BeagleBoardDebian

This page is about running a (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution from SD card. Debian's NetInstall will be used to install Debian onto your Beagle.

= Help =

If you need any help:


 * Kernel related help:
 * Email Beagleboard user group *Recommended method
 * #beagle: Beagle irc on freenode, accessible also by web interface (logs)
 * Kernel Trees
 * v4.6.x kernel branch
 * BeagleBone
 * Development Kernel source code


 * When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
 * U-Boot Version installed on board
 * Kernel Version: uname -a
 * pastebin dmesg
 * Copy from serial port or use "dmesg | pastebinit" (sudo apt-get install pastebinit)

= Official BeagleBoard.org Images for shipping with BeagleBone Black =
 * http://beagleboard.org/source

= Recommended Beagle Software =

Mainline U-Boot:
 * All old Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx boards are required to upgrade to at least these U-Boot versions.
 * XM Boards have no NAND, so MLO/u-boot.img is always required on the first partition
 * Directions: Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot

= Debian NetInstall =

Scripts: git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git cd netinstall

Device Options: BeagleBoard --dtb omap3-beagle BeagleBoard-xM --dtb omap3-beagle-xm BeagleBoard-X15 --dtb am57xx-beagle-x15 BeagleBone (serial) --dtb am335x-bone-serial BeagleBone (video via cape) --dtb am335x-bone-video BeagleBone Black --dtb am335x-boneblack PandaBoard (A1->A3) --dtb omap4-panda PandaBoard (A4->Ax) --dtb omap4-panda-a4 PandaBoard ES --dtb omap4-panda-es

You will need a 1GB SD card or greater. Standard System : ~455MB

Debian 8 (jessie)
Quick Install script for "board" sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb "board" --distro jessie

So For the BeagleBoard xM: sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro jessie


 * Options:
 * --firmware : installs firmware
 * --serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port

= Demo Image =

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git cd armv7-multiplatform git checkout origin/v4.9.x -b tmp ./build_kernel.sh git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git cd ti-linux-kernel-dev git checkout origin/ti-linux-4.4.y -b tmp ./build_kernel.sh
 * Advanced Users only: BeagleBoard xM: Kernel source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform
 * Advanced Users only: BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: Kernel v4.4.x source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/tree/ti-linux-4.4.y

Debian (jessie)
Default username/password:
 * username: debian
 * password: temppwd

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.0-armv7-x2 kernel
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Services Active: Note: Depending on your internal network these may work out of the box Apache, Port 80: http://arm.local/ (Bone: via usb) http://192.168.7.2 SSH, Port 22: ssh debian@arm.local (Bone: via usb) debian@192.168.7.2 Getty, Serial Port

Default user: debian pass: temppwd

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/elinux/debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz cda6642635dd2c13d3583f571dcf22c993c21904749e192344af824f368893b4 debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz

Unpack Image: tar xf debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz cd debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13

If you don't know the location of your SD card: sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc

You should see something like:

Are you sure? I don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see... fdisk -l: Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes <- x86 Root Drive Disk /dev/sdd: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes <- MMC/SD card lsblk: NAME  MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda     8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk ├─sda1  8:1    0 446.9G  0 part /  <- x86 Root Partition ├─sda2  8:2    0     1K  0 part └─sda5  8:5    0  18.9G  0 part [SWAP] sdd     8:48   1   3.7G  0 disk ├─sdd1  8:49   1    64M  0 part └─sdd2  8:50   1   3.6G  0 part


 * In this example, we can see via mount, /dev/sda1 is the x86 rootfs, therefore /dev/sdd is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...

Install Image:

Quick install script for [board] sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board

board options:
 * BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx/Dx         - omap3-beagle
 * BeagleBoard xM                  - omap3-beagle-xm
 * All BeagleBone Varients         - beaglebone
 * OMAP5432 uEVM                   - omap5-uevm
 * BeagleBoard-X15                 - am57xx-beagle-x15

So for the BeagleBoard xM: sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm

Advanced: Build Image:

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git cd omap-image-builder git checkout v2017.01 -b tmp

Stable:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_jessie_armhf

Testing:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_stretch_armhf

Debian Testing (stretch)
Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.0-armv7-x2 kernel
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/elinux/debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz 66dff071128748517dfe4ffe4da9f529b279104eb32047d55b5bee8fd00be0ab debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz

Unpack image: tar xf debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-13.tar.xz cd debian-stretch-console-armhf-2017-01-13

Then follow the directions shown above with the other images...

= Flasher =

eMMC: All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.

Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC) https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Notes:
 * If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
 * If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.

User: debian pass: temppwd

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * All BeagleBone Varients with eMMC: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb* 5421a6a4cd9107ef5323c91bc41cef22383a5e1c4fa7ba6c54be6373e6fdc9cf BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.

Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC) https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Notes:
 * If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
 * If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.

User: debian pass: temppwd

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb* f1ff6ca3fb329dd060079f3814cfc3fa9d12f6a3cf8cc3937b4dc2318d1b60d2 bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

= raw microSD img =

BeagleBoard xM
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize: cd /opt/scripts/tools git pull ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.9.3-armv7-x4 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.7-armv7-x4 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * BeagleBoard xM: v4.8.0-armv7-x2 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/microsd/bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb* 525e09fed668831d500d9ed63beedd0d2080b6457df76000bf5bb280d1f6996a bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

All BeagleBone Varients
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize: cd /opt/scripts/tools git pull ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * All BeagleBone Varients: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/microsd/bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb* 0d3261f95032299ee507a3ee81cd5b78b84ebf469ee52cf7b9071b2c7090987f bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

OMAP5432 uEVM
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize: cd /opt/scripts/tools git pull ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb* a772986cf1e6d6bc8f6301a1bf25659333a6136f4e9b2a95519cac25ea3a6222 omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat omap5-uevm-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

BeagleBoard-X15
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize: cd /opt/scripts/tools git pull ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot

Image Updated:
 * 2017-01-13
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.40-ti-r80 kernel
 * 2016-11-10
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.30-ti-r66 kernel
 * 2016-10-06
 * BeagleBoard-X15: v4.4.23-ti-r51 kernel

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2017-01-13/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb* 3191816151274d6574f73efe5a719699e7797108bf6cd9a2b8e4fc574f663d8b bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.6-console-armhf-2017-01-13-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

= Debian Configuration =

Install Latest Kernel Image
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

4.4.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/4.4 Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.4.y

4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --lts-4_4

4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_4

4.4.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + Xenomai --ti-xenomai-channel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.4.x lts)
4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX --bone-kernel --lts-4_4

4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.9.x lts)
4.9.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black --bone-kernel --lts-4_9

4.9.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_9

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

Reboot with your new Kernel Image.

Xorg Drivers
Script: cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull

BeagleBoard/PandaBoard: cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/ ./ti-omapdrm.sh

BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/ ./ti-tilcdc.sh

SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...

Install the "4.4.x" lts/bone kernel: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Mainline_.28lts.29

Build SGX userspace for 4.4.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor) git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git cd bb-kernel/ git checkout origin/am33x-v4.4 -b tmp-sgx ./sgx_create_package.sh

Copy ./deploy/GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz to BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black and install sudo tar xfv GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz -C / cd /opt/gfxinstall/ sudo ./sgx-install.sh sudo reboot

Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb omaplfb               12065  0 pvrsrvkm             178782  1 omaplfb

= Building Kernel =

Note, this section use to have a lot of details, but maintenance of the two wiki's became a pain, so for now on we will just link to my other pages:

Beagle/Beagle xM
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard

BeagleBone
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone

BeagleBone Black
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black

Panda/Panda ES
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard

= Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6 =

Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6 report and tutorial.

= Upgrading from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to Debian 7 (Wheezy) =

Note, this only goes over "armel" -> "armel"... For users wishing to switch from "armel" -> "armhf" just re-install...

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade sudo sed -i -e "s/squeeze/wheezy/g" /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -y apt aptitude udev dpkg sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude -y safe-upgrade ; sudo aptitude -y dist-upgrade