Hello all! 

  I got my Pine64+ 2GB model this morning, and set it up with Debian Linux with MATE GUI (From the Pine64 Wiki), did the usual update/upgrade, then installed and configured SSH, Samba and CUPS. I felt I made a good setup and wanted to make a disk image of my work so I could start from that point if I made any mistakes and/or wanted to revert to an updating working image. I plug the microSD card back into the computer I used to put the image on in the first place, and Windows (10 Pro) asked if I wanted to format it and at that only wanted to format it at 50MB capacity. The card in question is a 32GB Samsung EVO microSDHC card. I got worried and thought the card was a dud, but plugging it back into the PINE64 shows that it still works fine (as far as I know). 
  So my questions are, is there a way I can still backup the image on windows (10)? Do I need to back it up under a Linux distro? Something else?

I have a 2gb pine64 board. I have managed to load up remixos and android on it without issues. However i found that the NIC does not connect well when using long cables. I have cat6 cables going throughout the house and when i connect the pine64 directly to my router with a 2-3m network cable it works and connects fine. However when i move it to my living room where i would like the device to be, it doesn't connect. On remixos i can see that it gets an ip address, but does not connect to the internet or even the router page. Is there a design flaw for the NIC or would it be android related?

Hey guys

I have tried to use a couple of players to try to get 5.1 surround from the pine64. I tested it with kodi, mx player and the native players both in remix and pure android. It just outputs stereo sound via hdmi although its DTS audio. On Kodi for android i tried using the audio passthrough to an amp i have (which can decode dts, as done by my old boxee box) but the audio cuts off every 3-4 seconds. Has anyone have any luck in running this as a true media center? Or has anyone managed to get 5.1 output out of a dts/dolby audio? 1080p video plays fine though.

Hi Guys,

I have tried every way of installing Remix latest version - using Phoenix or DD 8GB image onto a 64Gb card, but no luck. Its stuck for hours together on the flashing RemixOS screen. I have used DD image from the software page as well as from one of the posts, but no luck. 

Earlier, when the version was made available, I was able to boot it but it was sluggish - but now its just stuck at the RemixOS screen - any help?

Thanks!

I've seen a number of posts about people having issues with booting, and one thing brought up a lot is not using a good power supply.  I ordered one of the Pine power supplies as an add on, but don't have it yet.  In the meantime, I've ordered from one Amazon that was marked as being for Raspberry Pi 3, rated at 5V, 2.5A, by CanaKit.

What I want to know though, is how high of a current rating can be used?  I don't know if higher current rated power supplies are out there, but if so, could I use a 5.0A, or even a 10.0A?  What is the limit?  I've read that plugging in externals like USB stuff could draw more current and cause voltage drops, so I'm wondering if I should be trying to find a higher current power supply if I plan on plugging in stuff.

And if a supply is rated for higher current, does that mean the current is available if necessary, or will it be always cranking out that much?  If the board is only trying to draw 2.1A, will a 5.0A supply only supply the 2.1A?  I don't want to get a supply that risks burning out the board.

Sorry if these are obvious, I'm not great with electrical stuff.  Thanks!

Hey,

So I recently bought a new monitor for my Pine64 that has a DVI in. HDMI and DVI are both digital, so I bought a converter cable to connect my pine to the monitor. It doesn't work unfortunately (black screen.) I just googled it today and found on the wiki that...

"Do not use a DVI-HDMI adapter. If you want video output, use a HDMI cable direct to a HDMI monitor or TV. This may change as development continues."

Why is this? Would it work if I installed a different flavor of linux on my card instead of using the image given?

Dear Pine64 users,

My fresh installed Pine64 is running Ubuntu Xenial after some strange crashes when trying to do a system upgrade : I had to made all the update using the serial console ... Now, everything is working fine, except ... ownCloud !

Apache2 is installed with PHP7/MySQL. A simple PHP file displaying the phpinfo() informations works fine.

Now ownCLoud 9 is installed and properly configured, according to the online owncloud installation manual. The setup seems to run fine (using the MyDSL DB), but the system become unresponsive on both the SSH remote console and the serial console when the owncloud pages starts to get displayed. No way to get any debug messages.

How can the system get debugged in order to try to understand what happens ?

Many thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Jean

Just a quick writeup on how I got Pi-Hole running on a Pine A64 512MB.  I am by no means a professional or expert, just know enough to really mess things up!  If I screwed anything up or am doing anything the hard way, please don't hesitate to correct me!

What is Pi-hole?
pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements (designed for Raspberry Pi)
https://pi-hole.net/

Install Ubuntu following damikeh's How To

Boot it up, personally I would suggest changing the default password and possibly adding another account, and changing the hostname but that's just my personal preference.

Update the repos and check for upgrades by running

Received Aerb Wireless Keyboard airmouse these in the mail.

Works flawless for Pine64 running Kodi TV.

Only downside, can only program the 4 colored buttons and the power button. Overall, very happy.

http://www.amazon.com/Aerb-Wireless-Keyb...B00K768DHY

So I managed to get HDMI->DVI working today after a lengthy conversation with Baryluk yesterday night. I have previously experienced a problem where colour black would be displayed as pink on my monitor using a HDMI->DVI connection. This happened over a cable that had a HDMI connector on one end and a DVI on the other.  Today I bough a converter that plugs in on the end of a regular HDMI cable and I am no longer experiencing the problem with colour black being correctly displayed. For those of you in the UK/ EU - this is the converter I got: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Genuine...+converter

I've seen some posts about this on here so I figured its worth sharing.