Ubuntu VisionFive Test Report

Test Environment

System Information

• System Version: Ubuntu 23.10
• Download Link: https://ubuntu.com/download/risc-v
• Reference Installation Document: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RISC-V/StarFive%20VisionFive

Hardware Information

• StarFive VisionFive
• Power Adapter
• A microSD card
• A USB to UART Debugger

Installation Steps

Flashing the Image

Use unxz to decompress the image. Use dd to flash the image to the microSD card.

unxz /path/to/ubuntu.img.xz
sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu.img of=/dev/your-device bs=1M status=progress

Logging into the System

Logging into the system via the serial port.

Default Username: ubuntu Default Password: ubuntu

On first boot, you will be required to change the password.

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 successful.

Boot Log

Screen recording (From flashing the image to logging into the system):

Welcome to Ubuntu 23.10 (GNU/Linux 6.5.0-1002-starfive riscv64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

  System information as of Tue Sep 19 15:58:17 UTC 2023

  System load:  0.71              Swap usage:  0%       Users logged in: 0
  Usage of /:   3.3% of 57.48GB   Temperature: 51.8 C
  Memory usage: 2%                Processes:   105

0 updates can be applied immediately.



The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 6.5.0-1002-starfive #3-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct  7 21:23:58 UTC 2023 riscv64 riscv64 riscv64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 23.10"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="23.10"
VERSION="23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)"
VERSION_CODENAME=mantic
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=mantic
LOGO=ubuntu-logo

Test Criteria

Successful: The actual result matches the expected result.

Failed: The actual result does not match the expected result.

Test Conclusion

Test successful.