BeagleBoardUbuntuKarmic - Revision history

RobertCNelson: /* Advanced */ sgx

2010-05-25T00:05:03Z

‎Advanced: sgx

RobertCNelson: /* xorg.conf */ karmic bugs

2010-05-24T23:59:00Z

‎xorg.conf: karmic bugs

RobertCNelson: /* RootStock */ xorg

2010-05-24T23:58:17Z

‎RootStock: xorg

RobertCNelson: /* Demo Image */ Karmic fix bootup

2010-05-24T23:51:25Z

‎Demo Image: Karmic fix bootup

RobertCNelson: add title

2010-05-24T23:23:05Z

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RobertCNelson: Import Karmic Demo Image

2010-05-24T23:20:03Z

Import Karmic Demo Image

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=Demo Image=
==Karmic 9.10==

Built with:

sudo ./rootstock --fqdn beagleboard --login ubuntu --password temppwd --imagesize 2G \
--seed wget,nano,linux-firmware,wireless-tools,usbutils --dist karmic --serial ttyS2 \
--kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/karmic/v2.6.32.11-x13/linux-image-2.6.32.11-x13_1.0karmic_armel.deb

Get prebuilt image:

wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z
mirrors:
wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z
wget http://vivaphp.net/beagle/ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z

Unpack it:

7za x ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z
tar xf ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar
cd ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel

Quick Install script
./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --ignore_md5sum
*Bug: --ignore_md5sum is needed

*Additional Options
** --rootfs <ext3 default>
** --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>

md5sum: 0bf198beac0a0358bc2c0097c6dddec7 ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z

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	=Advanced=		=Advanced=
		+
		+	== SGX Video Acceleration ==
		+
		+	Use a "corporate email" and download the latest (3.01.00.02):
		+	http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_sb/targetcontent/gfxsdk/latest/index_FDS.html
		+
		+	=== Kernel Modules ===
		+	''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''
		+
		+	Use the "build_sgx_module.sh" script in 2.6-stable, module source is now in the *.bin
		+
		+	https://code.launchpad.net/~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
		+
		+	Directions: (2.6.34+ this will change..)
		+	bzr branch lp:~beagleboard-kernel/+junk/2.6-stable
		+	cd 2.6-stable
		+	./build_kernel.sh
		+	./build_sgx_modules.sh
		+
		+	Copy the .uImage and extract the matching .modules.tar.gz from the deploy directory to your SD card.
		+
		+	Copy the GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz examples to either your SD card or another media (large file) then boot your omap board.
		+
		+	Run depmod:
		+	sudo depmod -a omaplfb
		+
		+	Tweak System Libraries:
		+	sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.0
		+	sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0 /usr/lib/libXau.so.0
		+
		+	=== Startup Script ===
		+
		+	For 3.01.00.02
		+
		+	Copy /opt/pvr/pvr script:
		+
		+	Jaunty:
		+	sudo cp /opt/pvr/pvr /etc/rcS.d/S60pvr.sh
		+	sudo chmod +x /etc/rcS.d/S60pvr.sh
		+
		+	Karmic/Lucid:
		+	sudo cp /opt/pvr/pvr /etc/init.d/pvr
		+	sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/pvr
		+	sudo update-rc.d pvr defaults
		+
		+	Note, if your updating..
		+	cat /opt/pvr/pvr \| sudo tee /etc/init.d/pvr > /dev/null
		+
		+	=== Test SGX with a DEMO ===
		+
		+	In GFX_Linux_SDK:
		+	cd OGLES/SDKPackage/Binaries/CommonX11/Demos/ChameleonMan
		+	./OGLESChameleonMan
		+
		+	=== Trouble Shooting ===
		+
		+	sudo rm /etc/powervr-esrev
		+	sudo depmod -a omaplfb
		+	sudo /etc/init.d/pvr restart
		+
	== Xorg omapfb Drivers ==		== Xorg omapfb Drivers ==

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	number of attributes: 1		number of attributes: 1
	etc..		etc..
		+
		+	= Bugs & Workarounds =
		+
		+	==Karmic==
		+
		+	Root on external USB, fsck always errors's on boot, fsck.ext3 never fixes it, and no real time clock on board (Rev Bx and C2 (C3 has backup battery hookup))
		+
		+	mount -o remount,rw /
		+
		+	Script found here:
		+
		+	nano /etc/e2fsck.conf
		+	[problems]
		+
		+	# Superblock last mount time is in the future (PR_0_FUTURE_SB_LAST_MOUNT).
		+	0x000031 = {
		+	preen_ok = true
		+	preen_nomessage = true
		+	}
		+
		+	# Superblock last write time is in the future (PR_0_FUTURE_SB_LAST_WRITE).
		+	0x000032 = {
		+	preen_ok = true
		+	preen_nomessage = true
		+	}

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	Please be patient as the first boot can take a couple of minutes.		Please be patient as the first boot can take a couple of minutes.
		+
		+	=Advanced=
		+	== 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)
		+
		+	Karmic:
		+	sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-omap3
		+
		+	=== xorg.conf ===
		+
		+	/etc/X11/xorg.conf
		+
		+	Section "Monitor"
		+	Identifier "Configured Monitor"
		+	EndSection
		+
		+	Section "Screen"
		+	Identifier "Default Screen"
		+	Device "Configured Video Device"
		+	#Limited by SGX?
		+	DefaultDepth 16
		+	EndSection
		+
		+	Section "Device"
		+	Identifier "Configured Video Device"
		+	Driver "omapfb"
		+	Option "fb" "/dev/fb0"
		+	EndSection
		+
		+	To verify it was correctly installed, reboot and:
		+
		+	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..

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	md5sum: 0bf198beac0a0358bc2c0097c6dddec7 ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z		md5sum: 0bf198beac0a0358bc2c0097c6dddec7 ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z
		+
		+	= RootStock =
		+
		+	== Karmic: (9.10) boot fixup ==
		+	util-linux-ng 2.16 causes this
		+
		+	Edit /etc/fstab
		+	mkdir -p ./tmp
		+	sudo mount /dev/sdX2 ./tmp
		+	sudo gedit ./tmp/etc/fstab
		+	add:
		+	/dev/mmcblk0p2 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
		+
		+	''Note change the above "ext3" to "ext2" if the root filesystem is ext2''
		+
		+	Add/Edit /etc/e2fsck.conf
		+	sudo gedit ./tmp/etc/e2fsck.conf
		+
		+	[problems]
		+
		+	# Superblock last mount time is in the future (PR_0_FUTURE_SB_LAST_MOUNT).
		+	0x000031 = {
		+	preen_ok = true
		+	preen_nomessage = true
		+	}
		+
		+	# Superblock last write time is in the future (PR_0_FUTURE_SB_LAST_WRITE).
		+	0x000032 = {
		+	preen_ok = true
		+	preen_nomessage = true
		+	}
		+
		+	Add karmic updates to /etc/apt/sources.list
		+
		+	sudo gedit ./tmp/etc/apt/sources.list
		+
		+	deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports karmic-updates main universe
		+
		+	Finally
		+	cd ./tmp
		+	sync
		+	cd ..
		+	sudo umount ./tmp
		+
		+	You can now place the SD card into the BeagleBoard and start up the BeagleBoard.
		+
		+	Please be patient as the first boot can take a couple of minutes.

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		+	[[Category: Linux]]
		+	[[Category: OMAP]]
		+	[[Category:Development Boards]]
		+	[[Category: BeagleBoard]]
		+	This page is about running [http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu] 9.10 Karmic distribution on the [[BeagleBoard]].
		+
	=Demo Image=		=Demo Image=
	==Karmic 9.10==		==Karmic 9.10==