UART0, which is the default serial console connection, is pinned out on a connector on the board. You might have to make a three wire adapter cable to connect a raspberry pi serial cable to it.
--- Graham == On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 8:17:16 PM UTC-5, gcor...@ucr.edu wrote: > > Hello all, I am also having the same problems. Is anyone aware of a serial > debug method such as using a USB to TTL Serial Cable with the Rasberry Pi > but for the Beaglebone Blue? Thanks for the help > > On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 2:32:30 PM UTC-7, Kjell Morgenstern wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to get USB connections to my three BBB rev2A boards, but they >> do not show up anywhere (eg dmesg or lsusb), nor do I get a network >> connection to 192.168.6.2 (or 7.2) >> Wifi works (mostly), but not really reliable enough to support a longer >> ssh session. >> >> So, basically I have two questions, both about connecting to the boards. >> >> 1. Is the USB problem a known one? beaglebone.org getting-started >> instructions give the impression that should just work right out of the >> box. >> >> 2. One of the boards stopped working via wifi (wifi led won't light up, >> device does not show up in network scan). Is it toast now? What can I try? >> >> >> What I already tried: >> >> * three different BBB devices (all ordered at the same date and vendor) >> * different host computers: MacMini 2012 and one Ubuntu 16.04 machine >> that has USB 3 >> * 12V power supply connected to the board >> * fresh 2018-03 debian iot image (boot from SD Card) >> * install drivers for the mac (tried this about 2017-4, so it was only >> with the older image) >> * ran the linux script to register the usb device number >> * tried three different USB cables >> * looked for any visible physical damage (none found) >> * googling ;-) >> * read the troubleshooting guide... no internet explorer involved >> >> What I did not yet try: A windows machine. In a few days I might have >> access to one were I may install drivers and fool around, but even if that >> works, it would not really solve my problem. >> Also, since much on BBB is based on debian: I am mainly working on >> Ubuntu, maybe there is some 'autoconnect' service missing that is common in >> debian? >> >> Thanks for any hints >> Greetings, Kjell >> >> >> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/30f9740d-8a8d-4a40-b115-62a8f93e3ef9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
