I wanted to exchange some files as easy as I do in all my machines, phones, tablets, etc. However there was nothing available in arm architecture, such as Dropbox, Ubuntu One as far as I see is no longer available, so I had to be creative, and I managed to find that mega had a binary for Raspbian, so from here it was a learning process...

This can also be used to run all the binaries that are made for armhf (raspberry pi an so on) on arm64 machines.

Lets go for the real HOW TO...

1st - it is necessary to download the software from the MEGA website. There is only one option when it comes to arm, so you need to go to https://mega.nz/cmd and download Raspbian 8.0 (Jessie) in 64 bits. The file name should be megacmd-Raspbian_8.0_armhf.deb

2nd - this binary comes for architecture armhf, so we need to activate multi-architecture in Pinebook Ubuntu Xenial so that we have access to all the requested libraries necessary to run. For that you should run:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf
sudo apt update

3rd - we are not there yet, as Mega uses some fancy cryptografic libraries, we need to add a source to the resources list. just run

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and add this line

deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ trusty main universe

after press control+x and say yes.

now run

sudo apt update

4th - now we have all resources to make the installation, run the instalation in the same folder were the megacmd is located

sudo gdebi megacmd-Raspbian_8.0_armhf.deb

just follow the instructions and reply yes, it might be the case that it ends in error, just ignore.

5th - now you are ready to run mega-cmd from the terminal. you will be asked your username and login, and after login it is similar to a linux terminal. You can also open another terminal and use the scripts mega-ls, mega-cd, etc, etc... just read tru the help... 

Very important is that you can also sync folders which can be very useful, just read the help on mega-sync command, nothing special to do.

BUGS - so far only bug found, and already reported to Mega.nz is that the get function (to download to your computer) does not work with filenames containing spaces. However using the folder syncing it works without any issues using the same files.

Anything that is not working properly, or you would like some explanation just drop a message or contact me in the Pine 64 irc channel.

Pinebook (or any arm64) - Linux Mega.nz Howto

Special Thanks to Xalius_PB11 on the multiarch...

I'm trying to figure out how many GPIO pins I can use on the EULER bus, from the schematic I see some which look like they may be usable as GPIO so long as I don't need their 'primary' functions....

For example PB3,PB5,PB6 are labeled as I2S_MCLK,I2S_BCLK and I2S_DOUT, can I use the as gpio??

If so, I see the following pins available for GPIO (please correct me if any of these won't work as GPIO)

PB3,PB5,PB6,PD2,PD3,PD1,PB2,PB8 on one side (assuming I don't use the uart for uart stuff)

And PH8,PB4,PB7,PD4,PD5,PD0,PD6,PD7 AND PB9 on the 'right side of the schematic'

Total: 8 + 9 = 17 GPIO available on EULER??

My project needs as many GPIO as possible, communications etc will all be by ethernet once data is collected into ram)
Thanks!

im making a Pine64 tablet with a c4 labs screen case, i want to put a 5v solar panel with a 5v 2A voltage regulator on the back to charge the 3.7V Li ion battery, im thinking about using a usb plug from the voltage regulator to the pine64 board, my questions are is this possible and do i have the voltage and amps correct to charge?

I've installed the Remix OS build from 2017-01-05 on Pine64+ 2Gb.  I'm using HDMI to a Yamaha home theater receiver which is connected to TV and speakers.

When playing a video, ex. youtube, there is no audio coming out the speakers. 
When I check the audio settings, there is just a grey box without any slider bars/knobs.

Did some searches on this forum, see similar issues but no solutions.

I have used this board with Linux OS previously and audio did work so it is not a hardware issue.

Can someone please respond with a solution to this problem?

Hi,

     I built a strongSwan on my VPS linux system as the server. I planed to connect my pine64 to the server via VPN, so I installed a strongSwan in it. However when I bring the connection up, there is something wrong. I refered to strongSwan website, and find that it requires the kernel support(the modules needed) https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/str...nelModules:

ah4
ah6
esp4
esp6
xfrm4_tunnel
xfrm6_tunnel
xfrm_user
ip_tunnel
tunnel
tunnel6
xfrm4_mode_tunnel
xfrm6_mode_tunnel

The system I had installed are Ubuntu Base Image [20161218-1] by longsleep and Ubuntu Mate [20161215] built by PINE64. However they both do not include these modules required.

So, how to insert these modules or should I recompile the kernel from the beginning.

Hi,
I've a Pine64+ 2GB, with RemixOS on board. It works well, but the WiFi Module does not receive any signal. I've inserted correctly the uFL connector to the WiFi Module, but nothing happend.
I have a Router on 2.4GHz, with a distance of 15mt. My Smartphone can reach the signal with quite-full power, but the Pine64 not.
I've bought another antenna with uFL connector:

2.4GHz Mini Flexible WiFi Antenna with uFL Connector

but I cannot get any signal. The only signal I can reach is the AP smartphone closer to about 1mt.

Somebody can help me?

Been using Ayufan's A6.1TV HDMI build for quite some time now. We use it primarily for Kodi and Netflix. Until last night. 

Last night I noticed the board was off. This was odd to me because we let it run continuously, 24/7. But the other half has been known to unplug it before, so I checked the power supply. Still plugged in to the wall with the OEM power supply. Hmm... Check the supply at the board. Yep, still plugged in. OK.... Let's power it on with the power button, holding the button down long enough for the red led to brighten slightly after initial power-up. Ok, Samsung TV seems to recognize incoming signal (1080/60p). After a few moments of no activity, the tv said "no signal." I looked at the pine, and the led power indicator was out.

What?????

Maybe retrying the previous process will do the trick.

Nope.

Hmm....

Maybe the PNY SD card went bad. Let's try the Samsung Evo SD card with WiKi's Rooted A5.1.1 LCD build burned on it.

Hey! The LCD still works! Booting hangs on the PINE A64 screen for a couple minutes, but A5.1.1 LCD eventually boots. Of course, still no HDMI display, but I know it's not meant to have HDMI & LCD outputs simultaneously.

Ok great, my pine didn't destroy itself or something.

Let's try the PNY SD card again with Ayufan's A6.1TV HDMI.

Same as before. Nothing and shut off on its own.

Ok, let's try the official Pine 64 SD card with Rasbian burned on it. Yep, that works. (I'm illiterate with that os, so I don't use it)

Ok...

Let's use Apple-pi Baker on OSX 10.12.4 to burn Auyfan's tried and true A6.1TV HDMI build on the official Pine 64 SD card.

After successfully "baking" my pi, I double checked the .uEnv file on the BOOT disk for uncommented 1080/60p (per my tv). Ok, that's good to go. Eject "BOOT" from MacBook.

This is it. It's going to work.

Nope. Exactly the same outcome as my original PNY SD card with the same, long-time working, A6.1TV HDMI build from Ayufan.

It's time for bed, let's ask the community tomorrow.


Does anybody have any ideas as to why my pine will not boot A6.1TV HDMI and even shut off shortly after powering on?

Sorry for the lengthy post, I just wanted to be as clear and accurate as possible while conveying my issue to you guys (and gals).

Thanks!

*ETA*


I just burned WiKi's Android 7.1 TV. Uncommented 1080p60 and booted. Kodi is up and running again. Still curious as to anybody else had the 6.1 issues I experienced and or solutions.

Thanks!

Android 7.1 (PINE A64(+)) v0.3.5-r61

Edit: This release includes Android 7.1 TV.

Anyone know what the reason was that MATE was chosen for the desktop environment?
I just installed LXDE and it looks like right off the bat it has a good 250-400 MB more RAM free after initial login. Seems like this would be a better choice for slim hardware like the Pinebook has.  I haven't used it for more than about 15 minutes so far, but seems to be much snappier.

Don't get me wrong...I'm not hating on MATE. I use it at work on my Dell desktop with full Compiz effects too.  Love it.

I spent some time playing with different browsers and exploring youtube playback options, and in this post I list my findings. Although Chromium is quicker than Firefox on the Pinebook - especially if you put in time to do some modifications - to my knowledge, it lacks a good plugin for easy playback of youtube (and other) videos using external player. I looked all over, read countless threads, but found just one plugin utility for chromium that kinda-sorta works.  However, it requires a lot of setup and is not a simple click-and-play solution because it requires you to have VLC launched in the background as well as a VLC server running at localhost:8080. I generally found it quite unreliable. 

So I moved onto Firefox. For starters, I did some tweaking to improve Firefox performance from terrible - to usable. Some things can be tweaked from the settings panel while others have to be enabled from a hidden options list. The very basics can be found in Preferences -> Advanced and:
In general: disable Smooth Scrolling
In Data Choices: disable Firefox Health Report

For the more advanced tweaks one needs to enter about:config in the URL bar. There is a search bar at the top so you can look for the settings I list below.

For starters you may want to make sure to prevent pinch-to-zoom behaviour by setting:
zoom.maxPercent to 100
zoom.minPercent to 100

Then find and set the following:
network.http.pipelining true
Network.http.proxy.pipelining true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests 8

Its also worth adding the following integers by right clicking anywhere on the about:config page, selecting New -> integer:

content.notify.interval 500000
browser.cache.memory.capacity 65536

Lastly, similarly to Chromium, it’s a good idea to move cache to ram by setting the following:
Browser.cache.disk.enable false
Browser.cache.memory.enable true
Browser.cache.memory.capacity  -1

The last variable can be tweaked; value of 100000 = 100mb RAM. The -1 value, as I understand it, refers to dynamic allocation of RAM usage. I don't know what the optimal setting for this ought to be.  Also, you can find out more about how much ram is used and other options by entering about:cache in the browser bar. 

Now that faster Firefox performance is improved (subjectively, when running off of eMMC, it’s on par with Chromium in Mate DE) we can move onto enabling playback via VLC player.

The plugin needed to achieve this is called VLC Youtube Shortcut. Extensive instructions are not needed for getting this to work - after installing the plugin, you will be able to just right click the youtube (or other) video in Firefox and select Play Video from link from the drop-down menu. 

To get good playback in VLC some tinkering is needed … but that is a topic for a different post.

Enjoy.