See Also: BeagleBone Tools

CCR_Misc is a small collection of unrelated fixes and changes.

Key	Description
available since	2017-01
package filename	`ccr_misc-xyz.deb`
configuration	none
cron job	`/etc/cron.d/ccr_misc`
scripts	`/usr/bin/ccr_misc.sh /usr/bin/ccr_dns_cache.sh [enable/disable] /usr/bin/ccr_remove_misc.sh /usr/bin/ccr_remove_x.sh /usr/bin/ccr_ubuntu_repo.sh [enable/disable]`
examples	`sudo ccr_misc.sh sudo ccr_remove_misc.sh sudo ccr_remove_x.sh sudo ccr_ubuntu_repo.sh`

Fixes included in ccr_misc.sh are:

purge deleted packages to free up disk space
prevent excessive rsyslog logging about "action X suspended"
disable avahi network discovery

The script ccr_dns_cache.sh can be used to either enable or disable the DNS cache in ConnMan. When enabled, ConnMan behaves as a caching DNS server, and listens on port 53 to handle DNS queries. When disabled, /etc/resolv.conf is updated with the address of external name servers.

Changes included in ccr_remove_misc.sh are:

remove documentation
remove bone101
remove cloud 9
remove nodejs

Running ccr_remove_misc.sh will free up approximately 600 MiB of space. The script prompts before removing anything.

Changes included in ccr_remove_x.sh are:

remove x11
remove gnome
remove lxqt

Running ccr_remove_x.sh will free up approximately 400 MiB of space. The script prompts before removing anything.

Changes included in ccr_ubuntu_repo.sh are:

add (or remove) several Ubuntu repos to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ccr_ubuntu_repo.list
add the Ubuntu repo gpg keys
performs apt-get update

Note: The ccr_remove_*.sh and ccr_ubuntu_repo.sh scripts will not run automatically! You must manually run them to remove the packages and free up disk space.

To install:

sudo dpkg -i ccr_misc-*.deb

Then either reboot the device, or manually run the script:

sudo ccr_misc.sh

See Also: /etc/rsyslog.conf