Is on board serial port has anything to do with HDMI display?

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Hi guys,

I have Beagleboard XM. I am not getting the purpose of on board serial port. When i removed the serial cable from host PC, my HDMI monitor (separate) is not showing anything but My board boots up nicely. When i connect serial cable between host and Beagleboard then only it display on monitor. Can somebody help me to understand why this is happening?

Thanks

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Ideally their should not bee any dependency… are you setting bootargs while booting or booting from command line. What are the boot args you are passing to the Linux kernel ?

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Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I am not setting any bootargs while booting from command line. It takes default setting.

Thanks.

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Hi,
This is my default boot arguments.

setenv bootdelay 1
setenv loadaddr 0x82000000
setenv dvimode ‘hd720’
setenv vram ‘12M’
setenv mem ‘mem=99M@0x80000000 mem=128M@0x88000000’
setenv defaultdisplay ‘dvi’
setenv loadbootscript ‘fatload mmc 0 ${loadaddr} boot.scr’
setenv bootscript ‘echo Running bootscript from mmc …; source ${loadaddr}’
setenv loaduimage ‘fatload mmc 0 ${loadaddr} uImage’
setenv mmcroot ‘/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw’
setenv mmcrootfstype 'ext3 rootwait
setenv mmcargs ‘setenv bootargs console=${console} vram=${vram} omapfb.mode=dvi:${dvimode} omapdss.def_disp=${defaultdisplay} root=${mmcroot} rootfstype=${mmcrootfstype} ${mem}’
setenv mmcboot ‘echo Booting from mmc …; run mmcargs; bootm ${loadaddr}’
setenv nandroot ‘/dev/mtdblock4 rw’
setenv nandargs ‘setenv bootargs console=${console} vram=${vram} omapfb.mode=dvi:${dvimode} omapfb.debug=y omapdss.def_disp=${defaultdisplay} root=${nandroot} rootfstype=${nandrootfstype}’
setenv nandboot ‘echo Booting from nand …; run nandargs; nand read ${loadaddr} 280000 400000; bootm ${loadaddr}’
setenv bootcmd ‘if mmc init; then if run loadbootscript; then run bootscript; else if run loaduimage; then run mmcboot; else run nandboot; fi; fi; else run nandboot; if’
saveenv
boot

Thanks

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what if you connect the board with your PC by some other cable? Just
check if it's a Ground issue

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Thanks Maxim for your reply, you are correct it is ground issue. now I have connected usb to miniusb cable between PC and Board, and removed serial cable. There also same problem, when I removed usb to miniusb cable from board, display does not show anything.

Thanks & Regards,

Manisha

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Manisha,

You need to contact Gerald about this problem

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Use a grounded DC supply that is connected to the same ground (power strip) as the PC. Something I have said for many years now. I know of no way to create a wireless ground connection. Without the common grouns, the over voltage protection circuit goes crazy.

Gerald

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Then how can I make my Beagleboard as a standalone system, without taking ground from PC?? Is there any way?? Why cant it is using on board ground for the same??

Thanks,

Manisha

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Don’t tie anything to it that has its own ground! Keep the entire system floating.

Gerald