Problems trying to connect to BeagleBone

arthurg · 2015-09-15 22:46:44

Ok, I know I could have posted this question on the BBone forums and google groups, but it seems to be related to this Linux distro, seeing that I can connect to my BBone on ubuntu and debian distros automagically.
I am kinda new to this distro, so that is probably (surely) why I am having problems with this. Yes I could use the distros that it already works on, but I am really enjoying Arch Linux.
As soon as I connect my BBone into my host PC, the BB gets recognized as a storage device as it should be. Then when i try to connect it via ssh or using a web browser as shown in the getting-started tutorial (http://beagleboard.org/getting-started), it just doesn't connect.

- ip addr results:

[arthurg@localhost ~]$ ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp4s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 80:fa:5b:19:7f:b6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.0.27/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global enp4s0f1
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::78b7:7f1a:569b:f6a1/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether d0:53:49:f0:c8:c2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: enp0s20u3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 78:a5:04:fe:09:ca brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I find that the BBone is in the enp0s20u3, dunno what to do next though hehe...

Thanks in advance

Trilby · 2015-09-15 22:52:19

arthurg wrote:

I find that the BBone is in the enp0s20u3

What? Is that output from your beaglebone system, or from the archlinux machine? What are you running on the beaglebone?

The only possible way (and I'm still not sure it is possible) for the beaglebone to show up as a new device on your archlinux system like that would be if you are using an ethernet crossover connection between the two. Is this what you are trying to do? If so, are you using an actual crossover cable or a regular ethernet cable? If the latter, not all ethernet cards can handle that configuration. This is definitely the hardest way to do this in my book. Just connect the beaglebone to the same router or network your archlinux computer is on, and shell into it like you would any remote system.

So in short: please provide *a lot* more information on how you are currently set up and what you are trying to acheive.

arthurg · 2015-09-15 23:59:56

Ok, hehe sorry for the lack of info.
So, the output is from my arch linux system, and I connected my BB to my notebook via an USB cable (USB for the pc, miniUSB for the BB) that comes with the board.
The beaglebone is running a debian distro. I was just trying to connect via ssh so i could run some small example programs on it.
I entered the following command:

[arthurg@localhost ~]$ ssh -X root@192.168.7.2
ssh: connect to host 192.168.7.2 port 22: Connection timed out

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#1 2015-09-15 22:46:44

Problems trying to connect to BeagleBone

#2 2015-09-15 22:52:19

Re: Problems trying to connect to BeagleBone

#3 2015-09-15 23:59:56

Re: Problems trying to connect to BeagleBone

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