04-04-2016, 06:07 AM
(04-04-2016, 05:29 AM)mlamie Wrote: I see a similar complains in the various threats. They say there is an issue with the 2 GB board, which is not recognized correctly...
Is there a way to update drivers in Android and do some re-testing? Can we ask user:longsleep to have a look? He did a fixed on the Arch Linux image.
http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?t...19#pid4719
Can the Pine team help?
They have to help, especially by improving documentation and some sort of a FAQ since it's close to unbelievable how many users spend hours after hours with these issues.
Currently the RemixOS image has problems with the 2GB models (integer overflow in Ethernet driver leading to crashes or in RemixOS case endless boot loop with connected Ethernet). Fix needed by RemixOS team.
The older Android images and the XFCE Arch Linux image do not show this behaviour but only since they do DRAM initialisation wrong and you end up with a 2GB board where only 1GB RAM is used (and then the Ethernet crash isn't triggered).
Longsleep both identified the problem and provides a fix for the Linux images, see the Linux Development forum threads.
This does not help with Android and no Linux dev even remotely thinks about fixing Android problems unpaid in his spare time!
Users with 2GB model wanting to use RemixOS with Ethernet: No way, you have to wait for a fix. Users with 1GB model: Disconnect Ethernet on the 1st boot otherwise Pine64 will never start (as soon as you see the Remix OS logo you can connect the Ethernet cable). The amount of time the 1st boot needs depends mostly on your SD card's speed (random I/O and not sequential transfer speeds), so in case you tried the spare SD card lying around for years in the drawer be prepared that the first boot takes ages. Cheap/crap cards can be 20-100 times slower than a good quality card or NAND/eMMC normally used on Android devices. And it's not about the 'speed class' but just random I/O.
