Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Debian
This page is about running the armhf port of Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. The latest beagleboard.org image can be found at: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images
Contents
- 1 Checking The Debian Image Version
- 2 Installing
- 3 FAQ
- 4 Debian Build Instructions
- 5 Debian Releases
- 6 Debian Image Testing Snapshots
Checking The Debian Image Version
You should check the version of the image on the microSD/eMMC by opening the ID.txt file in the FAT partition.
root@beaglebone:~# cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-03-19
This file can also be accessed via a PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) via either mounting the FAT partition directly off the microSD card or via the usb interface (flash drive).
Installing
Oracle Java 8
Information:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-arm-downloads-2187472.html
debian repo:
https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos/tree/master/oracle-java8-installer
Install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Verify:
debian@beaglebone:~$ java -version java version "1.8.0_33" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_33-b05) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.33-b05, mixed mode)
Older rootfs (when above package doesn't exist):
wget https://repos.rcn-ee.net/debian/pool/main/o/oracle-java8-installer/oracle-java8-installer_8u31%2b8u33arm-1~bpo70%2b20150121%2b1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i oracle-java8-installer_8u31%2b8u33arm-1~bpo70%2b20150121%2b1_all.deb
TI PRU Code Generation Tools
http://software-dl.ti.com/codegen/non-esd/downloads/download.htm#PRU
Install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ti-pru-cgt-installer
Older rootfs (when above package doesn't exist):
wget http://downloads.ti.com/codegen/esd/cgt_public_sw/PRU/2.1.0/ti_cgt_pru_2.1.0_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh chmod +x ti_cgt_pru_2.1.0_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh sudo ./ti_cgt_pru_2.1.0_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh
FAQ
Expanding File System Partition On A microSD
By default the microSD image is only about 2GB in size, to fully expand the partition to the full size of your microSD card simple run.
cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot
On the next reboot, [df -h] should show the full microSD card size.
Flashing eMMC
To setup the standalone microSD image to automatically flash the eMMC on powerup.
In /boot/uEnv.txt:
##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher: #cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
Change to:
##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher: cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
and reboot the system, it'll flash the eMMC on the next bootup. (make sure to remove the microSD after flashing is complete)
Kernel Upgrade
We can't ship support for everything on release day, so we push out new kernels as fixes, support for new capes, etc are posted on the beagleboard.org mainline list.
cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./update_kernel.sh sudo reboot
Loading custom capes
Due to limitations in debian wheezy's userspace, the use of an initramfs, and having firmware builtin to the kernel. It is currently not possible to load "custom" capes via: capemgr.enable_partno=xyz. Instead an init script has been setup to load the cape/capes as soon as possible.
Built-in Cape:
capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPIDEV1 slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0' slot #7: dtbo 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' loaded; converting to live tree
Custom External Cape:
capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPI1-01 slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0' failed to load firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' loader: failed to load slot-7 BB-SPI1-01:00A0 (prio 0)
Workaround:
add "CAPE=BB-SPI1-01" to /etc/default/capemgr
Privileged echo
As a normal user, you can not "sudo echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"
sudo sh -c "echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"
Timezone
By default this image is setup to display time in utc mode. If you would like to change this to your local region.
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
or:
echo "Europe/Zurich" > /etc/timezone dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
Jessie Timezone
List of available timezones:
timedatectl list-timezones
Set timezone:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/North_Dakota/Center
W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb
W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304
Note this directions are version dependent, so double check your version:
debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14
2014-05-14 GPG error: Disable: http://debian.beagleboard.org repo:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Change:
deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main #deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
To:
#deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main #deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
sudo apt-get update
2014-05-14 GPG error: Optional enable: http://repos.rcn-ee.net/
Download archive-keyring:
wget https://repos.rcn-ee.net/debian/pool/main/r/rcn-ee-archive-keyring/rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2014.11.20~bpo70%2b20141201%2b1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2014.11.20~bpo70%2b20141201%2b1_all.deb
Add repo to /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.net/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" sudo sh -c "echo '#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.net/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
Update packages:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install npm --reinstall
Debian Build Instructions
You'll want a fairly beefy ARM system to run this script.
git clone git://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder.git cd image-builder ./beagleboard.org_image.sh
Debian Releases
http://beagleboard.org/latest-images
Debian Image Testing Snapshots
2015-01-19
2015-01-19 Release Notes
* U-Boot: v2015.01 ** U-Boot UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled [ums 0 mmc 1] * Kernel: 3.8.13-bone69
Simpler Kernel Upgrades:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-bone69 ; sudo reboot
Kernel Headers included:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.13-bone69
3rd party module list:
sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone69
3rd party repo added: https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos
am335x-pru-package ap-hotspot dart-1.8 (stable 1.8 branch) dart-edge (git master branch) oracle-java8-installer ti-pru-cgt-installer xenomai-runtime cloud9 update
BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: (lxde-4gb)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-01-19-4gb.img.xz md5sum: aefadc5a025a2c89050d31b2402b6c9b
BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-armhf-2015-01-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 2c63eee18e98be1271405c3755543f99
Flasher: (console)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-01-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: a467240b0cfb99027295febb62fe825f
BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-01-19-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 45861cfe1017cd4b3b7c7181d4e1165f
microSD/Standalone: (console)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/console/bone-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-01-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 63fe6af17a15b342560f9bfd84ec43b3
BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit
microSD/Standalone: (machinekit)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/machinekit/bone-debian-7.8-machinekit-armhf-2015-01-19-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 2f440e7ede1a2875cfe55f1263652693
Jessie Snapshot
Flasher: (lxqt)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/lxqt/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-jessie-lxqt-armhf-2015-01-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: c96d5764f74387244387f6b0bde245fe
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/lxqt/bbx15-debian-jessie-lxqt-armhf-2015-01-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 9a331b3bac5d1cb60b1d7f602df0632d
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt) (omap5-uevm)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-19/lxqt/omap5-uevm-debian-jessie-lxqt-armhf-2015-01-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: a3d4117f88829e1775900532f36c8069
2014-12-31
2014-12-31 Release Notes
* U-Boot: v2015.01-rc4 ** U-Boot UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled [ums 0 mmc 1] * Kernel: 3.8.13-bone68
Simpler Kernel Upgrades:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-bone68 ; sudo reboot
Kernel Headers included:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.13-bone68
3rd party module list:
sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone68
3rd party repo added: https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos
am335x-pru-package ap-hotspot dart-1.8 (stable 1.8 branch) dart-edge (git master branch) oracle-java8-installer ti-pru-cgt-installer xenomai-runtime cloud9 update
BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: lxde: (1.7GB Free on 4GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-31/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-12-31-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 4a1b0fc8fbb24bb94f360f050f4f6507
BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: lxde: (145MB Free on 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-31/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-armhf-2014-12-31-2gb.img.xz md5sum: ccf246ba1f615949562d9a393086ac22
Console: Flasher: (177MB used)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-31/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-console-armhf-2014-12-31-2gb.img.xz md5sum: ea3971e4df2df1bae70ea3305799ad83
BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-31/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-12-31-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 2d07269fae954bbc65103c5a990eb729
Console: microSD/Standalone: (177MB used)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-31/console/bone-debian-7.7-console-armhf-2014-12-31-2gb.img.xz md5sum: cd5658ffddf790d875070589259ee698
Jessie Snapshot
Flasher: lxqt: (117MB Free on 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-31/lxqt/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-jessie-lxqt-armhf-2014-12-31-2gb.img.xz md5sum: d5dde23cabe2a4c901c8edd45716eb80
2014-12-19
2014-12-19 Release Notes
U-Boot: v2015.01-rc3 Kernel: 3.8.13-bone68
Simpler Kernel Upgrades:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-bone68 ; sudo reboot
Kernel Headers included:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.13-bone68
3rd party module list:
sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone68
3rd party repo added: https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos
am335x-pru-package ap-hotspot dart-1.8 (stable 1.8 branch) dart-edge (git master branch) oracle-java8-installer ti-pru-cgt-installer xenomai-runtime cloud9 update
BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: lxde: (1.7GB Free on 4GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-19/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-12-19-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 4a56885dbd3eac01845cedb97d8f45aa
BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: lxde: (145MB Free on 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-19/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-armhf-2014-12-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: ed3f41bb9fc113acd986c05950425123
Console: Flasher: (177MB used)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-19/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-console-armhf-2014-12-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: c9797c359eb92cfc323e83df245a2746
BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-19/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-12-19-4gb.img.xz md5sum: f97de0b22228aed6e278429e532b8f6f
Console: microSD/Standalone: (177MB used)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-19/console/bone-debian-7.7-console-armhf-2014-12-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 84411bf01652fa2f40cd35dbf7a76e7c
Jessie Snapshot
Flasher: lxqt: (117MB Free on 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-19/lxqt/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-jessie-lxqt-armhf-2014-12-19-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 7220993e12a6d748c25d3aecc5ec0055
2014-12-19 Changes
cloud9 update
2014-12-11
2014-12-11 Release Notes
U-Boot: v2015.01-rc3 Kernel: 3.8.13-bone68
Simpler Kernel Upgrades:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-bone68 ; sudo reboot
Kernel Headers included:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.13-bone68
3rd party module list:
sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone68
3rd party repo added: https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos
am335x-pru-package ap-hotspot dart-1.8 (stable 1.8 branch) dart-edge (git master branch) oracle-java8-installer ti-pru-cgt-installer xenomai-runtime
BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: lxde: (1.7GB Free on 4GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-11/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-12-11-4gb.img.xz md5sum: b1d981d04d161df33a9d990f1fc73f66
BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: lxde: (145MB Free on 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-11/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-armhf-2014-12-11-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 80f05cbb58b60aee14e3a39f8781d7a2
Console: Flasher: (177MB used)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-11/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-console-armhf-2014-12-11-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 5c35a3c09d6c0d3ec731710df153c3e4
BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-11/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-12-11-4gb.img.xz md5sum: ed584cc268473690eaae6b8e9866cee7
Console: microSD/Standalone: (177MB used)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-11/console/bone-debian-7.7-console-armhf-2014-12-11-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 40aee85c0c9b09be04b3672b22e50da2
Jessie Snapshot
Flasher: lxqt: (117MB Free on 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2014-12-11/lxqt/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-jessie-lxqt-armhf-2014-12-11-2gb.img.xz md5sum: ee749ff2b7d3238bcc7e8cfaccd652fa
2014-12-11 Changes
U-Boot: v2015.01-rc3 Wheezy: 3.8.13-bone68 bone101: updated to git master (http://beaglebone.local) generated by jeykll dart-1.8: sudo apt-get install dart-1.8 xenomai-2.6: sudo apt-get install xenomai-runtime jessie kernel: 3.14.23-ti-r33 (+BeagleBoard-x15 support) https://www.dartlang.org/ is now packaged: dart-1.7: sudo apt-get install dart-1.7 dart-1.8: sudo apt-get install dart-1.8 dart-dev: sudo apt-get install dart-edge jessie: lxqt: 0.8.0 bone101 works again: http://beaglebone.local/Support/bone101/ Bootloader: MLO/u-boot.img no longer in fat partition. (FAT partition isn't even required anymore..) microSD/Standalone: better compatibility with older bootloaders in eMMC Windows 8 certified drivers better nfs support (see nfs-uEnv.txt in boot partition) http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0#nfs_support xenomai: added xenomai and kmem groups Simpler kernel updates: ( sudo apt-get install linux-image-xyz ; sudo reboot ) Console = around 200Mb's installed Improved flashing script New Partition setup: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0
2014-05-14
Flasher:
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/debian.beagleboard.org/images/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz (mirror) https://rcn-ee.net/deb/testing/2014-05-14/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz md5sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz 74615fb680af8f252c034d3807c9b4ae BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz
microSD/Standalone:
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz (mirror) https://rcn-ee.net/deb/testing/2014-05-14/bone-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz md5sum bone-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz 35877ce21e8ed0eb1bdc6819ad71c317 bone-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz