On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Saket Sinha <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to be able to write a c program (.exe), upload it to an SD card (and > add the relevent boot files to the SD card) and then get the beaglebone to > boot up from the SD card and run the program on startup. > > First compile the executable(hello.o suppose) with the arm toolchain you > have. > Copy the executable in /etc/init.d > Change the permissions of the file (chmod +x) > Go to the /etc/rc5.d directory > Execute ln -s /etc/init.d/hello.o S99hello > Reboot and check whether on startup it is getting execute or not
Some of the things you mention here are Linux-distro-specific. Do you need Linux for what you are doing? Do you need the Linux distro to organize things the way you've laid them out? If you are happy using the Angstrom Distribution software that ships with the boards, you might take a look at mattrichardson.com/BeagleBone-System-Services/, which is a nice write-up on getting applications to run on boot. Another question: do you need X11? If not, you might consider 'systemctl disable gdm' to disable the Gnome Desktop Manager and avoid booting into X11. If you have a full-screen framebuffer-based application, that'll enable you to take over the whole screen without wasting additional resources. > > P.S.- I am also a newbie. This is how I did this. Not knowing whether this > is the only method > > Regards, > Saket Sinha > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
