Re: [beagleboard] help using uio_pruss with 4.4.30-ti-64

2017-03-03 Thread ags
Robert, my hope is to learn through doing, and eventually have enough understanding of dt and enabling LKM/drivers so that I can maintain what I develop through kernel updates and the inevitable progress that will continue. So it's not just about getting things to work. Would you kindly

Re: [beagleboard] Volatility Statement/Letter

2017-03-03 Thread Gerald Coley
There is no such letter available for this development board as such and there won't be. It cannot be bricked and can always be re-flashed if the eMMC is affected. If you turn off the power the eMMC is still there but the SDRAM is not preserved. If you load bad code it can modify the eMMC to the

[beagleboard] Volatility Statement/Letter

2017-03-03 Thread Justus Timm
Hello, I was wondering if there happened to already be a statement of volatility for the BeagleBone Black product? Would it be possible to obtain a copy of this statement/letter? Please advise if this is something that can be obtained. Thank you for your time! Justus Timm Test Engineer Q4

Re: [beagleboard] why is pinmux-helper needed?

2017-03-03 Thread ags
Thank you for the reply. I am beginning to see how this could make things easier. If you will bear with me, I'd like to poke a little deeper, to further my understanding of exactly how this all works. I'll be referring specifically to the BBB, but if there are general embedded Linux

Re: [beagleboard] Wifi problems

2017-03-03 Thread William Hermans
@Robert, Which wireless chipsets are you recommending now days. As as USB<->WiFi dongles go ? On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 7:02 PM, William Hermans wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:35 PM, jhalpin100 wrote: > >> I'm not usinig HDMI, it seems to be

Re: [beagleboard] Wifi problems

2017-03-03 Thread William Hermans
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:35 PM, jhalpin100 wrote: > I'm not usinig HDMI, it seems to be disabled by default. I updated the > kernel, and it almost works now. > root@beaglebone:~# cat /boot/uEnv.txt |grep -e Audio/Video -e -emmc-overlay *##BeagleBone Black: HDMI

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Root login change?

2017-03-03 Thread William Hermans
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > > Well -- if I were exposing one to the wild, I'd probably delete the > debian account too, after creating a new user account. > > That's understandable. One could actually just change the account name if

Re: [beagleboard] Wifi problems

2017-03-03 Thread jhalpin100
I'm not usinig HDMI, it seems to be disabled by default. I updated the kernel, and it almost works now. When I connected initially everything looked good. After a reboot though, the wifi adapter wouldn't power on. If I extract and re-insert it into the USB slot, it powers up, but doesn't get

Re: [beagleboard] Wifi problems

2017-03-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Joe Halpin wrote: > Sorry, should have included that. Here's the output from lsusb -v > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un > 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Rea] > Device Descriptor: > bLength18

[beagleboard] Wifi problems

2017-03-03 Thread jhalpin100
I've tried a number of debian images from 7.11 to 8.7, and I keep having a lot of problems with connmanctl not connecting, or the connection dropping. This isn't the case with all versions. Version 8.2 (and I think 8.6) seem to work ok. However I can't get the Adafruit BBIO libraries to install

Re: [beagleboard] Wifi problems

2017-03-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 4:24 PM, jhalpin100 wrote: > I've tried a number of debian images from 7.11 to 8.7, and I keep having a > lot of problems with connmanctl not connecting, or the connection dropping. > This isn't the case with all versions. Version 8.2 (and I think 8.6)

Re: [beagleboard] Which networking tools for BBBW?

2017-03-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Richard wrote: > I've managed to set up my BBBW to have a static IP address and gateway for > wlan0 that persist even after a reboot. There has to be a cleaner way to do > this, but I found the file /var/lib/connman/wifi_[...]/settings and

[beagleboard] Which networking tools for BBBW?

2017-03-03 Thread Richard
I've managed to set up my BBBW to have a static IP address and gateway for wlan0 that persist even after a reboot. There has to be a cleaner way to do this, but I found the file /var/lib/connman/wifi_[...]/settings and edited it to change the IPv4 entries. What I haven't been able to do is set

Re: [beagleboard] Root login change?

2017-03-03 Thread Kurt Talke
Its about at minute 4 of the video below. https://www.labviewmakerhub.com/doku.php?id=learn:tutorials:libraries:linx:3-0:software-setup They don’t give access to the actual script. -Kurt > On Mar

Re: [beagleboard] Root login change?

2017-03-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Kurt Talke wrote: > Thanks all, > > For embedded Labview, the installation as to be done through their software, > and they need to create a chroot for it, and thus need root user. Their > install app only includes a user name and pass, not

Re: [beagleboard] Root login change?

2017-03-03 Thread Kurt Talke
Thanks all, For embedded Labview, the installation as to be done through their software, and they need to create a chroot for it, and thus need root user. Their install app only includes a user name and pass, not the ability to sudo su. Thanks for all the help. -Kurt > On Mar 2, 2017, at

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Root login change?

2017-03-03 Thread William Hermans
So let's imagine, someone gaining root access( known as rooting, or being rooted ) to your system is feeling charitable, and only runs something like: *WARNING - Do not do this ! You've been warned.* # gzip -9 -r / What do you suppose will happen, and then what do you suppose you will do to fix

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Root login change?

2017-03-03 Thread William Hermans
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:56 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > Let me guess -- the next step will be to have the first connection > to > "debian/temppwd" require the user to change the password. > Anyone with half a brain should already be doing that one their own.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Using BeagleBoneBlack to emulate USB keyboard?

2017-03-03 Thread zspinedo
Hello Phil, I try executing your script would you have information on what to do if /sys/kernel/config is not available, I did search on google with no success El martes, 1 de diciembre de 2015, 13:37:15 (UTC-7), Philip Polstra escribió: > I did a talk about how to do this at DEFCON this