Just to be clear, I rarely recommend Ubuntu. But in the case of being used as a desktop. Ubuntu in my mind makes more sense than anything else. Debian can run on a desktop system, but that's not really where Debian shines. For the purpose of getting a Linux "newb" familiar with Linux. Ubuntu will probably be more hassle free for you. Debian tends to do what it does well, but sometimes it can be much higher maintenance. Such as you're finding out now. But if you install Ubuntu on that second partition / disk, I bet the serial adapter will "just work". Of course I can not guarantee that, but an FTDI serial device is something all Linuxes should have working, and most will. Debian is a bit different because stability is paramount. So if something is not 100% reliable, it wont make it into the stock kernel. Which is possibly what happened, but maybe not.
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:58 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > You can always retrograde to Wheezy, or use one of the Ubuntu 14.04 > variants. Personally I lean towards Lubuntu when I need a Linux desktop. > But I do not use a Linux desktop all that often. I like Lubuntu because its > LXDE that is highly configurable, and fast due to the desktop being > accelerated. > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:03 AM, mzimmers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 9:50:16 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: >>> >>> >>> this looks to be either a kernel, cable or hub problem.. >>> >> >> Well, that's not good news. There is no hub, the cable works fine under >> Windows, so that leaves the kernel. And, this neophyte isn't ready to start >> mucking around in the kernel. >> >> So...what's a good fallback idea here? I don't want to make this a big >> project, but it would be nice if I could get the BBB console output while >> my desktop is booted to Debian. I tried the "screen" command that William >> suggested, and that failed as well (gave a "[screen is terminating]" error >> and stopped). >> >> Is this worthy of reporting as a bug to the keepers of Debian? >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/beagleboard/7dc33938-ae20-4a9f-a9d3-1e853da91596%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/7dc33938-ae20-4a9f-a9d3-1e853da91596%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORoFcr7hm9o0Zmw_n752kY%3D485jT6Jbi7ecEXqfeJzzFLg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
