Looks like the USB issue is just this software problem: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beagleboard/uWMNdBv_aPg Booting up with the device in the USB host port seemed to work. Yikes, that's really a nasty bug that hotplug doesn't work.
On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:59:52 PM UTC-8, Tony DiCola wrote: > > The card was just being inserted like normal--no excessive force. Like I > said even before it broke the SD reader wasn't working. When I held the > boot button down and applied power the Beaglebone never flashed any lights > to show it go through booting (even after waiting 10+ seconds with the > button held down). After fixing the solder joints on the SD reader the > exact same SD card booted up just fine on the first try. Clearly there was > something wrong with the joint before it broke. > > Also for what it's worth I'm noticing wonkiness with the USB connector > which is near the SD card reader. When I plug devices like mice, etc. in > and run lsusb I don't see any new USB devices. Going to try testing the > USB connections with a multimeter to see if they're all connected. > > On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:39:00 PM UTC-8, rh_ wrote: >> >> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:17:07 -0600 >> Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: >> >> > Takes a lot of force to rip a connector out of a solder pool that >> > deep. >> >> Yeah, was thinking that myself, that looks like someone doesn't know >> how to use SD card slots. If you're applying that much force to rip that >> out and continue to apply the force then you need to understand that >> forcing anything mechanical almost always leads to breakage. >> >> -- 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.