Did you try the suggestions found at http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_HDMI
Gerald On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had very little luck trying to get HDMI to work with my BBB. When > booting off the eMMC I get the BeagleBone splashscreen and then nothing > after that. From reading the support forums, I gather that this is because > BBB is not getting the proper resolution information from my monitor. I > tried booting it with no HDMI TV attached and then plugging in the monitor > after it was fully booted to try to force it into the default resolution, > but that didn't work either. I was able to boot off a USB cable connection > to my computer and then SSH to it, but, of course, that's not going to get > me a GUI. > > Sooooo... > > I downloaded the latest image (2013.06.20) and put it on an SD card. I > applied power while holding down the reset button while connected to the > HDMI monitor. This time I got the splashscreen and also got the login > prompt (progress, at least) Shortly thereafter it disappeared and I saw > nothing further on the monitor. I assume this is because it started up the > GUI interface in a resolution my monitor doesn't support. When using the > June 20th image, I find that I can no longer SSH to the board. Is that > because it's running X? > > I can think of two ways forward: > > 1. Get a serial FTDI cable, and do some editing as per the HDMI > troubleshooting section. > > 2. Perhaps I could boot off the eMMC and edit some files to force a > different resolution on boot? > > The thing is, I'm about to start marketing a TNC cape for this board and > I'm now beginning to think I may be letting myself in for a huge customer > support headache from people who can't get their HDMI to work. What is the > most likely strategy to work here. This same HDMI monitor works perfectly > with my Raspberry Pi. > > Thanks, > > John Hansen > > -- > 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.
