unable to read serial data from BCM 2835, GPIO14,15

[jrsimeon]

Hi,,

OS : Debian 6
1)

I follow instructions in below Url to read data from BCM 2835, GPIO14,15

https://sites.google.com/site/semillero ... rials/gpio

but unable to read the data from the BCM 2835, GPIO14,15 Serial port pins.

Used Code:
import serial
ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyAMA0")
ser.write("UART the Font")
read = ser.read()
print read
ser.close()

2) Unable to Install supporting software....

cmd: apt-get install minicom

Error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-rdp : Depends: libglade2.0-cil (>= 2.12.9) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmono-corlib2.0-cil (>= 1.2.2.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmono-posix2.0-cil (>= 2.4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmono-sqlite2.0-cil (>= 1.2.6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmono-system-data2.0-cil (>= 1.2.6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libmono-system2.0-cil (>= 2.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libvte0.16-cil (>= 2.26.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


Kindly advise us to solve these issues...

[FTrevorGowen]

W.r.t. issue 2): What O.S. (name, version) are you using? Did you perform a "sudo apt-get update" (and, possibly, "sudo apt-get upgrade") before trying to install? It's possible that your "package-list" is out of date and thus you're trying to install (out of date) versions that are no longer available.
Trev.

[jrsimeon]

Thanks...
we are using Debian 6... Even though update & upgrade command are executed.. the same error comes..

[jrsimeon]

W.r.t. issue 2): What O.S. (name, version) are you using? Did you perform a "sudo apt-get update" (and, possibly, "sudo apt-get upgrade") before trying to install? It's possible that your "package-list" is out of date and thus you're trying to install (out of date) versions that are no longer available.
Trev.

Thanks...
we are using Debian 6... Even though update & upgrade command are executed.. the same error comes..

[FTrevorGowen]

W.r.t. issue 2): What O.S. (name, version) are you using? Did you perform a "sudo apt-get update" (and, possibly, "sudo apt-get upgrade") before trying to install? It's possible that your "package-list" is out of date and thus you're trying to install (out of date) versions that are no longer available.
Trev.

Thanks...
we are using Debian 6... Even though update & upgrade command are executed.. the same error comes..

Sorry, I've just spotted that you said that in your O.P. (Obviously I wasn't "quite with it" this morning ). Is that equivalent to "soft-float" "Wheezy-armel" (as found at http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) or an earlier version, or "something completely different"? "minicom" is definitely available for "Raspbian" (I've just checked via "synaptic's" search option). Unfortunately I've only performed basic checks of a USB-serial cable/adapter with "GtkTerm" a while ago and haven't needed or tried minicom.
Trev.

[rpdom]

[we are using Debian 6

Is that equivalent to "soft-float" "Wheezy-armel" (as found at http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) or an earlier version, or "something completely different"? "minicom" is definitely available for "Raspbian" (I've just checked via "synaptic's" search option). Unfortunately I've only performed basic checks of a USB-serial cable/adapter with "GtkTerm" a while ago and haven't needed or tried minicom.
Trev.

Debian 6 is Squeeze. Debian 7 is Wheezy. Minicom is available for both.

I would like to see the contents of the OP's /etc/apt/sources.list and the output from (as you suggested) "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade".

[FTrevorGowen]

...
Debian 6 is Squeeze. Debian 7 is Wheezy. Minicom is available for both.
...

Thanks for that. Historically I originally went the Red Hat --- Fedora route on my (often dual-booted) "big-boxes, migrating to Ubuntu (esp. on my netbook). Although I did install Debian (Lenny?) on a NSLU2 (Slug) I've not kept track of the "distro. names".
Trev.