Beagle Bone Black with HDMI monitor Ubuntu 18.04

My initial problem was no video on the monitor. Black screen on monitor using BeagleBone Black and HDMI helped with that issue. I had to connect the USB from the BBB to the monitor. I used a microHDMI to HDMI converter to a HDMI cable to a HDMI to DVI converter. A monitor without the USB doesn’t work.

During the boot process with the HDMI cable connected, I see Tux and a cursor below it. Tux disappears and the cursor moves up to the upper left side of the screen, then I lose the video signal to the monitor. The BBB keeps working - I can get into it from the USB connection, but I’m not getting any input from the USB keyboard or it doesn’t show on the monitor - not sure which. I don’t see a login prompt. The keyboard is good because I can use it on other computers.

What other things can I check?

These are the outputs from uEnv.txt and version.sh (http text removed to allow posting):

#Docs: ----://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0

uname_r=4.14.67-ti-r74
#uuid=
#dtb=

###U-Boot Overlays###
###Documentation: ----://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#U-Boot_Overlays
###Master Enable
enable_uboot_overlays=1

###Overide capes with eeprom
#uboot_overlay_addr0=/lib/firmware/.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr1=/lib/firmware/.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr2=/lib/firmware/.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr3=/lib/firmware/.dtbo

###Additional custom capes
#uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/.dtbo

###Custom Cape
#dtb_overlay=/lib/firmware/.dtbo

###Disable auto loading of virtual capes (emmc/video/wireless/adc)
#disable_uboot_overlay_emmc=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_video=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_adc=1

###PRUSS OPTIONS
###pru_rproc (4.4.x-ti kernel)
#uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-4-TI-00A0.dtbo
###pru_rproc (4.14.x-ti kernel)
#uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-14-TI-00A0.dtbo
###pru_uio (4.4.x-ti, 4.14.x-ti & mainline/bone kernel)
uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-UIO-00A0.dtbo

###Cape Universal Enable
enable_uboot_cape_universal=1

###Debug: disable uboot autoload of Cape
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr0=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr1=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr2=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr3=1

###U-Boot fdt tweaks… (60000 = 384KB)
#uboot_fdt_buffer=0x60000
###U-Boot Overlays###

cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet

#In the event of edid real failures, uncomment this next line:
#cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet video=HDMI-A-1:1024x768@60e

#Use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem:
#cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet overlayroot=tmpfs

##enable Generic eMMC Flasher:
##make sure, these tools are installed: dosfstools rsync
#cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

version.sh info:
git:/opt/scripts/:[1aa73453b2c980b75e31e83dab7dd8b6696f10c7]
eeprom:[A335BNLT000B1514BBBK1516]
model:[TI_AM335x_BeagleBone_Black]
dogtag:[rcn-ee.net console Ubuntu Image 2018-09-11]
bootloader:[microSD-(push-button)]:[/dev/mmcblk0]:[U-Boot 2018.09-00002-g0b54a51eee]:[location: dd MBR]
kernel:[4.14.67-ti-r74]
uboot_overlay_options:[enable_uboot_overlays=1]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-UIO-00A0.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[enable_uboot_cape_universal=1]
pkg check: to individually upgrade run: [sudo apt install --only-upgrade ]
pkg:[bb-cape-overlays]:[4.4.20180803.0-0rcnee0~bionic+20180804]
pkg:[bb-wl18xx-firmware]:[1.20180517-0rcnee0~bionic+20180517]
pkg:[kmod]:[24-1ubuntu3rcnee0~bionic+20180515]
WARNING:pkg:[librobotcontrol]:[NOT_INSTALLED]
groups:[ubuntu : ubuntu adm kmem dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev users systemd-journal bluetooth netdev i2c gpio pwm eqep admin spi tisdk weston-launch xenomai cloud9ide]
cmdline:[console=ttyO0,115200n8 bone_capemgr.uboot_capemgr_enabled=1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 quiet]
dmesg | grep pinctrl-single
[ 1.247722] pinctrl-single 44e10800.pinmux: 142 pins at pa f9e10800 size 568
dmesg | grep gpio-of-helper
[ 1.259698] gpio-of-helper ocp:cape-universal: ready
END

@gahammar, trying forcing your own video mode such, as the option already showin in /boot/uenv.txt (just remove the # on that line)…

It’s just a guess, but your monitor might support monitors above the max of the BBB.

BTW, please post your xorg.conf, if you’ve installed xorg/etc…

Regards,

Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately it didn’t make any difference. I don’t have X installed yet, so I don’t have xorg.conf on the BBB. I’ll try to install X and a lightweight window manager to see if that makes a difference.

What does xrandr show? (provided by: x11-xserver-utils)

xrandr -display :0.0 -q
xrandr -display :0.0 --output HDMI-0 --mode 1024x768 --rate 60

Regards,