opensuse 12.3 on ARM Cubie Board

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I hope I am on the right forum with my problem.

As an absolute novice I extracted as root an image, " openSUSE-12.3-ARM-XFCE-cubieboard.armv7l-1.12.1-Build69.2.raw.xz " ,for my Cubie Board.
I built a serial cable to USB according instructions.
Then I followed instructions from " HCL:CubieBoard - openSUSE "
After powering my CB, the screen on the TV shows only black and in the top left corner an image of of the TUX pinguin.
The installation instructions read: " Walk through the first boot steps on the serial console "

On the laptop I have installed 12.3 64 bit but when the CB is connected thru serial to USB laptop, nothing happens.

The installation instructions seem to be so simple. But is there maybe a way to point Konsole to my USB and then see the serial output and continue the bootsteps?

Thank you.

2

One thing comes to mind: the serial to USB cable.
Furthermore, if you hit Esc during boot, does it show messages?

3

I made the cable from an older cable crossed the green and white (RX TX) and used the ground.

When starting CB, and root shell console is opened. nothing happens. when press escape there is an message “display all 4128 possibilitie Y or N”.

I don’t think that message is from the cubie.

Any ideas?

4

I’m convinced this message comes from the openSUSE install on the Cubie. Where else could it come from. Did you test what happens if you hit Y or N?
Another one: did you try recreating the SD card, try other images?

5

If so, then there is a connection between Cubie and the laptop.

When hit “Y”, then indeed I get a megalist of all the linux commands.

I also tried a Fedora 18 distro which I was able to install on the SD card and it booted from that card.
This Suse I wanted to try because I am also using 12.3 on my daily laptop.
According the documentation you have to install the boot from a serial console and only then you can boot from the CB
HCL:CubieBoard - openSUSE

6

I’m sorry, I don’t get how this is meant to be done. Wait for others to drop in.

7

You probably should address these questions to the ARM mail list. I doubt there are many here experimenting with ARM

openSUSE:Mailing lists - openSUSE

8

Thank you for your effort, I will try your suggestion.

9

I now think your very first comment was right on.

I now ordered an USB UART TTL cable.
Keep you informed.