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A20-cubieboard Lubuntu Desktop Releases

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lubuntu-desktop-12.10-v1.02

Download	Features	Issues
lubuntu-desktop-12.10-v1.02	Suport Livesuit on Windows(Fixed at firmware)	1. Do not support Linux Livesuit 2. X windows does not display correctly sometimes, and it may be cache issue of the old kernel
	Default HDMI output
	Linux-3.3 Kernel

Download	Features	Issues
lubuntu-desktop-12.10-v1.03(HDMI)	Suport Livesuit on linux	Do not support Windows Livesuit(New firmwares have fixed this issue)
lubuntu-desktop-12.10-v1.03(VGA)	Support HDMI/VGA output

Download	Features	Issues
lubuntu-desktop-12.10-v1.04-beta1	Linux 3.4 kernel
	Default HDMI output	Take a long time to boot when no wired net cable Wait DHCP timeout
	Preinstall openssh-server/openssh-client	MALI GPU not support till now
	Preinstall fbset	VE not support till now
	Preinstall GPIO python library	Cannot auto switch to VGA output
	Preinstall Chinese font	First time boot take about 2 minutes to setup
	TL8188EU/RTL8192CU wifi have been tested	Early A20 chip have no CHIPID, the new will have chipid that can be used as MAC address
	Enable DHCP eth0
	DRAM 480MHz
	Support Linux/Windows Livesuit(MAC Tested: Works)

Download	Features	Issues
Img	Based on v1.04-beta1	MALI GPU not support till now
Kernel	Add jdk-1.8 armhf	VE not support till now
	with many USB camera drivers builtin	Cannot auto switch to VGA output
	Support PWM	First time boot take about 2 minutes to setup
	fex2bin/bin2fex tools and cb-display-tool	Take a long time to boot when no wired net cable Wait DHCP timeout

To use pwm:

 $cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/misc
 $sudo insmod pwm-sunxi.ko
 $sudo su - root
 #cd /sys/kernel/sunxi_pwm
 #echo '0 1200 2400' > start

To use cb-display-tool

 To switch VGA/HDMI display mode in command line. e.g.
 $cb-display-tool -o 8 -m 11
 Note: can switch to the same resolutions only currently.

Download	Features	Issues
Img.gz	Enable MALI GPU	2D, Video Encoding/Decoding
Kernelsource	Enable many kernel modules that users want	SPI doesn't work

Download	Features	Issues
lubuntu-desktop-12.10-v1.06	Enable Cedarx	Put uImage, uEnv.txt to first nand partition, so we can change kernel, parameters more easy
Kernel	Reduce nand partitions from 5 to 3