Banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra/BPI-M2 Berry new image:2017-08-24-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-beta-bpi-m2u/m2b

Banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra/BPI-M2 Berry new image:2017-08-24-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-beta

release version note:

  1. based on ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Mate Desktop
  2. support BPI-M2 Ultra & BPI-M2 Berry kernel 3.10.107
  3. username & password: pi/bananapi , root/bananapi
  4. support LCD 7"
  5. support LCD 5"
  6. support HDMI 1080P & 480P & 720P
  7. support GMAC
  8. support WIFI
  9. support BT (with bluetoothctl can setup)
  10. support SATA
  11. support UART (default set 2 pin mode for /dev/ttyS2)
  12. support I2C
  13. support SPI
  14. support eMMC (support boot from eMMC)
  15. support Battery (BPI-M2 Ultra only)
  16. support IR (getevent can test, BPI-M2 Ultra only)
  17. support touch screen (can control desktop or getevent to test)
  18. support power key (getevent can test)
  19. support OTG (BPI-M2 Ultra only)
  20. support CAMERA ov5640 (guvcview / cap / ffmpeg-3.2.1 support video H.264 hw encode)
  21. support uEnv.txt to fatload uImage
  22. support bpi-bootsel to set LCD7" / LCD5" / HDMI (720P & 1080P & 480P)
  23. support bpi-copy to write SD/eMMC with img.zip file
  24. support video play 1080p with vdpau (mpv , vlc, smplayer)
  25. support xrdp
  26. support chromium 60.0.3112.78
  27. support wiringpi 2.44 (GitHub - BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-WiringPi2: (NEW) support all Banana Pi boards in one version(auto detect). Gordon's Arduino wiring-like WiringPi Library for the Raspberry Pi (Unofficial Mirror for WiringPi bindings) , thanks to http://wiringpi.com/ & GitHub - WiringPi/WiringPi: The arguably fastest GPIO Library for the Raspberry Pi)
  28. support rpi.gpio 0.6.3 for python (GitHub - BPI-SINOVOIP/RPi.GPIO: RPi.GPIO (A Python module to control the GPIO on a Raspberry Pi) for Banana Pi, forked from raspberry-gpio-python https://sourceforge.net/projects/raspberry-gpio-python/, thanks to raspberry-gpio-python download | SourceForge.net)
  29. Thanks for linux-sunxi community (http://linux-sunxi.org/)
  30. Special thanks for Daniel Andersen with BPI-M2U-bsp (dan-and (Daniel Andersen) · GitHub )
  31. Special thanks for Alex support with camera functions (avafinger · GitHub )
  32. ref. GitHub - BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M2U-bsp: Supports Banana Pi BPI-M2 Ultra (R40) / BPI-M2 Berry (V40) (Kernel3.10)
  33. ref. About BPI-M2 Ultra/BPI-M2 Berry | banana pi BPI-M2 Ultra/Berry allwinner R40/V40 SBC

HDMI version:

2017-08-24-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-beta-bpi-m2u-sd-emmc.img.zip

Google Drive:

baidu cloud:

MD5: 5ce6251d0b5d834eecbb7ec51302383c

FILESIZE: 1808529214 (~1724MB)

UNPACK: 7456MB (eMMC size)

LCD 7.0 version:

filename: 2017-08-24-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-beta-bpi-m2u-lcd7-sd-emmc.img.zip

Google Drive:

baidu cloud:

MD5: 41c3ec53795f5d9c309bb6e32e478a52

FILESIZE: 1809255540 (~1725MB)

UNPACK: 7456MB (eMMC size)

LCD 5.0 version:

filename: 2017-08-24-ubuntu-16.04-mate-desktop-beta-bpi-m2u-lcd5-sd-emmc.img.zip

Google Drive:

baidu cloud:

MD5: 9c460e2a83aed6b93ee53920d72cbe09

FILESIZE: 1807400340 (~1723MB)

UNPACK: 7456MB (eMMC size)

Kernel 3.10.107 :grinning: Thanks Dan!!

And now please Debian 8 Jessie asap :wink:

Has anyone tried this image? Is it stable? Is the performance of the NIC and a connected SATA HDD good?

Its semi-stable, but for me the relevant bug is sound over bluetooth headset, distorsioned, any solución?