Poky troubleshooting

If you get an error about mmap_min_addr, do this:

sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0

If you get bash-dash shell related error, do this:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash

For Debug build, do this:

DEBUG_BUILD = "1"

Problem with external toolchain path:

vim /poky/meta-texasinstruments/conf/distro/include/poky-external-csl2008q3.inc
Set the following variable to the right path
EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN = "/media/hdd/arm-2008q3"

If you get tmpdir error, rename the tmp in build folder to something else and try:

mov tmp/ tmp_old
bitbake coreutils

My .vimrc file

se nu
se ic
syn off
se tabstop=4
se expandtab
se shiftwidth=4
se autoindent
se incsearch
filetype plugin on

Installing the newly downloaded ".bin" file

Many a times, you download the installable ".bin" file and wonder how to install it, for the GUI doesn't open the ".bin" files.

You try ./xxxxxx.bin from command prompt but still it fails.

The problem is with permission of the downloaded file, do this to fix that and install:

sudo chmod 777 xxxxxx.bin
sudo ./xxxxxx.bin