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Work with ROCK Pi S Debian

Introduction to ROCK Pi S Debian

ROCK Pi S Debian is an easy to use desktop system. While working with ROCKPI4Debian, you will find it do well on playing music, playing video, Internet, Bluetooth and so on.

Here Need a USB to TTL serial cable. Or use SSH.

Debian Default User Account

Non-root User:

   User Name : rock
   Password  : rock

Install and update necessary packages

Add Radxa APT, see Radxa APT.

Install packages;

 $ sudo apt-get update
 $ sudo apt-get install -y rockchip-overlay rockchip-fstab
 $ sudo apt-get install -y linux-4.4-rockpis-latest rockpis-dtbo

Install xfce4 desktop

 $ sudo apt-get install -y xfce4
 $ sudo apt-get install -y xfce4-goodies task-xfce-desktop lightdm dialog tango-icon-theme

Network Connection

There are two methods for network connection. One is Ethernet and the other is WIFI.

Ethernet Connection

You can use a network cable (one end connected to the external network port or route) to connect your ROCK Pi S to the network. The ROCK Pi S will automatically configure the network for your surfing on the Internet.

To test the Ethernet, we need to follow the steps:

Switch to super user mode by command

 $ sudo su

Check whether the Ethernet is normal by command, ifconfig, which would show us a network card, eth0, and the Ethernet IP address. Also, use tool, ping, to connect to a normal domain.

 $ ifconfig
 $ ping www.baidu.com

If failed to connect to a normal domain. , try

 $ sudo dhclient eth0

WIFI Connection

When there is not a network cable for your ROCK Pi S the WIFI connection is another good choice. ROCK Pi S supports 2.4G WIFI wireless network.

Here are the common commands.

Switch to super user mode

 $ sudo su

Open the WIFI

 $ nmcli r wifi on

Scan WIFI

 $ nmcli dev wifi

Connect to WIFI network

 $ nmcli dev wifi connect "wifi_name" password "wifi_password"

Bluetooth

Update necessary packages

 $ sudo apt-get update
 $ sudp apt-get install -y rockchip-fstab rockchip-overlay
 $ sudo apt-get install -y linux-4.4-rockpis-latest # kernel version(>=4.4.143.27)
 $ sudo apt-get install -y rtl8723ds-firmware bluez

Check bluetooth service

 $ systemctl status bluetooth

Run bluetooth service

 $ etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Load bluetooth firmware

 $ sudo bt_load_rtk_firmware

Check bluetooth device

 $ hciconfig
 hci0:   Type: Primary  Bus: UART
         BD Address: 22:22:AA:8C:2F:93  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 255:12
         UP RUNNING 
         RX bytes:1399 acl:0 sco:0 events:45 errors:0
         TX bytes:3441 acl:0 sco:0 commands:45 errors:0

Example: Connect to Bluetooth Speaker

Install pulseaudio packages

 $ sudo apt-get install -y pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio

Add non-root user (here rock) to bluetooth and pluse-access group in file /etc/group

 $ cat /etc/group
 ...
 bluetooth:x:113:rock
 pulse-access:x:115:rock
 ...

Run pulseaudio

 $ pulseaudio --start

Connect using bluetoothctl

 $ bluetoothctl
 [bluetooth]# default-agent 
 [bluetooth]# power on
 [bluetooth]# scan on
 [bluetooth]# trust 77:EC:79:4F:6B:AC
 [bluetooth]# pair 77:EC:79:4F:6B:AC
 [bluetooth]# connect 77:EC:79:4F:6B:AC

Play songs and enjoy it.

Poweroff

Once login, click button: Suspend

Changelogs

2019.10.29

rockpis-debian-buster-minimal-arm64-191029_1055-gpt.img

U-boot version updated to 2017.09-02370-g6d65a50f1e
- Add patch to make LAN MAC address stable based on CPUID
Kernel version updated to 4.4.143-28-rockchip-g8dbafd783043
Default serial console: UART0
Default non-root user: rock (password: rock)
Hostname: rockpis
Support SSH
Do not need to install rockchip-fstab package since /boot partition is auto mounted by systemd.

2019.08.06

rockpis_debian_stretch_minimal_arm64_190806_0115-gpt.img

Kernel version updated to 4.4.143-23-rockchip-g394d86b2b38b
- Support 3.5inch waveshare model B and C LCD
Default serial console: UART0
Default non-root user: rock (password: rock)
Hostname: rockpis
Support SSH