l4t_prebuilt_image

Prebuilt L4T Image

You can use our prebuilt Linux4Tegra image for the TX1 to skip the compiling of the L4T Image & drivers.

Prerequisites

• You need a host PC with Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 14.04 64bit) and a Nvidia Jetson TX1
• Download Nvidia Jetson TX1 64-bit Driver Package to the host PC and unpack it
• Connect the TX1 to your host PC via Micro-USB and enter the recovery mode on the TX1 (keep pressing the REC-button while quickly pressing RST)
  • On your host you should see a new Nvidia USB device:

$ lsusb ... Bus 001 Device 080: ID 0955:7721 NVidia Corp. ... ```

Howto apply the image to your TX1

• Download the prebuilt image
  • Unzip the image (14GB):

gunzip tx1_hdmi2csi_l4t_r24_1_4K_dev_tegraflash.img.gz * Download the [SHA1 checksum](https://drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/hySqUHJNMMpHZ2Q) * Check the checksum, should return `OK`:shell sha1sum -c tx1_hdmi2csi_l4t_r24_1_4K_dev_tegraflash.img.sha1sum ```

• Change directory to your Nvidia Jetson TX1 64-bit Driver Package
• cd Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader
• Apply the image to your TX1:

sudo ./tegraflash.py --bl cboot.bin --applet nvtboot_recovery.bin --chip 0x21 --cmd "write APP tx1_backup.img"

• This process takes around 25 min and should finish with:

...
[   1.6931 ] Writing partition
[   1.6947 ] tegradevflash --write APP /YOURPATH/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/tx1_backup.img
[   1.6962 ] Cboot version 00.01.0000
[   2.5005 ] Writing partition APP with /YOURPATH/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/tx1_backup.img
[   2.5013 ] [................................................] 100%
[ 1389.8960 ]

• Success! Now you can reboot your TX1 by pressing the RST button

Advanced

• Choosing kernel: There are three kernels preinstalled:
  • Versions:
    • 1: Unmodified Nvidia L4T R24.1 (named primary kernel, but this is not the default. This kernel does not support capturing HDMI.)
    • 2: hdmi-4k (R24.1 2160p) (boots per default)
    • 3: hdmi-ad (R24.1 1080p)
  • While booting the TX1 prints out messages from the different booting stages: U-Boot, Extlinux and finally the Kernel. Extlinux gives you a prompt to choose one of the three kernel, by default it boots 2: hdmi-4k (R24.1 2160p). Note that currently the second input HDMI-B which only supports 1080p can only be used with kernel 3.
  • To be able to choose the kernel, you need to connect to UART0 on connector J21 (see http://jetsonhacks.com/nvidia-jetson-tx1-j21-header-pinout/), which is a 115200 Baud 8N1 UART.
• In order to use advanced modes for passing buffers through the pipeline, you need to switch to a newer version of GStreamer (1.8.0) with some additional patches. This version is preinstalled and can be activated by setting these environment variables (this means you dont need to do this step: Build GStreamer:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ubuntu/build/gst_1.8.0/out/lib/
export PATH=/home/ubuntu/build/gst_1.8.0/out/bin/:$PATH
export GST_PLUGIN_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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Troubleshooting

• Credentials

  • User: ubuntu
  • Pw: ubuntu

• If you get this output from the tegraflash.py:

...
[   0.0613 ] Sending bootloader and pre-requisite binaries
[   0.0629 ] tegrarcm --download ebt cboot.bin 0 0
[   0.0644 ] USB communication failed.Check if device is in recovery
[   0.1255 ] 
Error: Return value 8
Command tegrarcm --download ebt cboot.bin 0 0

-> This means your TX1 is not connected via USB-micro to the host or it was not correctly set into Recovery mode

• HDMI-display connected to TX1 stays black after booting
  • The console output of the kernel while booting tries to read the EDID of the connected display. There is a bug with some displays, where this EDID read during booting leads to a kernel crash. If you use such a monitor, the only workaround is currently to disconnect it during boot and only connect it after Ubuntu has started.