Has anyone else that ordered a Pinecil had them get stuck in shipping to the US? I have a tracking number from Pine64, but after about Dec 9th, there haven't been any updates.

I was curious to see if others had different experiences.

Let us talk about riddles!

So far, we’ve done two riddles - for the Pinecil, posted in the June 2020 Community Update and more recently for our upcoming RK3566 single board computer called Quartz64 - posted on December 18, 2020. 

Judging by the volume of responses, people seem to have fun solving these riddles, and I must admit that I am having fun coming up with them. As a result, it’s safe to say that riddles are now a part of what we do at PINE64, and something you’ll see more of when a piece of hardware is due to be announced. 

So I figured I’d start this thread with the purpose of explaining the clues used in each of the riddles. It is already clear to me that I will have to step up my riddle game, as both the Pinecil and Quartz64 riddles were solved very quickly.

Lastly, let me also state the obvious: these riddles are just a bit of fun, and a way for the community to be engaged in product announcements. I'm not a poet nor don't want to give anyone an impression that I have any previous experience with writing or creating riddles. Fun is all this is, so take it as such.


Pinecil riddle: 

Quote:

Pinecil

With the Pinecil we take a risk   

Spelling the latter with the letter c   

Breaking with current conventions

And having the device run hot 

As hot as it will ever be

 

This may be too perplexing 

So for the sake of simplicity 

What does 82 and 26 have in common

As defined by a man 

Born North-East of Caspian Sea?

       

Quote:

Wistyx

Between a Pine and a Rock

My origins are to be found

Heritage of the sun and sand

Locked in cogs circle round

Now here alone I stand

 

It all makes sense

Shifted one to the right

Look down and ahead

In your line of sight

The solution can be read

Quote:

Latin slant

Under the scorching sun

An old Roman senator sat 

Studying it all 

And slowly came to realize that

He bears witness to the empire’s fall

 

And so began his intricate plan

For the imminent end

So savage and so cruel        

Was this strive to mend  

It lay waste to the Roman rule

Quote:

Latin slant

Under the scorching sun

An old Roman senator sat

Studying it all

And slowly came to realize that

He bears witness to the empire’s fall

And so began his intricate plan

For the imminent end

      So savage and so cruel       

Was this strive to mend 

It lay waste to the Roman rule

Hello, pre-ordered and got this pinetab from the first early adopters shipments. Used for a total of < 4 hours but didn't suit my needs. Excellent condition but comes without original packaging. Selling to put money towards a new mother board and cpu (ryzen 7 5800x ).

Price $150 with shipping included in that cost. Comes with:

• PineTab
  
• Backlit Keyboard
  
• Charger
  

As you probably know GTK4 was released but it's currently hard to find much information on it specially when it comes to mobile support. Originally I planned to only make a post on fosstodon about this but after thinking for a while I came to the conclusion that it probably deserves a own thread in here. To make it short in this thread I would like to ask for some help gathering information on the current state of GTK4 on the Pinephone and other GNU/Linux devices. I would love some responses from people who are a bit deeper into the topic then me :D

Hi, I currently run a 5.7 kernel on my pinebookpro that supports my usb-c hub, especially its HDMI output. I got it installing archlinuxarm from a repo that was called «simulated-earth» or something like this (thanks to those guys if they ever read me ). But as this repo is dead for a while now, i'm still using this pretty old kernel. I've tried the one provided by Nadia, which is very up-to-date, but cant, unfortunately, make my HDMI output works. I assume this is du to a specific kernel module, but as I am far from being an expert I can just show you the return of lsmod, and ask you for your help if you can identify if there really is an exotic module that should be responsible for this well behavior of this kernel :

rpcsec_gss_krb5        36864  0
snd_usb_audio        266240  2
snd_usbmidi_lib        40960  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep              20480  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            45056  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_seq_device        20480  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_soc_hdmi_codec    16384  0
cdc_ether              20480  0
usbnet                49152  1 cdc_ether
r8152                  86016  0
mii                    20480  2 usbnet,r8152
snd_soc_simple_amplifier    16384  1
panfrost              65536  0
gpu_sched              32768  1 panfrost
hci_uart              118784  0
btqca                  16384  1 hci_uart
btbcm                  24576  1 hci_uart
btintel                32768  1 hci_uart
joydev                32768  0
bluetooth            454656  5 btqca,btintel,hci_uart,btbcm
snd_soc_rockchip_i2s    16384  2
snd_soc_rockchip_pcm    16384  1 snd_soc_rockchip_i2s
rockchip_rga          28672  0
dw_wdt                20480  0
videobuf2_dma_sg      24576  1 rockchip_rga
cw2015_battery        16384  0
ecdh_generic          16384  1 bluetooth
ecc                    32768  1 ecdh_generic
rfkill                40960  2 bluetooth
hantro_vpu            90112  0
snd_soc_es8316        40960  1
rockchipdrm          147456  2
dw_mipi_dsi            20480  1 rockchipdrm
dw_hdmi                53248  1 rockchipdrm
analogix_dp            45056  1 rockchipdrm
cec                    61440  1 dw_hdmi
rockchip_saradc        16384  0
rc_core                57344  1 cec
drm_kms_helper        241664  4 dw_mipi_dsi,rockchipdrm,dw_hdmi,analogix_dp
rockchip_thermal      24576  0
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
snd_soc_simple_card    20480  1
snd_soc_simple_card_utils    24576  1 snd_soc_simple_card
panel_simple          81920  0
pwm_bl                16384  0
drm                  622592  10 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,dw_mipi_dsi,panel_simple,rockchipdrm,dw_hdmi,panfrost,analogix_dp
drm_panel_orientation_quirks    20480  1 drm
gpio_keys              24576  0
hid_multitouch        32768  0


Thanks for any suggestions,
alex

Today I ran apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade and noticed the following in the output:

Q. Why should I install levinboot instead of a more common bootloader like u-boot?
A. Speed! It's just faster. suspend-to-ram is broken in TF-A for the forseeable future, and us Pinebook Pro users are turning our laptops on and off frequently, so being able to boot significantly faster is much appreciated. I can get from power key press to gdm login in 14 seconds. I would be interested in hearing other peoples times.

Here is my tweet showcasing the fast boot capabilities: https://twitter.com/AlexRob12252696/stat...5974057984

Q. Why shouldn't I install levinboot?
A. Frankly, if you are new to using linux it's not the most friendly software to install, and if you don't have a serial console you can quickly find yourself in a tough situation. But if you're brave and like being on the bleeding edge, you should give it a go.

Q. What's the difference between levinboot and u-boot?
A.
- levinboot uses a compressed payload which needs to include the kernel, dtb, bl31.elf, and initramfs, and immediately boots the kernel, where u-boot seems to find these in the userspace.
- because this payload is pre-compressed before booting, the user must update the payload whenever kernel or initramfs change, while u-boot is more flexible about this.
- levinboot is specifically created for Pinebook Pro and RockPro64, whereas u-boot can be applied to a broader range of devices.

Q. How did you build levinboot?
(btw, if you are confused by any of the below or want more info there is a good readme section in the source code: https://gitlab.com/DeltaGem/levinboot)
A. I cross-compiled on an x86 machine running Ubuntu (pop os), and here are my steps:

install cross-compiler (gcc-aarch64) i used version 10.

Here's how we port Apache Mynewt embedded operating system to PineCone BL602 RISC-V Board...

Porting Mynewt to PineCone BL602

Hello
As storage is going sparse on my Rock64, I would like to put my bootdrive, an Sata SSD connected over an USB 3.0 to Sata bridge, behind an USB 3.0 hub.

However, as soon as I try to boot with this setup, I get the following error in the U-boot console and the rock64 is trapped in a bootloop.

Could someone give me a very basic summary re what I would need to do to a PineTab to adequately use it as an ebook reader for pdf, epub, etc formats? I'm aware that I would need to identify working combinations of OS and reader sw - I'm interested in what other tasks I would need to complete. Thanks.