02-01-2020, 11:00 AM
(01-13-2020, 10:47 AM)jannik2099 Wrote: Hello everyone
Today marks the beta release of my Gentoo install script. This is NOT an image you flash to an SD but rather a script that modifies a Gentoo tarball for the Pinebook Pro. You'll have to do the usual setup yourself as is Gentoo tradition, but the Pinebook Pro specifics like Kernel and Firmware are (mostly) handled by the script.
Instructions are in the GitHub README, please report bugs and questions here. You can also find me on the PINE64 Discord.
The script takes about 20 60 minutes to run on the pbp, compiling the kernel is another ~90 minutes. This means you should have a working Gentoo install after less than three hours, plus some time spent reading the Handbook.
Link to GitHub: https://github.com/Jannik2099/gentoo-pinebookpro
Status of this release:
Most things should behave the same as in Manjaro since this uses the Manjaro Kernel. This means we have working wifi, bluetooth, GPU acceleration.
The mali blob drivers are not supported since the dts is incompatible, this uses panfrost.
Tested Desktop environments are KDE Plasma and sway. Both work without issue, but sway might be a bit slow since glamor had to be disabled.
There's no reason to believe that other DEs might be broken, I simply don't have the time to compile all of them.
This script is compatible with both systemd and OpenRC tarballs.
This script is compatible with glibc and musl tarballs.
The Qt libraries are configured to use the gles2 backend, this is significantly faster and more stable in my experience. However Krita and Digikam are unavailable as a result. You can use them if you disable the gles2 backend.
A huge shoutout to the Manjaro team for their help and insights, this project would not have been possible without you!
With that being said, enjoy and please report all bugs, suggestions and nitpicks!
Why did you have to disable glamor? Isn't the driver in mesa an actual glamor driver?
Haven't managed to start qith Gentoo on the pbp, but I stripped down a Manjaro installation of all and installed just sway, disabled x server, and everything is far more smooth then any other available image for this laptop. Firefox supports wayland too and possible this year will have vaapi video decoding, but only for wayland.
Gonna try to setup gentoo using your starting script. I hope this way I will be able to squize a little more from it.