Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Debian

This page is about running the armhf port of Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. The latest release beagleboard.org image can be found at: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

= 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/2.1.1/ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh chmod +x ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh sudo ./ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_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:
 * 1) enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:
 * 2) cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

Change to: cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
 * 1) enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:

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

Installing kernel headers
If you want to build a kernel module natively, you'll need to install the correct kernel headers.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

In a Makefile, perform:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(shell uname -r)

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
 * 1) deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main

To:
 * 1) deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
 * 2) 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_2015.05.06~bpo70+20150506+1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.05.06~bpo70+20150506+1_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

2015-03-01 Release Notes
* U-Boot: v2015.01 ** U-Boot UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled [ums 0 mmc 1] * Kernel: 3.8.13-bone70

BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC) 4GB eMMC Flasher
Flasher: (lxde-4gb) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-03-01/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-03-01-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 38bedfc81de00907ff2913b04bdc6fe9

BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: (lxde) (159Mb free on 2GB eMMC) (Due to limited space, the default Web Browser is NOT installed in the 2GB image.) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-03-01/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-armhf-2015-03-01-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 66b613cbbde282520f940a12ecf7f6a8

Flasher: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-03-01/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-03-01-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 81585efeaf183106d6dcc6d39127e190

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Standalone
microSD/Standalone: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-03-01/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-03-01-4gb.img.xz md5sum: c848627722b7a5f7bc89791cc8949e3b

microSD/Standalone: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-03-01/console/bone-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-03-01-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 10823cb21e6fc4536ff87605dc50ea6e

2015-07-06 Release Notes
* U-Boot: v2015.07-rc3 ** U-Boot UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled [ums 0 mmc 1] * Kernel: 3.8.13-bone72

BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: (lxde-4gb) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-06/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-07-06-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 2d034b7972544db87e71432848d64f28

BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-06/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-armhf-2015-07-06-2gb.img.xz md5sum: a3fc49e8c8431038d90e778c05ec857a

Flasher: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-06/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-07-06-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 7b15162d7344905a19e0e9ae6f8132a2

BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-06/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-07-06-4gb.img.xz md5sum: fdc61c3730979cc26d9ba40d1f252aa2

microSD/Standalone: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-06/console/bone-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-07-06-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 6aeef824652637602dbdb1eae431203a

= Debian Image Testing Snapshots =

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit
microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/machinekit/bone-debian-7.8-machinekit-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: e452af252f0146722657357c933cd001

Jessie Snapshot lxqt
Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone Black 4GB eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 329b6b66be91c217893bca6d4b5a66ca

Flasher: (lxqt-2gb) (BeagleBone Black 2GB eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-2gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.1-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2015-07-12-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 4b5b4b89a66803e4e84f07e62ea2dcfb

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard/BeagleBoard xM) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-4gb/bb-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 9b353d31a85d3f47f1d67c1f5001cff7

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: cdf35a01c79c146e825a072cb4f2d343

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 0aa220d22898585b88b12724b98a8bfd

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (omap5-uevm) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-4gb/omap5-uevm-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 6f4401a4248e6fe18fbc98c971f0b8b1

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (tre) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/lxqt-4gb/tre-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-12-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 5cd0e147c7092e7aa245354b4c184ce1

Jessie Snapshot console
Flasher: (console) (BeagleBone Black eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.1-console-armhf-2015-07-12-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 0161da55ddcc58e04e42f3c1d50a8b59

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBoard/BeagleBoard xM) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/console/bb-debian-8.1-console-armhf-2015-07-12-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 27cf12d1fead8567d997378ff59f2cd6

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/console/bone-debian-8.1-console-armhf-2015-07-12-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 58a1d5a55f941a6eff65d672b9b13f16

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/console/bbx15-debian-8.1-console-armhf-2015-07-12-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 1ca6635b3f234daa4c489b00177213ac

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (omap5-uevm) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-07-12/console/omap5-uevm-debian-8.1-console-armhf-2015-07-12-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 4e19b33401c5991c4df3876fd8fc9633

= Kernel Options =

General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep sudo apt-get install linux-image- sudo reboot

3.8.x
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8

3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep 3.8.13-bone sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-boneX

3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep 3.8.13-xenomai sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-xenomai-rX

3.14.x-ti
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.14

Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-3.14.y

3.14.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep ti-r | grep -v ti-rt sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.14.XX-ti-rX

3.14.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep ti-rt sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.14.XX-ti-rtX

3.14.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + Xenomai
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep ti-xenomai sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.14.XX-ti-xenomai-rX

4.1.x BeagleBoard / BeagleBoard xM
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep 4.1 | grep armv7 | grep -v lpae sudo apt-get install linux-image-4.1.XX-armv7-rX

4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep 4.1 | grep bone sudo apt-get install linux-image-4.1.XX-boneX

4.1.x BeagleBoard-X15
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep 4.1 | grep lpae sudo apt-get install linux-image-4.1.XX-armv7-lpae-rX

Debian 8: jessie
sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp