# Topics To Be Covered In This Post #
- What I did this week
- Finalized Steering Wheel Layout
- Tested AGL_Control_Panel against AGL image on RPi 4
- Added Installation script for Ubuntu/ Debian
- What I plan to do next
# Finalized Steering Wheel Layout #
This week I was able to finalize the layout and VSS paths to be used for the Steering Wheel Page, this shall remain subject to further improvements and revisions.
# AGL_Demo_Control_Panel Against AGL Image on RPi 4 #
This week I also tested the AGL_Demo_Control_Panel against the IC application by running the agl-cluster-demo-platform-flutter image on a Raspberry Pi 4 B model.
Ready-made Images #
While I did not use this particular image for testing purposes, I found this method more convenient in case I need a prebuilt image in the future.
wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=7 https://download.automotivelinux.org/\
AGL/snapshots/master/latest/raspberrypi4/deploy/images/raspberrypi4-64/
Building for RPi 4 #
For building the agl-cluster-demo-platform-flutter image for the Raspberry Pi 4 I followed the following steps after setting up my build environment.
source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -f \
-m raspberrypi4 -b build-flutter-cluster agl-demo agl-devel
source agl-init-build-env
bitbake agl-cluster-demo-platform-flutter
Note: Copying the build on my local machine, I perform this step only because I built the image on a remote server
scp -r rs5:AGL/master/build-flutter-cluster/tmp/deploy/\
images/raspberrypi4-64/ $HOME/AGL_Images/IC_rasp/
Flashing Image to SD Card #
While the documentation provides instructions on how to flash the AGL image onto an SD card, I was unable to get it to boot using the provided steps. It is possible that it was a human error on my part, however, I found it much simpler to use the Raspberry Pi to flash the image for now.
Connecting to the Pi using Ethernet #
Since the IC Flutter demo app does not provide a GUI method to find the IP address of the Pi, and also does not connect to the WiFi by default, I went on to enable communication using a LAN cable.
To enable the Ethernet port to find the Pi on my network, I followed the following steps in the Gnome Settings Panel, similar settings should be available in other network configuration tools.
- Settings -> Network -> Wired -> IPv4
- IPv4 Method -> Shared to other computers
# Find IP addr of the ethernet
ip address show eno1
ping <ip-address-for-eno1>
# Resolve all available IP addresses on network,
# recommend turning off WiFi
arp -a
ssh root@<ip-address-raspberrypi>
After successfully ssh-ing into the session, we kill the existing kuksa service (since it runs on localhost) and restart kuksa-val-server on special IP address 0.0.0.0.
pkill kuksa
kuksa-val-server --address 0.0.0.0 --insecure
# optional flag "--log-level VERBOSE"
# Added Installation Script for Ubuntu #
To cut a long tale short, we can no longer do pip install x. The command does not work with Ubuntu 23.04 due to a deliberate policy change to avoid conflicts between the Python package manager (pip) and Ubuntu’s underlying APT. pip can now only be used in a virtual environment created with venv or by using pipx, Python local installer.
To overcome this we can run the install_ubuntu.sh script to resolve the dependencies on Ubuntu. The script is yet to be tested on other versions of Ubuntu and only serves to make installation easier later on, it is still recommended to manage these dependencies manually on Ubuntu.
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pyqt5
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine
echo 'PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH"' >>~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
if ! command -v pipx &> /dev/null; then
echo "pipx not found. Installing pipx..."
sudo apt-get install -y pipx
fi
pipx install kuksa-client
pipx install folium --include-deps
echo "Installation complete!"
# What Next? #
- Push repo to Gerrit.
- Fix address selection for the navigation page.
- Make Visibility of Controls optional and provide specific configuration for each page.