BPI-R2 new image: Ubuntu with Linux kernel 4.14 release V1.0 2018-4-28

asprakash · May 15, 2018, 10:54am

Hi @Jackzeng Can you please exactly share the link for 2018-4-28 Ubuntu image or this release is only for kernel?.

Jackzeng · May 16, 2018, 12:46am

sure, Do you want the 4.14 kernel, right?

asprakash · May 16, 2018, 5:07am

Yes, 4.14 kernel. I would also like to know which Ubuntu it is and how it differs from your Ubuntu 16.04 v1.3 29.03.2018 image?.

Jackzeng · May 16, 2018, 12:31pm

OK, I will send you later.

Jackzeng · May 23, 2018, 2:04am

Here is R2 Ubuntu image with kernel 4.14，this is for test，you could compare with Ubuntu kernel 4.4 https://pan.baidu.com/s/15iCwmRX8NPCuAhHG0P8Dxw

Petr_Nosek · June 5, 2018, 7:08pm

Hi, can anybody confirm, that wifi in AP mode is stable?

I bought 2 pieces of Banana Pi. The first one was R1. The second one is R2.

It was the worst purchase I’ve ever made. R1 in AP mode will always be unstable.

I hoped, that R2 is solved and Wifi will be stable. The board has several ethernet ports - it could be good router. Everybody is expecting, that AP mode and ethernet works. It is like purchasing a new car for travelling and producer forgot to say, that the car is without engine…

Banana R2 bought in december 2017 and now is AP mode still unstable. I tried several tips, I’ve read several discusion. I found this release: BPI-R2 New Image Release : Ubuntu 16.04 V1.3 2018-3-30

With text: Known limitations - Wifi Ap is unstable. OMG - how is it possible? This information should be on the package. BPI-R2 - warning - do not use for networking…

You can see, that I’m irritated from this product and driver support. The question is. Is wifi in AP mode stable or unstable?

frank-w · June 5, 2018, 7:45pm

My r2 is running 50 days with ap enabled (4.14.34),used everyday and is only 1 time restarted because of a channel-change (my neighbour changed before so i got overlapping channel with bandwidth-reduction). Some people have problems with random-number-generator…

Petr_Nosek · June 5, 2018, 8:12pm

Hi Frank. Thank you for your response. And how many devices do you have connected?

frank-w · June 5, 2018, 8:22pm

simultanously only max 2

Petr_Nosek · June 5, 2018, 8:38pm

I will try this image, I will see.

I have network with several devices - MacOS, Android, Windows 10 (8 devices).

It seems, that after connecting windows 10 - wifi AP is broken. But not this image. My last kernel is: Linux bpi-iot-ros-ai 4.4.126-BPI-R2-Kernel

So I will try this kernel. My last try

frank-w · June 14, 2018, 7:10pm

i’m using not this ubuntu-image i’m using my headless debian stretch

Prova_Infinity · June 17, 2018, 8:14am

Can you upload to another cloud please ?

frank-w · June 17, 2018, 8:23am

you can also try my headless ubuntu-image Ubuntu 18.4 with kernel 4.14.48

Prova_Infinity · June 17, 2018, 8:47am

Thank you so much! Now i try

Wech · August 25, 2024, 4:18pm

Hello my friends.

I have a route bpi-r2, I am updated to version Ubuntu 20.04, I had a problem with the snap demon service.

I’ve been reading forums and I found that I have to update the 4.4 kernel to 4.14 or higher, and I looked for a new system build for this computer and couldn’t find it.

I’m looking for someone who has a manual that explains the steps, so I can compile a kernel for this most recent Ubuntu system.

igorpec · August 25, 2024, 6:28pm

Here is half done work in unknown state mt7623: Bump `legacy` 4.19 to `current` 6.6 kernel by ColorfulRhino · Pull Request #6902 · armbian/build · GitHub but it is 100% on you to move things further. Fork it, fix it, use it, contribute back, or not. If you don’t know, hire people. There are plenty of people who know how to do this …

While you are waiting, perhaps contribute and learn those steps? Once previous work is completed, its always the same.

frank-w · August 25, 2024, 7:11pm

I have recent ubuntu 24.4 ubuntu image with kernel 5.15 (as it is the last supporting the internal wifi chip) on my gdrive

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1A5S7_82Bg4EYxjzdQ5FKyBw9Qi2C3uK-?sort=13&direction=a

If you do not need this internal wifi chip and want a newer kernel you can use my kernel repo to get one up to 6.10 (precompiled in releases). Simply unpack tar file and change uEnv.txt on BPI-BOOT partition to let kernel var pointing to new file

Wech · August 31, 2024, 3:13am

thank you very much for the information

Wech · August 31, 2024, 3:14am

Thank you very much for the information.

I’m going to try Ubuntu 24 thanks for the url

Wech · October 29, 2024, 10:09pm

hello friends

Here I bring you the image for the route bananapi-r2 with Ubuntu 22.04 lts, but keep in mind that in order to have this system installed OS, 32 GB memory is necessary, this system occupies 48% of the memory capacity. It cannot be installed in the eMMC memory if it has 8 or 16GB. My motherboard is 8GB, I am working on being able to boot into it and load all the components from a hard drive. As soon as I achieve this goal, I will explain how to do it and I am using this board as a server running the Samba and Apache services.

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OS ubuntur 22.04 jernel 4.470 32gb BPI-r2

hello friends

Here I bring you kernel 5.15 for Ubuntu, it has not been tested in all its functions.

Kernel para Bpi-R2 5.15 ´para ubuntur 22.04 lts

I remain attentive to your comment about some problems with the kernel.