> 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.