Not sure whether this will be of any assistance, however I had no issues in getting the BeagleBone up and running with an Ubuntu image by following the instructions shown in this document:
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
Specifically, I followed the section under
"Method 1: Download a Complete Pre-Configured Image"
..and basically everything pretty much worked first time. Once booted, I ssh'd onto the BeagleBone and downloaded the relevant software I needed and all ran well (Note the document indicates a default user: ubuntu and password: temppwd so you can log on with ssh - I missed this at first!)
At this stage I have only run the Oneric 11.10 version of these instructions. I plan to try the "Precise 12.04 armhf testing" version next.
Regards.