Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
OK copying without deleting the existing modules has fixed it, the keyboard and mouse are now running!
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Well done BluPI2 and washy. So not a waste of time after all! I'm sure a lot of people will be grateful for the effort you've both put in.
You'll want to update and upgrade the packages:
This will sort out anything that is missing or needs updating (like the device tree overlay files).
EDIT: IGNORE THIS POST IT IS TALKING RUBBISH
You'll want to update and upgrade the packages:
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
EDIT: IGNORE THIS POST IT IS TALKING RUBBISH
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Yeah i did that - took about an hour - seems to have broken firefox - just insta-crashes when I run it, did try remove and reinstalling it that hasn't helped, was working before the dist-upgrade, never mind can fix that one laterfeelslikeautumn wrote: Well done BluPI2 and washy. So not a waste of time after all! I'm sure a lot of people will be grateful for the effort you've both put in.
You'll want to update and upgrade the packages:
This will sort out anything that is missing or needs updating (like the device tree overlay files).Code: Select all
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This is an issue - primarily because I haven't got a clue - I wgotted the files in TK's commit but I'm not entirely sure how to install them to make the wifi work, when I say not entirely sure - I haven't got a cluetkaiser wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:41 pmYou neither need kernel.img nor the '4.9.80+' directory (ARMv6 stuff) but you want to add the new wireless firmware: See this commit to get an idea where to fetch the files and where they should go to: https://github.com/ThomasKaiser/pi64/co ... 9c8c4f7737

Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Firefox is currently broken at the moment, you'll have to uninstall Firefox and revert to FF version 52.0.2 or use a different browser like Midori.
Midori is great but it crashes alot for me.
To fix firefox run:
sudo apt-get remove firefox
Then download and install https://launchpadlibrarian.net/31343902 ... _armhf.deb
Then run this command to keep the update manager from breaking it again:
sudo apt-mark hold firefox
Then run sudo apt-get autoremove to cleanup any unneeded files
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
To the lovely individual that got it up and running, bravo! Also, you should compile a suitable well-rounded set-up into a writable ISO or IMG file to make it easier for everyone and the newbies. 

Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Alright guys , I now have the onboard dual-band Wifi working as well
Once again I mounted the latest Raspbian .img(2018-03-13-raspbian-stretch-lite.img)
I then extracted these files from /lib/firmware/brcm
brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt, brcmfmac43455-sdio.clm_blob, and brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin
Move them into the same folder on your Ubuntu Mate SD card, if Mate is currently running you will need to right-click and open folder as administrator in order to copy them over and You'll need to reboot Mate in order for the changes to take effect.
I replaced the old files as they had the same filename.
Now All is working. I don't think I have anything left to fix. Everything now seems to be in order.
I suppose I could make an .img of the working Mate, but at the same time there probably wouldn't be much point as the Ubuntu Mate team are probably working on it already. The instructions in this thread are pretty simple and straight forward.
If I decide to make one I'll definately give you guys a heads up.

Once again I mounted the latest Raspbian .img(2018-03-13-raspbian-stretch-lite.img)
I then extracted these files from /lib/firmware/brcm
brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt, brcmfmac43455-sdio.clm_blob, and brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin
Move them into the same folder on your Ubuntu Mate SD card, if Mate is currently running you will need to right-click and open folder as administrator in order to copy them over and You'll need to reboot Mate in order for the changes to take effect.
I replaced the old files as they had the same filename.
Now All is working. I don't think I have anything left to fix. Everything now seems to be in order.

I suppose I could make an .img of the working Mate, but at the same time there probably wouldn't be much point as the Ubuntu Mate team are probably working on it already. The instructions in this thread are pretty simple and straight forward.
If I decide to make one I'll definately give you guys a heads up.
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Beautiful man! 
I agree with you ref an image - now we have a complete instruction set it's straight-forward to get this going assuming you have a linux system to be able to manipulate the SD card files on the ext4 partition. Thanks for all the help and supports, truly appreciated.

I agree with you ref an image - now we have a complete instruction set it's straight-forward to get this going assuming you have a linux system to be able to manipulate the SD card files on the ext4 partition. Thanks for all the help and supports, truly appreciated.
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Yeah, sorry I realised later I should of warned about those two things.
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel
The WiFi firmware can also be found here: https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ ... t3_all.deb
Open the deb with archive manager and extract the contents to the appropriate folder. This will save you the time downloading a raspbian image.
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That worked - just downloaded and extracted it remotely over vnc, rebooted and the wifi is working as expectedfeelslikeautumn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:01 pmThe WiFi firmware can also be found here: https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ ... t3_all.deb
Open the deb with archive manager and extract the contents to the appropriate folder. This will save you the time downloading a raspbian image.

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I can't help with USB boot, i've been running solely from SD card and haven't even tried the new USB boot feature yet. Eventually I'll hook a 2.5 inch hdd up and try it out. Just haven't gotten to it yet.
Have you tried posting in the raspberry pi section of the ubuntu mate forums? :
https://ubuntu-mate.community/c/support/raspberry-pi-2
Have you tried posting in the raspberry pi section of the ubuntu mate forums? :
https://ubuntu-mate.community/c/support/raspberry-pi-2
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
I've seen a few people try USB booting in Ubuntu-mate and you are not the first to fail at this. For USB booting you need to update the bootloader and edit cmdline.txt (like you've done). In addition you need to edit /etc/fstab. I haven't done this myself, but in theory that should be enough to get it going. Let us know how you get on!
EDIT: see new thread viewtopic.php?f=56&t=209324
EDIT: see new thread viewtopic.php?f=56&t=209324
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Confirmed. The deb file containing the newer brcm firmware works with 4.14.30v7+ 

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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Entirely right?jamesh wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:03 pmThis post is entirely wrong. Should be a matter of a few days (as shown after previous Pi model releases). Whether third parties bother is down to them.feelslikeautumn wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:35 pmUnless you have insider information, it is not going to be a week. Probably somewhere between one and two months for Ubuntu-mate. For Ubuntu-server it is even longer. 18.04 is in feature freeze I think, so the bootloader files probably won't be updated in time for release. Plus there will probably never be a image released especially for the 3B+.
Someone in the thread above has it working...
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
If a future person wants to work directly on the .img file for some reason, then there is an example that can be adapted here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1017028 ... 53#1018853
Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
I was able to make a bootable USB image of Ubuntu Mate for the Raspberry Pi 3B & 3B+. Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread 
I made torrents of the images:

I made torrents of the images:
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
You said it would take between one and two months. It took about a week to get a working Ubuntu. So that's how long it takes.feelslikeautumn wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:24 pmEntirely right?jamesh wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:03 pmThis post is entirely wrong. Should be a matter of a few days (as shown after previous Pi model releases). Whether third parties bother is down to them.feelslikeautumn wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:35 pmUnless you have insider information, it is not going to be a week. Probably somewhere between one and two months for Ubuntu-mate. For Ubuntu-server it is even longer. 18.04 is in feature freeze I think, so the bootloader files probably won't be updated in time for release. Plus there will probably never be a image released especially for the 3B+.
Someone in the thread above has it working...
How long it takes for an official version is entirely down to someone else.
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
I've been using Ubuntu Mate daily now and everything still seems to be working great. I bought a portable HDD and I have usb boot working too now.
First I cloned my SD card to my new HDD using Gparted.
Then I did this:
I'm using the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 1TB portable HDD and its running off a single usb port on the Raspberry PI 3 B+.
Working great!
First I cloned my SD card to my new HDD using Gparted.
Then I did this:
All Done! Usb booting should now be Working.Edit these files as Root to Enable USB Boot:
From text editor change the /PI_BOOT/cmdline.txt file so that "root=/dev/sda2"
From text editor change the /PI_ROOT/etc/fstab file to:
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/sda1 /boot vfat defaults 0 2
I'm using the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 1TB portable HDD and its running off a single usb port on the Raspberry PI 3 B+.
Working great!
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That is precisely not what I said.
The fix for this was outlined on page 1. Throughout this thread I've been the one encouraging people that they can fix this for themselves. It would be very strange if I then said it is going to take two months before they can fix it.
Most people (except you it seems) will have known I was talking about official releases. This forum seems to be under the impression that an official U-m release is just around the corner (viewtopic.php?f=106&p=1296029#p1296029 ). Yet the only date that has been mentioned by developers is July. My guess is that will be brought forward a bit.
There is nothing hard about this fix. It is less than 5 mins of effort. The hardest part has been battling the negativity of other posters on this forum. That includes you - "Or wait a week and let someone else do that for you".
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Nice one MaxVMH!MaxVMH wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:36 pmI was able to make a bootable USB image of Ubuntu Mate for the Raspberry Pi 3B & 3B+. Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread
I made torrents of the images:
- This one is for USB drives (I tested this one myself)
- This one is for SD cards (I couldn't test this one since I don't have a free SD card lying around - can someone confirm if it works?)
Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
Why is that negative? It's a perfectly valid approach for those without the confidence to do it themselves.feelslikeautumn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:30 amThat is precisely not what I said.
The fix for this was outlined on page 1. Throughout this thread I've been the one encouraging people that they can fix this for themselves. It would be very strange if I then said it is going to take two months before they can fix it.
Most people (except you it seems) will have known I was talking about official releases. This forum seems to be under the impression that an official U-m release is just around the corner (viewtopic.php?f=106&p=1296029#p1296029 ). Yet the only date that has been mentioned by developers is July. My guess is that will be brought forward a bit.
There is nothing hard about this fix. It is less than 5 mins of effort. The hardest part has been battling the negativity of other posters on this forum. That includes you - "Or wait a week and let someone else do that for you".
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
jamesh wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:06 amWhy is that negative? It's a perfectly valid approach for those without the confidence to do it themselves.feelslikeautumn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:30 amThat is precisely not what I said.
The fix for this was outlined on page 1. Throughout this thread I've been the one encouraging people that they can fix this for themselves. It would be very strange if I then said it is going to take two months before they can fix it.
Most people (except you it seems) will have known I was talking about official releases. This forum seems to be under the impression that an official U-m release is just around the corner (viewtopic.php?f=106&p=1296029#p1296029 ). Yet the only date that has been mentioned by developers is July. My guess is that will be brought forward a bit.
There is nothing hard about this fix. It is less than 5 mins of effort. The hardest part has been battling the negativity of other posters on this forum. That includes you - "Or wait a week and let someone else do that for you".
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Re: Ubuntu image for the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+
The SD torrent seemed to work for me. 

MaxVMH wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:36 pmI was able to make a bootable USB image of Ubuntu Mate for the Raspberry Pi 3B & 3B+. Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread
I made torrents of the images:
- This one is for USB drives (I tested this one myself)
- This one is for SD cards (I couldn't test this one since I don't have a free SD card lying around - can someone confirm if it works?)
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Note that the official update is not yet out, so this might be a version that only partially works.
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Thanks for letting me know!jblack wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:15 pmThe SD torrent seemed to work for me.MaxVMH wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:36 pmI was able to make a bootable USB image of Ubuntu Mate for the Raspberry Pi 3B & 3B+. Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread
I made torrents of the images:
- This one is for USB drives (I tested this one myself)
- This one is for SD cards (I couldn't test this one since I don't have a free SD card lying around - can someone confirm if it works?)
To those who are running Ubuntu Mate: how do you like it? Is the performance OK?
I tested some things and found it to be really slow, afterwards I realized the GPU memory was still set to 16MB for my headless projects. I'll probably give it another go later this week.
True, and the official updated image might take a while. My understanding is that their next image for Raspberry Pi will be released 1 or 2 months after they release 18.04.
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Working on a soccer prediction web app:
https://github.com/MaxVMH/mijnscore
Attempt at writing up-to-date tutorials on making a Raspberry Pi webserver:
http://blog.mijnscore.be/