Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Debian
This page is about running the armhf port of Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. The latest release beagleboard.org image can be found at: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images
Contents
- 1 Checking The Debian Image Version
- 2 Installing
- 3 FAQ
- 4 Debian Build Instructions
- 5 Debian Releases
- 6 Debian Image Testing Snapshots
- 7 Kernel Options
Checking The Debian Image Version
You should check the version of the image on the microSD/eMMC by opening the ID.txt file in the FAT partition.
root@beaglebone:~# cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-03-19
This file can also be accessed via a PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) via either mounting the FAT partition directly off the microSD card or via the usb interface (flash drive).
Installing
Oracle Java 8
Information:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
Install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Verify:
debian@beaglebone:~$ java -version java version "1.8.0_60" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-b27) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.60-b23, mixed mode)
TI PRU Code Generation Tools
http://software-dl.ti.com/codegen/non-esd/downloads/download.htm#PRU
Install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ti-pru-cgt-installer
Older rootfs (when above package doesn't exist):
wget http://downloads.ti.com/codegen/esd/cgt_public_sw/PRU/2.1.1/ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh chmod +x ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh sudo ./ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh
FAQ
Expanding File System Partition On A microSD
By default the microSD image is only about 2GB in size, to fully expand the partition to the full size of your microSD card simple run.
cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./grow_partition.sh sudo reboot
On the next reboot, [df -h] should show the full microSD card size.
Flashing eMMC
To setup the standalone microSD image to automatically flash the eMMC on powerup.
In /boot/uEnv.txt:
##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher: #cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
Change to:
##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher: cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
and reboot the system, it'll flash the eMMC on the next bootup. (make sure to remove the microSD after flashing is complete)
Kernel Upgrade
We can't ship support for everything on release day, so we push out new kernels as fixes, support for new capes, etc are posted on the beagleboard.org mainline list.
cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./update_kernel.sh sudo reboot
Installing kernel headers
If you want to build a kernel module natively, you'll need to install the correct kernel headers.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
In a Makefile, perform:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(shell uname -r)
Loading custom capes
Due to limitations in debian wheezy's userspace, the use of an initramfs, and having firmware builtin to the kernel. It is currently not possible to load "custom" capes via: capemgr.enable_partno=xyz. Instead an init script has been setup to load the cape/capes as soon as possible.
Built-in Cape:
capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPIDEV1 slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0' slot #7: dtbo 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' loaded; converting to live tree
Custom External Cape:
capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPI1-01 slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0' failed to load firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' loader: failed to load slot-7 BB-SPI1-01:00A0 (prio 0)
Workaround:
add "CAPE=BB-SPI1-01" to /etc/default/capemgr
Privileged echo
As a normal user, you can not "sudo echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"
sudo sh -c "echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"
Timezone
By default this image is setup to display time in utc mode. If you would like to change this to your local region.
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
or:
echo "Europe/Zurich" > /etc/timezone dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
Jessie Timezone
List of available timezones:
timedatectl list-timezones
Set timezone:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/North_Dakota/Center
W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb
W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304
Note this directions are version dependent, so double check your version:
debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14
2014-05-14 GPG error: Disable: http://debian.beagleboard.org repo:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Change:
deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main #deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
To:
#deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main #deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
sudo apt-get update
2014-05-14 GPG error: Optional enable: http://repos.rcn-ee.com/
Download archive-keyring:
wget https://rcn-ee.com/repos/debian/pool/main/r/rcn-ee-archive-keyring/rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.10.22~bpo70+20151022+1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.10.22~bpo70+20151022+1_all.deb
Add repo to /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" sudo sh -c "echo '#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
Update packages:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install npm c9-core-installer --reinstall
Debian Build Instructions
You'll want a fairly beefy ARM system to run this script.
git clone git://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder.git cd image-builder ./beagleboard.org_image.sh
Output of the autobuilder can be found at http://builds.beagleboard.org.
Debian Releases
http://beagleboard.org/latest-images
2015-11-03
2015-11-03 Release Notes
* Windows 10 Signed Drivers! * BeagleBone Green * U-Boot: v2015.10 ** U-Boot UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled [ums 0 mmc 1] * Kernel: 3.8.13-bone79
BBB Rev C/BBG (4GB eMMC)
Flasher: (lxde-4gb)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-11-03/lxde-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.9-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-11-03-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 4984e0d51cfaf408db83904a8c57acb6b3d0522c0b924a3b2e8a4af48cc1034b
BBB/BBG (All Revs) eMMC Flashers
Flasher: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-11-03/lxde/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.9-lxde-armhf-2015-11-03-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: a2b847cb23aec849656e853056db1a7f1ab58b869de7a6b712362b0e99314bad
Flasher: (console)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-11-03/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.9-console-armhf-2015-11-03-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: ebdd2938253e179a36a1b9b1f1def2a04595f9e0ee94776988c490ea317e97bc
BBW/BBB/BBG (All Revs)
microSD/Standalone: (lxde)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-11-03/lxde-4gb/bone-debian-7.9-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-11-03-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 0f27fb05bca2c64e89abc20f54e35bef7fbdbd391ec38c2ea9d56c6356be5fab
microSD/Standalone: (console)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/release/2015-11-03/console/bone-debian-7.9-console-armhf-2015-11-03-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: 63e78f417db62737804877c056c4632173d2b970eed1cf1c59b2b99e9752ef0e
BeagleBoard-X15 weekly
Bug tracker: http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/beagleboard-x15
Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-11-29/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-11-29-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 234667598da31b87d70e9929cc42879c5bf48ebec73709e4f4c9e00b1be78cbf
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-11-29/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-11-29-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: b4280d571fa6c4c5379b17d8bdbe1dd7ee9756342d25dcfc4f00cbfb7467683f
Debian Image Testing Snapshots
2015-11-29
BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit
microSD/Standalone: (machinekit)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-11-29/machinekit/bone-debian-7.9-machinekit-armhf-2015-11-29-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 5cbec0b74ae86dbfa5a5d3d7fd0aef46285832ec4051a7ab5b53b4504a8af128
2015-12-06
Jessie Snapshot lxqt
2015-12-06 notes
* U-Boot: v2015.10 * Kernel: 4.1.13-ti-r35
Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone Black/Green 4GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: ba9d26b6bc1525149a063eb95c474ac7f79e5637b0438cd565e7235a69c6b465
Flasher: (lxqt-2gb) (BeagleBone Black 2GB eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-2gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2015-12-06-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: fe6de3e296d03594fe89dc27f368bfbe1d7cebba15be7450ca914595c9dbede4
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: e4c7af338a092ad031e5cb05059c4325c2476ddaae4df5331024cd5ff005da80
Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 49b5fba1a729f3184aa9e530fd055ce814cfbb9a1acd28b06acfbc87b792dd64
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 20d3431304e3bb040fb7b917754288f3e9860fde448c8e30e6f513b643fbbcad
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (omap5-uevm)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-4gb/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: 7bce929eb774cf7f70bb8d25e6df104606ed42a292ad9e171901536dd185ca02
microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (tre)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/lxqt-4gb/tre-debian-8.2-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: ee67127177392e5c9319ecbe88433f647da1767ba010248c337759885862815a
Jessie Snapshot console
Flasher: (console) (BeagleBone Black/Green eMMC)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-12-06-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: 1e1124a484459f1291836293858de4a3a23b301d2244fd0f07573289ad1ea327
microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/console/bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-12-06-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: 7dd670d027bca08af01bdd2288c7c439c76831d2d8f76d027d08558a21fb5d65
Flasher: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/console/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-12-06-4gb.img.xz sha256sum: d95d0fd1fa2398a71d5d8bccc860b241cdb3eeb41c1d56b753e0074000a2d1e3
microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/console/bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-12-06-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: 82a2d71072302a0b5181e7467b61d1ba57379e409b17e7f19df716eec6e1ed8b
microSD/Standalone: (console) (omap5-uevm)
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-12-06/console/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-12-06-2gb.img.xz sha256sum: f20aa0866360e8d38e69a6f90d00c96231ef995dcab397c61287f62909da373b
Kernel Options
General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch> sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version> sudo reboot
Latest kernel script
cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>
3.8.x
This is the first beagleboard.org long term kernel tree with capemanager support, it's been the default install for Debian Wheezy
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support --bone-channel --stable
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai --bone-xenomai-channel --stable
4.1.x-ti
This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.1 Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.1.y
4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --stable
4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-channel --stable
Mainline (lts)
4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black --bone-kernel --lts
4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT --bone-rt-kernel --lts
Mainline
4.3.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black --bone-kernel --testing
Debian 8: jessie
sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp