Hi All,

I am new to this forum.  I am using 5 rockpro64's as a "cheap" cluster computer for parallel numerical general relativity simulations.  Only been working on it about a month.  I just installed a Samsung 500 GB ssd (960 Evo) on my head node.  I have it partitioned and formatted.  It works well.   However, now I can't do a startx command from the command line.  The system gets to the point of showing the graphical desktop with the cursor in the middle, but then hangs.  No keyboard or mouse response.  Lights on the keyboard and mouse are on.

If I power off/on then ssh into the system from another node, I can see the that ssd is automounted and I have access to it.  I can't think of a way to debug this.  Usually I like solving problems, but I don't know where to begin with this one.

Thanks for any help any of you can give.

I have rockpro64 and M2 adapter card. I'm looking for an extender cable that is low profile and not so bulky.  I'm trying to put together a low profile SBC with M2 drive and unfortunately the rockpro + M2 Adapter is too tall.  So I'm looking for an thin extender cable so I can lie the M2 Adapter along side.   Any thoughts on that?

Hi, this is a question about Kernel 4.19 and Analog Audio Jack Output on Pine64 Original (old) board.

For the Kernel 3.10, I've found a thread stating that the following modules can make the Audio Jack works:
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=807

[ modules - Kernel 3.10 ]
sunxi_codec
sunxi_i2s
sunxi_sndcodec

I am trying Armbiam with Kernel 4.19 and want to ask what are the modules that I need to have in order to make the Analog Audio Jack work?

The following are the default modules for current Armbiam (5.70):
[ lsmod - Armbiam 5.70, Kernel 4.19 ]
Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   94208  3
overlay                90112  1
zstd                   16384  4
sun50i_codec_analog    24576  1
snd_soc_simple_card    16384  3
snd_soc_hdmi_codec     16384  1
snd_soc_spdif_tx       16384  0
sun8i_adda_pr_regmap    16384  1 sun50i_codec_analog
sun4i_i2s              24576  4
snd_soc_simple_card_utils    16384  1 snd_soc_simple_card
sun8i_codec            24576  1
axp20x_ac_power        16384  0
axp20x_battery         16384  0
snd_soc_core          126976  7 sun4i_i2s,snd_soc_spdif_tx,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,sun50i_codec_analog,sun8i_codec,snd_soc_simple_card_utils,snd_soc_simple_card
snd_pcm_dmaengine      16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_pcm                90112  5 sun4i_i2s,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,sun8i_codec,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
axp20x_adc             20480  0
snd_timer              32768  1 snd_pcm
sun4i_gpadc_iio        24576  0
snd                    57344  10 snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_timer,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
industrialio           53248  4 axp20x_battery,sun4i_gpadc_iio,axp20x_ac_power,axp20x_adc
cpufreq_dt             16384  0
thermal_sys            65536  2 cpufreq_dt,sun4i_gpadc_iio
ip6t_REJECT            16384  1
zram                   24576  5
nf_reject_ipv6         16384  1 ip6t_REJECT
nf_log_ipv6            16384  6
xt_hl                  16384  22
ip6t_rt                16384  3
ipt_REJECT             16384  1
nf_reject_ipv4         16384  1 ipt_REJECT
nf_log_ipv4            16384  6
nf_log_common          16384  2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
xt_LOG                 16384  12
xt_multiport           16384  2
xt_limit               16384  15
xt_addrtype            16384  4
xt_conntrack           16384  12
ip6table_filter        16384  1
ip6_tables             28672  53 ip6table_filter
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    16384  0
nf_conntrack_broadcast    16384  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_nat_ftp             16384  0
nf_nat                 28672  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ftp       16384  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack          110592  6 xt_conntrack,nf_nat,nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_ftp
nf_defrag_ipv6         20480  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack
iptable_filter         16384  1
pinctrl_axp209         16384  0
lima                   49152  0
dw_hdmi_cec            16384  0
dw_hdmi_i2s_audio      16384  0
gpu_sched              20480  1 lima
ttm                    86016  1 lima
realtek                20480  1

I have tested with a 3 connectors headphone and also with a 4 connector headset... both fail...

Also, when I plug a USB to Audio (CM108) Adapter, everything works fine, so, the issue seems to be around the Audio Jack itself...

Does anybody have the Audio Jack working with Kernel 4.19 (Armbian)?
If so, what are the procedures/setup that works?

Basically, I just want audio output from the Jack, mic input, in my case is not needed...

Thanks all,
Valter Fukuoka

Hi All,

I got a rock64 (4G) thinking it would be an upgrade to my raspberry pi 2 B v1.1 . However I was surprised to discover that it performed worse than my pi.

My experience so far has been:

With raspberry pi:
- install rasbpian
- install ubeify (a wrapper around omxplayer) to use the pi as a media player. the gui kinda sucks but it can handle 1080p no sweat and works well with my 4k tv
- firefox / iceweasel is slow and can't be used for youtube.

The pi was easy to setup. There were literally no extra steps other than flashing my sd card with raspbian and running the ubeify install script.

With rock64
- wanted to do a custom install of debian (thought this was possible) but couldn't because bios wouldn't show up on hdmi without an os
- installed armbian image on to my sd card (debian 9)
- firefox behaves not much better than raspberry pi. youtube incredibly and not usable
- video incredibly choppy with vlc
- attempted to use ubeify (omxplayer) and performance much worse than my pi. Video stutters and stalls.


What gives? I thought the rock64 was a more powerful computer and could do what my pi did but better (i.e. so I could use firefox and vlc on it no sweat).
Also the rock64 runs hot too. The aluminum case feels warm vs the pi which seems to manage power better.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I know I'm not the first to attempt this, but finding information on how to get a lightweight computer for multimedia purposes hasn't given many useful results to me.

-ekg

Batocera - a retro-gaming distro - has now been released for the RockPro64.

You can download it here.

More information about Batocera can be found on their website and wiki.
Many thanks to the devs!

Hi there, 

First post in as I'm discovering the world of SoC / SBC and would like to get a RockPro64. I enjoyed reading some of the post around here over the past week as many are very informative!

I was wondering if the Nas case offered for the rockPro would allow the heatsink of 30mm or if it would not work with the disks in. Would anyone know or have a way to measure from the spec?

Side question also, does anyone know if the cards have a low / high chance of having issues? Can we find he failure rate, faulty board %. I guess not but it would be handy to be prepared to the appropriate risk!

Thank for anyone answering here!
Slam.

Hello Everyone, I am looking to have a linux server edition. Anyone did get any edition working?
Please help!

My Pine A64 doesn´t boot up  
Only the red LED near the power Jack blinking but nothing else
I use a 5V 2amp powersupply, can anybody help me?

   

M.

Hi,
Can anyone tell me if there will be support for camera on linux platform? 
I am using Ubuntu18 image on my rockpro64.
Thanks.