[beagleboard] Re: WEC 7 Can't BOOT on BBB using SD Card

2014-06-15 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, I have been using WinCe 6 / .Net Compact Framework on the Beaglebone Black and the LCD7 touchscreen with success. A couple of things you might like to look at: 1. Make sure the partition boot flag is set. 2. Always copy MLO to the partition first. 3. Check if there is any output on debug

[beagleboard] Re: Controlling power to USB connections

2014-03-26 Thread rchrdlyon1
Pity you didn't search this group to see if someone has already done it before. Author: AndrewTaneGlen Date: Jan 17 Subject: Disabling/Enabling USB Host Power And thanks to Andrew for his helpful contribution. Regards ... On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:36:02 PM UTC+11, Patrick Walters wrote:

[beagleboard] Re: Encouragement for the disencouraged

2014-03-26 Thread rchrdlyon1
My Observations: - A large amount Linux documentation is out-of-date. - Take any advice from a newsgroup with a degree of skepticism - It seems like for every hour spent coding, more than hour is spent retrieving information and resolving Beagle/Linux issues. - Linux is not a

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-06 Thread rchrdlyon1
That takes you into Atmel/Element14 SAM5 territory. Atmel are putting effort into Linux4Sam (Linux 3.10 LTS, Linux Mainline, and Yocto 1.5.1, with a Qt developer kit) and the latest board from Element14 is going to be $75.00. See: http://www.at91.com/linux4sam/bin/view/Linux4SAM/ and for the

[beagleboard] Re: Windows Embedded CE6.0 BSP Support BeagleBoneBlack and Capes Now

2014-03-06 Thread rchrdlyon1
Unfortunately you have sent our marketing department into rapturous overjoy! On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 11:56:07 PM UTC+11, steven zhang wrote: I saw an post on e2e.ti.com. Transfer the post here to help someone who maybe need. http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/wince/f/353/t/325716.aspx

Re: [beagleboard] How are the production BBB images built?

2014-03-01 Thread rchrdlyon1
Don't follow Derek's instructions as they are slightly out of date. To build a Angstrom console image on an SD-card: Angstrom Master = Master Branch: v2013.06-yocto1.4 This guide details the process of building a Angstrom linux console image from source on an Xubuntu 12.04.3

Re: [beagleboard] How are the production BBB images built?

2014-03-01 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, I'm now getting this error on v2013.12-yocto1.5 cloud9-image.bb, while compiling on xubuntu 32-bit 12.04.3. Disk exhaustion is not the cause and I don't think it is memory exhaustion. It may be an internal make error. *Are you compiling on a 32-bit or 64-bit platform?* I'll investigate

[beagleboard] Re: BBB + PREEMPT_RT

2014-02-27 Thread rchrdlyon1
Interesting result. Would be nice to see a histogram. I will try and duplicate this measurement. Also doing the some measure with the standard kernel would be informative. That upper tail of 132 is a big problem for me. On Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:53:05 AM UTC+11, quik...@gmail.com

[beagleboard] Re: Failed angstrom build

2014-02-22 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, There are problems compiling the Angstrom master branch on 64-bit ubuntu variants relating to the native libpseudo. There are two alternatives: Switch to the angstrom-v2013.12-yocto1.5 branch which is meant to include a fix (see:

[beagleboard] Re: BBB + PREEMPT_RT

2014-02-22 Thread rchrdlyon1
Just a few thoughts ... It is not possible to have a fully deterministic real-time operating system on a processor that uses instruction/data caches. ie you have to turn off the cacheing to achieve determinism and eliminate performance jitter (which then degrades the average performance).

[beagleboard] Re: Customizing BBB Angstrom Kernel?

2014-02-18 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, If you want to use /etc/network/interface as a configuration file you start the network services with the command *ifup -a*. If you can define the wifi interface in /etc/network/interface then it will automatically started as well. ie I am talking about a static configuration, where the

[beagleboard] Re: Customizing BBB Angstrom Kernel?

2014-02-12 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, What your attempting to do is possible with Angstrom Linux. You just have to work through a number of setup issues. If you want to use IP forwarding with NAT it is necessary to recompile the kernel. My kernel configuration is: - Networking support (NET [=y]) - Networking

[beagleboard] Re: Customizing BBB Angstrom Kernel?

2014-02-12 Thread rchrdlyon1
Some further comments: You don't need to rebuild MLO/u-boot.img You don't need a serial cable. It can be helpful for debugging, but thats all. Have you got the wifi device working correctly on your BBB? I would recommend you get an micro SD card for testing your new kernel,

[beagleboard] Re: BBB+FreeBSD RELEASE-10: capes, i2c, UARTs, API and the device tree

2014-01-22 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, FreeBSD does have an ARM port available. It does use device trees to specify hardware, but I don't know if the grammar is the same as that used in ARM linux. There is a specific FreeBSD port for Raspberry Pi, but I don't know if a BBB port is available. The best place to check for this is

[beagleboard] Re: Angstrom Building for BBB instead of Beaglebone

2014-01-22 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, I assume you query is in reference to Angstrom Linux? The build procedure for BeagleBone Black is identical to BeagleBone White. The Angstrom web site is somewhat vague about this and many other things. I create a console-image root file system using the following: mkdir

[beagleboard] Re: 3G Modems

2014-01-07 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, I assume you are looking at a 3G modem that interfaces and is powered by USB interface. There are a number of issues you have to resolve: 3G modems can draw can draw quite a bit of current. The current consumption is variable and depends upon modem activity and 3G signal level. It can

[beagleboard] Angstrom v2013.12 is broken

2013-12-03 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, Angstrom v2013.12 is broken. The feeds specified in /etc/opkg config files do not exist. This means any attempt to use opkg will fail. It is still possible to build v2013.12 root file system and install it on the beaglebone black. but you can't do much with it. Apparently this is caused

[beagleboard] Re: USB errors (and hotplug work-around)

2013-10-28 Thread rchrdlyon1
Have you tried a quick test using a usb hub? This would completely eliminate any issues with current drain. I have found some usb devices have high transient current drains which can cause intermittent shutdowns of the USB port on the BBB. I know that you are powering your device with an

[beagleboard] Re: kernel-module-iptable-nat / share internet

2013-10-20 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, I did a similar thing except with a Sierra 3G USB modem providing a VOICE/Internet connection and client computers connecting via eth0. So my experience has some relevance. I found it necessary to not use CONNMAN, otherwise it appeared to be impossible to use ppp. My project requires the

[beagleboard] Re: Which branch for building OE? v2012.12-yocto1.3 still or v2013.06-yocto1.4?

2013-10-15 Thread rchrdlyon1
Thanks, That seems to work. It will take a couple more hours to finish. Then we will start looking at exactly what has changed. Step 5 had to be modified as the ~/.oe directory is no longer used. No big deal. Regards On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:46:52 PM UTC+11, smith.wi...@gmail.com

[beagleboard] Re: Which branch for building OE? v2012.12-yocto1.3 still or v2013.06-yocto1.4?

2013-10-14 Thread rchrdlyon1
Hi, I'm currently building angstrom-v2012.12console-image using following commands: 1. git clone git://github.com/Angstrom-distribution/setup-scripts.git 2. cd setup-scripts 3. MACHINE=beaglebone ./oebb.sh config beaglebone 4. MACHINE=beaglebone ./oebb.sh update 5. .