Embedded systems are compact, low-power devices which can run Ubuntu but DO NOT have an x86 CPU. They often (but not always) use the ARM family of processors and provide a reduced set of peripherals compared to a full PC.
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boot-failure Using Pennwell boot 12.04 USB memory stick for Advantech ARK-1503 embedded computer
Getting Could not find kernel image: Vesamenu.c32 (return) boot: I see vesamenu.c32 in $PLUGINSDIR on the USB stick. What should I type to get the boot up to finish?
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NAND Flash interfacing ARM9 MTD partition not getting generated
I am developing an application on ARM9 based board using UBUNTU 10.04 and GCC as a compiler.
Previously I have interfaced the NAND flash from STMicroelectronics ( NAND512W3A25NB ). It is of 64MByte. ...
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Mounting main partition read-only and temporary folders as tmpfs
I have a small embedded board PC which uses flash card to boot and I'm running Ubuntu server 12.04. But since flash cards have limited lifetime I would like to mount it as read only and have only some ...
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Upgrade on ARM possible from microSD card?
I have an old nitrogen53 ARM board from Boundary Devices. It does not have a board support package. It has 2GB of on-board RAM and starts up u-boot from a small NAND flash area. It has a microSD ...
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SQLite 3.7.15 cross compile for ARM
I am using SQLite 3 for Database management in my ARM9 based microprocessor.
I want to cross compile the latest version of the SQLite 3 for my project in Linux (Ubuntu 10.04). I am using the ...
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How do I load an embedded image onto a microSD flash card with Ubuntu inside of Virtual Box?
I need to load an embedded image onto a microSD flash card.
How do I get a version of Ubuntu to run on my PC inside Oracle Virtual Box so I can do this? I have loaded Oracle Virtual Box on my ...
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Developing GUI application for CLI Ubuntu Server
I need to be able to render my own GUI to the screen, but I'm not really sure how to do this considering I'm in a CLI environment. I don't want to install Ubuntu-desktop or anything, I don't need an ...
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How to force a clock update using ntp?
I am running Ubuntu on an ARM based embedded system that lacks a battery backed RTC. The wake-up time is somewhere during 1970. Thus, I use the NTP service to update the time to the current time.
I ...
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Embedded .swf file in .pfd-Ubuntu 10.04
I have just finished a presentation in LaTeX. In this very .pdf file I have included a .swf animation(done with adobe flash CS5 in windows) which starts when you click on it.
While I have already ...
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How to write code that communicates with an accelerator in the real address space (real mode)?
This is a preliminary question for the issue, where I was asked to program a host-accelerator program on an embedded system we are building. The system is comprised of (among the standard peripherals) ...
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invalid command name “bind” - When Installing
I want to install Red Suite 4 (search on Google shows this problem is with installing other apps too) on my 64bit machine.
I have installed the prerequisite packages: linux32 and ia32-libs (for ...
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What exactly is a chroot? Is it similar to a simultaneous dual boot?
It has been suggested to me that the use of a chroot might solve my problem of building an application that must run on an embedded device. I have inferred from this description that it is somehow ...
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How can I install an old version of libc on 12.04 and is it safe to do so?
I am building an application on 12.04 and I need to run it on an embedded device. The device has libc-2.8.90.so on it and my dev machine has libc-2.15.so on it. I would like to install libc-2.8.90 ...
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Why does trying to get to a virtual terminal give me a “no signal” blank screen?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 and when I attempted to apply command line mode with CRTL-ALT-F1 my monitor complains that no signal is being sent to it and I get no display. However, via ...
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How do I install 10.04 on a Vortex86DX embdedded system?
I am trying to install Ubuntu on a Netcom NC-499 board that contains a Vortex86DX processor. The processor vendor claims support for Ubuntu 10.04 but I am having problems installing it. I am trying to ...
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Having set up a DCHP server, what do I need to do for the rest of my network?
I've got a Raspberry Pi arriving any day now, and I intend to use it (amongst other things) as a DHCP server.
Currently we have a few devices on our network to which we would like to assign static ...
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Will “standard” i386 release of Ubuntu work without any mods on Raspberry Pi?
Can I install Ubuntu 12.04 on Raspberry Pi, model B? I need a small, cheap PC for XBMC media center and a browser to connect to my PC. I need a wifi, so I need at least 2 USB ports. I have set my eyes ...
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HD Video on Pandaboard ES [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 on my Pandaboard ES. I attempted to playback a 720p / 1080p video. In both cases, the videos were highly jittery and the audio seemed to be plagued with something that seemed ...
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What ARM single-board computers does are supported by Ubuntu?
Recently, ARM single-board systems like the BeagleBoard has been made available on the market. Unlike phones or tablets, these systems can be run as regular PC. But with the varieties of ARM ...
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Can I ssh (into a mobile device) via USB?
I have a tablet with a USB connection to a host computer. (Ideally the host is running Windows, but if absolutely necessary I could switch the host to be Ubuntu also.)
I want to be able to SSH into ...
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Looking for a super-low-power any-arch DIY Squeezebox reciever
As I said in another recent question, I've recently bought into the Logitech Squeezebox range. I have a Radio (bedroom), Boom (kitchen) and Receiver (music room). These are all pretty good but they ...
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Automatically recreate partition if corrupt
I'm going to be embedding Ubuntu on an embedded device. I'm using a combination of aufs and a read only root to ensure that my root fs doesn't get corrupt. However, I want to be able to store logs, so ...
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How do I find out which boot loader I have?
I know Grub is the one installed by default when installing Ubuntu but I am faced with an embedded system running 9.10 Desktop Edition. Following are the contents of lsb-release file
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