On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 8:59 PM, <daw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:09:44 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > >> LCD3/LCD4/LCD7 users, xinput_calibrator is installed by default.. > > Can you please compare 3.8.13-bone36 with 3.8.13-bone39 to test >> Micka's touchcreen fix? >> >> I've tried to make it very easy to test via: >> >> cd /opt/scripts/tools >> sudo ./update_kernel.sh --kernel v3.8.13-bone36 >> sudo rm /etc/pointercal.xinput >> sudo reboot >> >> cd /opt/scripts/tools >> sudo ./update_kernel.sh --kernel v3.8.13-bone39 >> sudo rm /etc/pointercal.xinput >> sudo reboot >> >> So please compare and contrast bone36/bone39, as we really need >> testing from users.. >> >>
First, there is a newer release of this test image posted here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/beagleboard/D1ioNrzzXfQ/LdfJ2ccuiY4J > Found this thread via google search, so I am probably missing something. > But I can't run these commands because I don't know the root password. > The root password is blank, the default user's "debian" password is "temppwd" this should be detailed on the serial prompt login. > I can say that on boot with my LCD7, there is really no difference with > the Angstrom version. When the calibrate routine comes up at boot, I can > click the first target with finger or stylus, but when the second comes up, > the only way it will click is if I touch about half an inch to the left. > Only once have I managed to click the third target. Usually I get a > misclick message and it starts over. If I let it time out, it moves on. > If I then touch the screen, the mouse pointer starts shaking. > Please retry with last week's image, there was a few xinput fixes pulled in.. > > I do have a mouse connected, and eventually this build gives me mouse > control back, which is better than the Angstrom build where I had to press > reset to get it to stop. > > This is my first week with this board, and while I'm a long time Linux > user, and long time software developer, I am a brand new Linux software > developer, so I'm still in the steep portion of the learning curve. I'm > following Malloy's guides mostly, in a VirtualBox VM so I can move my dev > image around between work and home. > > >> Does your wifi adapter work? Are we missing it's firmware? >> >> > Wicd finds my network via my USB wifi adapter. RaLink RT3572. I can > connect, then load chromium and surf the net just fine. > > I'm a little hesitant to try connman. If it isn't broke, don't fix it... > > Finally one of my classic "setup_sdcard.sh". >> [debian-7.3-lxde-armhf-2014-01-22.tar.xz] >> > > Is there a place I can learn more about this? > ./setup_sdcard.sh --help More docs here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Debian_Stable_.28wheezy.29 > > My eventual goal is to strip this down to a non X system running QT > embedded apps on the framebuffer for an embedded kiosk style system. Most > of my peripherals are either USB or serial, so my "cape" will be more like > a USB hub than anything else, combining LCD interface and power supplies > with the hub electronics and USB to serial chips all on the same board. > Around four discrete GPIO inputs and a 4x4 matrix keyboard are about it > for other I/O, so I don't anticipate this being terribly difficult. I'm > hoping that the USB serial ports will always come up in the same > /dev/ttyXXX locations (may have to learn udev for that) but that shouldn't > be much different than desktop linux. I really don't see the need for X > and a full desktop for this. Wired Ethernet and WLAN (USB) 3G cell modem > support will be needed, but not WiFi (using that now just because there is > no cable to my kitchen table). > Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
