DeepComputing Coolmaster RISC-V Board Support?

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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I booted the board from the embedded SD card. The Linux on it has an account “roma”.

Why isn’t it a clean install? Is there BIOS configuration?

I’m interested in trying to iPXE that board and would like to ask some questions about it, but not sure where the support might be available from. All packaging points to Framework support forums.

Am in the right place?

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I think the issue with having an account “roma” is about DeepComputing’s pre-installed Ubuntu. I think contacting DeepComputing by the following page may be good.

https://deepcomputing.io/about-us/

If you click the “Support” link on the top menu from the top page https://deepcomputing.io, it leads to their GitHub page https://github.com/DC-DeepComputing. They want to manage any issues on their GitHub issues feature.

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Such boards are often shipped with a customized Linux image that includes added drivers and stuff.

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Adding additional drivers to a Ubuntu installation still doesn’t explain why there is a random account with unknown password on a shipped system :slight_smile:

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Thank you!

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I’m sure the password is documented somewhere.

All I’m saying that a preinstalled user is common for things like that. Raspberry Pis shipped with a “pi” user for example (until they changed that recently).

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I take it you’ve already tried sudo passwd roma and it didn’t work, right? (ie it asked for a password that you do not know, correct?)

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I haven’t went passed the initial login (just booted to see if there is a BIOS option for PXE and haven’t found a BIOS option to begin with).
The SD card has GRUB so I can mess with it to insert the iPXE kernel option.

I take it you’ve already tried sudo passwd roma
It booted ubuntu into a graphical shell. I saw the roma account and decided not to mess with a system until I know why the account is there to begin with. Running a command requires being able to log in in the first place.

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ah, apologies: I assumed the login was automated (like with Ubuntu Live image and ubuntu user). That’s a bummer indeed… I guess you’ve already tried passwords like roma, password etc?

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According to Reddit the password is (unsurprisingly) “roma”.

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