FedEx delivered my 4GB UNO Q at 1230. By 1430, I had the software installed and updated, ran the usual Blink sketch using AppLab and fired up AppLab on Linux. Bill's directions over on DBWS make it easy, highly recommended.
I have no plans for it yet; in fact, doing any projects is on hold until I get the shop organized and in shape for me to work in there. At the moment, it is all but impossible.
I plugged in my new 4gb Uno Q in for the fist time on Thursday. I set up in PC host mode. There were none of the glitches encountered when I got my 2gb board. There were updates but it was not necessary to flash Linux. This will be a much better user experience for everyone and especially those getting a Uno Q for the first time. I would expect a similar improvement will also occure for those getting new 2gb boards (assuming the original stock with the original early version of the Debian image have been sold).
I think I will try the SBC mode later today.
What do you mean. Do you think Linux was already installed?
My 2GB Q setup was exactly the same experience as the 4GB. I might have cheated though because I was following some excellent directions.
Well yes. When I got my 2gb Q back in late October I first used it in SBC mode and that worked. I was able to browse the internet and do stuff like set the time zone to my local time zone and had no significant issues until I tried PC hosted mode. It was when I connected AppLab in hosted mode that it told me to flash Debian. I was very reluctant to do so before I saw a youtube video where the procedure was detailed. My initial question was is this really needed or is there just some glitch resulting in the dialog about flashing. After all it had worked fin in SBC mode.
With my 4gb board I started in PC hosted mode and there were updates but I was never prompted to flash Debian. There also were no strange glitches. I all just worked. Many bugs have been fixed!
I have heard a lot of complaints about the Q but I just followed Bills procedure over at DBWS and in both the 2GB and 4GB it all went smooth.
It was installed. However, the image on the first batch of 2 GB boards manufactured was an old version that was not able to connect with Arduino App Lab when the UNO Q was used in hosted mode. So it was necessary for the customers who received those boards to flash the newer version of the image to their UNO Q before they could use it.
Ok, but didn't I see Linux being installed just a couple of days ago, on my just-delivered 4GB Q?
I too am confused by this. Just plugged in my new Q board, and it goes through the normal start up procedure, of Arduino logo followed by repeated drawing of the heart and a pulse.
But this is never seen by the Arduino AppLab which remains waiting for a board to be connected.
Obviously I am misunderstanding something that is being described here.
He may want to update his instructions then. One does not have to flash Debian unless prompted to do so. It is not surprising that newly manufactured 4gb boards have incorporated existing improvements. There have been a series of updates since late October.
I just encountered that when I moved to a second computer (mini pc) running in network mode. My Uno Q is connected to a laptop in PC hosted mode. It appears the issue was resolved by using SSH to connect to the 4gb Uno Q. The first time I did that from my Mini PC I got a dialogue that said the fingerprint of the board was not recognized and to type yes if I was sure this was the correct board. I said yes. The SSH session then connected. After that IAppLab was able to find and connect to the board. I expect this should only be needed once per computer.
I simply asked a question. After looking over the instructions the answer is NO I didn't see Linux being installed. I mistook something else being updated for a Linux update/install.
The software used by the UNO Q's Linux machine is under active development and new releases are made frequently. So it is normal and expected that the board will have outdated software out of the box.
As you noticed, it has an auto-update capability, so updating the software is easy to do.