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_151" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-b12) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)

Oracle Java 9: no ARM binaries listed: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk9-downloads-3848520.html

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 2018.01-rc2-00002-g23388d96ac (Dec 19 2017 - 13:20:06) Trying to boot from MMC1 U-Boot 2018.01-rc2-00002-g23388d96ac (Dec 19 2017 - 13:20:06 -0600), Build: jenkins-github_Bootloader-Builder-19

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 2018.01-rc2-00002-g23388d]

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) (v4.4.x -> 4.14.x) Stage 3: Disable bone_capemgr dir (/sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/) (v4.15.x+)

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

Jessie Snapshot lxqt
2018-01-01 notes * U-Boot: v2018.01-rc2 * default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/lxqt-4gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* b3de2619af4e0f0af61ba042e1c061efecfe44fa55f85ff83164c9a2735a4898 BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* 8c6a689165dbfac8209720689884da5c5132af16f9e37a3422564a6017682a04 bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* 8150d541e34a011bf3c9d011c95d2c20336dc5d4adabd162328a49d2c700d4ea bbx15-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.10-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/lxqt-2gb/bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb* 7ff38a8324830129d8c049478f81cd8d4082208531592ba73568c3c2829175af bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/lxqt-2gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb* 91b7f0aaf99046137384f2d33720bdb3c5e2a428be8859f83f9f43f194359ffe BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.10-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2018-01-01-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.14.10-armv7-x4

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/lxqt-xm-4gb/bbxm-debian-8.10-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.10-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* 2c6d89105ca64875ebe34241f9fb87d9107cb176634181922c472c3af0cec1d2 bbxm-debian-8.10-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-8.10-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (iot) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/iot/BBB-blank-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* bd0f9fa0e0de020b3f88de942136c17d6fe9f0760595e1c16c21c39f30cebe39 BBB-blank-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/iot/bone-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* c02c3820582ca9d90e58883c012d11c02548bf5f67a0532e30a87129ec281715 bone-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/iot/bbx15-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb* 3ad93612260d082b26df23cbc1c2d6b21a7c87115bc461dc1fd383df67f0eb9d bbx15-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.10-iot-armhf-2018-01-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/console/bone-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb* aa4d74c2ba8547a762d43b884b891f921edcca9f3de199a9abc585540c8eed17 bone-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.4.91-ti-r141

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-01/console/bbx15-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb* 2e19e22b06f94b2962602bebb85a20652723e468008d94f6d4ab92748d2649ff bbx15-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.10-console-armhf-2018-01-01-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

2018-01-07 - Debian 9 (Stretch) - Weekly
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch

2018-01-07 notes * U-Boot: v2018.01-rc3 * default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Stretch with 4.14.x rt kernel with U-Boot Overlays
Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-machinekit/bone-debian-9.3-machinekit-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.3-machinekit-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* 67781631ae4b8befa3da5086e1b29917bc0343ffc9f1b38a8c1c9b80e3875099 bone-debian-9.3-machinekit-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.3-machinekit-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-lxqt/BBB-blank-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* 7534acdd4266b7fe6ef237104bb1f8c82a645311db31305a7b7441abdd84556e BBB-blank-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-lxqt/bone-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* eed815d68950bd8734a5753a691beb1f701c69a4d80f19bf69e4c3aad4c3cfb1 bone-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-lxqt/bbx15-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* 10491333873a6109eb6d41e8e02d77ab22397db8afdcef08b76d26b608395ddf bbx15-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.14.12-armv7-x4

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/lxqt-xm/bbxm-debian-9.3-lxqt-xm-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-9.3-lxqt-xm-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* 09660d5c07a475c0f23823ad7f394482c5f90b8b683c20fa722c7161f6588146 bbxm-debian-9.3-lxqt-xm-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-9.3-lxqt-xm-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-iot/BBB-blank-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* 1e92c07f2c85bd6e19aa68a75b1dc1679ff94585a8997f6c518ab8028bf9c2e1 BBB-blank-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-iot/bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* cc03de432d5c0224755560e30608e000ecd74d2002ccd83ceb6f88705220b3d4 bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-iot/bbx15-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb* 9306608363ca93068cda217086281efbcf7f2b8b85d359ff4f7757250563d000 bbx15-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-07-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-console/bone-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb* 58c3efcd7fc08303197820f54b592edbdeb191fda9477d7e8246bcd21825b264 bone-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

 * Kernel: 4.9.74-ti-r90

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2018-01-07/stretch-console/bbx15-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb* 7f4dcd07cc5eaf0df60587de2d4e908408f9b131378b8ac7a8c5fb04c688d00d bbx15-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb.img.xz

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

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.3-console-armhf-2018-01-07-1gb.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

4.14.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-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 + RT --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_9

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

4.14.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_14

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