I took an experimental stage3 tarball for arm64 (http://distfiles.gentoo.org/experimental/arm64/) and integrated that with longsleep's simple-image to get a working solution. For the actual installation I just plugged the card into a cardreader and used the normal Ubuntu image to bootstrap the system. Following the Gentoo installation handbook works just like normal, just skip the parts about building a kernel / installing a bootloader of course... so if you want to try running Gentoo on the Pine, feel free to play with this test image:

http://itsdave.co.uk/pine64/Gentoo/gentoo-pine64-20160804.img.gz  md5sum: 2F049A4C2C16A3AF827E5A43C6C46DEB

Upload fixed, thanks to ItsDave for hosting the file!

I upgraded the packages of the stage 3 tarball and rebuilt most packages on the live system afterwards, added longsleep's platform scripts and corekeeper is already running in the background. So far I didn't hit any obstacles with installing / compiling packages for ARM64...

A dhcp client and a sshd are listening on eth0 and the default user/pw is 'gentoo/gentoo' , root password is also 'gentoo' so you might want to change that :-)

Of course this all comes with no warranty for anything whatsoever, but if you have a need for Gentoo, you probably already know what you are doing.

There will be no official support for this image, but feel free to ask questions and suggest additions to the base image!

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2016-08-07 Update 1: If you run out of RAM while building larger projects (especially C++ ), try setting MAKEOPTS="-j3" instead of -j5

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2017-01-15 Update 2: As shaggy013 pointed out, there are actually autobuilds for arm64 stage3 tarballs : http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo...ge3-arm64/

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Please share if anybody is planning to use Pine64 to do UFO and/or wild animals observations.

I attached simple Microsoft's "LifeCam Cinema" USB webcam and installed ZoneMinder ... and it works quite good. Maybe not perfect (no 30 FPS @ 720p) but still ok.

Encouraged by that I have ordered few days ago 1920*1080p 30fps H.264 hd CMOS AR0330 2.8-12mm varifocal manual zoom mini usb camera module with Audio for machinary equipment.

With new camera I am planning to watch my street and compare image quality to current USB web cam. Later I will point new camera on the sky and try to do motion detection on flying birds. How to catch objects as small as flying plane? - I don't know .

First of all -- loving the work done with the Debian image!!

I have installed my image on 64G SD card. When I look at the disk usage, the drive is setup for 7.5G and I am using 4.something G of the space.
Are there instructions to expand the drive to the full capacity?

Thank you!

Mike

Is it possible to run 14.04 on Pine if so can I get a guide how?

Hello all,
So im using android and the pine for Xibo signage which is working really well.
Only problem is one element requires internet access, and our network is behind a proxy. now normally if you had wi-Fi you could just enter the proxy however we are using ethernet.

Is there a way to set the http proxy for ethernet?

Thanks,

What case do we get exactly ?  I tried looking at my pledge and it just says enclosure.    Do we get a play box for those that ordered with an LCD?

Thank you

Hi Guys,

I've received most of my package and I'm extremely excited to play around with it. I have yet to receive the Z wave module and the ABS Enclosure that I ordered in the beginning with KS, which is fine as I understand the complexity of suddenly sending a massive amount of stock. My query is that, I decided later on to add a 7" LCD panel (which I already have in my possession) but I originally included a regular ABS enclosure as that may have been the only available option at the time (Im actually surprised I didnt go for the acrylic as that would seem more conducive to my taste...). Is there any chance that I can switch my order to the play box enclosure instead? or would I have to wait until the online store has it in stock again? Thanks everyone.

Hi, I was happy to received my 2 Pine last week.

I have 2 different problems with both of them right now.

Pine #1
PineA64+ 2GB
Wifi module working
Power on/off switch soldered in place and working
Booted with supplied Android SD card
Connected to HDMI TV

I entered my Google Account and I was able to download 2 apps.
But now every app I tried to download is giving an error message.
"Authentication is required. You need to sign into your Google Account." (See attached image)
I click on the message, but is not asking me to sign it.
The actual Google Play Store is showing my email address linked to the account so it seemed it is connected.

Is there a way out so I can download new apps?

Pine #2
PineA64+ 2GB
Wifi module working
Power on/off switch soldered in place and working
Bought this one with the LCD Touch Screen

I download the specific Android version to work with the LCD Touch Screen
The LCD Screen is showing the desktop but when I touch the screen nothing happens. (See attach image)

Anything I did wrong or I should correct?
I checked wiring and it seems fine.

Thank you!

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Hi all together,

I wrote a tutorial on my offcial Facebook page for Pine64 about the installation of the LCD in german language.
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/pine-64-d...1482829756

For english speaking people:
I've explained all with pictures too! So, you could also understand my tutorial without words

I hope it'll help someone

Best regards
Julian

Hi my camera, Himax 5 Megapixel Camera Module , on the ORDER #8163248. My pine 64 plus with 2gb ram does not recognize the module. Is anyone else having this problem?