Beagleboard mojo installation wiki small update suggestion

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Robert,

Happy New Year!

I recently re-installed the mojo on my Beagle Board and made a
suggestion list in terms of dummy's point of view for the installation
wiki. :slight_smile:

1. It would be nice to add a comment warning to umount the FAT32
partition before running the QEMU.
    Usually, the ubuntu mounts the newly detected partitions
automatically when we put the SD card. Since the SD card already has a
FAT 32 partition when I am ready to run the QEMU, that FAT32 partition
is mounted and I keep getting errors in the QEMU running screen. So, I
had to quit QEMU, umount the FAT32 partition, and re-run QEMU. I knew
this before. But I did not pay attention and got caught at this time.

2. root password is not disabled at the first login
    The wiki says that the root password is disabled at the first
login. However, I found it was not. So, you probably have to recommend
using sudo command.

3. xfce4 error message at the log-in stage
    I got an error(warning?) pop-up message saying
'/usr/share/gdm/theme/Human/Human.xlm' does not exist'. I confirmed
that such route and file are not exist. Of course, I can change the
setting to other theme pages and resolve the message popping up, but
it would be nice to change the settings in the original installation
package in your repository.

4. Basic terminal emulator program needed
    I found that no terminal emulator programs are included in the
basic installation after I finished all the sequences in the wiki. It
was a bit embarrassing I cannot use any terminal emulator program when
I logged in. Xterm program and xterminal-emulator script in the file
system returned some kind of I/O error which I don't have any clue on.
After some googleling and trial & error, I found I had to install
gnome-terminal package. 'sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal' resolved
everything. Now, I am happy with the environment.
    So, it would be better to add a comment to install the
gnome-terminal package after the xfce4 installation. Or including the
package in the basic root file system would be even better.

I hope this suggestion helps others interested in using mojo on their
Beagle Board.

Best regards,

Ilkyoung.

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Thanks for the feedback Ilkyoung!

Robert,

Happy New Year!

I recently re-installed the mojo on my Beagle Board and made a
suggestion list in terms of dummy's point of view for the installation
wiki. :slight_smile:

1. It would be nice to add a comment warning to umount the FAT32
partition before running the QEMU.
   Usually, the ubuntu mounts the newly detected partitions
automatically when we put the SD card. Since the SD card already has a
FAT 32 partition when I am ready to run the QEMU, that FAT32 partition
is mounted and I keep getting errors in the QEMU running screen. So, I
had to quit QEMU, umount the FAT32 partition, and re-run QEMU. I knew
this before. But I did not pay attention and got caught at this time.

We can easily add a warning.. Just wish ubuntu hadn't removed the
'disable automount' feature. For very old versions it use to be under
System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media. (debian has it
here) For later versions, it was moved into nautilus, edit >
preferences > media. For Ubuntu 8.10/8.04, you have to remember to
umount it every time.

Side note, i was really hoping Mojo's Icy would have been released by
now, since the net install would have the later fixes that would
enable a default non-qemu install method. (and we could leave qemu for
ever! :wink: )

2. root password is not disabled at the first login
   The wiki says that the root password is disabled at the first
login. However, I found it was not. So, you probably have to recommend
using sudo command.

This was fixed with the net image install.. The old debootstrap method
(which is now deleted) gave you a base install with no users and root
password was blank..

3. xfce4 error message at the log-in stage
   I got an error(warning?) pop-up message saying
'/usr/share/gdm/theme/Human/Human.xlm' does not exist'. I confirmed
that such route and file are not exist. Of course, I can change the
setting to other theme pages and resolve the message popping up, but
it would be nice to change the settings in the original installation
package in your repository.

I believe gdm pulls this package in?

This setups most of xfce4, (no apps, just basic windows manager)

xfce4: sudo aptitude install xorg gdm xfce4

gnome: sudo aptitude install xorg gdm metacity?

4. Basic terminal emulator program needed
   I found that no terminal emulator programs are included in the
basic installation after I finished all the sequences in the wiki. It
was a bit embarrassing I cannot use any terminal emulator program when
I logged in. Xterm program and xterminal-emulator script in the file
system returned some kind of I/O error which I don't have any clue on.
After some googleling and trial & error, I found I had to install
gnome-terminal package. 'sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal' resolved
everything. Now, I am happy with the environment.
   So, it would be better to add a comment to install the
gnome-terminal package after the xfce4 installation. Or including the
package in the basic root file system would be even better.

It's been awhile since i did a fresh install, so either gdm+xfce4
brought in the terminal, or i always use ctrl-alt-f1 to drop to the
first terminal screen after logged in?

I was thinking of building a default root file system when i started
hacking with the debian installer, however i just don't have the
upload bandwidth. My Cable modem maxes out at 30kb/s upload. For
reference it takes me about 3.5 minutes to upload one of the 5Mb
kernel deb's.

Regards,