INSTALLING VS CODE

You'll need to enable multiarch with armhf support, as you'll be using an armhf build of VS Code since arm64 support is still in the works. (TODO: add github issue link where the VS Code team discusses this)

(05-14-2017, 04:59 AM)longsleep Wrote: cat > "/etc/chromium-browser/default" <<EOF
# Default settings for chromium-browser. This file is sourced by /bin/sh from
# /usr/bin/chromium-browser

# Options to pass to chromium-browser
CHROMIUM_FLAGS="\
--disable-smooth-scrolling \
--disable-low-res-tiling \
--enable-low-end-device-mode \
--num-raster-threads=4 \
--profiler-timing=0 \
--disable-composited-antialiasing \
"
EOF

(05-13-2017, 07:53 AM)Luke Wrote: These settings considerably improve chromium performance- please test them out and offer feedback.

In chromium searchbar type: Chrome://flags
Set the following:

Experimental canvas features - enable
Memory ablation experiment - enable (or 100mb - try both)

Hi! Thanks to sunxi mainlining effort [1] a lot of features should be already included in Linux kernel 4.11. Have anybody tried to get Fedora 26 Alpha [2] on Pinebook? I only found some experiments with Fedora 25 [3].

[1] http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/26/Schedule
[3] https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/fe...he-pine64/

The 11-inch Pinebook seems to have a odd issue with the backslash/pipe key which types out a greater than and less than symbol (< >).  Here's how to fix it.  Put this in one of your login scripts like .bashrc or /etc/profile or /etc/bash.bashrc

xmodmap -e 'keycode 94 = backslash bar'

Just wanted to share ayufan's Android and Linux builds. Needless to say these are work-in-progress builds and some may not even work. You can follow the builds live and download them once they finish.

Ayufan's ubuntu image does not have the screen tearing issue - you can download it from here

Hello all!  Finally getting around to trying my 2GB Pine 64 I got through the Kickstarter.  Setting it up as a home calendar in the kitchen to replace a Raspberry PI version I have running that is beyond ready to retire.  

-I bought a Samsung EVO+ 32GB microSD off Amazon.  I figured not skimping on the boot drive was the way to go for these boards.
-I also bought a Anker 3A 5V supply with "Qualcomms IQ" support.  I use these chargers on some really big backup battery packs and know they can put out a good bit of current.  I am also using a really good MicroUSB cable.
-I have a tested HDMI I used with the Raspberry PI.
-I have 3 different monitors.  A Dell, Samsung, and a touch screen Lenovo I intend on using.  
-I have tried 4 different images (Android 6.0, Android 6.0 rooted, Remix OS 2.0, and Android 7.0
-I have used Win32Imager, Etcher, and am now flashing a image via Pine64Installer (very cool program by the way - talk about making it easy to image a card!)

I have tried prepping the card different ways using diskpart and cleaning the partition off the disk and still haven't had any luck getting the board to boot (or so I thought).

I then hooked up Wireshark to the Pine board and sure enough, ~55 seconds after applying power (Remix test) I get Ethernet activity whoch tells me the board is booting but not putting out any HDMI.  I've tried 3 different displays.  The Samsung won't even allow me to select the HDMI input as it says no HDMI device is detected.  

Any idea how to get the HDMI output working on these boards?  Do they need configured for HD displays after booting with a different display type (LCD)?

Thanks!

If this was discussed already, please forgive me. I only discovered Pine64 and Pinebook recently.

From what I've read about the Pinebook it looks like it basically uses a product specific laptop motherboard derived from the Pine64. When I first saw the product I was excited and assumed it contained a Pine64 or a SOPine. Then when a faster Pine64 SOC is released I could just swap boards for a cheap upgrade. 

I'm just curious why that route wasn't taken. $100 is a cheap laptop for sure, but I'd be willing to bet the keyboard, screen, and wifi etc are still good in 2 or 3 years and it would be nice to be able to re-use via upgrade. Maybe this is something you can consider for future models?

Hello,

Just a quick heads up, the Pine64 Installer Utility is available. It makes it easy to download and flash OS images for your Pine devices. The utility works on Mac OSX, Windows 7/8/10 as well as Linux.

You start by picking an OS image for your device:

   

You can select the Pine device from a drop down menu. Once you've selected your device and OS, the Pine Installer will fetch the desired OS image:

   

Once the image has downloaded, simply connect your MicroSD card to your computer. The Pine Installer will recognise it and walk you through the process of flashing the image.  

You can discuss the Pine64 Installer here. I have locked the thread to prevent a duplicate discussion.

Please visit our PINE64 Installer GitHub page to start flashing your MicroSD.

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When will Remix OS be available for sopine?

Got a couple of the sopine + baseboard + power combos. They just arrived, but neither seems to boot. I've tried several images on the SD-Card including the currated sopine Ubuntu image from the wiki: http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Main_Pa..._OS_Images

I create the sdcard using