Pinebook Pro Debian Installer

2020-01-25T22:51:29Z

Dos: document how to switch to s2ram (as opposed to s2idle)

== Information ==

* This is an image creator and Debian installer that runs from an existing Linux OS and installs Debian Bullseye
** Installer can configure an encrypted rootfs and provides a choice of desktops, including the default Debian desktop based on Gnome 3
** Strict adoption of upstream Debian packages (with exception of kernel and bootloaders) in order to provide a clean upgrade path as Bullseye matures
* Download at: https://github.com/daniel-thompson/pinebook-pro-debian-installer/
* Pull requests welcome but for discussion and support please use [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8487 the forum topic].

== Features ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Feature
! style="text-align: center;" | Status
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
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| Install to micro SD card
| Works
| Automatically expands to use all available space
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| Install to eMMC
| Works
| Automatically adapts for 64GB and 128GB models
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| Full disk encryption
| Works
| Run installer with `CRYPT=yes`. Requires kernel support and this support is missing in the original factory kernel so it it not possible to install a LUKS filesystem from the factory distro. You can make a temporary unencrypted install with this installer and then use the temporary OS to perform a full encypted install.
|-
| Wifi
| Works
| Issues have been reported with WPA2 networks [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8822]
|}

== Current issues ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Issue
! style="text-align: center;" | Category
! style="text-align: center;" | Status
! style="text-align: center;" | Workaround
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
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| Firefox 'Illegal instruction'
| Debian issue https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=948708
|
| Use a different browser while the issue is fixed or use armhf version
| You can use the firefox-esr 68.4.1esr-1~deb10u1 from Debian Buster, it works perfect (needs to be pinned, also needs a lib). Other browsers such as Epiphany (also has issues, white screen often, mouse movement re-displays under mouse), Konqueror and Falkon also have issues, don't work (dbind)

To use the armhf version:

<pre>
$ sudo apt remove firefox-esr
$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install firefox-esr:armhf
</pre>
|-
| <pre>cdn-dp fec00000.dp: Direct firmware load for rockchip/dptx.bin failed with error -2</pre>
| Debian issue https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857054
| If having FDE, it fails to load at boot as the firmware is not included in initramfs
| Include the dptx.bin firmware in the initramfs
| See https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8487&pid=57202#pid57202
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| Bluetooth doesn't work
bluetooth hci1: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM4345C5.hcd failed with error -2
|
|
| Copy those firmware https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/packages/community/ap6256-firmware to /lib/firmware/brcm/. After that, Bluetooth works fine.
| It seems some firmware is missing. See https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8731&pid=57525#pid57525
|-
| Suspend doesn't work properly, when lid is closed, the laptops gets hot and dramatically dry the battery
|
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| Install is preconfigured to use suspend-to-idle instead. This offers some power savings compared to normal running but suspend should only be used for short periods.
| <pre># echo deep > /sys/power/mem_sleep</pre>
|-
| Often very slow to wake from suspend: 30-60 seconds.
| Forum thread https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8822
|
| Sometimes pressing the power key helps wake it up. Set this key to not trigger sleep/shutdown in the Desktop Environment config.
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|-
| Brightness keys don't work.
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| Add this file [https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-package/blob/a18e3fb8a1eb9d8e5a1b8af030d41823befa3aff/root-pinebookpro/etc/udev/hwdb.d/10-usb-kbd.hwdb] to /etc/udev/hwdb.d/, run
sudo systemd-hwdb update
sudo udevadm trigger

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| VLC crashes
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| Use a different player, like mpv
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| After last software update, X.org crashes when Fn + some functional key uses. See: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8915
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