hello,
does anyone know if a fully updated linux distro of an earlier iteration [ubuntu 14.04], but basically any one you care to select, is the same as having the newest distro .iso package of the same iteration.. for instance if i have ubuntu 14.04 that was installed in march 2016 but has been updated at least monthly for the past year, is that the same as if i download latest ubuntu 14.04 .iso from online and install it with option for newest packages checked? i was recently told that getting latest .iso and installing with checkmark to install latest updates will provide a different, i.e. more complete, 14.04 install than what i have which is updated install from 3/2016. i thought my updated install would be same as.

I own a Pine64 in service as my home thermostat, among other things. Point is that my Pine64 stays in my house for the winter, I don't take it out of service for any kind of development purposes.  I don't live in my home much, so for development purposes, I check out a Pine64 SBC from a tech library nearby where my wife lives with me much of the time (long story).

I ran longsleep's script line (below) on the public SBC:

HI, been a long learning road for me but happy finally getting my ks Pinea64 working a bit. Just hooked up the humidity and temp sensor. (Don't know what a POT is as the wiki shows a wifi board but I have a board that connects to my Pine.) Anyways, can someone please recommend any software for Android (v7) that I can get to use the humidity sensors? Don't know what works and don't want to get frustrated...  Thanks!

Just wondering if it's possible I have a bad lcd? Ive followed the instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTCIiChXfSQ to install the lcd but I only get a blank screen. Everything looks good, the cables are tight, can send a pic if asked. Don't know what's wrong. Using the Android OS as it supports the lcd, and I get a boot when I connect the pineA64 to my TV. Bought a new power plug in case that was it and right now running out of ideas........ Was very happy to get the OS to finally boot and am getting anxious to start to use the Pine...

Hi there!

I'll buy the P64+ 2GB Starter Kit and a co-worker told me that in some RPI not all hard disks are compatible.
I want to know some good 3TB HDD available in Amazon for use it with the P64.

Do you recommend some specific brand?

Please, note HDD not SSD.

Thanks! 

Hi together!

I need help with my Pine64 2GB RAM Board.

The problem is a very long boot time, if ethernet is unplugged. The systems hangs on "[XXXXXXXX] Call trace:".
Nothing else behind this note.
The system boots completely after 4-7 minutes, but only if ethernet is unplugged.
If ethernet is plugged in, the system starts within 1 minute.

It doesn't matter which version of Pine64 I'm using, because I already tried 512 MB, 1 GB and 2 GB of RAM.

Some information about my setup:
- Ubuntu 16.04 with updated kernel and U-Boot via update scripts.
- installed WiFi-/Bluetooth module.
- Static IP address via WiFi in /etc/network/interfaces and router.
- No connection via ethernet, just via WiFi.
- Samsung Evo microsd card.
- Official Pine64 power supply from Pine64 shop.
- Deleted standard MAC address.

Please help me with my little problem.

Best regards
Julian

Ok, weird issue here. I hooked up the standard lcd and wifi module but the screen just stays black.
I re-hooked and triple checked each of the connections and the best I got was a quick white flash of the LCD screen then black. I tried a different SD card but no joy. I have a replacement LCD cable inbound but I'm not sure that's the real issue.

Anyone run into this before? I didn't have an hdmi monitor I could test with at this time to make sure the board's working but that's a task for tomorrow.

Thanks!
Bryce

Would it be possible to somehow connect and run a GPU into a Pine 64 for cryptocurrency mining purposes?  

Any hardware that might be able to make a PCI-e 1x connection interface with this hardware?

I need to use flashrom utility for flashing my bios rom. And flashrom need spi and spi device should be in spidev0.0 how can i do that in pine64? I searched a lot but i couldnt found. Someone said i should change device tree but i dont know how. Thanks a lot.

Hi,

Has anyone had luck using i2c in android ?