09-08-2023, 09:30 AM
(09-08-2023, 03:17 AM)GloriousCoffee Wrote:(09-08-2023, 02:37 AM)diederik Wrote: At https://wiki.mobian.org/ you can find their communication channels; probably best to try it there.
But is this a Mobian issue? I can't start the tab what so ever, no matter what distro I flash onto the SD card after trying to dd Mobian to the internal flash.
The screen is completely black. Absolutely nothing happens when I try to start it. No text. No errors. No nothing. Am I not correct to assume it would start a distro that is not Mobian from SD?
I think you should see it completely failing when you connect the serial console with the adapter that's provided in the box.
And yes, this is a Mobian issue. Either their u-boot is broken or their instruction or both.
And it does find a bootloader (u-boot) in SPI, which takes precedent over all others ... but that bootloader doesn't do what it's supposed to do and then you end up in the situation you're in.
You can also ask on the #pinetab channel on Pine64's communication channel. IIRC they have dealt with this situation several times.