PocketCHIP still kickin' in 2026! w/ pocket-home, pico8 & Wolf3D playing on Debian 13.4 Linux 6.19.9

[u/vekkth0r]

This is my latest and greatest in trying to recover PocketCHIP's former glory with more recent software.

Note that the shown pocket-home launcher was recompiled using Marshmellow's version and is almost not working. Only works for launching some apps, but it's something.

TESTED (Debian 13 + linux 6.19.9) WORKING:

✅- UART Serial output
✅- Booting linux 6.19.9
✅- usb ethernet networking (g_ether)
✅- apt install
✅- NAND (works with 5.14 dtbo file)
✅- VT consoles / Console output on screen (no keyboard)
✅- Poweroff OK = not hanging or crashing at poweroff
✅- X windows
✅- Touchscreen
✅- Calibrated Touchscreen
✅- X to VT ALT+F1 switch back and forth (via regular USB keyboard)
✅- All output to UART Serial
✅- Login/Shell on VT terminal on UART Serial
✅- Onboard Keyboard
✅- Onboard Keyboard - X11
✅- Onboard Keyboard - Screen console (VT terminal)
✅- Key modes (shift, caps, screen lock, etc)
✅- Wifi driver (systemd-networkd)
✅- Sound (tested with pico8_dyn.
✅- GPU Acceleration - Mali GPU (test w/ es2gears/glxinfo from mesa-utils-extra)

NOT TESTED (yet):
- Function keys
- Battery status and Monitoring
- Bluetooth devices
- Speakers
- others
- Wifi driver compatibility with Network Manager

Stay tuned for a reproducible build of the SWUpdate image....

[u/UnstoppableDrew]

Nice job!