[beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2015-03-09 Thread Richard-tx
I have a BBB that sometimes fails to have a useable network interface at power up. Removing power and reapplying power does resolve the issue. Is there a fix for this issue? Would an upgrrade to Rev C fix this? ... -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You

[beagleboard] I2C Enumeration - Fix possible?

2015-02-24 Thread Richard-tx
The enumeration and thus the mapping of I2C devices is confusing. Bus 1 uses /dev/I2c-2 etc. Is there any way to fix this so that the hardware matches the software? Could this be hardcoded in the OS? The current mapping of devices is most disturbing. -- For more options, visit

[beagleboard] Re: How to enable all i2c

2015-02-24 Thread Richard-tx
I think that the issue stems from older versions of debian based linux and the newer version that use a device tree. If the echo statement fails then: To enable the I2c-1 on the BeagleBone Black Rev A, B and C: 1. Rev A/B: Open the file /media/BEAGLEBONE/uEnv.txt in an editor

[beagleboard] Re: How to enable all i2c

2015-01-02 Thread Richard-tx
add the following to rc.local echo BB-I2C1 /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.9/slots On Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:13:51 PM UTC-6, ngocta...@gmail.com wrote: I use I2C-Tools to detect the i2c like: root@android:/ # i2cdetect -l

Re: [beagleboard] cec-client

2014-12-26 Thread Richard-tx
to the receiver via the RS232 port. Without a way to get the status of the TV set, that makes the BBB unusable in this case. On Thursday, December 25, 2014 11:47:37 AM UTC-6, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 12/25/2014 9:36 AM, Richard-tx wrote: I just installed cec-client and cec-client

Re: [beagleboard] cec-client

2014-12-26 Thread Richard-tx
12:16 PM, Richard-tx rich.a...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Since the cec library and utils packages do not work, maybe those packages should be removed from the list of installable packages. Um that's not how Debian works... Just because one device doesn't support

[beagleboard] cec-client

2014-12-25 Thread Richard-tx
I just installed cec-client and cec-client reports that there are no devices available. Is there some trick to getting cec-client to work? # cec-client -l DEBUG: [ 2] trying to autodetect all CEC adapters Found devices: NONE -- For more options, visit

[beagleboard] Re: cec-client

2014-12-25 Thread Richard-tx
Sorry, I forgot to mention that this is on a BBB- B and I am running Ubuntu 13. I can certainly use another OS if necessary. On Thursday, December 25, 2014 9:36:06 AM UTC-6, Richard-tx wrote: I just installed cec-client and cec-client reports that there are no devices available

[beagleboard] Re: cec-client

2014-12-25 Thread Richard-tx
I also tried debian and cec-client does not work with that either. On Thursday, December 25, 2014 9:36:06 AM UTC-6, Richard-tx wrote: I just installed cec-client and cec-client reports that there are no devices available. Is there some trick to getting cec-client to work? # cec-client

[beagleboard] reading status of connected tv or monitor

2014-12-25 Thread Richard-tx
I want to read the power status of the HDMI connected TV or monitor. I can do this use a Rpi and cec-client but it appears the cec-client is not supported on the BBB. What would be the easy way to determine if the connected TV or monitor is powered on or off? richard -- For more options,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-22 Thread Richard-tx
I just flashed Ubuntu 13.10 and the performance is back to normal. Compile time of 42m38s. I will flash Ubuntu 14 again and retest. On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 10:13:20 AM UTC-5, Richard-tx wrote: Unles I flashed it wrong twice in a row. I can't see how I could have botched the job

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-22 Thread Richard-tx
The issue isn't Ubuntu but the libwxgtk3.0-dev package vs the libwxgtk2.8-dev package. 3.0 apparantly has a bunch more stuff. Sorry for the false alarm. On Monday, September 22, 2014 11:15:37 AM UTC-5, Richard-tx wrote: I just flashed Ubuntu 13.10 and the performance is back to normal

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-16 Thread Richard-tx
back to Debian . . . On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Richard-tx rich.a...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Here is pstree -A pstree -A init-+-acpid |-avahi-daemon---avahi-daemon |-cron |-dbus-daemon |-dhclient |-7*[getty] |-rsyslogd---3*[{rsyslogd

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-15 Thread Richard-tx
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Re: [beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-15 Thread Richard-tx
. On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Richard-tx rich.a...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Here is the output from vmstat 2 You can see where I start the build. # vmstat 2 procs ---memory-- ---swap-- -io -system-- --cpu- r b swpd free buff cache

[beagleboard] Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-14 Thread Richard-tx
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 (eMMC flashed) and something seems wrong. I have a software package that I compile. When I compile it under Debian, it takes about 45 minutes to complete. Now with Ubuntu 14 it has takes 76-78 minutes. Is there something that I should look at or do? I did add

[beagleboard] Re: Ubuntu 14 - poor performance

2014-09-14 Thread Richard-tx
I forgot to mention that this is on a BBB. On Sunday, September 14, 2014 7:02:17 AM UTC-5, Richard-tx wrote: I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 (eMMC flashed) and something seems wrong. I have a software package that I compile. When I compile it under Debian, it takes about 45 minutes

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

2014-05-30 Thread Richard-tx
On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:30:00 AM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: If a person can not figure this out on their own, they probably deserve to get rooted, or whatever else happens to them. Some would also argue removing root. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss

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

2014-05-30 Thread Richard-tx
Removing root would certainly make it secure. usermod -d / root userdel -r root will make it absolutely secure. Not terribly useful but very secure. That also brings up the #1 dumbest idea in computer security. #1) Default Permit Read more at:

[beagleboard] transparent rs-232 connection

2014-05-10 Thread Richard-tx
I need to create a transparent rs-232 connection from my pc to a remote device. I thought that the BBB would be a good solution. I need to connect the serial port to a BBB which then connects to a remore BBB over wifi and then out the BBB serial port. I need to do this without logging into

[beagleboard] uboot messages to ttyO0

2014-05-02 Thread Richard-tx
I am using ttyO0 as a serial console for another linux machine. When the BBB boots, it sends out messages out ttyO0 which is connected to another machines console. Since a getty is running and the messages get echo'd back, uboot reacts to those messages which stops the boot process.. So the

[beagleboard] Re: uboot messages to ttyO0

2014-05-02 Thread Richard-tx
The OS is Wheezy. On Friday, May 2, 2014 9:40:31 PM UTC-5, Richard-tx wrote: I am using ttyO0 as a serial console for another linux machine. When the BBB boots, it sends out messages out ttyO0 which is connected to another machines console. Since a getty is running and the messages get

[beagleboard] power up using +5 volt jack

2014-04-27 Thread Richard-tx
The way my BBB works is like this: To power up the BBB from OFF when powered from the 5 v jack, I have to press the power button. To power up using the mini-usb connector, all I have to do is turn on the USB power. My question is this. Is there a way to have the BBB automatically power up

[beagleboard] Re: beagke bone black ubuntu 12.04 can't mount usb stick memory

2014-04-26 Thread Richard-tx
Have you created a partition and a file system on the USB stick? On Monday, April 21, 2014 5:27:30 AM UTC-5, Sanghyuk Lee wrote: hello I installed ubuntu 12.04 in emmc memory. because I need sdio interface for another device. But BBK cannot mount usb stick memory. When

[beagleboard] Re: Don't conect to lan when reboots using commands

2014-04-19 Thread Richard-tx
I see nothing wrong with your interfaces file. I can't think of a thing that would prevent it from reconnecting on reboot. What does dmesg say? -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[beagleboard] Re: Not enough space when using Debian on eMMC

2014-04-15 Thread Richard-tx
There are a few ways to alleviate the congestion. 1 - remove unwanted packages The X windows stuff takes up a lot of space for example. 2 - move various dirs to a USB drive or SD card. /opt and /var are two good candidates. /usr could be done but that requires some experimentation. If

[beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black connects to the wrong wireless SSID!

2014-04-07 Thread Richard-tx
When it comes to wifi and ARM devices and debian, there is one interfaces file that I use. So far it has worked every single time. auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 10.232.1.81 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.232.1.1 auto wlan0 allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0

[beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black connects to the wrong wireless SSID!

2014-04-02 Thread Richard-tx
WHen it comes to wifi and ARP devices and debian, there is one interfaces file that I use. So far it has worked every single time. auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 10.232.1.81 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.232.1.1 auto wlan0 allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0

[beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black connects to the wrong wireless SSID!

2014-04-02 Thread Richard-tx
me (Richard-tx change) 9:31 AM (less than a minute ago) When it comes to wifi and ARM devices and debian, there is one interfaces file that I use. So far it has worked every single time. auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet static address 10.232.1.81 netmask 255.255.255.0

Re: [beagleboard] BBB as a router w/ firewall capabilities

2014-04-02 Thread Richard-tx
As far as I am concerned the BBB is inapproprite as a firewall To keep performance up as high as possible, two high speed (1 gig) NIC cards are needed. USB is not high speed. On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 4:25:05 PM UTC-5, Mike Bell wrote: On 04/01/2014 05:02 PM, vignesh murali wrote: I just

[beagleboard] Dell U2410 hdmi woes (wheezy)

2014-03-28 Thread Richard-tx
I have a strange one. I am using a Dell U2410 monitor. It just so happens that I have the same monitor described at http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_HDMI I loaded the image https://rcn-ee.net/deb/microsd/wheezy/bbxm-debian-7.4-2014-03-27-2gb.img.xz on my BBB When the HDMI

Re: [beagleboard] Dell U2410 hdmi woes (wheezy)

2014-03-28 Thread Richard-tx
X desktop. We can mark this solved.. Richard On Friday, March 28, 2014 8:42:34 AM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Richard-tx rich.a...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: I have a strange one. I am using a Dell U2410 monitor. It just so happens that I have

Re: [beagleboard] Dell U2410 hdmi woes (wheezy)

2014-03-28 Thread Richard-tx
Google got tired of me searching for debian lde x11 display problem I finally tried setting the video mode to auto using xrandr and that fixed it. Go figure. Richard On 28 March 2014 14:42, Robert Nelson robert...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Richard-tx

Re: [beagleboard] Dell U2410 hdmi woes (wheezy)

2014-03-28 Thread Richard-tx
Yes, I am on the Rpi site as well. I decided to try a BBB. The BBB has certain features the RPI does not; like multiple UARTs. I have a terminal server that died on me so I am making one from a BBB. The only thing I wish is that this forum were hosted on something like phpBB3. Google

[beagleboard] First one, then two, then three....

2014-03-27 Thread Richard-tx
I bought a BBB about 3 weeks ago. Was impressed enough that I bought two more. I have a few Rpis is use around the house as well so I have a little experience with SBCs Anyway. all three BBB has been flawless. No problems at all. I did discover one thing. Of all the Linux distros out

[beagleboard] Re: i2c2 file not present in the system

2014-03-27 Thread Richard-tx
This is one of those things that should be documented a little better. Assuming you are using ubuntu or debian, here is the command. echo BB-I2C1 /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots That should do it. On Friday, January 10, 2014 5:45:17 AM UTC-6, Jyotirmaya Joon wrote: i2c2 file is not

[beagleboard] Predefined compiler macros that ...

2014-03-21 Thread Richard-tx
I am porting a piece of software to the BBB. To make my life easy, I would like to know if there is some predefined compiler macros that would identify the compilation platform which in this case is a Beaglebone Black. I know that __arm__ is defined but that isn't good enough. I am porting

[beagleboard] boot messages to HDMI

2014-03-20 Thread Richard-tx
I see all manner of topics referenceing ttyO0 as the console device, but I don't want the boot messages to spew out the RS232 port. I would prefer that the boot messages appear on the screen or be logged to a fileanything but have those boot messages go to the serial port. If this is

[beagleboard] Re: Problem with UART on the BBB

2014-03-20 Thread Richard-tx
This issue is very reminiscent of a serial port issue that occurred in the early days of SYSV rel 3 on Intel. What would happen was if the baud rate was high enough, the interrupts would occur so frequently that the kernel would be preempted which would cause the OS to hang. The fix at the

Re: [beagleboard] boot messages to HDMI

2014-03-20 Thread Richard-tx
the answer is to use tty0 tty0 is the screen (hdmi display) On Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:58:52 AM UTC-5, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 03/20/14 02:39, Richard-tx wrote: I see all manner of topics referenceing ttyO0 as the console device, but I don't want the boot messages to spew

[beagleboard] Re: Understanding i2c on BBB: a different approach : help needed

2014-03-14 Thread Richard-tx
I think you are going about it wrong. I would start by adding a device to the bus and them with the basic commands like i2cdump, i2cget, etc, control it. If you want to learn Linux internals, that is great, but start at the device driver. assuming you know how the kernal works. richard On