Monthly Archives: March 2023

Bing fails to install Minecraft on VisionFive 2

prompted Bing in compose mode with installing minecraft java edition on risc-v sbc visionfive 2 and this is the result Impressive. Incorrect, but sounds good. step 1: the riscv64 openjdk download link does not exist 🙁. There ARE riscv64 java … Continue reading

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VisionFive 2 Python and Pygame

Installed python, pygame, jupyter-lab (and matplotlib). Sound works via hdmi (sort of). There is sound coming from the TV, but not totally clear, sort of garbled, as if timing is a bit off, but fine for beeps and explosions from … Continue reading

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Firefox Built on VisionFive 2

Unmodified firefox build (from this weekend) built on Debian on the VisionFive 2 ! Linux starfive 5.15.0-starfive #1 SMP Mon Feb 27 14:03:14 EST 2023 riscv64 GNU/Linux not optimized, and not with the JIT, just the default build. A few … Continue reading

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first RISC-V board: StarFive VisionFive 2

arrived this week: StarFive VisionFive 2 board Picked up the 8 Gig dual network version from AmeriDroid. Not had time to do much; Downloaded the 202302 debian image onto SD card. One hint: the board did not come configured to … Continue reading

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