On a bored Saturday afternoon I decided to give Ubuntu Unity a try, since I hear so much about people successfully running KDE on this beauty.

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop unity

Verdict so far - not bad! I wasn't expecting anything brilliant, and was pleasantly surprised to see that while it struggles with UI elements, actual operation works pretty damn well.

Problems I've encountered:
* Takes a long long time to transition from login to desktop environment.
* Need to disable Ubuntu mouse adjustments, otherwise you literally cannot use the touchpad.
* HUD doesn't seem to work.
* Opening Dash takes a while, and animations are sluggish.

But it's all worth it for that beautiful, streamlined and seamless experience offered by Unity 7. Gives me a chance to make the most of it before it's fully deprecated!

With this guide, you can also change lightdm to Ubuntu style.



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I'm trying to build my own u-boot to experiment with booting off the network (via u-boot on SPI flash).  I've modified the rock64-rk3328_defconfig to enable a few more options (using ayufan's branch: https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-u-boot).  However, I think I'm missing a config option or a make target somewhere.  I'm not ending up with an spl directory after the build completes.  http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Boot_option references spl/u-boot-spl.bin, but I don't have a u-boot-spl.bin file anywhere.

Build command: make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- rock64-rk3328_defconfig all
I've attached the output from make as well as my modified defconfig.

Attached Files

  uboot_buildlog.txt (Size: 18.42 KB / Downloads: 509)
  rock64-rk3328_defconfig.txt (Size: 2.15 KB / Downloads: 454)

Downloaded Ubuntu from https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=7141
Wrote the image to microSD card. Verified that the rootfs and boot partitions are written correctly, by mounting and reading it.

Connected power, HDMI and keyboard.
Two LEDs on the board turn green(one LED on baseboard, another on SOPine main board), but nothing at all on the HDMI output.
Connected a USB keyboard but it didn't get any power from the board. Verified that keyboard is good on another computer.

It is powered by a 5V 2000mA output.

Hey, so when I got my Pinebook, for some reason I can’t do anything with it. I have a SD card with a image and everything but when I plug it in to a AC adapter, it just blinks the power light and nothing happens. Please help

Will the RTC be available in the December 12, 2017 Rock64 release?

Current Pine64 is doing home automation and want to migrate automation to the Rock64 (4Gb/eMMC/RTC).

Turned old RPi's in to automation slaves (the collective) for the Pine64. 

Will the Rock64 run Ubuntu 64 bit Kodi 4K mode?  (not interested in Android)

Current KODI boxes here are Aopen digital power hungry engines running Ubuntu 64bit mode (which do 4K just fine but want a smaller footprint).

Hi All, 

I bought my Pine64 before release but have neglected it since so in need of some help. I am after some initial pointers and tips as I aim to build a Hybrid RC car. 

Any advice would be useful, software to use, potential issues, anything and everything... open chat. I'm comfortable uploading and booting software but something like this is me jumping in at the deep end so looking for a bit of direction. 

Many thanks, 

Hello guys.
I'm trying to connect a sony play tv to my pine64.
it should use the module dvb-usb-dib0700
but some how they are not there.

the firmware for the module is there. but the modules itself are not.
I checked the config.gz for the current kernel and there is no even the option.

does any one know how to get that module?

On regular linux systems I would say download the kernel complile and install but here I'm a bit affraid of doing that :-)
I was hoping apt-get could do it but
now I'm a bit lost.

Regards.

To make it stronger competitor to others?

Now it is weaker in comparing to Asus TinkerBoard. Especially from Mali performance perspective. I mean better CPU architecture gives piko gain over RK3288 of Tinker, yet it is worth to note that Rock64 is driven by 1.3GHz CPU while Tinker - 1.8GHz. But Rock64 wins by supporting USB3, however is almost 2x slower when using advanced OpenCV algorithms.

Hi, 

I wonder if someone can help me with this one: in the past I used a Raspberry Pi to run via the GPIOs a stepper motor. That required updating of the /boot/config.txt file (on the RPi) as follows:

Enable i2c, i2s and spi (only if not already enabled)

$ echo "dtparam=i2c_arm=on" >> /boot/config.txt

$ echo "dtparam=i2s=on" >> /boot/config.txt

$ echo "dtparam=spi=on" >> /boot/config.txt

$ echo "dtoverlay=pps-gpio,gpiopin=24" >> /boot/config.txt

I have not found in the boot directory of the Rock64 anything similar, and do not know whether required.

In this Forum I came across this thread on 

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=5331 which refers to a package RPi.GPIO-PineA64 package to configure the GPIOs. Is this something I should do to enable I2C, I2s and SPI?

Would really appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance, 

Helge

Hi! I'd like to know if it's possible to use a GSPCA webcam (Genius Eye 312) and what should I do to make this work...


I connected it and it's recognized but I don't have the needed kernel modules 

11: USB 00.0: 11200 TV Card
  [Created at usb.122]
  Unique ID: PYMB.aEpd4CIdXq6
  Parent ID: zPk0.0z742tmRuH6
  SysFS ID: /devices/platform/usb@ff600000/ff600000.dwc3/xhci-hcd.8.auto/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0
  SysFS BusID: 4-1:1.0
  Hardware Class: tv card
  Model: "Pixart Imaging Webcam Genius"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x093a "Pixart Imaging, Inc."
  Device: usb 0x2622 "Webcam Genius"
  Revision: "1.00"
  Speed: 12 Mbps
  Module Alias: "usb:v093Ap2622d0100dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: gspca_pac7311 is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe gspca_pac7311"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #10 (Hub)



Any help woult be appreciated!