iMX8X HW vD

andrecurvello.tx · December 7, 2020, 3:55pm

Have you seen my comments about VNC access?
Please, try to access the Easy Installer through it.

Have you tried to change the password without sudo?

What do you mean with Torizon Linux shell?, it’s the Shell console of the TorizonCore. You can access it through SSH or Serial.

The vantage of Serial access is that you can have full access to the system, with or without network, and you can check things directly in the device.

See my screen:

Let’s go working on one thing at a time.

After you manage to solve this password issue, let us see your system behavior on an operational TorizonCore 5.1.0, and if the display issue persists, I’ll forward it to the responsible team.

Best regards,
André Curvello

syntom · December 7, 2020, 4:01pm

is there a description how to access via VNC?

syntom · December 7, 2020, 4:09pm

Have you tried to change the password without sudo?
yes

The vantage of Serial access is that you can have full access to the system, with or without network, and you can check things directly in the device.

I don’t have problems to connect to the device, the problem is that passwd is not working on it. I’ll try the serial access but I’m pretty sure this problem still orccurs.

Last monthly of TorizonCore 5 had this “issue” with the password. It’s fixed, and you can check it by yourself with the latest nightly (which you can get by enabling

you mentioned that this problem was already fixed last month, may I ask what was the problem?

andrecurvello.tx · December 7, 2020, 8:04pm

The issue was that the previous TorizonCore 5 monthly was not requesting the password change, that’s it.

I have here a Colibri iMX8DX 1GB V1.0B, and I’ve flashed with the latest TorizonCore 5.1.0

Installation (remembering, mine is iMX8DX V1.0B):

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Then, it worked pretty much fine for me here.

See:
Doing the initial setup from Serial Console:

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Doing the initial setup from SSH (using Putty):

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After password change from SSH:

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Best regards,
André Curvello

syntom · December 8, 2020, 2:57pm

ok thank you for this test, I will try this version.
At the moment I switched back to Torizon 4.0.0-devel-202009+build.23.

syntom · December 8, 2020, 4:47pm

I installed this version for HW vC, same result, after I enter the new password for the first time, putty closes with error:

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2020.12.08 17:45:47 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
login as: torizon
torizon@192.168.1.96's password: 
You are required to change your password immediately (administrator enforced)
Last login: Tue Dec  8 16:44:28 2020 from 192.168.1.125

WARNING: Your password has expired.
You must change your password now and login again!
Changing password for torizon.
Current password: 
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged

syntom · December 8, 2020, 4:52pm

Ok I did the following:

start ssh connection
Login with torizon/torizon
device asks for new password, here I entered ‘torizon’ twice
no change, again device asks for a new password
I entered a new password two times and it works now, I changed the password and I can connect now.

As the times before, ‘sudo passwd’ is not possible:

syntom · December 8, 2020, 5:08pm

ok you are right, sudo passwd is wrong, passwd works for user ‘torizon’.
With this workaround it works now.

now the last point: inverted touch display. Is this a driver problem?

andrecurvello.tx · December 8, 2020, 5:19pm

Hi @syntom,

Well, that is something that can occur on resistive touchscreens, so it requires calibration.

Unfortunately, we don’t have official support for resistive or capacitive touchscreens for Easy Installer.

You should use or a HDMI/VGA display with a USB mouse and keyboard, or through VNC.

If you face this touch issue on Torizon, it requires calibration, and you can solve that by checking this article Touch Screen Calibration (Torizon).

Best regards,
André Curvello

syntom · December 8, 2020, 5:21pm

ok, I opened this thread for the calibration tools Torizon Display calibration not working - Technical Support - Toradex Community
because we started our development in october, we use 4.0.0-devel-202009+build.23 and we cannot switch at the moment.

andrecurvello.tx · December 8, 2020, 5:31pm

Hi @syntom,

So I’ll continue your support in this other ticket so we can focus on that specific problem, ok?

I think the password issue is now solved.

Best regards,
André Curvello

andrecurvello.tx · December 8, 2020, 5:04pm

Hi @syntom,

Please, avoid using “sudo passwd”, as it will try to change “root” password, and that is expected to not work.

Try just using “passwd” to change the torizon user password.

The process of changing a new password on a newer Torizon image is like the following:

First login with user torizon and password torizon.
It will ask to change password, then you type the current password, torizon
Then you type two times the new password.

Regards,
André Curvello