Re: [Paparazzi-devel] trouble getting started...

[Gareth Roberts]

I've got one kicking around based on Lucid (with a graphical SVN updator!!  
:D)
Don't have anywhere to host it though!
--G

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:33:05 -0000, Felix Ruess <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> Also a word of caution about the live CDs. They are pretty old and out
> of date, especially for the end user the configuration of the airframe
> has changed quite a bit since then (all for the better of course ;-).
> But otherwise you can of course still use them to check it out.
> Of course if someone wants to make a more up to date live CD that
> would be welcome :-D
>
> Cheers, Felix
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Gareth Roberts
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi James,
> >
> > Chris, I don't think there is an OSS version of Virtualbox for OSX, it's
> > amazing how much we take for granted in the linux world...
> >
> > I've got a Macbook, but for serious work I have a Linux partition I boot
> > into.  Virtualbox can be weird about USB, especially under OS-X where  
> > no-one
> > is really sure how things work (personally on my Snow Leopard late 2010
> > Macbook I've NEVER got a USB device to work under closed source  
> > VirtualBox).
> >
> > Does the live CD say anything if you type
> > dmesg
> > into a command window?
> >
> > You probably know this, but you've left it quite late in your project to
> > sort this out - if you want a reasonable chance of flying you'll need  
> > to get
> > this working ASAP.  The serial port trick means that at least your HW is
> > fine though.
> >
> > Did you install the udev rules into the live cd (you didn't specify  
> > which
> > one)?
> >
> > --G
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:40:52 -0000, James Spezeski
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone, I'm trying to use Paparazzi for a University design  
> > > project,
> > > but I'm having serious problems getting started.  I'm using an OSX host
> > > machine with a Ubuntu virtual machine.
> > >
> > > For the Tiny 0.99, I used a USB <-> Serial converter and an LPC  
> > > programmer
> > > which was plugged into the serial port.  I tried programming it in USB
> > > mode
> > > and serial mode and they both failed (no USB device found).  I did  
> > > manage
> > > to
> > > program it by connecting the the converter and creating a socket on the
> > > host
> > > machine, then using that socket as a serial port on the guest machine  
> > > and
> > > programming it in serial mode, but I'm not sure why this worked and the
> > > other approach didn't.
> > >
> > > I also tried programming the TWOG with a cable I bought on PPZUAV, but  
> > > the
> > > host and guest machines both failed to even recognize that something  
> > > was
> > > plugged in.  I believe the bootloader is already installed, and the LED
> > > flashes when I connect power.  I even tried booting from the live CD  
> > > and I
> > > had the same problem.
> > >
> > > I've been stuck here for a couple months, so I would really appreciate  
> > > any
> > > help.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >  James
> >
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