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| Pinetab 2 as Pinebook Pro replacement |
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Posted by: Corkonian - 06-05-2023, 06:32 AM - Forum: PineTab Software
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I am a huge supporter of SBC and low-power computing and I've been using a *lot* of Pine64 systems over the years. I used to run A64, original 14" and 12" PineBooks and the 14" PineBook Pro.
I have retired everything but the PineBook Pro, as memory and CPU no longer live up to modern standards.
The original Pinebook Pro is showing its age, too and I blindly ordered a PineTab 2 to replace the PineBook Pro. More RAM always helps.
I do not intend to run the PineTab 2 as a tablet, screen real estate is too small, but I will keep the keyboard always attached, so no special tablet features are needed.
Given the architectural similarities between PineBook Pro and PineTab 2, will the PineBook Pro Manjaro run on the PineTab 2/??
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| Another stuck watch! |
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Posted by: Ralpharama - 06-05-2023, 03:48 AM - Forum: General Discussion on PineTime
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Hi all,
I just got my sealed PineTime a month ago, it was all up to date and working fine, then I left it in a bag and it discharged its battery. When I put it on the cradle to charge I get the pinecone in green, then it freezes on the InfiniTime logo. After reading other posts on the forum I tried various things.
- reset it - same thing happens
- reset it to blue pinecone - same thing happens
- reset it to red pinecone - same thing happens
- gadgetbridge was already disconnected, but I also turned off my phone and left it off and tried the above again
- allowed the watch to discharge its battery again then tried the above again with phone off (so there's no chance of any connection)
So I'm stuck, no matter what I do I can't seem to get past the InifiTime logo.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
Ralph
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| Separate ISO keyboard for PBP |
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Posted by: Besouro - 06-04-2023, 02:51 PM - Forum: Pinebook Pro Hardware and Accessories
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Hello,
It's been some time already that Pine stopped selling PBP's with an ISO keyboard.
I couldn't find any separate ISO keyboard in the Pine shop nor something similar on Aliexpress. I'm not interested in a used PBP.
Anybody knows if the ISO keyboard can be purchased separately and if so where?
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| SD Card has wrong capacity |
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Posted by: AndyM - 06-04-2023, 07:27 AM - Forum: General Discussion on PinePhone
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After flashing an OS to my 16GB micro SD I find that it erroneously reports in, for example, parted as 4GB.
Code: $ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 2M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 39.1G 0 part /
├─sda3 8:3 0 7.8G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda4 8:4 0 418.9G 0 part /home
sdb 8:16 1 15G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 15G 0 part
Code: $ sudo parted /dev/sdb
GNU Parted 3.6
Using /dev/sdb
[menu]
(parted) print all
Model: (file)
Disk /dev/sdb: 4092MB
I have googled endlessly but cannot find a way of fixing this.
I would like to use the 16GB SD card for data.
Any help would be appreciated as usual.
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| Star64: SATA |
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Posted by: Der Geist der Maschine - 06-03-2023, 09:21 PM - Forum: Getting Started
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From the Star64 wiki
Quote:The 4-pin 12 volt JST-XH-4A connector found on the Star64 is incompatible with the dual SATA power adapter intended for the ROCKPro64. The connector on the Star64 is rotated 180 degrees to the one on the ROCKPro64, resulting in the cable receiving +12V where GND is expected and vice versa. The cable's internal circuitry ends up shorting in this configuration."
@tllim will the Pine Store eventually sell a cable for the Star64?
PS: Isn't it time to have a Star64 subforum (and move all star64 post into that subform)?
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| Fixing the Quartz64 USB3 Port with the soldering iron |
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Posted by: Hemi03 - 06-03-2023, 06:43 PM - Forum: Quartz64 Tutorials
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In this tutorial I will document what components i desolderd, to fix the flaky USB3 Port on the Quartz64.
To fix the issues with USB3 you need to disconnect the sata connector, it is messing with the USB3 connection.
This will disable the sata connector and you will only be left with a USB3 Connector (a working one tho).
WARNING: THIS CAN BREAK YOUR DEVICE AND THAT WILL BE YOUR FAULT
Only proceed if you have advanced soldering skills, the components are very small.
You need:
- A hight power soldering iron (my Pinecil strugglet a faire bit)
- A fine tip for the iron
- Flux Paste
First locate the 4 resistors that connect the sata connector, i numberd them in this picture:
![[Image: Quartz-USB3-fix.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/bw4QDWJR/Quartz-USB3-fix.jpg)
I simply applied flux paste on to the resistors and pushed them of there pads with the hot soldering iron.
After that USB3 should just work fine.
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| Star64: GPU firmware loading on Armbian |
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Posted by: Der Geist der Maschine - 06-03-2023, 01:01 PM - Forum: Getting Started
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GPU firmware loading fails on armbian:
Code: [ 0.698528] PVR_K:(Fatal): 1: All RGX Firmware image loads failed for 'rgx.fw.36.50.54.182' (PVRSRV_ERROR_NOT_FOUND) [1599]
[ 0.698565] PVR_K:(Error): 1: RGXInit: InitFirmware failed (275) [1556]
[ 0.698592] PVR_K:(Error): 1: RGXInit() failed (PVRSRV_ERROR_NOT_FOUND) in PVRSRVCommonDeviceInitialise() [2156]
[ 0.698626] PVR_K:(Error): 1: PVRSRVDeviceFinalise() failed (PVRSRV_ERROR_NOT_INITIALISED) in PVRSRVCommonDeviceInitialise() [2170]
[ 0.698664] [drm:pvr_drm_load] *ERROR* device (____ptrval____) initialisation failed (err=-19)
This is probably a first step in having GPU support in Xorg and Wayland.
Apply this kernel patch
Code: schaecsn@pc:~/risc/linux# git diff drivers/gpu/drm/img/img-rogue/Kconfig
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/img/img-rogue/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/img/img-rogue/Kconfig
index 5b793bb9da0e..6f84a2643e02 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/img/img-rogue/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/img/img-rogue/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
config DRM_IMG_ROGUE
- bool "DRM support for PowerVR GPU"
+ tristate "DRM support for PowerVR GPU"
select DRM_IMG
default n
help
Configure the gpu driver as a module
Code: schaecsn@pc:~/riscv/linux$ scripts/config -m CONFIG_DRM_IMG_ROGUE
Rebuild the kernel and modules and install them.
The driver needs to be compiled as a kernel module. Unsophisticated guess: that moves out the initialization of the gpu from initrd into systemd-land. That is why the firmware does not need to be in initrd but can reside on the /-filesystem.
The two firmware blobs rgx.fw.36.50.54.182 rgx.sh.36.50.54.182 need to be moved into /lib/firmware/ directory. They come from starfive-'s github repro https://media.githubusercontent.com/medi...866.tar.gz
Code: schaecsn@star64:~$ sudo mv img-gpu-powervr-bin-1.17.6210866/target/lib/firmware/* /lib/firmware/
A reboot shows successful firmware load
Code: [ 26.414834] PVR_K: 362: Read BVNC 36.50.54.182 from HW device registers
[ 26.414879] PVR_K: 362: RGX Device registered BVNC 36.50.54.182 with 1 core in the system
[ 26.422574] PVR_K: 362: RGX Firmware image 'rgx.fw.36.50.54.182' loaded
[ 26.442903] PVR_K: 362: Shader binary image 'rgx.sh.36.50.54.182' loaded
Th next step in having GPU support in Xorg and Wayland is probably installing the libs, bin, and headers from said img-gpu-powervr-bin-1.17.6210866.tar.gz "[this] is a GPU library packages from Imagination and provide GPU firmware, libOpenCL, vulkan, gles2, gles3. This library is not open source, only provide with binary library." I have not tried that.
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| Any suggestions for USB audio devices? |
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Posted by: unixpoet - 06-03-2023, 11:11 AM - Forum: RockPro64 Hardware and Accessories
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I'm looking for suggestions for good USB audio interfaces for the RockPro64. I'm encountering clipping at low volumes with the 3.5mm jack and would like something more capable. I won't be connecting a TV or anything like that to the RockPro64, so HDMI isn't an option. I'd love something like the Focusrite Scarlett Solo I have connected to my workstation, but without the ports I don't need :)
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| 2TB SD Card Write Errors |
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Posted by: jiacovelli - 06-02-2023, 02:18 PM - Forum: Linux on Pinebook Pro
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Per the booklet, I got the largest SD card compatible with the Pinebook Pro. I can successfully format, check it for errors and mount it. As soon as a write attempt is made, even just a mkdir, errors occur (invalid block bitmap). I've tried both ext4 and ext3.
Has anyone had success mounting and using that large an SD card? Thanks.
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