Greetings all;

My 3d printer farm is out of business, all the rock64's died, as in no
hdmi video anymore, and the rock64's weren't
that great due to extreme interference between the video and usb
activity. I can still log into them and can run
stuff from here, but its a bit useless to try and run a 3d printer from
out of sight 3 rooms away.

So I have a question for your arm folks, as I have a 4 pack of the
latest 4gig bannana pi's on order.

Can it can now run an xfce4 desktop, just like an rpi4b, giving good
video for octoprint?

If it can, a URL for the latest image would be very appreciated.

Thank you all. Take care & stay well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>

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On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 01:55:16PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

Greetings all;

My 3d printer farm is out of business, all the rock64's died, as in no hdmi video anymore, and the rock64's weren't
that great due to extreme interference between the video and usb activity. I can still log into them and can run
stuff from here, but its a bit useless to try and run a 3d printer from out of sight 3 rooms away.

So I have a question for your arm folks, as I have a 4 pack of the latest 4gig bannana pi's on order.

No idea: probably.

Can it can now run an xfce4 desktop, just like an rpi4b, giving good video for octoprint?

https://github.com/radxa/debos-radxa/releases/download/20220820-0621/rockpi-4b-debian-bullseye-xfce4-arm64-20220820-0811-gpt.img.xz

If it can, a URL for the latest image would be very appreciated.

That's the image from Radxa - you are on your own. No idea about octaprint
or whether you'll have to compile/build that for yourself.

Although Debian has various images for rk3399 = http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/

I've no idea whether any of these will work. As ever, this *isn't* Debian and any support any of us can give is only best endeavours at best.

Thank you all. Take care & stay well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater

--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>

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On 10/27/22 14:21, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 01:55:16PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

Greetings all;

My 3d printer farm is out of business, all the rock64's died, as in no hdmi >> video anymore, and the rock64's weren't
that great due to extreme interference between the video and usb activity. I >> can still log into them and can run
stuff from here, but its a bit useless to try and run a 3d printer from out >> of sight 3 rooms away.

So I have a question for your arm folks, as I have a 4 pack of the latest
4gig bannana pi's on order.

No idea: probably.

Can it can now run an xfce4 desktop, just like an rpi4b, giving good video >> for octoprint?

https://github.com/radxa/debos-radxa/releases/download/20220820-0621/rockpi-4b-debian-bullseye-xfce4-arm64-20220820-0811-gpt.img.xz

If it can, a URL for the latest image would be very appreciated.

That's the image from Radxa - you are on your own. No idea about octaprint
or whether you'll have to compile/build that for yourself.

Although Debian has various images for rk3399 = http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/

I've no idea whether any of these will work. As ever, this *isn't* Debian and any support any of us can give is only best endeavours at best.

thanks Andy.  From the Readme , it sounds like I ought to be able to
concoct something. OctoPrint is all python, and runs
in a python venv as if its on a real pi. So If I've good video on the
reboot, I should be in high clover.

When the bananna pi's get here, middle of next month.

Thank you.

Thank you all. Take care & stay well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater

--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>

.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>

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On 10/27/22 20:31, gene heskett wrote:

On 10/27/22 14:21, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 01:55:16PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

Greetings all;

My 3d printer farm is out of business, all the rock64's died, as in
no hdmi
video anymore, and the rock64's weren't
that great due to extreme interference between the video and usb
activity. I
can still log into them and can run
stuff from here, but its a bit useless to try and run a 3d printer
from out
of sight 3 rooms away.

So I have a question for your arm folks, as I have a 4 pack of the
latest
4gig bannana pi's on order.

No idea: probably.

Can it can now run an xfce4 desktop, just like an rpi4b, giving good
video
for octoprint?

https://github.com/radxa/debos-radxa/releases/download/20220820-0621/rockpi-4b-debian-bullseye-xfce4-arm64-20220820-0811-gpt.img.xz

If it can, a URL for the latest image would be very appreciated.

That's the image from Radxa - you are on your own. No idea about
octaprint
or whether you'll have to compile/build that for yourself.

Although Debian has various images for rk3399 =
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-arm64/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/

I've no idea whether any of these will work. As ever, this *isn't*
Debian and
any support any of us can give is only best endeavours at best.

thanks Andy.  From the Readme , it sounds like I ought to be able to
concoct something. OctoPrint is all python, and runs
in a python venv as if its on a real pi. So If I've good video on the
reboot, I should be in high clover.

When the bananna pi's get here, middle of next month.

Thank you.

In the meantime, I found I had a slightly newer armbian xz, put it on
the u-sd and just now made the
network work again. The other one was based on ubu's jammy, This ones on
our sid. Video is still noisy
as can be, but its running. So in another day, I might get both going
again.  That link to the rockpi version
wouldn't even try to boot on these old, original rock64's  They were new
in 2016.

Thanks Andy.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>

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On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 01:55:16PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

Greetings all;

My 3d printer farm is out of business, all the rock64's died, as in no hdmi video anymore, and the rock64's weren't
that great due to extreme interference between the video and usb activity. I can still log into them and can run
stuff from here, but its a bit useless to try and run a 3d printer from out of sight 3 rooms away.

So I have a question for your arm folks, as I have a 4 pack of the latest 4gig bannana pi's on order.

FWWIW, I do run octoprint on a BananaPI (older 1GB model, don't recall the exact
modell, but I *think* it is an BananaPI BPI-M1

Can it can now run an xfce4 desktop, just like an rpi4b, giving good video for octoprint?

I'm not using a DE on the banapi, I login remotely to octoprint from another machine or using OctoRemote on Android.

If it can, a URL for the latest image would be very appreciated.

Not sure what you mean with image. AFAIC there is no "octopi-style, ready to run" image for the BananaPi. /me installed it ages ago, and IIRC I used a Debian installer for that. Said that, I'm not sure what BananaPi you are getting, but https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner lists a few, and a few as
marked as "unsupported bootstraping."


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tobi

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On 10/28/22 03:00, Tobias Frost wrote:

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 01:55:16PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

Greetings all;

My 3d printer farm is out of business, all the rock64's died, as in no hdmi >> video anymore, and the rock64's weren't
that great due to extreme interference between the video and usb activity. I >> can still log into them and can run
stuff from here, but its a bit useless to try and run a 3d printer from out >> of sight 3 rooms away.

So I have a question for your arm folks, as I have a 4 pack of the latest
4gig bannana pi's on order.

FWWIW, I do run octoprint on a BananaPI (older 1GB model, don't recall the exact
modell, but I *think* it is an BananaPI BPI-M1

Can it can now run an xfce4 desktop, just like an rpi4b, giving good video >> for octoprint?

I'm not using a DE on the banapi, I login remotely to octoprint from another machine or using OctoRemote on Android.

If it can, a URL for the latest image would be very appreciated.

Not sure what you mean with image. AFAIC there is no "octopi-style, ready to run" image for the BananaPi. /me installed it ages ago, and IIRC I used a Debian installer for that. Said that, I'm not sure what BananaPi you are getting, but https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Allwinner lists a few,
and a few as
marked as "unsupported bootstraping."

I found, late last night, that I had a newer image, not based on ubu's
jammy, but on our sid!
And it works! so one printer is about ready and the 2nd one is busy
updating 618 pkgs right now.
The  bananna pi's I was asking about are BPI-M5's, 4 gigs of dram. All 4
usb sockets are blue! $89
from amazon.

Thanks Tobias, take care & stay well.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>

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