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 =

PocketBeagle Support
Any images after 2017-09-21 will have support for the PocketBeagle

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 || true sudo ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot

On the next reboot, [df -h] should show the full microSD card size.

Flashing eMMC
To set up the standalone microSD image to automatically flash the eMMC on powerup. Login as debian (password = temppwd) and edit /boot/uEnv.txt with nano (sudo nano /boot/uEnv.txt) or your preferred editor.

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:

Optional, update Flasher Scripts: cd /opt/scripts/ git pull

and reboot the system, it'll flash the eMMC on the next bootup. (make sure to remove the microSD after flashing is complete, otherwise it'll just keep on re-flashing the eMMC)

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
WARNING, this is now deprecated, please use U-Boot overlays

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 set up 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 set up 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_2016.04.24~bpo70+20160424+1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_*_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

Adding bb.org-overlays to jessie console image
Currently by default, the console image doesn't include the *.dtbo overlays.

Install build requirements: (add's 145Mb to the console image) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core device-tree-compiler

Clone bb.org-overlays repo: git clone https://github.com/beagleboard/bb.org-overlays/ cd ./bb.org-overlays/ ./install.sh

i take full responsibility for knowing my beagle is now insecure
as of 2017-02-19, BeagleBoard images now longer enable these insecure options by default, you are free to recreate them as you wish.

remove root password
root_password=$(cat /etc/shadow | grep root | awk -F ':' '{print $2}') sed -i -e 's:'$root_password'::g' /etc/shadow

ssh root@beaglebone.local
sed -i -e 's:PermitEmptyPasswords no:PermitEmptyPasswords yes:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i -e 's:UsePAM yes:UsePAM no:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i -e 's:PermitRootLogin without-password:PermitRootLogin yes:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo no password required
echo "debian ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL" >>/etc/sudoers

U-Boot Overlays
Check via serial U-Boot SPL 2017.07-00002-gd316f5106c (Jul 11 2017 - 10:43:17) Trying to boot from MMC2 U-Boot 2017.07-00002-gd316f5106c (Jul 11 2017 - 10:43:17 -0500), Build: jenkins-github_Bootloader-Builder-585

Check via system debian@beaglebone:~$ cd /opt/scripts/tools/ debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools$ git pull debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools$ sudo ./version.sh | grep bootloader bootloader:[microSD-(push-button)]:[/dev/mmcblk0]:[U-Boot 2017.07-00002-gd316f5106c]

To upgrade your version of U-Boot: debian@beaglebone:~$ cd /opt/scripts/tools/developers/ debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools/developers$ sudo ./update_bootloader.sh debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools/developers$ sudo reboot

U-Boot Capes added:
NHD-7.0CTP-CAPE Family BB-BONE-NH7C-01-A0.dtbo (first added in: 2017.05-rc2-00002-g86566339a9 (Apr 28 2017 - 10:18:57))

U-Boot /boot/uEnv.txt configuration
/boot/uEnv.txt: enable_uboot_overlays=1

U-Boot Disable on-board devices
To Disable eMMC: disable_uboot_overlay_emmc=1

To Disable HDMI VIDEO & AUDIO: disable_uboot_overlay_video=1

To Disable HDMI AUDIO: disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1

To Disable WL1835: disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1

To Disable BB-ADC: (first added in: 2017.05-rc1-00002-g35aecb22fe (Apr 05 2017 - 16:51:58)) disable_uboot_overlay_adc=1

U-Boot Override external capes
Cape device tree overlays (src): https://github.com/beagleboard/bb.org-overlays/ Debian package: bb-cape-overlays

uboot_overlay_addr0=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr1=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr2=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr3=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo

If for some reason you need to disable the auto-loading of any of ^ those, use the option that matches your addrX: (first added in: 2017.03-00002-gbfe60d6057 (Mar 28 2017 - 15:32:51)) disable_uboot_overlay_addr0=1 disable_uboot_overlay_addr1=1 disable_uboot_overlay_addr2=1 disable_uboot_overlay_addr3=1

4 more capes can be loaded via: (first added in: 2017.03-00002-gbfe60d6057 (Mar 28 2017 - 15:32:51)) uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo

Plus one custom cape: dtb_overlay=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo

U-Boot PRU Options
With v4.4.x-ti PRU via remoteproc can be enabled by: uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-4-TI-00A0.dtbo

With mainline (boneX) PRU via uio (doesn't work with v4.9.x-ti yet) uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-UIO-00A0.dtbo

U-Boot Cape Universal
Utilize https://github.com/cdsteinkuehler/beaglebone-universal-io config-pin.

Cape Universal Supported Boards: BeagleBone Black BeagleBone Black Wireless BeagleBone Green BeagleBone Green Wireless Element14 BeagleBone Black Industrial MENTOREL BeagleBone uSomIQ SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced

Not Supported needs work/testing/etc Arrow BeagleBone Black Industrial (different video phy) Neuromeka BeagleBone Air (untested)

To enable, in /boot/uEnv.txt add: enable_uboot_cape_universal=1

Where did the slots file go?
Kernel Overlays are going bye-bye, too many bugs, too many race conditions, no kernel maintainers interested. We've said our farewells and U-Boot Overlays is the way forward: https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#U-Boot_Overlays With multiple parties working on the U-Boot infrastructure.

The rough transition plan is:

Stage 1: Disable Kernel Overlays (bone_capemgr.uboot_capemgr_enabled=1 is passed thru /proc/cmdline) Stage 2: Disable the slots file (/sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots) Stage 3: Disable bone_capemgr dir (/sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/)

Stage 1 is complete, all current images use U-Boot Overlays by default. Stage 2 is currently in progress, as it is not recommended to "load" anything into the slots file while U-Boot Overlays are in control. Stage 3, will take longer, as many applications only need to know the "bone_capemgr" directory is available.

If you don't like the direction we are heading, simply disable, "enable_uboot_overlays=1" in /boot/uEnv.txt..


 * 1) I will be on my own with Kernel Overlays:
 * 2) enable_uboot_overlays=1

= 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

Output of the autobuilder can be found at http://builds.beagleboard.org.

= Debian Releases = http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

= Debian Image Testing Snapshots =

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Jessie with 3.8.x kernel
Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-02-12/machinekit/bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb* 18361e0426715974b5a0e7f014ff1bf26db2421cbf8d61622efd2856cd8c6214 bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Jessie with 4.13.x rt kernel with U-Boot Overlays
Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/machinekit/bone-debian-8.9-machinekit-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.9-machinekit-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* aa4a663111b9adeccc1ba4fb08913306cdd30dabce2d0172f4d0ecd831701a9f bone-debian-8.9-machinekit-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.9-machinekit-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot lxqt
2017-11-02 notes * U-Boot: v2017.09 * default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (All BeagleBone Variants with a 4GB eMMC)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/lxqt-4gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* 03f97df45e89627556bbdb272389a8c6bec3a7edb4ee337613170577c3daab62 BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* 07ffa47e606f7ce45c6d3003a03d8e7c596094a4edbb0f843b6fb295d2016a2d bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* 5413be5916ad21d19f718b81a13b0a39367f479f0015ae0e51daa0b546a8fc7e bbx15-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.9-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-2gb) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/lxqt-2gb/bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb* a944a28771123a6dbcf7f482d09d517b954b2c135e9448fc5e2831dd6977b786 bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (lxqt-2gb) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/lxqt-2gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb* c5a5ed2acb62838f2a38830a29bfb0775611120eabfd1b0c46ce2fe5ec24c848 BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.9-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-11-02-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-xm-4gb) (BeagleBoard xM)

 * Kernel: 4.14.0-rc7-armv7-x0

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/lxqt-xm-4gb/bbxm-debian-8.9-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.9-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* 239f2dd9e2a3c025abc2802944c076f4328119c05b52b44a9a161d1bf10a1418 bbxm-debian-8.9-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-8.9-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (iot) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/iot/BBB-blank-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* a7473a12747d4efc5a9bb92f1dd5ecd4912a3ed619d83fff2ed54be18a3526fb BBB-blank-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (iot) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/iot/bone-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* bd73f88bab474780d9ade6b8d4cdc4ea881ffbbf86dc94989f48a742b44d0886 bone-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (iot) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/iot/bbx15-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb* 0c716a7866ab95ca6602419024b1f79dd605bc69dc00c7a2ee59a111764f2f4f bbx15-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.9-iot-armhf-2017-11-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (console) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/console/bone-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb* 51da166470e97691c79ae55315848e4e1350412bd43bbd6c32d67208f9f18c8a bone-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r136

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-02/console/bbx15-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb* b04e5a1247797499d87fd9544a21432294b745fcbd984566a83fc8b4afdcd45f bbx15-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.9-console-armhf-2017-11-02-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

2017-11-12 - Debian 9 (Stretch) - Weekly
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch

2017-11-12 notes * U-Boot: v2017.09 * default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

Flasher: (stretch-lxqt) (All BeagleBone Variants with a 4GB eMMC)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-lxqt/BBB-blank-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* cdb9590f8c7ecdde0fe78843ed9b9df543bde60e3f664fb150249bb6b93060e8 BBB-blank-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-lxqt) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-lxqt/bone-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* 1a722304c8dfa8133300a59cb44099fce562c929fc8d472cc6e2bed371aee556 bone-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-lxqt) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-lxqt/bbx15-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* 3745e3c98b4b8762be6056b4b4ef2638429162333e95600bb791c25a7d7339b1 bbx15-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.2-lxqt-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-xm) (BeagleBoard xM)

 * Kernel: 4.14.0-rc8-armv7-x0

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/lxqt-xm/bbxm-debian-9.2-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-9.2-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* 89429f6caf2b574072ef7511f89d4e0256fec8eb034c8efb962976a3ecb43675 bbxm-debian-9.2-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-9.2-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (stretch-iot) (All BeagleBone Variants with a 4GB eMMC)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-iot/BBB-blank-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* 8769d90d588766cfe25cff0daccf780fd87f2896f2f18aeb5ef31b2aecc92cc8 BBB-blank-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-iot) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-iot/bone-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* 4bdca4d49e386983acf0d1935010b07737704c9b23b31a6114f42cbb9fd15b28 bone-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-iot) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-iot/bbx15-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb* 59b36d6088c8b9153f25699c1f69caa56110ae8401b912194fbf8f0933e0660e bbx15-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-11-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-console) (All BeagleBone Variants & PocketBeagle)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-console/bone-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb* 57fcdf7d3c42bc457c2cf23ce08ebbaa4dda445bd65781eae1cf23430e5db718 bone-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-console) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.9.60-ti-r75

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-11-12/stretch-console/bbx15-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb* a05d13323441ebb47fefa978ea0a67b77da5e0d40373e0fdfa3e40927f4ed807 bbx15-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.2-console-armhf-2017-11-12-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

= 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

4.4.x-ti
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-rt-linux-4.4.y

4.4.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --lts-4_4

4.4.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_4

4.9.x-ti
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.9

4.9.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --lts-4_9

4.9.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_9

4.14.x-ti
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.14

4.14.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --lts-4_14

Mainline (4.4.x lts)
4.4.x All BeagleBone Variants --bone-kernel --lts-4_4

4.4.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.9.x lts)
4.9.x All BeagleBone Variants --bone-kernel --lts-4_9

4.9.x All BeagleBone Variants --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_9

Mainline (4.14.x lts)
4.14.x All BeagleBone Variants --bone-kernel --lts-4_14

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