(12-15-2017, 09:54 AM)eloranta Wrote: Hi,

I cannot boot 0.6.1 images either. 0.5.x boots and works just fine. When I try 0.6.1 all the front leds stay on and it behaves that it is probably not even able to load the kernel. I am getting a serial usb dongle and will try then to see what happens in the serial console.

If there are multiple versions of the board out there, who can we tell which one we have (and what has been released)?

Jussi

(12-16-2017, 04:52 AM)Rar9 Wrote:

(12-15-2017, 09:54 AM)eloranta Wrote: Hi,

I cannot boot 0.6.1 images either. 0.5.x boots and works just fine. When I try 0.6.1 all the front leds stay on and it behaves that it is probably not even able to load the kernel. I am getting a serial usb dongle and will try then to see what happens in the serial console.

If there are multiple versions of the board out there, who can we tell which one we have (and what has been released)?

Jussi

I agree, what good are newer images that don't boot.

From this list https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/tags  I only can use 0.5.x images.

Pine64 should slowly start reading this forum & fixing some of the basic errors, so new users get frustrated and return this product.

What good is a help full IRC forum if even the basic images they recommend like 05.15 still don't work 100%, and why is the WIKI only pointing to the latest image version 0.5.10??

For me even 0.5.15 image only usable on my TV, as my Monitor is fixed to 800x600 resolution.  A sudo apt-get dist-upgrade from this version to 0.6.x is not possible.

Quote:what good are newer images that don't boot

Quote:why is the WIKI only pointing to the latest image version 0.5.10??

Quote:Pine64 should slowly start reading this forum & fixing some of the basic errors

Quote:What good is a help full IRC forum if even the basic images they recommend like 05.15 still don't work 100%

Quote:13/12/17 23:18
<lukasz> ayufan1: I saw you wrote you're planning a new desktop release for the Rock64 ?
13/12/17 23:19
<ayufan1> lukasz: yes, with the fix 
13/12/17 23:19
<ayufan1> I’m slowly progressing with next steps 
13/12/17 23:19
<lukasz> ayufan1: ok thanks  
13/12/17 23:19
<ayufan1> now have to recompile all external packages and update them  
13/12/17 23:20
<lukasz> neat looking forward to it 
13/12/17 23:21
<evilbunny> any more bug fixes? 
13/12/17 23:22
<ayufan1> streamline all graphics fixes, and release a pre-alpha release of bionic 
13/12/17 23:24
<Xalius> yeah finally a new LTS  
13/12/17 23:24
<ayufan1> this means that I will leave only xenial and bionic in a near future 

Quote:my Monitor is fixed to 800x600 resolution.

Quote: A sudo apt-get dist-upgrade from this version to 0.6.x is not possible.

(12-16-2017, 12:09 PM)eloranta Wrote: Since rock64 is a rather homogeneous piece of hardware, the devs should easily be able to find out if the image works or not. Why release an image (even experimental) at all if it clearly does not even boot? No point in doing that - it just creates confusion. People may have all sorts of problems with this new platform and often want to find out if the issues they are having might be fixed in the upcoming pre-release. Like I am currently having issues with usb3.

And, yes, we all can read - no need to be cocky about that.

(12-16-2017, 01:21 PM)Luke Wrote: On the subject of the image in question; it boots on some boards but not on others, and the reason for this is still not 100% clear. The purpose of pre-releases is to determine whether something does or does not work; The developer also needs feedback and contributions to continue the progress on the image.

(12-16-2017, 01:52 PM)eloranta Wrote:

(12-16-2017, 01:21 PM)Luke Wrote: On the subject of the image in question; it boots on some boards but not on others, and the reason for this is still not 100% clear. The purpose of pre-releases is to determine whether something does or does not work; The developer also needs feedback and contributions to continue the progress on the image.

OK, thanks this is good to know and explains a lot. Do you know how many different board revisions are out there and how to identify which one I have?

(12-16-2017, 02:15 PM)Rar9 Wrote:

(12-16-2017, 01:52 PM)eloranta Wrote:

(12-16-2017, 01:21 PM)Luke Wrote: On the subject of the image in question; it boots on some boards but not on others, and the reason for this is still not 100% clear. The purpose of pre-releases is to determine whether something does or does not work; The developer also needs feedback and contributions to continue the progress on the image.

OK, thanks this is good to know and explains a lot. Do you know how many different board revisions are out there and how to identify which one I have?

Nice to know, but how hard is it to just write this important info to the image page.?  I believe it would save many people hours of debugging.

(12-20-2017, 08:06 AM)Mrfixit2001 Wrote:

(12-16-2017, 02:15 PM)Rar9 Wrote:

(12-16-2017, 01:52 PM)eloranta Wrote:

(12-16-2017, 01:21 PM)Luke Wrote: On the subject of the image in question; it boots on some boards but not on others, and the reason for this is still not 100% clear. The purpose of pre-releases is to determine whether something does or does not work; The developer also needs feedback and contributions to continue the progress on the image.

OK, thanks this is good to know and explains a lot. Do you know how many different board revisions are out there and how to identify which one I have?

Nice to know, but how hard is it to just write this important info to the image page.?  I believe it would save many people hours of debugging.

The newest build released yesterday boots up and actually correctly outputs HDMI display : now if only I could get it to read the custom settings I'm trying to put in boot/config.txt