Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2015-07-15 Thread shawn . jacobson
Perfect, thanks! On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 8:06:09 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 5:30 PM, shawn.j...@lynxspring.com javascript: wrote: How do I disable the dump of the IP addresses? If the IP has changed, it is wrong the majority of the time and it also

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2015-07-15 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 5:30 PM, shawn.jacob...@lynxspring.com wrote: How do I disable the dump of the IP addresses? If the IP has changed, it is wrong the majority of the time and it also appears that on occasion, the file is getting corrupted. /etc/issue

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2015-07-15 Thread shawn . jacobson
How do I disable the dump of the IP addresses? If the IP has changed, it is wrong the majority of the time and it also appears that on occasion, the file is getting corrupted. On Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 4:32:38 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: So then, here's a question for you. Where do

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-12-18 Thread mbbackus
I recently tried running some OpenCV code that works fine independently but crashes with a select timeout error when I try running it while I have my mini wifi module from Adafruit plugged in to provide wireless access via an AP network. Both the camera and the wifi module are plugged into a

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-08-06 Thread mbbackus
I purchased a proto cape from sparkfun with an eeprom. Apparently I can write a dts file and compile it so that I have better control of the headers at boot time. I'm trying to control some dc motors and was only able to find 4 gpios and 4 more pwms that are low and stay low when the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-07-25 Thread John Syn
From: mbbac...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 8:02 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test I

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-07-24 Thread mbbackus
I was using the March 31st image (I think) up until yesterday when I updated to the most recent image. One thing I liked about the march image is that it automatically booted to the sd card (no need to press the boot button). How can I implement this functionality with the newer image? -- For

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-07-24 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:02 AM, mbbac...@gmail.com wrote: I was using the March 31st image (I think) up until yesterday when I updated to the most recent image. One thing I liked about the march image is that it automatically booted to the sd card (no need to press the boot button). How can

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-07-24 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:02 AM, mbbac...@gmail.com wrote: I was using the March 31st image (I think) up until yesterday when I updated to the most recent image. One thing I liked about the march image is that it

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-29 Thread michael . duffy
On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:37:13 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: It's there just an older version of systemd where it was prefixed. systemd- Follow-on question: any risk in moving to the latest version of systemd? The version on the flasher is 44, the version on freedesktop.org is 213 and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-29 Thread David Farning
This is a quirk of Debian. Systemd represents a pretty fundamental shift to Linux distributions. Conservative distributions like Debian have taken a wait and see approach before adopting it. As a result the version of systemd in Debian stable, Sid, is pretty old. One option would be look at

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-29 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:00 AM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:37:13 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: It's there just an older version of systemd where it was prefixed. systemd- Follow-on question: any risk in moving to the latest version of systemd? The version

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-29 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:00 AM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:37:13 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: It's there just an older version of systemd where it was prefixed. systemd-

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-29 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:00 AM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:37:13 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: It's

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread Rick Reynolds
Ok, I took a little different tack. I just copied /usr/bin/xinput_calibrator from a non-customized BBB to my custom image and it works great. Thanks again for all your hard work Robert. You have taught me volumes. On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:34:54 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: On Fri, May

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
I'm running the latest (flashed to mmc) on a Rev B BBB. */boot/uboot/ID.txt* contains *BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14* The image appears to be missing *journalctl*, e.g. *find / -name journalctl *returns nothing. dpkg reports systemd is installed (and the *systemd

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread Robert Nelson
It's there just an older version of systemd where it was prefixed. systemd- On May 28, 2014 4:23 PM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: I'm running the latest (flashed to mmc) on a Rev B BBB. */boot/uboot/ID.txt* contains *BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14* The image appears to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
As usual, thank you, Robert, for your quick response (and encyclopedic knowledge) -- 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

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-27 Thread Rick Reynolds
Hi Robert, xinput is already installed. xinput version is reporting xinput version 1.6.0 and xI version on server 2.2. Here's the output from xinput list. debian@arm:~/Downloads/xinput_calibrator$ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointerid=2[master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-23 Thread Rick Reynolds
Hi All, This is my first post on the group. Hope I'm in the correct place. Hate to sound like such a noob but, that's what I am. I am working with a Beaglebone Black revision B, 7 HDMI display and USB eGalax based touch screen. We are currently have 5 revision C boards on order. I am booting

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-23 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Rick Reynolds rwrma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, This is my first post on the group. Hope I'm in the correct place. Hate to sound like such a noob but, that's what I am. I am working with a Beaglebone Black revision B, 7 HDMI display and USB eGalax based

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-23 Thread Rick Reynolds
Thanks for your help, and all your hard work, Robert. I have used your documentation extensively. When I execute ./autogen.sh --with-gui=x11 either directly on the bone, from a an LXTerminal session, or over ssh I get the same end result. it's basically the same thing I saw when trying to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-23 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Rick Reynolds rwrma...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your help, and all your hard work, Robert. I have used your documentation extensively. When I execute ./autogen.sh --with-gui=x11 either directly on the bone, from a an LXTerminal session, or over ssh I get

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-20 Thread michael . duffy
*RobertCNelson*: I am running 2014-05-14 debian (flasher), and I can reliably generate a kernel null pointer dereference using no more than /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots and /lib/firmware/BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo. Any interest? If so, please see:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: RobertCNelson: I am running 2014-05-14 debian (flasher), and I can reliably generate a kernel null pointer dereference using no more than /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots and /lib/firmware/BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo. Yes and No...

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, michael.du...@gmail.com wrote: RobertCNelson: I am running 2014-05-14 debian (flasher), and I can reliably generate a kernel null pointer dereference using no more than

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-20 Thread Michael Duffy
Thanks, Robert. Sorry for not searching in the right place. Now I know. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, michael.du...@gmail.com

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-25 Thread vitor de miranda henrique
Hello Everyone, I'm having problems with the latest debian build (2014-04-23) and the WIFI dongle Edimax EW-7811Un. I follow this link (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beaglebone/Q92uD9F1us8) to set up the dongle, can connect to wifi, but the connection is faulty, works for couple of

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-16 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:57:11 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Dennis Cote den...@harding.cajavascript: wrote: On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:29:10 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: However it works better if you add it via xset/xsetroot:

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-13 Thread mail . aroessler
Has this image OpenGL/SGX support? I would need it to get QtQuick running on it. Last year I was not able to get the driver compiled but as far as I remember TI has published some kernel patches back then. Am Mittwoch, 5. März 2014 23:51:19 UTC+1 schrieb Jason Kridner: The latest BeagleBone

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-07 Thread mbbackus
I'm still running into some annoying root/debian user permissions problems. First, I have to switch to the root user in order to run a script I wrote to share the host computer's Internet connection. Second, when I push to git I get an error message about permission denied. The push goes

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-07 Thread mbbackus
Yes and no. The solution was worse than the problem. Updating to the development kernel as mentioned above resulted in better support for Wifi but an unstable LXDE environment. At this point I just don't rely on Wifi. On Friday, April 4, 2014 9:03:12 AM UTC-8, Toni Salaet Larrull wrote: I

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-04 Thread Toni Salaet Larrull
I have the same problem... You could solve it? El dimecres 2 d’abril de 2014 8:09:52 UTC+2, mbba...@gmail.com va escriure: What is the problem with the default kernel? That wifi doesn't work good in general, that it doesn't connect to unsecured networks, that Wicd is buggy and will

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-02 Thread mbbackus
What is the problem with the default kernel? That wifi doesn't work good in general, that it doesn't connect to unsecured networks, that Wicd is buggy and will freeze up the BeagleBone? I went ahead and updated the kernel. I am now able to connect to secured and unsecured networks using the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-02 Thread Dennis Cote
On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 7:34:37 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: The is problem with the default 3.8 kernel, if your not using any cape's switch to the 3.13.x based kernel cd /opt/script/tools/ git pull sudo ./update_kernel.sh --beta-kernel I just thought others might want to know

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-02 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 7:34:37 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: The is problem with the default 3.8 kernel, if your not using any cape's switch to the 3.13.x based kernel cd /opt/script/tools/ git pull sudo

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-02 Thread KurtE
Question: For the fun of it, I updated my system to the latest build (3/31) Also updated the kernel using the script you mentioned. Then thought I would test out building and running my Hexapod code. As part of my code base I have some Sound output including Tones (beeps) using Alsa as well

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-01 Thread mbbackus
My BeagleBone part of a primitive robot with a breadboard strapped to the top, and servo motors underneath. The wifi dongle was between both. For this reason, I dug out my unpowered USB hub and used it as an extender to get the wifi dong'e away from all the metal. I powered the beagle bone with

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-04-01 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:54 AM, mbbac...@gmail.com wrote: My BeagleBone part of a primitive robot with a breadboard strapped to the top, and servo motors underneath. The wifi dongle was between both. For this reason, I dug out my unpowered USB hub and used it as an extender to get the wifi

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-28 Thread mbbackus
I downloaded and tested the March 27th image today. Thanks for including xrdp-it made testing wifi go much faster. Here's what I found. - I was able to connect to a WPA2 secured network at the school where I teach - I was unable to connect to my cell phone when unsecured (Android

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Steve French of Volt Vision voltvis...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, Thanks for the flurry of updated Debian images for testing (3/4, 3/19, 3/27). I am happily trying the different

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-28 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Steve French of Volt Vision voltvis...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, Thanks for the flurry of updated Debian images for testing (3/4, 3/19, 3/27). I am happily trying the different images, but when I download the image and start from scratch it takes me several

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-28 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 3/28/2014 9:15 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Steve French of Volt Vision voltvis...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, Thanks for the flurry of updated Debian images for testing (3/4, 3/19, 3/27). I am happily trying the different images, but when I download the image

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-28 Thread William Hermans
+1 for NFS mounted shares. I like to share out a rootfs for my BBB, and then run Samba from the server so I can map the drive on Windows to make things easier for me. Since I run many dev tools on Windows, including a cross compile setup. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Charles Steinkuehler

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I see a 2014-03-26 image has appeared. Unfortunately when I flash [1] and boot from it, it appears to never leave u-boot. Just 3 LEDs light and it just hangs. I try this on two SD cards and both had the same behavior. --Mark [1]

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-27 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Mark A. Yoder mark.a.yo...@gmail.com wrote: I see a 2014-03-26 image has appeared. Unfortunately when I flash [1] and boot from it, it appears to never leave u-boot. Just 3 LEDs light and it just hangs. Humm, that means uenvcmd wasn't defined in uEnv.txt.. I

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-27 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Mark A. Yoder mark.a.yo...@gmail.com wrote: I see a 2014-03-26 image has appeared. Unfortunately when I flash [1] and boot from it, it appears to never leave u-boot. Just 3 LEDs

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Thanks Robert. I'll watch for the update. --Mark On Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:22:12 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Robert Nelson robert...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Mark A. Yoder mark.a...@gmail.comjavascript:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-27 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Mark A. Yoder mark.a.yo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Robert. I'll watch for the update. Just pushed out tested locally: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2014-03-27 Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
It's working. Thanks! --Mark On Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:18:20 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Mark A. Yoder mark.a...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: Thanks Robert. I'll watch for the update. Just pushed out tested locally:

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-26 Thread mbbackus
Sad to say that I had my wifi dongle working yesterday, but despite hours of effort today, I was unable to get it working. On Monday, March 24, 2014 9:21:04 PM UTC-8, mbba...@gmail.com wrote: I really like the 2014-03-19 image. It solves most of the problems I was having with Ubuntu and

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-25 Thread mbbackus
I really like the 2014-03-19 image. It solves most of the problems I was having with Ubuntu and Angstrom. I am now able to connect wirelessly to WPA secured networks using Adafruit's dongle while tethered via a USB cable! This will make developing and debugging an autonomous robot that uses

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-23 Thread Ramon Mendes
How can I make the microSD image to not copy the image to the eMMC of my Beaglebone Black? That is, by default, when I insert the SD card with this Debian image, and then power the BBB, it will automatically start flashing the Debian image to the BBB internal disk (eMMC). I notice it because

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Robert Nelson
Here you go: xinput_calibrator.log pastebin.com/EZ4uSu4W xinput.txt pastebin.com/ZBDXGkt3 lsusb.txt pastebin.com/0UthnPqZ Okay, quick update on this as i have the same K120 keyboard. I'm seeing this same issue on 3.8/3.13/3.14 so I just blacklisted this device. Just run: cd /opt/scripts

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:49:22 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Okay, quick update on this as i have the same K120 keyboard. I'm seeing this same issue on 3.8/3.13/3.14 so I just blacklisted this device. Just run: cd /opt/scripts git pull to update the xinput script..

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:49:22 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Okay, quick update on this as i have the same K120 keyboard. I'm seeing this same issue on 3.8/3.13/3.14 so I just blacklisted this device. Just run:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:29:10 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: However it works better if you add it via xset/xsetroot: root@beaglebone:~# cat /home/debian/.xsessionrc #!/bin/sh xset -dpms xset s off xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr and just remove the [Option

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:29:10 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: However it works better if you add it via xset/xsetroot: root@beaglebone:~# cat /home/debian/.xsessionrc #!/bin/sh xset -dpms xset s off xsetroot

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:47:15 AM UTC-6, Dennis Cote wrote: My mouse pointer definitely becomes invisible when I logout. Any other ideas? Robert, I have done some more testing. I have discovered that I do have a mouse pointer on the login screen after the first logout after a reboot,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:57:11 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Might just have to go back to the xorg.conf workaround. Robert, More test results. I googled and found many references to adding 'Option HWCursor off' to the device section of xorg.conf as a fix for the disappearing

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:57:11 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Might just have to go back to the xorg.conf workaround. Robert, More test results. I googled and found many references to adding 'Option HWCursor

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-20 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:23:24 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: OH Fun! ;) I've had reports that xorg.conf change was causing lockup's when moving icons around, hence we changed it to the .xsessonrc workaround in the last week. Robert, I have just noticed now that my BBB is no

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread iustinian . input
Robert, thanks for your work. Is there a guide somewhere to build or a way to download a absolute minimal image. Something with only ssh, apt and full hardware initialization on it and nothing else. That would be a good base for couple of headless projects I am thinking about. When I am

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 6:46 AM, iustinian.in...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, thanks for your work. Is there a guide somewhere to build or a way to download a absolute minimal image. Something with only ssh, apt and full hardware initialization on it and nothing else. That would be a good base

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Steve French of Volt Vision
Robert, Just my $0.02 about *where* info should be stored: I completely agree about Dennis' Wild West comment. When I first started with the BBB back in Sep2013 all 5 of the various websites that Dennis referenced seemed to contradict each other. The official image was outdated and the most

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Steve French of Volt Vision voltvis...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, Just my $0.02 about *where* info should be stored: I completely agree about Dennis' Wild West comment. When I first started with the BBB back in Sep2013 all 5 of the various websites that Dennis

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Mike
On 03/14/2014 10:55 AM, Dennis Cote wrote: You are missing my point. These commands are already in the default .profile created for the debian user. See the pastebin.com/kjDXbEpJ for a copy of mine. I added the TZ environment variable at the end. ls ~ shows my bin directory exists env |

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 8:54:08 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: I've started an offical page at: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian Hi Robert, I'm sorry to nitpick, but this new official page is wrong right out of the gate. It says it is about running an ARM EABI

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:51:53 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Can you pastebin this file for me: /var/log/xinput_calibrator.pointercal.log and the output of xinput you will have to run it from x11, no serial/ssh..

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Friday, March 14, 2014 8:54:08 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: I've started an offical page at: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian Hi Robert, I'm sorry to nitpick, but this new official page is

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:21:31 AM UTC-6, Mike Bell wrote: Is this shell running within X? If so .profile isn't sourced as it's not run as login shell. Ah ha... there is the nugget of truth I was looking for. Yes, this is the LXTerminal under LXDE. I checked and the .profile *is*

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:21:31 AM UTC-6, Mike Bell wrote: Is this shell running within X? If so .profile isn't sourced as it's not run as login shell. Ah ha... there is the nugget of truth I was looking for. Yes,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:51:53 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Can you pastebin this file for me: /var/log/xinput_calibrator.pointercal.log and the output of xinput you will have to run it from x11, no serial/ssh..

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:56:45 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: It works if i add: # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if [ -d $HOME/bin ] ; then PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH fi into .bashrc If there is no objections i'll probably set that up by default..

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:56:45 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: It works if i add: # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if [ -d $HOME/bin ] ; then PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH fi into .bashrc If

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:53:15 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Yeap it does.. debian@beaglebone:~$ echo $PATH /home/debian/bin:/home/debian/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games What gets sourced first? i can patch it to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 10:25:42 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: btw, as a workaround till i can debug it with the same hardware, just run: sudo sed -i -e 's:display-setup-script=:#display-setup-script:g' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf And it'll stop displaying the calibrator on bootup.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:56:45 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: It works if i add: # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread William Hermans
Robert, your timezone is fine for me. I am actually AZ time myself, but really simple to change via dpkg-reconfigure tzdata. Also, as for how to change some default stuff, perhaps have a web page ( html file, or maybe even a node.js thing to make it more dynamic ? ) Dennis, just so you know, you

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread William Hermans
Sorry, I felt i was not clear in my last post . . . *Also, as for how to change some default stuff, perhaps have a web page ( html file, or maybe even a node.js thing to make it more dynamic ? )* What I mean by the above, is have an information web page on how to do various things, like how to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 2:08:00 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Here is a better fix: sudo sed -i -e 's:Exec=lxterminal:Exec=lxterminal -l -e bash:g' /usr/share/applications/lxterminal.desktop As far as I can tell by using ps - p $$, lxterminal is already running bash, so adding -e

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread William Hermans
dpkg-reconfigure dash - select no. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Friday, March 14, 2014 2:08:00 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Here is a better fix: sudo sed -i -e 's:Exec=lxterminal:Exec=lxterminal -l -e bash:g'

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread Dennis Cote
On Friday, March 14, 2014 2:56:50 PM UTC-6, William Hermans wrote: Dennis, just so you know, you should be able to google debian + whatever keyword you need to know something about to find an answer. We're talking basic Linux / Debian stuff here. For example. google - howto change debian

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-14 Thread William Hermans
I have very seldom run into a situation where google did not give me a correct answer. Sometimes the first hit is not always right / succinct either. It takes experience googling to know what to look for, and this does not always work either. Anyway, answers linked on debian.org, and superuser

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Dennis Cote
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:18:02 PM UTC-6, Dennis Cote wrote: Since you seem t think the problem is SD card specific, I will try again with a different card. Using a different 8GB SD card my BBB boots this new image as expected. Hopefully the bootlog from the problem card will help

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Dennis Cote
Please take the time to give a detailed look over this image and report any issues to the bug tracker on elinux.org: http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/debian-image-releases On booting this new image I noticed a few issues immediately, but I'm not sure if one is by design. The ethernet

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: Please take the time to give a detailed look over this image and report any issues to the bug tracker on elinux.org: http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/debian-image-releases On booting this new image I noticed a few issues

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:56:05 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: The wicd deamon should setup eth0 within 30 seconds on 2nd boot. (first boot there is a slight delay as the ssh key's are generated). I had rebooted many times. I hadn't paid any attention to the wicd program since it

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:56:05 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: The wicd deamon should setup eth0 within 30 seconds on 2nd boot. (first boot there is a slight delay as the ssh key's are generated). I had rebooted

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread William Hermans
*dpkg-reconfigure tzdata* --- Doesnt work ? On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:56:05 AM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: The wicd deamon should

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:04 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata --- Doesnt work ? Yeap, that works too.. Which brings up a fun question. What default timezone do you guys want? Or is utc generic enough? My only vote is US/Central as that is where i'm

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Hajo Dezelski
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: Or is utc generic enough? It is utc generic ! ;-) 72 de Hajo --- ... indessen wandelt harmlos droben das Gestirn ... http://hajos-kontrapunkte.blogspot.com/ -- For more options, visit

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Hajo Dezelski dl1...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: Or is utc generic enough? It is utc generic ! ;-) I know! ;) I was having fun playing with that sentence. Regards, -- Robert Nelson

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Mike
On 03/13/2014 02:49 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:04 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: dpkg-reconfigure tzdata --- Doesnt work ? Yeap, that works too.. Which brings up a fun question. What default timezone do you guys want? Or is utc generic enough? My only

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Dennis Cote
On Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:49:52 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Which brings up a fun question. What default timezone do you guys want? Or is utc generic enough? I think UTC would be best, but there should be clear instructions for how to change it. Most users (like me) are not

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:49:52 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Which brings up a fun question. What default timezone do you guys want? Or is utc generic enough? I think UTC would be best, but there should be clear

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Bill Traynor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:49:52 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Which brings up a fun question. What default timezone do you guys want? Or

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Bill Traynor btray...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:49:52 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Hajo Dezelski
Oh, I see, It was meant Underwater Technology Conference where you will be invited. More generic is not possible. I hope you don't mind: http://hajos-kontrapunkte.blogspot.de/2014/03/wspr-bone-linux-adentures-in-beaglebone.html 73 de Hajo --- ... indessen wandelt harmlos droben das Gestirn ...

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-03-13 Thread Alexander Holler
Am 13.03.2014 21:33, schrieb Robert Nelson: On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Cote denn...@harding.ca wrote: On Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:49:52 PM UTC-6, RobertCNelson wrote: Which brings up a fun question. What default timezone do you guys want? Or is utc generic enough? I think

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