Hello,

i currently using a Rock64 with Libreelec 9.0.1

1. When i start the Rock and Play a video, the Rock stops working and does nothing (Not Restarting, LED stops flashing, no sound and freeze frame on screen)
When i start the Rock and after booting Restart it, everthing works fine then. Why? Is there a Way to Automatic Restart the Rock on first boot?

2. 1080p videos from my Disk works fine, but Youtube / Netflix lags (video and Audio asynchron, after pressing stop, video still running for 2-3sec) what can i do, that 1080p Netflix / YT works also on the Rock?

3. How can i get the Infrared receiver working on the Rock? And is there a way to "start" the Rock with Infrared ?

There has been a high demand for a feature complete and fully capable Linux Desktop for the RockPro64 RK3399, so myself and Lukasz teamed up to build one based on my minimal Debian build.

DOWNLOAD:
The download is available on the GitHub release

VIDEO PREVIEW:
Lukasz recorded a quick demo / intro to the capabilities for this release which can be viewed below


The video was taken prior to me correcting some of the MPV code so it doesn't showcase 4K, but that is now supported in the final release (30fps only).

INTRODUCTION:
This is a custom Debian Mate desktop build based on my minimal image. The great majority of hardware features of the RockPro64, such as WiFi/BT SDIO module and PCIe, work on this image!
Please reference the aforementioned minimal build thread to learn of the details for a minimal Debian install.

This build is meant to bring full fledged desktop functionality to the RockPro64 (and, in the future, to the Pinebook Pro) with an appreciation for end-user ease of use. We hope that the image manages to balance out-of-the-box usability, an aesthetic look and performance with sparsity of preinstalled applications, so that each user can tweak the experience to their individual liking and use-case.

INCLUDED:

• Mate desktop at 1080p (with 4K as optional*) with Arc theme + icons, custom layout and background
  
• Glamor accelerated Xorg with window compositing; running smooth as butter on default settings
  
• Accelerated Chromium browser, with WebGL and WebGL 2.0 as well as accelerated video playback in browser - including 1080p Youtube and similar services
  
• SMPlayer: Accelerated playback of 1080p and 720p local media
  
• MPV Player: 4K @ 30fps playback of local media (right click 4k video -> select MPV Player)
  
• OpenGL 3D acceleration via GL4ES; so if you want to play games then you’re in luck!
  
• Set of common desktop utilities as well as some quality of life additions, including:  LibreOffice, caja-share (SMB GUI), Synaptic Package Manager, Puseaudio (for GUI audio output source selection), Mate Tweak (for desktop tweaks), GPARTED, handy applet to set CPU governor (non-scaling by default), etc.
  
• Endless number of tweaks for smooth desktop performance
  

• [edit Luke - moved from untested] USB-C video output 
  

• Chromium cannot be updated (it has been removed from apt update list on purpose) as it is custom and updating will break it's functionality
  
• Installing Iceweasel (Firefox) via apt will not work. If Firefox is something you need then we know this .deb works, altho it's an older version
  
• Thunderbird doesn’t work, you probably need a deb (armhf) for it too, or a custom compilation.
  
• Some OpenGL 3D applications will either not work correctly with GL4ES OR will only work in full screen at native resolution of your monitor (e.g. Tux Racer Extreme) when downloaded via apt. For most of these, the fix is to compile from source with necessary flags, rather than installing via apt to get them working.
  
• LCD eDP and DSI / TP panels do not work … yet
  
• [edit 17/03/2019 Luke] Low volume output on headphone jack
  
• [edit 18/03/2019] the board locks up when mounting a PCIe drive as user (not root).
  

• Cameras from PINE64 store
  

Hello,

is there a way to remove the ROCK64 boot logo ?
I could change the android logo with a bootanimation.zip, but it still remain ROCK64 logo.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Aurel

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Hello, can someone help me with my problem.

I have a ROCK64 with 4GB of RAM and an ARMBIAN 5.75 stable Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS 4.4.174-rockchip64, installed.
My issue come with usb ports, from the three USB of the this device only works two: one 2.0 and 3.0. And when i have a disk connected towards usb 3.0 i have issues with port usb 2.0, it doesn't work well and I end up disconnecting the USB 3.0 to can work with my device connected towards USB 2.0 so I assume that the current power on the USB port is having issues or it's not working well.

Anybody an idea?
 
thanks!

NextCloudPi - a dedicated Nextcloud OS image with a convenient setup  - is now available for the RockPro64.
You can download the image from the NextCloudPi website.

Hi,
I have a RockPro64 and the pcie nvme adapter plus a wd black ssd.
I wish to use a full desktop, boot from sdcard and use the nvme ssd for extra storage.

Can anyone recommend which distro install to use.
Thanks.

I've recently acquired a clusterboard with some compute modules, along with a baseboard. I've verified the modules are operational via the baseboard, and boot via the clusterboard's serial terminal. I'm using the latest stable version of Armbian. The board is being powered via an external supply coming into the connector beside the coaxial power jack, to which I've soldered screw terminals. I've also tried the "official?" brick supplied from Ameridroid.

I'm having trouble getting the modules to talk to the network. I've assigned the modules static IP addresses within Armbian, and it appears to be correct when I check it. The yellow LEDs are blinking as if there is network traffic, and the green are all blinking in unison save the slot(s) where modules are installed. If I tell a particular module to halt, the green LED stops blinking.

Is there something I'm missing? I've read about some changes to network timing in other threads, but I'm not sure where to go with this.

Hi so from what i saw this new pinetop has usbcontroller and all stuff on 1 board right? Will there be options to buy board whitout whole laptop?
Can i block reading screen serial number?

Does U3 micro Sd cards make a difference according to U1?

Is there a noticeable difference in Linux systems?