[beagleboard] Newbie question about I/O on the beaglebone black...

2014-09-26 Thread John Tonkin
hi there your project is a little mysterious, so it is hard to be specific but here are some thoughts based on my own recent research into using beaglebones to drive LEDstrips and a custom LCD array. from https://github.com/osresearch/LEDscape the beaglebone SOC has two PRUs (programmable

Re: [beagleboard] Multi camera project BeagleBlack

2014-09-26 Thread liyaoshi
If I understand correctly It should like surround view or adas ? and as I know , AM335X don't have isp . while omap3 have it . while cvbs signal in . camera module will turn to bt656 or what ever digital signal , as usually BT656 And when you can catch BT656 digital signal . you can program it

Re: [beagleboard] Multi camera project BeagleBlack

2014-09-26 Thread liyaoshi
And omap3 have 3 hardware overlay 2014-09-26 15:11 GMT+08:00 liyaoshi liyao...@gmail.com: If I understand correctly It should like surround view or adas ? and as I know , AM335X don't have isp . while omap3 have it . while cvbs signal in . camera module will turn to bt656 or what ever

Re: [beagleboard] Re: how to change screen resolution

2014-09-26 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Edit uEnv.txt and set a custom resolution using the kernel command line: http://blog.machinekit.io/2013/07/custom-hdmi-resolution.html On 9/25/2014 5:46 PM, janszymanski12...@gmail.com wrote: I've modified the file /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart by adding @xrandr -s 640x480@75 It looks

[beagleboard] Alsa Driver from GPIO.

2014-09-26 Thread Raphael Philipe
Hi! I'm a newbie on ALSA architecture. I would like to known if it would be possible to create a sound driver for a a PCM sound beeing acquired by the GPIO of a processor, like the ARM of a Beaglebone Black. Beaglebone has more than 32 bits of gpio so I intend to acquire the audio signal through

[beagleboard] BeagleBoard bash flaw

2014-09-26 Thread Mark Young
The bash flaw is there, does anyone have information on a fix yet? http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/internet/327769-serious-bash-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack-linux-and-mac-computers Mark -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard bash flaw

2014-09-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Mark Young mymounta...@gmail.com wrote: The bash flaw is there, does anyone have information on a fix yet? http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/internet/327769-serious-bash-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack-linux-and-mac-computers It should come down the security repo:

[beagleboard] USB mass storage not detected on TV

2014-09-26 Thread aniruddha . more
I am trying to connect bbb to tv, tv does not detect it as mass storage but my computer does can anyone explain the procedure to do so ? Other usb devices like usb flash drives are detected by TV. Thanks in advance :) -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone37 kernel flash slowly fills up

2014-09-26 Thread James Glossinger
I agree that 1mb/day is a slowish leak. I'm glad it has improved. Until recently, my system only had 40mb free at all, so this would fill up in a month. I hope it is capped at 8mb as you say. But is the 8mb limit relevant if I'm deleting the logs before checking space? /var/log is empty when I

[beagleboard] MySQL and Wear Leveling on SD Cards

2014-09-26 Thread mojokorn66
I think we are having SD card failures in the field. We are waiting for them to come back for inspection. In the meantime, I'm doing some investigation... I read the SD Card Corruption on Read Only File System post and while it had a lot of good information, it did not answer a basic

Re: [beagleboard] Improper Power Down....All Revisions - Is this still an issue?

2014-09-26 Thread mojokorn66
Yes, we do have brown outs and are putting UPS on the system to avoid this, so that should take care of it for now. One other thing that we've been concerned about for a while is that immediate shutdown could cause a problem if it interrupts a MySQL operation or even a filesystem operation.

Re: [beagleboard] Improper Power Down....All Revisions - Is this still an issue?

2014-09-26 Thread Gerald Coley
I don't know of anyone I could recommend, but I would think that others in the community would have something like this. Gerald On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 5:52 PM, mojokor...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, we do have brown outs and are putting UPS on the system to avoid this, so that should take care of

Re: [beagleboard] MySQL and Wear Leveling on SD Cards

2014-09-26 Thread Chris Morgan
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 7:21 PM, mojokor...@gmail.com wrote: I think we are having SD card failures in the field. We are waiting for them to come back for inspection. In the meantime, I'm doing some investigation... I read the SD Card Corruption on Read Only File System post and while it

Re: [beagleboard] How to correctly boot Debian form uSD from BBB

2014-09-26 Thread Steve French
Robert, Thanks for helping Oscar on this! We are all preparing for a big music and interactive lighting workshop in Guatemala in the next few weeks. We will use several different Arduino/Teensy platforms, but I also wanted the BBB to be an available option for the advanced guys. Something

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread Alan Federman
Thanks Robert. Sometimes I feel like finding the right answer for the BBB is like searching for used chewing gum in a chicken coop. I've now been able to do several of the Forest project exercises (0-3,5) the PWM fails because it refers to ocp.2, and I have ocp.3. So I am now a happy camper. Are

[beagleboard] Linux gpu driver

2014-09-26 Thread danklafft
Hi, i am building a linux system for the beaglebone black (with buildroot) and would like to utilize the GPU. Currently I am using the kernel https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel/tree/3.14 As far as I can see there is no driver which uses the SGX 530 included. Is this correct? Do I have to

Re: [beagleboard] Linux gpu driver

2014-09-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:12 AM, dankla...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, i am building a linux system for the beaglebone black (with buildroot) and would like to utilize the GPU. Currently I am using the kernel https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel/tree/3.14 As far as I can see there is no driver

Re: [beagleboard] BBB EEPROM Size check

2014-09-26 Thread Saturnino Silva
Thanks! Just what I was looking for. On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Lusitano lusitano.em...@gmail.com wrote: Could someone tell me how to check the size of the BBB EEPROM? Older boards have 2GB and REVC has

Re: [beagleboard] Alsa Driver from GPIO.

2014-09-26 Thread John Syn
On 9/26/14, 6:26 AM, Raphael Philipe rapp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm a newbie on ALSA architecture. I would like to known if it would be possible to create a sound driver for a a PCM sound beeing acquired by the GPIO of a processor, like the ARM of a Beaglebone Black. Beaglebone has

RE: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread William Pretty Security
That’s actually a good idea Alan ! Unfortunately, by the time it was published, it would be out of date L You appear to be having the same problems as I did and still do to some extent. I wish there was a web search engine that allowed you to exclude pages older than a certain date. It

[beagleboard] UWN-200 WiFi Dongle support in 3.14 kernels...

2014-09-26 Thread Brian Anderson
I have recently started to try out the new 3.14.19-ti kernel using the 2014-09-03 image. Apparently the UWN-200 (Ralink) WiFi dongle is no longer recognized in the 3.14 kernel. Seems to work fine in with the 3.8 kernel. From the 3.14.19-ti-r26 kernel dmesg: [ 32.371373] usb 2-1.4.3: device

Re: [beagleboard] UWN-200 WiFi Dongle support in 3.14 kernels...

2014-09-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Brian Anderson b...@nwlink.com wrote: I have recently started to try out the new 3.14.19-ti kernel using the 2014-09-03 image. Apparently the UWN-200 (Ralink) WiFi dongle is no longer recognized in the 3.14 kernel. Seems to work fine in with the 3.8 kernel.

[beagleboard] Host Pru Synchronization

2014-09-26 Thread Ray Madigan
I thought I submitted this question but I can't find it so maybe i didn't hit post. If it is a duplicate, I apologize. I am trying to figure out the pru and see how I would use it in my application. I am using the beta c libraries, which may be a problem. All of the things I am doing I

[beagleboard] Host - Pru synchronization

2014-09-26 Thread Ray Madigan
I am trying to understand how to take advantage of the pru to see if I can use it in my application. I am trying to synchronize the pru execution from the host. I am using the c libraries, which could be a proble. What I am doing is simple enough that I don't think this should be a problem

[beagleboard] UWN200/MT7601U: lsusb -v hangs

2014-09-26 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Thanks to Robert, I got the driver for my UWN200 (MT7601USTA Ralink) Wifi USB dongle compiled and I can see the WLANs around me. One thing remains: Doing a lsubs works, But doing a lsubs -v hangs. Last entry listed: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread Alan Federman
I can now boot off the SD card - needed to unmount the sdcard, modify the /BOOT (/dev/sdX1) and sync(important) before putting back into the BBB. This took me a little longer then expected, because I had a flaky carrier, that kept flicking the write protect on every time I mounted the SD in my

Re: [beagleboard] UWN-200 WiFi Dongle support in 3.14 kernels...

2014-09-26 Thread Brian Anderson
sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-`uname -r` sudo depmod -a `uname -r` sudo update-initramfs -uk `uname -r` Done. Still no go. dmesg: [ 31.962611] usb 2-1.4.3: device v148f p7601 is not supported [ 31.974163] usb 2-1.4.3: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=7601 [

Re: [beagleboard] UWN-200 WiFi Dongle support in 3.14 kernels...

2014-09-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Brian Anderson b...@nwlink.com wrote: sudo apt-get install mt7601u-modules-`uname -r` sudo depmod -a `uname -r` sudo update-initramfs -uk `uname -r` Done. Still no go. dmesg: [ 31.962611] usb 2-1.4.3: device v148f p7601 is not supported [ 31.974163]

Re: [beagleboard] UWN-200 WiFi Dongle support in 3.14 kernels...

2014-09-26 Thread Brian Anderson
We are closer.. ;) (someday i should actually take those modules out of the bag and really test. ;) ) Ha! And some day I'll get around to buying a couple TP-Link TL-WN722N and stop having to muck around with this stuff! can you add: coherent_pool=2M Done. Well, that got rid of

Re: [beagleboard] Host - Pru synchronization

2014-09-26 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 9/26/2014 10:33 AM, Ray Madigan wrote: My pru code looks like this: for (i = 0; i 3; i++){ waitForHost() // CLR R31, R31, 30 \n // WBS R31, 30 \n // CLR R31, R31, 30 \n snip As is, the first time the host reads the debug location, its value is 2 and

[beagleboard] Wireless mesh networking

2014-09-26 Thread Brian Anderson
Hi all, I am interested in setting up a wireless mesh network using a collection of BBBs (and possibly other devices). Does anyone have experience setting up a wireless mesh network using BBB? I am not really interested in a so-called wireless distribution system that is used to extend an

Re: [beagleboard] Wireless mesh networking

2014-09-26 Thread Philip Polstra
I am using 802.15.4 (Zigbee) to connect BBBs together for security penetration testing. I am running my custom Linux, The Deck, to do this, but you should be able to do the same with Debian or Ubuntu (which mine is based on). Logic systems started selling capes for this. I have been making my

Re: [beagleboard] Improper Power Down....All Revisions - Is this still an issue?

2014-09-26 Thread Ron B.
The Power Cape http://andicelabs.com/beaglebone-powercape/ will perform automatic switch-over to a battery on DC power failure. A script can monitor DC power good over I2C and shut the system down as required (I usually wait until the battery hits 3V since power here is usually restored

Re: [beagleboard] Debian Jessie Images

2014-09-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:16 PM, John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/24/14, 11:47 AM, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: On 9/24/2014 11:44 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: Knowing they're coming helps a lot, but it would be nice to have something to experiment with prior to

Re: [beagleboard] Debian Jessie Images

2014-09-26 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 9/26/2014 6:02 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: Okay, a recipie for lxqt + qt5 is now out... I'm hacking on bone101/jekyll/etc right now, so it's not ready for a bb.org test. But for users looking for to test 0.7.95 lxqt + 5.3.1 qt.. v3.8 base:

Re: [beagleboard] Module is loaded, but no wlan0 interface

2014-09-26 Thread Brent
Anyone have any ideas what else I could try? I'll try to contact the manufacturer, but have a feeling that won't go very far... On Monday, September 22, 2014 10:13:13 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: Here is what I get when I run 'ip addr': [root@alarm ~]# ip addr 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP mtu

Re: [beagleboard] Wireless mesh networking

2014-09-26 Thread Philip Polstra
It really depends on what you are trying to do. The nice thing about Zigbee is that you can configure the modems and then sit back and let the network form, heal, etc. without any work on your part. If you are only interested in communications between nodes then Zigbee is a great choice unless

[beagleboard] FYI: Deal on BeagleBone book on building remote hacking drones

2014-09-26 Thread Philip Polstra
Just an FYI for anyone contemplating buying my book Hacking and Penetration Testing with Low Power Devices which is about building cheap, but powerful hacking hardware from the BBB: Syngress is running a sale on all their books where you can get a DRM-free eBook for free when you buy a print book