I'd plug it in, and leave the terminal open while it boots. Most of the time the kernel is printing status info out to it that would otherwise be going to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog (because syslogd isn't running).
Also check the /var/log/Xorg.*.log files. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:52 PM, W.A. Garrett Weaver <weav...@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > David, thank you for responding. > > We have a cable like that. I'm trying to get this working for an academic > project, at the moment another partner has access to the BeagleBoard. > > When I do get the board back: how could I login with the RS232 cable and > where would the log file be located? > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:52 AM, David Come <davidb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> Did you try to log in using a RS232 cable to see logs or errors you get ? >> >> David. >> 2012/3/30 W.A. Garrett Weaver <weav...@email.arizona.edu> >> >> > Angstrom mailing list! >> > >> > I'm trying to get the Angstrom operating system installed on my >> > BeagleBoard-xM >> > <http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM>using a tutorial by Trey >> > Weaver< >> > >> http://treyweaver.blogspot.com/2010/10/installing-angstrom-on-beagleboard-xm.html >> > >and >> > the angstrom >> > distribution builder <http://narcissus.angstrom-distribution.org/> on >> the >> > angstrom-distribution site. I can get the board to boot off the SD card >> but >> > instead f getting the XFCE gui: I get a terminal prompt. Furthermore >> when I >> > try to run a gstreamer pipeline the console returns can't find /dev/cmem. >> > >> > Could I be doing anything wrong with the configuration? >> > I'm selecting, on the narcissus page (other than the defaults): >> > >> > - BeagleBoard for rootfs image >> > - Advanced complexity options >> > - Extended base system >> > - X11 for the user enviroment >> > - Xfce for X11 desktop enviroment >> > - Bootloader Files (x-load/uboot/scripts) >> > - Gstreamer >> > - Gstreamer GLES Plugin >> > - Texas Instruments Gstreamer plugins >> > >> > Do I need to install more things? Do I need to do more stuff? >> > >> > Any help would be appreciated. >> > -- >> > *W.A. Garrett Weaver * >> > weav...@email.arizona.edu >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list >> > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org >> > >> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Angstrom-distro-users mailing list >> Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org >> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users >> > > > > -- > *W.A. Garrett Weaver * > weav...@email.arizona.edu > _______________________________________________ > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users -- Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price http://strredwolf.furrynet.com _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
