>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I don't have luck with my serial connection before. But I will try
>>> again this week with the newest Rawhide and see.
>>
http://linux-sunxi.org/Pine_Pinebook#Adding_a_serial_port
>>
>> so long as you toggle the switch inside the pinebook the serial console
>> will just work.
>>
>
> Thanks Dennis!
>
> I admit I never read that chapter carefully...
>
> Now I got the console access for my 11' Pinebook 1080p, and a working
> machine with console access only. The display shows until somewhere
> around the 4s in kernel log. Then the display got black.
>
> The console log is available at
>
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/EOCMI2i54UGoZTr~25gAdA
>
> While the USB device info is
>
https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/7fmGskvzl1iZ4c3ENYnpVA
>
Oh I forgot to mention that, the wifi adapter did not work for me, so I
used a USB one to connect to the network.