Re: [beagleboard] Clean up default software to get to a (mostly) standard distro?

[William Hermans]

Or one could always use Robert Nelsons barefs and just replace the rootfs /
install what you want / need via apt-get install.

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Jesse Cobra  wrote:

> If a minimal system is what your after I recommend buildroot. It takes
> some effort but it can be made very minimal...
> On Jun 26, 2014 9:39 PM, "Iben Rodriguez" 
> wrote:
>
>> Those are some good links.  One of the new BBB Rev C units I just got had
>> a bad HDMI port and so I had to send it back for RMA.  When I got the
>> repaired unit back it had angstrom on it so i had to figure out how to
>> flash it back to debian.
>>
>> The instructions here:
>>
>>-
>>
>> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/
>>
>>
>> look good except that I'd be sure to get the latest "flasher" image from
>> here:
>>
>>- http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Flasher
>>
>> Updates seem to happen on a monthly basis:
>>
>>- 2014-06-05
>>   - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone56 kernel
>>- 2014-05-06
>>   - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone49 kernel
>>- 2014-04-18
>>   - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone47 kernel
>>
>>
>> One of the nice benefits of this experience (ordeal?) is that I got a
>> base or bare minimum debian install with none of the fluff and there was
>> even some hardening done as far as the usernames and passwords go.
>>
>> Below I will share some of the details for your consideration.
>>
>> Here is the disk usage with the original factory image: 44% full using
>> 1.4G of the 3.4G on board flash.
>>
>> *Factory image:*
>>
>> root@beaglebone:~# df -h
>>  Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>  rootfs 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 44% /
>>  udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev
>>  tmpfs 100M 632K 99M 1% /run
>>  /dev/disk/by-uuid/8aecba16-c811-47ee-86ed-78588c08ce2a 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G
>> 44% /
>>  tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /dev/shm
>>  tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
>>  tmpfs 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user
>>  tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
>>  /dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 72M 25M 75% /boot/uboot
>>  /dev/mmcblk1p1 63G 5.1G 58G 9% /media/NO NAME
>>
>> root@beaglebone:~#
>>
>> *Base image: *
>>
>> root@arm:~# uname -a
>> Linux arm 3.8.13-bone56 #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 23:59:23 UTC 2014 armv7l
>> GNU/Linux
>>
>> root@bbb1:~# df -h
>> Filesystem  Size  Used Avail
>> Use% Mounted on
>> rootfs  3.4G  630M  2.6G
>>  20% /
>> udev 10M 0   10M
>>   0% /dev
>> tmpfs   100M  1.5M   98M
>>   2% /run
>> /dev/disk/by-uuid/ae487a65-a8c7-44e8-a20f-acadab4e5fb5  3.4G  630M  2.6G
>>  20% /
>> tmpfs   249M 0  249M
>>   0% /dev/shm
>> tmpfs   249M 0  249M
>>   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
>> tmpfs   100M 0  100M
>>   0% /run/user
>> tmpfs   5.0M 0  5.0M
>>   0% /run/lock
>> /dev/mmcblk0p1   96M   79M   18M
>>  82% /boot/uboot
>>
>> I also restored the password settings so I could login with no password.
>>
>> passwd -d root # to clear the password
>> vi /etc/pam.d/common-auth # change the line below
>> pam_unix.so nullok
>>
>> vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config # To enable empty passwords, change to yes
>> PermitEmptyPasswords yes
>>
>>
>>
>> I b e n
>> +14087824726
>>
>> Skype: ibenrodriguez
>> Twitter: @iben 
>> Google: iben.rodriguez
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Chad Baker  wrote:
>>
>>>  Chris,
>>> I have found this site to be useful
>>>
>>> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/
>>> Enjoy and be prepared to re-flash and re-install software several times.
>>> Chad
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/26/2014 2:49 PM, Robert Nelson wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM,   
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too
>>> :D
>>>
>>> What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that I
>>> don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized
>>> software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more
>>> standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather
>>> than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on
>>> the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need
>>> all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that
>>> I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all
>>> the GPIO, UARTs, etc.
>>>
>>>  Well, the factory image was based on this image:
>>> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black
>>>
>>> So, reflashing that image wo

Re: [beagleboard] Clean up default software to get to a (mostly) standard distro?

[Jesse Cobra]

If a minimal system is what your after I recommend buildroot. It takes some
effort but it can be made very minimal...
On Jun 26, 2014 9:39 PM, "Iben Rodriguez"  wrote:

> Those are some good links.  One of the new BBB Rev C units I just got had
> a bad HDMI port and so I had to send it back for RMA.  When I got the
> repaired unit back it had angstrom on it so i had to figure out how to
> flash it back to debian.
>
> The instructions here:
>
>-
>
> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/
>
>
> look good except that I'd be sure to get the latest "flasher" image from
> here:
>
>- http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Flasher
>
> Updates seem to happen on a monthly basis:
>
>- 2014-06-05
>   - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone56 kernel
>- 2014-05-06
>   - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone49 kernel
>- 2014-04-18
>   - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone47 kernel
>
>
> One of the nice benefits of this experience (ordeal?) is that I got a base
> or bare minimum debian install with none of the fluff and there was even
> some hardening done as far as the usernames and passwords go.
>
> Below I will share some of the details for your consideration.
>
> Here is the disk usage with the original factory image: 44% full using
> 1.4G of the 3.4G on board flash.
>
> *Factory image:*
>
> root@beaglebone:~# df -h
>  Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>  rootfs 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 44% /
>  udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev
>  tmpfs 100M 632K 99M 1% /run
>  /dev/disk/by-uuid/8aecba16-c811-47ee-86ed-78588c08ce2a 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 44%
> /
>  tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /dev/shm
>  tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
>  tmpfs 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user
>  tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
>  /dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 72M 25M 75% /boot/uboot
>  /dev/mmcblk1p1 63G 5.1G 58G 9% /media/NO NAME
>
> root@beaglebone:~#
>
> *Base image: *
>
> root@arm:~# uname -a
> Linux arm 3.8.13-bone56 #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 23:59:23 UTC 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux
>
> root@bbb1:~# df -h
> Filesystem  Size  Used Avail
> Use% Mounted on
> rootfs  3.4G  630M  2.6G
>  20% /
> udev 10M 0   10M
> 0% /dev
> tmpfs   100M  1.5M   98M
> 2% /run
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/ae487a65-a8c7-44e8-a20f-acadab4e5fb5  3.4G  630M  2.6G
>  20% /
> tmpfs   249M 0  249M
> 0% /dev/shm
> tmpfs   249M 0  249M
> 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> tmpfs   100M 0  100M
> 0% /run/user
> tmpfs   5.0M 0  5.0M
> 0% /run/lock
> /dev/mmcblk0p1   96M   79M   18M
>  82% /boot/uboot
>
> I also restored the password settings so I could login with no password.
>
> passwd -d root # to clear the password
> vi /etc/pam.d/common-auth # change the line below
> pam_unix.so nullok
>
> vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config # To enable empty passwords, change to yes
> PermitEmptyPasswords yes
>
>
>
> I b e n
> +14087824726
>
> Skype: ibenrodriguez
> Twitter: @iben 
> Google: iben.rodriguez
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Chad Baker  wrote:
>
>>  Chris,
>> I have found this site to be useful
>>
>> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/
>> Enjoy and be prepared to re-flash and re-install software several times.
>> Chad
>>
>>
>> On 6/26/2014 2:49 PM, Robert Nelson wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM,   
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Hi everyone!
>>
>> I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too
>> :D
>>
>> What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that I
>> don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized
>> software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more
>> standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather
>> than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on
>> the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need
>> all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that
>> I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all
>> the GPIO, UARTs, etc.
>>
>>  Well, the factory image was based on this image:
>> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black
>>
>> So, reflashing that image would be easier then to tell you which of
>> the 600 packages was added ;)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [beagleboard] Clean up default software to get to a (mostly) standard distro?

[Iben Rodriguez]

Those are some good links.  One of the new BBB Rev C units I just got had a
bad HDMI port and so I had to send it back for RMA.  When I got the
repaired unit back it had angstrom on it so i had to figure out how to
flash it back to debian.

The instructions here:

   -
   
http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/


look good except that I'd be sure to get the latest "flasher" image from
here:

   - http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Flasher

Updates seem to happen on a monthly basis:

   - 2014-06-05
  - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone56 kernel
   - 2014-05-06
  - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone49 kernel
   - 2014-04-18
  - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone47 kernel


One of the nice benefits of this experience (ordeal?) is that I got a base
or bare minimum debian install with none of the fluff and there was even
some hardening done as far as the usernames and passwords go.

Below I will share some of the details for your consideration.

Here is the disk usage with the original factory image: 44% full using 1.4G
of the 3.4G on board flash.

*Factory image:*

root@beaglebone:~# df -h
 Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 rootfs 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 44% /
 udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev
 tmpfs 100M 632K 99M 1% /run
 /dev/disk/by-uuid/8aecba16-c811-47ee-86ed-78588c08ce2a 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 44% /
 tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /dev/shm
 tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
 tmpfs 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user
 tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
 /dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 72M 25M 75% /boot/uboot
 /dev/mmcblk1p1 63G 5.1G 58G 9% /media/NO NAME

root@beaglebone:~#

*Base image: *

root@arm:~# uname -a
Linux arm 3.8.13-bone56 #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 23:59:23 UTC 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux

root@bbb1:~# df -h
Filesystem  Size  Used Avail
Use% Mounted on
rootfs  3.4G  630M  2.6G
 20% /
udev 10M 0   10M
0% /dev
tmpfs   100M  1.5M   98M
2% /run
/dev/disk/by-uuid/ae487a65-a8c7-44e8-a20f-acadab4e5fb5  3.4G  630M  2.6G
 20% /
tmpfs   249M 0  249M
0% /dev/shm
tmpfs   249M 0  249M
0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs   100M 0  100M
0% /run/user
tmpfs   5.0M 0  5.0M
0% /run/lock
/dev/mmcblk0p1   96M   79M   18M
 82% /boot/uboot

I also restored the password settings so I could login with no password.

passwd -d root # to clear the password
vi /etc/pam.d/common-auth # change the line below
pam_unix.so nullok

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config # To enable empty passwords, change to yes
PermitEmptyPasswords yes



I b e n
+14087824726

Skype: ibenrodriguez
Twitter: @iben 
Google: iben.rodriguez


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Chad Baker  wrote:

>  Chris,
> I have found this site to be useful
>
> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/
> Enjoy and be prepared to re-flash and re-install software several times.
> Chad
>
>
> On 6/26/2014 2:49 PM, Robert Nelson wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM,   
>  wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone!
>
> I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too
> :D
>
> What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that I
> don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized
> software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more
> standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather
> than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on
> the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need
> all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that
> I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all
> the GPIO, UARTs, etc.
>
>  Well, the factory image was based on this image:
> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black
>
> So, reflashing that image would be easier then to tell you which of
> the 600 packages was added ;)
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [beagleboard] Clean up default software to get to a (mostly) standard distro?

[Chad Baker]

Chris,
I have found this site to be useful
http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/
Enjoy and be prepared to re-flash and re-install software several times.
Chad

On 6/26/2014 2:49 PM, Robert Nelson wrote:

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM,   wrote:

Hi everyone!

I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too
:D

What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that I
don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized
software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more
standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather
than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on
the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need
all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that
I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all
the GPIO, UARTs, etc.

Well, the factory image was based on this image:

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black

So, reflashing that image would be easier then to tell you which of
the 600 packages was added ;)

Regards,





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Re: [beagleboard] Clean up default software to get to a (mostly) standard distro?

[Robert Nelson]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM,   wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too
> :D
>
> What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that I
> don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized
> software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more
> standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather
> than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on
> the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need
> all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that
> I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all
> the GPIO, UARTs, etc.

Well, the factory image was based on this image:

http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black

So, reflashing that image would be easier then to tell you which of
the 600 packages was added ;)

Regards,

-- 
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http://www.rcn-ee.com/

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[beagleboard] Clean up default software to get to a (mostly) standard distro?

[chrismyers81]

Hi everyone!

I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too 
:D

What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that 
I don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized 
software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more 
standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather 
than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on 
the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need 
all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that 
I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all 
the GPIO, UARTs, etc.

Thanks!
Chris

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