Hi guys ! I'm searching for a board  and i loved the many options here,  including the pinebook, and i have my 1° contact now with PINE64 ..
My objective is a cheap computer running UBUNTU.

I have some doubts , and i guess you can help me 

1.  Raspberry PI 3 X tinkerboard x ROCK64 ? Your personal experience 
2. Endless OS is supported ? https://support.endlessm.com/hc/en-us/ar...y-computer-

3. Rock64  has native wi-fi ? A Module wi-fi? 
 
4. PIDESKTOP is compatible ?  https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14354


In advance thanks .

Hello,

I tried posing about this issue on the Android forum several days ago but was not able to get help. So this is my last try I guess before just giving up.

This problem happened on the Raybuntu LibreElec build I had previously and on the Ayufan AndroidTV build I have installed currently. In androids settings it is set to sleep “Never” I’m not sure where else I should be looking. Also, I am using the power supply from Pine64 website that said it was for Rock64.

So whenever I let my system idle I come back to my tv showing “No Signal”. The lights on the Rock64 are still on like they normally are. If I short press the power button nothing happens. The only way I can get the system back on is to hit reset.

This is a very frustrating issue to have to reboot my system every time I need to use it. Especially since every time android asks me if I want to set up my SD card as memory (is there a way to stop this message?). Any help or advice would be appreciated. I’m not sure what else I should try.


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Which kind of distro do you use on Pinebook?

Opening the package, I see it comes with five short and long screws, along with five pins with internal threading on each side.

Clearly, the pins are meant to fit inside the holes on the lower side of the case which I assume is suppose to hold the Rock64.

My guess is the longer screws are suppose to go on the bottom side of the lower piece however, when I screw them into the pin, the long screws can only screw in half way into the pin, leaving massive excess of screw sticking out the bottom.


In addition, the pins are not at the same level when in the holes. Two are higher than other.

What is going on with this thing?

If you need any images, let me know and I will supply some.

Thanks


EDIT: I think I figured it out. I recalled there is an expander for it. So therefore it seems it goes like this:

In order from bottom to top:

Long screws
Bottom of case
Rock64
Pins
Expansion board
Short screws
Top of case

Hi,

I've just ordered my Rock64.  I have read on the armbian forums that the USB3 port can max out the Gig NIC which is great.  I was just wondering what USB 3 / 2.5 inch cases to look out for?  Is there a certain chipset I should look out for in the specs?

Thanks.

Added Volumio (PINE A64-LTS / SOPINE) 2.315-2017-11-11 on Wiki and PINE64 Installer.

Hello,

I am currently using the ayufan AndroidTV OS and previously was using the Raybuntu LibreElec build. I am experiencing the same issue on both OS. I am only using the Rock64 for Kodi. Whenever I am done watching something and I come back to it later, my TV always without fail says that there is no signal. I am under the assumption that it has crashed so I just press the reset button to get it back on.
  
I'm wondering though, is the Rock putting itself into some kind of suspend/sleep state? If so is there a way for me to disable this function so I don't have to press the power button every time I want to use it?

Thanks for any help!

Hi, somebody knows about a power supply alternative for Pinebook that can be buyed on Ebay or Amazon? the shipping is expensive from Pine Store (I need to send the package to Miami and later to Panama) and is know for all that the power supply provided is not good if we look at the quality

I based this image of xailus Gentoo image, found here https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?...ght=gentoo 
I used this upgrade procedure found here on server_fault, (answer with 5 upvotes)

It uses the new Gentoo 17.0 profile
~arm64
gcc version
[1] aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-7.2.0 *
binutils version
[1] aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-2.29.1 *
glibc version
ldd (Gentoo 2.26-r3 p4) 2.26


As this uses the experimental branch it's advised to keep this system up to date.
Regular 

Quote:emerge --sync 

Code:

emerge -uDU --keep-going --with-bdeps=y @world

To download this image

Quote:git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/pine64gentoo/code pine64gentoo-code

It's sized for a 32gb sd card and LZMA compressed.

Next job is for the installing the mainline kernel which is being tested.


Happy compiling!

Hi everyone, 

Just received my Rock64 board, and as a test tried many software images. I noticed a common problem in all these distros including new 4.13 kernels.

When a USB3 device is plugged the kernels go into continuous  fault: