Devkit8000 Ubuntu

Ubuntu on DevKit8000
Fist create a SD card. See this Link for instruction : http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoardBeginners#SD_card_setup

Short Version: 255 Heads 63 Sectors nn cylinders cylinders = Byte/255/63/512 Round down the cylinders Create 1 FAT32 Partition (DEVK-BOOT) Create 1 Linux Partition (DEVK-SYS) Create FAT File System mkfs.msdos -F 32 /dev/sdx1 -n DEVK-BOOT /dev/sdx1 has to be your SD Card Create EXt3 File System mkfs.ext3 -L DEVK-SYS /dev/sdix2 /dev/sdx2 has to be your SD Card

After you created the SD-Card go to the directory of the Angstrom Distribution on the CD. Copy MLO,uboot.bin and uImage from CD to /dev/sdx1 or /media/DEVK-BOOT (FAT32 Partition)

Get a Ubuntu rootfs from here: http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image

Unpack rootfs 7za x ubuntu-9.04-minimal-armel.tar.7z tar xvf /path/to/rootfs/armel-rootfs-200912081224.tgz -C /media/DEVK-SYS/ (EXT3 Partition)

Edit /etc/network/interfaces add: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp To get a IP on startup.

Edit /etc/rc.local add: ntpdate-debian This sets the clock while booting.

On the DEVKIT u-boot commandline edit the Bootcmd and Bootargs Env Var. setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit;fatload mmc 0 80300000 uImage;bootm 80300000' setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait video=omapfb:mode:7inch_LCD' saveenv check Env Var printenv

Put the SD Card in the DEVKIT and boot. You should see the one Pinguin, after that the Screen goes blank. Wait. After a while you get the Login Screen.

If you are using the above mentioned rootfs, login as Ubuntu System User Password temppwd

Update the System sudo apt-get update Upgrade the System sudo apt-get upgrade Remove the Synaptics Driver sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Install the tslib driver and the tslib tools sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-tslib libts-bin Now we have to calibrate the Touchscreen Type in Terminal TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/event2 TSLIB_CONFFILE=/etc/ts.conf export TSLIB_TSDEVICE TSLIB_CONFFILE ts_calibrate This will start the calibration Process for the Touchscreen. After that we have to restart the X-Server. In the Terminal type: sudo stop gdm Now you probably haave to Login again. After you are logged in type: sudo start gdm This will start the X-Server. Now the Touchscreen should work

Check if the Touchscreen respons: cat /dev/event2 If you touch the Screen the should be some garbage Output