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:

##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:
#cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

Change to:

##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:
cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

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
#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main

To:

#deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
#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/<file0>.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr1=/lib/firmware/<file1>.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr2=/lib/firmware/<file2>.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr3=/lib/firmware/<file3>.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/<file4>.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/<file5>.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/<file6>.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/<file7>.dtbo

Plus one custom cape:

dtb_overlay=/lib/firmware/<file8>.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 v4.9.x-ti PRU via remoteproc can be enabled by:

uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-9-TI-00A0.dtbo

With v4.14.x-ti PRU via remoteproc can be enabled by:

uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-14-TI-00A0.dtbo

With (all (minus bugs)): PRU via uio:

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..

#I will be on my own with Kernel Overlays:
#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

To turn “microSD/Standalone” images into eMMC flasher images, edit the /boot/uEnv.txt file on the Linux partition on the microSD card and uncomment the line with cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh. Enabling this will cause booting the microSD card to flash the eMMC. “Flasher” images already enable this line. See Flashing eMMC

Debian 8 (Jessie) - Monthly

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit

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

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

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

Jessie Snapshot lxqt

2019-04-01 notes

* U-Boot: v2018.09
* default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/lxqt-4gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
cdefa76bea662ffd1c240b27439e7447d801199263aa3142342ac8cea5d25c7d  BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
966911c7155a1818ff73f9a5b4f8a30ad805d93a39292328c528335c18c13b72  bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/lxqt-4gb/am57xx-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum am57xx-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
5ac1c4cfcb9bdabb55c4d3a3ea86308f3753f685da3574445ef1c7ac79d12754  am57xx-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat am57xx-debian-8.11-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/lxqt-2gb/bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb*
013e4873707affbe33079011793340cac94bca5166dc5f13042281f1fda70669  bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/lxqt-2gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb*
d8c23aa66b6176d98a72aba3501356669e183a505384cb55059269bd125535ed  BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.11-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2019-04-01-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.19.31-armv7-x30

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/lxqt-xm-4gb/bbxm-debian-8.11-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.11-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
c4a84d731b83d0dde8fc81da1d18fd77faf0d2306fce4bbb74568a288b41a5c5  bbxm-debian-8.11-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbxm-debian-8.11-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot iot

Flasher: (iot) (All BeagleBone Variants)

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/iot/BBB-blank-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
7a511c66ae9767b9443ffee56667b039bea00fcf37c18901b563b0cedf026bc7  BBB-blank-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/iot/bone-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
0015c6527f548228f6db7823435393ebd091b073dfb0ae309ed95d50d5071b5f  bone-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/iot/am57xx-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum am57xx-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb*
fa685db6045d822f22ada11eb3054721a35d972b6e04827facaf35859e97a41c  am57xx-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat am57xx-debian-8.11-iot-armhf-2019-04-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot console

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/console/bone-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb*
5e296ccc9f5b22466f4edda64e5713e7682a584b921411bc45c125a56698196c  bone-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.4.155-ti-r153

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-04-01/console/am57xx-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum am57xx-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb*
d1e19558266456242d53e019b83aac114907903b206d08e5ff9a57dbd44b0eb1  am57xx-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat am57xx-debian-8.11-console-armhf-2019-04-01-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Debian 9 (Stretch) - Weekly

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch

2019-03-31 notes

* U-Boot: v2018.09
* default username:password is [debian:temppwd]

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Stretch with 4.19.x rt kernel with U-Boot Overlays

• Kernel: 4.19.31-bone-rt-r30

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-machinekit/bone-debian-9.8-machinekit-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-9.8-machinekit-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
93e54c6905bce691a5339206ffb853a973756f4a51b370af3fd70e18f1909e26  bone-debian-9.8-machinekit-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-9.8-machinekit-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Stretch Snapshot lxqt

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-lxqt/BBB-blank-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
19da5822f0a2535cd2a638dae0e8d8417b3ffb4d60e940ddc1ba688d74b20fed  BBB-blank-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-lxqt/bone-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
e7d99478d0b061a1d45bee058f3f4bd3448045bd8c01591d1e19067ffb9ade28  bone-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-lxqt/am57xx-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum am57xx-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
35e98c15ecb1088f9b4c74820cdaf4e9ed51805ac07d4a14e5b77a33eba8a3b9  am57xx-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat am57xx-debian-9.8-lxqt-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.19.31-armv7-x30

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-lxqt-xm/bbxm-debian-9.8-lxqt-xm-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbxm-debian-9.8-lxqt-xm-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
8cb9fec1ad025a7b256a6c438d21f9537d751a210d63632171b68f0f03b06d17  bbxm-debian-9.8-lxqt-xm-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbxm-debian-9.8-lxqt-xm-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Stretch Snapshot iot

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-iot/BBB-blank-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
07c13fb3e7c85595f68b73e76a6c80e16adc4f69e94bde467bc15765cc3cfe9f  BBB-blank-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-iot/bone-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
86f8bae9d13db6cf89e1cb0cc13527f1090434f5abc3e9510809af1b286aa61b  bone-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-iot/am57xx-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum am57xx-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb*
f4bb5de8fadacf77d22900c7c8de75272c65ab01032aab1ecda33f7dd69486fd  am57xx-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat am57xx-debian-9.8-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Stretch Snapshot console

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-console/bone-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb*
8fb75e902f39acdb595f025ccff192ba06cd7284929f68cd44f651f632fff543  bone-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

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

• Kernel: 4.14.108-ti-r102

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/stretch-console/am57xx-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum am57xx-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb*
45d8e8db495d692ba25452879083ab210a80609c81fd01358f3fb3f2421911ca  am57xx-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat am57xx-debian-9.8-console-armhf-2019-03-31-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

ROS (ROS Melodic Morenia) - Weekly

http://wiki.ros.org/melodic/Installation

2019-03-31 notes

* U-Boot: v2018.09
* default username:password is [beagle:temppwd]

ROS Melodic Morenia

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

• Kernel: 4.19.25-ti-rt-r16

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2019-03-31/bionic-ros-iot/bone-ubuntu-18.04.2-ros-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-6gb.img.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-ubuntu-18.04.2-ros-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-6gb*
91acf94c248a703b5c850c85b3ab0d378e54e83ac1abee820aa03a0200453a57  bone-ubuntu-18.04.2-ros-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-6gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-ubuntu-18.04.2-ros-iot-armhf-2019-03-31-6gb.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 <branch>
sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
sudo reboot

Latest kernel script

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>

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
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-channel --stable

3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --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
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --ti-channel --lts-4_4

4.4.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --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
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --ti-channel --lts-4_9

4.9.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --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
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --ti-channel --lts-4_14

4.14.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_14

4.19.x-ti

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.19

4.19.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --ti-channel --lts-4_19

4.19.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_19

Mainline (4.4.x lts)

4.4.x All BeagleBone Variants
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-kernel --lts-4_4

4.4.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.9.x lts)

4.9.x All BeagleBone Variants
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-kernel --lts-4_9

4.9.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_9

Mainline (4.14.x lts)

4.14.x All BeagleBone Variants
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-kernel --lts-4_14

4.14.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_14

Mainline (4.19.x lts)

4.19.x All BeagleBone Variants
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-kernel --lts-4_19

4.19.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/update_kernel.sh --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_19

Debian 8: jessie

sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp