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Posted at 6/3/2018 09:25:11
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Last edited by rpk.firefly In 6/3/2018 09:36 Editor
Hi mcdane,
I haven't logged in for a while, and just saw your post.
Although it's on my list, I haven't messed with compiling ubuntu or the kernel yet. In looking at the FireFly Ubuntu build destructions, I don't see any mention of the 'extras' that appear to be in the FireFly Ubuntu image, so I would assume devices/drivers will be missing for the framebufer and hardware codecs.
I have a feeling there should be more drivers somewhere. In my /dev/dri/ from the FireFly image, I see:
card0
controlD64
renderD128
but they could just be a default for a Linux install, I'm not sure.
[ edit, I just checked on the Ubuntu install on my older Mac Mini, which has card0 and renderD128, so yes they're part of the standard install ].
I do see /dev/mali0 on the FireFly though, which would be RockChip. It's possible that's part of the debian default installer for Arm processors, afraid I don't know for sure.
I bet that without proper framebuffer support a regular Linux install will be slow as the defaults won't utilize hardware acceleration.
Speaking of which, I never could get ffmpeg compiled to use the hardware accellerators, I probably need another package installed or compiled. I bet it needs to be in /dev/dri. I also messed with gstreamer a little (it's in /opt in FireFly's ubuntu image) and found it to be a convoluted mess in true Linux fashion, however I was able to use the decoder chip for playback.
btw. I found rkflashtool to be sort of flakey sometimes. I've found 'upgrade_tool' to be pretty good for installs. It just needs that config.ini file which is missing from one of the FireFly images.
I just tried your google drive link, but it throws an error for me, no doubt because I block many google domains due to them being low-life, bottom-feeding scum when it comes to user privacy. I personally avoid any google products (or FaceF*ck etc.) because I don't find them to be trustworthy companies.
[edit - I forgot to mention that there are 2 ubuntu images I found via the FireFly site, the 'xubuntu' one is older and I only loaded it once, anyway here's the names of the downloaded files (I'll try a search and update if I locate the links again):
Firefly-RK3399_xubuntu16.04_20180412.7z
Firefly-RK3399-ubuntu16.04-20180416112819.tgz
]
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