Hello everyone, I want to install Ubuntu Mate on Beagle Bone, but it fails. Does anyone know how to install Ubuntu Mate on Beagle Bone?
Or maybe Beagle Bone can only install a specific version of Ubuntu Mate?
Thanks
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Hi, @TYTN and welcome to the Ubuntu MATE Community!
Could you please share more details about the fail. When it fail, what error messages, how did you try... Share pictures to help us.
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According to their site, there are 3 different product configurations which are "Beagle Bone". Which one are you using?
Also, please provide the result of
inxi -F -xxx
from the Live UM, so we can see what it is reporting for what it is detecting.
Depending on how new the Product Model is, the component interaction protocols or recognition strings may not be uploaded to the Linux component recognition database and, therefore, you may have to "forcibly" tell grub what it is dealing with, but I myself don't know how to do that for what you have.
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There was no error message. It just couldn't read the sd card with Ubuntu Mate installed, and then started the Ubuntu system originally built into the BeagleBone Black industrial.
I am using BeagleBone Black industrial. However, when I use [inxi -F], it cannot be used because inxi is not installed. I have tried to install inxi but failed. When installing, it says [Err:21 Index of /debian buster/main armhf libdrm-nouveau2 armhf 2.] and other similar messages, and the same thing happened even after using [sudo apt-get update] [sudo apt-get upgrade]. Maybe the version of Ubuntu I'm using is not new enough (I'm using the Ubuntu version released in 2020)
If you run the live distro (don't try to use installed image), you can open a terminal and enter the command
apt-get install inxi
That will install into the memory-loaded Live OS for usage, so that you can perform the probe.
As people have repeatedly said elsewhere, if you can get the Live UbuntuMATE working properly, then you should be able to get the UbuntuMATE installed. So its a matter of getting to know what needs to be documented in the parameters for the file "/etc/default/grub" on the installed system, so that boot will know what to do.
P.S. the version of OS is not likely to impact the running of inxi, because it is a HUGE bash script. 
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Hello, I later successfully installed inxi. Here is what I entered [inxi -F -xxx]:
manager@ABC-beaglebone:~$ inxi -F -xxx
System:
Host: ABC-beaglebone Kernel: 4.19.94-ti-r42 armv7l bits: 32 compiler: gcc
v: 8.3.0 Console: tty 0 dm: N/A Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: ARM Device System: TI AM335x BeagleBone Black
details: Generic AM33XX rev: N/A serial: 2233SBI02202
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: ARMv7 v7l variant: cortex-a8 bits: 32
type: UP arch: v7l rev: 2
features: Use -f option to see features bogomips: 995
Speed: 1000 MHz min/max: 300/1000 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 1000
Graphics:
Message: No ARM data found for this feature.
Display: tty server: N/A driver: tty: 80x24
Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
Message: No ARM data found for this feature.
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.94-ti-r42
Network:
Message: No ARM data found for this feature.
IF-ID-1: can0 state: down mac: N/A
IF-ID-2: can1 state: down mac: N/A
IF-ID-3: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
mac: 34:84:e4:f3:0a:47
IF-ID-4: usb0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 34:84:e4:f3:0a:49
IF-ID-5: usb1 state: down mac: 34:84:e4:f3:0a:4d
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 11.08 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (26.4%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: USD size: 7.51 GiB serial: 0x300b7ee8
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1 model: W62704 size: 3.56 GiB serial: 0x1957091e
rev: 0x8 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 3.39 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (86.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1
Sensors:
Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured?
Info:
Processes: 87 Uptime: 1m Memory: 483.4 MiB used: 68.3 MiB (14.1%)
Init: systemd v: 241 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.3 running in: tty 0 inxi: 3.0.32
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As Cpu is arm tech, better you download and install mate for raspberry :
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