Peter-
Thanks for the reply! I still have some basic questions in order to understand
the environment correctly.
1. The TS-4800 card attached to the display has a microSD in it. Is this
where the system is booting from? Or does it boot from XNAND somewhere else?
Changing the system to r/w would probably work for my application but I'd
rather let the system run in RAM and simply load the application from somewhere
else. Are you using an SD card via USB? The kit we bought came with one
marked "TS-4800" but as far as I can see it is "empty" - it isn't recognized
under Linux (or Windows).
2. My hope is to use wxPython, which someone mentioned once here but w/o info
on how to get it running on these ARM boards. I was assuming that apt-get will
pull things for x86 and not ARM? If wxPython won't work (can't run or too
slow) I'll switch to GTK+.
3. I neglected to ask about cross-compiler tools as well though I don't mind
developing on the device.
4. Finally, is there a way to adjust the baud rate on the serial console?
Thanks for the help!
Ron
--- In "PeterElliot" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> > 1. I power it up and it boots to Linux, great. It even has dev tools, also
> > great. But, the file system is read-only. How do I use the XNAND? My
> > application will not require more than a few MB of disk space and I don't
> > want to add an external SD card if I can help it.
>
> I would recommend storing data on the microSD card rather than the internal
> flash, as I'm not sure about how well the XNAND driver does wear leveling.
> With the price of microSD cards being so low it shouldn't hurt the budget. It
> also allows the data card to be moved between units in the event of a system
> failure.
>
> In my TS-TPC-7390 project I run the app from the quick boot environment and
> store data to SD. It seems to work very well - I do add a Murr Electronik
> power loss buffer within my system so I have around 15s (depending on load)
> of 24V power when someone throws the power switch to save to SD correctly.
>
> > 2. apt-get is not working because of the read-only file system. How do
> > people typically get packages on these devices?
>
> Wouldn't you need to exit to the full debian OS to use apt-get? You can also
> mount -o remount,rw to make the partition r/w.
>
> > 3. Any soft keyboard options or do people roll their own?
>
> This would depend on which graphic library you are using - as I rolled my own
> library I created my own keyboards.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> PJE
>
> --- In "oneelkruns2" <oneelkruns2@> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > I'm working with a TS-8390 (w/TS-4800 CPU) and have a few newbie questions
> > as these small devices are not my forte. Any help appreciated since I'm
> > not finding things on the website.
> >
> > 1. I power it up and it boots to Linux, great. It even has dev tools, also
> > great. But, the file system is read-only. How do I use the XNAND? My
> > application will not require more than a few MB of disk space and I don't
> > want to add an external SD card if I can help it.
> >
> > 2. apt-get is not working because of the read-only file system. How do
> > people typically get packages on these devices?
> >
> > 3. Any soft keyboard options or do people roll their own?
> >
> > Any help appreciated!
> >
> > Ron
> >
>
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