On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:40 AM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am experimenting with using a beaglebone for some production tooling.  I
> would like to use desktop for a nice fancy GUI to show screening results and
> I also need to have the beaglebone program an MSP430 processor using a TI
> FET tool.
>
> Well that's what I want, getting it is another thing.  I have a beaglebone
> and a 7" ldc from circuitco (got it awhile ago) and I'm trying to get a
> desktop installed.  I could go with the Angstrom distribution that comes
> stock but I've tried installing a ubuntu image then LXDE but LXDE hangs on
> the login screen.  I then tried installing ubuntu desktop and got the same
> results so the stock Angstrom is looking much better now.
>
> I can work with the angstrom distribution but I need a little help in
> getting the MSPGCC tool chain running on it.  I'm strating from near zero,
> it's been a long time since I've done any linux stuff.  Can someone give me
> a roadmap on what I have to do?

The official debian image posted here:

http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

should not lock up at the login screen with your lcd.

Then just "sudo apt-get install gcc-msp430"

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
http://www.rcn-ee.com/

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