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

= 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:
 * 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

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_2015.01.28~bpo70%2b20150128%2b1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.01.28~bpo70%2b20150128%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 =

2015-01-27 Release Notes
* U-Boot: v2015.01 ** U-Boot UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled [ums 0 mmc 1] * Kernel: 3.8.13-bone70 * fixed power button shutdown

Simpler Kernel Upgrades: sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-bone70 ; sudo reboot

Kernel Headers included: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.13-bone70

3rd party module list: sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-3.8.13-bone70

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-installer

BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: (lxde-4gb) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 953de27c1d71a6958448baea834d29bc

BBB (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-lxde-armhf-2015-01-27-2gb.img.xz md5sum: cae23e4cf7510bbbdec2a8ae1676d967

Flasher: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-01-27-2gb.img.xz md5sum: fe7d95d756433c82199cb08da4c0c31a

BBW/BBB (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: b7c2490db41d747113b5fbef07946f7b

microSD/Standalone: (console) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/console/bone-debian-7.8-console-armhf-2015-01-27-2gb.img.xz md5sum: 5a55d64b3725fe05582255e65c65ca7c

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit
microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/machinekit/bone-debian-7.8-machinekit-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 179bdfe283a8d8ffd3b55c6ca59a4d51

Jessie Snapshot
Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone Black 4GB eMMC) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxqt-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-jessie-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: f5343ae88c7f8f9d5e8a213f3c74b480

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-jessie-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: c83b9855d451271d73eabdcc1627870b

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-jessie-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: 337eb316d7e1c7c1a3001775611453ed

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (omap5-uevm) wget https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-01-27/lxqt-4gb/omap5-uevm-debian-jessie-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-01-27-4gb.img.xz md5sum: cfaa4c3cfa1947e397bedf90f9275dd3

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