moved from this thread

I tried 2 methods from above thread, and finally I got succeeded on method 2.
I think the problem of method 1 was microSD to USB connector,
and the problem of method 2 was OS image.
After I made some modified OS from ayufan's os image, I tried method 2, then it just worked.

After then I saw ayufan's update log
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• 0.6.6: Fix eMMC not working since 0.6.1,
  

Im working on a portable PKI project whereby my software requires LVM support.

Can oneone tell me if the Debian/Ubuntu project for Rock64 supports LVM?

Hi peeps

I just bought a Pinebook as a Christmas gift for my 8 year old daughter Eliza...

My idea is that I wanted her to learn how to use a computer properly. Rather than just scrolling around on an Ipad. I am hoping I made a good choice! 

I'm not a Linux expert, but I have dabbled with various distros other the last 20 years so I know enough to get around.

I want to ask a question about installing new software on the laptop...

First off, there seems to be no software available in the "Software Boutique". I thought this could be easily remedied by adding the address of a repository to the software sources, but that doesn't seem to work. Am I missing something?

So we went about our first project to install ZSNES (Snes emulator) so we could play Mario, but we are not having much luck there either. We managed to get the binaries installed with apt-get but after trying to run the executable it does not run. I have a feeling this is because it's because it was an i386 package and this laptop needs either something for 64 bit or ARM specifically.

Could somebody please clarify this point. Do I need ARM specific binaries for every program??

Would this be easier if I install a new distro?

I am happy to do some command line stuff with my daughter (thats why I bought the thing after all) but having to manually compile every single app might be a step too far...

I'd appreciate some guidance here. I feel like I must be missing something. The universe of open source software doesn't seem to be readily available to us right now...

Thanks

Chris

Hey

I've decided to sell my Pinebook to make room for other toys. It's been an interesting journey but for me it falls short of being usable everyday and it is a shame for it to sit in a drawer when someone else might enjoy it.

It's a Pinebook 14" with the eMMC upgraded to 64G. Good condition, but remember this pinebook come with all the usual Pinebook issues: two dead pixels on left edge of display (noticable when booting but not after desktop has loaded), iffy keyboard and trackpad. You're not getting a Macbook Air or Dell XPS here... it's a pinebook.

I have the original power adapter which was a EU 2-prong type but I'll throw in a UK power supply and a USB charging lead , which I used most of the time.

Contact me with any offers: andy (dot) kirby (at) mac (dot) com

If you want to save on shipping charges I am happy to meet in London N1 or south Buckinghamshire. I'd prefer not to ship overseas.

Thanks

Andy

Hi all,
I install "Xenial Mate" to sdcard, but I have not see bootloader file on sdcard, why the pine a64 can boot? I have used other board, it always have "bootloader" partition. But I saw that the pine a64 have not it with SD card, the means there are "bootloader" code on board? have anyone know the boot process for pine a64? Thanks!

hello! im not sure if soome one else is having this problem:

installed the android from the official site in 2 SD recently formated using diskpart and mounted the image using Etcher and win32diskimager in both. Then booted the rock ok but when i want to use it it is slow as hell, is slower than my old pine 64a+ or even my nexus 7 (well i havent used it in a long time but still think it feels slower)

Play store creshes every time i try to use it, youtube dont let me sign in, settings crashes quite often, cant use chrome couse it crashes...

i think im not doing anything wrong, can some one tell my if it is my foult, where my expectations too high or is the rockis just that bad?

I wanted to get folks comments regarding the best Linux OS to use for a Pine 64 Web Server.  A desktop environment is not needed.  Besides networking tools, it obviously needs apache/tomcat installed.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Harry

Welcome to the FOSDEM 2018 Blog! 

As many of you surely already know, this year we're at FOSDEM and you can find our stall in building AW. While much of this blog - as you probably expect - will feature PINE64's existing and upcoming products as well as peripherals, I will make sure to do the meetup justice by highlighting the things from the countless other projects that catch my eye. And boy am I sure there will be plenty of such things. 

Sadly, its unlikely that I will be able to cover any of the talks or lightning talks as for much of the time I will be either at the our stall or walking around checking things out. In any case, I invite you to have a read. Enjoy!  

Part 1. Pre-FOSDEM Announcement

NB. All images depict pre-production boards. Final products' appearance and features may vary from whats depicted. Posting is disabled in this thread; if you wish to discuss the Pine H64 and the RockPro64 then please head over to the [i]Pine H64 and the RockPro64 discussion thread.  [/i] 
 
We're happy to announce that we got two powerful boards coming in Q1 2018; the Pine H64 and the RockPro64.  Both boards are featured at our FOSDEM stall this year, so if you are attending make sure to drop by and check them out! The prior is a successor, or an upgrade if you like, to the Pine A64 while the latter is a powerhouse featuring a top-of-the-line Rockchip SOC for power-hungry applications.  

Here are some features shared by both boards: 

• Both boards have the same dimensions as the original Pine A64 (133mm x 80mm x 19mm). 
  
• Both support some of the existing add-ons, dongles, accessories and POTs (more info re. compatibility will follow at a later date). 
  
• Both will support Android and Linux Distributions. 
  
• Both feature multiple fast IO and expansion options as well as eMMC storage.  
  
• Both come in variants with more than 2Gb RAM
  
• Both feature 128Mb of SPI Flash
  

• 40pin GPIO header (I2C/SPI/I2S/UARTs/GPIOs)
  
• 128Mb of SPI Flash
  
• Heatsink mounting holes + FAN header
  
• Power Button
  
• Reset Button
  
• Recovery Button
  
• Dual Channel LPDDR4 Memory
  
• Gigabit Ethernet
  
• IR RX
  
• eMMC
  
• micro SD card bootable
  
• SDIO socket for WIFI module
  
• HDMI
  
• eDP connector
  
• MIPI connector + TP connector + backlight supply
  
• 2xUSB2
  
• 1xUSB3
  
• 1xUSB-C (with DP)
  
• PCIe4
  
• parallel CSI
  
• 2 x MIPI CSI
  
• ES8316 Audio Codec (Headphone/MIC jack)
  

• Rockpro64 2GB board, $59.99
  
• Rockpro64 4GB board, $79.99
  
• Rockpro64-AI 4GB board, $99, available in November 2018
  

• microSD - bootable
  
• 128Mb of SPI Flash
  
• 1xUSB3.0 Host port 
  
• 2xUSB2.0 Host ports
  
• RTC - Real Time Clock Battery Connector
  
• Wifi/BT Module Header - SDIO 3.0 and UART
  
• 2x20 pins "Pi2" GPIO Header
  
• mini PCIe connector
  
• HDMI 2.0a (Type A)
  
• 3.5mm stereo earphone/microphone plug
  
• Gigabit Ethernet
  
• 2x20 pins "Pi2" GPIO Header
  
• eMMC 
  
• IR RX
  

• Pine H64 1GB board, $25, available on January 31, 2018
  
• Pine H64 2GB board, $35, available on January 31, 2018
  
• Pine H64 3GB board, $45, available on January 31, 2018
  

Hi 

Is anyone know what can be the reason that the flash is warning "drive not found" or something like this after 2%-5% of lashing ?
the light is blinking on the USB2EMMC and lit constantly and that prompt with this error. 

I have test it with two different adapter and two eMMC. 

Thanks

Hello guys, 

i have some developments I started, and I'm looking for some one who has VERY large
experience around Pine LTS . 

Also needed a great knowledge on Networks, perfect Linux scripts, kernel.
Programming with the GPIO, Bluetooth, Python.

Android App dev is advantage. 

Please send me email to b@mobie-market.co.il / whatup +972-54-3119110

THanks !!