William and Sam, Just a newb trying to follow along and learn, byt he serial debug cable you mean the FTDI 3.3V serial-USB cable with the six pin header? It seems this one gives insight at a lower level than the straight mini-USB port...
Sorry for my gross ignorance, but I am working on that... Regards, Jack On Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 6:14:47 PM UTC-7, Sam wrote: > > Don't be sorry! I appreciate the help. > It's a bit weird. Especially since no one else seems to be having the > issue. > I'll order myself a cable and continue the investigation. > > On Fri, 8 May 2015 9:59 am William Hermans <yyr...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Sorry I couldn't help more Sam . . . >> >> This problem seems kind of obscure to me. I do not remember reading >> about, or hearing of a similar issue. If you did happen to buy, or borrow a >> serial debug cable. You could run both configurations, logging the boot log >> output to file. Then run a diff on them to see if anything stands out. >> >> You can also try this with dmesg . . . and . . . just poking around >> myself . . . >> >> debian@beaglebone:~$* dmesg > ~/file* >> debian@beaglebone:~$ *nano ./file* >> >> *[ 3.590829] bone-pinmux-helper P8_27_pinmux.18: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.598760] bone-pinmux-helper P8_28_pinmux.19: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.606640] bone-pinmux-helper P8_29_pinmux.20: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.614507] bone-pinmux-helper P8_30_pinmux.21: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.622286] bone-pinmux-helper P8_31_pinmux.22: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.630087] bone-pinmux-helper P8_32_pinmux.23: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.637903] bone-pinmux-helper P8_33_pinmux.24: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.645782] bone-pinmux-helper P8_34_pinmux.25: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.653558] bone-pinmux-helper P8_35_pinmux.26: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.661459] bone-pinmux-helper P8_36_pinmux.27: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.669453] bone-pinmux-helper P8_37_pinmux.28: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.677472] bone-pinmux-helper P8_38_pinmux.29: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.685519] bone-pinmux-helper P8_39_pinmux.30: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.693538] bone-pinmux-helper P8_40_pinmux.31: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.701634] bone-pinmux-helper P8_41_pinmux.32: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.709755] bone-pinmux-helper P8_42_pinmux.33: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.717978] bone-pinmux-helper P8_43_pinmux.34: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.726225] bone-pinmux-helper P8_44_pinmux.35: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.734519] bone-pinmux-helper P8_45_pinmux.36: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.742802] bone-pinmux-helper P8_46_pinmux.37: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to hdmi* >>> *[ 3.756370] bone-pinmux-helper P9_19_pinmux.46: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to i2c* >>> *[ 3.764617] bone-pinmux-helper P9_20_pinmux.47: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to i2c* >>> *[ 3.777412] bone-pinmux-helper P9_25_pinmux.52: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to audio* >>> *[ 3.789016] bone-pinmux-helper P9_28_pinmux.55: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to audio* >>> *[ 3.798144] bone-pinmux-helper P9_29_pinmux.56: Set initial pinmux >>> mode to audio* >>> >> >> I wonder if somehow pinmux-helper could somehow be causing issues here ? >> >> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Sam Thomas <samthoma...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> I am pretty sure it isn't a pin conflict since I can remote desktop in >>> as root and access the mounted drives no problem. >>> >>> Something strange is happening to my permissions as soon as I run >>> uEnv.txt >>> >>> I have checked my sudoers file and nothing in there has changed. >>> >>> Unfortunately I don't have a usb to serial cable. >>> >>> Thanks for your help William >>> >>> On Thu, 7 May 2015 at 08:49 William Hermans <yyr...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> So, the comment by me above "sounds like a pin conflict", doesn't mean >>>> I think for a second that it *is* a pin conflict. I just meant that it is >>>> a >>>> "reaction" one might expect from having a pin conflict . . . the sdcard, >>>> and hdmi should be able to work properly at the same time. >>>> >>>> I seem to recall reading something about a udev rule fix a long time >>>> back - For situations like these but . . . What I am "remembering" is >>>> rather vague in my mind at the moment. >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:40 PM, William Hermans <yyr...@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sounds like a possible pin conflict but . . . >>>>> >>>>> I was reading an ARCHLinux post concerning a similar problem( but on >>>>> PC ), and the person fixed it by making some additions to the PAM >>>>> configuration file. >>>>> >>>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=167947 >>>>> >>>>> ( post #5 ). >>>>> >>>>> Not sure that would fix the problem, but might be worth a try. >>>>> However, if you remove the "quiet" from the optarg variable, and you have >>>>> a >>>>> serial debug cable. The output I believe should be more verbose. You can >>>>> also look through dmesg, and /var/log/messages to see if you can spot >>>>> anything obvious. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Sam <samthoma...@gmail.com >>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey again William! >>>>>> >>>>>> I am just using the default debian user for now so I have not messed >>>>>> with the sudoers file. >>>>>> >>>>>> If I comment out "optargs=quiet >>>>>> capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN" in my uEnv.txt >>>>>> then >>>>>> my usb and uSD is automounted correctly. So something strange is >>>>>> happening >>>>>> when HDMI is disabled. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am accessing the BBB with xrdp which may also have something to do >>>>>> with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder if there somewhere else that I can run the command to >>>>>> disable the hdmi that is not on external memory. See if that helps? >>>>>> >>>>>> Failing that I could try running debian from the uSD. At least that >>>>>> would give me all the memory I need. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, 6 May 2015 19:44:30 UTC+10, Sam wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey Everyone! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I want to use my HDMI pins for other purposes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have added a uEnv.txt to my bone that contains >>>>>>> "optargs=quiet capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> when i cat the slots >>>>>>> debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots >>>>>>> 0: 54:PF--- >>>>>>> 1: 55:PF--- >>>>>>> 2: 56:PF--- >>>>>>> 3: 57:PF--- >>>>>>> 4: ff:P-O-L Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G >>>>>>> 5: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMI,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMI >>>>>>> 6: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMIN,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMIN >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unfortunately when I click a mounted drive in LXDE I get an error >>>>>>> "Not Authorised" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can access the drives as root though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is something happening to the permissions of the mounted drives when >>>>>>> uEnv.txt is run? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sam >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/893ifb_sEwI/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/893ifb_sEwI/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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