I installed the Debian beta on my BBB and now Emacs is working fine... http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian
Cheers, Frank On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:42:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > I installed emacs on my brand new BBB, but although emacs starts up, no > key ever makes it to into the program. > > The installation was as simple as > 1) log in as root using SSH Secure Shell 3.2.9 (see comments below) to > 192.168.1.xxx (via the ethernet cable, address assigned via DHCP) > 2) execute > opkg update > opkg install emacs > 3) run emacs by typing > emacs > > No key is recognized, not M-<key>, not C-<key> , not even just a letter > <key> (and worst of all, not C-x C-c, which would cause emacs to exit). > Same result occurs if I create a text file test.txt and then execute > emacs test.txt > > And just to cut off one possibility: note that I've been using SSH Secure > Shell with emacs for years, and I tested it just now with another system; > it works just fine. Obviously, too, it accesses the BBB, because that's > how I entered the commands that installed and executed emacs. And, of > course, I've rebooted the BBB several times. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Richard > > P.S. SSH Secure Shell 3.2.9 is a very nice TTY program, which I vastly > prefer over PuTTY. > Search for > ssh secure shell 3.2.9 download free > and you'll find various sources, including universities, that offer the > software for free, e.g.William & Mary, Dartmouth, Northwestern, UCLA, etc. > In other words, you won't be downloading some cracked and potentially > dangerous piece of software. > -- 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.
