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Initial OS Setup

+Bootable SD Image

• linaro images

  [Source: http://wiki.gumstix.org/index.php?title=Installing_Linaro_Image] [Source(same): http://www.b1gtuna.com/2012/08/installing-linaro-image-on-gumstix-overo/] >> took a reboot first time (didn't erase nand, probably should have? NO!)

  • (erased nand a different time, screwed up my rootfs image)

+(WG)Copy/edit over useful files

• + /etc/network/interfaces + /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf + /root/willow-radius-ca.crt - edit hostname: sudo vim /etc/hostname; /etc/hosts + copy over useful files (root):
  • willow-radius-ca.crt; wpa_supplicant*; network_bringup.sh

+LOAD AND BOOT!

+Initial Wireless connection

• (see Network modifications)

  - *purge* NetworkManager - add /etc/network/interfaces, wpa_supplicant.conf

+Install useful tools:

• - openssh-server (for ssh-ing in - MUCH nicer) - vim (or your favorite cmd-line editor) - avahi-daemon avahi-autoipd libnss-mdns (for auto-discovery of ip) - locate (you're probably going to be doing some digging at some point)
  • (at some point after installing, run: $ updatedb)
  ~ wpasupplicant (to explicitly set it to manually install) $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server ssh vim avahi-daemon avahi-autoipd libnss-mdns locate wpasupplicant

+Setup ssh

• - add password to user (root): $ passwd

ssh in

~ add color prompt: edit .bashrc; uncomment #force_color_prompt=yes

• (( auto-wireless on boot? ))

+Edit sources

• - may need to clean up duplicates if running armhf

  • > comment out duplicate source lists in sources.list.d/hwpack.*.list

  + add restricted universe multiverse to your existing sources.list

  • so all 6 normal lines now read something like:

    • deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ precise main universe restricted multiverse

+Apt-get

• update, upgrade
  • apt-get -f install apt-get upgrade (probably should have updated first)
  • .. may need to repeat and fiddle a few times ...

+Change Hostname

• (instead of using 'linaro-alip' as machine name) 1) change machine name, edit /etc/hostname
  • $ vi /etc/hostname

    >> change name (e.g. linaro-alip) to your new name (ex: turtlecore)

  2) change hosts file for name resolution, edit /etc/hosts
  • - find line where it says something like:
    • 127.0.1.1 linaro-alip
    - change 'linaro-alip' to 'turtlecore' (or whatever you picked in hostname)
    • 127.0.1.1 turtlecore

+Network Configuration - Stage 2

• >Disable/Remove NetworkManager

  • - at least need to disable it from startup
    • - could use some combination of update-rc.d and stopping services... (see wifi resources)
    - I'm frustrated with it all, so I'm just going to uninstall it, since I can always reinstall later

  >Remove

  • - ran this...
  • $ apt-get purge network-manager network-manager-gnome
  • - but it also removed 'linaro-alip', which was worrisome... - so I reinstalled 'linaro-alip' (which reinstalled the nm ones)... - and then disabled instead:

  >Disable

  • - using multiple instructions..
    • $ stop network-manager #stop daemon

      $ update-rc.d -f NetworkManager remove #remove NetworkManager just for fun $ update-rc.d -f network-manager remove #remove actual service from startup and stuff $ vim /etc/init/network-manager.conf #edit conf file and add line 'manual' (without quotes), near the top

      • >> manual

  + added temporary auto network config stuff into /etc/rc.local
  • - should change and figure out WPA2 or VPN or something

++ROS Setup (Fuerte)

• + Setup for Installation
  • - install bootstrap dependencies - install core library dependencies - (skipping graphical deps) - install pip install
    • (apt-get install python-pip, update with sudo pip install -U pip)
    - install rosinstall and friends
    • $ sudo pip install -U rosinstall vcstools rospkg rosdep - had same "symbols not loaded" error with rosdep - had to use 'sudo' even though I was root or it wouldn't find it ... =/

  • >> NEXT: Install core libraries (turtlebot variant stuff)

    • (should probably get user stuff setup too)

Pre-tips

+ Serial connection