Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-11-26 Thread ivo welch
​thanks, robert.  if there was trouble before, then it makes sense that
open editing was closed down.  who does one send suggestions (experiences)
to?  are they even wanted?  the good news is that everything posted here
also goes into the google store when people are searching.


I know for sure now that my Samsung Syncmaster 213T from 2005 is a big part
of the problem.  it comes up black at boot, and does not get any better
later.  I tried replacing the default "quiet" in uEnv.txt with "verbose"
and eventually with nothing.   I also tried it with various video= command
switches.  I tried everything from 800x600@60e to 1600x1200@60e, but the
samsung and bbb just don't seem to get along.

I then tried a newer low-end DELL monitor (same cable).  the hdmi also
comes up black at boot.  I am guessing that, because the bbb hdmi port is
not dedicated, it first needs to be switched on somewhere during the boot
process.  fortunately, the DELL monitor eventually does come up visibly for
the login prompt.


I am logged into the bbb via usb-ssh right now.  grepping for hdmi
​(or edid) ​
tells me about pinmux mode and davinci sound, but nothing
​ interesting about where the hdmi went wrong.


* is there a command line utility over ssh to experiment instantaneously
with setting different video modes on the hdmi port?
 fbset -xres ... -yres ... makes no difference on the physical display,
although "fbset -s" tells me that it thinks it executed..

* or a way to get more debugging information about hdmi, possibly into
dmesg? even learning whether the bbb thinks that a connection over hdmi has
been established would be useful.  (together, these two would make it easy
for a user to script a fallback.)  /proc/fb only contains "0".

​/iaw




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On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Robert Nelson 
wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM, ivo welch  wrote:
> >
> > maybe eventually.
> >
> > it's not so easy to help.  this is only a hobby for me, when I have time.
> >
> > I installed ub 14.04 and wanted to give others some added/better hints on
> > elinux on
> >
> > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software
> >
> > but this seems to be locked down.  if wikipedia is open enough to allow
> > logged-in individuals to make updates, maybe this one should too?!
>
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard: are locked due to issues in the past.
>
> If it's something specific to "ubuntu" for "beagle products" look at:
>
> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
>
> Which covers all beagle products, other then section 4 which is
> automaticly edited every month via a release script.
>
> Regards,
>
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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-11-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM, ivo welch  wrote:
>
> maybe eventually.
>
> it's not so easy to help.  this is only a hobby for me, when I have time.
>
> I installed ub 14.04 and wanted to give others some added/better hints on
> elinux on
>
> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software
>
> but this seems to be locked down.  if wikipedia is open enough to allow
> logged-in individuals to make updates, maybe this one should too?!

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard: are locked due to issues in the past.

If it's something specific to "ubuntu" for "beagle products" look at:

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu

Which covers all beagle products, other then section 4 which is
automaticly edited every month via a release script.

Regards,

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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-11-26 Thread ivo welch

maybe eventually.

it's not so easy to help.  this is only a hobby for me, when I have time.

I installed ub 14.04 and wanted to give others some added/better hints on 
elinux on

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software

but this seems to be locked down.  if wikipedia is open enough to allow 
logged-in individuals to make updates, maybe this one should too?!

eventually, I may want to figure out how would handle simple patches.

regards,

/iaw


On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 2:29:18 PM UTC-8, RobertCNelson wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 4:25 PM, ivo welch > 
> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > this seems like a bug to me.  it would make sense to have a sensible 
> VESA 
> > fallback when the EDID cannot be grokked. 
>
> Sure, you got a patch for that? 
>
> Regards, 
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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-11-26 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 4:25 PM, ivo welch  wrote:
>
>
> this seems like a bug to me.  it would make sense to have a sensible VESA
> fallback when the EDID cannot be grokked.

Sure, you got a patch for that?

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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-11-26 Thread ivo welch


this seems like a bug to me.  it would make sense to have a sensible VESA 
fallback when the EDID cannot be grokked.

/iaw

On Monday, October 20, 2014 8:06:17 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Robert Nelson  > wrote: 
> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:15 PM,  > 
> wrote: 
> >> Hi, 
> >> 
> >> I'm new to this world and to this forum so I don't know is it the right 
> >> place for the question. 
> >> I've been trying to install ubuntu on my beagleboard xM for a few days 
> now 
> >> and still no success. First I tried to install it using windows 7 
> following 
> >> this tutorial: 
> >> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-xM 
> >> and I've managed to successfully install demo OS that is shipping with 
> the 
> >> Beagleboard xM, but when I tried to do the same with Ubuntu 14.4 I ran 
> into 
> >> a problem. Installation on the SD card went without a glitch but when I 
> >> tried to boot it from BB xM all I got was a brief orange screen and 
> than 
> >> nothing, TV was signaling "No signal" but in a very uncommon fashion 
> (like 
> >> he is getting something but can't interpret it). Next interesting thing 
> was 
> >> that my keyboard worked, when I pressed CTR+ALT+DEL it restarted. I 
> looked 
> >> all over the internet but couldn't find a solution. 
> >> 
> >> Ubuntu .img I got from here: https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/trusty/ 
> >> 
> >> Can someone help me with that? And can someone point me to some older 
> Ubuntu 
> >> .img files (not .tar)? 
> > 
> > Sounds like edid detection of your monitor failed. Do you have a 
> > serial connection avaiable to debug? 
> > 
> > In /boot/uEnv.txt you can force a resolution via: 
> > 
> > cmdline=video=DVI-D-1-1:1024x768@60e 
>
> Opps, extra "-1" in there: 
>
> cmdline=video=DVI-D-1:1024x768@60e 
>
> Regards, 
>
> -- 
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>

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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-10-21 Thread sokolic . andrej
Thanks! That worked like a charm



On Monday, October 20, 2014 5:06:17 PM UTC+2, RobertCNelson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Robert Nelson  > wrote: 
> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:15 PM,  > 
> wrote: 
> >> Hi, 
> >> 
> >> I'm new to this world and to this forum so I don't know is it the right 
> >> place for the question. 
> >> I've been trying to install ubuntu on my beagleboard xM for a few days 
> now 
> >> and still no success. First I tried to install it using windows 7 
> following 
> >> this tutorial: 
> >> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-xM 
> >> and I've managed to successfully install demo OS that is shipping with 
> the 
> >> Beagleboard xM, but when I tried to do the same with Ubuntu 14.4 I ran 
> into 
> >> a problem. Installation on the SD card went without a glitch but when I 
> >> tried to boot it from BB xM all I got was a brief orange screen and 
> than 
> >> nothing, TV was signaling "No signal" but in a very uncommon fashion 
> (like 
> >> he is getting something but can't interpret it). Next interesting thing 
> was 
> >> that my keyboard worked, when I pressed CTR+ALT+DEL it restarted. I 
> looked 
> >> all over the internet but couldn't find a solution. 
> >> 
> >> Ubuntu .img I got from here: https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/trusty/ 
> >> 
> >> Can someone help me with that? And can someone point me to some older 
> Ubuntu 
> >> .img files (not .tar)? 
> > 
> > Sounds like edid detection of your monitor failed. Do you have a 
> > serial connection avaiable to debug? 
> > 
> > In /boot/uEnv.txt you can force a resolution via: 
> > 
> > cmdline=video=DVI-D-1-1:1024x768@60e 
>
> Opps, extra "-1" in there: 
>
> cmdline=video=DVI-D-1:1024x768@60e 
>
> Regards, 
>
> -- 
> Robert Nelson 
> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ 
>

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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-10-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Robert Nelson  wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:15 PM,   wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to this world and to this forum so I don't know is it the right
>> place for the question.
>> I've been trying to install ubuntu on my beagleboard xM for a few days now
>> and still no success. First I tried to install it using windows 7 following
>> this tutorial:
>> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-xM
>> and I've managed to successfully install demo OS that is shipping with the
>> Beagleboard xM, but when I tried to do the same with Ubuntu 14.4 I ran into
>> a problem. Installation on the SD card went without a glitch but when I
>> tried to boot it from BB xM all I got was a brief orange screen and than
>> nothing, TV was signaling "No signal" but in a very uncommon fashion (like
>> he is getting something but can't interpret it). Next interesting thing was
>> that my keyboard worked, when I pressed CTR+ALT+DEL it restarted. I looked
>> all over the internet but couldn't find a solution.
>>
>> Ubuntu .img I got from here: https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/trusty/
>>
>> Can someone help me with that? And can someone point me to some older Ubuntu
>> .img files (not .tar)?
>
> Sounds like edid detection of your monitor failed. Do you have a
> serial connection avaiable to debug?
>
> In /boot/uEnv.txt you can force a resolution via:
>
> cmdline=video=DVI-D-1-1:1024x768@60e

Opps, extra "-1" in there:

cmdline=video=DVI-D-1:1024x768@60e

Regards,

-- 
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Re: [beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-10-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:15 PM,   wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this world and to this forum so I don't know is it the right
> place for the question.
> I've been trying to install ubuntu on my beagleboard xM for a few days now
> and still no success. First I tried to install it using windows 7 following
> this tutorial:
> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-xM
> and I've managed to successfully install demo OS that is shipping with the
> Beagleboard xM, but when I tried to do the same with Ubuntu 14.4 I ran into
> a problem. Installation on the SD card went without a glitch but when I
> tried to boot it from BB xM all I got was a brief orange screen and than
> nothing, TV was signaling "No signal" but in a very uncommon fashion (like
> he is getting something but can't interpret it). Next interesting thing was
> that my keyboard worked, when I pressed CTR+ALT+DEL it restarted. I looked
> all over the internet but couldn't find a solution.
>
> Ubuntu .img I got from here: https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/trusty/
>
> Can someone help me with that? And can someone point me to some older Ubuntu
> .img files (not .tar)?

Sounds like edid detection of your monitor failed. Do you have a
serial connection avaiable to debug?

In /boot/uEnv.txt you can force a resolution via:

cmdline=video=DVI-D-1-1:1024x768@60e

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
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[beagleboard] BBxM Ubuntu 14.4 HDMI problem

2014-10-20 Thread sokolic . andrej
Hi,

I'm new to this world and to this forum so I don't know is it the right 
place for the question.
I've been trying to install ubuntu on my beagleboard xM for a few days now 
and still no success. First I tried to install it using windows 7 following 
this tutorial:
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-xM
and I've managed to successfully install demo OS that is shipping with the 
Beagleboard xM, but when I tried to do the same with Ubuntu 14.4 I ran into 
a problem. Installation on the SD card went without a glitch but when I 
tried to boot it from BB xM all I got was a brief orange screen and than 
nothing, TV was signaling "No signal" but in a very uncommon fashion (like 
he is getting something but can't interpret it). Next interesting thing was 
that my keyboard worked, when I pressed CTR+ALT+DEL it restarted. I looked 
all over the internet but couldn't find a solution.

Ubuntu .img I got from here: https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/trusty/

Can someone help me with that? And can someone point me to some older 
Ubuntu .img files (not .tar)?

Thanks

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