[beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
I have Eclipse Kepler running on Ubuntu 14.04 x64, I can build and remote debug Java applications on the Beaglebone Black, but for some reason I cannot remote debug C applications. I can compile a C application and I can see that it is transferred to the Beaglebone Black, I can even run it

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 11:53 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging I have Eclipse Kepler running on Ubuntu 14.04 x64, I can build and remote debug

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
Hi John, Thank you for the reply, perhaps I wasn't very clear. GDB Server is installed on the Beaglebone Black and I see the process running, it just fails to connect. I will post more detail when I get home tonight. I've tried using the default port 2345 and also found a post suggesting

Re: [beagleboard] Security when connecting autonomous BB to the Internet

2014-05-28 Thread David Farning
A good term to google for is hardening a Debian server. There are many articles and several good books for people with various backgrounds. On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:29 PM, brettmaurer...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread familyheld . am
Back again! I your script did run a while on my machine, now I have some .deb packages in the ./deploy folder. (I'm using my debian wheezy 32Bit vm (Linux debian-wheezy-vm 3.2.0-4-486 #1 Debian 3.2.51-1 i686 GNU/Linux) As far as I could see the script did run without problems. Binutils and

[beagleboard] sht15 kernel module

2014-05-28 Thread 'davide' via BeagleBoard
Hello, this is my first post here, so I hope I'm posting this in the right place. # Boring intro: I'm using the sht71 (see [1]) humidity and temperature sensor on the beaglebone. This sensor is supported by the sht15 kernel module. I adapted the sht15.c code to run in user-space using sysfs and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
I really donšt see how this can work. First, the supercaps are 2.5v so you No: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PHB-5R0V505-R/283-3520-ND/2770536 PMC wonšt like a short circuit, which the supercap is when it is fully discharged. I could go on, but this idea doesnšt make sense to me.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
Sounds cool and easy to implement hardware-wise. Can you share the code for that? Something like this: // use plain old open to avoid any buffering etc int enablefd = open(/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq, O_SYNC | O_RDWR); int trgfd = open(/proc/sysrq-trigger, O_SYNC | O_RDWR); // enable sysrq

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread halherta
Robert, Can't we simply use one of the Linaro cross compiling toolchains to cross-compile for a Debian based BBB installation? Does this mean we absolutely must run Wheezy on our PC to be able to cross-compile for the BBB with a Debian image.? Thanks Hussam. On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 4:57:37

[beagleboard] Re: WS2801 and Beaglebone

2014-05-28 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Thanks for the detailed instructions. It's working for me with very little effort. In fact, if your are running the latest Debian image [1] the setup is even easier. py-spidev is already installed and you don't have to disable the HDMI, rather you just disable a PWM. - beagle$ *cat

Re: [beagleboard] Slow boot sequence caused by Cape Manager and Device Tree Overlaying

2014-05-28 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 5/26/2014 7:28 AM, becker.vos...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for the feedback Charles. I am new to the Device Tree concept and would appreciate it a lot if you can please give me more guidance. Below is the contents of the device tree file I used. Basically the idea was to define the

[beagleboard] gcc: command not found. Error while compiling c - program

2014-05-28 Thread milkyway
I installed ubuntu 13.10 for my BeagleBoard Rev-C3 and I am not able to connect the board to internet But when I tried to compile on c-program ubuntu@arm:~$ gcc test.c -bash: gcc: command not found which gcc gives no result. ubuntu@arm:~$ which gcc ubuntu@arm:~$ A search for gcc gives

[beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Colin Bester
I am looking to add a auto start service using conf file in /etc/init but it seems that debian version on BBB presently only supports older style /etc/init.d sys init scripts. I thought I'd ask the group before starting to add packages to install on whether this newer version is supported or

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:57 AM, familyheld...@googlemail.com wrote: Back again! I your script did run a while on my machine, now I have some .deb packages in the ./deploy folder. (I'm using my debian wheezy 32Bit vm (Linux debian-wheezy-vm 3.2.0-4-486 #1 Debian 3.2.51-1 i686 GNU/Linux)

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:31 AM, halhe...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, Can't we simply use one of the Linaro cross compiling toolchains to cross-compile for a Debian based BBB installation? Does this mean we absolutely must run Wheezy on our PC to be able to cross-compile for the BBB with a

Re: [beagleboard] gcc: command not found. Error while compiling c - program

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:14 AM, milkyway muhammednouf...@gmail.com wrote: I installed ubuntu 13.10 for my BeagleBoard Rev-C3 and I am not able to connect the board to internet But when I tried to compile on c-program ubuntu@arm:~$ gcc test.c -bash: gcc: command not found which gcc gives

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: I really donšt see how this can work. First, the supercaps are 2.5v so you No: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PHB-5R0V505-R/283-3520-ND/2770536 Actually if you cut one of those open, it's two

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Colin Bester bester.co...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking to add a auto start service using conf file in /etc/init but it seems that debian version on BBB presently only supports older style /etc/init.d sys init scripts. I thought I'd ask the group before

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Colin Bester
Thanks On May 28, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Colin Bester bester.co...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking to add a auto start service using conf file in /etc/init but it seems that debian version on BBB presently only supports

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread familyheld . am
Yeah! sudo dpkg -i *.deb did do the trick. I see now that only one dpkg call specifying all deb packages at once resolves the dependencies but fireing dpkg -i command for each file alone (even in a for each x in-loop) does not work. - something new learned- Many thanks, I will now try to

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:36 AM, familyheld...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah! sudo dpkg -i *.deb did do the trick. I see now that only one dpkg call specifying all deb packages at once resolves the dependencies but fireing dpkg -i command for each file alone (even in a for each x in-loop) does

Re: [beagleboard] gcc: command not found. Error while compiling c - program

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:57 AM, milkyway muhammednouf...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know whether it's relevant to ask, any way.. I haven't connected the board to internet yet. So can I use internet over usb0? or is it possible to install it after downloading the source separately? Sure... if

Re: [beagleboard] gcc: command not found. Error while compiling c - program

2014-05-28 Thread milkyway
I don't know whether it's relevant to ask, any way.. I haven't connected the board to internet yet. So can I use internet over usb0? or is it possible to install it after downloading the source separately? Thanks On Wednesday, 28 May 2014 18:54:19 UTC+5:30, RobertCNelson wrote: On Wed, May

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread familyheld . am
OK, thanks for making things clear. So I also think the way to go is using the same toolchain for the kernel and the user binaries - I will (try to) use the linaro toolchain. thanks so far. regards, Ben Am Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2014 15:39:21 UTC+2 schrieb RobertCNelson: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at

Re: [beagleboard] USB power and Hotplug problem

2014-05-28 Thread duartecarona
Hi, Thank you for the response. The boot issue i've solved it with a soft start circuit and now it is working. The hot plug problem, i'm still struggling to find a solution because i can't find one, is there any suggestions to solve it? Thanks. Duarte Carona Terça-feira, 27 de Maio de

[beagleboard] Using BeagleBone with JavaScript/Node.js

2014-05-28 Thread irelandathome
Hi, I'm interested in looking at using BB with Node.js. If I come up with some test ideas, is it likely that I could find a production version of a board which would still allow me to use JavaScript or would I have to rewrite my solution with C or some C variant? thanks -- For more options,

Re: [beagleboard] Using BeagleBone with JavaScript/Node.js

2014-05-28 Thread David Farning
Please check out bonescript at http://beagleboard.org/Support/BoneScript . On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:26 AM, irelandath...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm interested in looking at using BB with Node.js. If I come up with some test ideas, is it likely that I could find a production version of a board

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread agkruse
Gerald, it seems getting no answer from CCo is a common experience. We have tried on phone, cellphone, fax, email and not received any reply since 8 weeks.As we had bought a four digit number of units in the past and about to repeat the same, we had expected a better service. Also no

[beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-05-28 Thread shahzkk
I have got a BBB. I had took it for my capstone project but due to it new functionality we were unable to use it for our purpose. I stay in India and I am willing to sell it for 4k INR. Plz do let me know if anybody needs it. On Monday, January 6, 2014 5:45:51 PM UTC-8, Paul Wright wrote: I

[beagleboard] Re: Angstrom linux kernel build fails at setup

2014-05-28 Thread luismi80
Hi, I'm experiencing the same problem with elfutils.. Any solution so far? Cheers, Luis El lunes, 11 de noviembre de 2013 06:18:41 UTC+1, chaitra.k...@gmail.com escribió: Hi Even i have been facing the same error Processing bitbake: Fixed to revision

[beagleboard] Re: BBB: lack of memory

2014-05-28 Thread poulkjaerchr
I'm sorry about the double posting... /Poul C -- 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

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBB: lack of memory

2014-05-28 Thread Gerald Coley
If you register, the double posts won't happen. Gerald On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:30 AM, poulkjaer...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry about the double posting... /Poul C -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [beagleboard] Boot sequence

2014-05-28 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes it would. This is all documented in the SRM. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#LATEST_PRODUCTION_FILES_.28C.29 Gerald On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:44 PM, karlkarpfe...@gmail.com wrote: Assumed there is no eMMC available on BBB, would it boot from SD-card automatically as

Re: [beagleboard] Boot sequence

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:44 PM, karlkarpfe...@gmail.com wrote: Assumed there is no eMMC available on BBB, would it boot from SD-card automatically as first boot device? yes From my understanding this is what BeagleBone White does - but are there any more differences than just the eMMC to

[beagleboard] Urgent required Java Developer - Washington, DC

2014-05-28 Thread Gary .
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Re: [beagleboard] Re: Using RS485 in the serial ports

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:38 AM, lexduples...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for taking so long to come back but was a bit busy. It looks like the RS 485 patch is not included in the standard Debian release for the Beaglebone Black (with all the other patches that is included). So if you are using

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread Gerald Coley
Find somebody else to do business with. Gerald On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:56 AM, agkr...@gmail.com wrote: Gerald, it seems getting no answer from CCo is a common experience. We have tried on phone, cellphone, fax, email and not received any reply since 8 weeks.As we had bought a four

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Using RS485 in the serial ports

2014-05-28 Thread Micka
Robert It works perfectly your Debian Image with the RS485 I don't understand what is the problem . Regards, On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:38 AM, lexduples...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for taking so

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread David Farning
Please correct me if I am wrong. At this point everyone involved in the development and manufacturing of the BeagleBone Black is doing so at break-even or a financial loss. This is an intentional strategy to build a critical mass of students, hackers, and hobbyist to create an ecosystem around

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread Gerald Coley
And people wonder why I do not recommend using these boards in products. More capacity is ramping now and so far it is looking good. Gerald On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:03 AM, David Farning dfarn...@gmail.com wrote: Please correct me if I am wrong. At this point everyone involved in the

[beagleboard] Re: Wireless Communication with BeagleBone Black

2014-05-28 Thread josesalgadop
Could you send me the code? josesalga...@gmail.com El jueves, 21 de noviembre de 2013 09:48:20 UTC-5, rwhi...@me.com escribió: I did a similar thing with a phone instead of a laptop and a BB White instead of a BBB. I just sent ASCII strings over UDP. Don't forget zeroconf so you don't have

Re: [beagleboard] Using BeagleBone with JavaScript/Node.js

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: irelandath...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 4:26 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: [beagleboard] Using BeagleBone with JavaScript/Node.js Hi, I'm interested in looking at using BB with Node.js. If I come up with some

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
How many times has it been said here that the board is not supported for commercial use ? What does this mean ? It means if you use the beagleBone Black( and probably all the others, but I have not looked ) in a commercial product, you're on your own. Pretty sure beagleboard.org pages ( among

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:27 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: How many times has it been said here that the board is not supported for commercial use ? What does this mean ? It means if you use the beagleBone Black( and probably all the others, but I have not looked ) in a

Re: [beagleboard] Using BeagleBone with JavaScript/Node.js

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Irelandathome, I have personally installed Node.js from scratch and have had it working. On Debian before it was technically supported As said above, Bonescript runs on top ( along side ? Jason would know the best ) of Node.js. There is only one hurdle when compiling from source. You need to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Commercial use of BeagleBone

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
I wonder if that $50 covered all the headaches they received in return ? On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:27 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: How many times has it been said here that the board is not

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Max current on header 5/3.3V supply

2014-05-28 Thread Robert P
thanks everyone, so I guess the answer is yes? xbee uses 215ma max, so it looks like it's safe On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:03:18 AM UTC-4, PLyttle wrote: I doubt that. The pins are connected together. Also: 6.1.9.2 VDD_3V3A Rail The VDD_3V3A rail is supplied by the TPS65217C and provides

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
On 5/28/14, 5:06 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: I really donšt see how this can work. First, the supercaps are 2.5v so you No: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PHB-5R0V505-R/283-3520-ND/2770536 This is really two supercaps placed in series with a small

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
On 5/28/14, 5:12 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: Sounds cool and easy to implement hardware-wise. Can you share the code for that? Something like this: // use plain old open to avoid any buffering etc int enablefd = open(/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq, O_SYNC | O_RDWR); int

Re: [beagleboard] Cross Toolchain for Debian Wheezy

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
I use Robert's instructions from that kernel built from scratch instructions partially because it does make cross compiling very simple. All you have to do is match the Linaro toolchain. The Windows binaries for Linaro work fine too for what it is worth. Or at least did last I built from

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
asked anyone at TI if it is OK to use the PMU like this? Perhaps you should post a question on E2E. From http://e2e.ti.com/support/power_management/pmu/f/200/t/185514.aspx: The battery charger should work fine with a supercap. You'll need to make sure the TS (battery temp sense) pin is at a

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Batteries can be had that have a lifetime of 5+ years. Depending on the type of battery you use. Flooded lead acid ( for RE use ) can have a much longer life. Especially if the batteries are conditioned / charged properly. I've personally bought, and used 10,000 aH D Cells that have lasted 3

[beagleboard] Angstrom Linux boot: where is initramfs.cpio.gz?

2014-05-28 Thread ec123ec
Hi, I'm working through an embedded linux book and have a couple BBBs. The Angstrom manual says file systme is loaded via *initramfs*.cpio.*gz* but find doesn't see it. If the system has changed, where is the documentation for this? -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss

[beagleboard] Where files per the Angstrom manual?

2014-05-28 Thread ec123ec
Hi, I'm working through a book to learn Linux and have a couple BBBs. According to the Angstrom manual, the file system is supposed to be initialized via *initramfs.cpio.gz*. But find doesn't find it. I dug around a little online, but did not find any information about how the kernel file

Re: [beagleboard] USB power and Hotplug problem

2014-05-28 Thread Cody Lacey
Boot the board with your hub connected and after boot run the commands below, then test hot-plug. echo on /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/power/control echo on /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/1-1/power/control On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:04 AM, duartecar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Thank you for

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
init.d can be made to run a service at boot up too. Is there a problem with this ? http://www.embeddedhobbyist.com/debian-tips/beaglebone-black/beaglebone-black-init-scripts-default-gatewayand-ntpdate/ On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Colin Bester bester.co...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks On May

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Colin Bester
No right or wrong, I just want to get away from init.d. I far prefer concept of systemd, but confusion reigns due to my lack of knowledge, time to read! On May 28, 2014, at 1:36 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: init.d can be made to run a service at boot up too. Is there a problem

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 05/28/2014 02:19 PM, William Hermans wrote: Batteries can be had that have a lifetime of 5+ years. Depending on the type of battery you use. Flooded lead acid ( for RE use ) can have a much longer life. Especially if the batteries are conditioned / charged properly. No doubt, but if I can

[beagleboard] Re: Reading analog inputs fast in beaglebone black

2014-05-28 Thread Rafael Vega
Thanks everyone for your replies! I will spend friday and saturday experimenting and will report back here with my findings and probably more questions :) -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
On 5/28/14, 11:06 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: asked anyone at TI if it is OK to use the PMU like this? Perhaps you should post a question on E2E. From http://e2e.ti.com/support/power_management/pmu/f/200/t/185514.aspx: Well, this posting is very interesting. So

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Ah, ok, I get that. but I'm more of a traditional the Debian way kind of person. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Colin Bester bester.co...@gmail.comwrote: No right or wrong, I just want to get away from init.d. I far prefer concept of systemd, but confusion reigns due to my lack of

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Or more correctly in this case I should say The Wheezy way, since Debian things have been changing fairly rapidly the last few years it seems. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:55 AM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, ok, I get that. but I'm more of a traditional the Debian way kind of

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 11:19 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down? Batteries can be had that have a lifetime of 5+ years.

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 11:56 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services Or more correctly in this case I should say The Wheezy way,

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
I'm still looking for a solution and getting more and more frustrated by what seems to be a very steep up hill battle. There are quite a few sites linking to http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/toolchains/ This link is invalid and results in a 404. The toolchains that I did manage to track

[beagleboard] Re: Problems with updating Beaglebone Black via opkg install

2014-05-28 Thread rpauly92 via BeagleBoard
I am having the same issue with mine at the moment. For me however, I am able to reach the links it provides when it displays the collected errors. But I do want to know why the opkg_download failed. root@beaglebone:~# opkg update Downloading

Re: [beagleboard] Anyone else interested in obtaining a mikroBUS Cape ?

2014-05-28 Thread Mark Grosen
How much is the shipping? I see the base price is ~$18 including VAT. I would take 2 at this price plus a reasonable shared shipping cost. Mark Mark On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:13 PM, motortest_guy pondhockey...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Colin Bester
It's crazy. I have been in software for longer than I care to mention but last time I dug deep into Linux was about 8 maybe 10 years ago - so much is the same, but so much is different! On May 28, 2014, at 1:56 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: Or more correctly in this case I

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Colin Bester
Yup, for now it's the way forward. Actually pretty easy all in all and I do like the concepts. I am battling a bit with ordering startup, but will push through! ~C On May 28, 2014, at 2:05 PM, John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote: From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
I was not saying the charge cycles were the same, just that they do not work indefinitely. Less than 10 years life expectancy IMHO is on par with lead acid batteries. Also, the batteries I used were 10,000 maH or 10aH ( not 10,000 aH ). For two they cost me ~$25, and they were very heavy for

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: Colin Bester bester.co...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 12:22 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services Yup, for now it¹s the way forward. Actually pretty easy

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 12:09 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging I'm still looking for a solution and getting more and more frustrated by

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
What happened to Angstrom? What do new Beaglebone Blacks ship with? I've already invested a bunch of time into the Angstrom set-up getting mySQL server configured in MMM mode replicating between two beaglebone blacks with my own floating IP address manager. On Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:44:45

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
I remember someone saying that GDB for the BBB ( perhaps the whole ARCH ) Does not work properly. This was last year though. Which port are you using for the C GDBServer ? From what little you describe it almost sounds like a connection issue, because of too low a port, and a possible myriad of

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
New Bealgebone Black ship with Debian starting with REV C. Also Debian users seem to be more active in this group. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.comwrote: What happened to Angstrom? What do new Beaglebone Blacks ship with? I've already invested a bunch

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.com wrote: What happened to Angstrom? What do new Beaglebone Blacks ship with? http://beagleboard.org/blog/2014-01-04-happy-new-year/ http://beagleboard.org/latest-images I've already invested a bunch of time into the

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Robert, I agree, but default it seemed the tools used in Angstrom are different and create more headache for people like me who have been using Debian for years. Many things like dropbear, instead of openssh-server for instance can be a PitA to get used to. Especially when you already have

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
I'll give Debian a go. Just find it hard to start over again, feels like so many steps backward in order to do what should have been possible from the start. On 28/05/2014 21:00, William Hermans wrote: Robert, I agree, but default it seemed the tools used in Angstrom are different and

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:00 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, I agree, but default it seemed the tools used in Angstrom are different and create more headache for people like me who have been using Debian for years. Many things like dropbear, instead of openssh-server for

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Jon, or you can just deal with it. As I deal with you bottom posts. It bugs me, but I deal with it. I hate reading through a wall of text to get to the point. If i need to remember something I can always read previous posts.. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:40 PM, John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] Where files per the Angstrom manual?

2014-05-28 Thread David Farning
I would recommend that you upgrade your machines to the new Debian based release. I think you will find that there is more information about Debian than there is about Angstrom. The reason for the project moving from Angstrom to Debian is to allow developers to use Debian which is more common and

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.comwrote: I'll give Debian a go. Just find it hard to start over again, feels like so many steps backward in order to do what should have been possible from the start. Well, one of the goals of the debian images, was to

Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for autostarting services

2014-05-28 Thread Colin Bester
Thanks! On May 28, 2014, at 2:40 PM, John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote: From: Colin Bester bester.co...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 12:22 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Using /etc/init/_.conf for

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
Thank you, I'll look into it and give it a go. Are they're any shortfalls to be aware of, anything that isn't supported? On 28/05/2014 21:05, Robert Nelson wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.com mailto:simonaplat...@gmail.com wrote: I'll give

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread William Hermans
Simon, one benefit is that Debian is very well documented. But also you have different versions so you need to pay attention to that. Something like google search Debian wheezy how to x.y.z works very well for 99% of the questions you'll have. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Robert Nelson

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Simon Platten simonaplat...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you, I'll look into it and give it a go. Are they're any shortfalls to be aware of, anything that isn't supported? Well, right now we support more devices and capes out of the box then the last official

Re: [beagleboard] Eclipse C and Remote Debugging

2014-05-28 Thread Simon Platten
Thank you, will do. On 28/05/2014 21:07, William Hermans wrote: Debian wheezy how to x.y.z --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this

Re: [beagleboard] Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread Brandon I
For the damage question, yes, with all flash media, if you're not using a read only mount: http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~swanson/papers/DAC2011PowerCut.pdf Btw, you're crazy if you're not using a read only mount (or guaranteeing no writes) for the rootfs of an appliance. ;) On Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread Rick Reynolds
Ok, I took a little different tack. I just copied /usr/bin/xinput_calibrator from a non-customized BBB to my custom image and it works great. Thanks again for all your hard work Robert. You have taught me volumes. On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:34:54 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: On Fri, May

[beagleboard] Custom Beaglbone Black from Circuitco

2014-05-28 Thread sixvolts
I've been trying to talk to the people CircuitCo about building a run of the beaglebone black boards for a commercial project, but I can't seem to get anyone to respond to emails and the two people I have phone numbers for are always busy. My understanding was that proper etiquette was to not

Re: [beagleboard] Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down?

2014-05-28 Thread John Syn
From: Brandon I brandon.ir...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 1:18 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Can the BBB get damaged due to a hard power down? For the damage question, yes, with all flash media, if

Re: [beagleboard] Custom Beaglbone Black from Circuitco

2014-05-28 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 28 May 2014, sixvolts wrote: I've been trying to talk to the people CircuitCo about building a run of the beaglebone black boards for a commercial project, but I can't seem to get anyone to respond to emails and the two people I have phone numbers for are always busy. My understanding

Re: [beagleboard] Custom Beaglbone Black from Circuitco

2014-05-28 Thread sixvolts
There are plenty of things that get built and sold in those kinds of numbers, like specialized instruments. On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:33:49 PM UTC-5, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 28 May 2014, sixvolts wrote: I've been trying to talk to the people CircuitCo about building a run

Re: [beagleboard] Custom Beaglbone Black from Circuitco

2014-05-28 Thread Gerald Coley
100 boards is not a lot of boards. Especially when you have distributors screaming for 50,000 boards to fill their large POs.. Gerald On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:38 PM, sixvolts drewko...@gmail.com wrote: There are plenty of things that get built and sold in those kinds of numbers, like

Re: [beagleboard] Problems with updating Beaglebone Black via opkg install

2014-05-28 Thread padswap via BeagleBoard
Hi, you have to connect your BBB directly to the internet via the ethernet connector on the BBB. That was my fault...I only connect it over usb to control with command line and I got the same errors. So be sure that your BBB is connected to the internet.(I think tethering over usb is not

[beagleboard] Cross compiling for Ubuntu 14.04

2014-05-28 Thread Andrew Core
Hi, I can't seem to find a cross compiler for debian BBB that works (consistently) on Ubuntu 14.04 I'm using the latest debian image for BBB from beagleboard.org/latest-imageshttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21category-topic/beagleboard/debian/mdd-Y7QsE8M . I'm running 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04.

Re: [beagleboard] Cross compiling for Ubuntu 14.04

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Andrew Core andrewcore...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I can't seem to find a cross compiler for debian BBB that works (consistently) on Ubuntu 14.04 I'm using the latest debian image for BBB from beagleboard.org/latest-images. I'm running 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04. I've

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
I'm running the latest (flashed to mmc) on a Rev B BBB. */boot/uboot/ID.txt* contains *BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14* The image appears to be missing *journalctl*, e.g. *find / -name journalctl *returns nothing. dpkg reports systemd is installed (and the *systemd

Re: [beagleboard] Where files per the Angstrom manual?

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
Completely agree with David. Angstrom seems to be a dead end, IMNSHO. On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:04:14 PM UTC-7, David Farning wrote: I would recommend that you upgrade your machines to the new Debian based release. I think you will find that there is more information about Debian than

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
It's there just an older version of systemd where it was prefixed. systemd- On May 28, 2014 4:23 PM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: I'm running the latest (flashed to mmc) on a Rev B BBB. */boot/uboot/ID.txt* contains *BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14* The image appears to

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