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    Cool Pi Cm5-Laptop Linux Quick Start Guide

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      Momo 0
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      can we get some updated instructions in general? The repo on the first page doesnt seem to be the current one, and every build i do from the Current one doesnt seem to boot on my laptop.

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        petersen77 @Momo 0
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        @Momo-0 The same here, I cannot replace the standard kernel with EXFAT support.

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          mainbord @petersen77
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          Hi help me please to find firmware for laptop, I Flashed ubuntu-24.04-preinstalled-desktop-arm64-coolpi-0926.img from google and it does not boot.

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            Momo 0 @mainbord
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            @mainbord for me currently only the Debian image works

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              mainbord @Momo 0
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              @Momo-0 said in Cool Pi Cm5-Laptop Linux Quick Start Guide:

              @mainbord for me currently only the Debian image works

              Thanks, 11 debian booted. Because this is an old image.

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                petersen77 @mainbord
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                @mainbord Debian 13 is also working, but no EXFAT support in the kernel, so it's a little bit inconvenient copying files (e.g. my Camera is using EXFAT) or making backups

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                  Momo 0 @petersen77
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                  @petersen77 i got around this with installing exfat-progs and exfatfuse i think, after installing i needed to create a symlink like this "sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/mount.exfat-fuse /sbin/mount.exfat"

                  https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/607949/cannot-mount-exfat-even-installed-exfat-fuse-exfat-utils-in-kali-linux

                  but yeah being able to compile the kernel or have this and some other features (vpn, filesystem encryption) in the kernel from the beginning for example would be better

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                    petersen77 @Momo 0
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                    @Momo-0 Thanks, it's working now.

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                      mainbord @mainbord
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                      @mainbord
                      I boot from ubuntu 24.04 hdmi and usb 2.0 works. Usbc wi-fi and lcd do not work. This image not for laptop. Latest kernel source not for laptop too.

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                        george @mainbord
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                        @mainbord
                        Use the following command to generate a deb file and then install it.

                        ./build-kernel.sh arm64
                        
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                          mainbord @george
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                          @george said in Cool Pi Cm5-Laptop Linux Quick Start Guide:

                          Use the following command to generate a deb file and then install it.

                          It was hard. Now it works but without wi-fi and sound

                          How to install mainline kernel 6.18?

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                            petersen77 @george
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                            @george Can't finish the job. Btrfs module keeps sending an error when building the modules. The script doesn't finish.

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                              mainbord @petersen77
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                              Tyied it
                              https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8275
                              from usb and from nand it does not boot.

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                                Momo 0 @mainbord
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                                @mainbord same here, sadly Armbian isnt booting or else i would already be using it instead of the supplied distros

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                                  george @Momo 0
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                                  @Momo-0
                                  The official default configuration of ARMBIN's loadaddr and optee conflicts and needs to be modified to 0x200000

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                                    Momo 0 @george
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                                    @george is this true even for the community made Genbook build?

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                                      mainbord @Momo 0
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                                      @Momo-0
                                      I did it

                                      change address 0x200000
                                      build
                                      burn it to emmc
                                      profit
                                      Linux coolpi-genbook 6.18.0-edge-rockchip64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 1 01:42:10 MSK 2025 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

                                      wireless works

                                      no sound
                                      No usb-c

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                                        Momo 0 @mainbord
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                                        @mainbord too bad about the usbc and the sound, can i ask how you went about it? im not to deep into armbian.

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                                          george @Momo 0
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                                          @Momo-0
                                          TYPEC is only related to DTS, and the main issue with the sound card is Tinymix configuration.

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                                            Momo 0 @george
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                                            @georgecould you elaborate on how to build and change the Kernel from the current github repository?

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