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-downloads-2133151.html

Install: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Verify: debian@beaglebone:~$ java -version java version "1.8.0_60" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-b27) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.60-b23, mixed mode)

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.com/
Download archive-keyring: wget https://rcn-ee.com/repos/debian/pool/main/r/rcn-ee-archive-keyring/rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.07.05~bpo70+20150705+1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.07.05~bpo70+20150705+1_all.deb

Add repo to /etc/apt/sources.list sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" sudo sh -c "echo '#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

Update packages: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install npm c9-core-installer --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

2015-07-28 Release Notes
* U-Boot: v2015.07 ** 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/2015-07-28/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-07-28-4gb.img.xz md5sum: e7b496b3cfbe302b74f6e82739c003b8

BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-28/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-armhf-2015-07-28-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 56bdc8aa304ea474bcfae8d1a7a28401

Flasher: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-28/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-07-28-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 716fbfe023ad2b64807346503f9951cf

BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-28/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-07-28-4gb.img.xz md5sum: c285aeb9dfcef1623eed51410a869748

microSD/Standalone: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-07-28/console/bone-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-07-28-2gb.img.xz md5sum: f114f9d275ed757f5c79dd51e38822f7

BeagleBoard-X15 weekly
Bug tracker: http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/beagleboard-x15

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 496e64156d73d81c62100c627ea8c342367477cc55efdf1e410e6bf4c8cc03bf

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 9d008edd24a4842444466f2b35bae1a3cb5204b7ac2866bcff6c6c804cc1f349

= Debian Image Testing Snapshots =

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit
microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/machinekit/bone-debian-7.9-machinekit-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: de3b8f1e27d648853ffcbad80c0e6f465c612e88d2d72dc8cf06703797382d7c

Jessie Snapshot lxqt
2015-10-18 notes * U-Boot: v2015.10-rc4 * Kernel: 4.1.10-ti-r23

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone Black/Green 4GB eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 883f99078e6bbb9f41688e136504fde44c192367013ad6495f6f4b50a88d96a9

Flasher: (lxqt-2gb) (BeagleBone Black 2GB eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-2gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2015-10-18-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: ae8bf6eff4e83c903cd6c761883911f054d50768068f13b2204148a53203fcbb

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 37e4a5750f88a153190d1058903e8a8e5250fa797b0c7b0fd5139e3a76b5dce0

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 9d008edd24a4842444466f2b35bae1a3cb5204b7ac2866bcff6c6c804cc1f349

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 496e64156d73d81c62100c627ea8c342367477cc55efdf1e410e6bf4c8cc03bf

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (omap5-uevm) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 185b6eb07a5517a66d08de663ecdd1a7d11e9fe8d044d7e48f88bfa52de91bcf

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (tre) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/lxqt-4gb/tre-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 102fa66adcb8b141d8a003e5d1549918407c341282ee1435b859a2ff08b76f0b

Jessie Snapshot console
Flasher: (console) (BeagleBone Black/Green eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-10-18-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: ccf3aad10df2ecf85c4c5489a685fe3856844de499e8344931d9c18396b3a7b4

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/console/bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-10-18-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: df128d1fd18014c23d431bd5e46c7fd49fb03b831b52d886538582b7e3ed2d92

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/console/bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-10-18-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: c41b5d842a2a227318c24a89866526a8859d2fc49618b41fcd23e0e5ff04e9b9

Flasher: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/console/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-10-18-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 76d86fe1df3f203acf16d1a7e81edfd8a26a1ee48bd2afa2e06ca0bfecfe9381

microSD/Standalone: (console) (omap5-uevm) wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-10-18/console/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-10-18-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: 3851332693fc36eb838d1d16e8a45d70c471f45a956d21584d0e1fe6ef67905f

= 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

Latest kernel script cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./update_kernel.sh 

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 --testing

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

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

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

4.1.x BeagleBoard / BeagleBoard xM
--armv7-channel --lts

4.1.x BeagleBoard / BeagleBoard xM + RT
--armv7-rt-channel --lts

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

4.2.x BeagleBoard / BeagleBoard xM
--armv7-channel --testing

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