> > Hi, > > > > > I have a pinebook (running anarsoul's arch mainline[1]) and I was > > > wondering if someone has tried Fedora 29 on the pinebook, or if it is > > > even supported. > > > > Hi, > > I was curious which version did you get? I got mine a couple of weeks > ago, which is a 11' one with 1080p display. According to some > discussion with Icenowy (one of the linux-sunxi community contributor) > the dtb of 1080 display version seems not fully upstream (at least at > that time). > > > I don't know what you mean by "anarsoul's arch mainline" as there's > > there appears to be bits there that aren't upstream in "mainline". > > > > On Fedora 29 the pinebook will boot and run but you need to be using > > the serial console which is accessible via the headphone jack, it > > doens't make it overly usable as a laptop though. > > > > This is improved with the current rawhide (which will become Fedora > > 30) in that the ATF/U-Boot firmware there will properly light up the > > display so you can get text based console output. > > > > > I've seen pine64-lts is[2], and I've been trying to create a build[3] > > > based on some scripts on the pine64 discord channel but so far I have no > > > idea on what I'm doing :) > > > > So if you used the 2019.01 U-Boot build and updated the F-29 image to > > at least the 4.20.x kernel you should have the basics of a working > > device. If you're not sure what your doing I would actually use a > > Fedora-30/Rawhide image. > > > > The 4.20 kernel with the above U-Boot should light up the display > > properly, it won't be accelerated though. The WiFi should work with > > the next F-29 kernel update, but the 5.0 kernel will bring a number of > > other improvements such as battery/charging support/monitoring and > > sound as well as better backlight control and a number of other > > features. > > > > While Fedora 30 won't be perfect it should ultimately be relatively > > usable with a desktop such as XFCE or Mate > > > > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for the information. I do confirm the U-Boot of 2019.01 boots on mine. > And just a note, the arm-image-installer do not have pinebook(yet) > listed in the supported boards, so I need to write the U-Boot > manually.
We don't tend to update these until the U-Boot with the support lands in a stable release, or at least Beta, you can basically just create a sym link to make it work: ln -s /usr/share/arm-image-installer/socs.d/AllWinner-A64 /usr/share/arm-image-installer/boards.d/pinebook > I don't have luck with my serial connection before. But I will try > again this week with the newest Rawhide and see. I'm aware of people using the serial cable with them for a couple of Fedora releases. _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to arm-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@lists.fedoraproject.org
