The forum has become somewhat messy and disorganised. I would like to restructure it slightly, rename some forums, add others, etc. Given below is my proposal for a new forum layout. Any input or suggestions much appreciated. 

A PLACE TO START - this forum includes a guide posted as a sticky explaining how to get the Pine64 up and running, noob questions and answers, and basic general discussion.

PROBLEMS, ISSUES, BUGS & SOLUTIONS - this forum is for discussion of various issues people have with the Pine64 and how to go about solving them. Could be further divided into more specific sub-forums, such as OS bug reports, display issues, power supply issues, etc.

USER PROJECTS - this forum is for people to propose and carry out their Pine64 related projects, so other people can follow along and add their help and advice along the way, if needed. A good example of this is Zoidano's car head unit: http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=303

SUGGESTIONS - suggestions for improving the Pine64 in future iterations (adding USB 3.0, more RAM, different SoC, SATA, etc), improving the forum. Basically any constructive, helpful suggestions that can help to improve the Pine64 community.

SOFTWARE - this forum can largely remain as it is at the moment, there are many fantastic contributors already in this forum doing a great job.

HARDWARE - discussion of all things hardware-related, i.e. AllWinner SoC, GPIO, USB interface, Ethernet, etc.

PERIPHERALS - talk about keyboards, remotes, pointers, WiFi dongles, all plug-in peripheral-related things.

GENERAL CHAT - a place to talk about non-Pine64 things - movies, games, travel, work, etc.


The current official Pine64 NEWS forum does not have much activity. It could either be revamped (maybe as PINE64 OFFICIAL or something), or merged into the other forums.

Please all comment and let me know your thoughts on this. The better we can make this forum and the access to relevant information for people searching for solutions, the more useful it will be.

I have a 512GB card. Is it possible to load many operating systems on it and pick which to use when (or IF since I have problems with my board) boot up?

I'm only getting at most 40KB/s if I'm lucky. Apt-get update usually times out, one time it took 30 minutes to update. This is with both Ubuntu and Debian images, what gives? Is my board defective? I take a rasperry pi and plug it into the same ethernet cable and I'm able to get awesome speeds. At this point the pine64 is unusable for anything

I almost feel bad for asking but I am just not sure I understand when I should expect my board.  Did I do something to push it out to a later date?

I ordered this:
The PINE A64+ Early Bird (February 2016)

Later I was offered an up-sell so I ordered these:

(2) PINE A64+ 2GB - PA642GBWIFI
(2) Wifi 802.11BGN/ Bluetooth 4.0 Module

I received this email with the latest update on the 4/4. I assume I am line #1 and line #7 but have not received anything yet.

The following lists of products have been already dispatched as of this morning: You should receive them in the next 2-5 days. 

1) 1GB PINE64 Board only February
2) 2GB PINE64 Bord only February
3) Holiday PINE64 board only
4) 1GB PINE64 Board only March
5) 2GB PINE64 Board only March
6) 1GB PINE64 Board + Wifi/BT February
7) 2GB PINE64 Board + Wifi/BT February
8) 1GB PINE64 Board + Wifi/BT March
9) 2GB PINE64 Board + Wifi/BT March
10) 512MB PINE64 Board only early bird up to first 1000 units (Fe

Did I order something that would have caused a delay?

Thanks,
Jim

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to give some info about torrent streaming with Kodi. I tested several android devices and all of them support torrent stream with Kodi, so I believe that the pine64 will to (I can't tell for sure because my pine is coming in May so I haven't tested it yet).

I'd suggest to install Kodi via play store, ore some other store and download these plugins:

Kmediatorrent - Github link (after installing the kmediatorrent you'll have to go only on kickass torrents provider as other providers don't work)

Installation - after you download the zip file put it on a USB drive. Then insert the USB drive into your pine and start Kodi. Go to System - Settings - Add-ons - install from zip file. Find your USB and select the kmediatorrent zip file. after it installs it go back to the home screen and go to videos - add-ons and you will find the kmediatorrent. You'll need to configure it - do it as you wish than, although I would recommend only to setup the subtitles if you need them and everything else will work fine.

Quasar plugin - just go to this link and follow the instructions. When you go to the download page for the quasar plugin I would recommend to use the android_arm as the pine uses the arm processor. [url=https://seo-michael.co.uk/how-to-install-pulsar-repo-setup-pulsar-for-xbmc/][/url]

If someone tries this please inform if everything went ok, if not I will post everything after testing it on my pine when I receive it.

Ok, so thanks to @SkairkrohBule and @Harrisburg, I've gotten the Pine64 running Arch...

The initial image appears to work well, however, I managed to kill it (panic'd boot) with un-graceful shutdowns.  I've run pacman -Syu, everything upgraded just fine.  Working on setting up OpenHAB, now.

Image needs some more work, however.

Is there a github for Arch work on pine64?

***************************************************************ALERT***************************************************************
          THIS TOOL HAS BEEN DEPRECATED. PLEASE USE THIS NEW TOOL TO INSTALL A GUI ON UBUNTU. THIS THREAD IS FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY
***********************************************************************************************************************************

Hey guys. I have coded a shell script to install a gui on your Pine64 Ubuntu installation.

https://github.com/Terra854/pine64-ubuntu-gui

Currently, the script is in beta, which means that there might be problems introduced after running the script. If there is problems and you are able to come out a fix for it, I will certainly welcome you to create a pull request in my repository.

Changelog:

-----17/04/2016-----
- Initial Release

-----20/04/2016-----
- KDE now starts automatically after Kubuntu is installed

-----24/04/2016-----
- Major changes to the script that will now install a more complete environment rather than the bare minimum of components.

-----25/04/2016-----
- The 'fix-whatever' shell script by longsleep will now execute automatically after the environment is installed
- Root is now required in order to execute the script

-----05/02/2016-----
- Included new drivers
- Included new software for Lubuntu installation.

hi all,

so you may have run into some problems installing node.js from source with the arch linux image. 

yes, i am aware you can use Arch's pacman package manager to install node.js and npm, but those tend to name them nodejs on the command line, not the standard node and then you get into a whole other how-to on fixing that. i prefer my node compiled from source and ready to go the way i expect it.

so i thought i'd put together this how-to for those who may have run into similar difficulties.

the short, tl;dr —

Arch Linux has python 3.5.1 installed (at least on the image we are using for Pine64 boards). make, node.gyp and the JavaScript V8 engine depend on python 2.7.x.

so do this —

install python2 to Arch Linux using —

Quote:#!/usr/bin/env python2

• install Python 2.7.x to your Arch Linux install using the pacman package manager —
  

• download your node.js install to compile from source for linux, which you can do on the nodejs.org site, or here on the particular node.js distriubtion version page.
  
• i downloaded mine to the Downloads directory under my home directory, or ~/Downloads/
  
• decompress the node.js source file using —
  

• switch to your home directory
  

• run the following in the command line —
  

• now switch back to the directory that has your node.js source install, and run the following —
  

• now test it out using —
  

So I'm having a terrible time finding a way to add the PineA64 to my harmony hub device list. I wish to control it via bluetooth but have had no luck in connecting my hub to it. I did get my hub to pair with my A64 by adding a playstation 3 to my harmony devices and pairing when the hub was broadcasting. Unfortunately, however, the harmony remote did nada. I guess ps3 bluetooth commands don't translate as generic remote bluetooth commands.   Anywho, should anyone be able to shed some light on the subject and save me from my ignorance; any help would be appreciated.

I got my 1GB Pine64 today, and was excited to finally try it.

Until I couldn't get it to boot.

After flashing the Debian image to a microSD card, I cannot get it to boot. Nothing but the red power light. I've tried two different TVs, different SD cards, different systems flashing the card, redownloading the image, flashing it several times (Win32DiskImager; this image does not need PhoenixCard), different power supplies, and different cables, and checking for network connectivity (no traffic found). 

I'm at my wit's end. Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong, other than a DOA board?