BeagleBoardDebian

This page is about running a (ARM EABI) Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABI) 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 Tree's
 * Stable (3.7.x) branch
 * 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)

= 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 git://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git cd netinstall

Device Options: BeagleBoard --uboot beagle_cx BeagleBoard xM --uboot beagle_xm BeagleBone (serial) --uboot bone-serial BeagleBone (video via cape) --uboot bone-video BeagleBone Black --dtb am335x-boneblack PandaBoard --uboot panda PandaBoard ES --uboot panda_es

You will need a 1GB SD card or greater. Standard System : ~455MB + Desktop environment (GNOME) : ~2.9GB

Debian Wheezy
Quick Install script for "board" sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot "board" --distro wheezy-armhf

So For the BeagleBoard xM: sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle_xm --distro wheezy-armhf


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

= Demo Image =

Debian 7.0.0 (wheezy)
Default username/password:
 * username: debian
 * password: temppwd

Default root user/password
 * user: root
 * password: root

Image Updated:
 * 2013-06-14
 * shellinabox disabled...
 * Beagle/Panda/Panda ES: v3.7.10-x12 kernel
 * Panda: WiFi works again...
 * BeagleBone: v3.2.42-psp27 kernel
 * BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone21 kernel (--uboot bone_dtb)
 * BBB: Now built with the patched 'dtc'...
 * 2013-05-29
 * Beagle/Panda/Panda ES: v3.7.10-x10 kernel
 * BeagleBone: v3.2.42-psp27 kernel
 * BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone20 kernel (--uboot bone_dtb)
 * BBB: USB hotplug now works...
 * 2013-05-18
 * Beagle/Panda/Panda ES: v3.7.10-x10 kernel
 * BeagleBone: v3.2.42-psp27 kernel
 * BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone18 kernel (--uboot bone_dtb)

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

Active on Boot Script: /opt/boot-scripts/ .sh
 * Disable by removing "run_boot-scripts" from small boot partition...*

Get prebuilt image: wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/wheezy/debian-7.0.0-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz

Verify Image with: md5sum debian-7.0.0-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz 348fa1ba0e6e5183de7608b93035dea1 debian-7.0.0-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz

Unpack Image: tar xJf debian-7.0.0-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz cd debian-7.0.0-console-armhf-2013-06-14

Install Image:

Quick Install script for "board" sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot "board"

"board" options:
 * BeagleBoard Ax/Bx   - beagle_bx
 * BeagleBoard Cx/Dx   - beagle_cx
 * BeagleBoard xM      - beagle_xm
 * BeagleBone Ax       - bone
 * BeagleBone/Black    - bone_dtb
 * PandaBoard Ax       - panda
 * PandaBoard ES       - panda_es

So For the BeagleBoard xM: sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle_xm


 * Additional Options
 * --rootfs
 * --swap_file 
 * --addon pico
 * --svideo-ntsc <use ntsc over dvi for video)
 * --svideo-pal <use pal over dvi for video)

Debian Jessie (development snapshot)
Image Updated:
 * 2013-06-14
 * shellinabox disabled...
 * Beagle/Panda/Panda ES: v3.7.10-x12 kernel
 * Panda: WiFi works again...
 * BeagleBone: v3.2.42-psp27 kernel
 * BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone21 kernel (--uboot bone_dtb)
 * BBB: Now built with the patched 'dtc'...
 * 2013-05-29
 * Beagle/Panda/Panda ES: v3.7.10-x10 kernel
 * BeagleBone: v3.2.42-psp27 kernel
 * BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone20 kernel (--uboot bone_dtb)
 * BBB: USB hotplug now works...

Get prebuilt image: wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/jessie/debian-jessie-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz

Verify image with: md5sum debian-jessie-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz 4ac593ab44c846d857f926fb710d84a4 debian-jessie-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz

Unpack image: tar xJf debian-jessie-console-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz cd debian-jessie-console-armhf-2013-06-14

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

= Flasher =

eMMC: BeagleBone Black
This image can be written to a 1Gb (or greater) microSD card, via 'dd' in linux or the win32 image program linked to on CircuitCo's wiki page. First hold down on the boot select button (next to microSD card) and apply power (same procedure as the official CircuitCo images), it should boot into debian and begin flashing the eMMC, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON... Simply remove power, remove microSDcard and Debian will now boot from eMMC.

Reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC) https://github.com/RobertCNelson/tools/blob/master/scripts/beaglebone-black-copy-microSD-to-eMMC.sh

BTW: we are only writing about 500Mb's to the eMMC so the script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Image Updated:
 * 2013-06-14
 * shellinabox disabled...
 * BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone21 kernel (--uboot bone_dtb)
 * BBB: Now built with the patched 'dtc'...
 * 2013-05-29
 * BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone20 kernel
 * BBB: USB hotplug now works...

Get prebuilt image: wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/flasher/wheezy/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.0.0-2013-06-14.img.xz

Verify Image with: md5sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.0.0-2013-06-14.img.xz 74dc3f8949c71621509545bfa06399d9 BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.0.0-2013-06-14.img.xz

Follow the "standard" update procedure. http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=Updating_The_Software

= Debian Configuration =

Serial Ports
Wheezy

edit /etc/inittab and add: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyO2 115200 vt102

SGX armel/armhf v3.4.x+

 * Note: This is a still a work in progress, but so far all the basic sgx demos seem to work on my Beagle xM C... Thanks to TI for the special armhf binaries!!! --RobertCNelson 19:48, 17 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Test with: Precise/12.04 armhf demo image with v3.4.5-x1, desktop was lxde via: "sudo apt-get install lxde lxde-core lxde-icon-theme"

Re-Build Kernel and SGX Kernel Modules
git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel.git cd stable-kernel git checkout origin/v3.7.x -b tmp ./build_kernel.sh (and then follow the directions as the script runs...)

Build kernel ./build_kernel.sh

Build SGX modules ./sgx_build_modules.sh

Insert SD card, make sure to modify MMC in system.sh ./tools/install_image.sh

Place SD card into the device and boot... cd /opt/sgx sudo tar xf GFX_4.0*_libs.tar.gz sudo ./install-sgx.sh

Reboot, check modules (lsmod): Module                 Size  Used by bufferclass_ti          5727  0 omaplfb               11512  0 pvrsrvkm             165208  2 bufferclass_ti,omaplfb

Blit Test: ubuntu@omap:/usr/bin/armhf/es5.0$ ./sgx_blit_test -- SGX 3D Blit test - --- Start --- Call PVRSRVConnect with a valid argument: OK Get number of devices from PVRSRVEnumerateDevices: OK .... Reported 1 devices .... Device Number | Device Type 0000   | PVRSRV_DEVICE_ID_SGX Attempt to acquire device 0: OK Getting SGX Client info OK .... ui32ProcessID:1133 Display Class API: enumerate devices OK PVRSRVEnumerateDeviceClass returns 1 display device(s) OK Display Class API: open device OK Display Class API: Get display info OK .... Name:PowerVR OMAP Linux Display Driver .... MaxSwapChains:1 .... MaxSwapChainBuffers:1 .... MinSwapInterval:0 .... MaxSwapInterval:1 Display Class API: enumerate display formats OK OK .... Display format 0 - Pixelformat:1 Display Class API: enumerate display dimensions OK OK .... Display dimensions 0 - ByteStride:2560 Width:1280 Height:720 Attempt to create memory context for SGX: OK .... Shared heap 0 - HeapID:0x7000000 DevVAddr:0x1000 Size:0x87fe000 Attr:0x2014200 .... Shared heap 1 - HeapID:0x7000001 DevVAddr:0xc800000 Size:0xfff000 Attr:0x2024200 .... Shared heap 2 - HeapID:0x7000002 DevVAddr:0xe400000 Size:0x7f000 Attr:0x2024200 .... Shared heap 3 - HeapID:0x7000003 DevVAddr:0xf000000 Size:0x3ff000 Attr:0x2024200 .... Shared heap 4 - HeapID:0x7000004 DevVAddr:0xf400000 Size:0x4ff000 Attr:0x2014200 .... Shared heap 5 - HeapID:0x7000005 DevVAddr:0xfc00000 Size:0x1ff000 Attr:0x2014200 .... Shared heap 6 - HeapID:0x7000006 DevVAddr:0xdc00000 Size:0x7ff000 Attr:0x2014200 .... Shared heap 7 - HeapID:0x7000007 DevVAddr:0xe800000 Size:0x7ff000 Attr:0x2014200 .... Shared heap 8 - HeapID:0x7000008 DevVAddr:0xd800000 Size:0x3ff000 Attr:0x2024200 .... Shared heap 9 - HeapID:0x7000009 DevVAddr:0x8800000 Size:0x0 Attr:0x2024200 .... Shared heap 10 - HeapID:0x700000a DevVAddr:0x8800000 Size:0x3fff000 Attr:0x2014200 Display Class API: get the system (primary) buffer OK Display Class API: map display surface to SGX OK Attempt to create transfer context for SGX: OK Do a SRCCOPY blit to the bottom right quadrant of the display: (bottom right quadrant should be red on blue background): OK OK Do a SRCCOPY blit to the top left quadrant of the display: (top left quadrant should be striped (r/g/b/w) on blue background): OK OK Do a CUSTOMSHADER blit to the top right quadrant of the display: (top right quadrant should be yellow): 0xb6acd000 (host) 0xf407000 (device): Device mem for custom shader program 0xb6acb000 (host) 0xf408000 (device): Device mem for texture USE custom shader program: 0x28841001.c0000000	mov.end o0, sa0 OK Do a SRCCOPY blit with COLOUR DOWNSAMPLING from ARGB8888 to RGB565 and then present the RGB565 to the bottom right quadrant of the screen (bottom right quadrant should be a red gradient): OK OK  OK  OK Free the off screen surfaces: OK OK  OK  OK Destroy the transfer context: OK Display Class API: unmap display surface from SGX OK Destroy Device Memory Context Display Class API: close the device OK Release SGX Client Info: OK Disconnect from services: OK -- SGX 3D Blit test - End

SGX Legacy armel only upto v3.2.x
NOTE: this only works on BeagleBoard hardware, BeagleBone stuff is in development..

Requirements: stable-kernel (the Demo Images hosted on rcn-ee.net meet this requirement) https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel

Note: Due to a bug (seems to only effect older Beagle Bx/Cx boards, use v3.0.8-x3 based kernels) https://github.com/RobertCNelson/stable-kernel/issues/8 oneiric: wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/oneiric/v3.0.8-x3/install-me.sh /bin/bash install-me.sh

SDK unPackage Script
Download the latest version of the "create_sgx_package.sh" script 2.6.37 wget https://raw.github.com/RobertCNelson/tools/master/x86/ti_omap/create_sgx_package_2.6.37.sh 2.6.38->3.2.x wget https://raw.github.com/RobertCNelson/tools/master/x86/ti_omap/create_sgx_package_3.2.x.sh

Make script executable chmod a+x ./create_sgx_package_*.sh

Run script ./create_sgx_package_*.sh

After Successfully running:

GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz                           : -> Copy to Beagle (DEMO's) Graphics_SDK_setuplinux_X_XX_XX_XX.bin SDK SDK_BIN

Beagle: GFX_*_libs.tar.gz
tar xf GFX_4_00_00_01_libs.tar.gz (extracts install-SGX.sh and run-SGX.sh) ./install-SGX.sh (copies necessary SGX libs and startup script) ./run-SGX.sh (force run the new init script, or you can just reboot...)

On successful install: Stopping PVR Starting PVR Starting SGX fixup for ES2.x (or ES3.x) (or ES5.x xM)

Reboot for good measure sudo reboot

Beagle: GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz
tar xf GFX_Linux_SDK.tar.gz cd GFX_Linux_SDK tar xf OGLES.tar.gz

Test SGX with a DEMO
cd OGLES/SDKPackage/Binaries/CommonX11/Demos/EvilSkull ./OGLESEvilSkull

Trouble Shooting
sudo rm /etc/powervr-esrev sudo depmod -a omaplfb sudo /etc/init.d/pvr restart

gst-dsp

 * Note: This section is BeagleBoard(-xM) only since the BeagleBone (Black) doesn't have a DSP.

The following Gstreamer elements will be installed:

$ gst-inspect | grep dsp dvdspu: dvdspu: Sub-picture Overlay dsp: dspdummy: DSP dummy element dsp: dspvdec: DSP video decoder dsp: dspadec: DSP audio decoder dsp: dsph263enc: DSP video encoder dsp: dspmp4venc: DSP MPEG-4 video encoder dsp: dspjpegenc: DSP video encoder dsp: dsph264enc: DSP video encoder dsp: dspvpp: DSP VPP filter dsp: dspipp: DSP IPP

Please note that h264 encoder (dsph264enc) will not work because of missing h264venc_sn.dll64P DSP part. According to this message, it is not available due to a licensing restriction.

Requirements: Kernel built with: "CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE=m", for reference, here is what rcn-ee.net's image/deb's are configured for: ubuntu@arm:~$ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep TIDSP CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE=m CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE_MEMPOOL_SIZE=0x600000 CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE_RECOVERY=y
 * 1) CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE_CACHE_LINE_CHECK is not set
 * 2) CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE_NTFY_PWRERR is not set
 * 3) CONFIG_TIDSPBRIDGE_BACKTRACE is not set

On the xM: if 3.2.x is too jerky, try 3.4.x and use the create_dsp_package.sh script, as the module changed..

Download the latest version of the "create_dsp_package.sh" script wget https://raw.github.com/RobertCNelson/tools/master/x86/ti_omap/create_dsp_package.sh

Make script executable chmod a+x ./create_dsp_package.sh

Package script: ./create_dsp_package.sh

Copy DSP_Install_libs.tar.gz to Beagle

Setup network...

Extract: ubuntu@arm:~$ tar xf DSP_Install_libs.tar.gz

Install: ubuntu@arm:~$ ./install-DSP.sh

What got installed: ubuntu@arm:~$ ls -lh /lib/dsp/ total 7.1M -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.3M Dec 3 10:56 baseimage.dof -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51K Dec  3 10:56 conversions.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13K Dec  3 10:56 dctn_dyn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.5M Dec 3 10:56 h264vdec_sn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 481K Dec 3 10:56 jpegdec_sn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 229K Dec 3 10:56 jpegenc_sn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 767K Dec 3 10:56 m4venc_sn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 890K Dec 3 10:56 mp4vdec_sn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 707K Dec 3 10:56 mpeg4aacdec_sn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15K Dec  3 10:56 qosdyn_3430.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14K Dec  3 10:56 ringio.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9.1K Dec 3 10:56 TSPA_Object_Code_Software_License_Agreement.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53K Dec  3 10:56 usn.dll64P -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 245K Dec 3 10:56 vpp_sn.dll64P

Building gst-dsp stuff:

If you installed this image via the demo images or netinstall, the gst-dsp build script is installed:

Update arm tools directory to the latest: ubuntu@arm:~$ cd /boot/uboot/tools/ ubuntu@arm:/boot/uboot/tools$ sudo ./update.sh

Otherwise, install via git: git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/tools.git

Change to the pkgs directory ubuntu@arm:~$ cd /boot/uboot/tools/pkgs (or if just cloned) ubuntu@arm:~$ cd ~/tools/pkgs

Build gst-dsp stuff.. ./ti-tidspbridge.sh

Start dspbridge (or just reboot) sudo /etc/init.d/dsp_init start

Test dspbridge sudo dsp-test

Playbin: sudo gst-launch playbin2 uri=file://(file)

Example: (using http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ 854x480 mp4 ) Note: it seems broken in Ubuntu precise armhf...

sudo gst-launch playbin2 uri=file:///home/USER/big_buck_bunny_480p_surround-fix.avi

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