Hello,

First of all, I apologize for my English.

I want to assemble a portable ARM computer running Manjaro Linux and would need your help as I lack the skills to identify the necessary components.

It would consist of an ARM SoC in its small box also containing an accumulator and a portable screen.

I found this screen that seems to fit: https://www.asus.com/en/Monitors/ZenScre...fications/

The latter connecting via a USB-C DisplayPort, the SoC must be equipped with this function. This single connection also supplies it with its power supply and the SoC must therefore be able to supply it with the necessary electricity via this port (8W). I have spotted four ARM SoCs with, if I haven't made a mistake, and compatible with Manjaro Linux:
- The ROCKPro64 by Pine64.
- The Edge V and Captain + Edge byKhadas: https://www.khadas.com/edge
- The ROC-RK3399-PC (Renegade Elite) by Libre Computer: https://libre.computer/products/boards/roc-rk3399-pc/

Unfortunately, I cannot find any documentation / wiki provided on Libre Computer's SoC, which is eliminatory given my limited knowledge.

Could you list me the components to acquire to assemble such a computer?


Thank you.

I'm following the guide at https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/android-7.1 but failing at step 3

Step 1 is to d/l and compile rkflashtool (done)

Step 2 is to connect a USB A-to-A cable to the upper USB2 port on the Rock64 and my computer (I assume any old male-to-male / A-to-A cable will do)

Step 3 is to put the Rock64 into Loader mode but no matter what I do, it just goes through the normal boot process and ends up at a ' => ' prompt

The specific steps are
i) press and hold recovery button
ii) press reset button
iii) stop holding recovery button after 3 seconds

Is there any visual change I should be seeing on the console to let me know it's in Loader mode?

When I run 'rkflashtool n' to verify it tells me 'fatal: cannot open device.'  I'm also not seeing anything in 'dmesg' (but maybe that's normal)

My Rock64 is microSD only, no eMMC.

In older update versions of Ubuntu, I could start file transfer mode by holding the volume up key during boot. When I connected the phone to my PC, all partitions would show up and the content could be edited.

I can still do the volume up procedure, but on the phone, I get "Awaiting command" and the partitions no longer show up on my pc.

I can probably do something in Terminal, but I regret that this functionality has been lost.

UPDATE: Panic over. They are there, but not automatically mounted. You have to do this by hand now.

I was wondering if pureos or mobian will support 32 bit apps in the future?

Thanks!

Does the RockPro64 have header pins (or something similar) for an external power button? I would like to add such a button, since the on-board one can be difficult to use.

I see four holes at the corner of the board near the headphone jack. They're at the bottom right of this close-up view. One of those contacts is labeled PWR. Does that mean it's for delivering power, or will grounding it act like pressing the power switch? (The other contacts are labeled GND, REC, GND.)

If those holes are the contacts I need, what size header will fit them?

Is there a better way to do this?

I found it this script useful. So I'm sharing it.
It monitors CPU/GPU frequencies, temperatures and gives basic info from top.

I installed manjaro 20.03 in march, and pretty much haven't touched the pinebook since april. Now I am back to it, every time I try to run pacman it can't connect to the package servers.

Is there any way of fixing this? Or will I have to completely reinstall to a newer manjaro? I just want to install a few more packages and update what I have.

I get this output:

I am looking for stable version of Ubuntu for my RockPro64 SBC. Please let me know the details

I tried using this: https://store.pine64.org/product/pineboo...e-adapter/ to upgrade my PBP storage capacity using these instructions: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=4971 but after the "sudo cp -avx / /mnt" command it makes my "kernel panic" and the power light starts flashing red and green.

On the second try of restarting the laptop I'm able to log back in like normal, so is this behaviour a sign that I can't use this high amount of an SSD, or is i possible as long as uboot is in the right spot? Not sure how to do that though if so.

Thanks in advance!

So can we have animated wallpapers on the pinephone? Here's a quick video that says yes.

Caveats: It's running on desktop mobian and utilises approx 12% per core for 720p videos. 1440p native resolution playback is smoother but double the cpu penalty. Selector menu expects mouse rather than touchscreen.

This eye candy is a bit expensive even with pause-when-not-focused but there's a fork of komorebi which may implement improvements.

https://github.com/Komorebi-Fork


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