(ARCHIVED) Ubuntu Xenial Image (BSP Kernel)

[Hart]

Yup works like a charm. Thank you so much Longsleep! I installed Mate desktop on the image and wrote up a short review over at the Mate forums if anyone cares

https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/pine-64-...-mate/4775

I appreciate all of the hard work that a few in the community are doing to provide us with functional LINUX operating systems.  I have had my board for a week.  Three different SD cards, WinImager and Linux dd, images from four sites, ubuntu, arch, and debian.  Still all I get is a red power LED with no sign of booting. I have nothing connected except HDMI and power.   One SD card was reprogrammed with the latest Raspbian and booted just fine on my Pi with the same power supply and HDMI connection.  

Are you using the newest img provided by longsleep? Are you using HDMI->DVI ? Can you ssh into the board with Ethernet connected ?

Okay.  I now have a steady signal and a booted Pine64.  OS = debianpine64.   I used a different card reader and it would boot, but the screen was unstable, so I bought a cheap HDMI cable at Wal-Mart and now everything is good.  The other card reader works fine for the Raspberry Pi, but not for the Pine64.  Another option to look into if anyone is having problems with a usable SD card.  I am connected to a 32" TV and the display is cutting off the first four letters of the line, but I can work with that.   Next to find a function WiFi dongle.

   I have had pretty good luck using Rufus instead of Winimager. Only problem I have now apart from lack of hardware video acceleration is sound. It breaks up like it is oscillating. I tried installing the restricted package with proprietary codecs but same thing. Can't play an MP3.