Template:UbuntuNobleDesktop-Common

1 Account & Password

Regular Account:
    User Name: pi
    Password: pi

Root:
    User Name: root
    Password: fa

2 Install Ubuntu software center

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install snapd
$ sudo snap install snap-store

3 Install the kernel-header package

sudo dpkg -i /opt/archives/linux-headers-*.deb

try to compile a kernel module:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git gcc make bc
git clone https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver.git
cd RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu

4 Install the kernel-image package

You can visit http://112.124.9.243/archives/ to check if there is a new version of the kernel deb package (compare with the current version in the /opt/archives/ directory). If a new version is available, download it locally and install it using dpkg -i.

5 Change time zone

5.1 Check the current time zone

timedatectl

5.2 List all available time zones

timedatectl list-timezones

5.3 Set the time zone (e.g. Shanghai)

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Shanghai

6 Change startup LOGO and Wallpaper

6.1 Change startup LOGO

Replace the following two files in the kernel source code directory and recompile the kernel：
kernel/logo.bmp
kernel/logo_kernel.bmp
Or use the script to operate, as shown below：

• Download scripts:

git clone https://github.com/friendlyarm/sd-fuse_rk3399.git -b kernel-4.19
cd sd-fuse_rk3399

• Compile kernel and repackage firmware

convert files/logo.jpg -type truecolor /tmp/logo.bmp
convert files/logo.jpg -type truecolor /tmp/logo_kernel.bmp
LOGO=/tmp/logo.bmp KERNEL_LOGO=/tmp/logo_kernel.bmp ./build-kernel.sh ubuntu-noble-desktop-arm64
./mk-emmc-image.sh ubuntu-noble-desktop-arm64

7 Soft Factory Reset

Execute the following command in a terminal:

sudo firstboot && sudo reboot

8 Start the program automatically at startup(For example Firefox)

Put the desktop file in the ~/.config/autostart/ directory, for example：

mkdir ~/.config/autostart/
cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

9 Disable auto-mounting

sudo systemctl mask udisks2
sudo reboot

10 Setup Chinese language and Input method

10.1 Setup Chinese language

Enter the following command and select 'zh_CN.UTF-8':

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Add environment variables to .bashrc:

echo "export LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export LANGUAGE=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> ~/.bashrc

Reboot device:

sudo reboot

11 Video playback with hardware decoding

11.1 GUI

• Locate the video file in the file browser, right click and select "Play with mpv media player"
• Using Kodi player
• Using Chromium web browser, you can play videos on the web with hardware decoding (limited to the video formats supported by the CPU)

11.2 Command line

• Play local video file

export DISPLAY=:0.0
mpv --fs /home/pi/Videos/demo.mp4

• Play web-video

export DISPLAY=:0.0
mpv --fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK-nYDmC1Dk

12 Using USB Camera

(Note: The following test commands use the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920.)

• List camera devices

$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices

• Display supported formats

$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video1 --list-formats-ext --all

• Preview

$ export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0
$ gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! image/jpeg,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1 ! jpegdec ! videoconvert ! glimagesink

• Record video

$ gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! image/jpeg,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1 ! \
	jpegdec ! videoconvert ! queue ! mpph265enc ! h265parse ! \
	queue ! mux. alsasrc device=hw:CARD=realtekrt5616co ! audio/x-raw,channels=2 \
	! audioconvert ! voaacenc ! queue ! mux. matroskamux name=mux ! filesink location="demo.mkv"

13 Install Docker Engine

13.1 Install Docker Engine

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg lsb-release
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] \
    https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin

Let’s verify:

sudo docker info

13.2 Run Docker as a non-root user

sudo groupadd docker
sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} docker
sudo systemctl restart docker
sudo chmod a+rw /var/run/docker.sock

Let’s verify:

docker images

13.3 Testing Docker: Installing Nextcloud with docker

mkdir ~/nextcloud -p
docker run -d -p 8888:80  --name nextcloud  -v ~/nextcloud/:/var/www/html/ --restart=always --privileged=true  arm64v8/nextcloud

After installation, visit: http://Device-IP-Address:8888 on your computer browser to view the nextcloud web page.