I am working with
U-boot v2021.10
BeagleBone Black rev C
I've created an uboot.env image with mkenvimage tool from file
loadfromsd=load mmc 0:1 0x82000000 /zImage; load mmc 0:1 0x88000000 /am335x-boneblack.dtb
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait
uenvcmd=setenv auotload no; run set_bootargs; run loadfromsd; printenv bootargs; bootz 0x82000000 - 0x88000000
The problem is in files loading to memory with load cmd in first line.
Full message from start is:
U-Boot SPL 2021.10 (Oct 14 2021 - 20:41:20 -0700)
Trying to boot from MMC1
U-Boot 2021.10 (Oct 14 2021 - 20:41:20 -0700)
CPU : AM335X-GP rev 2.1
Model: TI AM335x BeagleBone Black
DRAM: 512 MiB
ti_sysc target-module#9000: failed to get fck clock
WDT: Started with servicing (60s timeout)
NAND: nand_base: timeout while waiting for chip to become ready
nand_base: No NAND device found
0 MiB
MMC: ti_sysc target-module#7000: failed to get fck clock
OMAP SD/MMC: 0, OMAP SD/MMC: 1
Loading Environment from FAT... OK
<ethaddr> not set. Validating first E-fuse MAC
Net: eth2: ethernet#4a100000, eth3: usb_ether
=> run uenvcmd
4295456 bytes read in 282 ms (14.5 MiB/s)
'ailed to load '/am335x-boneblack.dtb
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait
Kernel image # 0x82000000 [ 0x000000 - 0x418b20 ]
ERROR: Did not find a cmdline Flattened Device Tree
Could not find a valid device tree
Actual error is
=> run uenvcmd
4295456 bytes read in 282 ms (14.5 MiB/s)
'ailed to load '/am335x-boneblack.dtb
P.S. My u-boot fails to recognize ${} substitutions properly, and usage of
console=ttyS0,115200n8
bootpartition=mmcblk0p2
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} root=/dev/${bootpartition} rw rootfstype=ext4 rootwait
caused and error
syntax error:
rootfstype=ext4 rootwait0n8
this 0n8 was appended after rootwait and shouldn't be there. So I've written this "straight" file without variables.
Thanks to sawdust for info that carriage return character matters and overrides first letter of error msg - I've got an idea that it also matters for path to file in load cmd, and it matters.
If I use space+\r, NOT just \r - everything works fine.
Thank you for watching this.
I'm having difficulties with my BBB on CAN communication like for months...
I'd be really pleased if you could give me just a little help!
I'm working on CAN protocol between BBB and another CAN device.
The another device is confirmed to be working alright with CAN.
I'm using my BBB with Cloud9 platform on windows laptop,
and on the another device, it's using CAN0.
I have set the 'config-pin' on BBB like below using CAN1, and I tried 'cansend' utility.
The bitratre value on the another device is also set to be equal.
config-pin p9.24 can
config-pin p9.26 can
ip link set can1 up type can bitrate
cansend can1 300#AC.AB.AD.AE.75.49.AD.D1
Yet it still seems like there is no CAN packets being sent or received.
(That receiving code is written in additional info. )
Plus, I tried to catch some signal with oscilloscope machine, but I couldn't get a thing at all.
Then, I modified some lines of uEnv.txt like below, located inside the boot folder of BBB.
###Additional custom capes
uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/BB-CAN0-00A0.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/BB-CAN1-00A0.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/<file6>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/<file7>.dtbo
###
But CAN still does not work, and config-pin command after this uEnv.txt setting shows error like below
debian#beaglebone:/lib/firmware$ config-pin -q p9.24
ERROR: open() for /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp:P9_24_pinmux/state failed, No such file or directory
I truly suspect there might be something wrong with the driver or pinmux setting,
because the code did work well in other situations.
The same messages for the other overlayed pins. Actually any config-pin commands don't work on these pins. (And of course the CAN bus is still not working)
I'm currently using the latest AM3358 Debian 10.3 (2020-04-06) SD IoT image, and packages seems to be all updated well. The image is flashed and no SD card is in.
I really appreciate you read this. Thank you!
Additional Info:
CAN receive part code
#include <linux/can.h>
#include <linux/can/raw.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int InitCanInterface(const char *ifname){
int sock = socket(PF_CAN, SOCK_RAW, CAN_RAW);
fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
if (sock == -1){
printf("Fail to create CAN socket for %s - %m \n", ifname);
return -1;
}
printf("Success to create CAN socket for %s\n", ifname);
struct ifreq ifr;
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
int ret = ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
if (ret == -1){
perror("Fail to get CAN interface index");
return -1;
}
printf("Success to get CAN interface index: %d\n", ifr.ifr_ifindex);
struct sockaddr_can addr;
addr.can_family = AF_CAN;
addr.can_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
ret = bind(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr));
if (ret == -1){
perror("Fail to bind CAN socket -");
return -1;
}
printf("Success to bind CAN socket\n");
return sock;}
int TransmitCanFrame(const int sock, const uint32_t id, const uint8_t *data, const size_t data_len){
struct can_frame frame;
frame.can_id = id & 0x1ffffff;
frame.can_id |= (1<<31);
memcpy(frame.data, data, data_len);
frame.can_dlc = data_len;
int tx_bytes = write(sock, &frame, sizeof(frame));
if (tx_bytes == -1){
perror("Fail to transmit CAN frame -");
return -1;
}
printf("Success to transmit CAN frame - %d bytes is transmitted\n", tx_bytes);
return 0;
}
#define CAN_FRAME_MAX_LEN 8
int ReceiveCanFrame(const int sock){
struct can_frame frame;
int rx_bytes = read(sock, &frame, sizeof(frame));
if (rx_bytes < 0){
//perror("Fail to receive CAN frame -");
return -1;
}
else if (rx_bytes < (int)sizeof(struct can_frame)){
printf("Incomplete CAN frame is received - rx_bytes: %d/n", rx_bytes);
return -1;
}
else if (frame.can_dlc > CAN_FRAME_MAX_LEN){
printf("Invalid dlc: %u\n", frame.can_dlc);
return -1;
}
if (((frame.can_id >> 29) & 1) ==1) {
printf("Error frame is received\n");
}
else if (((frame.can_id >> 30) & 1) ==1) {
printf("RTR frame is received\n");
}
else {
if (((frame.can_id >> 31) & 1) == 0){
printf("11bit long std CAN frame is received\n");
printf("%#x\n",frame.can_id);
}
else {
printf("29bit long ext CAN frame is received\n");
printf("%#x\n",frame.can_id & 0x0001fffffff );
}
}
for (int ii=0; ii<8; ii++) {
printf("0x%X ", frame.data[ii]);
}
printf("\n");
printf("\n");
return 0;
}
int main(){
int sock = InitCanInterface("can0");
if (sock < 0 ){
return -1;
}
// uint8_t can_data[CAN_FRAME_MAX_LEN] = {};
while(1) {
//printf("hello\n");
//printf("%d",ReceiveCanFrame(sock));
//if(ReceiveCanFrame(sock) == 0)
//printf("No response\n");
ReceiveCanFrame(sock);
sleep(1);
}
return 0;
}
uname -a outputs
debian#beaglebone:/lib/firmware$ uname -a
Linux beaglebone 4.19.94-ti-r64 #1buster SMP PREEMPT Fri May 21 23:57:28 UTC 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux
debian#beaglebone:/lib/firmware$ sudo /opt/scripts/tools/version.sh
git:/opt/scripts/:[e8ae28ccc34a177e9435a0d24cdf8421e081c19a]
eeprom:[A335BNLT00C00620BBBK11BC]
model:[TI_AM335x_BeagleBone_Black]
dogtag:[BeagleBoard.org Debian Buster IoT Image 2020-04-06]
bootloader:[eMMC-(default)]:[/dev/mmcblk1]:[U-Boot SPL 2019.04-00002-g07d5700e21 (Mar 06 2020 - 11:24:55 -0600)]:[location: dd MBR]
bootloader:[eMMC-(default)]:[/dev/mmcblk1]:[U-Boot 2019.04-00002-g07d5700e21]:[location: dd MBR]
UBOOT: Booted Device-Tree:[am335x-boneblack-uboot-univ.dts]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-19-TI-00A0]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-ADC-00A0]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-BONE-eMMC1-01-00A0]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-CAN0-00A0]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-CAN1-00A0]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-HDMI-TDA998x-00A0]
kernel:[4.19.94-ti-r64]
nodejs:[v10.24.0]
/boot/uEnv.txt Settings:
uboot_overlay_options:[enable_uboot_overlays=1]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/BB-CAN0-00A0.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/BB-CAN1-00A0.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-19-TI-00A0.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[enable_uboot_cape_universal=1]
pkg check: to individually upgrade run: [sudo apt install --only-upgrade <pkg>]
pkg:[bb-cape-overlays]:[4.14.20210416.0-0~buster+20210416]
pkg:[bb-customizations]:[1.20210708.0-0~buster+20210708]
pkg:[bb-usb-gadgets]:[1.20200504.0-0~buster+20200504]
pkg:[bb-wl18xx-firmware]:[1.20210520.0-0~buster+20210520]
pkg:[kmod]:[26-1]
pkg:[librobotcontrol]:[1.0.5-git20200715.0-0~buster+20200716]
pkg:[firmware-ti-connectivity]:[20190717-2rcnee1~buster+20200305]
groups:[debian : debian adm kmem dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev users systemd-journal bluetooth netdev i2c gpio pwm eqep remoteproc admin spi iio docker tisdk weston-launch xenomai cloud9ide]
cmdline:[console=ttyO0,115200n8 bone_capemgr.uboot_capemgr_enabled=1 root=/dev/mmcblk1p1 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 lpj=1990656 rng_core.default_quality=100 quiet]
dmesg | grep remote
[ 65.289088] remoteproc remoteproc0: wkup_m3 is available
[ 65.320630] remoteproc remoteproc0: powering up wkup_m3
[ 65.320664] remoteproc remoteproc0: Booting fw image am335x-pm-firmware.elf, size 217148
[ 65.320951] remoteproc remoteproc0: remote processor wkup_m3 is now up
[ 68.227786] remoteproc remoteproc1: 4a334000.pru is available
[ 68.241566] remoteproc remoteproc2: 4a338000.pru is available
dmesg | grep pru
[ 68.227786] remoteproc remoteproc1: 4a334000.pru is available
[ 68.227985] pru-rproc 4a334000.pru: PRU rproc node pru#4a334000 probed successfully
[ 68.241566] remoteproc remoteproc2: 4a338000.pru is available
[ 68.241750] pru-rproc 4a338000.pru: PRU rproc node pru#4a338000 probed successfully
dmesg | grep pinctrl-single
[ 0.943044] pinctrl-single 44e10800.pinmux: 142 pins, size 568
dmesg | grep gpio-of-helper
[ 0.956633] gpio-of-helper ocp:cape-universal: ready
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
END
dmesg for CAN
debian#beaglebone:/lib/firmware$ dmesg | grep can
[ 1.205500] c_can_platform 481cc000.can: c_can_platform device registered (regs=3377e4b7, irq=42)
[ 1.206878] c_can_platform 481d0000.can: c_can_platform device registered (regs=292aef38, irq=43)
[ 1.422353] can: controller area network core (rev 20170425 abi 9)
[ 992.007971] c_can_platform 481d0000.can can1: setting BTR=2701 BRPE=0000
[ 992.016624] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): can1: link is not ready
[ 992.017512] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): can1: link becomes ready
The full uEnv.txt
debian#beaglebone:/lib/firmware$ cat /boot/uEnv.txt
#Docs: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0
uname_r=4.19.94-ti-r64
#uuid=
#dtb=
###U-Boot Overlays###
###Documentation: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#U-Boot_Overlays
###Master Enable
enable_uboot_overlays=1
###
###Overide capes with eeprom
#uboot_overlay_addr0=/lib/firmware/<file0>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr1=/lib/firmware/<file1>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr2=/lib/firmware/<file2>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr3=/lib/firmware/<file3>.dtbo
###
###Additional custom capes
uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/BB-CAN0-00A0.dtbo
uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/BB-CAN1-00A0.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/<file6>.dtbo
#uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/<file7>.dtbo
###
###Custom Cape
#dtb_overlay=/lib/firmware/<file8>.dtbo
###
###Disable auto loading of virtual capes (emmc/video/wireless/adc)
#disable_uboot_overlay_emmc=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_video=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_adc=1
###
###PRUSS OPTIONS
###pru_rproc (4.14.x-ti kernel)
#uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-14-TI-00A0.dtbo
###pru_rproc (4.19.x-ti kernel)
uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-19-TI-00A0.dtbo
###pru_uio (4.14.x-ti, 4.19.x-ti & mainline/bone kernel)
#uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-UIO-00A0.dtbo
###
###Cape Universal Enable
enable_uboot_cape_universal=1
###
###Debug: disable uboot autoload of Cape
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr0=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr1=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr2=1
#disable_uboot_overlay_addr3=1
###
###U-Boot fdt tweaks... (60000 = 384KB)
#uboot_fdt_buffer=0x60000
###U-Boot Overlays###
cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 lpj=1990656 rng_core.default_quality=100 quiet
#In the event of edid real failures, uncomment this next line:
#cmdline=coherent_pool=1M net.ifnames=0 lpj=1990656 rng_core.default_quality=100 quiet video=HDMI-A-1:1024x768#60e
##enable Generic eMMC Flasher:
##make sure, these tools are installed: dosfstools rsync
#cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
Some help on can or socketCAN will be found here for the BBB or other family board:
https://www.beyondlogic.org/adding-can-to-the-beaglebone-black/
Also:
https://github.com/craigpeacock/CAN-Examples
These examples are a bit older and I have noticed that the Linux Distro on the BBB, if getting it from bbb.io/latest-images , is going through an overhaul.
For instance, I have noticed that the config-pin utility still works but that some of their overlays and DeviceTrees for the BBB peripherals are being sent into mainline, esp. for the BBAI.
When those examples do not help you configure the, and those examples are not mine but I figured they would help, socketCAN on Linux, please reply. I am working on a simple CAN interface from those examples and while using Linux is helpful, some things like the Device Trees are in a mode of change and I think this goes along w/ config-pin too.
For instance...
If you go to their forum at forum.beagleboard.org, you will see some people from GSOC working on examples from config-pin utilities to PRU cores which will be helpful for people getting into the shared memory, microcontroller game.
Here is the config-pin idea I found on their forum page:
https://forum.beagleboard.org/t/beagle-config-logs/30174
I have set up CAN on debian 10.3 (Buster) on beaglebone black.
I left uEnv.txt as default and issued these commands (as root) to enable CAN:
config-pin p9.24 can
config-pin p9.26 can
ip link set can1 up type can bitrate 1000000
candump can1
Once this is working, you can automate this setup using uEnv.txt and /etc/network/interfaces as descibed here - https://www.beyondlogic.org/adding-can-to-the-beaglebone-black/ and here - https://www.thomas-wedemeyer.de/beaglebone-canbus-python.html
If this doesnt work, I'd suggest ensuring there is no other software or updates installed that could be messing this up - try a fresh debian install on another SD card, and ensuring the hardware - the bus driver and wiring is ok.
I solved BBB CAN problem just by changing transceiver board into another one.
Don't use cjmcu-230 CAN transceiver board. I use the one from Waveshare. https://www.waveshare.com/sn65hvd230-can-board.htm
Both CAN transceiver board use same SN65HVD230 chip, but it seems that there is some ground pin circuit issue inside the cjmcu-230 board.
Hope you don't waste your time if you have this issue.
I have a tensorflow app that runs fine in ubuntu 16.04 but when I attempt to run it in the tensorflow/tensorflow docker image w/ nvidia-docker, it gets to this point and then freezes:
2017-07-12 22:06:10.917255: W
tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:45] The TensorFlow
library wasn't compiled to use SSE4.1 instructions, but these are
available on your machine and could speed up CPU computations.
2017-07-12 22:06:10.917289: W
tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:45] The TensorFlow
library wasn't compiled to use SSE4.2 instructions, but these are
available on your machine and could speed up CPU computations.
2017-07-12 22:06:11.023765: I
tensorflow/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_gpu_executor.cc:901] successful
NUMA node read from SysFS had negative value (-1), but there must be
at least one NUMA node, so returning NUMA node zero
2017-07-12 22:06:11.024133: I
tensorflow/core/common_runtime/gpu/gpu_device.cc:887] Found device 0
with properties:
name: Quadro M4000
major: 5 minor: 2 memoryClockRate (GHz) 0.7725
pciBusID 0000:00:05.0
Total memory: 7.93GiB
Free memory: 7.87GiB
2017-07-12 22:06:11.024159: I
tensorflow/core/common_runtime/gpu/gpu_device.cc:908] DMA: 0
2017-07-12 22:06:11.024168: I
tensorflow/core/common_runtime/gpu/gpu_device.cc:918] 0: Y
2017-07-12 22:06:11.024190: I
tensorflow/core/common_runtime/gpu/gpu_device.cc:977] Creating
TensorFlow device (/gpu:0) -> (device: 0, name: Quadro M4000, pci
bus id: 0000:00:05.0)
Since it's not outputting an error message, I don't know where to start; any suggestions for something I might be missing or steps to troubleshoot this further?
I verified that my nvidia-docker installation is functioning correctly.
Turns out that the application was running, it just appeared to have frozen because output from python apps running in docker containers tends to get stuck in the buffer and never show up in the docker logs. To fix the problem I passed -u to python - I can see my application's output in docker logs now and all is well.
i'm a beginner.
i use a RPI3 and a buildroot build system and try to enable wireless.
I followed several links without success.
In particulary, i followed this link : https://delog.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/wireless-on-raspberry-pi-with-buildroot/
and verify my linux kernel wireless options are activated, but no results.
However, the options i used on the buildroot . config file seems to be good :
debian-host:/build/buildroot# egrep -i "wireless|wpa|80211" .config
# BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_REGDB is not set
BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_TOOLS=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_TOOLS_LIB=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_NL80211=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_AP_SUPPORT=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WIFI_DISPLAY=y
# BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_MESH_NETWORKING is not set
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_AUTOSCAN=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_EAP=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_HOTSPOT=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WPS=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_CLI=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_WPA_CLIENT_SO=y
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_PASSPHRASE=y
# BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS_OLD is not set
# BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_DBUS_NEW is not set
BR2_PACKAGE_WPAN_TOOLS=y
I installed a minibian an another rpi3, i noticed a firmware was used and i installed it by a :
apt-get install firmware-brcm80211
If the firmware is not installed, I noticed that iwlist wlan0 scan have empty results. On my RPI3-buildroot-system, after booting, lsmod show no modules.
I need to load manually by modprobe or by /etc/modules. So i load the same modules used on minibian, so i did (i loaded bluetooth mods also)
uname -a
Linux pi3 4.9.13-rt12-v7 #1 SMP Mon Mar 20 14:04:21 CET 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux
pwd
/lib/modules/4.9.13-rt12-v7/kernel/drivers
find . -name "*brcm*.ko"
./net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/brcmfmac.ko
./net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko
modprobe 8192cu
modprobe brcmfmac
modprobe brcmutil
modprobe hci_uart
modprobe bnep
and the lsmod show :
lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
8192cu 581125 0
hci_uart 19956 0
btbcm 7992 1 hci_uart
bnep 12051 0
bluetooth 364941 3 hci_uart,btbcm,bnep
brcmfmac 222136 0
brcmutil 9156 1 brcmfmac
cfg80211 543530 1 brcmfmac
rfkill 20944 2 bluetooth,cfg80211
ipv6 405794 18 [permanent]
but
iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
I don't arrive to have the same result as my minibian distro with my apt-get ..
What is the way to retrieve the buildroot process to have the same result that on my minibian ?
I've forget something ?
Thanks for helping me.
When using make menuconfig, enable rpi-wifi-firmware under Target packages > Hardware handling > Firmware to include the firmware files.
For WiFi on the Raspberry Pi, you need to enable the following packages in your defconfig file :
BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_WIFI_FIRMWARE=y
If you want to reference any other things, I have an older buildroot external tree here for the Raspberry Pi.
While trying to enter sleep mode on beaglebone black am getting an error
When i issue the command echo -n "mem" > /sys/power/state am getting
-sh: echo: write error: No such device
The kernel version and os version is as below
root#beaglebone:~# uname -a
Linux beaglebone 3.8.13 #1 SMP Wed Sep 4 09:09:32 CEST 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux
root#beaglebone:~# lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Angstrom
Description: Angstrom GNU/Linux v2012.12 (Core edition)
Release: v2012.12
Codename: Core edition
I was just trying to do the same thing and got the same error. Looks like the 3.8.13 kernel doesn't support suspend/sleep mode. In the link below they mention only 3.12 or higher supports that feature. (Note if you upgrade beyond 3.8.13 all the capemgr stuff works completely differently than on 3.8.13. I tried 3.18.1 and couldn't get any capes to work.)
Bug report for sleep mode