Hello, https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-debian-9 is something else I just found.
Seth P.S. I am about to try it out. On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 3:39:19 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote: > > Hello Sir, > > I am about to test the xfce4 on my distro from BBB.io/latest-images. Maybe > just using the SD Card would be beneficial at first, i.e. just to test and > get online. Then, after updating and getting packages, you can then turn > the image into a flasher image on your eMMC. > > ... > > Anyway...xfce4 works on my machine. I just use apt to install it. > > I am sorry but currently I am using Stretch w/ the updated image they have > on the bbb.io site. > > So, I am thinking that you are not online just yet. As you have typed, you > have not been able to get online. I understand that it is upsetting (for > now). > > ... > > Just for precaution, the xfce4 environment is large (even though they say > it is lightweight). They have many packages that have been released w/ a > new candidate in 2015. 256MB is the size. This will take out a large > section of the eMMC on your BBB. > > Four years ago seems to be a while back. But, the BBB and tightvnc work > well w/ it. > > ... > > I just read the rest of your info. on this post. Um, I do not ping or ping > to google for that fact. I use the Ethernet connections for my BBBs and the > connmanctl dialog to connect to WiFi on the BBBW. > > I am kind of out of the loop on pings and not being online while pings > come through and no packets are being lost. > > Seth > > P.S. I have not used Win 8.1 ever. So, I am really out of the loop on this > situation. Maybe some other people can give better advice on connection > issues and connecting to older images/kernels. I have been using 4.14.x via > BBB w/ PuTTY and while under Win 10. > > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 1:49:16 PM UTC-5, Sardar Vayghannezgad > wrote: >> >> Thanks a lot for your reply. What I end up seeing on puTTY after typing >> sudo apt-get install [no matter what!]" is the following: >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> E: Unable to locate package xfce4 >> the last line, actually. And like I said in the original post, this >> happens still when I can ping to google. To the best of my knowledge if you >> can ping to google, you are connected, right?! And thus you must be able to >> download, but I am not. I'm coming to the conclusion that this primarily >> has something to do with BBB driver not appearing on my device manager, >> despite thatI have installed the drivers from BeagleBoard/getting-started. >> >> On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 7:19:27 PM UTC+3, Mala Dies wrote: >>> >>> Oh and Sir, >>> >>> You might want to try, b/c the typing on the X client is showing >>> incorrect values, XFCE for your desktop client. I found that this works at >>> times, too. Here: https://www.xfce.org/. If I am not mistaken, you can >>> just use "sudo apt install xfce4." >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> P.S. I need to double check the apt install xfce4 cmd but I think that >>> is it. I will keep looking around for other info. I have been waiting to >>> get into this idea, the Machine Kit stuff, but I have been unable to find >>> time. I will reply soon. >>> >>> On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 1:16:50 AM UTC-5, Sardar Vayghannezgad >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I have been struggling for the past ten days, as a brand new user, to >>>> get my Beaglebone Black rec C (element 14) to run Machinekit on my Win 8.1 >>>> PC. To save you the long story, I am totally lost. What I've been able to >>>> learn during my time playing with all the software and hardware around >>>> me from forums, blogs, sites, personal intuition, etc comes down to: >>>> >>>> - successfully flashing an image on a microSD card and then >>>> transfer them on to the BB-Black, so that it can run without the flash >>>> card >>>> inside, >>>> - connecting BBB to my PC via puTTY and to the internet (albeit, >>>> apparently Google only, as I cannot have puTTy download any packages) >>>> >>>> Since I am desperately looking for some dummies pointers on the issues >>>> I have, I'm giving all the software/hardware coordinates I think are >>>> important: >>>> >>>> The image I'm using is from here >>>> <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit> >>>> >>>> My Questions are: >>>> >>>> 1. BBB does show up on my PC with the default image >>>> <https://beagleboard.org/latest-images> it comes out with, and I >>>> can go through the instructions available on Beagleboard/getting >>>> started webpage <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, >>>> but once I replace it with another Image >>>> >>>> <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit>, >>>> >>>> it doesn't seem to appear as a drive on my PC nor anywhere on the >>>> Device >>>> Manager. However, I can putty it to my PC, and share my PC WiFi with >>>> it. >>>> Given that I have installed the required drivers from BBoard >>>> Getting Started <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, Is >>>> this normal?!! If not, What is it that causes this? (I have searched >>>> high >>>> and low online, but haven't come up with a concrete conclusion) >>>> 2. I can use my PC WiFi to connect BBB to the Google per online >>>> instructions, yet any attempt, via puTTY, to download Machinekit >>>> Packages >>>> >>>> <http://www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started/install-runtime-packages/> >>>> (Just >>>> in case, is the link right for my case?!!) from the related website >>>> leads >>>> in the error: >>>> >>>> machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-xenomai >>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>> Building dependency tree >>>> Reading state information... Done >>>> E: Unable to locate package machinekit-xenomai >>>> >>>> >>>> or >>>> machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-posix >>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>> Building dependency tree >>>> Reading state information... Done >>>> E: Unable to locate package machinekit-posix >>>> >>>> 3. I have downloaded the Machinekit Client on my PC. What >>>> else do I need? I can see online that I need download tightVNC viewer both >>>> on my PC and on the BBB via puTTY. right? Provided that I can do so, do I >>>> need to download a VCP (Visual Control Panel) like QtQuickVcp to use in >>>> conjunction with Machinekit? Should I install this on my PC or BBB or >>>> both?!!! >>>> >>>> 4. My keyboard is misspelling on ThightVNC window. How can >>>> I fix this? >>>> >>>> Any help, however small, would be appreciated. >>>> >>> -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/9c1836ec-4614-4869-847c-d1b3efbbdd0e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
