I have been struggling to make Bluetooth audio work with it. It stuttered a lot, but yesterday I found a solution. Please test it and report back, I need feedback from a few people so I can submit a kernel patch with enough confidence.
Quick explanation: A patch that fixes the stutters on ROCK Pi 4 boards, also based on the rk3399 board with the same BCM4345C5 Bluetooth device, also on UART0, has been submitted last November: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/lin...tions.com/
This fix sets the correct right max-speed and compatibility configurations for the Bluetooth device to work correctly. It is already present for the Pinebook Pro. The same fix needs to be applied for the RockPro64.
I'm using Armbian, so the following instructions might need to be adapted for other distributions, though the fix not to be specific to Armbian and the instructions might be generic enough.
I attached 3 files to this post. Please remove the .txt extensions when downloading them. Here's how to use them.
Testing quicky
First, I only tested this on linux 5.18. This is not the default kernel version on Armbian for the RockPro64. The default kernel is 5.15. To install version 5.18, you can use the armbian-config tool which will install the linux-image-edge-rockchip64 kernel. 5.15 might work but I haven't tested it.
So:
Backup your stuff. We are messing with boot files.
If you haven't already, install linux 5.18 (the linux-image-edge-rockchip64 kernel, which can be installed using armbian-config)
Download the rk3399-rockpro64-v2.dtb and rk3399-rockpro64.dtb files attached to this post. Remove the .txt extensions.
And then reboot. Be aware that any kernel upgrade will probably erase these files and you'll need to copy them back after upgrade.
These files actually come from a kernel build, so if you want, you can recompile the kernel with the fix.
Recompiling the kernel
The previous instructions are sufficient to use the fix. However, if you may want to recompile your kernel with this fix.
Apply the attached patch. I'm testing this on kernel 5.18. The patch should cleanly apply on versions 5.18 and 5.19. I've not tested this on 5.15. On Armbian, you can download the kernel sources using apt install linux-source-5.18.0-edge-rockchip64. You'll find the kernel sources and the config used in Armbian for the RockPro64 in the /usr/src folder. The following is sufficient to build the dtb files:
Code:
make dtbs
If you want to build deb packages, use make deb-pkg.
Hey folks. Been enjoying messing around with my new PBP this past week. Manjaro out the box has been an enjoyable experience... However, I took a dive into trying Kali out on this & have ran into an issue. Cant seem to get internal wifi working on Kali SD boot or on emmc boot. Have attempted to list available interfaces but Kali seems to think I have nothing available. Am I potentially missing something? On a side note: this is my first time trying these systems on arm & have enjoyed things so far, issues aside.
Any suggestions on what I may be overlooking? Could it potentially be firmware/ drivers do not exist on my install? The image I am using is the current one offered on Kali official site for PBP.
tl;dr: I bought rp64 in like 2021 and did few tests on it mainly running Armbian and NixOS to see if everything works during which it was powered on for around 6 hours max with everything working fine as far as i can remember [https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-aarch64-images/issues/3].
Then i put it in a box without power for around a year and now i am trying to use it for further development, but i can't get USB and Ethernet to work on armbian, debian, DietPi and Manjaro images which leads me to suspect hardware damage -> Is there a way to diagnose what/if is wrong with it so that i can fix it? (I have experience with fixing and fabricating hardware i can do microsolder, reballing and make simple PCBs)
The flash-it script is now working again for both sdcards and emmc. After an update to eg25manager several problems have been resolved, chiefly an incoming call now actually wakes the phone up. The display behaves correctly, wakes up immediately even after deep sleeps. Call audio is not great and the camera doesn't work at all - apart from that everything works, updated to 4.4.0.58.
I have a new Pinebook Pro (August 2022 run). It works fine in all other respects, but I have had zero luck with it recognizing 5GHz wireless networks with the included Manjaro distribution, a new Fedora installation, and a new Manjaro installation. The 2.4GHz wireless service works fine, if a bit slowly. The only way that I have managed to get 5GHz wireless to work is with an external RTL8812AU USB device (which worked immediately without any necessary configuration).
Is this a known issue? If so, is it a hardware problem or a software one? Am I missing a firmware update?
Just got my PineBook Pro today. Booted up fine with the default 64gb emmc. Tried to install the 128 GB Emmc module and won't boot, just red power indicator. Is there a specific image I am suppose to use? I hadn't had any problems with the 128 emmc previously. I have the Rockpro64 SBC and no issues with 128gb emmc module using USB and Balena Etcher.
Just got a model B and tried to do some verification. I have tried the following 2 images, but none of them is working correctly:
Manjaro-ARM-minimal-quartz64-b-20220808.img.xz: Serial output is entirely corrupted. It seems the system is booted into the OEM setup mode, and whenever I press the enter key it will immediately return some junk back. I assume it was asking for some question and won't take an empty response as answer, so it was asking again.
Armbian_22.08.0-trunk.0114_Quartz64a_jammy_edge_5.19.0.img.xz: No image for Model B from Armbian, so this A image has to do. The serial output is less corrupted with some recognizable words but far from a clean output. It is in a boot loop so not usable.
The serial cable and settings works correctly on a Radxa ROCK 4 so this has to be the board's issue right? (Right?) I tried to replace the DC power supply with another one with no avail since I think there might be some noise from the ground plane. They are 2 prong design though.
My PPP running Phosh 0.20.0beta3+4+gd4728aea-1 on Manjaro ARM 22.08 and connected to Pinephone keyboard does not switch off when using "Power Off".
Instead it restarts. When I shutdown from the terminal I get the same. Without the keyboard the behaviour is normal and it shuts down.
Is this a know issue or perhaps I'm doing something wrong.
