I am a 90% n00b when it comes to Linux.

I got my Pine64, I got a non-counterfeit SD card, and put the Debian install on it.

What I am trying to do now is get JRiver Media Center for ARM installed using these instructions:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=99370.0


Problem is, I open the terminal, I try to use wget and it says it doesn't recognize the command.

Not sure where to go from here.

Here's the command I am trying to use:

wget -q "http://dist.jriver.com/mediacenter@jriver.com.gpg.key" -O- | sudo apt-key add -



Any help is appreciated!

As the title suggests My Pine 7" LCD is working (showing graphics) but not responsive to touch at all. Im booting the LCD android 5.1 from the wiki. 
The only thing I can think of, is look how sheet the ribbon cable plug was attached to the board from factory. I couldnt say If its the problem but Its suspicious.
 

Hey guys.
Would anyone of you who have the correct board dimensions just pass it to me.

Thanks again.

Hi. I compiled Android sdk from wiki without errors, but now i dont know how flash the files to sdcard (boot.img, system.img. recovery.img)

And i compile U-Boot from longsleep, this is compatible with Android?

What is the partition layout for Android? I try this http://linux-sunxi.org/Boot_Android_from..._Partition

I ordered three of these from e-bay :

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/111706418228

I've only got 2 Pine 64 (2GB), but I can always use another one with NextThing CHIP.

I also ordered 4 of these (thinking it was 1 per package - but turns out I'm getting 40 of them!) :

    http://www.ebay.ca/itm/201477249384

I can always rig them up as adapters to convert between 2 pin and 3 pin connectors...

I have encountered a new issue.  Every so often my pine will crash to a near black screen.  The lights are all still on but I can't get a response to anything I try.   It happens often while streaming video on kodi.  Sometimes it just happens when I am not running any programs.  Any suggestions as to what might be the issue?

Well, for starters let me say that I am very frustrated by my interaction with this board. I'm in no way a hardware guy, but I'm a developer, so it should be fairly easy for me to get this thing started. However, nothing works. I'm pretty sure my board is not DOA, but that it doesn't like something I do; only there are too many things that it can dislike, for me to try them all.

So, here's my setup:
1. Memory
I've seen the posts about counterfeit SD cards, and I'm fairly sure that mine is not. It's a 64GB SanDisk Class 10 card. Nothing fancy, but it should do the trick. Nothing else to say here.

2. Display
I originally tried hooking it up to my Samsung monitor, which only has DVI and VGA, so I used a DVI -> HDMI converter. After I saw all the "no-no" posts about this, I hooked it up to my Phillips TV, which has HDMI input. My TV is HD Ready (meaning 720p, however it does say that it supports 1080p coming from computers). The only thing I can't verify is my HDMI cable, but it does work on my XBox 360, so why shouldn't it work with the Pine?

3. Peripherals
Originally I started it with just HDMI and ethernet cable. After a few seconds, the ethernet connection started showing activity (both yellow and green lights lit up; this is the reason I think my board is not DOA). However after I saw the posts about not hooking anything up but the display and card, I also removed the ethernet cable.

4. Power
First I tried with an old no-name phone charger and the USB cable I got with my phone. Later I found out that the charger only gives 5V 1A, so next I tried it with my OnePlus One charger, which outputs exactly 5V 2A. The cable seems also pretty good quality. The only thing I'm worried about here, is that my OPO charger has a US-type socket, and I live in Europe, so I'm also using an adapter (but AFAIK that doesn't transform the current).

5. Software
I tried all 3 methods of flashing Android and RemixOS onto my card: Win32DiskImager, PhoenixCard and DD (the last one via ubuntu). Since I haven't found a video which follows this process from start till end (including sticking the card into the board and booting), I have no idea about stuff like what filesystem to use (for Win32DiskImager and DD -- PhoenixCard formats the card), and stuff like that.

6. Other stuff
I'm pretty sure I've tried almost all the suggestions on this forum, and no, nothing worked.

After trying all these things, I will probably try flashing Ubuntu as my last resort (although I'm not getting my hopes up), but the end result will probably stay the same: the board starts (red LED), stays on as long as I let it, however there's no video to my screen.

As I said at the beginning, my experience with this board is incredibly frustrating, and I can barely refrain myself from using certain words to describe the project leaders, because honestly? I don't think I'll ever get it to work. Some people say it can be resolved via a software improvement, but I think it's a hardware problem, and that I can throw the board away. In any case, in hopes that I'm wrong, I'll keep the board for a couple of months, and try again. If it still won't work, I'll throw it away and get myself a Pi3, and always be angry at myself for being to cheap to spend an extra $20 to go for the Pi from the beginning.

Also, I understand that the project owners are still having headaches to fulfill the Kickstarter pledges, but that does not in any way mean that they should neglect documentation & software. The wiki page is nothing more than a bunch of user-written suggestions. The Android & Ubuntu images are also user-contrib, so basically low-to-none software support from the creators, just a shiny board.

PS. What's up with the power button being in the yellow shipping bag?! It should be in the box at least. I've thrown it away and had to go through my trash to get it back.

I honestly hope you guys are having better luck than me

Hi,

there was a power button shipped with the pine64. Where do I attach it to the board?

Hi,

I would like to know if there is any specific instruction on how to install Gentoo or Linux From Scratch on Pine64.

For raspberry pi I used to install raspbian and copy the firmware and kenrel files to my Gentoo installation.

I just wanted to know if there is any specific "setting" required in order to run a linux distribution on Pine64 or some firmware blobs and where I could find those.

Thank you very much in advance!

So I'm a little embarrassed this has stumped me. I've never set up a mail server before, though and I'm having some trouble. I don't want a full mail server at this point, I just want to send outbound notifications to myself, so I'm not linking this to a valid domain name.

First, I installed postfix , since that seemed to be the consensus as the best option. And.... that's where I'm stumped. The mail command just hangs when I try to send a test message to my Gmail account, and I'm sure I need to set up some parameters in the /etc/postfix/main.cf config file but I'm struggling to figure it out what exactly.

I've looked at this, but I'm not really seeing an answer there. Also, I should add that it appears postfix is running OK: