Hi, Did you think of using the angstrom kernel with the ubuntu distrib? I've used such a setup on gumstix and that made installing ROS much easier. On the other hand, I think this email should be directed at answers.ros.org (which I don't have the time to read). Regards On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Nathaniel Lewis wrote: > My team (robotics society of UC Merced) is working on an entry for > Robomagellan at RoboGames (yeah its in two weeks I know).  I've used ROS for > awhile now and honestly, its awesome.  We chose to use the Beagleboard-xM on > our robot and, naturally, I want to install ROS on it.  Problem is, as far > as I know, there is still the bug in the Ubuntu kernel which slows the CPU > on the xM way down.  We chose to stick with Angstrom, and use OpenEmbedded > to build the toolchain for it (installing it right now actually).  So my > question is, whats they best way to run ROS on Angstrom, specifically, I > want to write the source code on the development box, compile it, and then > deploy it without sources onto the Beagleboard-xM.  Is that something that > has been developed yet? > > Nathaniel Lewis > CTO at E1FTW Games > (925) 961 7578 > linux.robotdude@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > -- Cedric Pradalier