Concerning the NVMe drive :
  Would using a NVMe to usb adapter be of any assistance to formatting and installing the software to it ?
   If you use a separate computer to download software,  or if you needed to wipe it and reload it, etc...  ?
   I am still waiting for the updated parts to arrive,  and the new drive is just sitting here waiting......

Help..

The Mate sensors applet is running now for one week om my Pinebookpro.
Temperature is 19 C. Constant.

I was firing up a build on 5 cores for 60 min. After 45 min, wifi constantly died and needed to be manually restarted . 15 min later, the build was done and wifi became stable, again.

I've been experimenting with the mainlain kernel that tsys has been working on. One thing I picked up on is that the trackpad goes pretty crazy (point movement is completely wrong and keeps jumping the mouse cursor to top left) unless CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is set in the kernel config.

When CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH isn't set the kernel should be falling back to legacy (mouse) protocols. I haven't looked very deeply at this point I am suspicious that the trackpad firmware simply isn't implementing the fallback protocols properly... so I wanted to check if this is a known bug (or a plausible theory)?

Assuming the v1.1 update from mrfixit writes all of the bootloaders it looks like the bootloaders consist of three binaries: idbloader.img, uboot.img and trust.img (which strings suggests is a version of [Arm] Trusted Firmware-A).

It looks like the source for uboot.img would be uboot.img is https://github.com/mrfixit2001/rockchip-u-boot. Is that right (and is the build process "obvious")?

Additionally is there source (or partial source) available for either of the other components?


Thanks!

I have a new PineBook Pro, and simply want to boot from an SD image.   I've carefully followed the instructions to create a Bionic LXDE Community Build using Etcher on my Mac.  From what I have been able to understand, all I need to do is insert the formatted card into the PineBook and power on in order to boot to the SD, but it won't.  Instead, the PineBook always boots to the default OS that was delivered with the device.  

I am totally stuck.  I've looked through the forums and tried various images with the same result.

I've reviewed the common issues posted by 'Ghost' and none apply to my environment.  

Is there some kind of boot sequence key combination that I need to press to boot using the image on the SD card? 

Any guidance is appreciated.  Thank you!  

It's always fun to me to hear about what names people give to their computers. Lots of people have cool naming schemes they like to use, and they're all interesting to learn about.

For my Rockchip-based computers, I've gone with the cliché and used geology-themed names. My Rock64 is named Scoria, which is a word I think is very pretty (and also a type of volcanic rock, which may be a little unfairly pessimistic about its operating temperature). After some deliberation, I decided on Fluorite for my Pinebook Pro, which is a mineral that's always been rather close to my heart. It forms very pretty crystals, comes in a lot of colors, and also prominently involves fluorine, my favorite element.


How about you? Have you selected a cool name for your Pinebook yet?

I currently use my original pinebook quite often as an off-grid media center, by attaching a usb dvd drive which I power from a largish portable phone powerbank. I intend to use my PBP this way too. It all works fine but I've noticed that when the voltage from the powerbank drops a little the dvd starts to draw power from the pinebook which really shortens battery life. Is there any way of preventing this? I suspect it's probably a requirement of the USB spec, so I don't really expect so.

I also would like to be able to run a powered hub with the PBP so I can try out some usb dvb-t sticks, will using a powered hub always have the effect of charging the PBP and hence draining the external power source quicker?

On a side note does anyone know if such a thing as a combined battery/powerbank/usb hub exists?

Do we have confirmed working USB C video/hub/whatever?
I would like to use my Microsoft Lumia dock, but apart from charging, it wouldn't do anything, not even the USB hub.
Since the Pinebook Pro is actually a good working computer, I wold rather travel with it than with my Macbook or my Hackintosh.
I am looking for a device that puts video to an HDMI, audio to the HDMI, charges the PBP and acts as a USB hub. If possible.
An Amazon/Gearbest/Aliexpress/Banggood link would be preferred.

Thanks!