Seems that your BBB has no network (or no nameserver)! Is it connected
via USB only?
Easiest is to connect it via Ethernet to a router with dhcp-Server.


On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Nova Jack <[email protected]> wrote:
> Background
> I am working on Virtual Machine, using 32bit Ubuntu and have successfully
> connected to the remote server using the beaglebone's IP address after
> installing the required bone drivers for the beaglebone. I want to access
> GIOP of BeagleBone Black and be able to run a DC motor on it. I have tried
> following this tutorial by adafruit:
>
> https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-io-python-library-on-beaglebone-black/installation-on-ubuntu
>
> but I seem to get errors in the early stages.
>
> Errors
> My first error is with the very first command using "
>
> sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org to set the right date and time. But I get the
> following errors:
>
> root@beaglebone:~# sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org Error resolving pool.ntp.org:
> Name or service not known (-2) 23 Apr 21:18:42 ntpdate[2034]: Can't find
> host pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) 23 Apr 21:18:43
> ntpdate[2034]: no servers can be used, exiting root@beaglebone:~# sudo
> apt-get update Err http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb Release.gpg
> Could not resolve 'debian.beagleboard.org' Err http://security.debian.org
> wheezy/updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.debian.org' Err
> http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg Could not resolve
> 'ftp.us.debian.org' Err http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg
> Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' Reading package lists... Done W:
> Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg
> Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy-updates/Release.gpg Could not
> resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org' W: Failed to fetch
> http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release.gpg Could not
> resolve 'security.debian.org'
>
>
> Question
> -Does it have to do with the beaglebone's debian's image not been updated to
> the latest version?
> -Is it because I don't have complete access to the beaglebone (in reference
> to the security error message)
> -Am I missing some essential packages for the beaglebone?
>
> Would really appreciate your help!
>
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