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This documentation is provided and maintained by Gumstix Inc. We try to
make it as accurate and complete as possible. Please let us know if you
find information that is confusing, in error, or missing entirely!
There is a link to a bug tracking system in the menu bar at the top of each page.
We also host a User wiki to provide community contributed "how to's", project descriptions, and links to other resources.
If you are unable to find the answer to your question in either of
these locations, please make use of the gumstix users mailing list,
either by subscribing or searching the archives.
Updating and adding software packages
Gumtix uses the ipkg package manager to allow you to easliy update the software on your machine without having to rebuild the software from source code. The package manager also enables you to download new software packages to add to the functionality of your machine. This section will teach you the basics of package management.
Read more...Robotics
All robotics information has been retained in the docwiki, as it is extensively documented there.
http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Category:Robostix
Installing packages to MMC/SD/microSD memory cards
With the wealth of packages available from the repository, you will often find that you need more than 16 or 32 MB of flash. The ipkg tools allow you to install packages on flash memory cards.
Read more...Technical support
The best method of obtaining technical support for gumstix products
is via the Gumstix Community Mailing List at Sourceforge.com.
- Sign up for the Community Mailing List. You will receive an email for each posting made to the list.
- To ask a technical question or send a message that will be
posted to all the members on the mailing list, send an email to
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- Go to the archives posted here in Nabble to research previous questions and answers.
For customers designing a commercial product, you may contact
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directly if the topic is not suitable for sharing via the community mailing list.
Installing packages to CF memory cards
The procedure for installing packages to CF memory cards is very similar to that for MMC/SD/microSD
Read more...Booting from microSD/SD/MMC
Read more...Android
The Gumstix User wiki has lots of information on running
Android on Overo.
Ubuntu
The User Wiki has information on running
Ubuntu on Overo.
Qtopia
The Gumstix User Wiki has how-to information for
QTopia .
