Re: [Machinekit] Can't install machine kit on Beagle Bone stock image

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On 16/05/18 16:39, Eric wrote: I'm guessing that updating the kernel on the Machinekit image isn't as trivial as installing an app? (can you tell I'm new to Linux! :) I don't think you have ever said what image you have, so no idea what kernel is in it If it is the 3.8 Xenomai one, then no you can't update it. Later kernels use Xenomai 3 and Machinekit does not support it You will need to use a rt-preempt > 4.1.x based image to get module support for that Texas Instruments chip. The 4.4.113-ti-r149 kernel seems to be the favorite, but there are other later kernels too. There are several images marked 'all Beagle Bone variants' and 'BBB and BBW', but you need advice as to which one to use. Make sure you search the forum posts, several people have gone down this route before. Failing that, RCN is the expert, I don't have any BBx boards or capes and s**t :-P Where would I find Robert Nelson? http://www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started/machinekit-images/ On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 10:43:13 AM UTC-4, Schooner wrote: On 14/05/18 19:10, Eric wrote:  BeagleBone wireless, including the wifi chip: http://octavosystems.com/2016/09/27/the-beaglebone-black-wireless-and-beagleboard-compatibility/ Getting wifi up and running on an image I didn't create (and admittedly don't fully understand yet) seemed like a pretty hard task. Looks like you need the firmware-ti-connectivity package, which is backported all the way back to Jessie now https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/firmware-ti-connectivity Needs a 4.1 > kernel by the looks of it though, to get the kernel module, so if the image you tried uses the 3.8 xenomai kernel or similar, that is part of the problem All the information is out there, but I would suggest you contact Robert Nelson who make the images, he will know which one you need. -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.