Hello, Look here: https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit.
Seth P.S. That should help w/ the image and kernel you need. Also, there is a google groups section of Machine Kit. Here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/machinekit. On Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 1:16:50 AM UTC-5, Sardar Vayghannezgad wrote: > > Hi all, > I have been struggling for the past ten days, as a brand new user, to get > my Beaglebone Black rec C (element 14) to run Machinekit on my Win 8.1 PC. > To save you the long story, I am totally lost. What I've been able to learn > during > my time playing with all the software and hardware around me from forums, > blogs, sites, personal intuition, etc comes down to: > > - successfully flashing an image on a microSD card and then transfer > them on to the BB-Black, so that it can run without the flash card inside, > - connecting BBB to my PC via puTTY and to the internet (albeit, > apparently Google only, as I cannot have puTTy download any packages) > > Since I am desperately looking for some dummies pointers on the issues I > have, I'm giving all the software/hardware coordinates I think are > important: > > The image I'm using is from here > <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit> > > My Questions are: > > 1. BBB does show up on my PC with the default image > <https://beagleboard.org/latest-images> it comes out with, and I can > go through the instructions available on Beagleboard/getting started > webpage <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, but once I > replace it with another Image > > <https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit>, > > it doesn't seem to appear as a drive on my PC nor anywhere on the Device > Manager. However, I can putty it to my PC, and share my PC WiFi with it. > Given that I have installed the required drivers from BBoard Getting > Started <https://beagleboard.org/getting-started#step2>, Is this > normal?!! If not, What is it that causes this? (I have searched high and > low online, but haven't come up with a concrete conclusion) > 2. I can use my PC WiFi to connect BBB to the Google per online > instructions, yet any attempt, via puTTY, to download Machinekit > Packages > <http://www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started/install-runtime-packages/> > (Just > in case, is the link right for my case?!!) from the related website leads > in the error: > > machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-xenomai > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package machinekit-xenomai > > > or > machinekit@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install machinekit-posix > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package machinekit-posix > > 3. I have downloaded the Machinekit Client on my PC. What > else do I need? I can see online that I need download tightVNC viewer both > on my PC and on the BBB via puTTY. right? Provided that I can do so, do I > need to download a VCP (Visual Control Panel) like QtQuickVcp to use in > conjunction with Machinekit? Should I install this on my PC or BBB or > both?!!! > > 4. My keyboard is misspelling on ThightVNC window. How can I > fix this? > > Any help, however small, would be appreciated. > -- 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/0839b989-7349-4234-9033-9e9d1a628903%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
