Re: bananaPro | debian jessie doesn't boot; trying to establish a serial connection

[toogley <toogley@mailbox.org>]

Also switching RX and TX doesn't make any difference.

thanks btw. for the screen tip - its much simpler.

On 02/11/2016 09:54 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2016-02-11, toogley wrote:
> > i have a Banana Pro which i want to boot a debian jessie from. I know
> > HDMI doesn't work, so I want to have a serial connection for configuring
> > ssh.
> ...
> > 4. My Banana Pro has three pins in the corner of the LAN Port. I've
> > connected my
> >      Pins accoring that http://wiki.lemaker.org/File:USBpl2303.jpg
> > picture (black
> >      --> GND; white --> RX; Green --> TX; leaving the red one out) and
> > plugged a
> >      power adapter.
>
> I can't count the number of times I've accidentally switched Rx and Tx,
> so simply switching them to be sure has worked for me often
> enough. Working with many different boards, the order of which is which
> is hard to keep straight...
>
>
> > 5. i've set up my minicom like here
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console#Minicom
> >      - Serial Device to /dev/ttySzero
> >      - Bps 9600 BN1
> >      - modem init and reset strings are already removed
> > 6. only the red power lamp is on and minicom says 'offline'
>
> I'd also recommend trying screen:
>
>    screen /dev/ttyS0 115200
>
> Works with most of the boards I use, and doesn't require configuration.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> live well,
>    vagrant