Thanks a lot, Hieu. I can't assure 100% but it seems that you were right. I have cut the problematic pins on the connector and now it is working fine. I've booted 8 times without problems.
Thanks again! Manuel. El lunes, 3 de febrero de 2014 21:14:04 UTC+1, Hieu Duong escribió: > > Manuel, > > It sounds like your LCD7 Cape may have issue with the signal integrity > when booting with BBB: > http://elinux.org/CircuitCo:BeagleBone_LCD7#Known_Issues > > Have you tried booting up your LCD7 + BBB setup from a bootable SD card? > The process of creating this type of SD is similar; however, instead of > flashing the eMMC on BBB, it will allow you to boot directly from the BBB's > micro SD card slot: > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software#Image_For_Booting_From_microSD > > > ~Hieu > > > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:28 PM, DoctorP <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi, >> i'm the newest newbie of all, and I'm having a problem that I can't fix. >> I will try to be as specific as I can: >> >> I have to confess that I don't know a word of linux, apart from ls, cd >> and these kind of commands... >> >> I've bought 4 BBB's recently, that are marked as Rev A5C, and 4 LCD7 >> capes, being rev A3. reading the documentation of the LCD cape, it says >> that i need to update the software of the board. After many tries and >> falls, i'v managed to change the firmware in the eMMc to "Cloud9 GNOME >> Image 2013.09.04", available on http://beagleboard.org/latest-images. >> The board is working properly, as far as I can say: it boots, and I can >> access thru ssh and see the contents of the flash or execute the >> Cloud9 environment. >> But I haven't been able to connect successfully the lcd cape. Somentimes, >> it seems to boot, and even shows the calibration screen, but then it >> freezes, most of the times with a blinking cursor on the top of the screen. >> Another awkward behavior is that sometimes (can't remember with which >> software version was) it had booted properly and showed the Desktop, and i >> have run applications in graphic mode. >> >> Attending to http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBone_Black_Capes , there >> shouldn't be compatibility issues between these two boards, so I'm totally >> depressed. >> >> Reading the posts on this group, all of you seem to be experts on >> compiling, installing and doing awesome things with BBB's. >> >> So I'm begging any help. No one have had this problem? Could anyone show >> me some light? I might remember that i have a deep unknowing of linux, >> kernels, makes and so on. Also, I don't have the ftdi serial cable >> (although i could build one). >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Manuel P. >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
