Rock Pi 4 Slarm64 (aarch64 unofficial slackware)

dmesg missing any mention of NVMe and not showing any errors. Wondering if there is a uboot command missing somewhere in the config.
Noticed ethernet is also not working but not sure that’s related.

mara · August 28, 2022, 12:17pm

u-boot is not logged in the system, the wrong DTB may be loaded, it was exchanged in /boot/uEnv.txt fdtfile=rockchip/rk3399-rock-pi-4c-plus.dtb

tramtrist · August 28, 2022, 12:45pm

Setting the fdtfile to rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtb rk3399-rock-pi-4b.dtb or rk3399-rock-pi-4c.dtb allows ethernet to work but not nvme
Setting it to rk3399-rock-pi-4c-plus.dtb stops ethernet and nvme both it seems

mara · August 28, 2022, 4:56pm

yes, there is such a problem, here is a new dtb with fixes rk3399-rock-pi-4c-plus.dtb.zip (16.6 KB)
unzip rk3399-rock-pi-4c-plus.dtb.zip

mara · August 29, 2022, 5:17am

installation README.TXT
kernel 5.19.4

slarm64-current-aarch64-server-rock_pi_4-5.19.4-build-20220828.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-server-rock_pi_4-5.19.4-build-20220828.img.zst.sha256
slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-5.19.4-build-20220828.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-5.19.4-build-20220828.img.zst.sha256

mara · February 19, 2023, 9:14pm

installation README.TXT
kernel 6.1.12

slarm64-current-aarch64-core-rock_pi_4-6.1.12-build-20230219.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-core-rock_pi_4-6.1.12-build-20230219.img.zst.sha256
slarm64-current-aarch64-server-rock_pi_4-6.1.12-build-20230219.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-server-rock_pi_4-6.1.12-build-20230219.img.zst.sha256
slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-6.1.12-build-20230219.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-6.1.12-build-20230219.img.zst.sha256

mara · August 12, 2023, 3:28am

installation README.TXT
kernel 6.4.9

slarm64-current-aarch64-core-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-core-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img.zst.sha256
slarm64-current-aarch64-server-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-server-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img.zst.sha256
slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img.zst
slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img.zst.sha256

lallemang · October 10, 2023, 9:31pm

Hi everyone,

since i installed the slarm64-current-aarch64-xfce-rock_pi_4-6.4.9-build-20230811.img on my rock 4B+ v1.73 emmc and nvme work. Btw nvme is Crucial P3 500GB.
With the rock-pi-4b-plus_debian_bullseye_kde_b19.img.xz and
rock-pi-4b-plus_debian_bullseye_kde_b17.img.xz i coudn’t access emmc or nvme.
Now with the slack-u-boot this works also.
Only hickup is no sound on 3.5mm jack with slack.
On Debian sound’s ok.
Regards and thanks for your work!

mara · October 11, 2023, 4:54pm

you can view all your sound cards cat /proc/asound/card and select millet in alsamixer

lallemang · October 19, 2023, 8:39pm

Thanks mara,
it’ll probably work, but i messed up my installation somehow. The installer didn’t come
up, but at the end i got an login, “fixed” the settings and was mainly locking at storage
Now i wanted to connect the rock4 to my thinkpad … well, sparks and smelly darkness.
So far the thinkpad powersupply is common positiv and i get up to 28V between the ground there and rock4
I’ll sort out my mess and report after.

dyha · November 7, 2023, 2:42pm

hi mara,
I have problems with the 6.4.9 kernel (your image): the system goes broken during the first upgrade or within first 2 hours after start

in parallel, I use the kernel 6.1.12 (your image with current upgrades) as web server with uptime up to 2 weeks

have you any suggestions what should I make to install the system (6.4.9) correct?

my hardware: rock pi 4 se

ps.: blue heart beat is nice, but could be configurable to set it off?

mara · November 7, 2023, 4:24pm

I have rock pi 4 kernel 6.2.7 works without problems
try changing the dtb file for your board in the /boot/uEnv.txt file

you can via /sys/class/leds/