Re: BeagleBone Black apt oddness

[Paul Breneman <Paul2006@BrenemanLabs.com>]

On 11/09/2013 07:12 PM, Nigel Sollars wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I put Wheezy 7.2 onto my BBB, everything looks good wifi via powered hub /
> wifi no capes or eth0 ( wire ) ...
>
> > From the console ( via 3.3v ftdi usb cable ) I attempted to do a apt-get
> update, it runs all the ways to the end and then shows:
>
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: gzread: Read error (-3: <fd:6>: invalid code lengths set)
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
> The Image is this one:
>
> BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.2-2013-10-25.img
>
> Uname:
>
> Linux arm 3.8.13-bone28 #1 SMP Thu Sep 12 23:22:35 UTC 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Nige

Just thought it might be good to mention something related...

A fellow I know has spent a lot of time this year getting the BeagleBone 
Black to run Linux-CNC on his 3D printer.  He has a blog about the project:
  http://bb-lcnc.blogspot.com/

The same Linux-CNC software is used on a lot of CNC machines at a nice 
place mentioned on this educational project page:
  http://www.turbocontrol.com/monitor.htm