Pinebook Pro Debian Installer
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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 the forum topic.
Features
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wifi | Works out of the box | |
| Full disk encryption | Works | Requires running the installer with `CRYPT=yes` |
Current issues
| Issue | Category | Status | Workaround | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox 'Illegal instruction' | Debian issue https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=948708 | Use the firefix-esr 68.4.1esr-1~deb10u1 from Debian Buster, it works perfect | Use a different browser meanwhile (epiphany for instance) | But epiphany also has issues, white screen often, mouse movement re-displays (under mouse) | Both Konqueror and Falkon also have issues, don't work (dbind) | ||
| cdn-dp fec00000.dp: Direct firmware load for rockchip/dptx.bin failed with error -2 | 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 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857054#5) | ||||
| Bluetooth doesn't work; bluetooth hci1: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM4345C5.hcd failed with error -2 | |||||||
| Suspend doesn't work properly, when lid is closed, the laptops gets hot and dramatically dry the battery |