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  HW image transitions in Python
Posted by: gaggleoxfoggy - 11-14-2018, 12:36 AM - Forum: General Discussion on ROCK64 - Replies (7)

Working on Rock64/Debian Stretch and trying to crossfade two images. I've tried Pygame, Kivy, and just basic SDL, but it seems like none of these are able to do anything other than SW mode. Is there a way of making them use HW or some other method of displaying images through Python where I'd be able to get a smooth realtime transition?


  RockPro64 as PVR/DVR
Posted by: bm_00 - 11-13-2018, 06:33 PM - Forum: RockPro64 Projects, Ideas and Tutorials - Replies (1)

I was looking at building a dvr to record tv useing a tv tuner. I came across the rockpro 64 and am impressed. I am wondering if it is a good idea to use the rockpro for this task. I would preforably be useing the Hauppauge 1265 PCIE tuner but am afraid the rockpro might not support it. If not what about the usb Hauppauge 955Q tuner? Has anyone done a similar project to this?


  KDE Neon problems persisting (1080)
Posted by: ImmortanJoe - 11-13-2018, 04:18 PM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook - Replies (8)

I'm having some problems with the install of KDE Neon which I probably shouldn't be.

Although I followed the day zero fixes thread, and linked other thread, it still likes to go into the black screen death sleep. Sometimes it actually needs a hard reboot to get the display back. Sleep and resume doesn't always do it.

Graphics acceleration of any type seems to be broken. SMPlayer with it's configured video type of "gpu" doesn't render properly. It renders some of the top of the video frames then it kind of explodes into the framebuffer filling the whole width of the screen with what I assume to be the video frame with the lines end to end. After that is the rest of the screen, further down and offset.

I tried building an SDL program that I use. When running one of it's executables it told me something interesting.

Code:
MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information libGL error: unable to load driver: sunxi_dri.so libGL error: driver pointer missing libGL error: failed to load driver: sunxi

That's not great. why is sunxi_dri not working?
Should I just cut my losses and re-image, or is it an easy fix?


  Rockpro64 doesn't boot
Posted by: SteveJ - 11-13-2018, 03:52 PM - Forum: Linux on RockPro64 - Replies (7)

I recently received a Rockpro64 board and am having difficulty getting it to boot. I've searched through the forum and haven't found quite the same issue. The board itself is the 4GB version with a 20 mm heat sink, no eMMC module installed, powered by a 12V-5A power supply. and labeled V2.1 2018-07-02. The keyboard and mouse are both USB and an HDMI monitor is attached, as well as an Ethernet cable.

I used Etcher to try the following images: bionic-minimal-rockpro64-0.7.9-1067-arm64.img.xz, bionic-lxde-rockpro64-0.7.9-1067-arm64.img.xz, and stretch-minimal-rockpro64-0.7.9-1067-arm64.img.xz, but none has booted. When power is applied, the green LED comes on but no other LED lights up, not even the Ethernet one, and nothing appears on the monitor.

I've tried several microSD cards, all with the same result. I do have experience burning system images, having worked with Raspberry Pi systems. In fact one of the microSD cards I tried was previously used in a RPi2 both before and after the Rockpro64 attempts.

Does anyone have an idea of what to try next? Are there any checksums available for the download images?

Thanks.


Information How to set 720p?
Posted by: Lifeless Grace - 11-13-2018, 11:29 AM - Forum: Linux on Pine A64(+) - No Replies

Hi everyone,i want to use linux with gui,but i have monitor with 900p res,and,you know, i can't use 1080p.
I read before that Mali400 does not support 720p on Linux systems,is it true? And if not-how can i setup resolution? 
P.S. Remix OS is very laggy so i don't want to use it/

Pine A64 2GB


  Wifi I/F on Pinebook 11.6"
Posted by: eblot - 11-13-2018, 05:04 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook - Replies (2)

Hi,

What's the difference between the wlan0 and p2p0 WiFi adapter. 
I guess there's only one WiFi adapter on the Pinebook, so why both are listed?

It seems that the Pinebook, even configured to use wlan0 with a wifi network sometime connects to it through the other, "shadow" p2p0 interface.
This leads to an unexpected effect, as the DHCP server assign a different IP address depending on which I/F is used. This is due to different MAC addresses of the I/F, as p2p0 uses a 02: prefix while wlan0 uses 00:

Any piece of info about this topic?

Thanks,
Manu


  PPP support & kernel update
Posted by: eblot - 11-13-2018, 04:58 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook - No Replies

Code:
/usr/sbin/pppd Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No such device or address modprobe: FATAL: Module ppp_generic not found in directory /lib/modules/3.10.105-bsp-1.2-ayufan-140 /usr/sbin/pppd: Please load the ppp_generic kernel module.

Hi,

It seems PPP support has not been enabled in the default kernel (Linux pinebook1080p 3.10.105-bsp-1.2-ayufan-140 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Oct 30 14:21:35 UTC 2018 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux). This is a very important module for supporting, among other, VPN connections.

Along with the threads about using a modern kernel, are there some limitations about using a 4.9+ kernel on the Pinebook.
I'd like to recompile the modules I need, and I'd prefer to use a recent kernel to support new peripherals.

Is there a forum topic (or any other doc) about how to safely try new kernels on the Pinebook 11.6" w/o bricking the eMMC working installation?
I guess the easiest solution is to boot from a microSD, I'd like to have a couple of pointer on how to do this safely w/o re-inventing the square wheel Tongue

Thanks in advance,
Manu


  Howto setup Q4OS on Rock64
Posted by: q4osteam - 11-13-2018, 02:48 AM - Forum: Linux on Rock64 - Replies (1)

Directions for those, who would like to check Q4OS running on Rock64:
https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2410

Q4OS on Rock64 is pretty snappy and runs fast. A feedback would be appreciated.


Information Manjaro ARM for Pinebook
Posted by: erchache2000 - 11-13-2018, 02:36 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook - Replies (88)

Manjaro ARM website

Download here

At the moment to write this post are two versions available, see on latest post of this thread to find new updates.

KDE 

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LXQT

[Image: 475945e90d1b8185f883a4f4200ae39ac03083b8.png]

User Password
root root
manjaro manjaro
 
Features:

The Pinebook is a $99 laptop, based on the popular Pine64 ARM board. It sports a quad core ARM CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB eMMC, Wifi and Bluetooth and either a 14" TN screen or an 11" IPS screen.

The Manjaro ARM images are marking Manjaro ARM’s first venture into ARM based laptops and is heavily based on the Arch Linux builds from user anarsoul on Github.

How to install:

Download the image/zip file from the download location. Verify that the download completed successfully.

After that, install Etcher and burn it to an SD card (8 GB or larger recommended).

Put the SD card into the Pinebooks SD card slot and boot it up. The Pinebook should recognize the SD card as a bootable device and boot from it.

The Pinebook will reboot once before it gets to a login screen. This is because the filesystem gets resized to fit the SD card.

On first boot, the wifi card gets activated after a couple of minutes, even though the tray icon (on plasma) does not change.


  How to get text boot on KDE Neon
Posted by: maldus - 11-13-2018, 01:48 AM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook - Replies (5)

Hello everyone,
happily writing from my brand new 11' pinebook. Everything works and since there are not many distros with full support I think I'll stick with the default KDE Neon for now.
I am however a sucker login shells and boot messages, so I'd like to tell grub to boot into command like and not showing a splash screen. How do I do it?

I come from Ubuntu (/etc/default/grub into update-grub) and Arch linux (same but with grub-mkconfig), but none of the methods I know worked. I found /etc/default/grub.d/99_breeze-grub.cfg but after editing it I have no idea how to confirm the changes. Can anyone help me?