Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta + fixes) image you want to test (2014-03-19)

[Robert Nelson]

First, thanks to everyone for testing the beta image!

In this last two week window I've rolled in many of your changes. I'm
still waiting for amazon to deliver a few hardware components for
testing a couple issues discovered. I believe Jason has a few cloud9
fixes in the works still too.

So please continue to use the bug tracker:
http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/debian-image-releases

Two big changes:

I've bumped u-boot to v2014.04-rc2 and rolled in Tom's memory address
changes, this should help things down the road in "capemgr 2.0" and
random hardlocks when the zImage overwrote the dtb file in memory.

Also on the serial & ssh console, I've setup a banner link to:
http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian It's my hope
this page will help new users find common faq's/etc, hopefully further
helping the out of box experience. (PS: I'm also begging for FAQ
ideas from you guys. WiFi setup is an obvious one i need to write
down.)

So the images are linked to from here:
http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2014-03-19

and the full changelog/tweaklog:
http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2014-03-19_Changes

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
http://www.rcn-ee.com/

[Casey Atherton]

Thanks, Robert.

The MT7601 driver is now working out-of-box.

Great work!

Casey Atherton

[Jason Kridner]

On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:04:39 AM UTC-4, Casey Atherton wrote:

Thanks, Robert.

The MT7601 driver is now working out-of-box.

Great work!

Casey Atherton

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:00:52 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote:

First, thanks to everyone for testing the beta image!

In this last two week window I've rolled in many of your changes.  I'm
still waiting for amazon to deliver a few hardware components for
testing a couple issues discovered.  I believe Jason has a few cloud9
fixes in the works still too.

I'm still looking for contributions and issue reports to http://github.com/beagleboard/bone101 to get appropriate documentation in-the-box.  A live-running copy is at http://beagleboard.github.io if people want to review it there. Many broken links from there to be fixed due to a change in the root path that needs to be handled.

Also, I'm getting asked a lot about eth0. Is it supposed to be commented out of /etc/network/interfaces and configured with wicd? Will it come up automatically?

[Robert Nelson]

>>>
>>> First, thanks to everyone for testing the beta image!
>>>
>>> In this last two week window I've rolled in many of your changes. I'm
>>> still waiting for amazon to deliver a few hardware components for
>>> testing a couple issues discovered. I believe Jason has a few cloud9
>>> fixes in the works still too.
>
>
> I'm still looking for contributions and issue reports to
> http://github.com/beagleboard/bone101 to get appropriate documentation
> in-the-box. A live-running copy is at http://beagleboard.github.io if
> people want to review it there. Many broken links from there to be fixed due
> to a change in the root path that needs to be handled.
>
>
> Also, I'm getting asked a lot about eth0. Is it supposed to be commented out
> of /etc/network/interfaces and configured with wicd? Will it come up
> automatically?

Correct, it's disabled in [/etc/network/interfaces] so wicd will
configure it automatically (with any sane router/dhcp server) on
bootup (wicd seems to take a good 5-15 seconds to get a valid ip
address over dhcp, conman is slightly faster).

You can see the ethernet driver taking it's sweet time over dmesg:

[ 29.139188] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0)
[ 29.142439] net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x7c0f1
[ 29.142650] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found
[ 29.147705] net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:01 not found on slave 1
[ 29.164068] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 32.222827] libphy: 4a101000.mdio:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 32.222962] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 34.697540] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0)
[ 34.699719] net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x7c0f1
[ 34.699817] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found
[ 34.705082] net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:01 not found on slave 1
[ 34.715656] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 35.108521] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0)
[ 35.110713] net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x7c0f1
[ 35.110812] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found
[ 35.116039] net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:01 not found on slave 1
[ 35.126630] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 37.102955] libphy: 4a101000.mdio:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 37.103082] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

However, if we enable it in [/etc/network/interfaces], the serial
login prompt will not show up till after eth0 gets a valid ip or the 2
minute dhcp time out. So boot times fall from the 12-15 seconds to
30ish.

[sels...@gmail.com]

Something is wrong there, it appears that something is bringing the
link up/down three times.
I think three seconds to get link is a bit long, but I see the same. It's
doing it three times that's costing all the extra time.

Any possibility of dodgy cable or hardware somewhere ?

Regardless, DHCP shouldn't block serial console, it should immediately
daemonize and let startup move on. If it doesn't then that's a bug.

FWIW I see a single cycle of what's in your dmesg like this:

[ 5.480948] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0)
[ 5.557625] net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x7c0f1
[ 5.557707] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found
[ 5.557716] net eth0: phy 4a101000.mdio:01 not found on slave 1
[ 5.564342] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 8.637383] libphy: 4a101000.mdio:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
[ 8.637428] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

In context it looks like

13:47:40.543 kernel: [ 4.948036] NET: Registered protocol family 10
13:47:40.543 kernel: [ 5.024912] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
13:47:40+00: dhcpcd[131]: version 6.1.0 starting
13:47:40.557 kernel: [ 5.480948] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.12 (0)
13:47:40+00: dhcpcd[131]: forked to background, child pid 135
13:47:40.638 kernel: [ 5.557625] net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x7c0f1
13:47:40.638 kernel: [ 5.564342] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
13:47:40+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: waiting for carrier
13:47:40+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: carrier acquired
13:47:40+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: carrier lost
13:47:40+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: waiting for carrier
13:47:40+00: ntpd[143]: ntpd 4.2...@1.2349-o Fri Jan 3 16:05:29 UTC 2014 (1)
13:47:40+00: ntpd[156]: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
13:47:40+00: ntpd[156]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
13:47:40+00: ntpd[156]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
13:47:40+00: ntpd[156]: peers refreshed
13:47:40+00: ntpd[156]: Listening on routing socket on fd #20 for interface updates
13:47:41+00: sshd[157]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
13:47:41+00: sshd[157]: Server listening on :: port 22.
13:47:43+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: carrier acquired
13:47:43.717 kernel: [ 8.637383] libphy: 4a101000.mdio:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full
13:47:43.717 kernel: [ 8.637428] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
13:47:43+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: rebinding lease of 172.20.0.21
13:47:43+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: leased 172.20.0.21 for 86400 seconds
13:47:43+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: adding host route to 172.20.0.21 via 127.0.0.1
13:47:43+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: adding route to 172.20.0.0/16
13:47:43+00: dhcpcd[135]: eth0: adding default route via 172.20.255.1
13:47:44+00: ntpd[156]: Listen normally on 4 eth0 172.20.0.21 UDP 123
13:47:44+00: ntpd[156]: peers refreshed

and dhcp gets a lease pretty much immediately the link comes up

So if it's not a cable or hardware problem causing your link to flap three times then
it's a software problem, but that could be in the distro network scripts, wicd or
the kernel. Kernel driver seems stable for a while now, so I'd think one of the other
two is more likely.

[dumb looks free]

Debian X11/LDE display problem ?

hello,

I was having trouble to debug a problem related with the bootup process and the LDE GUI display.  I am just a beginner so I'm not really sure what or why, but in the end it worked for me.

Configuration / Notes:
•    BBB: Rev A5C
•    Power source: Using barrel connector +/- USB connector
•    Monitor: Samsung S22B300 Sync-master
•    Debian Build: root@beaglebone:# uname -a
=> Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone41 #1 SMP Tue Mar 4 22:51:47 UTC 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux
•    uEnv: cat /proc/cmdline
=> console=ttyO0,115200n8 video=HDMI-A-1:1024x768 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc quiet init=/lib/systemd/systemd
•    Good HDMI cable, validated with stock Angstrom & Ubuntu image; GUI works fine with these images
•    Debian configuration tested on separate TV monitor works fine – boots to GUI
•    VNC to Debian display GUI – no problem

Observation / Issue
•    Boot process looks normal, Linux Penguin displays; proceeds to display 
•    “The IP Address for eth0 ….” displays login prompt; auto login continues, screen goes blank and then after about 5 seconds the screen goes into power save mode.
•    Selecting tty2, the screen exists from power save mode and shows login prompt
•    Returning to tty7 the screen is blank and then returns to power save mode
•    echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank has no impact (as root)
•    Pulled the EDID info following http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_HDMI and tried different resolutions with no change in the observations noted above.

Finally, after many tests, google-ing, re-flashing, trying to understand the systemd/init.d/start process (still confused about how the boot process works) , I found some hints here;

http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=5780

In the end, I (waning => I am a beginner so use this at your own risk)

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
sudo reboot

and I have the LDE desktop !!!

I’m noticing some errors in /var/logs/Xorg.0.log  related to

FBDEV(0): FBIOPUTCMAP: Invalid argument

,....but I’ll leave that for another day.

cheers

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[Chrs2021]

Since I saw GPU support on the newer 3.8/3.12 kernels will there be a version that has PVR support?

Thanks
~Chris

[eb]

I am experiencing a similar issue with my BBB.  I am a beginner and have not quite done debian yet on mine.  Just wondering, because I still am running Angstrom, might you have a command similar to yours below for Angstrom?

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
sudo reboot

When I run it:

root@beaglebone:~# sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

-sh: sudo: command not found

root@beaglebone:~# sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev

-sh: sudo: command not found

root@beaglebone:~# sudo reboot

-sh: sudo: command not found

root@beaglebone:~#

Many thanks! I had a GUI with cursor the very first time I powered my BBB on, failed to shut it down improperly after, and have not seen it since. I've even successfully re-flashed mine with a SD card twice.  I can provide any logs and feed back to whomever needs it to help solve this particular speed bump in my development learning process.  Again, Thanks! 

[Robert Nelson]

On May 17, 2014 6:43 PM, "eb" <b3hr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am experiencing a similar issue with my BBB.  I am a beginner and have not quite done debian yet on mine.  Just wondering, because I still am running Angstrom, might you have a command similar to yours below for Angstrom?
>
> sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
> sudo reboot
>
> When I run it:
>
> root@beaglebone:~# sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
> -sh: sudo: command not found
> root@beaglebone:~# sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
> -sh: sudo: command not found
> root@beaglebone:~# sudo reboot
> -sh: sudo: command not found
> root@beaglebone:~#

Based on that, you are still running the old Angstrom default. Not the new Debian image.