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|Babbage 2.5 Ubuntu Startup Guide 

Because of an order from the United States International Trade Commission, BGA-packaged 
product lines and part numbers indicated here currently are not available from Freescale for 
import or sale in the United States prior to September 2010: i.MX51 Product Family 

c.

 

Chage to true the value of the option Set FEC 
Network Hardware Address [MAC]

 

d.

 

Save changes (update)

 

 

d.

 

Reset the board (by pressing the SW2 reset push button or by holding 5 
seconds the SW1 push btton for power down and other 5 seconds for 
power up)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

Micro_USB 

Connector 

MIC_IN 

Jack 

Audio 

Jack 

DISP-Card 
Connector 

Mini_PCI

 

Connector

 

LVDS 

Connector 

DVI 

Connector 

UART 

Connector 

Power 

Jack 

Ethernet 

Connector 

Dual-

USB_A 

Connector 

MMC/SD 

Connector 

POWER 

Button SW1

 

RESET 

Button SW2

 

ACCESSORY_CA

RD Connector 

Summary of Contents for Babbage 2.5

Page 1: ...make the Ubuntu launch possible The last section shows the known issues recognized so far I Boot verification section Requirements An pre flashed SD Card Ultra II SanDisk SD card o 8GB will be ideal a...

Page 2: ...s 800x600 Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet connector P3 Connect USB keyboard and mouse to the Dual USB_A connector Connect speaker or headphone if audio is desired JK1 audio jack optional Con...

Page 3: ...st o A terminal or linux console to execute the commands shown o Test at Freescale were only made running Ubuntu 9 04 An SD Card Ultra II SanDisk SD card o 8GB will be ideal although 4GB SD card will...

Page 4: ...st b Format the whole SD card into one partition with EXT3 filesystem type i The gparted application is able to perform this task If the SD card connection to the Linux host was successful a dev node...

Page 5: ...ke an unallocated space Click in the Next button and in the Create new Partition window set the File System to ext3 Click Add then click the Apply button and finally confirm the action After this clos...

Page 6: ...all was built off of the redboot_200918 zip release 3 Create a new partition on the SD Card for the kernel image a Unplug the SD card and re insert it to the Linux Host b Run the gparted application i...

Page 7: ...e the application 4 Install the kernel on the SD card a Unplug the SD card and re insert it to the Linux Host This time it should be mounted not only as a device node but also as an interface in media...

Page 8: ...RT i Use 115200 8N1 no FlowControl d Press the SW1 push button of the board around 5 seconds until the leds on the board turn on and you can see something in the serial terminal e You ll see the Kerne...

Page 9: ..._files media disk home ubuntu sudo sync 9 Power ON the board with the proper connections and login a Now make all the connections needed for running Ubuntu into the board see the image below You shoul...

Page 10: ...Chage to true the value of the option Set FEC Network Hardware Address MAC d Save changes update d Reset the board by pressing the SW2 reset push button or by holding 5 seconds the SW1 push btton for...

Page 11: ...ask for a password this is ubuntu iii In the window set the proper Time zone iv Set the proper date and time c Open a terminal an set general configurations i In the top of the display there is a bar...

Page 12: ...up the date Example Run sudo date 090909092009 random date to post1970 Now log in as ubuntu ubuntu on the desktop GUI 2 Audio does not work out of the box The Jack functionality is not turned ON by d...

Page 13: ...ation and building of LTIB packages For more information on installation flashing and building the PDK platforms check the documentation bundle associated to each package particularly the Linux User s...

Page 14: ...agdget iv insmod arcotg_udc ko v insomd g_file_storage ko file dev mmcblk0 4 After this connect the USB cable from the OTG port on the i MX31 PDK Personality Board to a USB port in the PC and the syst...

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