[OS] Manjaro ARM Linux- Alpha - GT King Pro - Development Only

spikerguy

Manjaro ARM for Beelink GT King Pro

The Manjaro ARM project is proud to announce the first alpha release for Beelink GT King Pro !!

Thanks to Beelink for the sample device. This image is running Mainline 5.9.0 Linux kernel.

CAUTION: To run this image you will need to erase android on emmc without erasing the emmc this will not boot at all.
Try only if you want to test it as you will lose all the data on emmc.
I or Manjaro ARM Linux will not be responsible for the lose of your data, this is Alpla image for testing and development only.

How to install:

• Download the Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-gtking-pro-Mainline.img.xz image/xz file from the download location. Verify that the download completed successfully.
  

• Install Etcher (sudo pacman -S etcher if on Manjaro) and burn the to an SD card (8 GB or larger).
  

• Erase the emmc, this can only be done by flashing the latest android image using the burning tool and once it started burning then wait for it to reach 15% and unplug the usb cable once you see 15% on the burning tool. This will erase the emmc.
  

• Now insert the sd card which you have flashed Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-gtking-pro-Mainline.img.xz mage on.
  
• This it should recognize the SD card as a bootable device and boot from it.
• You will see the Kernel loading and it will take you to the First Time OEM Setup screen
  

First Time setup

This release sports the First Time setup for all images, also via SSH. This means that at first boot, you will be asked about the following:

• keyboard layout
• username
• additional user groups (optional)
• full name
• password for that username
• password for root
• timezone
• locale
• hostname
  

Then the setup script will set these settings and reboot to the login screen. If it fails to restart then just power off and power on the device.

On first boot during the login screen please switch the KDE Session from Plasma Wayland to just Plasma.

Also run the sound service to enable sound and reboot.

Pass this command in konsole(terminal):

1. sudo systemctl enable sound --now

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Features:

• New packages from upstream and Manjaro ARM.
• KDE Plasma 5.20.2
• Software Acceleration
• Wifi/BT/Audio - Works
  

Known Issues

• HW Acceleration is a bit slow.
• Video Playback is over Software Acceleration.
  

Downloads:

Device	Kde Plasma
GT King Pro	Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-gtking-pro-Alpha-18-11-2020

This is a preview image and have known issues and bugs

• Netflix/Amazon/Spotify can be viewed using `chromium-docker`. Using the below command.
  
  • sudo pacman -S chromium-docker
    
• Please use MPV player to watch videos.
  

Donate!

Please consider supporting Manjaro ARM directly via Patreon, Ko-Fior Open Collective.
You can also donate to our upstream, which is Arch Linux ARM.

JFL

Looking forward to the version where it can boot up from SD/USB.

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spikerguy

JFL replied at 2020-11-13 21:42
Looking forward to the version where it can boot up from SD/USB.

Nearly impossible at this stage until someone find's out the changes that makes kernel panic on vendor uboot.

I will update this image to newer uboot-2021 version as we got it to read 4gb ram now. :D

Finally I can get rid of the Android on my GS King X and get Mainline uboot and Mainline Linux Kernel which will make GS King X one of the best Linux NAS/Media Server box on ARM :D

darkstar

@spikerguy Is there any news related to u-boot update ?

spikerguy

Hello,
Nothing yet,  one of the linux kernel developer have recieved the device and will start looking into it once he gets time, he can debug in detail and try to adjust the kernel or advice Beelink to make changes to the uboot.
We will have to wait some more to find the issue accurately and a possible solution.

crazyturk

I hope good news will come until Christmas.

liekong1991

Which image should I flash? Mainline or Alpha?

spikerguy

Hello,
I will upload the newer image soon but Alpha will work fine too.

spikerguy

Created an video tutorial for Flashing Manjaro ARM OS on GS KIng X on SD-Card and eMMC.

How to Flash Manjaro ARM OS on Beelink GS King X