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[tkaiser]

It seems that the network service can't start properly

You have a 2GB board and use OS images that are outdated and therefore crash when Ethernet is connected. This is not your fault but the Pine64 guys that still prefer to feature only outdated and/or crappy OS images on their software download page.

Take longsleep's Ubuntu image from here: http://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=376

This will give you working Ethernet. All OS images currently available could be updated with the following commands (as root):

Code:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/longsleep/build-pine64-image/master/simpleimage/platform-scripts/pine64_update_uboot.sh)
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/longsleep/build-pine64-image/master/simpleimage/platform-scripts/pine64_update_kernel.sh)
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/longsleep/build-pine64-image/master/simpleimage/platform-scripts/pine64_fix_whatever.sh)

With the following command you can install a desktop environment of your choice:

Code:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Terra854/pine64-ubuntu-gui/master/install-ubuntu-gui.sh)