Unable to make a bootable microSD card
(09-11-2022, 07:47 AM)myself600 Wrote: I tried booting Fedora 32 KDE, but it stopped at a failed firmware load (rockchip/dptx.bin). I want to replace the system as the pre-flashed Gnome system is unstable (the device is overheating, mpv video playback is micro stuttering, etc.). This device is frustratingly hard to work with, nothing works!
Beginning to think, after numerous failures, that Manjaro, nicely as it works, IS in fact the problem. I suggest that in future, Pinebook Pros be shipped with only a totally generic uboot or towboot written to the machine, plus one of maybe three popular distributions, all absolutely known to boot and run properly, already written to a microSD. It would be the customer's choice, on the included microSD. Personally, I would happily pay the extra cost to save the frustration of dealing with this current idiotic situation. The Pinebook Pro is a lovely little box, one deserving of better treatment than this current mess. As to Manjaro, my personal aim is to get away from KDE's bloatware and back to xfce or even lxde on an o/s more faithful to true Unix, like Debian (Armbian?) or Slackware or one of the BSDs. BTW, I have sufficient confidence in this Pinebook pro that it is now my main box, as I begin to configure my new RockPro64 to replace my HP desktop box. Eventually, another RockPro64, or perhaps a Quartz64 will be added as the server for a wired, in-house secure net for art and film scanners, SDR and Ham radio, RAID, etc.
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