Beaglebone Black with the BBView and the new Beaglebone Debian image

Fixing the problems with the BBView and the latest Beaglebone Debian image.

So since the new Debian update for the Beaglebone some problems have surfaced with using the BBView. Here I hope to help people fix those errors and get full use of their BBView.

Not many steps, and it is very easy to do.

     1.    Firstly we need to download the newest Debian Image from Here →http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

          Make sure you download the latest SD image (to boot from SD) or the flasher image (to reflash the EMMC with the new image)

     2.    Flash the image onto the SD card using your preferred means, dd command in linux /  win32DiskImager in windows are my preferred means.

     3.     Connect a an HDMI screen and keyboard, or or a TTL serial cable to the Beaglebone. If using the TTL cable you will also need a computer running a serial terminal program                (eg putty for windows)

     4.    Boot the Beaglebone Black from the new microSD card.

              Insert the microSD card.

               This will either boot the board from the microSD, or flash the new image onto the EMMC if you are using the flasher (This could take a while if using the flasher image)

     5.    When the board is booted, login using the username:root and password:debian

     6.     You will need some files to change the display output these files can be downloaded from HERE for Debian. Or from here.

               Just extract the downloaded zip file onto a USB stick and plug this into your Beaglebone Black

     7.    Now we need to change a few of the files to get the BBView to work

              In the terminal type....

root@beaglebone:~# mkdir /media/udisk
root@beaglebone:~# mount /dev/sda1 /media/udisk
root@beaglebone:~# cp -f /media/udisk/zImage /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.13-bone70 
root@beaglebone:~# cp -f /media/udisk/*.dtb  /boot/dtbs/3.8.13-bone70 
root@beaglebone:~# tar -xvf /media/udisk/kernel_modules.tar.gz -C /
root@beaglebone:~# cp -f /media/udisk/xorg.conf /etc/X11/
root@beaglebone:~# sync

              FOR 4 INCH DISPLAYS TYPE THIS

root@beaglebone:~# cd /boot/dtbs/3.8.13-bone70
root@beaglebone:~# cp am335x-boneblack-lcd4.dtb am335x-boneblack.dtb
root@beaglebone:~# sync

              FOR 7 INCH DISPLAYS TYPE THIS

root@beaglebone:~# cd /boot/dtbs/3.8.13-bone70
root@beaglebone:~# cp am335x-boneblack-lcd7.dtb am335x-boneblack.dtb
root@beaglebone:~# sync

     7.     Now shutdown your board. Connect your BBView and power it back up again.

Your BBView should now work as a screen for your Beaglebone Black. Have fun.