Hi.
I want to make a small home server system which would mainly include Pine64 ROCK64 - Rockchip RK3328 Cortex A53 Quad-Core 1,2GHz + 2GB RAM and a RaidSonic IB-RD2253-U31 (2 x 2.5" Seagate Momentus 7200 HDD).
I've got info from RaidSonic that Linux is not supported by them, but I've read that someone connected a IB-3620U3 disk array to a Ubuntu OS easily.

So my question is ...  Will my configuration communicate and work?

I would love to get some help from you guys.

Anyone run into this issue on the 14" pinebook?  I can't boot from the sd card nor does it see it after I boot from the eMMC. I had to disassemble it to remove the eMMC storage to flash via the eMMC to micro sd card adapter on another computer.  I can see/mount/read a thumb drive plugged into the usb port on the same daughter card that the micro sd card reader is on.  Not sure what device to search for in dmesg for this micro sd card reader or what to check.

Hello,
since I'd like to use the wifi module via sdio, I wanted to boot the 0.7.7 debian image.
That doesn't work and I only get the following messages on boot:

Recently, I've been going through all my hobby boards and came across my original Pine A64 from the Kickstarter Project and have decided to try to find a purpose for it.

1.  Can anyone recommend a general purpose linux distro that is kept up-to-date and works well ( can be headless ).
2.  I'm open to suggestions for making it useful.  For example, I already have Pihole and MotionOS going on two first gen Raspberry Pis.

Thanks in advance!

Hi guys,
I would like to share with you some posts that I wrote about how to mount your web server in your Rock64.
I created my own blog using Wordpress and hosting everything on my Rock64.
I'm using ARMBIAN as OS and it is perfect as a server.
If you want to take a look to the post please visit the blog:
https://devandadmin.com/rock64-lamp-word...sl-part-1/

The Pinebook requires a 5V 3A power supply to charge/work.
What would happen if I used a lower power supply, like 2A or even 1A? Specifically, would it damage the device, would it charge (or discharge, if in use) the battery at a slower rate or would it do nothing at all?

I bought a USB to type H power cable to be used with a power bank (https://www.pine64.org/?product=1-meter-...ower-cable) , and I wanted to know if said power bank needs specific requirements or I can use anything I can get my hands on.

This is not about X11/xorg, this is text mode/framebuffer stuff only.
You should be at an init level that doesn't have X running.
Sorry, I don't actually know if this will mess up your X configuration as I do not use X.

I've cut down all the steps for brevity; one should know how to compile kernels and move around the system already, etc.

EDIT: THIS IS THE WRONG WAY TO DO THIS.
THE CORRECT WAY IS TO SET THE DTS TO USE "VOPB" INSTEAD OF "VOPL", *NOT* FORCING VOPL TO USE A HIGHER OUTPUT RES.
I WILL REPLACE THE FOLLOWING STEPS WITH THE CORRECT FIX ASAP:

1) Grab the source to your current ayufan kernel
(I'm using linux-kernel-4.4.138-1094-rockchip-ayufan in this demo)
2) tar xf linux-kernel-4.4.138-1094-rockchip-ayufan.tar.gz
3) cd linux-kernel-4.4.138-1094-rockchip-ayufan/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip
4) Use your favorite editor on rockchip_vop_reg.c
5) Now change the hardcoded limit for rk3399_vop_lit.
Find the vop_data struct for rk3399_vop_lit which starts with this text:  static const struct vop_data rk3399_vop_lit {
The property to find and edit within that struct  is:  .max_output = {2560, 1600}
6) I changed my max_output to this:  .max_output = {3840, 2160}
7) Then I recompiled the kernel. For me, that's: make all modules modules_install dtbs_install firmware_install headers_install install -j6
8) Then I manually clean up the mess that postinst.d makes within /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
(I literally delete all the lines except for the timeout, menu, label, kernel, initrd, devicetreedir, and append lines for this kernel I just installed)

Worked instantly when I rebooted into the new kernel.
Framebuffer came up in 4K mode and it was GIANT!
Then, when I launched Kodi (which I compiled for DRM with GBM), I was able to whitelist my TV's 4K resolutions (which were never listed before) or even switch the interface to use 4K (I don't suggest doing that) and when I go to play a 4K video, it switches resolution to 4K.

rkmpv at the command line now also switches to 4K resolution for me!

Next up would be for one of us to get some of the VPU pieces working and the rkmpp kernel side working so that 4K and HEVC/x265 videos stop dropping frames.

I noticed that the pine store has the following,
PINE64 USB SERIAL CONSOLE/PROGRAMMER - https://www.pine64.org/?product=pine64-u...programmer

Will this function as designed via the serial adapter on the Stereo Audio DAC Add-on Board?

Also, if the Serial Console/Programmer peripheral does work with the Stereo Audio DAC Add-on Board, may I use it (if even in a limited way) as an additional USB adapter? (I suspect not, but I wanted to be sure, and confirm or clarify my (mis)understandings.)

Hello,
i've bought the wifi module and didn't knew it was disabled in debian.
The bad thing is, that I can't connect my rockpro64 to a lan socket, so I have to use wifi somehow.
Now is the question, if there is some way to enable it again (because I don't really need PCIE support) or is that whole module bugged?

I would really appreciate your help, since I am a linux beginner.

Thanks,
Bluetexon