Hello,
I've been thinking about buying a Rock64 for LibreELEC, Lakka and even possibly a full Linux installation for the family to use as a secondary computer on an emergency like a broken or forgotten tablet/smartphone.
In order for it to be practical, I would need it to have a graphical boot manager (like NOOBS or PINN) from which I could change the OS to boot using either the TV remote control (is CEC available for Rock64?) or using a small keyboard with touchpad that I keep in the living room near the couch.
Is this possible to achieve?
If so, how hard would it be to setup? Any howto's?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers

Hi,

I thought I wouuld share my first experience connecting to the PinePhone via the serial console:
> https://bloggerbust.ca/post/my-first-exp...l-console/

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Sincerely,

dustfinger.

Would it be safe to use the grub-image, with all the modules (as long as it doesn't exceed 16 MB) and flash it to the spi ? Which would eliminate the need for uboot entirely ?
Just checking my options before i get an ssd, for the nvme adaper (pbp)

if I load (on OSX, with Balena Etcher or Pine64 Installer) Manjaro-ARM-xfce-pbpro-20.02-emmc-installer-20.02.img.xz to my SDcard and boot my PBP, i will see the Manjaro logo plus spinning circles for ever ( 2 hours then stopped ). Images like Manjaro-ARM-xfce-pbpro-20.02.1.img.xz however will boot ok but I don't know how to flash that on the emmc.
What am I missing in the process of flashing to emmc?

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/o...port.16094

However while running supertuxkart with  PAN_MESA_DEBUG=gles3 supertuxkart nothing renders properly. But when I set KWin Compositor to OpenGL 3.1, KWin seems to work.
I am running Manjaro KDE.

I recently placed my order for the PBP, before i realized that it may require interaction with uBoot, which can only be done using an external terminal connection with a horribly simplistic usb adapter...
So my question is, is there any way to edit the uBoot configuration outside of uBoot ? I.e. disk editing?

Also, would i need to rebuild and reinstall uboot every time the kernel is upgraded?

I don't suppose there are any tools to manipulate uboot from linux ?

I have one of the early PBPs.  I just flashed Manjaro, and I noticed all the GUI effects seem REALLY slow.  I'm new to Manjaro.  Is there an easy way to see what the CPU settings are (Debian had CPU/power save settings on panel, Manjaro doesn't.)  

Also, WiFi is much better.  The install seems to freeze unless you hit "Esc", but someone already mentioned that on here somewhere.

Hey, have searched all over for this, have tried a trrs lavalier mic but had no input signal. Does this laptop support microphone input through 3.5 mm headphone Jack?

Hello ,

i tested the newer Armbian Bionic Desktop 5.4 for Rock64 and it would not allow me to boot with a HDMI to VGA adapter.

reverting to the desktop legacy kernel 4.4.y image instead would allow me to boot with the same HDMI-to-VGA adpter.



do i need to include something into the

armbianEnv.txt on the newer Kernel?


Thanks!

Hello ,

i am used to use Seamonkey (formerly Netscape Navigator) as an alternative Browser to Firefox.

Was wondering if it would be possible to receive a ArmHf build for Armbian Bionic or if someone could help with building instructions.


the only seamonkey version i found is here

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/arm...1-0ubuntu1

it is a bit old and lacks quite some features for encrypted site i  guess

it is a nice browser because it has email and rss included in the suite.



Thank you very much.