[IMAGE] A13(-WIFI) Debian (now Ubuntu) + xfce flashable (Updated: 08 Mar: R18)

[agcr]

I agree with John in that the problem may be the insufficient amount in the uSD (3.9 GB), as reported by the dd utility.
I will try to get a bigger one and flash it. Then I will report here if it worked out correctly.
BTW, thanks to jwischka for building these images  .

Best,

agcr

[JohnS]

The boot log shows that the problem is with the mmc being too small.

As I posted already, if the dd fails then there is no point booting.

Cards are so cheap now, just get one big enough!

(As an alternative: mount via loopback, mount a smaller card and copy files.  This is hard for an inexperienced person to get right and very painful due to the slow speed.  I'd just get a bigger card, which is what I did.)

John

[jwischka]

This, incidentally, is the card I am using. Though I'd recommend getting an 8gb (or 32, as I use for my personal purposes).

[agcr]

I bought a 8GB one, but I'm having trouble flashing it with dd.
Can you please tell me the steps you followed for flashing the image in your uSD?
Thanks in advance.

[ellecieffe]

I bought a 8GB one, but I'm having trouble flashing it with dd.
Can you please tell me the steps you followed for flashing the image in your uSD?
Thanks in advance.

Hey agcr ,
try reading this thread https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=888.0
Regards

[agcr]

Hi ellecieffe,

Thanks for the help  ! I was doing what you say in the thread, but still I'm getting a corrupted image.
I use GParted to create a 4GB partition (/dev/sdb1) and then use dd to flash it there.
I've tried 2 differente card readers, but still get the same result.
I am using an 8GB uSD card, and there's left 3.9GB as free space.
I think I'm missing something though, any thoughts?

Best,
agcr

[ellecieffe]

hi agcr, as said by jwischka,

you don't need to partition the card - DD will write all the partitioning information for you.

In realty,I  always use gparted to "reset" the card (to be sure, it can be said  )
However,you also can try with win32 disk imager in windows OS. I did so with this the very first time 
Finally, remember to  update your drivers

My 2 cents
Luigi

[JohnS]

Do NOT run gparted!

Just dd the IMG file straight to /dev/sdb - NOT to sdb1

John

[agcr]

Thanks guys, it did work 

[iw2lsi]

Hello jwischka,

  is framebuffer support available in R15/R17 ? I see no log info in dmesg about it

  BTW: I'm trying to run qt-embedded on my olinuxino

       thanks

              Giampaolo

[jwischka]

Hello jwischka,

  is framebuffer support available in R15/R17 ? I see no log info in dmesg about it

  BTW: I'm trying to run qt-embedded on my olinuxino

       thanks

              Giampaolo

Should be, but I'll have to check and make sure. If not, I can compile it in.

[iw2lsi]

Hello jwischka,
 
  first of all, thanks a lot for your time and for the great job you are doing...
  I'm totally new on A13 so your images are very useful for me

  BTW: are the .config for the various releases saved somewhere ?
 
     thanks again

          Giampaolo

[jwischka]

Hello jwischka,
 
  first of all, thanks a lot for your time and for the great job you are doing...
  I'm totally new on A13 so your images are very useful for me

  BTW: are the .config for the various releases saved somewhere ?
 
     thanks again

          Giampaolo

Only since R10 or so.

[iso9660]

I tryed the R17 twice but I get this error:

Code Select Expand


>unzip olinuxino_xfce-r17.zip
Archive:  olinuxino_xfce-r17.zip
  inflating: olinuxino_xfce-r17.img   bad CRC a9ad228b  (should be 7c897ce4)


[JohnS]

Which Linux & kernel version are you using?  Some have a broken (something, probably a .so) that causes that.

Try a 2.x kernel-based system if you can.  7zip seems OK, too

John