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For questions related to Linux on embedded systems (e.g. mobile, consumer electronics, networking) or single-board computers (e.g Raspberry Pi)

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Can unexpected power loss harm a Linux install?

I am developing an application on a Linux embedded board (runs Debian) e.g. Raspberry Pi, Beagle Board/Bone, or olimex. The boards works on an environment that the electricity is cut unexpectedly (it is far complicated to place PSU, etc.) and it…
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How do I boot [embedded] linux from sd card?

I am hacking together a quick embedded linux system on a DM816x evm board. Previously I have been using TFTP and NFS to load my kernel and root filesystem to the board. I am now trying to switch over to loading everything from an SD card. I have my…
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Telnet or SSH to Embedded Linux based NAS?

Do you happen to know whether it is possible to telnet or SSH to LG N1A1DD1 NAS? It seems to have lots of features that I don't need (including FTP) but I couldn't find any mention of the ability to telnet or SSH to it. If telneting or SSH-ing to it…
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mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: (null) while mounting ext4 fs

I am using Beaglebone black with NFS, I have formatted internal eMMC with ext4 filesystem, when i mount the file system using following command message popups telling filesystem is mounted without journal, so how can i mount the filesystem with…
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Automatically load kernel module at boot. (Angstrom)

i know how to load your module automatically in ubuntu. you put your module in /etc/modules But, i compile a kernel and filesystem for an embedded system which i am working on it. but there is no "modules" file in /etc directory. (i am using…
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Unmounting Detachable devices (eSATA,USB storage) in Linux

A detachable device like eSATA, USB drive can be abruptly removed (by simply pulling the plug). If there are open file handles on a partition, then this partitions won't unmount, i.e. the Linux umount command will fail, even AFTER the drive is…
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Which Linux distribution for vehicle LCD instrument panel

I will be designing an instrument panel for a vehicle to display the common gauges that you would find in a car - (speedometer, rpm, fuel level, oil pressure, etc.). We have selected a 7" LCD and are in the process of narrowing down the hardware…
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Chipsee 7 inch LCD support in Linux kernel 3.14

Has anybody ported Chipsee 7 inch LCD on Linux kernel 3.14 or later ? Is there any patch available for the same ? If no patches any suggestion porting Chipsee LCD support from Linux kernel 3.8 to Linux kernel 3.14 ?
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Cannot access device over network interface. Now what?

I made a really dumb mistake today. I bought a network camera a few days ago from some reseller on eBay, and it's running embedded Linux. I'm not sure what I did, but I edited /etc/network/interfaces, rebooted, and now the device is no longer taking…
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ssh & ping to target works from desktop but not from laptop?

Now where is the problem if ssh & ping to target works from desktop but not from laptop ? I have been able to ssh to my target from my DESKTOP using following command :--- Target IP is fixed in /etc/network/interfaces 1> target ip - 192.168.0.202 …
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buildroot rootfs on arm board

After building buildroot with Kernelimage and rootfs (jffs2) i flashed them to my board. bootargs set to: mem=64M console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock1 rw rootfstype=jffs2 Now when i boot i get the following error: VFS: Cannot open root device…
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How can I read the flash device ID that is installed, perhaps via the mtd interface?

In our embedded Linux solution using uClinux, I have just added a larger flash device. I want to be able to query which device I have installed (hardware device). The small and large device both have different device ID's which I can read in my…
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mono installation stalls - mcs is not producing progress

I am trying to build Mono from its git repository on Freescale P2020RDB board. I've managed to build it on host machine with Debian 8 with cross compiler and it works like a charm. However, due to customer's demands, I was forced to create custom…
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Force a Linux kernel module to be compiled as a module instead of built-in

I have the sources of the kernel of an embedded Linux box (specifically a QNAP NAS) which is running a 64-bit v3.12.6 Linux kernel, together with the kernel config files. What I'm trying to do is adding DVB support to that kernel, by adding kernel…
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ALSA "dmix plugin supports only playback stream" error when using dmix on beagleboard

On a Beagleboard, I need it to play sound from several processes. The default /etc/asound.conf is empty, so I put this dmix example in. Now sund mixes fine, but when I'm trying to run a process that uses a microphone, I'm getting…
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