Questions tagged [embedded-linux]
Embedded Linux stands for the use of Linux in embedded computer systems such as smartphones.
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Adding LXC containers to either localhost or bridge for sMQTT
Hey so I have a couple of ways to try it but I keep running into certain issues, one of them being lxc-net dependencies not running on this machine and no package manager or gcc to compile it.
The ...
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SSH cannot login with root pasword
I have a buildroot system that I cannot login into with via root.
Root login using .ssh/authorized_keys working, but isn't practical since it's a read-only filesystem. Telnet root login also works.
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Loading of X.509 certificates takes very long time
Here the tail of dmesg of my embedded ARM system:
[ 11.421652] stm32-dwmac 5800a000.ethernet eth0: No Safety Features support found
[ 11.550529] stm32-dwmac 5800a000.ethernet eth0: IEEE 1588-2008 ...
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How to add plugin strongswan on yocto ( embedder linux )
i know i missing some strongswan plugin, depending on your configuration. especially plugin eap-...
but with this file .bb i don't know how to add plugin on strongswan. if you have ideal. Thank you
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strongswan no start embedder linux
hi there i have some problem with Digi ccimx6ul(embedded linux - yocto project) when i start ipsec using strongswan. I get the following error
p/s: i have run success ipsec like this on ubuntu 18.04, ...
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Unable to print the message sent from user space C application to Linux kernel module
I have developed a simple Linux kernel module :
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
ssize_t exer_open(struct inode *pinode, struct file *pfile) {...
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Set up direct ethernet connection Linux<-->Android
I have an Android 6.0 SoC (ODroid C2) that I'm trying to connect directly to an embedded Linux machine via either regular ethernet or ethernet over USB (via the g_ether module)
There are 2 services ...
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Zynq/ Petalinux : Unknown command 'gzwrite' - try 'help'
For folks familiar with Zynq, Petalinux and u-boot.
I am using a microzed board, and trying to boot it using an SD card. The boot.bin file is generated using Petalinux 2018.3 SDK. The u-boot runs and ...
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Running tcpdump starts ssh flood
I have runtime Linux running in a PLC. My development machine is running Ubuntu 14.04. The PLC and the development machine are connected through a five port switch. I ssh to PLC from my development ...
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How to ping from a client in the network to a server not in the network connected on different interfaces on same linux box
I am working on one Linux box. I want something like this.
network--->wlan0---->eth0-->other server.
Both wlan0 and eth0 interface reside inside same Linux box. I am using dhcp which is assigning ...
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Autoconf from /etc/network/interfaces is not working
I want to disable autoconf of IPv6 for which I am making entries in /etc/network/intefaces file as below. Before making this changes I use "ifdown eth0"
iface eth0 inet6 static
address <...
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How to setup embedded Linux private vlan
I am trying to setup a vlan between 2 embedded Linux SOCs on wireless IPTV STB (set top box) using vconfig. The physical connection between the SOCs is a Marvell 88E60xx switch. The issue is that the ...
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Possible Operating System for Linux-experienced admins when configuring a MikroTik RouterBoard RB951Ui-2HnD as balance-loader
I have just bought a MikroTik RouterBoard RB951Ui-2HnD router and would like to try it as balance-loader, if that is possible.
Until now I have just used some desktop computers with Zentyal running ...
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IPSEC stack low speed
I am working on Openswan IPSEC Implementation for Linux-kernel 2.6.35.9
My concern is when i do speed test using IPSEC kernel Images and without running IPSEC service i get speed of 40Mbps and 10Mbps....
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How to create a readonly root linux: Can be mounted as writeable for persistent changes? [closed]
I'd like a read only file system that runs almost entirely in RAM but the compact flash or hardrive can be mounted and made writeable to make persistent changes.
How do I do this on Linux? I've ...
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Bypass DNS Server lookup by using /etc/hosts when using a dynamic IP address
It is my understanding that the need to query external DNS servers for commonly accessed names can be reduced if those commonly accessed names are present in /etc/hosts.
Now, I have a situation ...
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One way ping on an embedded Linux system
I'm facing a networking issue with an embedded Linux system in a private network. We have a network that consists of a few tens of servers connected through a switch with one of the servers acting as ...
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using Linux as a bootloader?
I have an embedded device with a SPI connected flash. Basically this means the device boots its bootloader and Linux kernel from a small flash part.
As the device boots, but before the root ...
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small and cheap embedded system [closed]
for a home automation project I'm search for a small and cheap computer which is capable of running a small webservice. It should have the following features:
Linux enabled (Debian, OpenWRT, ...)
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Low-maintenance Linux distro for “info screen”?
What Linux distribution would you recommend for a host with sole function of displaying an informational WWW page to the public with minimum maintenance?
The hardware is a rather simple PC with LAN ...
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Facing issue with cron on embedded linux
I have a SAM9 based board running embedded linux using buildroot package.
I added the crond and crontab support to busybox from make menuconfig and built the rootfs and flashed it to my board.
The ...
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Forwarding linux terminal from serial port to TCP with socat
I'm working on embedded ARM platform, Slackware. I'm using G24 Java modem which is configured to forward data between ports /dev/ttyS1 and /dev/ttyACM0, so anything that goes onto any of these ports ...
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Linux audio capture at a rate of 20ms is choppy
I am currently working on an embed linux video server. When I deployed the application to the boards we are planning on using for production I noticed that the audio was noisy.
I discovered that the ...
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What is the best file extension for a firmware image made with dd?
I currently have an embedded video server that I developed using embed linux, c and c++. I currently have our assembly line workers flash the ide drives from a usb flash drive like so:
dd if=/dev/...
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Embedded device for deploying network probes
Our environment has a multitude of remote subnets that we monitor by deploying Linux-based probes running various network monitoring software and other handy tools. Currently we're using surplus-ed ...
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What is mdev and how to /dev/* nodes get created in Linux?
Our Linux kernel is 2.6.31 running on an embedded MIPS processor with busybox.
The initialisation script (rcS) starts mdev with:
echo "/sbin/stbhotplug" > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
mdev -s
Can ...
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Booting a new Linux kernel from within Linux?
Anyone know of a way to "boot" another Linux kernel from within Linux, discarding the original kernel/initrd? The idea is that I can boot my server from a small read only copy of Linux that does some ...
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Does NMBD depend on DHCP?
I am trying to debug a SMB share issue on an embedded Linux setup. Before diving into source code, I want to make sure this is not a configuration problem. So here is my case:
Scenario-1: dhcp server ...
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Busybox, netstat, no -p
I have an ultra old (don't ask why) BusyBox (BusyBox v1.01 (2008.12.19-21:31+0000) Built-in shell (ash)) on my DreamBox. I would like to find out which process opened which connection using netstat. ...
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What could this error mean?
I am having trouble with embedded linux system which keeps outputting this error:
libdirac_encoder.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
Any idea what this error means? ...
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Using Minicom While Connected
I am running Debian on an Embedded system and am trying to use minicom to periodically get the signal strength of my USB EVDO modem using the AT+CSQ command.
When the modem is not connected, I can ...
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How to increase The initial RAM size(16M) of PPC440 in linux 2.6 kernel
I am building cuImage. When I try to put in openSSH, I run out of 16M RAM boundary which is set during early kernel turning on MMU, so it wont boot up. Can anyone tell me how to increase that? Inside ...
