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Mike: Debian Linux for CM-X300 moved to CM-X300: Linux: Debian

2009-12-22T15:51:59Z

Debian Linux for CM-X300 moved to CM-X300: Linux: Debian

Mike: 1 revision(s)

2009-11-26T08:46:50Z

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Grinberg: /* Touchscreen calibration */

2009-11-25T13:45:54Z

‎Touchscreen calibration

Kero at 14:54, 20 August 2009

2009-08-20T14:54:37Z

Mike: 1 revision(s)

2009-06-23T14:21:15Z

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Mike: /* Touchscreen support */

2009-06-23T14:19:55Z

‎Touchscreen support

Mike: 1 revision(s)

2009-06-21T13:47:39Z

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Mike at 05:59, 21 June 2009

2009-06-21T05:59:10Z

Mike: /* See also */

2008-08-19T11:33:11Z

‎See also

Mike at 11:32, 19 August 2008

2008-08-19T11:32:25Z

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−	~~== Overview ==~~	+	#REDIRECT [[CM-X300: Linux: Debian]]
−	~~The Linux file system for CompuLab CM-X300 module is based on Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) distribution and includes the following components:~~
−	* Package manager (apt-get, dpkg …)
−	* Telnet client
−	* SSH server/client
−	* FTP server/client
−	* Web server thttpd
−	* SAMBA
−	* Editor – nano
−	* Various Linux utilities (basic Debian set of utilities from debootstrap)
−	* Madplay - command-line mp3 player
−	* X Windows system with BlackBox window manager
−	* Dillo (web browser), aterm – X Windows applications.
−
−	~~== CM-X300 specific settings ==~~
−
−	~~=== Connection and Logging In ===~~
−	~~Use the following usernames and passwords to login:~~
−
−	~~Account with administrative privileges:~~
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~User: root~~
−	~~Password: 111111~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−
−	~~Regular user account:~~
−
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~User: user~~
−	~~Password: 111111~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−
−	~~In addition to these accounts CM-X300 allows anonymous FTP access.~~
−	~~To login into the Linux system, you may use a serial console (ttyS2) at 38400 bps, or connect through the network, or use a keyboard and LCD display (tty1, tty2, tty3).~~
−
−	~~=== IP Address ===~~
−	~~The IP addresses for both network interface are obtained automatically using DHCP.~~
−	To configure networking, edit ''/etc/network/interfaces'', ''/etc/resolv.conf'', and ''/etc/hostname''. For more information about Debian Linux network configuration read [http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html Network configuration] chapter in the [http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/index.en.html Debian Reference].
−
−	~~=== Consoles ===~~
−	Linux file system image is designed to suit different kernel versions and configurations. Therefore, during the operating system startup, consoles at several serial ports and VGA display are enabled. Some of these devices may not be supported either because of kernel versions incompatibilities or because the kernel was not configured to support these devices. When the console is enabled at such device the following or similar message will appear on active console:
−	~~INIT: Id "T0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes~~
−	~~This is not an error message, it is just a warning that can be eliminated by editing ''/etc/inittab'' file.~~
−
−	~~=== THTTPD Web Server ===~~
−	~~Use ''/etc/thttpd/thttpd.conf'' to configure THTTPD web server.~~
−	~~The THTTP server is very sensitive to file permissions.~~
−	In summary, data files should be mode 644 (rw-r--r--), directories should be 755 (rwxr-xr-x) if you want to allow indexing and 711 (rwx--x--x) to disallow it, and CGI programs should be mode 755 (rwxr-xr-x) or 711 (rwx--x--x).
−	~~Try <nowiki>http://<your.target.ip.address>/users/thttpd.htm</nowiki>~~
−
−	~~=== X Windows system ===~~
−	~~CompuLab distribution contains small-footprint Kdrive based X Server optimized for embedded devices, and BlackBox window manager.~~
−	~~Before starting X Windows, connect USB mouse and keyboard to the system.~~
−	~~You can run X Windows by typing '''''startx'''''.~~
−
−	~~X server contained in CompuLab distribution supports screen rotation by 90, 180 and 270 degrees.~~
−	~~To change screen resolution or color depth, or to enable screen rotation append option~~
−	'''-screen <XRes>x<YRes>@<angle>x<bpp>''' option to X Server invocation command. '''XRes''' and '''YRes''' are horizontal and vertical screen resolution and angle is desired rotation angle, and '''bpp''' is color depth in bits. Note, that color depth change is not fully supported on PXA frame buffer device.
−
−	~~There are some X applications in distribution:~~
−	* Aterm (X terminal)
−	* Dillo (Web browser)
−
−	~~=== Audio and Touchscreen ===~~
−	~~CM-X300 uses WM9715 (Wolfson) AC97 codec with integrated touchscreen controller.~~
−	~~Both audio and touchscreen drivers are modularized if you use default CM-X300 configuration.~~
−	~~The following commands enable audio support and touchscreen support respectively:~~
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~modprobe snd-soc-em-x270~~
−	~~modprobe wm97xx-ts~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−	~~Enabling touchscreen driver without AC97 controller driver is meaningless, since '''wm97xx-ts''' driver uses AC97 bus to access the touchscreen device.<br>~~
−	~~Note, that the same codec and driver is used on Compulab EM-X270 module.~~
−	~~More information about Linux audio subsystem can be found at [http://www.alsa-project.org ALSA project official website].~~
−
−	~~=== Touchscreen calibration ===~~
−	~~Touchscreen calibration can be performed with '''''ts_calibrate''''' utility. To calibrate the touchscreen:~~
−	* Make sure X Server is not running
−	* Load touchscreen driver as described in [[Debian_Linux_for_CM-X300#~~Audio_and_Touchscreen\|Audio and Touchscreen]] section~~
−	* Set the '''TSLIB_TSDEVICE''' system variable:
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~cd /sys/class/input~~
−	~~name=""~~
−	~~for tsdir in *; do~~
−	if [ ~~-f $tsdir/name ] ; then~~
−	~~name=`cat $tsdir/name`~~
−	~~fi;~~
−	~~echo $name \| grep -i "touchscreen" >& /dev/null~~
−	if [ ~~$? -eq 0 ] ; then~~
−	~~name=`ls -1 $tsdir \| grep event\[0-9\] \| grep -v :`~~
−	~~break;~~
−	~~fi;~~
−	~~done;~~
−	~~export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/$name~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−	* Run '''''ts_calibrate''''' utility:
−
−	~~For proper calibration you are required to touch the touchscreen corners and center in the following order: top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left, center.~~
−	~~The calibration results are saved to file ''/etc/pointercal''.~~
−
−	~~=== Wireless lan support ===~~
−	~~CompuLab Debian Linux package supports Wireless LAN on CM-X300L modules.~~
−
−	~~To enable Wireless LAN interface type:~~
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~modprobe libertas_sdio~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−
−	~~The firmware for the Wireless LAN controller is included in the Debian Linux image and can be found at ''/lib/firmware'' directory.~~
−
−	To setup Wireless LAN parameters Linux standard [http://linux.die.net/man/8/ifconfig ifconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwconfig iwconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant] utilities can be used.
−
−	~~=== MMC/SD ===~~
−	~~The support for MMC/SD card on~~ CM-X300 ~~is available as loadable kernel module. You need to~~
−
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~modprobe mmc_block~~
−	~~modprobe pxamci~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−
−	~~to enable these drivers.~~
−
−	Afterwards, to mount the memory card, monitor ''/proc/partitions'' to see what partitions were detected on the MMC/SD card. Next, if there's approptiate device node in ''/dev'', you can directly mount it, otherwise you should create the device node first. For example, suppose MMC/SD partition you'like to mount is ''mmcblk0p1'' then:
−
−	~~<pre>~~
−	~~if [ ! -b /dev/mmcblk0p1 ]; then mknod /dev/mmcblk0p1 b 253 1; fi~~
−	~~mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/mmc~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−
−	~~== Software Management ==~~
−
−	~~Debian~~ Linux ~~for CM-X300 image includes all the information required to use Debian package management utilities. You can use [http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get apt-get] and [http~~:~~//www.wlug.org.nz/dpkg(8) dpkg] out of the box.~~
−
−	~~== Boot time optimization for JFFS2 users ==~~
−
−	~~The JFFS2 Debian image for CM-X300 boot takes relatively much time.~~
−	~~The delays during the boot are partially related to JFFS2 mount time and partially to Debian image configuration.~~
−
−	JFFS2 designed for robust operation in embedded environment where sudden power interruptions are frequent. As a trade off for reliability in this situations, JFFS2 has long mount time. The mount time scales linearly with flash partition size. To speed up the boot process you can partition the NAND flash so it'll contain relatively small partition holding root filesystem and another partition(s) for applications and data. Mounting of applications and data partitions can be done in the background concurrently with init scripts execution.
−
−	Another reason for slow boot is Debian configuration. We tried to make the Debian image for CM-X300 as generic as possible. Therefore it contains a lot of services that may not be required for your application. Removing the unneeded services will reduce the boot time. Also, we have not modified default Debian scripts to allow better system updatability. Because of it, one of the init scripts remounts and checks the root file system several times. You can amend /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh to skip root filesystem remounts and checks.
−
−	~~== See also ==~~
−
−	* [[Getting started with Linux on CM-X300]]
−	* [[Linux Development for XScale modules\|Software Development for XScale modules]]
−	* [[Linux Kernel for CM-X300]]

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 * Dillo (Web browser)
-=== Touchscreen support ===
+=== Audio and Touchscreen ===
-The X Windows system provided with CompuLab Debian Linux package supports touchscreen interface using on WM9715 controller. Touchscreen calibration can be performed with '''''ts_calibrate''''' utility. To calibrate the touchscreen make sure X Server is not running, load touchscreen driver and then type ''ts_calibrate'':
+CM-X300 uses WM9715 (Wolfson) AC97 codec with integrated touchscreen controller.
 <pre>
 cd /sys/class/input
 name=""
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 done;
 export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/$name
 </pre>
 For proper calibration you are required to touch the touchscreen corners and center in the following order: top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left, center.
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 To setup Wireless LAN parameters Linux standard [http://linux.die.net/man/8/ifconfig ifconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwconfig iwconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant] utilities can be used.
 === MMC/SD ===
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 Debian Linux for CM-X300 image includes all the information required to use Debian package management utilities. You can use [http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get apt-get] and [http://www.wlug.org.nz/dpkg(8) dpkg] out of the box.
-== Boot time optimization ==
+== Boot time optimization for JFFS2 users ==
-The default Debian image for CM-X300 boot takes relatively much time.
+The JFFS2 Debian image for CM-X300 boot takes relatively much time.
 The delays during the boot are partially related to JFFS2 mount time and partially to Debian image configuration.
-JFFS2 designed for robust operation in embedded environment where sudden power interruptions are frequent. As a trade off for reliability in this situations, JFFS2 has long mount time. The mount time scales linearly with flash partition size.  To speed up the boot process you can partition the NAND flash so it'll contain relatively small partition holding root filesystem  and another partition(s) for applications and data. Mounting of applications and data partitions can be done in the background concurrently with init scripts execution.
+JFFS2 designed for robust operation in embedded environment where sudden power interruptions are frequent. As a trade off for reliability in this situations, JFFS2 has long mount time. The mount time scales linearly with flash partition size. To speed up the boot process you can partition the NAND flash so it'll contain relatively small partition holding root filesystem and another partition(s) for applications and data. Mounting of applications and data partitions can be done in the background concurrently with init scripts execution.
-Another reason for slow boot is Debian configuration.  We tried to make the Debian image for CM-X300 as generic as possible. Therefore it contains a lot of services that may not be required for your application. Removing the unneeded services will reduce the boot time. Also, we have not modified default Debian scripts to allow better system updatability. Because of it, one of the init scripts remounts and checks the root file system several times. You can amend /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh to skip root filesystem remounts and checks.
+Another reason for slow boot is Debian configuration. We tried to make the Debian image for CM-X300 as generic as possible. Therefore it contains a lot of services that may not be required for your application. Removing the unneeded services will reduce the boot time. Also, we have not modified default Debian scripts to allow better system updatability. Because of it, one of the init scripts remounts and checks the root file system several times. You can amend /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh to skip root filesystem remounts and checks.
 == See also ==

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	To setup Wireless LAN parameters Linux standard [http://linux.die.net/man/8/ifconfig ifconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwconfig iwconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant] utilities can be used.		To setup Wireless LAN parameters Linux standard [http://linux.die.net/man/8/ifconfig ifconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwconfig iwconfig] and [http://linux.die.net/man/8/wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant] utilities can be used.
		+
		+	=== Bluetooth ===
		+
		+	BlueZ 3 works mostly like Bluez 4, except you need to edit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf instead of main.conf.
		+	In order to utilize PIN codes on client devices, you need to set <pre>security=auto;</pre> in the ''options'' section of hcid.conf+-.
		+	Do not forget to restart bluetooth after that.

	=== MMC/SD ===		=== MMC/SD ===

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      echo $name | grep -i "touchscreen" >& /dev/null
      if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-         name=`ls -1 $tsdir | grep event\[0-9\]`
+         name=`ls -1 $tsdir | grep event\[0-9\] | grep -v :`
          break;
      fi;

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	Debian Linux for CM-X300 image includes all the information required to use Debian package management utilities. You can use [http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get apt-get] and [http://www.wlug.org.nz/dpkg(8) dpkg] out of the box.		Debian Linux for CM-X300 image includes all the information required to use Debian package management utilities. You can use [http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get apt-get] and [http://www.wlug.org.nz/dpkg(8) dpkg] out of the box.
		+
		+	== Boot time optimization ==
		+
		+	The default Debian image for CM-X300 boot takes relatively much time.
		+	The delays during the boot are partially related to JFFS2 mount time and partially to Debian image configuration.
		+
		+	JFFS2 designed for robust operation in embedded environment where sudden power interruptions are frequent. As a trade off for reliability in this situations, JFFS2 has long mount time. The mount time scales linearly with flash partition size. To speed up the boot process you can partition the NAND flash so it'll contain relatively small partition holding root filesystem and another partition(s) for applications and data. Mounting of applications and data partitions can be done in the background concurrently with init scripts execution.
		+
		+	Another reason for slow boot is Debian configuration. We tried to make the Debian image for CM-X300 as generic as possible. Therefore it contains a lot of services that may not be required for your application. Removing the unneeded services will reduce the boot time. Also, we have not modified default Debian scripts to allow better system updatability. Because of it, one of the init scripts remounts and checks the root file system several times. You can amend /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh to skip root filesystem remounts and checks.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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 * [[Getting started with Linux on CM-X300]]
 * [[Linux Development for XScale modules|Software Development for XScale modules]]
-* [[Linux kernel for CM-X300]]
+* [[Linux Kernel for CM-X300]]