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 |
|---|---|---|
| Install to micro SD card | Works | Automatically expands to use all available space |
| Install to eMMC | Works | Automatically adapts for 64GB and 128GB models |
| 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 |
Current issues
| Issue | Category | Status | Workaround | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: $ sudo apt remove firefox-esr $ sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install firefox-esr:armhf | ||
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 | See https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8487&pid=57202#pid57202 | |
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 | 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. | How to change to ram/disk? | |||
| VLC crashes | Use a different player, like mpv | ||||
| After last software update, X.org crashes when Fn + some functional key uses |