New builds from ayufan are now available for download.
The new images feature a Mate desktop as well as 3D and accelerated video on Ubuntu 18.04. The Chromium browser also makes use of acceleration for webgl (2.0) and video. 
There are also new Debian Stretch minimal and OMV image available.  

Release notes:

Quote:

•    0.8.0: First release with complete rebase of all patches,
  
•     0.8.0: Fixed Mali, WiFi, BT, Sound, HDMI, Suspend on RockPro64,
  
•     0.8.0: Use xserver for rockpro64 and pinebook-pro with gles2,
  
•     0.8.0: Fixed libmali-* to not conflict with development libraries,
  
•     0.8.0: Add full support for pinebook-pro v1,
  
•     0.8.0: Provide armhf desktop on mate as it is quite fast and stable,
  
•     0.8.0: Provide gl4es to run OpenGL1/2 applications with GLES2 acceleration,
  
•     0.8.0: Provide install_widevine_drm.sh to install Widevine DRM,
  
•     0.8.0: Style Ubuntu Mate with nice wallpapers and pre-configured panels,
  
•     0.8.0: Configure Bluetooth on system start on RockPro64 and PinebookPro,
  

New builds from ayufan are now available for download.
The new images feature a Mate desktop as well as 3D and accelerated video on Ubuntu 18.04. The Chromium browser also makes use of acceleration for webgl (2.0) and video. 
There are also new Debian Stretch minimal and OMV image available.  

Release notes:

Quote:

•    0.8.0: First release with complete rebase of all patches,
  
•     0.8.0: Fixed Mali, WiFi, BT, Sound, HDMI, Suspend on RockPro64,
  
•     0.8.0: Use xserver for rockpro64 and pinebook-pro with gles2,
  
•     0.8.0: Fixed libmali-* to not conflict with development libraries,
  
•     0.8.0: Add full support for pinebook-pro v1,
  
•     0.8.0: Provide armhf desktop on mate as it is quite fast and stable,
  
•     0.8.0: Provide gl4es to run OpenGL1/2 applications with GLES2 acceleration,
  
•     0.8.0: Provide install_widevine_drm.sh to install Widevine DRM,
  
•     0.8.0: Style Ubuntu Mate with nice wallpapers and pre-configured panels,
  
•     0.8.0: Configure Bluetooth on system start on RockPro64 and PinebookPro,
  

Has anybody else observed this issue?

I am trying to get the Blinkit LED SPI Device to work with the RockPro64.
https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2014/11/30...-superled/ 
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/blinkt


I have noticed that the Python GPIO library's  under Raspberry Pi 3 seem to run 100 times faster than can be achieved under RockPro64.

While a clock pulse under RockPro64 takes 600us a clock pulse under Raspberry Pi takes 8-8us.
This is using the same blinkit example code on both devices.

Does anybody know if Raspberry Pi 3 uses a better performing solution than the /sys/class/gpio interface for programming the GPIO than  the rockpro64 ? The rockPro64 is just too slow!

The only reason I think I can not get the blinkit LED to work on the RockPro64 it because its 100 ties slower than the Raspberry Pi 3 GPIO

You can see the oscilloscope scans below


https://imgur.com/FsgX2Io  RockPro64
https://imgur.com/dRBZcjK  Raspberry Pi 3


https://imgur.com/tagotFq  RockPro64
https://imgur.com/pywieqS Raspberry Pi 3

Hi, so I finally got my rockpro64 with display. Problem is that when I try to boot android image from sd card (Image is 7.1.2. for sd Cards) i don't get anything on screen. I can feel my board getting hot, I have powered it by 12v 5A power supply. Also, whenever I push buttons board reacts. I can see ethernet port LED's flashing or turning off if button is pressed for some time. LED near buttons start flashing when RESET is pushed. But screen doesn't show anything. I got it to show something once, but it disapeard qucikly thanks for your help!

It seem to be always "out of stock". When will it be available?

Hi all,

I've searched the forum for a solution to my problem. Here's a quick overview of my setup:

Rockpro64 4GB in a NAS case
eMMC 64GB module
PCI-E SATA-II controller
1x 3.5" sata harddrive connected
12V/5A power supply

Now hear this, I tried several images (OMV, Armbian, Bionic and Stretch) all show the same behavior.

The first time I boot the system all goes well. I then configure the network, install some packages like bridge-utils, vlan, smartmontools, mdadm and ats for fancontrol. When I poweroff the system it shuts down like it is supposed to. Nothing strange here..

And then when I want to boot it again, nothing happens. The amber led on the ethernet interface blinks and also the white led on the front of the board flashes in a random order. The ethernet leds don't become solid like they do at a successfull boot.

Sometimes, if I leave the power disconnected for several hours up to 24hrs.. It boots up normal, this thing is driving me mad.

I am using solely original parts from the pine64 shop. What am I missing here?

Am I missing something or is this a u-boot/kernel problem?

I installed Bionic Containers aarch64 (DockerCE & Kubernetes) [microSD / eMMC Boot] [0.7.9] image.  I'm booting from a microSD.  I must be missing something obvious, but I can't boot to a different kernel.


The kernel install looks good.

Quote:uname -r

4.4.132-1075-rockchip-ayufan-ga83beded8524

I installed OMV, and there is no HDMI output always.
and every it crashed(I think) and can't boot again, I must install the fresh OMV again, and again.
I installed autoshutdown plugin, and the system seems never shutdown by it.
I configure the interface to WoL enabled, but I can't wake it up use a perl/python script.
the only worked component is ats, the fan worked well.
the two hard 4G disks /dev/sda and /dev/sdb always disappeared when boot the system from a long downtime.
I want to known if I shoud change to debian + samba, to let problems simply.
BTW, I use a 16GB eMMC to boot the system, and installed flash memory plugin, too.

Hi,

I just plugged in my RockPro64 for the first time and all is fine for a few minutes (basic Ubuntu 18 image from this site). I was able to cd around and look at things. Ran htop, etc. Then the video dies and it won't come back up (interesting, the green led on the NIC port went out as well). Tried refreshing, rebooting, checked monitor/cable on other system (fine). Any ideas on how to troubleshoot? I detect it's booting ok since keyboard and mouse are lit up after a few seconds and white light comes on.

Also, the fan purchased here does not work when plugged into the fan connector.

Thanks in advance for helping.
-gh

Hi,

my Transformer/Rock64 <-->HDMIv2.0a cable<-->AVR:Onkyo TX-NR686<-->HDMIv2.0a cable<-->LG OLED55B8PLA setup has a compliancy issue.... I think.

For CEC and ARC audioreturn to perform the Transformer/Rock64 need to be fisicaly disconnected from HDMI cable, a soon as it is connected to the AVR over HDMI the CEC and ARC fails and the LG OLED can no longer transmit sound over HDMI to the AVR for any application or service.

any suggestions or questions are welcome as I think this could be a major deal breaker.