04-29-2016, 06:33 AM
(04-28-2016, 02:34 PM)ThaPharmacist Wrote:(04-28-2016, 11:04 AM)Luke Wrote:(04-28-2016, 10:06 AM)tkaiser Wrote:(04-28-2016, 09:59 AM)ThaPharmacist Wrote: I didn't know if the ubuntu img was working or not since I was having major issues just getting it to boot correctly with video.
The symptoms you described sound like 'insufficient power supply'. Micro USB encourages users to power the board wrong (using phone chargers or smart chargers that do not provide more than 500mA) and most USB cables are simply crap to power anything that needs a bit more than just a few mA since their resistance leads to voltage drops. Combine both and you've the reason for stability issues
Yea, this is plausible. Even if you have a good psu (should be 2A+) the mirco usb wire can be the problem. I use 20 awg micro usb cables to power my Pine64s. The problem is that the Pine (unlike the Raspberry pi 3) doesn't give you an indication that it is not receiving enough power - so you may not even know that this is the issue. What PSU / cable are you using ? (usually says what awg it is on the cable)
I will take a look when I get home, but I own many Raspberry pis and have never had an issue. I also thought this could be it, but I did get Remix to boot then update, but then it just constantly rebooted itself over and over and over again. So I figured that cable was fine since it was powering
Do you have a RPI3 by any chance ? If you do, see if you are getting a little rainbow square in the upper right hand corner on boot and under load. If yes, we can assert with a degree of certainty that the psu/cable is the cause of your problems. As a side note - original RPI and RPI2 draw considerably less power than the Pine, so just because you've had no issues with those boards doesn't mean that your psu and cable are suitable for the Pine. You can always pop by the IRC channel (in sig) if you want live help troubleshooting....