I am pretty sure it isn't a pin conflict since I can remote desktop in as root and access the mounted drives no problem.
Something strange is happening to my permissions as soon as I run uEnv.txt I have checked my sudoers file and nothing in there has changed. Unfortunately I don't have a usb to serial cable. Thanks for your help William On Thu, 7 May 2015 at 08:49 William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, the comment by me above "sounds like a pin conflict", doesn't mean I > think for a second that it *is* a pin conflict. I just meant that it is a > "reaction" one might expect from having a pin conflict . . . the sdcard, > and hdmi should be able to work properly at the same time. > > I seem to recall reading something about a udev rule fix a long time back > - For situations like these but . . . What I am "remembering" is rather > vague in my mind at the moment. > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:40 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sounds like a possible pin conflict but . . . >> >> I was reading an ARCHLinux post concerning a similar problem( but on PC >> ), and the person fixed it by making some additions to the PAM >> configuration file. >> >> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=167947 >> >> ( post #5 ). >> >> Not sure that would fix the problem, but might be worth a try. However, >> if you remove the "quiet" from the optarg variable, and you have a serial >> debug cable. The output I believe should be more verbose. You can also look >> through dmesg, and /var/log/messages to see if you can spot anything >> obvious. >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Sam <samthomasdigi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey again William! >>> >>> I am just using the default debian user for now so I have not messed >>> with the sudoers file. >>> >>> If I comment out "optargs=quiet >>> capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN" in my uEnv.txt then >>> my usb and uSD is automounted correctly. So something strange is happening >>> when HDMI is disabled. >>> >>> I am accessing the BBB with xrdp which may also have something to do >>> with it. >>> >>> I wonder if there somewhere else that I can run the command to disable >>> the hdmi that is not on external memory. See if that helps? >>> >>> Failing that I could try running debian from the uSD. At least that >>> would give me all the memory I need. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 6 May 2015 19:44:30 UTC+10, Sam wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hey Everyone! >>>> >>>> I want to use my HDMI pins for other purposes. >>>> >>>> I have added a uEnv.txt to my bone that contains >>>> "optargs=quiet capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN" >>>> >>>> when i cat the slots >>>> debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots >>>> 0: 54:PF--- >>>> 1: 55:PF--- >>>> 2: 56:PF--- >>>> 3: 57:PF--- >>>> 4: ff:P-O-L Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G >>>> 5: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMI,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMI >>>> 6: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMIN,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMIN >>>> >>>> Unfortunately when I click a mounted drive in LXDE I get an error "Not >>>> Authorised" >>>> >>>> I can access the drives as root though. >>>> >>>> Is something happening to the permissions of the mounted drives when >>>> uEnv.txt is run? >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> >>>> Sam >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/893ifb_sEwI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.