PPP Package for Linux for AM335x Evaluation board

Hi,

I don't know if what you need exists, but if you find a .deb package for the required architecture, you can try to convert it to .ipk using:

ar x <package>.deb
tar cvzf <package>.ipk ./debian-binary ./data.tar.gz ./control.tar.gz

Best regards,
Miroslav

i have .deb file and i converted it to ipk package. Successfully got converted but when i loaded it on to the board and run opkg install ppp1.ipk, seeing an error " incompatible with architectures configured". are these packages architecture dependent ?

AKhilesh Chidare

i have downloadedpackage form http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/ppp

what architecture do i need to download the package for ?

AKhilesh Chidare

Depends on whether you compiled your kernel (uImage) with hard floating point support or not (gnueabihf vs gnueabi). Use "armel" for soft float and VFP, and use "armhf" for hard floating point.

Best regards,
Miroslav

i have compiled on the hard floating point gnueabihf , i have used armhf package. i am still getting the same error. these packages shouldnt be arch independent?

Akhilesh

you suggestions helped us. we could proceed further. we are trying to configure PPP package and its dependencies

Akhilesh

We could successfully installed PPP package and dependencies..

We are trying to connect 3G usb modem to the eval board. It is detecting it as mass storage device instead. are we missing any thing?

Akhilesh

Several 3G USB modems detect as mass storage so that the host OS (Windows) can load drivers. On Linux you have to make sure usb_modeswitch is installed and configured. It will switch the device from mass storage to a modem. I have not looked at this in about two years so I cannot comment on how to configure usb_modeswitch.

Steve K.

i have configured PPP and also connected 3G module. we could connect to the internet and working fine.

we are trying to install ipsecurity package in the same. we could install all the dependencies successfully but we are seeing following error.

setkey: error while loading shared libraries: libkeyutils.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

root@am335x-evm:/var/dependencies# opkg files libkeyutils1

Package libkeyutils1 (1.5.5-3) is installed on root and has the following files:

root@am335x-evm:/var/dependencies#

i dont see any files in the installed package. when i checked with other packages i could see that there some files.

where am i go wrong?

Akhilesh Chidare

can anyone help me out. I am unable to find a solution on this. searched on web too

Hello,

I want to add some Debian packages to my rootfilesystem, for instance installing dropbear with opkg.

Then I see the binary of the package in this link:

http://downloads.ti.com/sitara_linux/esd/AM335xSDK/latest/exports/software_manifest.htm

I get the file dropbear-2012.55.tar.gz,

How can I get the .ipk file in order to be able to install the dropbear package by doing opkg install dropbear.ipk?????

Thanks a lot,