Re: [List] ROCK64 anyone?

On 16/10/2025 19:26, fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the ROCK64 SBC by Pine64, and it is one of the handful of
> non-x86 systems with an image intended for it on the FreeBSD download
> page. Yesterday I powered it up for the first time with an SD card
> flashed with FreeBSD 14.3. Perhaps naively, I connected a USB keyboard
> and a HDMI display. I saw nothing (except the power LED on the board
> itself). Is this supposed to work as the BSD console, or do I have to
> mess with a serial connection?
>
> In the latter case, I'd prefer to get started over ssh, so is sshd
> enabled to start with and what is the initial login and password?

I don't have any experience of that particular board, but if the HDMI 
isn't working (which I think it should be) you will have to connect 
using a serial console. There are problems with the resolution not being 
detected on some monitors - force the thing by adding something like 
hw.fb.default_mode="1280x720"in /boot/loader.conf

The default root password is blank, but in case you didn't know, the 
default sshd configuration doesn't allow root logins so although sshd is 
normally enabled out of the box it's not going to be much use to you for 
initial configuration.

The serial console settings are either 1.5M or 115,200. Do you have a 
serial connection already, or are you using it stand-alone? It looks to 
me like the serial console will be on UART2 (pins 8 and 10).

If it is a monitor resolution detection issue, you could also try it 
with another monitor.

Good luck! And if you have any more questions, remember I don't actually 
have this board so I'm the wrong person to ask :-O

Regards, Frank.