RuyiSDK
← Back to Lichee Pi 4A
NixOS @ Lichee Pi 4A Test Report
System Version
23.05
Status
BASIC
Last Update
2025-03-04
NixOS LPi4A Test Report
Test Environment
System Information
- System Version: NixOS 23.05
- Download Link: Releases · ryan4yin/nixos-licheepi4a
- Fastboot Links:
Hardware Information
- Lichee Pi 4A (16GB RAM + 128GB eMMC)
- Power Adapter
- A microSD card
- A USB to UART Debugger
Installation Steps
Flashing Image
Use zstd to decompress the image.
Use dd to flash the image to the microSD card.
zstd -d /path/to/nixos-licheepi4a-sd-image-23.05.20230806.240472b-riscv64-linux.img.zst
sudo dd if=/path/to/nixos-licheepi4a-sd-image-23.05.20230806.240472b-riscv64-linux.img.zst of=/dev/your_device bs=1M status=progressFlashing Bootloader
Enter fastboot mode.
- Press BOOT while powering on.
- (Refer to the official tutorial) Use the fastboot command to flash u-boot.
sudo ./fastboot flash ram ./path/to/your/u-boot-with-spl.bin
sudo ./fastboot reboot
sudo ./fastboot flash uboot ./path/to/your/u-boot-with-spl.binLogging into the System
Logging into the system via the serial port.
default username：lp4a default password: lp4a
Expected Results
The system should boot normally and allow login via the onboard serial port.
Actual Results
The system booted successfully and login via the onboard serial port was also successful.
Boot Log
Screen recording
(From flashing uboot to system login, Flashing the image to the SD card has been completed in advance. ):
[ OK ] Finished Rebuild Journal Catalog.
Starting Update is Completed...
[ OK ] Finished Update is Completed.
[ OK ] Finished Record System Boot/Shutdown in UTMP.
[ OK ] Started Network Time Synchronization.
[ OK ] Found device /dev/ttyS0.
[ OK ] Finished Coldplug All udev Devices.
[ OK ] Created slice Slice /system/systemd-backlight.
[ OK ] Reached target Sound Card.
[ OK ] Listening on Load/Save RF …itch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.
Starting Load/Save Screen …f backlight:pwm-backlight@0...
Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
[ OK ] Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
[ OK ] Finished Load/Save Screen … of backlight:pwm-backlight@0.
[ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
[ OK ] Started logrotate.timer.
[ OK ] Started Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
[ OK ] Reached target Timer Units.
[ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on Nix Daemon Socket.
[ OK ] Reached target Socket Units.
[ OK ] Reached target Basic System.
Starting Kernel Auditing...
Starting CPU Frequency Setup...
Starting DHCP Client...
Starting Logrotate configuration check...
Starting Name Service Cache Daemon (nsncd)...
[ OK ] Started Reset console on configuration changes.
Starting resolvconf update...
[ OK ] Finished Kernel Auditing.
[ OK ] Finished CPU Frequency Setup.
[ OK ] Finished Logrotate configuration check.
[ OK ] Started Name Service Cache Daemon (nsncd).
[ OK ] Reached target Host and Network Name Lookups.
[ OK ] Reached target User and Group Name Lookups.
Starting D-Bus System Message Bus...
Starting User Login Management...
[ OK ] Stopped target Host and Network Name Lookups.
Stopping Host and Network Name Lookups...
[ OK ] Stopped target User and Group Name Lookups.
Stopping User and Group Name Lookups...
Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon (nsncd)...
[ OK ] Stopped Name Service Cache Daemon (nsncd).
[ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
[ OK ] Finished resolvconf update.
[ OK ] Reached target Preparation for Network.
[ OK ] Reached target All Network Interfaces (deprecated).
Starting Networking Setup...
Starting Name Service Cache Daemon (nsncd)...
[ OK ] Started User Login Management.
[ OK ] Started Name Service Cache Daemon (nsncd).
[ OK ] Reached target Host and Network Name Lookups.
[ OK ] Reached target User and Group Name Lookups.
[ OK ] Finished Networking Setup.
Starting Extra networking commands....
[ OK ] Finished Extra networking commands..
[ OK ] Reached target Network.
Starting SSH Daemon...
Starting Permit User Sessions...
[ OK ] Finished Permit User Sessions.
[ OK ] Started Getty on tty1.
[ OK ] Started Serial Getty on ttyS0.
[ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts.
<<< Welcome to NixOS 23.05.20230806.240472b (riscv64) - ttyS0 >>>
Run 'nixos-help' for the NixOS manual.
lp4a login: root
Password:
Login incorrect
lp4a login: lp4a
Password:
[0;lp4a@lp4a: ~lp4a@lp4a:~]$ neofetch
▗▄▄▄ ▗▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▖
▜███▙ ▜███▙ ▟███▛ ---------
▜███▙ ▜███▙▟███▛ OS: NixOS 23.05.20230806.240472b
▜███▙ ▜██████▛ Host: T-HEAD Light Lichee Pi 4A c
▟█████████████████▙ ▜████▛ ▟▙ Kernel: 5.10.113
▟███████████████████▙ ▜███▙ ▟██▙ Uptime: 1 min
▄▄▄▄▖ ▜███▙ ▟███▛ Packages: 306 (nix-system)
▟███▛ ▜██▛ ▟███▛ Shell: bash 5.2.15
▟███▛ ▜▛ ▟███▛ Terminal: /dev/ttyS0
▟███████████� ▟██████████▙ CPU: (4--+) @ 1.848GHz
▜██████████▛ ▟███████████▛ Memory: 173MiB / 7781MiB
▟███▛ ▟▙ ▟███▛
▟███▛ ▟██▙ ▟███▛
▟███▛ ▜███▙ ▝▀▀▀▀
▜██▛ ▜███▙ ▜██████████████████▛
▜▛ ▟████▙ ▜████████████████▛
▟██████▙ ▜███▙
▟███▛▜███▙ ▜███▙
▟███▛ ▜███▙ ▜███▙
▝▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▘ ▀▀▀▘
Test Criteria
Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.
Failed: The actual result does not match the expected result.
Test Conclusion
Test successful.
Source: Support Matrix