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Beaglebone Debian/Wheezy. Static IP address some times is changed
I have Beaglebone Black with installation of Debian 7.11 Wheezy
I have network which is created from Beaglebone and the Beaglebone IP address is set to be static: 192.168.20.1
This is my /etc/...
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Safest way to store TLS private keys without a security module
I am using BeableBone Black devices running Debian which communicate securely with an AWS server over TLS using signed certificates.
I need to store my private keys securely on the devices. The best ...
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How do I configure the Beaglebone Black PWM correctly
I have tried to get PWM working and am not having any success. I am using the TI Processor SDK with a modified version of the am335x-boneblack.dts device tree (see below)
The PWM driver (ehrpwm1) ...
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Can a device be re-partitioned over the air
I know that OTA updating for Linux can be a complicated topic and that there are ready-made solutions out there.
I'm talking in terms of using an embedded computer running Linux such as a Rasberry Pi ...
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Limit on continuously writing to a log file
I am using Debian running on a BeableBone Black with 4GB of internal flash storage.
My program is continuously writing / appending to a log file that I created with >> every minute, all day ...
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U-boot messages regarding partition switches not understood
I am using a BeagleBone board with the default Debian image flashed to the internal emmc.
I'm trying to understand the U-boot messages below that I get over serial when the device starts, especially ...
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Impossible to set the default gateway address on boot-up
I am using a BeagleBone embedded computer running Debian.
I have two network interfaces :
1) A connection to a cellular modem over USB which uses ppp and connects to the outside world. It receives a ...
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What happens if remove auto eth0 from /etc/network/interfaces
I am using a BeagleBone and have two network interfaces. One Ethernet interface which will connect locally to another device, and a ppp interface over USB which connects to a cellular modem.
I want ...
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problems executing a script on boot-up with systemd
I am connecting from my BeagleBone running Debian to a cellular modem.
In order to connect, I enter command pppd file /etc/ppp/peers/zdial &
Now, in order to execute this command on boot-up, I ...
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How does the same Linux version work on different hardware
My understanding is that the kernel understands how to communicate with the different hardware in a system via specific device trees.
How is it that I can download one version of Ubuntu and I am ...
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BeagleBone Slackware UART issue
I'm working with a custom made image of Slackware ARM 14.1 with kernel 3.8.X since about 3 years and now needed to upgrade kernel for cdc-acm driver and watchdog.
I've tried different kernels from ...
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Flashing U-boot on beaglebone black
I got a beaglebone black which comes with u-boot linux preinstalled on the emmc. For the sake of learning I want to put u-boot on the flash myself and build linux from scratch. I have compiled u-boot, ...
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How can I avoid that the configuration of the provided debian image for beagle bone black will hinder load of gadget drivers?
I used an given ArchLinux on a BeagleBone Black and used on test environment the gadget drivers(g_printer, g_serial) as I encounter driver problems with some wifi dongles. The drivers where not ...
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Debian 9.5 takes longer to mount emmc than 8.7 did
I have been trying to chase down some boot performance issues for a little while now.
Previously we were running debian 8.7 with 4.4.54 kernel. our start up time is
systemd-analyze
Startup finished ...
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Linux kernel module development buildroot
I have build a linux kernel for the beaglebone black using buildroot. Now I would like to develop a hello world linux kernel module application:
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/...
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Creating an encrypted partition to store private keys [closed]
I am using a BeagleBone Black board running Debian.
My intention is to create a separate encrypted partition to store private keys in the internal emmc. The keys are used for SSL communication. The ...
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How to check the history of processes
I'm using Debian running on a BeagleBone Black. I have a script which is supposed to execute when the system starts. The script then should run a python script. I add the command to run this script ...
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How much space does my Debian OS need
I am using a BeagleBone, with 4GB of internal emmc.
When I install a Debian image on it from its site and run command df -h , the result is below. /dev/mmcblk1p1 shows that it uses 3.4G of memory. ...
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Disable spidev on beaglebone black
I want to use PRU for running McSPI throw register programming on beaglebone black. Therefore, I need to disable spidev (of that spi module) to manipulate register of mcspi according to Technical ...
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Reduce Boot time
I would be interested in finding ways to reduce the boot time, specially in embedded-related environments.
I've read somewhere of a method to avoid the kernel to load some drivers or modules but I'm ...
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Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories in Debian
Using debian in beaglebone black. The board is connected online with a static ip for remote ssh. After few days I couldn't able to ssh my board. While debugging the board received following error log. ...
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How do I reconcile different GPIO labels for the same Beaglebone Black PIN?
I'm trying to learn how to use a Beaglebone Black (Revision C). The Beaglebone Black System Reference Manual contains a table on EEPROM Pin Usage. For example, it lists Pin P9-15 as having the name ...
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BeagleBone Black - I can't connect to WiFi [closed]
I have a BeagleBone Black with Debian Wheezy and kernel v4.1. The problem is that I can't connect my BeagleBone to Wifi because the my TP-Link WN722N v2.0 Wireless adapter is not recognizable by the ...
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Plymouthd on BeagleBone Black initramfs fails with “Could not setup basic operating environment”
I setup an initramfs BeagleBone Black with the goal of using the open source Plymouth package to display a boot splash early on in the boot on the BeagleBone's /dev/fb0 HDMI output.
I am trying to ...
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BeagleBone Black running upstream stable kernel/u-boot without any patches
I have been exploring the BeagleBone Black (BBB) for some time now with pre-built images. Now I'm trying to get my own kernel compiled and deployed.
In that search, I found that TI has it's own ...
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Trouble enabling all UARTs on Beaglebone Black Debian 9.3
I'm attempting to enable all the UARTs on the Beaglebone Black (UART 1-5). I am running debian 9.3 and using the BeagleBone Black rev C. I am attempting to enable all UARTs by modifying the uEnv.txt ...
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configuring codepoints in virtual console
I am trying to display Hindi and English characters in a virtual terminal. I am able to display these characters for English and Hindi separately but I am not able to display them together. As per my ...
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Where to find the source of the kernel package on a debian armhf BeagleBone Black build?
On a BeagleBone Black the Linux release installed is a bone-debian-9.2-iot-armhf-2017-10-10-4gb.img. After booting the stock system, it is updated to the Linux 4.9.37-ti-r47 image by:
apt-get update
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Repair uEnv.txt from U-Boot terminal?
I have a BeagleBone Black, with Debian 8.3, Linux 4.1.15-ti-rt-r43.
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The system is installed on the internal flash.
I modified the /boot/uEnv.txt to load a different dtb file, apparently with ...
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Preconfigure static IP address with connmanctl on Beaglebone Black
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How can I used connmanctl to set a static IP address for an Ethernet interface on a Beaglebone Black running Debian 9 - prior to connecting the device to an Ethernet cable?
Longer ...
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Why does LXQT Autostart not do anything?
I have a BeagleBone Black here,
running Debian 8.3, Linux 4.1.15-ti-rt-r43.
Desktop is LXQT.
After boot, I want to run a .sh file - when the desktop environment is ready, as that file, after changing ...
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25s between systemd startup and actual display
I am trying to reduce startup time of a Beaglebone (4.14.32-ti-r42 #1 SMP Thu Apr 5 23:13:09 UTC 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux) running Debian Stretch to display a local HTML page on its LCD.
Every analysis ...
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Error : Package 'mongodb' has no installation candidate
I am unable to apt-get install any packages on cloud9 for my BeagleBone because E: Package 'mongodb' has no installation candidate. I have not been able to get any packages to work due to the same ...
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routing table adds additional default entry
I'm using a beaglebone black with the newest IoT Debian 9 image (BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2018-03-05)
Here is how I configured my network interfaces:
/etc/network/interfaces
# The loopback ...
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Beaglebone issue : Cannot access 192.168.7.2 [closed]
My main computer is running Ubuntu 18.04, I just bought my BBG for about 1 week.
More information about my BBG :
root@beaglebone:~# uname -a
Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone71.1 #162 SMP Fri Oct 16 07:...
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I don't know why this error occurs in linux
An error occurred in the process of carrying out an ultrasonic distance measurement project using pru
i am trying to this code(https://github.com/luigif/hcsr04?files=1)
root@beaglebone:~# pasm -b ...
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Beaglebone cannot connect to internet using ethernet cable
I've been trying to get my Beaglebone Black to connect to internet using an ethernet cable plugged direct into my Netgear router. I have tried many things but nothing has worked so far.
Here are some ...
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How to Verify that a UART is Enabled on a Beaglebone Black
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Is the existence of a /dev/ttyO* symlink evidence that the corresponding UART device is enabled? If not, how can I check whether or not the UART has been successfully enabled?
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I'm ...
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Failing to Enable UARTs on Beaglebone Black
Short and General Question
I'm running Debian 9 (Stretch) on a Beaglebone Black with kernel 4.9. I have tried following the instructions that I've found online, but have thus far been seemingly ...
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How to debug u-boot issue?
I am working on putting a custom system together on the Beaglebone Black. Things work most of the time, but every once in a while, the system will fail to boot when powered on. This never happens ...
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How to build a bridge between 2 networks?
Using Beaglebone.
I have successfully set an AP, but am unable to bridge eth0 and wlan1.
Applications used: hostapd, dnsmasq, bridge-utils
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
interface=wlan1
dhcp-range=10.10.1.2,10....
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Beagle bone - AP wlan1 needs to access eth0 as an IP Address
Using non-GUI Linux (beaglebone).
With the current setup
Client (10.10.1.3 ... 254) <-> (wlan1 AP 10.10.1.1) bb
I need to make clients (10.10.1.3 ... 254) have access the device (10.10.1.2).
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Why aren't half of my logical partitions available?
I'm trying to partition the eMMC on a Beaglebone Black. Here is how I have /dev/mmcblk1 partitioned:
root@beaglebone:~# fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk1
Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 3.6 GiB, 3825205248 bytes, 7471104 ...
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Beaglebone Debian/jessie autoinit script
I am trying to make my script initialize with beaglebone in the boot process. For that, I use systemctl initialization process.
My service is placed in /lib/systemctl/system with the name autostart-...
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Why is uboot ignoring mmcroot in uEnv.txt?
I am trying to get an embedded linux build using yocto to work. I'm very close, but I'm having trouble with the boot. I have 2 root file systems. One is the main and the other is to be used during ...
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How to track down sys_reboot function in Linux kernel for ARM architecture
We have Beaglebone Black based custom board, with Linux 4.4.
I wanted to track down the low level function corresponding to the reboot() system call.
I am able to see sys_reboot() in include/uapi/asm-...
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busysbox reboot doesn't work from init script
We have Beaglebone black based custom board with 256MB RAM and 4GB eMMC.
We upgraded from Linux-3.12 to Linux-4.4 and busybox-1.20.2 to busybox-1.26.2.
Now in busybox-1.26.2 we are seeing and issue ...
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How can I get systemd to tell me why init is listening on a particular port?
I am configuring a BeableBone Black running a Debian image from BeagleBone.org.
I can see that init (i.e. systemd) is listening on ports 1880 and 3000.
debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo netstat -taunp | ...
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BeagleBone Black Wireless - No space left on device
I am a newcomer to this device and I was surprised to see 'No space left on device' today after having not installed too much on it.
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev ...
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rsyslog.conf rule for dmesglog doesn't work
We have Beaglbone Black based custom board with Wifi chip
We have following entry in the rsyslog.conf
# Redirect all kernel messages including dmesg to /var/log/dmesglog
kern.* ...
