Running Ubuntu and then Flash Player on Beagle Board
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Skryne
Nov 5, 2010, 8:43:01 AM11/5/10
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Hello,
I have a Beagle Board C4 with that's currently running Angstrom from
what seems to be a bootable SD card.
I'm currently developing a Adobe Flash based interface that will
eventually run off the Beagle Board.
The problem is that i can't seem to find an Adobe Flash player that
will run on Angstrom so failing that I would like to install Ubuntu as
the OS and then the Adobe Flash player on the new OS.
As I understand installing Ubuntu on the Beagle Board is not a
straight forward process I was wondering if there is a tried and
tested step by step guide to do this somewhere.
Any help or advice would be great.
Thanks,
Steve :)
I have a Beagle Board C4 with that's currently running Angstrom from
what seems to be a bootable SD card.
I'm currently developing a Adobe Flash based interface that will
eventually run off the Beagle Board.
The problem is that i can't seem to find an Adobe Flash player that
will run on Angstrom so failing that I would like to install Ubuntu as
the OS and then the Adobe Flash player on the new OS.
As I understand installing Ubuntu on the Beagle Board is not a
straight forward process I was wondering if there is a tried and
tested step by step guide to do this somewhere.
Any help or advice would be great.
Thanks,
Steve :)
Robert Nelson
Nov 5, 2010, 9:10:39 AM11/5/10
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Skryne <oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Beagle Board C4 with that's currently running Angstrom from
> what seems to be a bootable SD card.
> I'm currently developing a Adobe Flash based interface that will
> eventually run off the Beagle Board.
> The problem is that i can't seem to find an Adobe Flash player that
> will run on Angstrom so failing that I would like to install Ubuntu as
> the OS and then the Adobe Flash player on the new OS.
> Hello,
>
> I have a Beagle Board C4 with that's currently running Angstrom from
> what seems to be a bootable SD card.
> I'm currently developing a Adobe Flash based interface that will
> eventually run off the Beagle Board.
> The problem is that i can't seem to find an Adobe Flash player that
> will run on Angstrom so failing that I would like to install Ubuntu as
> the OS and then the Adobe Flash player on the new OS.
Did you try this on angstrom?
http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/adobeflash-a8.html
> As I understand installing Ubuntu on the Beagle Board is not a
> straight forward process I was wondering if there is a tried and
> tested step by step guide to do this somewhere.
Can you provide some details why you think it's not a straight forward
process? It might help out future users..
Run the script from here on your sd card and then boot:
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
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Skryne
Nov 5, 2010, 9:40:41 AM11/5/10
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Hi,
I've been trying to register with the Texas Instruments site but there
is a problem at the moment.
I'm hoping that this player will suffice however the project I'm
developing needs a standalone player as opposed
to running within a browser.
Also I should explain that this is the very first time I have dabbled
in Linux and I'm new to
developing in general, so in a sense the learning curve is pretty
steep and daunting from my perspective.
However once I'm up and running I'll do a up step by step guide for
the guy that knows nothing (like me).
Thanks for the link I will attempt to install Ubuntu over the next few
days.
Best regards,
Steve
On Nov 5, 1:10 pm, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
I've been trying to register with the Texas Instruments site but there
is a problem at the moment.
I'm hoping that this player will suffice however the project I'm
developing needs a standalone player as opposed
to running within a browser.
Also I should explain that this is the very first time I have dabbled
in Linux and I'm new to
developing in general, so in a sense the learning curve is pretty
steep and daunting from my perspective.
However once I'm up and running I'll do a up step by step guide for
the guy that knows nothing (like me).
Thanks for the link I will attempt to install Ubuntu over the next few
days.
Best regards,
Steve
On Nov 5, 1:10 pm, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Skryne <oneillstep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a Beagle Board C4 with that's currently running Angstrom from
> > what seems to be a bootable SD card.
> > I'm currently developing a Adobe Flash based interface that will
> > eventually run off the Beagle Board.
> > The problem is that i can't seem to find an Adobe Flash player that
> > will run on Angstrom so failing that I would like to install Ubuntu as
> > the OS and then the Adobe Flash player on the new OS.
>
> Did you try this on angstrom?http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/adobeflash-a8.html
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a Beagle Board C4 with that's currently running Angstrom from
> > what seems to be a bootable SD card.
> > I'm currently developing a Adobe Flash based interface that will
> > eventually run off the Beagle Board.
> > The problem is that i can't seem to find an Adobe Flash player that
> > will run on Angstrom so failing that I would like to install Ubuntu as
> > the OS and then the Adobe Flash player on the new OS.
>
Maxim Podbereznyy
Nov 5, 2010, 11:54:52 AM11/5/10
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What is the problem with the default Angstrom installation? It contains flash player in both Midori and Firefox. The player is deathly slow but it exists anyway
2010/11/5 Skryne <oneill...@gmail.com>
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Skryne
Nov 9, 2010, 5:52:32 AM11/9/10
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Hi,
I think I'm really doing something wrong but I have no idea where.
I am not very technical so it is very easy for me to get stuck and
that's
exactly what has happened.
I'll go through the step by step process and if some body could point
out where
I am going wrong it would really help.
1. Linked to site containing instructions for installation of Ubuntu
on Beagleboard.
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
2. In the "Get prebuilt image:" section I downloaded the first link.
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
3. I then got hold of an app called md5sums.exe and installed it on my
PC.
4. I dragged the downloaded file on the md5sums.exe icon and it went
through it's process.
No errors were detected.
5. Using 7-Zip I extracted the file. This created a file called the
following...
ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar
6. I then extracted the "ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar" file again
creating the following folder...
ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel
7. Inside that folder there is another folder called "ubuntu-10.10-r1-
minimal-armel"
8. Inside that folder there is the following files.
armel-rootfs-201010192207.tar
initrd.img-2.6.35.7-l6
setup_sdcard.sh
vmlinuz-2.6.35.7-l6
9. This is where my ignorance really comes into its own.
Because in the "Unpack Image:" section in the instructions it
refers to the following...
7za x ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
tar xf ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar
cd ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel
None of which I can see.
10. The final step in the instructions refer to "Install Image:" and a
quick install script "Quick Install script for Beagle Bx, C2/C3/C4, xM
A2/A3"
With a reference to the following...
./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
As you can see I really have no clue where I am going wrong and have
spent the past few days chasing my tail. If someone could
please explain where I would be very grateful. Also please assume I
know nothing because I really do know nothing.
Thanks,
Steve :)
On Nov 5, 3:54 pm, Maxim Podbereznyy <lisar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the problem with the default Angstrom installation? It contains
> flash player in both Midori and Firefox. The player is deathly slow but it
> exists anyway
>
> 2010/11/5 Skryne <oneillstep...@gmail.com>
> > beagleboard...@googlegroups.com<beagleboard%2Bunsubscribe@googlegr oups.com>
> > .
I think I'm really doing something wrong but I have no idea where.
I am not very technical so it is very easy for me to get stuck and
that's
exactly what has happened.
I'll go through the step by step process and if some body could point
out where
I am going wrong it would really help.
1. Linked to site containing instructions for installation of Ubuntu
on Beagleboard.
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
2. In the "Get prebuilt image:" section I downloaded the first link.
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
3. I then got hold of an app called md5sums.exe and installed it on my
PC.
4. I dragged the downloaded file on the md5sums.exe icon and it went
through it's process.
No errors were detected.
5. Using 7-Zip I extracted the file. This created a file called the
following...
ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar
6. I then extracted the "ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar" file again
creating the following folder...
ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel
7. Inside that folder there is another folder called "ubuntu-10.10-r1-
minimal-armel"
8. Inside that folder there is the following files.
armel-rootfs-201010192207.tar
initrd.img-2.6.35.7-l6
setup_sdcard.sh
vmlinuz-2.6.35.7-l6
9. This is where my ignorance really comes into its own.
Because in the "Unpack Image:" section in the instructions it
refers to the following...
7za x ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar.7z
tar xf ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.tar
cd ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel
None of which I can see.
10. The final step in the instructions refer to "Install Image:" and a
quick install script "Quick Install script for Beagle Bx, C2/C3/C4, xM
A2/A3"
With a reference to the following...
./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
As you can see I really have no clue where I am going wrong and have
spent the past few days chasing my tail. If someone could
please explain where I would be very grateful. Also please assume I
know nothing because I really do know nothing.
Thanks,
Steve :)
On Nov 5, 3:54 pm, Maxim Podbereznyy <lisar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the problem with the default Angstrom installation? It contains
> flash player in both Midori and Firefox. The player is deathly slow but it
> exists anyway
>
> > .
Robert Nelson
Nov 9, 2010, 11:24:28 AM11/9/10
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Hi Steve,
I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like your using windows, by using
"md5sums.exe". Unfortunately i have no plans to add windows support
to the said scripts on http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
Your welcome to add windows support, but I have no plans to support
that configuration..
Skryne
Nov 9, 2010, 3:38:28 PM11/9/10
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Hi
I am now attempting the procedure using Ubuntu running on my MAC using
Parallels.
Everything seems to be going fine until it comes to the last command.
"./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle"
Once I have typed this into the Terminal window I get the following
error...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$ ./
setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/sdX], here is what I do see...
sudo sfdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 8354 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Disk /dev/sdd: 15193 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
mount:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdd2 on /media/rootfs type ext2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/BOOT type vfat
(rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At this point I have no idea where I am going wrong.
I am using a 16GB SD card with dual partition.
BOOT - MS DOS FAT
rootfs - ext2
I formatted this on my MAC as I could not on Ubuntu and have allocated
more than enough space on each.
Could you please advice where I am going wrong and how I can correct
it?
Best regards,
Steve
On Nov 9, 4:24 pm, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> to the said scripts onhttp://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
I am now attempting the procedure using Ubuntu running on my MAC using
Parallels.
Everything seems to be going fine until it comes to the last command.
"./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle"
error...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$ ./
setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/sdX], here is what I do see...
sudo sfdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 8354 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Disk /dev/sdd: 15193 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
mount:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdd2 on /media/rootfs type ext2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/BOOT type vfat
(rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At this point I have no idea where I am going wrong.
I am using a 16GB SD card with dual partition.
BOOT - MS DOS FAT
rootfs - ext2
I formatted this on my MAC as I could not on Ubuntu and have allocated
more than enough space on each.
Could you please advice where I am going wrong and how I can correct
it?
Best regards,
Steve
On Nov 9, 4:24 pm, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Skryne <oneillstep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I think I'm really doing something wrong but I have no idea where.
> > I am not very technical so it is very easy for me to get stuck and
> > that's
> > exactly what has happened.
>
> > I'll go through the step by step process and if some body could point
> > out where
> > I am going wrong it would really help.
>
> > 1. Linked to site containing instructions for installation of Ubuntu
> > on Beagleboard.
> > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
>
> > 2. In the "Get prebuilt image:" section I downloaded the first link.
> > wgethttp://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.t...
> > Hi,
>
> > I think I'm really doing something wrong but I have no idea where.
> > I am not very technical so it is very easy for me to get stuck and
> > that's
> > exactly what has happened.
>
> > I'll go through the step by step process and if some body could point
> > out where
> > I am going wrong it would really help.
>
> > 1. Linked to site containing instructions for installation of Ubuntu
> > on Beagleboard.
> > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
>
> > 2. In the "Get prebuilt image:" section I downloaded the first link.
Skryne
Nov 9, 2010, 11:28:59 AM11/9/10
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Sorry I should have said that I was working on Windows.
Will running the scripts run properly if I install Ubuntu on my PC?
Thanks
Steve
On Nov 9, 4:24 pm, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> to the said scripts onhttp://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
Will running the scripts run properly if I install Ubuntu on my PC?
Thanks
Steve
On Nov 9, 4:24 pm, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Skryne <oneillstep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I think I'm really doing something wrong but I have no idea where.
> > I am not very technical so it is very easy for me to get stuck and
> > that's
> > exactly what has happened.
>
> > I'll go through the step by step process and if some body could point
> > out where
> > I am going wrong it would really help.
>
> > 1. Linked to site containing instructions for installation of Ubuntu
> > on Beagleboard.
> > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
>
> > 2. In the "Get prebuilt image:" section I downloaded the first link.
> > wgethttp://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/maverick/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel.t...
> > Hi,
>
> > I think I'm really doing something wrong but I have no idea where.
> > I am not very technical so it is very easy for me to get stuck and
> > that's
> > exactly what has happened.
>
> > I'll go through the step by step process and if some body could point
> > out where
> > I am going wrong it would really help.
>
> > 1. Linked to site containing instructions for installation of Ubuntu
> > on Beagleboard.
> > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
>
> > 2. In the "Get prebuilt image:" section I downloaded the first link.
Robert Nelson
Nov 10, 2010, 10:12:28 AM11/10/10
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On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Skryne <oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am now attempting the procedure using Ubuntu running on my MAC using
> Parallels.
> Everything seems to be going fine until it comes to the last command.
>
> "./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle"
>
> Once I have typed this into the Terminal window I get the following
> error...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$ ./
> setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
> Hi
>
> I am now attempting the procedure using Ubuntu running on my MAC using
> Parallels.
> Everything seems to be going fine until it comes to the last command.
>
> "./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle"
>
> Once I have typed this into the Terminal window I get the following
> error...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$ ./
> setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
Please read what the script is telling you.. "/dev/sdX" is just an
example where "X" is unknown since it depends on each and every
machine..
> Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/sdX], here is what I do see...
>
> sudo sfdisk -l:
> Disk /dev/sda: 8354 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> Disk /dev/sdd: 15193 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
>
> mount:
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
> /dev/sdd2 on /media/rootfs type ext2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
> /dev/sdd1 on /media/BOOT type vfat
> (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
Based on that output, i'd use this for your machine:
"./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdd --uboot beagle"
Since "/dev/sda" is your ubuntu x86 root drive and "/dev/sdd" is your
usb/mmc adapter..
Sid Boyce
Nov 10, 2010, 10:34:39 AM11/10/10
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If you really want to reformat it, you may possibly have to do the
following before setup_sdrcard.sh is run, unless you get a message
asking for confirmation that you really want to do that.
# umount /media/BOOT /media/rootfs
Regards
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Robert Nelson
Nov 10, 2010, 10:48:24 AM11/10/10
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> If you really want to reformat it, you may possibly have to do the following
> before setup_sdrcard.sh is run, unless you get a message asking for
> confirmation that you really want to do that.
> # umount /media/BOOT /media/rootfs
> Regards
> Sid.
> before setup_sdrcard.sh is run, unless you get a message asking for
> confirmation that you really want to do that.
> # umount /media/BOOT /media/rootfs
> Regards
> Sid.
That script actually doesn't really care how you've previously
formated the sd card, as it unmounts every partition mounted with that
device id "/dev/sdXY" and then blows away the partition table, before
creating a new table and partitions..
Andrew Burgess
Nov 10, 2010, 10:08:40 AM11/10/10
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On 11/09/2010 12:38:28 PM, Skryne wrote:
> "./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle"
> skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Downloads/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$ ./
> setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --uboot beagle
>
> Are you sure? I Don't see [/dev/sdX], here is what I do see...
>
> sudo sfdisk -l:
> Disk /dev/sda: 8354 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> Disk /dev/sdd: 15193 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
the X in sdX is a variable
in your case it looks like X=d
i'm just a linux guy and haven't received my BB so i could be wrong
Roman Bacik
Nov 10, 2010, 10:41:33 AM11/10/10
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use sdd instead of sdX, see the output of fsdisk -l in your email, where sda is your hard disk.
roman
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brett mm
Nov 10, 2010, 4:02:59 PM11/10/10
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>
> 4. I dragged the downloaded file on the md5sums.exe icon and it went
> through it's process.
> No errors were detected.
>
Just checking becuase it is unlear from your email. When you compute> 4. I dragged the downloaded file on the md5sums.exe icon and it went
> through it's process.
> No errors were detected.
>
the md5sum of your downloaded file it should match
fdab34dcab87721beb0ee830721098de from the website. It will not say
"error detected" or similar, even if it is wrong...
Stephen O'Neill
Nov 11, 2010, 1:05:42 PM11/11/10
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OK, thanks for all the good advice, as a result I have made some progress, however there is good news and bad news.
The Good News is that following all the advice I have now managed to install the demo image onto my SD card...
As far as I can tell everything installed correctly, no errors were thrown up in the terminal window.
It only seems to want the card with Angstrom as suppled by Liquidware.
The device appears dead with the new card, not even the keyboard / mouse will run.
I think it would be safe to say that I have no idea as to how to proceed, I'm stumped.
I think I'm missing something fundamental here but for the life of me I don't know what.
Any thoughts?
Steve :)
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Nov 11, 2010, 6:02:00 PM11/11/10
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Stephen O'Neill
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, thanks for all the good advice, as a result I have made some progress,
> however there is good news and bad news.
> The Good News is that following all the advice I have now managed to install
> the demo image onto my SD card...
> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
> As far as I can tell everything installed correctly, no errors were thrown
> up in the terminal window.
> The Bad News is that my Beagleboard will not boot up at all with the new OS.
> It only seems to want the card with Angstrom as suppled by Liquidware.
> The device appears dead with the new card, not even the keyboard / mouse
> will run.
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, thanks for all the good advice, as a result I have made some progress,
> however there is good news and bad news.
> The Good News is that following all the advice I have now managed to install
> the demo image onto my SD card...
> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image
> As far as I can tell everything installed correctly, no errors were thrown
> up in the terminal window.
> The Bad News is that my Beagleboard will not boot up at all with the new OS.
> It only seems to want the card with Angstrom as suppled by Liquidware.
> The device appears dead with the new card, not even the keyboard / mouse
> will run.
That seems abnormal..
What was your "./setup_sdcard.sh ... " command? did it complete all the way?
Do you have a serial connection, what was outputed?
Stephen O'Neill
Nov 12, 2010, 10:52:09 AM11/12/10
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Hi,
Apologies in advance for this very long e-mail.
As far as I can tell the set-up on the SD card completed all the way.
I have Ubuntu running within my MAC using Parallels so I had to use a USB SD card reader as the card would not mount on the internal SD drive.
The Beagleboard I'm running s the following...
http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/BB-ULT/Ultimate+Beagle+Gadget+Pack
This boots up fine with the supplied SD card into the Angstrom OS. I have not attempted to connect the Beagleboard to any PC.
I turned the Beagleboard off, removed the Angstrom SD card form the SD card slot attached to the board , inserted the new Ubuntu SD card, powered up the Beagleboard and then nothing.
I then tried keeping the Angstrom SD card in it's slot and booting with the Ubuntu SD card in the external SD hub. The Angstrom OS still booted up but the following error appeared on screen...
Mount Error
Cant Mount Device
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFileSystemType
Unknown File System 'ext4'
On a side note I have not been able to get the Beagleboard to display on my large LCD monitor, it seems when the device is booting there is a signal but when the system loads there is none, I don't know if all these issues are related. I have been working off the small BeagleTouch screen.
The following is the output from the Terminal Window in Ubuntu when formatting the SD card.
A few warnings were thrown up, namely
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
As advised I used the following ./setup...
./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdd --uboot beagle
Then I saw the following...
I see...
sudo sfdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 8354 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Disk /dev/sdd: 482 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
mount:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdd2 on /media/rootfs type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/boot type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
Are you 100% sure, on selecting [/dev/sdd] (y/n)? y
Downloading X-loader and Uboot
2010-11-11 16:11:23 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/latest/bootloader [769/769] -> "/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/bootloader" [1]
2010-11-11 16:11:24 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/MLO/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r16+gitr1c9276af4d6a5b7014a7630a1abeddf3b3177563-r16 [24296/24296] -> "/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r16+gitr1c9276af4d6a5b7014a7630a1abeddf3b3177563-r16" [1]
2010-11-11 16:11:27 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/UBOOT/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r65+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r65.bin [209712/209712] -> "/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r65+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r65.bin" [1]
Unmountting Partitions
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): First cylinder (1-482, default 1): Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-482, default 482):
Command (m for help): Partition number (1-4):
Command (m for help): Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): Changed system type of partition 1 to e (W95 FAT16 (LBA))
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/sdd: 3965 MB, 3965190144 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000f106
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 9 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.
Formatting Boot Partition
`/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r16+gitr1c9276af4d6a5b7014a7630a1abeddf3b3177563-r16' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/MLO'
`/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r65+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r65.bin' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/u-boot.bin'
done
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): First cylinder (10-482, default 10): Using default value 10
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (10-482, default 482): Using default value 482
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/sdd: 3965 MB, 3965190144 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000f106
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 9 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/sdd2 10 482 3799372+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Formating ext4 Partition
Populating Boot Partition
uImage
Image Name: 2.6.35.7-l6
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:09 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 4430864 Bytes = 4327.02 kB = 4.23 MB
Load Address: 0x80008000
Entry Point: 0x80008000
uInitrd
Image Name: initramfs
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:11 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 3942494 Bytes = 3850.09 kB = 3.76 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
Image Name: Boot Script
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:12 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux Script (uncompressed)
Data Size: 501 Bytes = 0.49 kB = 0.00 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
Contents:
Image 0: 493 Bytes = 0 kB = 0 MB
Image Name: Reset Nand
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:13 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux Script (uncompressed)
Data Size: 559 Bytes = 0.55 kB = 0.00 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
Contents:
Image 0: 551 Bytes = 0 kB = 0 MB
`/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/boot.scr' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/boot.ini'
`/tmp/readme.txt' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/readme.txt'
`/tmp/rebuild_uinitrd.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/rebuild_uinitrd.sh'
`/tmp/boot_scripts.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/boot_scripts.sh'
`/tmp/fix_zippy2.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/fix_zippy2.sh'
`/tmp/latest_kernel.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/latest_kernel.sh'
`/tmp/minimal_xfce.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/minimal_xfce.sh'
`/tmp/get_chrome.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/get_chrome.sh'
`/tmp/gst-dsp.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/dsp/gst-dsp.sh'
`/tmp/gst-omapfb.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/dsp/gst-omapfb.sh'
Populating rootfs Partition
Be patient, this may take a few minutes
355MB 0:01:45 [3.37MB/s] [=================================>] 100%
skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$
Apologies in advance for this very long e-mail.
As far as I can tell the set-up on the SD card completed all the way.
I have Ubuntu running within my MAC using Parallels so I had to use a USB SD card reader as the card would not mount on the internal SD drive.
The Beagleboard I'm running s the following...
http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/BB-ULT/Ultimate+Beagle+Gadget+Pack
This boots up fine with the supplied SD card into the Angstrom OS. I have not attempted to connect the Beagleboard to any PC.
I turned the Beagleboard off, removed the Angstrom SD card form the SD card slot attached to the board , inserted the new Ubuntu SD card, powered up the Beagleboard and then nothing.
I then tried keeping the Angstrom SD card in it's slot and booting with the Ubuntu SD card in the external SD hub. The Angstrom OS still booted up but the following error appeared on screen...
Mount Error
Cant Mount Device
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFileSystemType
Unknown File System 'ext4'
On a side note I have not been able to get the Beagleboard to display on my large LCD monitor, it seems when the device is booting there is a signal but when the system loads there is none, I don't know if all these issues are related. I have been working off the small BeagleTouch screen.
The following is the output from the Terminal Window in Ubuntu when formatting the SD card.
A few warnings were thrown up, namely
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
As advised I used the following ./setup...
./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdd --uboot beagle
I see...
sudo sfdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 8354 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
mount:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/boot type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
Are you 100% sure, on selecting [/dev/sdd] (y/n)? y
Downloading X-loader and Uboot
2010-11-11 16:11:23 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/latest/bootloader [769/769] -> "/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/bootloader" [1]
2010-11-11 16:11:24 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/MLO/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r16+gitr1c9276af4d6a5b7014a7630a1abeddf3b3177563-r16 [24296/24296] -> "/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r16+gitr1c9276af4d6a5b7014a7630a1abeddf3b3177563-r16" [1]
2010-11-11 16:11:27 URL:http://rcn-ee.net/deb/tools/UBOOT/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r65+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r65.bin [209712/209712] -> "/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r65+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r65.bin" [1]
Unmountting Partitions
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): First cylinder (1-482, default 1): Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-482, default 482):
Command (m for help): Partition number (1-4):
Command (m for help): Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): Changed system type of partition 1 to e (W95 FAT16 (LBA))
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/sdd: 3965 MB, 3965190144 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000f106
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 9 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.
Formatting Boot Partition
`/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/MLO-beagleboard-1.44+r16+gitr1c9276af4d6a5b7014a7630a1abeddf3b3177563-r16' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/MLO'
`/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/deploy/u-boot-beagleboard-2010.03+r65+gitrca6e1c136ddb720c3bb2cc043b99f7f06bc46c55-r65.bin' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/u-boot.bin'
done
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
Partition number (1-4): First cylinder (10-482, default 10): Using default value 10
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (10-482, default 482): Using default value 482
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/sdd: 3965 MB, 3965190144 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000f106
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 9 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/sdd2 10 482 3799372+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Formating ext4 Partition
Populating Boot Partition
uImage
Image Name: 2.6.35.7-l6
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:09 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 4430864 Bytes = 4327.02 kB = 4.23 MB
Load Address: 0x80008000
Entry Point: 0x80008000
uInitrd
Image Name: initramfs
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:11 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 3942494 Bytes = 3850.09 kB = 3.76 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
Image Name: Boot Script
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:12 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux Script (uncompressed)
Data Size: 501 Bytes = 0.49 kB = 0.00 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
Contents:
Image 0: 493 Bytes = 0 kB = 0 MB
Image Name: Reset Nand
Created: Thu Nov 11 16:12:13 2010
Image Type: ARM Linux Script (uncompressed)
Data Size: 559 Bytes = 0.55 kB = 0.00 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
Contents:
Image 0: 551 Bytes = 0 kB = 0 MB
`/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/boot.scr' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/boot.ini'
`/tmp/readme.txt' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/readme.txt'
`/tmp/rebuild_uinitrd.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/rebuild_uinitrd.sh'
`/tmp/boot_scripts.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/boot_scripts.sh'
`/tmp/fix_zippy2.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/fix_zippy2.sh'
`/tmp/latest_kernel.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/latest_kernel.sh'
`/tmp/minimal_xfce.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/minimal_xfce.sh'
`/tmp/get_chrome.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/get_chrome.sh'
`/tmp/gst-dsp.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/dsp/gst-dsp.sh'
`/tmp/gst-omapfb.sh' -> `/home/skryne/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel/disk/tools/dsp/gst-omapfb.sh'
Populating rootfs Partition
Be patient, this may take a few minutes
355MB 0:01:45 [3.37MB/s] [=================================>] 100%
skryne@skryne-laptop:~/Beagleboard/ubuntu-10.10-r1-minimal-armel$
--
Robert Nelson
Nov 12, 2010, 12:14:40 PM11/12/10
to beagl...@googlegroups.com
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Stephen O'Neill
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies in advance for this very long e-mail.
>
> As far as I can tell the set-up on the SD card completed all the way.
> I have Ubuntu running within my MAC using Parallels so I had to use a USB SD
> card reader as the card would not mount on the internal SD drive.
>
> The Beagleboard I'm running s the following...
> http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/BB-ULT/Ultimate+Beagle+Gadget+Pack
>
> This boots up fine with the supplied SD card into the Angstrom OS. I have
> not attempted to connect the Beagleboard to any PC.
>
> I turned the Beagleboard off, removed the Angstrom SD card form the SD card
> slot attached to the board , inserted the new Ubuntu SD card, powered up the
> Beagleboard and then nothing.
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies in advance for this very long e-mail.
>
> As far as I can tell the set-up on the SD card completed all the way.
> I have Ubuntu running within my MAC using Parallels so I had to use a USB SD
> card reader as the card would not mount on the internal SD drive.
>
> The Beagleboard I'm running s the following...
> http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/BB-ULT/Ultimate+Beagle+Gadget+Pack
>
> This boots up fine with the supplied SD card into the Angstrom OS. I have
> not attempted to connect the Beagleboard to any PC.
>
> I turned the Beagleboard off, removed the Angstrom SD card form the SD card
> slot attached to the board , inserted the new Ubuntu SD card, powered up the
> Beagleboard and then nothing.
Hi Stephen,
Can you please expand on 'nothing'? Where were you looking when you
did not see anything? The image your using will output to the onboard
serial port and dvi port.. Anything else will require additional
patches, as i do not have that lcd display in my lab..
>
> I then tried keeping the Angstrom SD card in it's slot and booting with the
> Ubuntu SD card in the external SD hub. The Angstrom OS still booted up but
> the following error appeared on screen...
>
> Mount Error
> Cant Mount Device
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.UnknownFileSystemType
> Unknown File System 'ext4'
>
> On a side note I have not been able to get the Beagleboard to display on my
> large LCD monitor, it seems when the device is booting there is a signal but
> when the system loads there is none, I don't know if all these issues are
> related. I have been working off the small BeagleTouch screen.
>
> The following is the output from the Terminal Window in Ubuntu when
> formatting the SD card.
>
> A few warnings were thrown up, namely
>
> WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
> switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
> sectors (command 'u').
>
> Command (m for help): Command action
> e extended
> p primary partition (1-4)
>
> As advised I used the following ./setup...
>
> ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdd --uboot beagle
>
> Then I saw the following...
The script looks like ran pretty normal, running thru parrelles is
definitely untested from my side..
Stephen O'Neill
Nov 12, 2010, 4:52:17 PM11/12/10
to beagl...@googlegroups.com
Hi
Sorry, by nothing I meant that the Beagleboard acted as if no SD card was inserted. Just a few green LED lights but no power to either the mouse / keyboard / Monitor/ USB hub.
However I removed the BeagleTouch and pressed the User and Reset buttons simultaneously and that did the trick.
It has now booted up as described in the tutorial.
As I type it is unpacking the files for a GUI install. My only worry at this stage is that it is taking a rather long time over 30 minutes at this stage and the monitor has turned off twice. I hit Y and return and the monitor turned on again.
Is this normal or has something gone wrong?
Thanks,
Steve
Robert Nelson
Nov 12, 2010, 5:56:17 PM11/12/10
to beagl...@googlegroups.com
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Stephen O'Neill
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> Sorry, by nothing I meant that the Beagleboard acted as if no SD card was
> inserted. Just a few green LED lights but no power to either the mouse /
> keyboard / Monitor/ USB hub.
> However I removed the BeagleTouch and pressed the User and Reset
> buttons simultaneously and that did the trick.
> It has now booted up as described in the tutorial.
> As I type it is unpacking the files for a GUI install. My only worry at this
> stage is that it is taking a rather long time over 30 minutes at this stage
> and the monitor has turned off twice. I hit Y and return and the monitor
> turned on again.
> Is this normal or has something gone wrong?
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> Sorry, by nothing I meant that the Beagleboard acted as if no SD card was
> inserted. Just a few green LED lights but no power to either the mouse /
> keyboard / Monitor/ USB hub.
> However I removed the BeagleTouch and pressed the User and Reset
> buttons simultaneously and that did the trick.
> It has now booted up as described in the tutorial.
> As I type it is unpacking the files for a GUI install. My only worry at this
> stage is that it is taking a rather long time over 30 minutes at this stage
> and the monitor has turned off twice. I hit Y and return and the monitor
> turned on again.
> Is this normal or has something gone wrong?
Yeap, power save by default is about 10 Minutes.. So with no keyboard
activity that's exactly what you would see..
I didn't notice, but do they have the source available on their site?
Maybe we can figure something out to make it work out of the box for
future users..
Skryne
Nov 12, 2010, 5:54:28 PM11/12/10
to Beagle Board
Actually I think something did go wrong with the installation. The
Beagleboard does boot up in Ubuntu but fails to
load the GUI, it freezes just after the background and lower bar
containing the time appear.
I will try again from scratch tomorrow when I'm fresh and have time on
my side.
Also it's worrying me that I need to reset the board to get Ubuntu to
boot and that it does not see the BeagleTouch.
I'm hoping it will not be necessary should Ubuntu fully load
tomorrow.
On Nov 12, 9:52 pm, "Stephen O'Neill" <oneillstep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sorry, by nothing I meant that the Beagleboard acted as if no SD card was
> inserted. Just a few green LED lights but no power to either the mouse /
> keyboard / Monitor/ USB hub.
>
> However I removed the BeagleTouch and pressed the User and Reset
> buttons simultaneously and that did the trick.
> It has now booted up as described in the tutorial.
>
> As I type it is unpacking the files for a GUI install. My only worry at this
> stage is that it is taking a rather long time over 30 minutes at this stage
> and the monitor has turned off twice. I hit Y and return and the monitor
> turned on again.
>
> Is this normal or has something gone wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> > beagleboard...@googlegroups.com<beagleboard%2Bunsubscribe@googlegr oups.com>
> > .
Beagleboard does boot up in Ubuntu but fails to
load the GUI, it freezes just after the background and lower bar
containing the time appear.
I will try again from scratch tomorrow when I'm fresh and have time on
my side.
Also it's worrying me that I need to reset the board to get Ubuntu to
boot and that it does not see the BeagleTouch.
I'm hoping it will not be necessary should Ubuntu fully load
tomorrow.
On Nov 12, 9:52 pm, "Stephen O'Neill" <oneillstep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sorry, by nothing I meant that the Beagleboard acted as if no SD card was
> inserted. Just a few green LED lights but no power to either the mouse /
> keyboard / Monitor/ USB hub.
>
> However I removed the BeagleTouch and pressed the User and Reset
> buttons simultaneously and that did the trick.
> It has now booted up as described in the tutorial.
>
> As I type it is unpacking the files for a GUI install. My only worry at this
> stage is that it is taking a rather long time over 30 minutes at this stage
> and the monitor has turned off twice. I hit Y and return and the monitor
> turned on again.
>
> Is this normal or has something gone wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> > .
Stephen O'Neill
Nov 13, 2010, 9:49:10 AM11/13/10
to Beagle Board
Everything seems to have installed. I am now left with the following on screen...
ubuntu@omap:"$
What is the next course of action?
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Stephen O'Neill
Nov 13, 2010, 2:05:28 PM11/13/10
to Beagle Board
Everything seems to be OK now, is seems that it the Beagleboard did not
like my 16GB SD card, when I repeated the process with the 4GB card it worked fine.
My only problem is that I need a fully functioning version of Ubuntu to support the Adobe Flash Player for Linux.
Unfortunately the OS I have loaded does not seem to support this.
Is there any way I can get a full desktop version of Ubuntu on to my BeagleBoard?
Robert Nelson
Nov 13, 2010, 2:39:09 PM11/13/10
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On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Stephen O'Neill
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Everything seems to be OK now, is seems that it the Beagleboard did not
> like my 16GB SD card, when I repeated the process with the 4GB card it
> worked fine.
> My only problem is that I need a fully functioning version of Ubuntu to
> support the Adobe Flash Player for Linux.
> Unfortunately the OS I have loaded does not seem to support this.
> Is there any way I can get a full desktop version of Ubuntu on to my
> BeagleBoard?
<oneill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Everything seems to be OK now, is seems that it the Beagleboard did not
> like my 16GB SD card, when I repeated the process with the 4GB card it
> worked fine.
> My only problem is that I need a fully functioning version of Ubuntu to
> support the Adobe Flash Player for Linux.
> Unfortunately the OS I have loaded does not seem to support this.
> Is there any way I can get a full desktop version of Ubuntu on to my
> BeagleBoard?
Yeah there is...
enable a network connection then:
sudo aptitude install xfce4 gdm xubuntu-gdm-theme xubuntu-artwork
xserver-xorg-video-omap3
then reboot...
The image is called minimal for a reason..
Stephen O'Neill
Nov 13, 2010, 3:56:16 PM11/13/10
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Sorry what I meant is that the look and feel of the GUI on the BeagleBoard is very different from the
Ubuntu I am used to (I only started using it recently).
All I need to do is to get the Linux Flash Player Projector working on it.
As I have on Ubuntu running on my MAC.
I have an MA project based around a children's game running on a hand held device, hence the BeagleBoard and BeagleTouch.
At the moment I feel completely out of my depth
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Stephen O'Neill
Nov 16, 2010, 8:45:36 AM11/16/10
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Hi
I finally got Ubuntu running on my BealgeBoard, eventually i did a net install from here...
I would just like to say thanks for all your patience and understanding, I'm new to Linux and
was suffering from a kind of paralysis.
Thanks again
Steve :)
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