create_dsp_package.sh
-Copy DSP_Install_libs.tar.gz to beagle
+=== Creating a Swapfile ===
-Setup network...
+The following commands will create a 1 GB file, limit access only to root, format it as swap and then make it available to the OS:
-Extract:
+ sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/swap/
-  tar xf DSP_Install_libs.tar.gz
+ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/cache/swap/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
+ sudo chmod 0600 /var/cache/swap/swapfile
+ sudo mkswap /var/cache/swap/swapfile
+  sudo swapon /var/cache/swap/swapfile
-Install
+To tell the OS to load this swapfile on each start up, edit the /etc/fstab file to include the following additional line:
- ./install-DSP.sh
-Build gst-dsp stuff..
+  /var/cache/swap/swapfile    none    swap    sw    0   0
-  ./install-gst-dsp.sh
-Find fix for:
+To verify that the swapfile is accessilble as swap to the OS, run "top" or "htop" at a console.
- [   13.536376] proc_load: Processor Loaded /lib/dsp/baseimage.dof
- [   13.538330] bridge_brd_start: Failed to get dsp mailbox handle
- [   13.545440] proc_start: Failed to start the dsp
- [   13.587707] DSP Bridge driver loaded
-=== Old stuff ===
-Here is one approach: [http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoard_Ubuntu_%26_DSP_From_Sources BeagleBoard Ubuntu & DSP From Sources]
-== Xorg omapfb Drivers ==
-By default Ubuntu 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.
-cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep FBDEV
- (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 Ubuntu and open a new terminal, xorg has to be running..
-xvinfo -display :0.0
- X-Video Extension version 2.2
- screen #0
-  no adaptors present
-=== Drivers ===
-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)
-Lucid:
- sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-omap3
-To verify it was correctly installed, reboot and:
-cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep omapfb
- (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 Ubuntu and open a new terminal, xorg has to be running..
-xvinfo -display :0.0
- X-Video Extension version 2.2
- screen #0
-   Adaptor #0: "OMAP XV adaptor"
-     number of ports: 1
-     port base: 56
-     operations supported: PutImage
-     supported visuals:
-       depth 16, visualID 0x21
-     number of attributes: 1
-     etc..
-== Changing DVI output resolution ==
-Ubuntu 10.10 above defaults to a resolution of 1284x768@16.  This is set in the boot.cmd file in the boot partition of the SD card.  To change the resolution the DVI output, edit boot.cmd accordingly then recreate the boot.scr file by:
- mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n "Ubuntu 10.10" -d ./boot.cmd ./boot.scr
-Then reboot the BeagleBoard
-== S-Video ==
-S-video is tested to be working on 2.6.35-rc5-dl9. S-video output can be enabled using bootargs at uboot as mentioned below.
-=== NTSC ===
-     omapfb.mode='''tv:ntsc'''
-     omapdss.def_disp='''tv'''
-Bootargs that has been validated.
-     setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro vram=12M omapfb.mode=tv:ntsc omapdss.def_disp=tv
-     fixrtc buddy=unknown'
-Note that the NTSC resolution is 640x480. However the edge bands around the TV screen differ from TV to TV. Output of '''fbset''' shown below, which does not seem right.
-    mode "720x482-30"
-         # D: 13.500 MHz, H: 15.734 kHz, V: 29.970 Hz
-         geometry 720 482 720 482 32
-         timings 74074 16 58 6 31 64 6
-         rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
-    endmode
-=== PAL ===
-Bootargs that has been validated for PAL tv.
-     setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro vram=12M omapfb.mode=tv:pal omapdss.def_disp=tv fixrtc buddy=unknown'
-Using these settings video output will display on the tv, however 5-10% of the left and right edges of display are off the screen (using Ubuntu 10.10 with xfce).
-xrandr shows the display is set to the minimum of 720x574. Please update wiki if you can fix this.
-== Building Kernel ==
-https://launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel
-Register on launchpad.net, install bzr
- sudo apt-get install bzr
-Download SRC
- bzr branch lp:~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
-Build Kernel
- ./build_kernel.sh
-Optional Building Deb File
- ./build_deb.sh
 = Ubuntu Software =
-== Wifi Networking (command line) ==
+== Wi-Fi Networking (command line) ==
 === /etc/network/interfaces ===
-It is possible and relatively easy to configure a wifi card from the command line.
+It is relatively easy to configure a Wi-Fi card from the command line.
-You will need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file.  There are several guides available via Google.
+You will need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. There are several guides available via Google.
-This is a particularly useful guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834
+This is a particularly useful guide https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834
 A sample /etc/network/interfaces file for a WPA2 encrypted access point is:
@@ Line 763: / Line 626: @@
   wpa-group CCMP
   wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
-  wpa-psk < INSERT KEY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
+  wpa-psk <INSERT KEY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
-Your wifi card will automatically load these settings on start up and give network access.
+Your Wi-Fi card will automatically load these settings upon startup and initialize wireless network access.
 == Lightweight window managers ==
@@ Line 771: / Line 634: @@
 If you intend to use Ubuntu on the BeagleBoard you can install JWM or IceWM to improve performance.
-JWM in particular uses little RAM. On a BeagleBoard with 256MB, using JWM will leave about 60MB free to run apps in.
+JWM in particular uses little RAM. On a BeagleBoard with 256&nbsp;MB, using JWM will leave about 60&nbsp;MB free in which to run applications.
 == Web Apps ==
 === Midori ===
-Given that the BeagleBoard has fewer resources than a desktop a light weight browser is more responsive.  Midori is a light weight browser that still supports flash etc
+Given that the BeagleBoard has fewer resources than a desktop a lightweight browser is more responsive. Midori is a lightweight browser that still supports flash, etc. It is available from the standard repositories:
-It is available from the standard repositories.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_%28web_browser%29
@@ Line 783: / Line 645: @@
 === Motion ===
-If you have a video source (webcam, IP cam etc) which appears as /dev/video0 etc then you can use the Linux Surveillance software "motion" to monitor the video stream and record periods of activity.
+If you have a video source (webcam, IP cam, etc.) which appears as /dev/video0, etc. then you can use the Linux surveillance software "motion" to monitor the video stream and record periods of activity.
-Motion is also available from the standard repositories.
+Motion is also available from the standard repositories:
 http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_Introduction_to_Video_Surveillance_with_%27Motion%27
-Using a 960x720 resolution webcam with 15 fps rate under the UVC driver the Rev C BeagleBoard under Xubuntu reports ~60% CPU utilisation.
+Using a 960x720 resolution webcam with a 15&nbsp;fps rate under the UVC driver the Rev C BeagleBoard under Xubuntu reports ~60% CPU utilisation.
-To make the BeagleBoard automatically start recording on boot do the following:
+To make the BeagleBoard automatically start recording on boot, do the following:
 * Auto Login - run "gdmsetup" from a terminal and select a user to automatically login
-* Sessions - make sure you don't save any previous xwindows sessions so that it doesn't prompt you for which one you want
+* Sessions - make sure you don't save any previous X Windows sessions so that it doesn't prompt you for which one you want
-* motion.conf - amend /etc/motion/motion.conf to the settings you want (ie video output directory, record only video, record in mpeg4, set frame rate etc). Do this with "sudo medit /etc/motion/motion.conf" at a prompt.
+* motion.conf - edit /etc/motion/motion.conf to use the settings you want (that is, video output directory, record only video, record in MPEG-4, set frame rate, etc). Do this with "sudo medit /etc/motion/motion.conf" at a prompt.
-* Boot script - create a new script in /etc/rc2.d called "S65motion_client" and set permissions appropriately ("sudo chmod 777 /etc/rc2.d/S65motion_client"). Then edit the file so it has the following text in it:
+* Boot script - create a new script in /etc/rc2.d called "S65motion_client" and set permissions appropriately ("sudo chmod 777 /etc/rc2.d/S65motion_client"). Then edit the file so it contains the following lines:
   #! /bin/sh
@@ Line 801: / Line 663: @@
 This will now launch the motion client as root when you boot up.
-Also note that unless your BeagleBoard can remember the time (battery backed up clock installed) the timestamps will not be correct until you update the time. If your BeagleBoard has an Internet Connection this can be achieved with the ntpdate app.
+Also note that unless your BeagleBoard can remember the time (battery backed up clock installed), the timestamps will not be correct until you update the time. If your BeagleBoard has an Internet connection this can be achieved using the ntpdate application.
 == Robotics ==
 === ROS ===
-Willow Garage hosts the open source Robotic Operating System (ROS).  Whilst it is natively supported in Ubuntu, the official packages are only for the x86 platform.  ROS can be installed from source and is generally easy to do so (although slow).
+ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. ROS is licensed under an open source, BSD license.
-Following the instructions from here will build and install ROS on your beagleboard:
+There are currently builds of ROS for Ubuntu Trusty armhf. These builds include most but not all packages, and save a considerable amount of time compared to doing a full source-based installation:
-http://www.ros.org/wiki/cturtle/Installation/Ubuntu/SVN
+http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/UbuntuARM
-You will need an Internet connection for your Beagleboard for these scripts to work.
+Alternatively ROS can be installed from source and is generally easy to do so (although slow).
-For more information about ROS see www.ros.org
+For more information about ROS, see www.ros.org.

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Omap Serial Changes

Method 1: Download a Complete Pre-Configured Image

Demo Image

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Flasher

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raw microSD img

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Using a File for Swap Instead of a Partition

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