This is the power supply included in my order “Orange Pi PC Set 5” on AliExpress.
3000 mA, and DC pin suitable for Orange Pi
Waiting for the Chinese sailboat 
to anchor on Canadian port of Vancouver on Pacific. May be a month’s wait 
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abcd567 did you get your Orange Pi yet? Mine came today. I just booted it up and I’m doing ‘apt-get upgrade’ at the moment. I haven’t tried installing dump-muta or Piaware yet. I recommend you read this page and follow the steps to get it to boot. It’s not the same as setting up a Pi with Raspbian. cnx-software.com/2015/09/01/ … nt-boards/
Hi jepolch, nice to hear from you after a long time.
Thanks for the advise & link.
So you got your Christmas gift from China! My OPi did not arrive yet. Still waiting for Chinese sail boat to cross Pacific and anchor at Canada’s west coast . Will let you & others know when I receive it, most likely in January 2016.
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For anyone in the UK wanting one soon, search eBay for “Orange Pi PC board”.
£19 with free P&P. I’ve ordered another one so 4 left.
I’ve been flogging away at this thing off and on all day and I can only get two USB ports working. If anyone has been able to do it, please let us know. I have been using this thread for help: orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/f … ad&tid=480
The two USB ports that work are the micro USB OTG port and the one on the lower left next to the ethernet port. Here’s what I see with ‘lsusb’:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0488:00df Cirque Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@orangepi:~#
Done many purchases there… No problems 
Finally (!) got everything working perfectly using OrangePI_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img.xz from this page: mega.nz/#F!wh8l2BjK!OBep3nMldBletvNNwkH2Jg
It may boot out of the box for you, but I changed script.bin.OPI-PC_1080p60 to script.bin on the microUSB before booting. All USB ports are working. Output of lsusb:
orangepi@OrangePI:~$ lsusb
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0488:00df Cirque Corp.
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Just posted at the same time as you that all 4 are working fine on mine but the post got lost as a result.
I’ll summarise now you’ve got it working. As I said in a previous post, I’m using Debian_jessie_mini with the uImage from the Ubuntu_Vivid. No GUI to take resources.
But the Debian_jessie distro does not appear obviously on the web page - it is available from the Google Drive downloads though.
Edit: And you also reminded me that whatever xxxx_script.bin you choose, it has to be renamed to script.bin before it works - others may find that useful.
Yeah, it seems the Ubuntu Mate uImage is the key to booting with the right drivers to get USB working. Ubuntu Mate runs beautifully on the orange Pi. But I have no use for the window environment, so I’ll probably do what you did and install Jessie instead. Then everything else will be basically compatible with my Raspberry Pi. Thanks for the tip.
I wanted to get some of this out in the open in case others get an Orange Pi they won’t have to go through all the trial and error we have already done.
And how about a computer maker that can’t supply a working OS for its (well made) hardware?? We have to use a third party image to get everything working.
I’m with you on not wanting the GUI from the otherwise fine Lubuntu Mate image, so I removed all the GUI components instead of switching images. I’m lazy in a weird way, right? I really didn’t want to deal with moving around uImage and messing with drivers.
There’s a great discussion on how to convert a desktop GUI-having R Pi to a headless one (the process is essentially the same for the Orange Pi) here:
There’s also a super-interesting discussion on the Orange Pi forums about heat management and overvolting, and it looks like they’ve been able to dramatically improve stability and reduce heat production by adjusting the cpu voltage and frequency. The script that does the adjustments is available for the brave (but I haven’t tried it due to incoming in-laws and the related freeze on projects):
https://linux-sunxi.org/User_talk:Tkaiser#Script_to_fix_broken_settings_.28Debian.2FUbuntu.29
I am enjoying this thread, and fearful also, afraid of what will happen when I have to face this when my Orange Pi PC is delivered.
@gismonkey: The in-laws is a very special project which freezez all other projects
Great info. Thanks. I’ll bookmark both those threads. The reason I opted for Jessie is that I have a lot of documentation for building a Pi and this way I can use it 100%. I know the commands will work on Ubuntu as well, but that’s my weird way of being lazy.
@abcd I have you in mind when writing in this thread. I know you had issues with the Pi 2 and this Orange Pi is a whole other animal. Like you may have gathered so far, you’ll need to get an image from here https://mega.nz/#F!wh8l2BjK!OBep3nMldBletvNNwkH2Jg rather than from Orange Pi’s web site. These images were made by someone who goes by the name of Loboris and you can read his posts here: orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/f … ad&tid=342
My suggestion would be to either get Debian_jessie_mini.img.xz (I uncompressed using Winrar, but I suspect 7Zip would also work) or OrangePI_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img.xz. Either way, you’ll need to install the Ubuntu image to your SD card. If you want a nice desktop environment you might want to just stick with Ubuntu, as it’s good to go with all USB ports working. If you would rather run Jessie Mini, then you’ll need the Ubuntu you installed on the SD card. Go the boot partition (the only one that Windows can see on the disk) and grab script.bin.OPI-PC_1080p60 and uImage_OPI-2. Rename script.bin.OPI-PC_1080p60 to script.bin and uImage_OPI-2 to uImage and copy both of them to the boot partition in your Jessie installed SD card (overwrite the existing uImage and script.bin files there). Then that Jessie disk will boot fine and you can use all four USB ports.
Thanks for the advise.
I was happy that I will pass Christmas & New Year eves peacefully, but the mini devil has arrived much sooner than expected . Time for brain twisting & teasing!
Good to hear ABCD.
Looks like that sailboat either had an engine, or the wind was fair across the Pacific. 
Have a great Christmas.
Phill
Anyone got Edimax Wfi working with the Orange Pi yet? The driver is included with the Raspberry Pi Raspbian distro, but not with any of the Orange Pi distros I have tried yet.
Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS
I tried a Raspberry Pi script to install Realtek drivers, but it failed because - duh! it’s not a Raspberry Pi. 
FIRST STEPS:
(1) Downloaded Raspbian_For_OrangePi_PC_v0_8_0.img.xz from orangepi.org/downloadresources/
(2) Extracted image Raspbian_For_OrangePi_PC_v0_8_0.img using 7 zip
(3) Burned the image on 8 GB, class 10 microSD card
(4) Inserted microSD card in OPi, connected network cable, and connected DC power supply.
(5) SSH from desktop.
Result below
Further steps after installing Raspbian_For_OrangePi_PC_v0_8_0.img and booting
sudo raspi-config
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git-core
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install cmake
sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ~
sudo cp ./rtl-sdr/rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo reboot
Inserted DVB-T usb dongle.
Installed dump1090-mutability 1.15 ~dev.
Used method by mgunther described here: What is Easiest Way To Install Dump1090-Mutability
After installing dump1090-mutability
sudo dpkg-reconfigure dump1090-mutability
EDIT:
During configuration when asked:
(a) "Interface address to bind to (blank for all interfaces) " , remove 127.0.0.1 and leave entry blank. This is a workaround to overcome a bug piaware.
(b) “Extra arguments to pass to dump1090”, enter " --net --net-http-port 8080 ". This will enable display of dump1090’s google map on web browser.
sudo apt-get install lighttpd
sudo lighty-enable-mod dump1090
sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload
sudo reboot
First run of OPi with stock antenna near desktop
GOT STUCK
When trying to install Piaware data feeder on OPi with OS “Raspbian_For_OrangePi_PC_v0_8_0”, got following:
root@orangepi:~# wget http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/piaware_2.1-5_armhf.deb
--2015-12-19 17:02:17-- http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/piaware_2.1-5_armhf.deb
Resolving flightaware.com (flightaware.com)... 70.42.6.250
Connecting to flightaware.com (flightaware.com)|70.42.6.250|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2039062 (1.9M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: `piaware_2.1-5_armhf.deb'
100%======================================>] 2,039,062 704K/s in 2.8s
2015-12-19 17:02:20 (704 KB/s) - `piaware_2.1-5_armhf.deb' saved [2039062/2039062]
root@orangepi:~# sudo dpkg -i piaware_2.1-5_armhf.deb
Selecting previously unselected package piaware.
(Reading database ... 84662 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking piaware (from piaware_2.1-5_armhf.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of piaware:
piaware depends on tclx8.4; however:
Package tclx8.4 is not installed.
piaware depends on tcllib; however:
Package tcllib is not installed.
piaware depends on tcl-tls; however:
Package tcl-tls is not installed.
piaware depends on itcl3; however:
Package itcl3 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing piaware (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
piaware
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Try apt-get install -f which should pull in the dependencies you need.