Devkit8000 Ubuntu

=SD-CARD= First create an SD card with partition. Please get some instruction from below site: http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoardBeginners#SD_card_setup

NOTE: After formatting SD card, you must pull out SD card and insert it into the computer, then unpack and install rootfs, otherwise it may appear the phenomenon which can not mount EXT3 partition. It's better that the capacity of SD Card bigger than 2G.

Short Version: 255 Heads 63 Sectors nn cylinders cylinders = Byte/255/63/512 Round down the cylinders Create 1 FAT32 Partition (LABEL1) Create 1 Linux Partition (LABEL2) Create FAT File System mkfs.msdos -F 32 /dev/sdx1 -n LABEL1 /dev/sdx1 has to be your SD Card Create EXt3 File System mkfs.ext3 -L LABEL2 /dev/sdix2 /dev/sdx2 has to be your SD Card

=Kernel and RootFS= After you created the SD-Card go to the directory of the devkit8000 Distribution on the CD\devkit8000\linux\image. Copy MLO,uboot.bin and uImage from CD to /media/LABEL1 (FAT32 Partition)

Get a Ubuntu rootfs from here: http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Demo_Image

Unpack and install rootfs 7za x ubuntu-9.10-minimal-armel.tar.7z tar xvf ubuntu-9.10-minimal-armel-1.1.tar cd ubuntu-9.10-minimal-armel-1.1 tar xvf armel-rootfs-200912081224.tgz -C /media/LABEL2/ (EXT3 Partition)

=System configuartion= Edit /etc/network/interfaces add: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp or edit /media/2/etc/network/interfaces add: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.192.12.17 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.192.12.101 To get a IP on startup.

Edit /etc/rc.local add: ntpdate-debian This sets the clock while booting.

Edit /media/2/etc/resolv.conf add: nameserver 202.96.134.133 This sets the DNS,determined based on your area

=System Deveplopment Environment= Put the SD Card、7inch LCD、Serial Line 、5V power supply and net Cable in the DEVKIT8000.

=u-boot env= Power on DEVKIT8000 and boot,press Spacebar while bootdelay.

On the DEVKIT8000 u-boot commandline edit the Bootcmd and Bootargs Env Var. setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit;fatload mmc 0 80300000 uImage;bootm 80300000' setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait video=omapfb:mode:7inch_LCD' saveenv boot

=Booting= You should see the one Pinguin, after that the Screen goes blank. Wait. After a while you get the Login Screen.

=Ubuntu= If you are using the above mentioned rootfs, login as ubuntu, Password temppwd

Start root user sudo passwd root Update the System sudo apt-get update Upgrade the System sudo apt-get upgrade Install vim sudo apt-get install vim Install gdm sudo apt-get install gdm Install xfce desktop(it need about 1.4G space) sudo apt-get install xfce4 After execute above steps,restart the system

=Touchscreen support= Remove the Synaptics Driver sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Install the tslib driver and the tslib tools sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-tslib libts-bin Now we have to calibrate the Touchscreen Type in Terminal TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event2 TSLIB_CONFFILE=/etc/ts.conf export TSLIB_TSDEVICE TSLIB_CONFFILE ts_calibrate This will start the calibration Process for the Touchscreen. After that we have to restart the X-Server. In the Terminal type: sudo /usr/sbin/gdm stop Now you have to Login again. After you are logged in type: sudo /usr/sbin/gdm start This will start the X-Server. Now the Touchscreen should work

=Troubleshoot Touchscreen= Check if the Touchscreen respons: cat /dev/input/event2 If you touch the Screen the should be some garbage Output