On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Hilmar Lapp <[email protected]> wrote: > I attempted to install several Beaglebone Blacks with the Nov 12 Debian > Wheezy 7.9 image posted as the latest one on the website (see > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images) but had to abort this prior to Xmas > because of an issue with the LXDE desktop not starting up properly (see my > other post from a few minutes ago - unfortunately I couldn't identify the > culprit in time before Xmas). Instead I then resorted to using the Debian > 7.8 image from March 1, 2015, which is posted currently as the first one > under "Older Debian images". It did not have the LXDE issue, and generally > worked fine. (Based on what I can tell, it is in fact the image that came on > the batch of boards I just ordered.) > > After running through all software updates (apt-get update && apt-get > upgrade) and upgrading the kernel (cd /opt/script; git pull; > ./tools/update-kernel.sh --bone-channel --stable) I seem to be at about the > same point that the Nov 12 image put me after all updates: > > debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -a > Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone79 #1 SMP Tue Oct 13 20:44:55 UTC 2015 armv7l > GNU/Linux > debian@beaglebone:~$ lsb_release -a > No LSB modules are available. > Distributor ID: Debian > Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.9 (wheezy) > Release: 7.9 > Codename: wheezy > > So I'm now wondering what benefit of the Nov 12 image I'm still missing out > on by having started with the March 1 image. Perhaps there are packages > installed on the Nov 12 that never were on the March 1 image, but presumably > if I wanted or needed those, I can just install them. Any suggestions why I > might want to go back (or I guess you could say "forward") to the Nov 12 > image, if I'm otherwise staying with Debian Wheezy?
Wheezy's mostly been in maintenance mode over that time frame.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- 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.
