Re: [beagleboard] recipe to make the RTC on BBB work

2020-02-06 Thread Harke Smits
to the internet. I still feel a newbie, though. Thanks again, best regards, Harke On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 20:50, Robert Nelson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 1:40 PM Harke Smits wrote: > > > > Thanks Robert for your attention. I replaced the line in uEnv.txt and it > indee

Re: [beagleboard] recipe to make the RTC on BBB work

2020-02-05 Thread Harke Smits
son wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 8:39 AM Harke Smits > > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Is there a recipe that works to install the RTC (DS3231/1307)? I googled > and tried a lot of things but can not make it work. I succeeded on older > Debian versio

[beagleboard] recipe to make the RTC on BBB work

2020-02-05 Thread Harke Smits
Hello, Is there a recipe that works to install the RTC (DS3231/1307)? I googled and tried a lot of things but can not make it work. I succeeded on older Debian versions but now I am lost. I have Debian 2018-10-07. The hw works as proved by i2cdetect -y -r 2. At address 0x68. "echo ds1307 0x68

Re: [beagleboard] Re: LXQT autostart problem

2019-02-14 Thread Harke Smits
something I found locally on this wiki/group. > > Seth > > P.S. I know that you are having trouble w/ the .service file for starting > services on boot w/ QT. Do you have your .service file or a rendition? > > On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:41:47 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits wrote

Re: [beagleboard] Re: LXQT autostart problem

2019-02-10 Thread Harke Smits
ies? > > Seth > > On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 3:41:10 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a strange LXQT autostart problem. I have 4 BBB's all running the >> latest image (Debian 9.5). My python application runs fine on all of them >> (

Re: [beagleboard] Re: LXQT autostart problem

2019-02-08 Thread Harke Smits
ay prove valuable. > > Seth > > P.S. Try adding this device tree blob object file to your boards that do > not work. If I am correct, the .dtbo file is the only difference in those > two ./version.sh cmds listed. > > On Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 6:52:39 AM UTC-6, Harke Smi

Re: [beagleboard] Re: LXQT autostart problem

2019-02-07 Thread Harke Smits
in /opt/scripts/tools/developers/ > directory. For each board, please reply w/ the version of your bootloader. > You can label them 1. to 4. w/ the relevant info. > > > > On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 3:41:10 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >

[beagleboard] LXQT autostart problem

2019-02-05 Thread Harke Smits
Hello, I have a strange LXQT autostart problem. I have 4 BBB's all running the latest image (Debian 9.5). My python application runs fine on all of them (from QTerminal). On two of these systems I can make LXQT-Autostart my application work (LXQT settings-Session settings-Application

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-07 Thread Harke Smits
WOW! You made my day! This works! I am working about two weeks to get this going but I was completely at the wrong track! Thank you so much for your advice. IOU! Best regards, enjoy the weekend, Harke On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 14:04, Tarmo Kuuse wrote: > Hi Harke, > > >> No problem, I can do

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-06 Thread Harke Smits
s. Perhaps I am mistaken there. It > certainly is not typically used that way. > > Jim > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 3:57 AM Harke Smits wrote: > >> Hi Jim, >> >> No problem, I can do that, in fact I have done that many times with the >> same results. I can

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-06 Thread Harke Smits
Fundamentally your python doesn't know where the libraries you want are > installed. PYTHONPATH is the environment variable which tends python where > to look. Copy the one from your environment and export it in your bash > script. > > Jim > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 2:50 PM Harke Smit

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-05 Thread Harke Smits
/systemd/system/ as Pluck.service. >> >> ... >> >> Then, type this command: sudo systemctl enable Pluck.service >> >> Then, type this command: sudo systemctl start Pluck.service >> >> That should do it! >> >> If not, please reply w/

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-05 Thread Harke Smits
rget >> >> Now...try to run your .service file that should be saved in >> /etc/systemd/system/ as Pluck.service. >> >> ... >> >> Then, type this command: sudo systemctl enable Pluck.service >> >> Then, type this command: sudo systemctl start Pluck.se

[beagleboard] I2C busses mixed up?

2018-12-05 Thread Harke Smits
Hello Learned group, I have an I2C problem that I confuses me: I have activated I2C1 in uEnv.txt. That works. Now i2cdetect -y -r i (for i = 0,1,2) gives a quick response. However, i2c2 behaves like i2c1. i=1 shows nothing connected, 0 shows some UU's and 2 shows devices I can recognise: I can

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-04 Thread Harke Smits
r .service file like before > from the example I had given. > > Seth > > On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 6:28:19 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits wrote: >> >> Thank you for your support Seth! I do not think I am running anything >> special. Just one Python script, 400 lines of m

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-03 Thread Harke Smits
of complexity. Replace my idiotic test.py program with your > real one. In editing the service file ensure you use absolute path. Update > the test.service script and make sure that you run: systemctl > daemon-reload whenever you change the service files. > > Hope that h

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-03 Thread Harke Smits
; | > | > > Try this! > > > > On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 5:48:51 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits wrote: >> >> Hi Seth, >> >> In the meantime I think I tried just about any combination I can think of. >> Mostly I get the following error codes

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-12-01 Thread Harke Smits
Try that section under your [Install] section. > > On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 10:50:15 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits wrote: >> >> Hello Seth, >> >> Thanks a lot for your reaction. I already digested these pages (as good >> as I could, I am an RF engineer, not a pr

[beagleboard] Re: Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-11-30 Thread Harke Smits
, regards, Harke On Friday, 30 November 2018 12:18:26 UTC+1, Mala Dies wrote: > > Hello Again Harke, > > Seth here. You need to put your .service files in /etc/systemd/system/. I > am pretty sure. > > Seth > > On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 5:49:16 AM UTC-6, Harke Smits

[beagleboard] Debian 9: autorun on boot with systemd does not work

2018-11-26 Thread Harke Smits
Hello learned group, I have a Python application that I'd like to see start up on boot. It uses Tkinter, so it needs the graphical environment. Running: python /home/debian/eme/myprog.py from the QTerminal command line works as expected. Not outside the LXQT environment, which is normal I

Re: [beagleboard] 4D Systems display does now work with latest Debian release

2018-11-18 Thread Harke Smits
there. Thanks a lot Robert! On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 21:54, Robert Nelson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 2:49 PM Harke Smits wrote: > > > > here you are... > > debian@beaglebone:/var/lib/cloud9$ sudo /opt/scripts/tools/version.sh > > [sudo] password for d

Re: [beagleboard] 4D Systems display does now work with latest Debian release

2018-11-18 Thread Harke Smits
:35 PM Harke Smits wrote: > > > > Thank you for your help, Robert. > > Unfortunately this does not change anything with respect to the display. > > please run > > sudo /opt/scripts/tools/version.sh > > again > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson >

Re: [beagleboard] 4D Systems display does now work with latest Debian release

2018-11-18 Thread Harke Smits
Thank you for your help, Robert. Unfortunately this does not change anything with respect to the display. Please advise. Best regards, Harke On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 21:17, Robert Nelson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 1:30 PM Harke Smits wrote: > > > > This is what I get: > &

Re: [beagleboard] 4D Systems display does now work with latest Debian release

2018-11-18 Thread Harke Smits
Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 9:14 AM Harke Smits wrote: > > > > I have a BBB with a 4D Systems display cape. Boots and works fine with > Debian 2017-01-22, flashed in on board memory. I have Debian 2018-10-07 on > a uSD card. Inserting this card and booting gives the correct Debian >

[beagleboard] 4D Systems display does now work with latest Debian release

2018-11-18 Thread Harke Smits
I have a BBB with a 4D Systems display cape. Boots and works fine with Debian 2017-01-22, flashed in on board memory. I have Debian 2018-10-07 on a uSD card. Inserting this card and booting gives the correct Debian version, but the display does not work. All verified via LAN interface. I

Re: [beagleboard] "no display name and no $display environment variable"

2017-08-16 Thread Harke Smits
day, August 15, 2017, 5:04 AM > > > > On Mon, > Aug 14, 2017 at 6:23 AM, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Thank you > very much, I keep on learning. My application now runs fine > manually from XTerminal. Now I want to run the application >

Re: [beagleboard] "no display name and no $display environment variable"

2017-08-14 Thread Harke Smits
been started. Maybe the "WantedBy" statement is wrong? Thanks a lot in advance, best regards, Harke On 13 August 2017 at 22:42, Przemek Klosowski <przemek.klosow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> wr

Re: [beagleboard] "no display name and no $display environment variable"

2017-08-12 Thread Harke Smits
Klosowski <przemek.klosow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:33 AM, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Learned group, >> >> I have a BBB with Debian version 2017-03-19, the latest release as far as >> I know, with a 4D systems disp

Re: [beagleboard] Re: after flashing to Debian 8.6 no gui anymore

2017-03-13 Thread Harke Smits
ve the beaglebone in the mix somehow... Anyways curious what > you learned? did? etc. > > On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 10:23:33 AM UTC-5, Harke Smits wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I managed to flash a recent purchased BBB to Debian 8.6 >> (BBB-blank-debian8

Re: [beagleboard] Re: pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-31 Thread Harke Smits
Thanks Robert, Now it works. I modified uEnv.txt at two places; one for the display to work end another for the UART's to work. Back to the application. Regards, Harke On 30 January 2017 at 22:02, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Ha

Re: [beagleboard] Re: pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-30 Thread Harke Smits
ry. How can I get it installed on boot? Please advise! Regards, Harke On 29 January 2017 at 23:35, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I repeated everything: same problem. BBB does not boot anymore!? Did I do > something wrong here? > Please advise, regards, > Harke > &g

Re: [beagleboard] Re: pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-29 Thread Harke Smits
I repeated everything: same problem. BBB does not boot anymore!? Did I do something wrong here? Please advise, regards, Harke On 29 January 2017 at 21:36, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately that crashes the system. all four blue leds on > I will try and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-29 Thread Harke Smits
Unfortunately that crashes the system. all four blue leds on I will try and reflash from mem card. H On 29 January 2017 at 21:13, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello R

Re: [beagleboard] Re: pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-29 Thread Harke Smits
nel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Harke Smits <yrra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Dennis, > > > > That is a very relevant reaction! Thanks a lot! Now I have to find out > what > > port is connected with UART 2 (and others I need)

Re: [beagleboard] Re: pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-29 Thread Harke Smits
Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 03:17:51 -0800 (PST), Harke Smits > <yrra...@gmail.com> declaimed the following: > > > >pyserial, if necessary. Now my old script does not work anymore. It leaves > >me with error; Errno 2: could no

[beagleboard] pyserial stopped working after Debian update?

2017-01-29 Thread Harke Smits
Learned group, Recently I updated (flashed) my Debian version from 2015-11-12 to Debian 2017-01-22. The hw rest unchanged: BBB, 4D systems display and a universal board only to interface a simple N8M GPS receiver. I have a very simple Python script to read UART2 connected to the GPS receiver

[beagleboard] after flashing to Debian 8.6 no gui anymore

2016-12-18 Thread Harke Smits
Dear all, I managed to flash a recent purchased BBB to Debian 8.6 (BBB-blank-debian8.6-lxqt-4gb-2016-11-27).It works (partly) as I can see via Cloud 9 acces. But the gui is gone. I no longer have a graphical display (4D systems) nor keyboard/mouse access (via usb dongle). The display is fully

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBB, Debian, Chipsee display: Tkinter gives error

2016-04-04 Thread Harke Smits
hat worked >> great for me. I never would have thought of it. My code is a GUI with >> buttons, text boxes and an animation graph running Tkinter and also running >> PyBBIO for PWM output and ADC inputs. >> John >> johnbakeree.blogspot.com >> >> On Satu

[beagleboard] BBB, Debian, Chipsee display: Tkinter gives error

2016-02-13 Thread Harke Smits
Hello Learned Group, I have a BBB running Debian (2015-11-03 version) with a Chipsee 4.3 display. It works great, so far so good: both in graphic mode and text. I try to script an application requiring a GUI, so I loaded Tkinter and entered a test program. This is the result: Traceback (most

[beagleboard] Beaglebone Black, Chipsee and Python

2016-02-05 Thread Harke Smits
Dear experienced group, I am looking for control software in Python for a 4.3 inch Chipsee display. I have installed Debian 7.9 LXDE 2015-11-03, that works very well, with the display (the browser works great, touching works, reset button works) and with other I/O control software, from me in

Re: [beagleboard] Re: no acces to UART* anymore after flashing new Debian version

2015-05-24 Thread Harke Smits
the includes for the serial devices (ttyO1 and so on). git status should then give you the difference of your edits against the repository. On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 11:49:49 AM UTC+1, Harke Smits wrote: Thanks a lot for the pointer! Yes, I'm afraid, I need that. As a newbie I was not aware

Re: [beagleboard] Re: no acces to UART* anymore after flashing new Debian version

2015-05-22 Thread Harke Smits
://theunemployablekoder.wordpress.com/ On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 1:10:00 PM UTC+1, Harke Smits wrote: I recently had to re-install Debian. After some trials it flashed correctly. But now I have no access to the UARTs anymore. Not via uEnv.txt (located in /boot and not in /boot/uboot, for this version), nor via Python. Both

[beagleboard] no acces to UART* anymore after flashing new Debian version

2015-05-20 Thread Harke Smits
I recently had to re-install Debian. After some trials it flashed correctly. But now I have no access to the UARTs anymore. Not via uEnv.txt (located in /boot and not in /boot/uboot, for this version), nor via Python. Both have worked fine before. Do I also need a newer version of Adafruit,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone root access

2015-05-19 Thread Harke Smits
I guess so too. I did in fact (with some trouble) and sudo -i works as before. Thanks! Harke On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:11 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds like it is time for you to try out a new image . . . On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Harke Smits yrra...@gmail.com

[beagleboard] Beaglebone root access

2015-05-18 Thread Harke Smits
Hello, I must have done something stupid because all of a sudden /root is no longer existing or better probably: no more accessible. The ls command result starts with /bin . ends with /usr. But no /root anymore. Very annoying of course. I also no longer have access to IO pins. Please

[beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone root access

2015-05-18 Thread Harke Smits
sudo -i also does not work anymore. On Monday, 18 May 2015 15:07:29 UTC+2, Harke Smits wrote: Hello, I must have done something stupid because all of a sudden /root is no longer existing or better probably: no more accessible. The ls command result starts with /bin . ends