On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 10:07 AM shabaz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I've got a few usability issues to report.
>
> (a) apt upgrade
> I installed the latest Debian image on my BBB-Wireless, and then typed apt 
> update followed by apt-upgrade.
> Partway through the upgrade, it prompted me if I had a robotics cape. I 
> didn't so I selected No (the default option).
> However, it then prompted me if I wished a librobotcontrol service to run on 
> boot. That made me think I may have
> accidentally selected Yes for the robotics cape. Is there any alternative way 
> to do this, rather than in an apt upgrade?

https://github.com/StrawsonDesign/librobotcontrol/issues

>
> (b) install instructions
> It may be just me, but I find the user instructions a little hard to follow 
> (I always have found then hard to follow, for many years).
> I appreciate this is because they need to cater for many scenarios and many 
> images, and the changes over the years.
> I've written some instructions in a blog format, if you wish to link to, or 
> copy these on the BeagleBoard.org website, in entirety or in part,
> or edited or not, then please feel free to use them.
> The instructions are here:
> https://www.element14.com/community/community/designcenter/single-board-computers/blog/2019/08/11/getting-started-with-beaglebone-black
> I'm sure mine will not be to everyones taste either, but a link to them could 
> help some people since it complements the official instructions
> which of course by nature are more 'formal' than a blog format.

No reason to use 7-zip, etcher.io can write the compressed image as-is..

> (c) machinekit image location
> I'm really struggling to find a link to pre-built machinekit images. Several 
> websites suggest they should be at
> https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit

Click that link again...

Regards,


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