Revision as of 09:11, 10 June 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/v4.6.x -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh

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

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

Ubuntu (16.04)

Default username/password:

username: ubuntu
password: temppwd

Image Updated:

2016-06-09
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.1-armv7-x4 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
2016-05-12
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.0-rc7-armv7-x2 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
2016-04-07
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.5.0-armv7-x2 kernel
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.6-ti-r15 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/2016-06-09/elinux/ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz
39d824a7b213a4e4d5c5fcecd0adc91f70af416784687c01904c991394e66316  ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz

Unpack Image:

tar xf ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz
cd ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09

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 v2016.06 -b tmp

Stable:

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

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:

2016-06-09
- BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
2016-05-12
- BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
2016-04-07
- BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
ac775829dd856a83f99018755335e775dc0ace7589679f8eef2ba200bf9b7b8c  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.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: 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:

2016-06-09
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
2016-05-12
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
2016-04-07
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
af282239365e8eab43e26c3ae608c21ad14aedd7caf232b2f32c895bf906ef42  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.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: 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:

2016-06-09
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.1-armv7-x4 kernel
2016-05-12
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.0-rc7-armv7-x2 kernel
2016-04-07
- BeagleBoard xM: v4.5.0-armv7-x2 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
1fd1772ed3f4cbeefe6bd31b0087718ca4db72324abd8eb5e1b9b5802f6008e1  bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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:

2016-06-09
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
2016-05-12
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
2016-04-07
- BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
97df29fc24a87eff232dafd0bdf97711311fa28862fd1c5435dd87a049108861  bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.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: 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:

2016-06-09
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
2016-05-12
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
2016-04-07
- OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
11f9644bfaa95cae43096cddcd7a23c5b53d0565cbff209a0f76a7294202bce7  omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.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: 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:

2016-06-09
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
2016-05-12
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
2016-04-07
- BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
8d286c4575e45d6edcd53e8e005455b8c13c52b4fb01de54d24dec4908854396  bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd 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.

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 [[Category: BeagleBoard]]
 ''(For BeagleBoardAngstrom, click [[BeagleBoardAngstrom|here]].)''
+''(Should [[Beagleboard:Ubuntu On BeagleBone Black]] be merged into this page?)''
-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]].
+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]].
-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.
+* 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 =
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 *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])
-** Kernel Tree's
+** Kernel Trees
-*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel Stable Kernel 3.1.x src]
+*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform/ v3.17.x kernel branch]
-*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev Development Kernel src]
+*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev Development Kernel source code]
 *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
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 = Required Beagle Software =
-Angstrom's X-loader/MLO & U-Boot
+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]
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 = Method 1: Download a Complete Pre-Configured Image =
+== Demo Image ==
-== Canonical/Ubuntu Images ==
+* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBoard xM: Kernel source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform
-Support:
+ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
-''#ubuntu-arm'': Ubuntu's arm irc on freenode ([http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ logs] -> year -> month -> day -> #ubuntu-arm.html)
+ cd armv7-multiplatform
+ git checkout origin/v4.6.x -b tmp
-Just follow: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAP
+ ./build_kernel.sh
+* '''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
-==Demo Image==
+ 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
-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..
+=== Ubuntu (16.04) ===
-If the script in these demo images fail: email "bugs@rcn-ee.com" I need: terminal command, terminal log, distribution name, arch...
+Default username/password:
+*username: ubuntu
+*password: temppwd
-=== Oneiric 11.10 ===
+Image Updated:
+*2016-06-09
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.1-armv7-x4 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.0-rc7-armv7-x2 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.5.0-armv7-x2 kernel
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
-Image Updated Oct 13th, updated v3.0.6 kernel, now with better s-video support (setup_sdcard.sh option)...
+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/2016-06-09/elinux/ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz
- wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/oneiric/ubuntu-11.10-r0-minimal-armel.tar.xz
+Verify Image with:
- mirrors (will take some time to update):
+  sha256sum ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz
- wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/oneiric/ubuntu-11.10-r0-minimal-armel.tar.xz
+d824a7b213a4e4d5c5fcecd0adc91f70af416784687c01904c991394e66316  ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz
-Verify Image with:
-  md5sum ubuntu-11.10-r0-minimal-armel.tar.xz
-f5559e9c3cbd1ddb3dd4735e0edb8d  ubuntu-11.10-r0-minimal-armel.tar.xz
 Unpack Image:
-  tar xJf ubuntu-11.10-r0-minimal-armel.tar.xz
+  tar xf ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09.tar.xz
-  cd ubuntu-11.10-r0-minimal-armel
+  cd ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09
 If you don't know the location of your SD card:
   sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc
-You should see something like
+You should see something like:
-  Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...
+  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/mmcblk0: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes '''<- MMC/SD card'''
+  Disk /dev/sdd: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes '''<- MMC/SD card'''
-  mount:
+  lsblk:
-  /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0) '''<- x86 Root Partition'''
+  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/sda5''' is the x68 rootfs, therefore '''/dev/mmcblk0''' is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...
+* 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 Beagle Bx
+Quick install script for [board]
-  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle_bx
+  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board
-Quick Install script for Beagle Cx, xM A/B/C
- sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
-Quick Install script for Panda
- sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot panda
-*Additional Options
-** --rootfs <ext4 default>
-** --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>
-** --addon <pico>
-** --svideo-ntsc <use ntsc over dvi for video)
-** --svideo-pal <use pal over dvi for video)
-You should now be able to unmount the SD card from you PC, insert into your BeagleBoard, reboot and have Ubuntu Maverick loaded.
+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
-For a full gui install run this on your beagle (make sure network is setup):
+So for the BeagleBoard xM:
-  Ethernet: "sudo ifconfig -a" and "sudo dhclient usb1" or "sudo dhclient eth0"
+  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
- Wireless: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Wifi_Networking_.28command_line.29
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
 Advanced: Build Image:
-fixup.sh: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/raw/master/tools/fixup.sh
+ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git
+ cd omap-image-builder
+ git checkout v2016.06 -b tmp
-Built with rootstock trunk (ARM native mode, run directly on beagleboard):
+Stable:
- sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --imagesize 2G --dist oneiric --serial ttyO2 \
- --login ubuntu --password temppwd \
- --seed git-core,nano,pastebinit,usbutils,wget,i2c-tools,uboot-envtools,uboot-mkimage,btrfs-tools,openssh-server,usb-modeswitch,wireless-tools,wpasupplicant \
- --script fixup.sh --components "main universe multiverse" \
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/oneiric/v3.0.6-x3/linux-image-3.0.6-x3_1.0oneiric_armel.deb
-=== Natty 11.04 ===
+ ./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_ubuntu_xenial_armhf
-Image Updated Oct 13th, updated v3.0.6 kernel, now with better s-video support (setup_sdcard.sh option)...
+== Flasher ==
-Default user: ubuntu pass: temppwd
+=== eMMC: BeagleBone Black/Green ===
-Get prebuilt image:
+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.
-  wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/natty/ubuntu-11.04-r5-minimal-armel.tar.xz
+Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
- mirrors (will take some time to update):
+  https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
- wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/natty/ubuntu-11.04-r5-minimal-armel.tar.xz
-Verify Image with:
+This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
- md5sum ubuntu-11.04-r5-minimal-armel.tar.xz
-b34f8078b0f62165203488eea740123  ubuntu-11.04-r5-minimal-armel.tar.xz
-Unpack Image:
+Notes:
- tar xJf ubuntu-11.04-r5-minimal-armel.tar.xz
+* 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.
- cd ubuntu-11.04-r5-minimal-armel
+* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
-If you don't know the location of your SD card:
+User: ubuntu
- sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc
+pass: temppwd
-You should see something like
+Image Updated:
+*2016-06-09
+** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
- Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...
+Get prebuilt image:
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
- fdisk -l:
- Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes '''<- x86 Root Drive'''
- Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes '''<- MMC/SD card'''
- mount:
- /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0) '''<- x86 Root Partition'''
-* In this example, we can see via mount, '''/dev/sda5''' is the x68 rootfs, therefore '''/dev/mmcblk0''' is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...
+Verify Image with:
+ sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
+ ac775829dd856a83f99018755335e775dc0ace7589679f8eef2ba200bf9b7b8c  BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-Install Image:
+Windows/Mac/Linux gui
+ http://etcher.io
-Quick Install script for Beagle Bx
+Linux: (dd)
-  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle_bx
+  xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
-Quick Install script for Beagle Cx, xM A/B/C
+=== eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15 ===
- sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
-Quick Install script for Panda
+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 ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot panda
-*Additional Options
+Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
-** --rootfs <ext4 default>
+ https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
-** --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>
-** --addon <pico>
-** --svideo-ntsc <use ntsc over dvi for video)
-** --svideo-pal <use pal over dvi for video)
-You should now be able to unmount the SD card from you PC, insert into your BeagleBoard, reboot and have Ubuntu Maverick loaded.
+This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
-For a full gui install run this on your beagle (make sure network is setup):
+Notes:
- Ethernet: "sudo ifconfig -a" and "sudo dhclient usb1" or "sudo dhclient eth0"
+* 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.
- Wireless: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Wifi_Networking_.28command_line.29
+* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install xfce4 gdm xubuntu-gdm-theme xubuntu-artwork xserver-xorg-video-omap3 network-manager
-Advanced: Build Image:
+User: ubuntu
+pass: temppwd
-fixup.sh: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder/raw/master/tools/fixup.sh
+Image Updated:
+*2016-06-09
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
-Built with rootstock trunk (ARM native mode, run directly on beagleboard):
+Get prebuilt image:
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-  sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --imagesize 2G --dist natty --serial ttyO2 \
- --login ubuntu --password temppwd \
- --seed git-core,nano,pastebinit,usbutils,wget,i2c-tools,uboot-envtools,uboot-mkimage,btrfs-tools,openssh-server,usb-modeswitch,wireless-tools,wpasupplicant \
- --script fixup.sh --components "main universe multiverse" \
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/natty/v3.0.6-x3/linux-image-3.0.6-x3_1.0natty_armel.deb
-= Method 2: Use the NetInstall method=
+Verify Image with:
+ sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
+ af282239365e8eab43e26c3ae608c21ad14aedd7caf232b2f32c895bf906ef42  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-You will need a 1GB/2GB SD card or greater.
+Windows/Mac/Linux gui
-  Standard System : ~700MB
+  http://etcher.io
-== Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) ==
+Linux: (dd)
+ xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
- git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
+== raw microSD img ==
- cd netinstall
-Install script for Beagle Bx
+=== BeagleBoard xM ===
- ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle_bx --distro oneiric
-Install script for Beagle Cx, xM A/B/C
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
- ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle --distro oneiric
-Install script for Panda
+User: ubuntu
- ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot panda --distro oneiric
+pass: temppwd
-*Options:
+Auto partition resize:
-**--uboot : beagle_bx, beagle, panda
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools
-**--distro : maverick, oneiric
+ git pull
-**--firmware : installs firmware
+ ./grow_partition.sh
-**--serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port
+ sudo reboot
-**--usb-rootfs : (uImage on /dev/mmcblkp0 and rootfs on external usb drive /dev/sda1)
-Place SD card into Beagle and boot:
+Image Updated:
+*2016-06-09
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.1-armv7-x4 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.6.0-rc7-armv7-x2 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** BeagleBoard xM: v4.5.0-armv7-x2 kernel
-Configure the network:
+Get prebuilt image:
-  usb0: USB net <- (usually the OTG port)
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
- eth0: USB net <- (usually the smsc95xx adapter on the beagle and panda)
- wlan0: Wifi <- Your usb-wifi device..
-Troubshooting: If boot fails..
+Verify Image with:
-*Hold the user button down to force booting from MMC
+ sha256sum bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
-*Upgrade X-loader and U-boot [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot]
+fd1772ed3f4cbeefe6bd31b0087718ca4db72324abd8eb5e1b9b5802f6008e1  bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-*Clear U-boot's Environment Variables in nand:
- nand erase 260000 20000
-NetInstall assumptions:
+Windows/Mac/Linux gui
-  Continue with out Kernel Modules <yes>
+  http://etcher.io
- Partition <Guided - use the largest continuous free space>
-= Method 3: Build an Ubuntu root file system with RootStock=
+Linux: (dd)
+ xzcat bbxm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
-== Install RootStock ==
+=== BeagleBone White/Black/Green ===
-This is based off Ubuntu's RootStock Project; [https://launchpad.net/project-rootstock RootStock] script.
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
-Maverick (10.10)
+User: ubuntu
- sudo apt-get install rootstock
+pass: temppwd
-Lucid (10.04) (use rootstock trunk)
+Auto partition resize:
-  sudo apt-get install rootstock (to install rootstock's dependices)
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools
-  bzr branch lp:project-rootstock
+  git pull
-  cd project-rootstock
+  ./grow_partition.sh
+  sudo reboot
-== RootStock ==
+Image Updated:
+*2016-06-09
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
-=== RootStock: Useful seed Packages ===
+Get prebuilt image:
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-Useful Packages:
+Verify Image with:
-  linux-firmware,wireless-tools :wifi adapters..
+  sha256sum bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
-  ntpdate :sync real time clock from network
+df29fc24a87eff232dafd0bdf97711311fa28862fd1c5435dd87a049108861  bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-GUI's (broken bug: FIXME)
+Windows/Mac/Linux gui
-  xfce4:  xfce4,gdm,xubuntu-gdm-theme,xubuntu-artwork
+  http://etcher.io
-=== RootStock: Running ===
+Linux: (dd)
+ xzcat bone-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
-Rootstock Command line:
+=== OMAP5432 uEVM ===
- sudo ./rootstock --fqdn <hostname> --login <rootuser> --password <rootuserpasswd> --imagesize <qemu image size> \
- --seed <packages> --dist <lucid/maverick> --serial <ttySx>  --kernel-image <http>
-Basic Natty (11.04) Beagleboard minimal image:
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
- sudo ./rootstock --fqdn omap --login ubuntu --password temppwd --imagesize 2G \
- --seed wget,nano,linux-firmware,wireless-tools,usbutils --dist natty --serial ttyO2 \
- --components "main universe multiverse" \
- --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/natty/v2.6.39-x1/linux-image-2.6.39-x1_1.0natty_armel.deb
-Upon Completion, you should have:
+User: ubuntu
- armel-rootfs-<date>.tgz  -> Root file System, dump to ext2/3 partition of SD card
+pass: temppwd
- vmlinuz-2.6.<version>    -> Boot Image, use mkimage to create uImage and dump to the first fat16 partition of SD card
- initrd.img-2.6.<version> -> Boot initramfs, use mkimage to create uInitrd and dump to the first fat16 partition of SD card
-= Method 4 (More advanced) Start by Manually Setting Up your SD Card(without an automatic SD card setup script)=
+Auto partition resize:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools
+ git pull
+ ./grow_partition.sh
+ sudo reboot
-For this section, you can use the files from above:
+Image Updated:
- Demo Images: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
+*2016-06-09
- Rootstock: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Build_an_Ubuntu_root_file_system_with_RootStock
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
-== Partition SD Card ==
+Get prebuilt image:
-You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.
+  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
- Standard Console System : ~286MB
-  + Desktop environment (lxde,gdm) : ~479MB
-Starting with an empty SD card and using gparted, create:
+Verify Image with:
-MiB Primary Partition, fat16/fat32
+  sha256sum omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
-  Rest as ext2/ext3/ext4/btrfs
+f9644bfaa95cae43096cddcd7a23c5b53d0565cbff209a0f76a7294202bce7  omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-Note: The boot partition can be hard to make bootable at times, here's a quick command line:
+Windows/Mac/Linux gui
+ http://etcher.io
-First blank the MMC card's partition table with parted: (/dev/sdX as an example)
+Linux: (dd)
-  sudo parted -s /dev/sdX mklabel msdos
+  xzcat omap5-uevm-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
-Then create the new boot partition:
+=== BeagleBoard-X15 ===
- sudo fdisk /dev/sdX << MMC_END
- n
- p
- +64M
- t
- e
- p
- w
- MMC_END
-Notes:
+This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
- GNU Fdisk doesn't and won't work...
- fdisk (util-linux-ng 2.18.x) (just Fedora) add: "-c=dos -u=cylinders" ... "sudo fdisk -c=dos -u=cylinders /dev/sdX"
-Make sure to set the partition boot flag
+User: ubuntu
- sudo parted --script /dev/sdX set 1 boot on
+pass: temppwd
-And format it as vfat:
+Auto partition resize:
-  sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/sdX1
+  cd /opt/scripts/tools
+ git pull
+ ./grow_partition.sh
+ sudo reboot
-The rootfs partition, doesn't need any special options, so just use fdisk, gparted, etc to create and format your rootfs partition..
+Image Updated:
+*2016-06-09
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.12-ti-r30 kernel
+*2016-05-12
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.9-ti-r25 kernel
+*2016-04-07
+** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.6-ti-r15 kernel
-Gparted Example: http://nishanthmenon.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-boot-beagle.html
+Get prebuilt image:
+ wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-06-09/microsd/bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
-For Reference:
+Verify Image with:
-  Disk /dev/sdd: 2038 MB, 2038431744 bytes
+  sha256sum bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb*
-heads, 63 sectors/track, 247 cylinders
+d286c4575e45d6edcd53e8e005455b8c13c52b4fb01de54d24dec4908854396  bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz
- 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 ==
+Windows/Mac/Linux gui
+ http://etcher.io
-Requirements:
+Linux: (dd)
+ xzcat bbx15-ubuntu-16.04-console-armhf-2016-06-09-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
- sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage
+= Method 2: Use the NetInstall method=
- Mount the fatfs partition of your SD card.
-Mount such as: (/dev/sdX1 is the fat Boot Partition)
+You will need a 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB SD card or greater.
- mkdir -p ./tmp
+  Standard system : ~700&nbsp;MB
-  sudo mount /dev/sdX1 ./tmp
-=== MLO and U-Boot ===
+Report Bugs/Issues to: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall/issues
+(anywhere else will be ignored..)
-Download and copy MLO and U-Boot from here:
+Download the netinstall script:
-  http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/
+  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
+ cd netinstall
-  First copy "MLO-beagleboard-1.44+rX+gitX-rX" as MLO to the Boot Partition
+Currently supported Ubuntu distributions:
-  Then copy "u-boot-beagleboard-20XX.XX+r62+gitX-rX.bin" as u-boot.bin 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 uImage and uInitrd ===
+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
-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.
+Installation script for new <board> selection: (slowly migrating all devices to this method)
+ sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb <board> --distro <distro>
-  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n "Linux" -d ./vmlinuz-* ./uImage
+So for the xM: with quantal:
- Copy "uImage" to the Boot Partition
+  sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro quantal
-Next create a uInird (this contains a script to fix the rtc on boot, otherwise fsck/reboot/fsck/reboot/repeat happens..)
+*Other Options:
+**--firmware : installs firmware
+**--serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port
- mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n initramfs -d ./initrd.img-* ./uInitrd
+Place SD card into BeagleBoard and boot:
- Copy "uInitrd" to the Boot Partition
-=== U-Boot Boot Scripts ===
+Configure the network:
-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'.
+ 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..
- fixrtc: (only uInitrd) Resets RTC based on last mount
+See my notes for my testing procedure: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall/blob/master/test.Ubuntu
- buddy=${buddy}: (both) Kernel Zippy1/2 Support
- mpurate=${mpurate}: (recommended core clock)
-==== boot.scr -> uEnv.txt ====
+Troubleshooting: If booting fails..
-Newer version's of u-boot now look for a uEnv.txt file vs the older boot.scr, since most boards still use the older boot.scr here's an easy compatibility script:
+*Hold the user button down to force booting from MMC
+*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
-create a new file: uEnv.txt
+NetInstall assumptions:
- bootenv=boot.scr
+  Assume asll <default>'s... Thanks you preseed.conf!!!
- loaduimage=fatload mmc ${mmcdev} ${loadaddr} ${bootenv}
-  mmcboot=echo Running boot.scr script from mmc ...; source ${loadaddr}
-==== Beagle Bx/Cx & xM ====
-create a new file: boot.cmd
- setenv dvimode 1280x720MR-16@60
- setenv vram 12MB
- setenv bootcmd 'fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 uInitrd; bootm 0x80300000 0x81600000'
- setenv bootargs console=ttyO2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro vram=${vram} omapfb.mode=dvi:${dvimode} fixrtc buddy=${buddy} mpurate=${mpurate}
- boot
-Use mkimage create to actual *.scr file for U-Boot:
- mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n "Ubuntu" -d ./boot.cmd ./boot.scr
- Copy "boot.scr" to the Boot Partition
- For "igepv2" users, rename this to "boot.ini"
-Umount the Boot Partition:
- sudo umount ./tmp
-== RootFS Partition ==
-Root File System
-Mount your SD card's larger root file system partition (assuming /dev/sdX2) and 'untar' the rootfs into it.
- mkdir -p ./tmp
+= Method 3: Manual Install (no automatic scripts)=
- sudo mount /dev/sdX2 ./tmp
- sudo tar xfp armel-rootfs-*.tgz -C ./tmp
- sudo umount ./tmp
-== Ubuntu Bugs & Tweaks ==
+Note, this section used to have a lot of details, but maintenance of the two wiki's became a pain, so for now on we will just link to my other pages:
-===Enable Network Access===
+== Beagle/Beagle xM ==
+ http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard
-Modify /etc/network/interfaces
+== BeagleBone ==
- auto eth0
+ http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone
- iface eth0 inet dhcp
-Manual: From the Command line
+== BeagleBone Black ==
-  sudo ifconfig -a
+  http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black
- sudo dhclient ethX (or wlanX/etc..)
-Additional Network Setup Information can be found [[BeagleBoardUbuntuNetwork|HERE]]
+== Panda/Panda ES ==
+ http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard
 = Advanced =
@@ Line 449: / Line 449: @@
 ==Install Latest Kernel Image==
-===Script File===
+General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:
+  sudo apt-get update
-Latest Stable is : https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel
+  sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
+  sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
-  export DIST=natty  (options are lucid/maverick/natty/oneiric/squeeze/wheezy)
+  sudo reboot
-  wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/${DIST}/LATEST-omap
- wget $(cat ./LATEST-omap | grep STABLE | awk '{print $3}')
-  /bin/bash install-me.sh
-Reboot with your new uImage
-== Upgrade X-loader and U-boot ==
-Compatible with Bx,C2/3/4
-Requires MMC card..
- git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/flash-omap.git
-  cd flash-omap
-For the Beagle Bx
+Latest kernel script
-  sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle_bx
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/
+ git pull
+  sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>
-For the Beagle Cx
+== 3.8.x ==
-  sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
+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
-: Plug Serial Cable in and Start Serial terminal program
+.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
-: Place MMC card in Beagle
+  --bone-channel --stable
-: Push and Hold User Button
-: Plug-in Power
-: Wait for U-boot countdown to finish, Let Off User Button
-: Wait for Flashing/script to end
-: Power down, remove and reformat MMC card to final OS
-If you don't know the location of your SD card:
+.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
-  ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/'''idontknow'''
+ --bone-xenomai-channel --stable
-You should see something like
+== 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
-  Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...
+.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
+  --ti-channel --stable
- fdisk -l:
- Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes '''<- x86 Root Drive'''
-  Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes '''<- MMC/SD card'''
- mount:
- /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0) '''<- x86 Root Partition'''
-* In this example, we can see via mount, '''/dev/sda5''' is the x68 rootfs, therefore '''/dev/mmcblk0''' is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./mk_mmc.sh...
+.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
+ --ti-rt-channel --stable
-Worst case, depending on what's actually in NAND, you might still have to stop and do this:
+== Mainline (lts) ==
-  nand erase 260000 20000
+.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
-  reset
+  --bone-kernel --lts
-===Manual Run===
+.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
-  mmc init
+  --bone-rt-kernel --lts
- 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 ==
+== Mainline ==
+.3.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
+ --bone-kernel --testing
-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)
+== Debian 8: jessie ==
-  https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel
+ sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp
-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''
+Reboot with your new Kernel Image.
-=== SDK unPackage Script ===
+== Xorg Drivers ==
-Download the latest version of the "create_sgx_package.sh" script
+Script:
-.6.37
+  cd /opt/scripts/tools/
- wget https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel/raw/master/create_sgx_package_2.6.37.sh
+  git pull
-.6.38+
-  wget https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel/raw/master/create_sgx_package.sh
-Make script executable
+BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:
-  chmod a+x ./create_sgx_package.sh
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+  ./ti-omapdrm.sh
-Run script
+BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:
-  ./create_sgx_package.sh
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+  ./ti-tilcdc.sh
-After Successfully running:
+== SGX Drivers ==
- :~/temp$ ls
+=== SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black ===
- create_sgx_package.sh
- GFX_X_XX_XX_XX_libs.tar.gz                      : -> Copy to Beagle (System Libs)
- GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz                            : -> Copy to Beagle (DEMO's)
- Graphics_SDK_setuplinux_X_XX_XX_XX.bin
- SDK
- SDK_BIN
-=== Beagle: GFX_*_libs.tar.gz ===
+Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...
- tar xf GFX_4_00_00_01_libs.tar.gz  (extracts install-SGX.sh and run-SGX.sh)
+Install the "4.1.x" lts/bone kernel:
- ./install-SGX.sh (copies necessary SGX libs and startup script)
+http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Mainline_.28lts.29
- ./run-SGX.sh (force run the new init script, or you can just reboot...)
-On Successful install:
+Build SGX userspace for 4.1.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor)
-  Stopping PVR
+ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git
-  Starting PVR
+  cd bb-kernel/
-  Starting SGX fixup for ES2.x (or ES3.x) (or ES5.x xM)
+  git checkout origin/am33x-v4.1 -b tmp-sgx
+  ./sgx_create_package.sh
-Reboot for good measure (Maverick's Alpha-1 needs this....)
+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
-=== Beagle: GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz ===
+Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded
+  debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb
- tar xf GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz
+  omaplfb                12065  0
- cd GFX_Linux_SDK
+  pvrsrvkm              178782  1 omaplfb
- tar xf OGLES.tar.gz
-=== Test SGX with a DEMO ===
- cd OGLES/SDKPackage/Binaries/CommonX11/Demos/EvilSkull
- ./OGLESEvilSkull
-=== Trouble Shooting ===
- sudo rm /etc/powervr-esrev
- sudo depmod -a omaplfb
-  sudo /etc/init.d/pvr restart
-== DSP ==
-=== gst-dsp ===
-Seems to work on all Beagle's, with atleast 2.6.38+ now...
-Requirements: 2.6-stable from launchpad or 2.6.38+ deb's from rcn-ee.net. (the Demo Images hosted on rcn-ee.net meet this requirement)
-  https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel
-Download the latest version of the "create_dsp_package.sh" script
- wget https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel/raw/master/create_dsp_package.sh
-Make script executable
-  chmod a+x ./create_dsp_package.sh
-Package script:
-  ./create_dsp_package.sh
-Copy DSP_Install_libs.tar.gz to beagle
-Setup network...
-Extract:
-  tar xf DSP_Install_libs.tar.gz
-Install
-  ./install-DSP.sh
-Build gst-dsp stuff..
+== Xorg Drivers ==
- ./install-gst-dsp.sh
-Playbin:
+Script:
-  sudo gst-launch playbin2 uri=file://(file)
+  cd /opt/scripts/tools/
+ git pull
-== Xorg omapfb Drivers ==
+BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+ ./ti-omapdrm.sh
-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.
+BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:
+ cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
+ ./ti-tilcdc.sh
-cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep FBDEV
+= Swapfile =
- (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..
+== Using a File for Swap Instead of a Partition ==
-xvinfo -display :0.0
+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).
- X-Video Extension version 2.2
- screen #0
-  no adaptors present
-=== Drivers ===
+Some images (such as those from Linaro.org) do not come with a swap partition or any swap space allocated.
-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)
+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.
-Lucid:
+=== Creating a Swapfile ===
- sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-omap3
-To verify it was correctly installed, reboot and:
+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:
-cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep omapfb
+ sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/swap/
-  (II) LoadModule: "omapfb"
+  sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/cache/swap/swapfile bs=1M count=1024
- (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//omapfb_drv.so
+  sudo chmod 0600 /var/cache/swap/swapfile
- (II) Module omapfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
+  sudo mkswap /var/cache/swap/swapfile
-  (II) omapfb: Driver for OMAP framebuffer (omapfb) and external LCD controllers:
+ sudo swapon /var/cache/swap/swapfile
-  (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..
+To tell the OS to load this swapfile on each start up, edit the /etc/fstab file to include the following additional line:
-xvinfo -display :0.0
+  /var/cache/swap/swapfile    none    swap    sw    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 ==
+To verify that the swapfile is accessilble as swap to the OS, run "top" or "htop" at a console.
-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 ==
-''(For configuring S-Video on Angstrom, click [[BeagleBoardAngstrom#Configuring_uEnv.txt_to_set_s-video_as_the_default_display|here]])''.
-===Process for setting up S-Video===
-S-video is tested to be working on 2.6.35-rc5-dl9. BeagleBoard s-video output has traditionally been enabled by "using bootargs (boot arguments) at uboot". In newer versions of the BeagleBoard, the developers have made things easier by instructing u-boot to look for a .scr file about a dozen lines long that is called cmd.boot.scr, and then follow said parameters. In Angstrom, no boot.scr file is needed, instead, an even easier system is used, where a simple editable .txt file called uEnv.txt containing these parameters suffices (Env is for "environment"). For some reason, in the Ubuntu download files, typically there a bit of convoluted process where uEnv.txt is called up, uEnv.txt says "Go read conf.boot.scr", and cmd.boot.scr sets up the s-video.
-To make cmd.boot.scr, create a text file named cmd.boot, then convert it into a .scr file with mkimage by running the following commands on the terminal:
-First, you will probably need to get mkimage with apt-get. Run
-    sudo apt-get install mkimage
-Next, convert your cmd.boot.scr
-    mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n 'Execute uImage' -d boot.cmd boot.scr
-===Bootargs: make this cmd.boot to set s-video===
-* NTSC
-     omapfb.mode='''tv:ntsc'''
-     omapdss.def_disp='''tv'''
-Bootargs that has been validated.
-     setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 console=ttyO2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro vram=12M omapfb.mode=tv:ntsc omapdss.def_disp=tv
-     fixrtc buddy=unknown'
-===Screen cutoff problem===
-NTSC resolution is supposed to be 640x480. However the edge bands around the TV screen differ from TV to TV. Output of '''fbset''' shown below:
-    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
-Depending on your TV device, and what desktop you are running a certain amount of screen cutoff is likely to occur. This is called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan Overscan]. Typically, around 5-10% of the left and right edges of display are off the screen (using Ubuntu with xfce). This seems to be due to the fact that there is only one display resolution that is set for NTSC: <!-- I don't know about PAL--> 720 X 482. It is not possible to change this setting in the xfce4 Settings Manager like one would normally be able to do, because other options are greyed out/do not exist. Normally, even if the Settings Manager did not allow for it, a different resolution setting could be obtained by editing the xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf-4, or some similar place. HOWEVER there is no xorg.conf file in the Beagle version of xfce. xrandr shows the display is set to the minimum of 720x574. Adding an xorg.conf does not fix the problem, because Beagle takes its (analog) display resolution settings directly from the display driver, where 720 X 480 (720 X 574 for PAL <!-- This I gather, but I really don't know--> ) is hard coded in.
-An inelegant but usable workaround for the xfce desktop environment is simply to create vertical and horizontal panels that fill up the space that is cut off on the screen. This is not a complete solution, but at least it will prevent maximized windows from going off into nowhere land.
-Truly fixing this would involve going into the display driver and reprogramming it to include additional S-video settings besides just NTSC and PAL. Specifically, to make the whole framebuffer fit on the screen you would need to adjust the overlay in the display driver, the OMAP DSS2. (Didn't test this yet. Some pointers from the driver's documentation below)
-    /sys/devices/platform/omapdss/overlay? directory:
-    enabled		0=off, 1=on
-    input_size		width,height (ie. the framebuffer size)
-    manager		Destination overlay manager name
-    name
-    output_size		width,height
-    position		x,y
-    screen_width	width
-    global_alpha   	global alpha 0-255 0=transparent 255=opaque
-== Building Kernel ==
-https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel
-Download SRC
- git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel.git
-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 785: / Line 603: @@
   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 793: / Line 611: @@
 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 805: / Line 622: @@
 === 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 823: / Line 640: @@
 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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