On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 3:26:37 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So you are saying I will still need to stay with the 7.9 image series >> > for >> > BoneScript for the foreseeable future? >> >> or install the 3.8.x based kernel on jessie. > > > Other than the Bonescript PWM analogWrite() not working and the other > "harmless" error messages thrown, its hard to see how either would make a > difference to my friend. He is not in a position to do a lot of image > downloading or apt-get updating for lack of adequate Internet bandwidth at > his rural location (he's actually "off-grid" running on solar power). > > The fact remains I could not explain why anyone should use Jessie over > Wheezy, or vice-versa, other than "Jessie is newer and is the future". But > if the 3.8.x kernel on Jessie fixed the PWM and error message nags I'd > quickly install it before I give him the BBG and proto-plate setup I've made > to get him started. > > >> >> >> > Can I get to 8.3 2016-01-24 from 8.2 2015-12-06 with apt-get updates and >> > installs? or should I download the new image and start over? >> >> Yes/No >> >> Yes, you will get the same packages.. >> >> No, you will not get the "extra" packages/things i added to >> "2016-01-24"... > > > If the extra stuff is all apt-get installable, a simple list of packages
It's in the commit log: "bb.org: jessie:" https://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder/commits/master > removed or added for the updated images would seem to save a lot of > elinux.org download bandwidth. I assume that is also the reason for the > *.bmap versions. bandwidth is cheap, only pushed out 1.5TB last month... > >> > I think the "top level" beaglebone.localhost web page needs some serious >> > updating as the link: >> > http://192.168.7.2/bone101/Support/BoneScript/updates/ >> > is still talking about Angstrom. >> >> That repo is right here: >> >> https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-getting-started >> >> go ahead fork it and submit pull requests. > > > I would if I actually knew what the answers and changes were. But it'd be > ugly as I've never authored a webpage nor have I any experience with web > authoring tools of any kind. Authoring a webpage is just not on my bucket > list. Although writing some PRU code is :) > > I've had Beaglebones since the White, but this is the first time I've > actually tried to do anything with Cloud9 and Bonescript. Pointing out the > problems I've found was in the hope that someone in position to fix it would > be made aware. I'm perfectly willing to accept that Beagleboard.org has > given up on "beginners" instead focusing on near experts that want the PRU > or DSP of the X-15. Other than not having on-board A/D and a much lesser > number of GPIO pins my friend would otherwise likely be better served with a > Raspberry Pi2. > > Node-red is great, it'll be awesome if a few issues get fixed, having it > work in a downloaded image is a very good thing IMHO, although the > installation instructions on the node-red website are very good. nah i have better ones today: (jessie/stretch rootfs) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bb-node-red-installer >> Angstrom is dead, it's maintainer left for a job at linaro, NO ONE has >> stepped up since the fall of 2013 to pick up maintenance. >> > Re forking the above, I'm in no position to declare "Angstrom Dead" on a > website or a forum post, although I've suspected it, given the lack of > updates since about 2013. Although in my limited use of it and some of the > recent Debian images with my A5A BBB HDMI it seemed Angstrom GUI was more > responsive, although a lot more limited. > > I've given up on BBB HDMI, as I'm finding the GUI apps I want to use mostly > work better with ssh -X anyway, which is pretty neat when I run them on the > BBG :) Although it doesn't take a lot of GUI app installations to overflow > the 4GB eMMC. > > I'm not sure that no one stepping up for Angstrom is such a bad thing, > Debian is much better documented (probably the most complete of all distros) > and all the really "minimal" Linux systems seem to be moving to Yacto > project. I've always though there has been too much duplicated effort in > Linux. 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.
