Issues Installing NetBSD on a PineBook Pro
Fine business!
Most web browsing works well. I've even used Duo and the camera works but the inbuilt mic doesn't for unknown reasons. The mic does work for recording audio. What doesn't work for me is banking sites. The same sites don't work in Linux with Firefox ESR, but do work with older Firefoxen (in Linux, haven't tried in NetBSD.)
Samba works the same as it does in Linux. I don't use SMB so I can't promise that's as true as it was the last time I tried it which was years at least. Frankly, you're better off ditching SMB and using NFS network-wide if you can. SMB is a nightmare compared to NFS.
Install pkgin so that you can install binary packages from pkgsrc without effort. You'll have to download it and pkg_add it. Get it from the pkgsrc repository at NetBSD.org, and for aarch.
Once you have pkgin, get xbattbar. This is better than any other battery monitor I've used.
`pkgin -y install xbattbar`
else from the command line, use envstat. (I don't recall if you have to install it)
The display brightness can be controlled from the kernel. I keep it set very low and never change it. I'll have to get back to you on exactly how to set it. Use sysctl, especially `sysctl -a` I think, to find the setting for yourself. There's a config file to make such things permanent but at the moment I don't recall what it is. You'll probably figure it out.
To find other binary packages, use `pkgin avail`. All other pkgsrc packages can be built from source very easily, but it's time consuming. And for large packages, like kde4, you'll need a more "disk" space, or, have to build it in parts.
I'm glad you're enjoying it. You'll like it even more, the more you use it. NetBSD just makes a lot of sense.
Most web browsing works well. I've even used Duo and the camera works but the inbuilt mic doesn't for unknown reasons. The mic does work for recording audio. What doesn't work for me is banking sites. The same sites don't work in Linux with Firefox ESR, but do work with older Firefoxen (in Linux, haven't tried in NetBSD.)
Samba works the same as it does in Linux. I don't use SMB so I can't promise that's as true as it was the last time I tried it which was years at least. Frankly, you're better off ditching SMB and using NFS network-wide if you can. SMB is a nightmare compared to NFS.
Install pkgin so that you can install binary packages from pkgsrc without effort. You'll have to download it and pkg_add it. Get it from the pkgsrc repository at NetBSD.org, and for aarch.
Once you have pkgin, get xbattbar. This is better than any other battery monitor I've used.
`pkgin -y install xbattbar`
else from the command line, use envstat. (I don't recall if you have to install it)
The display brightness can be controlled from the kernel. I keep it set very low and never change it. I'll have to get back to you on exactly how to set it. Use sysctl, especially `sysctl -a` I think, to find the setting for yourself. There's a config file to make such things permanent but at the moment I don't recall what it is. You'll probably figure it out.
To find other binary packages, use `pkgin avail`. All other pkgsrc packages can be built from source very easily, but it's time consuming. And for large packages, like kde4, you'll need a more "disk" space, or, have to build it in parts.
I'm glad you're enjoying it. You'll like it even more, the more you use it. NetBSD just makes a lot of sense.
