Thanks for the info, gives me a place to start. I tried the LinuxCNC/Machine Kit Debian based image (easiest way to get a working Xenomi real-time system to play with), but it was tight on a 4GB SD card and the GUI performance was flat out terrible. I apt-get installed synaptic after I'd ran the script to expand the image to fill my 8GB SD and figured I'd be in great shape, but I couldn't figure out how to make the menu item for it work. I could run synaptic with /usr/sbin/synaptic but my initial impressions were pretty poor.
I may give the straight Debian image a try eventually, but so far I'm impressed enough with what Angstrom has to offer in a 1.5GB load that I'm willing to put some effort into continuing with it. The Angstrom GUI seems at least as responsive and much more stable than anything I had running on the much more powerful PandaboardES which ended up being my greatest Linux disappointment. The real strength of Debian/Ubuntu is odds are you're not the first to encounter the issue and the user forums almost always hold the answers. If what I'm doing doesn't seem very coherent, its because I'm trying to move forward with several projects in parallel On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 9:48:08 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: > > apparently for Angstrom its opkg list-installed refer to this: > > http://gumstix.org/add-software-packages.html > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:42 PM, William Hermans <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Not sure it is available or not in Angstrom but with Debian you just use >> "*dpkg >> -l"* That a lower case L ( el ). Then I'll assume you could do *opkg >> remove package_name(s)* >> >> I might add, if you're having difficulties learning, because the lack of >> Angstrom documentation is hindering you, I might suggest you move to a >> Debian image. With Debian you can literally google "Debian howto xyz", and >> find tons of information. This is why I made teh switch with my own A5A >> last may or so. >> >> -- 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/d/optout.
