I tried alpine linux on my raspberry pi 2 and it performs really fast. I think it is the fastest distro for soc boards out there. It would be really great if it would run also on the rock64.

Here from the raspberry pi forum:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...56&t=60569

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Here are some distro's I compared and the minimal memory they need for still giving you a desktop (without nearly anything running!):
Puppy: 80Mb
Debian 6.03 standard: 64Mb
AntiX: 64Mb
Connochaet: 64Mb
Tiny Core Linux: 48Mb
Slitaz LowRam-CD: 48Mb
Alpine Linux: 28Mb (still able to open and run mc and more !)
Delicate: 16Mb (unable to open xterm)
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And here from the alpine linux website:

https://alpinelinux.org/about/

ABOUT
Alpine Linux is an independent, non-commercial, general purpose Linux distribution designed for power users who appreciate security, simplicity and resource efficiency.

SMALL
Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and busybox. This makes it smaller and more resource efficient than traditional GNU/Linux distributions. A container requires no more than 8 MB and a minimal installation to disk requires around 130 MB of storage. Not only do you get a fully-fledged Linux environment but a large selection of packages from the repository.

Binary packages are thinned out and split, giving you even more control over what you install, which in turn keeps your environment as small and efficient as possible.

SIMPLE
Alpine Linux is a very simple distribution that will try to stay out of your way. It uses its own package manager called apk, the OpenRC init system, script driven set-ups and that’s it! This provides you with a simple, crystal-clear Linux environment without all the noise. You can then add on top of that just the packages you need for your project, so whether it’s building a home PVR, or an iSCSI storage controller, a wafer-thin mail server container, or a rock-solid embedded switch, nothing else will get in the way.

SECURE
Alpine Linux was designed with security in mind. The kernel is patched with an unofficial port of grsecurity/PaX, and all userland binaries are compiled as Position Independent Executables (PIE) with stack smashing protection. These proactive security features prevent exploitation of entire classes of zero-day and other vulnerabilities.

So, from what i know, alpine linux would be ideal for soc boards to have a fast desktop. Compared to for example debian it has far less processes running on a working desktop and a far smaler footprint. It runs on the raspberry pi 2 faster than debian on the rock64 (with a desktop installed). Postmarketos is based on alpine linux, so to get alpine linux running would be support also that great project. It supports arm processors and there are an armhf image and an aarch64 image. Has anyone already tried it? How to configure u-boot for it?

Are there any getting started documents or posts for the cluster board? I tried setting it up, but I'm not getting very far.
I have 1 module installed, but the green lights for each slot just blink. I also don't get anything from the serial cable I've hooked up to it (using pins 7, 8, and 9).
I don't know if there's anything I need to do to power the module on or something?

I'm a newbie, so don't worry about hurting my feelings by telling me basic stuff. 

First, I would like to introduce myself briefly. I am Mike, 26 years old and I’m currently studying at Erasmus University College in Brussels.
For a lesson "Trends & Talents" I must develop a project independently that is not given in another lesson. I already started another post before deciding to use this project as my school project ( https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=5132 ).

The main idea is to build a Linux server with 2 main goals, a web server and a personal NAS(mainly for home use).

Web server
For now I own a domain name with a web hosting and no SSL.

I will install and configure Apache, MariaDB and PHP to run my HTML/PHP website, additional I will install tomcat and java to run my java projects.
I will use Let’s encrypt and Certbot to handle the SSL/TLS-certificates to make sure that all the traffic uses the safer HTTPS protocol.
 
NAS
Now I own a Netgear Readynas 102 with 2x3TB WD red disks, this to share my files in my home network. My Readynas is synced with a Cloud service through my Laptop.

The 2x3TB disk will be connected to the Rock with 2 “USB 3.0 to SATA III HARD DRIVE ADAPTER CABLE/ CONVERTER with UASP” cables connected to a USB 3.0 hub. I will install and configure SAMBA to share the drives in my home network over the Gigabit ethernet port.
The drives will be synced to the cloud directly from the Rock (Encrypted or not encrypted, not sure yet)

I will use a 4GB version with Debian Stretch Minimal Community Build Image by ayufan.

Most of the hardware is already ready and I’m now playing and testing with the software for the last 3 months, step by step I will post the made progress.

I will use this board to post my progress and hopefully to receive tips, tricks and feedback from you, the readers, I’ll try to share everything like schematics, scripts and step by step explanation how I installed or configured scripts and/or software.

Hello I have 4gb rock64 running following image of android on 16gb emmc:

Android 7.1.2 Stock Image [microSD Boot] [Rooted] [20171204]

It works pretty well sometimes however I keep getting constant freezes. These freezes happen when I am doing simple tasks like configuring rkmc settings or browsing play store for example. I have no choice but to unplug rock64 to get it working again it is very frustrating. What could be causing these freezes? As there be no reason that rock64 should be freezing like this especially when I'm only doing simple things that the hardware is more than capable of handling! 

Is there a better or more stable image than the one I'm using? I'm using rock64 as media player I just want nice stable rom that will allow me to do this but the constant freezing is driving me insane! I hope someone can help me! Thanks.

Hi everybody,

I need some help with my rock64 - it does not boot up. I purchased it second hand, the previous owner said that since he tried to re-flash the SPI it does not come up again. 

I attached a serial console to watch the boot process and now I‘m stuck. Here are the boot messages (appearing in an eternal loop):

Resetting CPU ...

DDR version 1.06 20170424
In
SRX
LPDDR3
786MHz
Bus Width=32 Col=11 Bank=8 Row=15/15 CS=2 Die Bus-Width=32 Size=4096MB
ddrconfig:7
OUT

U-Boot SPL 2017.09-ga0a2b48 (Feb 19 2018 - 18:43:53)
setup_ddr_param  1
booted from SPI flash
Trying to boot from SPI
"Synchronous Abort" handler, esr 0x02000000
ELR:     200000
LR:      1890
x 0: 0000000000400000 x 1: 0000000000000000
x 2: 0000000000200000 x 3: 0000000000000180
x 4: 0000000000000002 x 5: 000000000000ace4
x 6: 000000000000003b x 7: 00000000ff190000
x 8: 0000000000000b8c x 9: 000000002ed96880
x10: 00000000005ffcac x11: 000000000000dc98
x12: 0000000000000b67 x13: 0000000000000b90
x14: 00000000005ffd0c x15: 000000000000dc98
x16: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000
x18: 00000000005ffea0 x19: 000000000000d498
x20: 000000000000d480 x21: 0000000000000000
x22: 00000000005ffe70 x23: 00000000005ffe58
x24: 000000000000b50b x25: 000000000000b4f3
x26: 000000000000d000 x27: 00000000deadbeef
x28: 0000000000000430 x29: 00000000005ffde0

Resetting CPU ...

...

All attempts of erasing or re-flashing the SPI as described here do not work. The rock64 does not seem to come to the point where it would be able to read from the micro sd card. 

Does anybody have a hint for me? Do I need a eMMC card to boot from? Or are there ways of erasing the SPI flash memory through the GPIO pins?

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Hi, I am planning to buy Rock64 4GB, I decided to opt for this because of the better speeds than the raspberry pi.

Would you think this a good starter pack for emulation and media center purposes? What else do I need, or what I don't need? 

Thanks!

I just got my ROCK 64 with the jessie-openmediavault-rock64-0.6.25-193-arm64.img image from https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-b...tag/0.6.25 

But the external hard (http://en.sharkoon.com/product/1685/10394#specs) drive isnt recognized.

What is going on? The hard drive works fine with Openmediavault on raspberry pi & OdroidXU4.

Is it possible to measure hardware status (core temperature, core voltage, core clock, memory voltage, memory clock, etc.) on the Rock64 under Linux? So far, I've managed to read core temperature and clockspeed, but that's about it.

I know vcgencmd works on the Raspberry Pi, and was ported to the Pine64, but I haven't seen anything similar for the Rock64.

I installed in my rock64 android emmc following this tutorial http://files.pine64.org/doc/rock64/guide...o_eMMC.pdf and all good, but when it starts in a few seconds, it gets stuck.

You know that you can be? Thank you.

HDMI to standard computer monitor. 
The monitor native resolution is 1680x1050. 
Settings->Display selection is HDMI. 
Resolution list shows 1680x1050 as an option but if I click 1680X1050p-60 the screen goes black then comes back with no change. 
Always defaults to 1280x720p-60.


Monitor ViewSonic VA2226w
Native Resolution 1680 x 1050 at 60 Hz

Tried 

Android 7.1.2 Stock Image [microSD Boot] [Rooted] [20171204]
Android TV 7.1 Community Build Image [microSD Boot] by ayufan