Trying to run i2cdetect but keep getting:

Error: Can't use SMBus Quick Write command on this bus


On Thursday, March 6, 2014 10:58:32 AM UTC-5, Jason Kridner wrote:

> If you have a BeagleBone Black and are able to try out this image, it 
> might be good to propose fixing any short-falls you see in what is provided 
> on the image.
>
> On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 5:51:19 PM UTC-5, Jason Kridner wrote:
>>
>> The latest BeagleBone Debian images are now posted at: 
>> http://beagleboard.org/latest-images/
>>
>> If you've upgraded the firmware on your BeagleBone or BeagleBone Black in 
>> the past, the experience will be quite similar, but you might find the eMMC 
>> flashing times a bit faster (~15 minutes rather than ~45 minutes) due to 
>> less post-installation processing. Using the 2GB uSD card image also 
>> flashes a bit faster and can be resized to whatever your uSD card size is 
>> using some scripts under /opt/scripts/tools.
>>
>> Many, many thanks to Robert Nelson, Rob Rittman, Dave Anders, Cody Lacey, 
>> the Cloud9 IDE team and so many others in getting us this far.
>>
>> Please take the time to give a detailed look over this image and report 
>> any issues to the bug tracker on elinux.org:
>> http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/debian-image-releases
>>
>> While plugged in over USB, you'll see the familiar BEAGLE_BONE drive with 
>> START.htm to tell you how to get the drivers configured if you haven't 
>> already done so:
>>
>> [image: Inline image 2]
>>
>>
>> Clicking the link or visiting http://192.168.7.2, you'll see the 
>> familiar on-board served documentation:
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> I've introduced a few bugs to the documentation (
>> http://github.com/beaglebone/bone101 and 
>> http://beagleboard.github.io/bone101), so expect to find a lot of issues 
>> there. Patches are welcome as are notes in the bug tracker to make sure I 
>> don't miss dotting any i's or crossing any t's. This is your chance to try 
>> to get some documentation into the system you'd like to see. I felt it was 
>> pretty safe to save the documentation as an in-beta item because it 
>> shouldn't impact functionality.
>>
>> One of the biggest new features you'll see is when you click on the 
>> Cloud9 IDE link:
>>
>> [image: Inline image 3]
>>
>> This is a pre-open-source-beta-only release of version 3 of their IDE. 
>> Down at the bottom of the Cloud9 IDE you'll see a new terminal window that 
>> runs a full 'tmux' session. You can open up a bunch of these and it makes 
>> logging into the board and executing command-line operations *super* simple.
>>
>> Cloud9 IDE version 3 now includes support for Python and the 
>> Adafruit_BBIO library is included in these Debian images. That means you 
>> can simply paste in your Python code and hit the "run" button, without any 
>> additional download. I checked this out myself by doing a quick LED blink 
>> using the Adafruit tutorial (
>> http://learn.adafruit.com/blinking-an-led-with-beaglebone-black/writing-a-program
>> ):
>>
>> [image: Inline image 4]
>>
>> You should also note that the /var/lib/cloud9 directory now contains a 
>> git clone of that bone101 repo (http://github.com/beagleboard/bone101), 
>> so you can start using the Cloud9 IDE to edit the content live. What I 
>> recommend is creating your own fork of the repo and sending me pull 
>> requests of any changes you'd like to see.
>>
>> You can also edit C/C++ code in the Cloud9 IDE, but no 'builder' or 
>> 'runner' plug-ins are provided. You will, however, find the 
>> Userspace-Arduino (http://elinux.org/Userspace_Arduino) code in 
>> /opt/source/Userspace-Arduino. Here's a quick little exercise you can do to 
>> blink LED0:
>>
>> root@beaglebone# cd 
>> /opt/source/Userspace-Arduino/arduino-makefile/examples/Blink
>> root@beaglebone# perl -i -pe 's/13/14/g' Blink.ino
>> root@beaglebone# make
>> root@beaglebone# ./build-userspace/Blink.elf
>>
>> For more advanced C/C++ developers, future releases should include 
>> https://github.com/jackmitch/libsoc.
>>
>> Those familiar with Linux will also note that the init system is 
>> 'systemd', which has been helpful in providing reasonable boot times. If 
>> you are looking for the journal, you can explore it using 
>> 'systemd-journalctl'.
>>
>> I use a Mac and despite the latest version of HoRNDIS fixing issues with 
>> Internet Connection Sharing, getting on the WIFI at home makes getting my 
>> BeagleBones on the network much easier, further making grabbing new 
>> packages with 'sudo apt-get install' much simpler. Drivers and firmware for 
>> many common USB WiFi dongles are included, so be sure to report any that 
>> you find missing. These latest images include the drivers for the popular 
>> UWN200 adapters provided by Logic Supply. To test it out myself, I 
>> uncommented and edited the wlan0 entry in /etc/network/interfaces 
>> (including replacing wlan0 with ra0), shutdown, plugged in the adapter and 
>> powered up the board again. I'm seeing the issue "rt28xx_open return 
>> fail!", but I'm sure this is something we can fix in a few days and provide 
>> an updated image. I removed that adapter and plugged in an adapter I bought 
>> from Adafruit (and switched ra0 back to wlan0) and got the issue 
>> "rtl8192cu:_rtl92cu_init_power_on():<0-0> Failed to polling 
>> REG_APS_FSMCO[APFM_ONMAC] done!". Finally, I plugged in a TL-WN822N adapter 
>> I bought from Amazon and BINGO---WiFi!!! Anyway, getting reports on what 
>> adapters work and don't work would be really helpful at this point as we'll 
>> be trying to get a very full set of WiFi drivers included.
>>
>> This is just a quick intro to some of the experience and what we are 
>> focused on fine tuning. Please take the time to check it out and let us 
>> know about your experience. It should be known that Koen has continued to 
>> advance the state of the Angstrom Distributions images he provides and 
>> those continue to serve as a more flexible base for building truly custom 
>> Linux distributions needed by many embedded systems developers. However, as 
>> our user base has grown, getting a Debian image that feels a bit more 
>> familiar to Linux novices is something for which I've heard tremendous 
>> demand. If feedback from the community is positive, there will be a switch 
>> as to what distribution comes loaded in the eMMC flash on the boards. I 
>> hope you enjoy it!
>>
>>
>>
>>

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