Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 11 3.c |
Says...'Launch PuTTY, then enter "beaglebone.local"...' Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Apr 17, 2014 | |
Printed | Page 27 Set the NTP SERVER |
Given the level that a user is expected to be when reading this book, I think it should be clear that the Beaglebone must be connected via WiFi or via the Ethernet port for this procedure to work. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Kevin McQuown | Jan 25, 2014 | |
Page 114 Step 7 |
When executing the command: sudo xz -dkc BBB-eMMC-flasher-2013.09.04.img.xz > dev/disk2 Note from the Author or Editor: |
Cory Stewart | Jan 04, 2014 | ||
Printed | Page 27 Set the NTP server section |
It appears that it is also necessary when editing ntpdate to change the no after update_hwclock to "yes." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Arlin | Nov 22, 2013 | |
ePub | Page Page 259 (iBook edition) code at top of page |
Overall this is an excellent getting started guide for the BeagleBone. My new Beaglebone Black arrived with a problem connecting by SSH. Different computers got the same error. An online search showed that other people have been having this issue and the solution was to download a new Angstrom image and put it on a SD card which could be used to flash the eMMC with the new image. I followed the instructions in Appendix A for Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) but it didn't work. I found different instructions here: http://www.height8.com/info/devel/hardware/beagleboneblack/macupdateangstrom and in Adafruit's documentation. On my Retina MacBook Pro which has a built in SD reader, the SD was identified as Disk6s1. The command needed to be something like: Note from the Author or Editor: |
Ross Fisher | Nov 02, 2013 | |
Page 80 Step 7 |
The command "pip install xively-python" is failing with the latest (Sep 4) beaglebone black angstrom image. The error is that the library netrc cannot be found. I think netrc should be a standard library for python, but it is not present. From the python command line, I cannot import netrc. Note from the Author or Editor: |
markpchicagp | Sep 14, 2013 |