Had my PBP now for a couple of months and while the default build it shipped with was fine I have been messing around with the excellent Mate build kindly done by Wizzard  here

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8119

............................but stopped short of installing KDE as I had used Kubuntu for a few years before and the Mate build was good. I had even installed Mutiny Theme



However I have been using Unity Ubuntu and now Ubuntu Desktop for long enough on a main pc that I wanted to install Ubuntu (classic as I call it) 

After a few failures I realised that just installing ubuntu-desktop on top of the Mate build was not going to work for me

It installed but would not boot even with LightDM and GDM seemed to just break the installation. So another method was needed.

I reinstalled the Mate build and then followed the updates kindly provided by Ayufan here after of course installing the trackpad updates and uboot fixes

https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-b...tag/0.9.14

Then installed ubuntu-unity-desktop with the following command:

sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop --install-recommends

This installed fine and booted as well after selecting Unity (default) at login



However this gave me some small problems as none of the apps I use showed up in the Dash when pressing the Pine super button.

Secondly I could not open a terminal and lastly my right click on the trackpad no longer worked

So I had to reach out for help

Firstly after a few hours of thinking I remembered the old skills.

I hit Alt and F2....of course....then search for terminal  (see attached photo)

Bingo

Same for finding all the other apps I needed and had installed on Mate build

This kindly provided by Tophneal fixed the right click issue:

https://itsfoss.com/fix-right-click-touchpad-ubuntu/

So Pinebook now up and running with Unity Ubuntu ...a few system errors but for now ....its just how I want it for now...no doubt it will come with a few issues but it looks good enough

See other attachment

Good luck and let me know if you get stuck

Also keen to see if others have had better luck with another method

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I've had the Pinebook Pro for a few months now, and it's been perfectly fine until this afternoon. I was using it earlier this morning, plugged in with the barrel jack at 10% charge, to watch YouTube on the default OS. I left it to charge for a few hours (again, with the barrel jack) and when I came back the computer had zero charge. It will boot when plugged in, but of course shuts down when power is removed. I opened up the device and nothing appears out of the ordinary.

Hello,

the command : pmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/sdb

ask muliple sudo passwod :
(base) moi@debian:~/pmbootstrap$ pmbootstrap init

[16:34:16] Location of the 'work' path. Multiple chroots (native, device arch, device rootfs) will be created in there.
[16:34:16] Work path [/home/moi/.local/var/pmbootstrap]:
[16:34:32] WARNING: Your work folder version needs to be migrated (from version 0 to 4)!
[16:34:32] Changelog:
[16:34:32] * Building chroots have a different username (#709)
[16:34:32] Migration will do the following:
[16:34:32] * Zap your chroots
[16:34:32] * Adjust '/home/moi/.local/var/pmbootstrap/config_abuild/abuild.conf'
[16:34:32] Continue? (y/n) [n]: y
[sudo] Mot de passe de moi :
[sudo] Mot de passe de moi :
[16:34:52] Cleared up ~0 MB of space
.../...

Hi

I'm trying to get hdmi hotplug on a rock64 with debian buster. HDMI only works if I boot it with a screen already attached. I tried explicitly specifying the EDID but got a "size is invalid" there, and it's not exactly what I want, it should detect whatever screen I plug in. 

Any help?

https://linuxjourney.com/?utm_source=omgubuntu

Learn the ways of LINUX.

  In the wiki the boot order with the "OEM Debian installed" is listed as :
     1)  SD card
     2)  eMMC
           (This boot order is loaded on the original OEM eMMC install)
  
     So the SD will boot first if one is installed, or it will go to the eMMC if there is no SD card.
        --------------------------


         But the board default is listed as :
          1) SPI NOR
          2) eMMC
          3) SD card
          4) USB OTG

       Does this mean that if it does not find anything bootable on #1 or #2 that it should still default then to the SD card ?
   
      Since there is nothing on the SPI NOR from the factory, and if one was to botch their eMMC during a failed installation
      or maybe just wiped it clean, ..  ..  ..  then the SD card should 'boot'  ?
           (a botched install may cause it to hang "trying" to boot from the eMMC) ?

       BUT,  the SD card being used still must have the ''Correct boot instructions for this particular board"... (? yes ?)
            boot instructions being matched to the hardware being used... ?
                                  -----------------------------


       The OSes listed in the wiki have the correct boot software already installed ?
            SO ?  If you want to install a different OS, you need to perhaps borrow the boot portion from a working OS ?

Inadvertently I chose a photo in some start up menu. Now on start up the photo fills the screen and I can't log in. Anyway to get around this?

Has anyone been able to get sound to go through their usb-c to hdmi? I've played around in the setting but I can't get it to work for the life of me. Am I just missing something?

Thanks!

I'm trying to install manjaro onto my pbp.  I flashed to SD card and that worked. Then I tried flashing the emmc installer to mmcblk1 t(SD card)rebooting and I am met with a blank screen.  Did I overwrite the wrong file?  Fdisk showed mmcblk1 as 14gb and that's what I tried flashing to.  How can I resolve this?  Is there a way to wipe the system and start new? Thanks so much.