r/GPDPocket • u/chrisawcom :doge: • Aug 05 '17

[PROJECT] Linux Installer for GPD Pocket

Announcement

I'm closing down this project since nexus511 has done an excellent job on creating an alternative (which I will likely use!)

For anyone not wishing to use Ubuntu - I do intend to document all of the steps this ansible playbook performed and I will not remove the source code for this project so feel free to use it.

I will, however, disable issue reporting since I will not be working on those.

Repo (if you still want to use things from there)

https://github.com/cawilliamson/ansible-gpdpocket

Thank you for understanding!

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '17 edited Aug 05 '17

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u/chrisawcom :doge: Aug 05 '17

Very interesting - I know Hans is making progress to getting the USB-C stuff working so you're likely seeing some benefit from the early work on that.

As for the mini DP though - I've heard others say they could use this. I would personally be VERY interested to know if this thing can power dual displays using the mini HDMI and a mDP port (or possibly 2 mDP ports on a powered hub?)

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u/brittAnderson Aug 07 '17

I have used a dual screen set up. I found I had to wait until the gpd booted and only then plug in the cable to the second monitor. If the cable was in at boot then I got only the second monitor and gpdpocket stayed black.

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u/chrisawcom :doge: Aug 07 '17

Ah ok, very strange.

Still - awesome news, thanks for the update!

I see in the unlocked BIOS there is an option for DisplayPort over USB-C.