On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 11:17 -0500, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > On 7/11/2013 11:06 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > On 7/11/13 06:41 , Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > >> I'll try this out in a day or two when I'm back home. I have had > >> several people think the system was broken because the LEDs were not > >> blinking...I'm guessing not very many people monitor the serial console > >> of their BeagleBone. :-/ > > > > I think that's an understandable user behavior. Out of the box, the BBB > > drives an HDMI display, and I bet that's how most people initially test > > their new BBBs. > > > > Then they fetch your image and put it on a micro SD card, and the HDMI > > screen remains dark, and they mail you a bug report ;-) > > Indeed. :( > > > I looked through your blog and didn't see a mention of this change from > > the default behavior. I bet just a quick note in your Quick Start > > (http://bb-lcnc.blogspot.com/p/machinekit_16.html) would go a long way. > > > > "The HDMI won't work, use a serial console via this cable > > (http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone_Black_Accessories#Serial_Debug_Cables) > > > > instead." > > I am actually considering leaving the HDMI enabled and requiring people > to edit the uEnv.txt file to disable it if they actually want to twiddle > pins. I can put a check for the HDMI driver being loaded in the > LinuxCNC setup script I'm calling at the start of HAL, and prod them to > edit uEnv.txt if they try to load a configuration that conflicts. Since > there are starting to be hardware options that work with HDMI enabled: > > https://github.com/modmaker/BeBoPr/wiki/BeBoPr-Bridge > > ...this seems like it might be a reasonable choice. > While not quite an Aunt Tilly device anything that leads to early success rather than frustration adds to the user population.
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