I'd like to install this application, but my first attempt gave an error concerning not being a correct binary image. What considerations do you need to take in looking for applications that run on Linux?

See full update on post #2 below:


         


I plan to mount this 5v brushless fan under the clear Rock64 shipping case using very tiny machine screws set directly into the soft plastic ( for a little later ).  The motor leads ( red +5v,  black grnd ) are plugged into the PI-2 bus voltage pins with a 2N2222 transistor in the power lead ( collector emitter ) and with the base lead plugged into the GPIO2_C2 (82) via biasing resistor.  

The theory is that a driver script ( fan_motor.sh ) will generate a soft-pwm signal to the base of the driver transistor allowing current to flow from collector to emitter;  with greatly reduced current, heat, and noise.  I have wrapped the 2N2222 transistor in an aluminum clip ( heatsink ) to help extend the life of the transistor;  the heatsink gets warm but does it's job quite well.

The simple driver script is listed below, and is also visible in the terminal pics below:

fan_motor.sh

Originally inspired by this thread I've decided to make a simple open source breakout PCB with some additional peripherals, essentially it's in the same form factor as a micro sd card, so it will be able to slot into the side of the pinebook giving the user access to some low level GPIO.

I'm just getting started now, I'll be posting updates in this thread as well it's possible to track the commits here.

Check out the github readme for the initial conception + peripherals list.

If you're interested in the project or have ideas/suggestions/feedback I would love to hear them!

-wlkr

I have different problem now with power plugged the power led blinks. If I unplug battery connector and then replug it, pinebook boot. If I remove power supply pinebook will turned off.

Greetings,

The purpose of this blog post is to introduce the  i3  window manager , as well the ayufan xenial-i3 pine community image.  I am a completely sold out i3wm convert ;  never going back--  i3 for me !

The i3 Window Manager Tutorials and Introductory Videos

       Tutorial Introduction from i3wm.org

       On-line Tutorial Video Part (1/3)

       On-line Tutorial Video Part (2/3)

       On-line Tutorial Video Part (3/3)

       i3wm User's Guide from i3wm.org

The above tutorials are well worth the time and effort, are fast--and fun--and will get you up and running with this super tiling windows manager on your new Pinebook !

I am currently running the 0.4.16 xenial-i3 on my Pinebook with the mate-terminal;  you may quickly want to replace the terminal on i3 because the font is so small, and because the dafault is a minimalist terminal;  the mate-terminal is fully equipped and ready to roll with nice fonts and a rich tool-bar:

       sudo apt install mate-terminal

Below I am going to show the interface of this excellent tiling window manager, and provide a batt_status.sh script which can be used to monitor your battery status more effectively than the i3 status bar.

         


The pic above is my first ( #1 ) virtual work space;  I have three terminals open--  it is clearly obvious why its called a tiling window manager.  Not to worry , floating windows are configurable too!

I'm doing some Python work in the left terminal, and in the right terminal I'm displaying the code ( also included here ) for displaying the battery status in a loop-- running in the bottom right-hand terminal of work-space #1.

I removed the battery block of my  .i3status.conf  file.  The script below ( batt_status.sh ) goes in your ~/bin/  folder and runs in a forever loop in a small terminal showing the battery current status ( charging | discharging ) the voltage in micro volts, and the percent capacity. 

Note:  the battery status bar component is broken on this image.  The script below is a simple elegant solution for battery monitoring in a tiling terminal environment.

batt_status.sh

Will 1 Gb board be enough for Kodi?

Hi all - I just received my Pinebook yesterday and I have really enjoyed the couple of hours that I have had to mess around with it.  (Definitely pleased that I have not experienced any of the DHL cracked screen / dead pixel / wonky keyboard issues that people have been writing about.)  

I am still trying to get comfortable with the different OSes that are available to us and, after installing Android 6 and then flipping the machine back to Mate, I started wondering if anybody had given any thought to dual-booting the machine.  Would something like this be possible? 

Yeah, I suppose I could keep an SD card around and have one OS on it but, well, dual booting would be convenient.  

I have enjoyed reading the forum over the last couple of days as I waited for my machine to arrive.

D.

Hello

Im sick about ubuntu mate..... too slow!!!

What do you recommend, Q4OS or Armbian?
I will install it on eMMC

Thanks

Hey guys, Linux newbie here. I got my Rock64 running with the new ubuntu image (xenial-mate-rock64-0.5.5-93-arm64.img.xz) and I'm trying to compile the Wifi+BT driver for my combo USB dongle. I cloned the git repo (Git) and tried compile it with "sudo make", but I keep getting an error. Anybody here can help me out?

hi. i have a yuntab B102(tulip-p1) tablet with an allwinner chipset that is stuck on the initial boot screen. i can enter recovery, but nothing in it resolves anything...

1. rebooting to bootloader freezes at the initial boot screen
2. factory reset works, but doesn't help
3. mounting system the 1st time actually caused this problem for some reason. no modifying.

i have tried the (HDMI version) marshmallow firmware(that's what it came with) rooted and no root. all i get is a blank screen when trying to boot. i don't know what else to do.

any suggestions?