Hi have been thinking a lot lately that it would be nice to have a Linux or Android OS Blue Ray , DVD . Multimedia TV box about the size of a mac mini with a Blu-ray, DVD player and tv media software witch would be more powerful than existing TV boxes. Generally would have Blue-Ray , DVD abilities but also smart Tv abilities similar in function to the Roku box but also have a hard drive and a working web browser and other computer functions that would be useful for use with a TV. Also should have flex abilities and possibly a onboard hard drive to play video files for tv. Generally would result in a product that would be more desirable to a DVD , Bule-Ray player and a Roku Box. As for software there are a few Linux based media suits that may work well with this product. I can see a large amount of sales for this product as it would be more desirable than an Apple Tv or Roku product or other media boxes available online and also include the DVD and or Blue-Ray player.

I'd like to keep the PT2 in the case, but sometimes fold the keyboard back and use only touch input. My first thought was to try to write a desktop launcher using xinput, but I see that xinput does not work with Wayland. Any advice for how to accomplish this?

Hello again,

I have the Quartz64-B v1.3

dmesg is reporting a raft of re-occuring errors with the built-in ethernet / NIC.

-These are all happening with: latest plebian, diet-pi, arch arm

[ 2777.053671] rk_gmac-dwmac fe010000.ethernet: Failed to reset the dma
[ 2777.054322] rk_gmac-dwmac fe010000.ethernet end0: stmmac_hw_setup: DMA engine initialization failed
[ 2777.055169] rk_gmac-dwmac fe010000.ethernet end0: __stmmac_open: Hw setup failed
[ 2777.090016] rk_gmac-dwmac fe010000.ethernet end0: Register MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL RxQ-0
[ 2777.185378] rk_gmac-dwmac fe010000.ethernet end0: PHY [stmmac-0:01] driver [RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet] (irq=POLL)


as a result I cannot bring the NIC online. (tried ip link set end0 down/up and raises these dmesg output)

(fyi: if its useful, I can use an usb eth dongle and kernel recognizes it and I connect via that okay - usless it is usb3.0 port and another set of warning are raised ...for another port maybe)

I have tried using the PoE adapter I have for it and "normal" eth with DC power, and the same issue.

Any help much appreciated.
Thank you

Recently the keyboard produced strange sequence of characters so I had to use an externel usb keyboard. I also noticed pb pro only started after I tried to press the power button several times. After a while, my pinebook pro can't start any more - I suspect because the keyboard died and the power button is on the keyboard. I took out  the mainboard to see if I can use it in a project (and use the display panel as a monitor for another computer), but I haven't figured out how to start it. I tried the "Reset" button but it doesn't seem to power on the mainboard. I also tried to press and hold that reset button, and did the same to the other button next to it. Nothing happened.

Is it possible to power on the mainboard without keyboard?

The documentation states that the lower usb port is "USB-C 2.0 + Power Delivery (device mode by default & power input)". Is there a way to put it in host mode and use it as a regular usb port ?
Does it needs a change on the hardware side, the kernel driver (.dts file), a setting file, some command ... ?


The upper usb port is usb3, host mode only. But not all usb3 devices are recognized. Is this the same problem as with the Quartz64 board: "USB 3.0 (applies to Model A only) — only works with very short cables and depends on the device."

Example of device not recognized (hub has usb2, usb3 and ethernet):

Are there any OS which is capable of bluetooth handsfree calls? Nothing works, I use my phone in car and handsfree function is crucial to use a phone as dayly driver. Mobian with Piperwire NOT work at all, with Pulseaudio - it simulate work everiting is OK except it dosent call and there is not audio. Postmarket doesnt work at all with bluetooth handsfree. Another OSes doesnt work with other phone functions. Which OS is WORKING??????

I'm trying to write a temporary installer for a program I'm working on, and none of the .desktop files I have created have shown up on Phosh on Mobian
I've tried:

~/.local/share/applications/
and
/home/mobian/.local/share/applications

as locations for the .desktop files, and it *still* doesn't show up..

I've made desktop files before on Manjaro Phosh, and didn't have any of these struggles, any help would be appreciated, i've been working on this for hooooooours @_@

Hello,
Any general help or understanding what is going on here, much appreciated....

I have the Quartz64-b handy.

( [not really relevant]... I tried installing Manjaro's img and it worked 100pc okay.
Then tried https://github.com/jaredmcneill/quartz64_uefi and finally got it's boot menu showing.  - okay)

I then installed ArchLinux Arm and THAT worked - but the onboard ethernet was down (I suspect it's kernel build re a setting should fix it) 
  -did a full pacman -Syu  (and installed a few pkgs)

-I THEN tried plebian and dietPi OS (on a DIFFERENT sdcard)
 and they BOTH cannot boot now (also the Manjaro), complaining the root filesystem is missing.

Has ArchLinux ARM loaded the onboard eMMC (or NRAM etc) with its own /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf settings?
As -its- root label is 'rootfs' while the others are 'root'

please note: 2 different sdcards, and a clean install of Manjaro / Plebian /DietPi.

Yes, I can provide boot logs, but if anyone knows how to re-flash/re format the onboard eMMC much appreciated.
I cannot see it in /dev, and its not mounted any where

Thank you.

My Pine64 does not boot and I want to install Manjaro on my pinebook 64. What do I need to download from their website and put on my stick? The image?

Okay so I bought a 4 piece lot off eBay and the seller said they replaced the charging board and the keyboard connector broke.

Does anyone know where I can order that, when I search this all I see are 3 different ribbon cables, a white one, a short gold one and a long gold one.

I don't know if these are the right components or if I need some other piece.

Thanks