Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBB

Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBB/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbThis post is just to list some example initial things to do with the BBB, to prepare it for development. Others may have different suggestions to suit various working methods. The official getting started page is here .Powering up the board for the fien-USTelligent Community 12RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbWed, 01 Jul 2015 11:59:31 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>Thanks Shabaz,</p><p> </p><p>Think will just walk with maunal time setting for now. Tried a few things today as well nothing.</p><p> </p><p>and when i run ntpdate, got the following reply - ntpdate[3351]: no servers can be used, exiting</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbTue, 30 Jun 2015 15:05:36 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>Thanks shabaz</p><p> </p><p>So you didn't change anything for it work. Sorry a bit of Novice, but being able to ping 8.8.8.8 and clone files on github.com, means I do have access to internet right? and how can I check that if my router is not supplying NTP.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbTue, 30 Jun 2015 14:24:23 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>Hello Shabaz,</p><p> </p><p>How did you set that up. I am using a debian as well latest image 2015-03-01, but I cant quite manage to set-up NTP.</p><p> </p><p>PLEASE HELP</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbTue, 30 Jun 2015 12:15:28 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>Hello,</p><p> </p><p>Is there a wa to set on BBB, permanently, without haven' to use date -s "June 30 13:09 UTC 2015",</p><p> </p><p>please</p><p> </p><p>thanks</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbMon, 09 Feb 2015 01:26:15 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>I can connect with Putty through ssh using the IP 192.168.7.2 .</p><p>My problem is when I want to upgrade . I am particularly interested in a VNC connection. I get an error message like this:</p><p>Could not resolve ' ftp.us.debian.org ' or Could not resolve ' debian.beagleboard.org '</p><p> </p><p>When I use the command apt- get install x11vnc , this is what I get :</p><p> </p><p>Reading package lists... Done</p><p>Building dependency tree</p><p>Reading state information... Done</p><p>The following extra packages will be installed:</p><p>  libvncserver0 tcl tk tk8.5 x11vnc-data</p><p>Suggested packages:</p><p>  libvncserver0-dbg</p><p>The following NEW packages will be installed:</p><p>  libvncserver0 tcl tk tk8.5 x11vnc x11vnc-data</p><p>0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.</p><p>Need to get 2885 kB of archives.</p><p>After this operation, 5386 kB of additional disk space will be used.</p><p>Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y</p><p><span>Err </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/</a><span> wheezy/main libvncserver0 armhf 0.9.9+dfsg-1</span></p><p>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</p><p><span>Err </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/</a><span> wheezy/main tcl all 8.5.0-2.1</span></p><p>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</p><p><span>Err </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/</a><span> wheezy/main tk8.5 armhf 8.5.11-2</span></p><p>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</p><p><span>Err </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/</a><span> wheezy/main tk all 8.5.0-2.1</span></p><p>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</p><p><span>Err </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/</a><span> wheezy/main x11vnc-data all 0.9.13-1</span></p><p>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</p><p><span>Err </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/</a><span> wheezy/main x11vnc armhf 0.9.13-1</span></p><p>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</p><p><span>Failed to fetch </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libv/libvncserver/libvncserver0_0.9.9+dfsg-1_armhf.deb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libv/libvncserver/libvncserver0_0.9.9+dfsg-1_armhf.deb</a><span>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</span></p><p><span>Failed to fetch </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tcl_8.5.0-2.1_all.deb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tcl_8.5.0-2.1_all.deb</a><span>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</span></p><p><span>Failed to fetch </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tk8.5/tk8.5_8.5.11-2_armhf.deb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tk8.5/tk8.5_8.5.11-2_armhf.deb</a><span>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</span></p><p><span>Failed to fetch </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tk_8.5.0-2.1_all.deb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tcltk-defaults/tk_8.5.0-2.1_all.deb</a><span>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</span></p><p><span>Failed to fetch </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/x11vnc/x11vnc-data_0.9.13-1_all.deb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/x11vnc/x11vnc-data_0.9.13-1_all.deb</a><span>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</span></p><p><span>Failed to fetch </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/x11vnc/x11vnc_0.9.13-1_armhf.deb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/x11vnc/x11vnc_0.9.13-1_armhf.deb</a><span>  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'</span></p><p>E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbSun, 08 Feb 2015 23:36:13 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>Hi, I just bought the BeagleBone Black board. I think I have a problem with the ssh connection. I have no " dropbear " file in the "etc" directory. So I can not implement the above proposed solution. Can you help me ?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbWed, 22 May 2013 20:41:59 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member0<p>I found the drivers did not install smothly on Windows 8 64-Bit. There was an error message something like: "Default language not supported by this installer". After a lot of faffing about and searches on the web (mostly irrelevant results about the old Beaglebone talking about FTDI drivers which are not relevant to the Black) I eventually got the solution: use a zip program (I used 7-Zip) to unpack the BONE_D64.exe file, then start Device Manager. Right-click on the "Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget" and the "Gadget Serial" nodes and Update Driver Software specifying the directory containing the unpacked drivers.</p><p> </p><p>Another good quick-start tip is to install VNC so you can use the Beagleboards GUI without having to sort out the HDMI connection and a keyboard and mouse. This requires a network cable to your router and the USB cable to the PC. Follow the startup instructions to log in using SSH, then:</p><p><span> </span> </p><p>opkg update</p><p>opkg install x11vnc</p><p>x11vnc -bg -o %HOME/.x11vnc.log.%VNCDISPLAY -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm*/database -display  -forever -nopw</p><p><span> </span> </p><p>Now you should be able to connect to the Beagleboard either over the USB virtual network connection or via the wired network connection (after the installation, the network connection is no longer necessary and it works fine with just the USB cable).</p><p> </p><p>To make the VNC server start automatically after a reboot do the following:</p><p><span> </span> </p><p>Type the x11vnc command line above into a file called "VNCServerStart.sh". Right-click on the file icon and take 'properties' then the 'permissions' tab. Check the 'Execute' permission. Go to System, Preferences, Startup Applications, Add an entry to run this script file.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBBhttps://community.element14.com/products/devtools/single-board-computers/next-genbeaglebone/b/blog/posts/some-quick-start-things-to-do-for-developing-on-the-bbbWed, 22 May 2013 13:15:47 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8cd9ce27-e4fa-439b-9a80-2aca1d74777cFormer Member1<p>It's not actually vi at all, its vim-tiny or some such like. </p><p> </p><p>Disclaimer: I hate vi in all it's incarnations.. However whatever the version in use on the BBB it's sufficiently different in even the tiny subset of features I ever use to make echo, sed and awk preferable.</p><p> </p><p>I think I've now had versions of 'vi' on BBB, RPi, SL that all behave very differently from each other and all differently from the usual vim style that people will be more used to from bigger distros (vim itself being different from true vi as well).</p><p> </p><p>Traditions are good, but some really need to be left to die. vi with odd behavioural problems is up there on top of the list.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15746&AppID=80&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">