====== Cubieez ====== //__About this Article__// * **Author**: aaron --- aaron@cubietech.com --- 2014/07/23 11:14 * **Copyrights**: [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/|CC Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported]] * **Contributors**: [[http://cubieboard.org/|Cubieboard Community]] : ... ===== Abstract ===== Cubieez is based on Debian, which rootfs is created by drkbcn from cubieforums. * Performance CPU governor * Kernel 3.4.79 with ARMHF support * Based on Debian 7.5 Wheezy * Kernel support to major USB Wi-Fi adapters(8188eu&8192cu) * Debian 7.5 ARMHF repository (better than Ubuntu one) * LXDE base desktop with low mem consumption * audio CODEC (jack audio) and sunhdmi (HDMI audio) * DATA-card(card1) activity to green led * X11VNC, SSH (SFTP too) and other basic utils installed * Iceweasel browser * Gnome Mplayer (less CPU consumption than lxmusic) * Eable OTG device fuction (g_mass_storage) * Expanding all tf-card space to rootfs when first booting ===== Installation ===== ==== Hardware ==== * cb2-2cards * card-reader * TF card (>=2G,class 10 suggeted) * HDMI and Monitor * USB mouse and keyboard === More === * SATA * Data tf card * USB to miniUSB tieline ==== Get image ==== - Get newest image [[http://dl.cubieboard.org/software/cb2-2cards/debian/image/cubieez-cb2-2cards-v2.0-20140812/cubieez-cb2-2cards-v2.0-20140812.tar.gz|cubieez-2.0]] - Get origin md5sum to check you image is completed $ md5sum cubieez-cb2-2cards-v2.0-20140812.tar.gz > my_md5sum $ cat my_md5sum Compared with origin md5sum:dbb974882aa352dbcf3201ff8bfef676 ==== Write to card ==== * For linux users : $ sudo tar -zxvf cubieez-cb2-2cards-v2.0-20140812.tar.gz $ sudo umount /dev/sdx //sdx is your tf-card device label ,example sdb $ sudo dd if=cubieez-cb2-2cards-v2.0-20140812.img of=/dev/sdx $ sudo sync "dd" is a dangerous operation,make sure sdx is your tfcard * For windows users：using [[http://dl.cubieboard.org/software/tools/windows/win32diskimager-v0.7-binary.zip|win32diskimager]] write image to card. ==== Booting ==== - Insert boot card to** card2 slot** (bootcard) - Connecting board and monitor by HDMI - Insert network cable - Power on First booting ,the system will reboot once to expand rootfs ==== passwd ==== user:**cubie** passwd:**cubieboard** ==== test ==== {{:tutorials:cb2-2cards:summary.png?600|}} === Modules === cubie@cubie:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by disp_ump 861 0 g_mass_storage 43206 0 sunxi_cedar_mod 9962 0 mali_drm 2608 1 drm 195017 2 mali_drm lcd 3638 0 mali 111536 0 ump 51204 4 mali,disp_ump === Network === == Cable network == root@cubie:/# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:d5:09:40:b0:4f inet addr:**192.168.1.110** Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::d5:9ff:fe40:b04f/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:17604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:4331986 (4.1 MiB) TX bytes:10515 (10.2 KiB) Interrupt:87 Base address:0xa000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B) root@cubie:/# ping cubieboard.org PING cubieboard.org (192.163.232.151) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192-163-232-151.unifiedlayer.com (192.163.232.151): icmp_req=1 ttl=51 time=283 ms 64 bytes from 192-163-232-151.unifiedlayer.com (192.163.232.151): icmp_req=2 ttl=51 time=283 ms 64 bytes from 192-163-232-151.unifiedlayer.com (192.163.232.151): icmp_req=3 ttl=51 time=284 ms 64 bytes from 192-163-232-151.unifiedlayer.com (192.163.232.151): icmp_req=4 ttl=51 time=284 ms 64 bytes from 192-163-232-151.unifiedlayer.com (192.163.232.151): icmp_req=5 ttl=51 time=284 ms 64 bytes from 192-163-232-151.unifiedlayer.com (192.163.232.151): icmp_req=6 ttl=51 time=283 ms == USB WIFI == cb2-2cards can support 8188eu ,when you insert wifi dongle,cubieez will modprobe 8188eu auto. - You can config wifi in cubieez desktop.{{:tutorials:cb2-2cards:wifi.png|}} - Restart networking $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart === Rootfs space === root@cubie:/# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 7.3G 1.5G 5.6G 21% / /dev/root 7.3G 1.5G 5.6G 21% / devtmpfs 382M 0 382M 0% /dev tmpfs 96M 548K 95M 1% /run tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 191M 68K 191M 1% /run/shm tmpfs 478M 24K 478M 1% /tmp tmpfs 478M 0 478M 0% /var/tmp /dev/mmcblk0p1 12M 4.6M 6.5M 42% /media/cubieboard2 ===HDMI Audio=== root@cubie:/# speaker-test -twav -c2 speaker-test 1.0.25 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels WAV file(s) Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) Buffer size range from 4096 to 32768 Period size range from 1024 to 8192 Using max buffer size 32768 Periods = 4 was set period_size = 8192 was set buffer_size = 32768 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right ===HP Audio=== Switch to HP output $ vim.tiny /etc/asound.conf pcm.!default { type hw card 0 //card0 is HP device 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 //card0 is HP } ===SSH=== $ ssh cubie@192.168.1.110 aaron@cubietech:/work/$ ssh cubie@192.168.1.110 cubie@192.168.1.110's password: Linux cubie 3.4.79 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 9 12:44:49 CST 2014 armv7l The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Tue Aug 5 23:11:24 2014 ===DATA Card=== Green led show Data card(card1) activity ===SATA=== cb2-2cards support 2.5 inch HDD&3.5 inch HDD [[http://cubieboard.org/2013/09/24/how-to-support-3-5-inch-hdd-on-cubieboard/|3.5 inch HDD]] ===USBx2=== USB2.0x2 can support: * Both wireless and wire USB mouse/keyboard * USB host === OTG Device === Allwinner otg support device fuction ,Storage on board can mounted to pc * Mount boot card first Partition to PC（cubieez-2.0 default ） $ sudo modprobe g_mass_storage file=/dev/mmcblk0p1 removable=yes stall=0 * Mount data card to pc $ sudo rmmod g_mass_storage $ modprobe g_mass_storage file=/dev/mmcblk1 removable=yes stall=0 * Mount sata to pc $ sudo rmmod g_mass_storage $ modprobe g_mass_storage file=/dev/sda removable=yes stall=0 ===IR Input=== IR module is sunxi-ir.ko $ git clone https://bitbucket.org/emiliolopez/keybinder.git $ cd keybinder $ sudo make install Taking a Infrared remote control for a test $ sudo keybinder /dev/input/event0 cubie@cubie:~/keybinder$ sudo keybinder /dev/input/event0 Reading key input from /dev/input/event0 (sunxi-ir) Loaded config items Keycode 1 pressed Keycode 2 pressed Keycode 3 pressed ===== Config ===== ==== cubie-config ==== "Ctrl+Alt+t" open a terminal,run "cubie-config" as root {{:tutorials:cb2-2cards:passwd.png?600|}} * Expand Filesystem,when first boot ,filesystem was expanded * Change User passwd * Enable Boot To Desktop Or Not * Host Name Changing * Eable SSH Or Not ===== Known bugs or limitations ===== * HDMI can't adapt to some monitor,this a display bug .please try: $ sudo fbset -left 10 * Line-in is not work due to hardware bug. {{tag>Cubieboard Cubietruck}}