Allwinner sunxi

Symptoms: Board does not boot Armbian from inserted SD card, but may boot other distributions (based on old/legacy u-boot). Following or similar output can be grabbed from the serial console: U-Boot SPL 2017.01-armbian (Feb 02 2017 - 03:04:04) DRAM: 2048 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1MMC: no card present spl: mmc init failed with error: -123 SPL: failed to boot from all boot devices ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ### The key message here is "MMC: no card present" Most likely cause: Malfunctioning microSD slot card detect switch. It can be verified either visually (with a magnifying glass) or electronically (with a multimeter) - a…

After installing Armbian_community_26.11.0-trunk.62_Orangepiplus_trixie_current_6.18.54_minimal.img.xz on the Orange Pi PC Plus, the USB keyboard does not work.

Sometimes if your monitor is off and olimex start first and after that just monitor is on you will get "default" resolution : ~> cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size 1024,768 I've created a script that fix that with recompiling initramfs, adding necessary /lib/firmware/edid/1920x1080.bin file directly into it. Feel free to use, suggestions are welcome. P.S. Please add tags A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 and T2-OLinuXino-LIME2 fix_hdmi_resolution.sh

While doing some testing of multiple things I decided to build 2 images, fresh/new for my nanopineo's also trying to have the resulting image as close as possible to what I have running on the nanopineo's for years since 2022 or so. That was originally Armbian Buster and I have been tweaking the installations to match other computer installations. Main thing is split the root partitions into a rootfs (Btrfs) and a bootfs (Ext4). More recently, I did more changes, such that I can run the whole image as KVM and/or systemd-nspawn container. The 1st image was adding extension 'u-boot-menu'; build ended in success, but have not tested it on HW. I saw in extlinux.c…

The system v26.11 rolling for Orange Pi PC Plus running Armbian Linux 6.18.53-current-sunxi cannot boot from eMMC on the Orange Pi PC Plus. The bootloader is looking for an old partition on /dev/mmcblk0p1, whereas the current partition of emmc is identified differently - as /dev/mmcblk2p1. Therefore, it is necessary to use a bootloader from an SD card, which specifies the path to the eMMC partition for subsequent operation.

Subject: Fix for eMMC Internal State Deadlock / Power-Loss Recovery Failure on Allwinner (sunxi) platforms (Banana Pi P2 Zero) Hi Armbian and sunxi developers, I would like to share an industrial-grade diagnostic report and a 100% verified solution regarding a severe, reproducible boot deadlock on Allwinner H2+/H3 platforms (specifically tested on Banana Pi P2 Zero) utilizing onboard eMMC. === 1. SYMPTOM === During rigorous power-cycling stress tests (hard power-off during random kernel init/write phases), the system randomly bricks on subsequent boots, showing a "dropping to shell" (initramfs / BusyBox prompt) or failing completely during the U-Boot phas…

I have an H618 Android TV Box with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Any build option results in an error. I would be immensely grateful for any help. Thank you. armbianarm_errors.txt

Hi everyone, I am experiencing a persistent boot issue with my Orange Pi Win Plus running Armbian, used as a headless server. The Problem: Whenever the board suffers a power loss (unplugged) or I issue a system reboot, it fails to start automatically. The power LED stays on, but the system/network never comes up. To get it to boot, I have to go through a frustrating manual routine: manually holding/pressing the power button, sometimes plugging/unplugging the HDMI cable, and repeating this process a couple of times before it finally kicks in. What I have already checked/ruled out: Power supply is NOT the issue: I have tested multiple different power ada…

hello guys, tried to flash the latest debian trixie os from armbain on nanopi neo using armbian-install, but it would never boot up again. any clue?

I installed Armbian on my Orange Pi Zero 2W—my first time doing this—but the keyboard doesn't work when I connect it via the USB-C adapter I'm using. I considered an SSH connection as an alternative, but I don't know how to set it up without a keyboard, nor do I know how to configure Wi-Fi and SSH settings via the SD card. Please help.

I want to buy the orange pi zero 3w.Can i have hardware acceleration with the images provided from armbian developers?Thank you,in advance.

I have an orange pi zero3 with 2gb of ram. Ive installed the current 6.18.43 armbian debian build. It booted fine from SD and I then flashed the boot rom to the eeprom so I could boot from USB (sudo flashcp /usr/lib/linux-u-boot-current-orangepizero3/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin /dev/mtd0) I was able to boot from USB0 fine but not from the USB ports USB1 and 2 on the 13 pin header. With the help of google and some ai I found that if I run the following my sd card is recognised when plugged into usb1 fdt addr bbf107b0 fdt set /soc/usb@5310000 status "okay" bind /soc/usb@5310000 ehci_generic usb reset usb storage That produced: Bus usb…

hello guys, sorry i had to tag orangepione, only because i could not find nanopi neo in allwinner h3 category. anw, my question is where can i find the older releases of the armbian os, i visited archive but i could not find the image i downloaded like one year earlier which is armbian v25.11 linux kernel 6.12.51 sunxi, there used to be a legacy option in the page related to nanopi neo where i could find all the older releases but looks like it is gone.

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I'm running Armbian off NVMe, and flashed the U-Boot SPI firmware (u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin → /dev/mtdblock0) so I no longer need an SD card inserted just to get it booting. That part works great. But now I'd like to be able to pop in an SD card occasionally to try other distros/images without disturbing my NVMe install — and it seems that's not currently possible: with an SD card inserted, the board still boots straight from NVMe and ignores the card entirely. Dug into it a bit over serial console: The default boot_targets is fel nvme0 mmc_auto usb0 pxe dhcp — NVMe is checked before the SD/eMMC. Radxa hit the same issue on the RK3588 boards and fixed it upstre…

Hi all, recently my Banana Pi Pro running Armbian 26.5.1 with Debian Trixie received a kernel update from 6.16.8 (which it has been running on for quite a while without issues) to 7.0.12. Since then, it randomly freezes shortly after booting, sometimes I also can see a kernel panic (see attached pictures). Has anyone else run into this issue? What can I do to fix this? The old kernel no longer appears to be present in /boot, which makes it difficult to return to another kernel (trying to run something like apt-get typically quickly results in the aforementioned freeze).

Looks like there is a problem with this image. A brand new banana pi m4 berry would not boot from SD. I then tried Bananapi-Armbian_24.8.2_Bpi-m4berry_jammy_legacy_5.4.125_xfce_desktop it boots normally. Kindly review this. Ron

I just discovered that /usr/bin/su in my Armbian: v26.2.1 for Orange Pi PC running Armbian Linux 6.12.58-current-sunxi is a x86_64 binary: $ ls -l /usr/bin/su -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 50800 Mar 6 13:10 /usr/bin/su $ file /usr/bin/su /usr/bin/su: setuid ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, no section header I installed the rust version, su-rs, but I thought it would be useful to warn about this. I checked /usr/bin and /usr/sbin and this is the only x86-64 executable.

I managed to start de A5E from nvme, but upgrading the packages fails. Installing armbian-firmware_26.8.0-trunk.125_all.deb failed With: data.tar lzma error.... Several months ago I got the same error but ignored it. Now everything is almost working, I tried to find out what went wrong. I can extract package with dpkg-deb -x on another system. MD5sum is the same on A5E and other system. This problem occurs on sdcard and nvme card. Btw: it is the 4G version of the A5E. Any idea how I can solve this?

I recently got an Orange Pi Zero 3W, and I noticed that the official Ubuntu image is still based on the sunxi BSP stack, using the sun60iw2-6.6.98 kernel, while the bootloader is also using an older version of U-Boot. Right now, I’m wondering whether it would be feasible to use AI agents to help compile an Armbian image for the Orange Pi Zero 3W with a mainline kernel, while still keeping the old vendor U-Boot for compatibility. Has anyone here experimented with a similar approach or have any good suggestions or ideas? I also really hope the official team can eventually provide a proper Armbian image for the Orange Pi Zero 3W, because I’ve run into quite a few i…

https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases MXQ-PRO H313 https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/archive/refs/tags/mxqpro.zip Summary: compile from source halts with error. Traceback (most recent call last): [🔨] File "/home/e***o/Downloads/armbian-build-mxqpro/lib/tools/patching.py", line 491, in <module> [🔨] raise exit_with_exception [🔨] Exception: Failed to apply 2 patches. Log uploaded and available at https://paste.armbian.com/dimokofipe Thanks in advance

I have Debian and installed Mate. I happen to install sv_SE.UTF-8 and en_US.UTF-8 but I cannot change languish on desktop from sv_SE.UTF-8 to en_US.UTF-8. First I just remove "sv_SE.UTF-8, but then the Terminal complain it did not find sv_SE, so install again. I generate the 2 locales, And thied to when I marked the local I want en_US, but it say sv_SE are active in Mate. I tried to run: sudo localectl set-locale en_US.UTF-8 Failed to issue method call: Access denied I don't find any "Languish controll" at all in Mate desktop It is right languish in terminal. Cheers Joni

hello i have a new sbc board cubie a5e 1GB Ram starting via sdcard 32GB and tried to boot it with armbian cli image. Very early while the boards stuck with: RADXA Cubie A5E 1GB RAM Armbian CLI stuck while uboot via sdcard seems to be an issue with the uboot which hangs very early. With original debian image from radxa the board is b ooting and running. But i intend to use the armbian version with newer debian and kernel. What can i do? Regards Rolf

Today I noticed that last Sunday a community version of Armbian was released with Orange Pi 4A support. I tried to flash it in different ways just in case, but it just wouldn't boot. I used BalenaEtcher, Rufus and Armbian Imager and neither of them worked. Im new in this stuff, so I wanted to know if someone could tell me if it is something I'm doing wrong.

https://github.com/MaverickLong/MLIR-TIM-VX This is an MLIR-based lowering path from the TOSA v1 dialect to TIM-VX, VeriSilicon's OpenVX-based GPU/NPU ML Framework. It includes the lowering from TOSA v1 to a custom timvx dialect (mirrors the TIM-VX C++ semantics) and a full lowering to C++ source. It is currently on par in inference speed with the vendor ACUITY compiler pipeline while still giving you full control on the graph level. In my own testing, on a Radxa Cubie A7Z \w Allwinner A733, ResNet-50 takes 8.0ms to inference, while the ACUITY-compiled baseline takes 7.3ms according to Radxa. It all starts with Radxa/VeriSilicon's fa…

I have a Orange Pi Zero2W with Armbian. I flashed a SD-card, and then I copy the system and boot to a usb- hdd (sda) and the system boot to sda Want hdd because It write much data and USB 2 don't take mush more speed. But I get a warning about a file-error or something so I run fsck on sda(hdd) that was a systemdisk, but when I run I choose to do it read-only, but anyway it does not boot any more. I think I can take the usb-hdd and run fsck from another computer? I have one system with Ubuntu on a Intel 6 gen, and Raspberry pi 500 and 5. The Pi-machine have raspberry-pi OS and the other Ubuntu 24.04.Does the machine or system have any significa…

How to disable HDMI and CODEC in system where is ne kernel 6.18.25 cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Codec ]: sun4i-codec - H616 Audio Codec h616-audio-codec 1 [HDMI ]: HDMI - HDMI HDMI 2 [Device ]: USB-Audio - USB PnP Sound Device C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device at usb-5200400.usb-1, full speed I need an always USB sound card with the number of 0

I have a OpiZ2w with Armbian. I flashed a SD-card, and then I copy the system and boot to a usb- hdd (sda) and the system boot to sda Want hdd because It write much data and USB 2 don't take mush more speed. But I get a warning about a file-error or something so I run fsck on sda(hdd) was a systemdisk, but run read-only, but anyway it does not boot any more I think I can take the usb-hdd and run fsck from another computer? I have one system with Ubuntu on a Intel 6 gen, and Raspberry pi 500 and 5. The Pi-machine have raspberry-pi OS and the other Ubuntu 24.04.Does the machin or system have any singificans? Or is there another fix to…

After nearly one year of kernel crashes, I finally found the stable configuration for Orange Pi Zero 3 as a 24/7 SDR server. The critical discovery: legacy kernel 6.6.75-sunxi64 is the only stable option. The current kernel crashes within hours under SDR load. Additional fixes: - Blacklist aw859a WiFi driver (causes kernel instability) - Blacklist DVB modules for RTL-SDR - Lock libairspyhfSupport.so with chattr +i (SpyServer/SoapySDR conflict) - Mask systemd-networkd-wait-online - CPU governor: schedutil - usbcore.autosuspend=-1 for USB SDR dongles Running 3 SDRs simultaneously: RTL-SDR Blog V4, …

Hey Installed Armbian (Ubuntu-noble) with XFCE desktop on an HDD(sda) from SD-card, so I need to have an SD-card in my orange pi zero 2w. I wonder if I can move /boot to an another smaller SD-card? Or do I also need an "mbr" or someting also there u-boot are? /Cheers

For some reason, the CPU frequency in Ubuntu is set to 1416000 while the hardware can reach 1512000, which is an improvement of about 6 and a half in CPU performance. I would appreciate a change or explanation. Thank you very much for everything.

I have a 512 MB RAM, 4GB Toshiba NAND PocketCHIP with a custome u-boot supporting USB Booting and decided to test the latest armbian community image for the PocketCHIP (https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/26.2.0-trunk.668/Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.668_Pocketchip-sd_trixie_current_6.18.20_minimal.img.xz) Boot seems to start fine with all kernel files load confirmed by u-boot output (vmlinuz, ramdisk dtb, etc) but then it goes mute while starting the kernel @TheSnowfield, you are listed as the pocketchip board maintainer (thanks a lot for your contribution! 🙏), any ideas of what am I missing? Do you have a suggestion for a w…

I want to put a banana Pi M1 plus a 2.5" SATA drive in a plastic box with only the ethernet and USB ports exposed. This means the onboard power button is not accessible to boot the board. Are you able to power on the board using the GPIO pins? If so please could someone advise which pins to connect to? I also aim to put a 5.5 x 2.1mm barrel connection on the box (with a latching press button switch for isolation) for the +5v supply and connect a short micro USB connector from the barrel socket to the board and also attach the SATA power leads directly rather than powering from the board 2 pin connector to take the load off the micro USB input.

Hi! Yesterday I upgraded my NanoPi Neo Plus2, during that the kernel version went from 6.12.74 (package version 26.2.0-trunk.478) to 6.18.19 (package version 26.2.0-trunk.626). This morning I noticed, that this kernel is missing the dm-snapshot.ko module. I searched the forum if anyone else is having this problem, but it appears I am the only one using this feature. I use snapshots to create consistent backups of the system. Is there a reason why it was removed and more importantly is there a way to get it back without having to compile the kernel myself? Greetings PS: I should note, that I want the module back in newer kernel versions in the fu…

Hello, i tried "Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.606_Radxa-cubie-a5e_trixie_edge_6.19.8_minimal.img" and wlan didn't work, i think the device tree is broken Radxa-cubie-a5e kernel 6.19.x as a quick fix, I copy the kernel 6.18.x "sun55i-a527-cubie-a5e.dtb" file to the /boot/dtb/allwinner directory to get wlan working.

Hello everyone. I'm kind of new in this SBC bussiness. I'm looking for a way to enable the ethernet port of the expansion board on this device. Hardware wise the port works on Dietpi, but the GPU works better on this version of armbian (Armbian Linux 6.19.9-edge-sunxi64). Anyone who could tell me o point me to the right direction? Thanks.

Hello, I am trying to run Armbian on my Orange Pi 3 LTS. The official Orange Pi image works normally: Orangepi3-lts_3.0.8_debian_bullseye_server_linux5.16.17 However, when I flash the Armbian image: Armbian 26.2.1 Minimal / IoT I get several boot errors during startup: [FAILED] Failed to start Apply Kernel Variables. [FAILED] Failed to start Dispatcher daemon for systemd-networkd. [FAILED] Failed to start Helper to synchronize boot up for ifupdown. [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Raise network interfaces. The system continues booting, but these errors appear every time. Hardware: Board: Orange Pi 3 LTS Image: Armbian 26.2.1 Minimal /…

Wi-Fi works → so the problem is only in GPIO / DTB initialization for Bluetooth It worked on the older kernel, but now it doesn't 😞.... Supposedly this is the cause, but is it really? armbianmonitor -u https://paste.armbian.com/uzudezufit

Hello. After burning Efuse to the Nanopi Neo Core, I can't boot from emmc. It works from the SD card, so I try loading everything into emmc: spl, uboot. But spl doesn't find u-boot, as far as I understand. I'm using the u-boot and dts config from the Nanopi Neo, with some edits to mmc2, since it's not available in the Neo. U-Boot SPL 2024.07 (Feb 25 2026 - 15:51:42 +0300) DRAM: 512 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 CMD_SEND:0 ARG 0x00000000 MMC_RSP_NONE CMD_SEND:8 ARG 0x000001aa RET -110 CMD_SEND:55 ARG …

Nanopi neo air stucks on "Starting kernel..." after some random power losses (2-50) during loading I think it's because of corruption of armbianEnv.txt. Normal UART logs: UART Logs with stucking on "Starting kernel" U-Boot SPL 2024.01_armbian-202ns16550_serial serial@1c28000: p024.01-S866c-P7738-Hadc5-Vefe9-B2eb2-R448a (Feb 06 2026 - 03:49:45 +0000) Allwinner Technology 0) Model: FriendlyARM NanoPi NEent from FAT... Unable to use mmc 1:1... ial Err: serial Net: No ethernet found. starting USB... No working controllers found 1(part 0) is current device Scacr 5475 bytes read in 2 ms (2.6 MiB/s) ## Executing script at 43100000 U-boot loaded from eMMC or s…

I'm experiencing something unusual. A device of mine, running Armbian, cannot communicate with an Android device in my LAN. Otherwise everything else works. My Orange Pi Zero 2w running Armbian can ping all of my LAN IPs (and access theyre net services also) , but fails at pinging an Android device (which is connected through WiFi): "Destination Host Unreachable". Same goes the other way around where Termux runs on the above mentioned Android 15 device but cannot ping ("Destination Host Unreachable") the host running Armbian or access it via ssh (it simply stalls). Everything else works just fine, all of my devices connect w…

the tft is working well on stock orangepi image but when I try the prebuilt armbian images or build it myself it look like this my dts file: 35Lcd.dts

I seem to remember at one point thinking that U-Boot could be installed into the SPI on the a5e and then I could choose the boot order. Is that possible or did I just dream it? If it is, how do I install U-Boot into the SPI? Is there one specifically for the a5e?

I noticed that the Cubie a5e would reboot when anything that draws moderate power (>100mA) was connected to the USB3 port. Thought it was my power supply or USB cable, but after changing that out and doing some testing, I have determined that the reboot problem doesn't happen with the Radxa Bullseye image, only with the Armbian Trixie. I haven't had a chance to test older Armbian builds to see if it broke somewhere along the way, but that's what I'll do next. Armbian boot (26.2.0 trunk 385): U-Boot SPL 2026.01_armbian-2026.01-S127a-P96c6-H560c-Va7f1-B2eb2-R448a (Feb 03 2026 - 12:13:55 +0000) DRAM: 2048 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 NOTICE: BL31: v2.13.0(debu…

Please help. Hello everyone, please help me out. I urgently need to enable secure boot on my Allwinner H3 Nanopi neo core. I tried following the instructions from the forum https://forum.armbian.com/topic/3033-h3-soc-boot-rom-security-e-fuse/#findComment-84051 . But I couldn't burn the E-Fuse. At stage 5, when loading ./sunxi-fel -v -p write 0x2000 of the compiled code and checking whether the changes were applied, sunxi-fel sid/list/version doesn't work. I have to reboot the board, and then I see no result. Please help me solve this problem and burn it so that the bootloader signature is present and it is impossible to boot from the SD card using third-party means. Pleas…

Hello, my Cubitruck with Armbian 23.8.1 Bullseye has the false Time and i can't change this. i don't know who is the problem. "date" says me "Mo 9. Feb 19:24:06 CET 2026" but now we have 05:26, when i set date with "sudo date -s "2026-02-09 05:26:00", it looks like it will be override in the next moment, then "date" says sudo date -s "2026-02-09 05:26:00" Mo 9. Feb 05:26:00 CET 2026 root@cubietruck ~ > date Mo 9. Feb 19:26:27 CET 2026 dmesg | grep -i rtc [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=UUID=19cf2f1d-1a31-4890-bc04-a2f1c4e4e021 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 disp.screen0_output_mode=1…

**1. Summary:** The text console (`tty1`) is permanently stuck at 30 rows by 90 columns after boot, despite the DRM/KMS framebuffer being correctly set to 1920x1080 resolution. All attempts to change the console size via boot parameters, sysfs, or runtime tools fail. This breaks the basic CLI experience on displays larger than VGA. **2. Environment:** * **Hardware:** Orange Pi PC (Allwinner H3) * **Image/Distribution:** "Forky" (appears to be an Armbian-based rolling Debian fork) * **Kernel:** `6.12.68-current-sunxi` (build@armbian) #1 SMP Fri Jan 30 09:28:49 UTC 2026 * **Graphics Stack:** Modern DRM/KMS (`sun4i-drm`). The legacy `fb` driver is not …

I installed pihole and unbound with Armbian's ready-made config installation, but I can't access the interface of the pihole.

I am trtying to keep my pcduino 3 nano alive. It has been working perfectly under a debian bullseye distro from Johan Gunarsson for 4 years and now I can't get the OTG to work under any release (bullseye, bookworm or trixie) I have explored many avenues, but even a plain manual setup of g_mass_storage doesn't work in a workable way. The drive appears in Windows Explorer after several minutes, and any copy or delete to that gadget drive takes ages (3+ minutes for a 12kb file) before it fails or succeeds silently. I am looking for a forum where pcduino users can help each other. Thank you, Gaetano.

It boots but does not recognize USB keyboard input. Not possible to login.

Hi, this is my first post, my apologies, I could not find a matching topic category for this PCduino3 nano question/issue (no built-in wifi, I use a Roccar wifi dongle) I have successfully built the image using the armbian configuration script (bookworm current), the board boots and runs teslausb, however, I am unable to install the driver for my wifi dongle. The error when starting the install-driver.sh script is "your kernel headers are not properly installed". I tried apt install linux-headers-current-sunxi and kernel-headers-armmp, they install successfully but I still get the same error about the kernet headers not being properly installed. Th…

During installation new Image show on screen following problems: Failed to retrieve unit state: Transport endpoint is not connected _ _ _ _ _ /_\ _ _ _ __ | |__(_)__ _ _ _ __ ___ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ (_) |_ _ _ / _ \| '_| ' \| '_ \ / _` | ' \ / _/ _ \ ' \| ' \ || | ' \| | _| || | /_/ \_\_| |_|_|_|_.__/_\__,_|_||_|_\__\___/_|_|_|_|_|_\_,_|_||_|_|\__|\_, | |___| |__/ v26.2 rolling for Orange Pi Zero running Armbian Linux 6.12.63-current-sunxi Packages: Debian stable (trixie) Support: …

What happened? Orange Pi 3 LTS rarely recognize ethernet connection. How to reproduce? Flash Orange Pi 3 LTS with an image of the latest version of Armbian. Extra Info The latest images tested which worked flawlessly was: Armbian_community_25.11.0-trunk.437_Orangepi3-lts_trixie_current_6.12.47_minimal.img Armbian_23.8.3_Orangepi3-lts_jammy_current_6.1.53_minimal.img Images tested which didn't worked: Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.151_Orangepi3-lts_trixie_current_6.12.63_minimal.img Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.100_Orangepi3-lts_trixie_current_…

I built the latest Nobel build and ended up with Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_Nanopiduo_noble_current_6.12.63.img. Even at idle it runs 70C. If you try to do upgrades it will do thermal shutdown. The temp reporting is real because it's hot enough to burn your finger if you hold the heat sink long enough. I used a PS2 usb fan (I call it the ghetto cooler 5000) long enough to downgrade kernel to 6.1.x. Now it idles around 50C. I know there's been heating issues with H3 (Duo uses H2+). I compared DTBs, voltages and cannot find the smoking gun. I played around controlling the voltages, etc. Anyways, I'm OK with 6.1.x kernel since this board was out in 2017. I still have a…

Hi All, I have a couple of H3 based boards (Orange Pi Zero and FriendlyArm NanoPi Duo 2). With all of them I have the same issue: command like "reboot" turn the board off instead of rebooting. The workaround is to add following line in /boot/armbianEnv.txt extraargs=reboot=warm Running latest image on all of the boards.

PSA - trunk 130 is not a bootable image. trunk 100 works fine.

Hello! I've built my own sbc using the Allwinner H3 chip, and I'm looking to get a custom armbian image running on it. I've already successfully compiled an image by adding a new config to u-boot and armbian-build, and a device tree to the linux kernel. Now I'm looking to get the WiFi working, but I can't seem to find where I can change its pin definitions. I'm using the AP6212: the SDIO pins are connected to SDC1 (aka mmc1) like every other board, but the WL_REG_ON (aka WL-PMU-EN) and WL_HOST_WAKE (aka WL-WAKE-AP) pins are connected to GPIO pins different from all other boards, so I'll need to change their pin assignments in the kernel manually. B…

See build log https://paste.armbian.de/lesoquheja The kernel works, but installing the .deb failed because my extlinux script could not copy: /usr/lib/linux-image-6.18.1-edge-sunxi/overlay/sun8i-h3-analog-codec.dtbo The whole overlay folder does not exist. It does exist for 6.12.58-current-sunxi and last time I compiled kernel for the nanopineo was 6.16.8, the overlays were created. I remember it was also once the case with edge kernel for other SBC ( .deb package from the Armbian beta repo). That time own local build did create overlays. I am not sure where to look or what could be wrong.

Hello Respected Supporters, After upgrading to Armbian 26 (kernel version 6.12.58), the onboard network card (end0) experienced a severe degradation in transmission performance (reduced to approximately 1/10 of previous levels). Upon investigation, it was discovered that the kernel driver (dwmac-sun8i) has locked all hardware offload features (TSO/GSO/Checksum), forcing the CPU to handle all processing in software. root@orangepi3:~# uname -r 6.12.58-current-sunxi64 root@orangepi3:~# dpkg --list | grep linux-image ii linux-image-current-sunxi64 26.2.0-trunk.48 arm64 Armbian Linux current kernel image 6.1…

Hello, electronics enthusiasts, I can't figure out how to activate the i2s bus and enable audio input and output, for example pcm5102(DAC) and pcm1808(ADC) My board Nano pi neo2

Anyone knows how enable usb 3.0 with Radxa cubie a5e? I found cubie-a5e-enable-usb3.dts from radxa's git but could apply it. Currently I am running 26.2.0-trunk.22.

Hello, I have been trying to get sound working on my Orange Pi Zero 3, and I am facing persistent issues. I installed every operating system listed on Armbian’s Orange Pi Zero 3 page and followed all the standard setup procedures. Despite updating all packages and even performing kernel updates, I have never been able to get any sound output from the device. I have checked multiple configurations, tried different OS images, and ensured that all drivers are up to date, but nothing works. The device otherwise functions normally, but audio simply does not come through under any circumstances. Could you please provide guidance or a solution? Any help would be g…

https://www.armbian.com/olimex-lime-2/ Does the image come with and install non free software on the computer? If so is there documentation showing how to do a fully free software installation of the Armbian_community_25.11.0-trunk.546_Lime2_trixie_current_6.12.58_minimal.img image? Free software is software you can use, share, modify and redistribute. Thank you.

For those with a Radxa Cubie A7A/A7Z, I made a custom Armbian Build using the BSP kernel. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/tree/Radxa-A7A https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases To build your own image: git clone https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build.git --branch Radxa-A7A ./compile.sh "do not change the kernel configuration" "show csc/wip/eos/tvb" "I understand and agree" "radxa-cubie-a7a" or "radxa-cubie-a7z" rest is up to you... Should you choose to run Armbian, ensure the CPU has adequate cooling by installing the Radxa Heatsink. https://radxa.com/products/accessories/heatsink-6…

I think I messed something up in the system, maybe with the repositories, but I get this message when updating... apt update Stary:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease Stary:2 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease Stary:3 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm InRelease Stary:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease Stary:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports InRelease Stary:6 http…

This is a reply to treii28's post from 2023: To enable i2c on PH4 and PH5 pins, one would have to have to following lines in /boot/armbianEnv.txt files: Reboot and see the new devices with: Scan for all the connected i2c devices: All relevant (and some extra) overlays can be seen with the following command: To see the configuration one could disassemble the dtb binary file and search it's contents for i2c3-ph Whenever making changes it would be the best to connect a serial monitor to the physical serial pins (3 separate pins labeled with UART and GND, RX, TX) to see kernel output at b…

Alright so I am trying to use this OLED display: https://www.amazon.com/AITRIP-Display-SSD1306-3-3V-5V-Arduino/dp/B08JPYJ35Y?th=1 with Armbian(minimal) on my orange pi zero 2w, but I just cant get the i2c1 bus to detect it. Here's some more details: uname -r returns: 6.12.23-current-sunxi64 cat /boot/armbianEnv.txt returns: verbosity=1 bootlogo=false console=both disp_mode=1920x1080p60 overlay_prefix=sun50i-h616 rootdev=UUID=adb61282-df86-4116-9688-e94c56913687 rootfstype=ext4 overlays=i2c0-pi i2c1-pi param_i2c1_pin_sda=3 param_i2c1_pin_scl=5 user_overlays= usbstoragequirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u sudo i…

I built an unofficial Armbian 6.12.51 (Noble) image using the build tool: Armbian-unofficial_25.11.0-trunk_Nanopiduo_noble_current_6.12.51.img I am trying to get the micro-USB port to work as a USB serial gadget (g_serial / libcomposite). What I have done / observed: g_serial and libcomposite modules are loaded: lsmod | grep g_serial g_serial 12288 0 libcomposite 49152 2 g_serial,usb_f_acm ConfigFS is mounted: mount | grep configfs configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime) UDC exists: ls /sys/class/udc/ musb-hdrc.2.auto Gadget folder does…

Hi, I have an Orange Pi Zero 3 with Allwinner H618 (1GB RAM version). The CPU specs say up to 1.5 GHz (1512000 kHz), and it hits that fine on other distros (like official Orange Pi Ubuntu images or Debian builds). But on Armbian, max freq is stuck at 1416000 kHz, even on latest kernels. Board: Orange Pi Zero 3 (H618, 1GB RAM) Armbian Version: Armbian Bookworm (fresh SD flash, ran armbian-upgrade after boot) Kernel Versions Tested: 6.12.43-current-sunxi64 6.12.47-current-sunxi64 6.15.4-edge-sunxi64 6.16.8-edge-sunxi64 (current edge, i think) What happens: scaling_available_frequencies only goes up to 1416000. With governor=perfo…

Hello community Here are the versions I’m using: Kernel: 5.15.48-sunxi OS: Linux nanopineo 5.15.48-sunxi #22.05.3 SMP Wed Feb 19 15:56:03 UTC 2025 armv7l GNU/Linux I’m having a problem. Sometimes, during boot, I see the following log: After this message, the system halts. The only way to fix it is to flash the image again or to boot from an SD card and mount the EMMC which fixes the file system. I noticed that the device doesn’t use the overlay_prefix variable from /boot/armbianEnv.txt. It shows this message: I tried adding the overlay_prefix variable manually in the boot.cmd file, but it didn’t help. …

https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/25/35-orange-pi-4-pro-an-allwinner-a733-edge-ai-sbc-with-up-to-16gb-lpddr5-wifi-6/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/07/allwinner-a527-t527-and-a733-datasheets-user-manuals-and-linux-sdk-released/ http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-4-Pro.html Another Allwinner board dropped figuring out the wifi chip is always hard, seem to be https://www.taobao.com/list/item/931793873067.htm https://pine64.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/doc/datasheet/oz64/AIC8800DC Datasheet v1.0.pdf as usual, it is uncertain if drivers and firmware is after all avail…

Hello, I`ll try to hook up display to OpangePi PC, But have no output. My English is not native so i`ll try to write in simlpe way. image Armbian_23.8.1_Orangepipc_jammy_current_6.1.47_minimal.img.xz my dts: /dts-v1/; /plugin/; / { compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-h3"; fragment@0 { target = <&spi0>; __overlay__ { status = "okay"; // cs-gpios = <&pio 0 9 0>,<&pio 0 8 0>; /* PA9=CS0 for LCD, PA8=CS1 for touch */ display: display@0 { compatible = "ilitek,ili9341"; reg = <0>; pinctrl-names = "default"…

If anyone in interested in a lightweight wayland desktop, inspired by openbox, you should try labwc. In orange pi zero 3, we need to stay in bookworm to get video acceleration, so this guide helps build labwc in bookworm As a greeter, I chose pi-greeter, because it is the lightest login manager I could setup, without any X11 https://github.com/robertojguerra/opiz3-labwc-setup I am open to read any improvements, or show me how I could make deb packages. In the near future, I will make a step-by-step video tutorial in Youtube.

After many days spent wondering why is my OPI Zero2w 1.5GB not booting some Armbian images (xfce desktop version for example), I have found there is a "bug" or difference in uboot models 1.5GB + 4GB vs 1GB+2GB. Fix that might work for Zero2w is here https://forum.armbian.com/topic/31654-orange-pi-zero-2w/ (planning to test it soon) Can somebody confirm Opi Zero2W 1.5GB has still this issue with some Armbian images ? Armbian minimal boots without aby issues. Not sure why it works and desktop doesnt.

I have been experimenting with trying to get video acceleration working on the A83T. I can see from /proc/device-tree/soc/... that there is already a video-engine node within the current A83T device tree. It appears to be applied as one of the megous patches ARM-dts-sun8i-a83t-Add-cedrus-video-codec-support-to-A83T-untes.patch. Admittedly this is noted as being untested. In my initially created build via the build framework, Cedrus was not present at all among the list of loaded modules. I addressed this by creating an entry in the Cedrus compatibility table for the sun8i-a83t-video engine drv-sun8i-a83t-cedrus-add-variant.patch It now appears to l…

Hello, is BPI-6202/6204 supported? It should have A40I CPU, like the M2 Ultra (which is actually supported)

Hi everyone, I'm using the Orange Pi Zero 3 and would really appreciate a lightweight desktop image with just the XFCE desktop, a web browser, and basic tools (like file manager, terminal, etc.) with video acceleration. The current Armbian desktop image works, but it includes a lot of software I don’t need. I’m looking for something more minimal — just enough for light use and a faster experience. Does anyone have (or know how to build) a stripped-down XFCE image for this board? Thanks in advance!

This is not solved the only tag I can add is solved. How do I change that I have an orange pi zero 3 and am trying to ssh into this board. Ive written all three minimal files to different 32gb sd cards. After I write the drive I add a blank ssh file and a wpa_supplicante.conf file with my wifi info on it. I install the os with balanaetecher or Rufus(I've tried so many things. I find my IP when I try to ssh doesn't work) but I can ping the zero. I've tried windows 8.1, and 11 plus Linux mint same thing. Could someone please help me? This probably should take 20 minutes but I've been at it for 2.5 days

Radxa-cubie-a5e second Ethernet port not work after update Armbian 25.11.0-trunk.259.

Hi, I installed on my Orange Pi Zero (not plus) armbian and using armbian-config I am trying to install Octoprint to control my 3d printer. I got an error: docker: Error response from daemon: error gathering device information while adding custom device "/dev/video0": no such file or directory I have no webcam attached and I am not planning to use it for now, Can I disable this check?

Hi All First post here. Have been using Rpi Zero 2W for a couple of years in various installations and other then speed been happy with it. So got an Orange Pi Zero 2 W in an attempt to use it as a plug in replacement for the Rpi. Installed Armbian and other than a booting issue, it all works. The first obstacle is the i2c, it is obvious that is nowhere near as easy as a Rpi to set up. I have read many posts and get more confused as the days go on. So, the question: Is there a step by step instruction on how to enable I2C. I am connecting 2 x ADS1115 A2D converters, one at &H48 and the 2nd…

I have a question regarding the configuration of the /etc/asound.conf file... are there any changes in the new kernel that prevent this from happening? I've noticed that my USB audio card no longer loses its settings and its position doesn't change. However, to be sure, I tried editing the /etc/asound.conf file... but it turns out to be impossible 🙂 That is, after saving the settings in /etc/asound.conf... ALSA doesn't work! 🙂 Moreover, the blocking for certain selected devices doesn't work either. In my case, the blocking is: HDMI Audio... in the file: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf blacklist sun9i_hdmi_audio blacklist snd_soc_simple_card Are these changes rel…

Originally I tried to use DietPi and opened a bugreport there: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7715 But DietPies support for the ZeroPi is based on armbian, so I tried this directly: oldest image not working: Armbian_community_25.8.0-trunk.338_Zeropi_bookworm_current_6.12.35_minimal.img.xz bootlog12.txt newest image working: Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.256_Zeropi_bookworm_legacy_6.1.104_minimal.img.xz bootlog13.txt Does anybody have an idea what it could be?

This issue isn't for orangepione, but for nanopineo - which I can't find in the dropdowns anymore. Perhaps it is no longer supported. I'm able to build a working image using this command: ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopineo BRANCH=current RELEASE=noble BUILD_MINIMAL=no BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=xz However, if I add the CPU governance variables, such as this: ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopineo BRANCH=current RELEASE=noble BUILD_MINIMAL=no BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE=xz CPUMIN=81600 CPUMAX=96000 ...the build fails with the following error text: ./compile.sh mike [🚸] This script requires r…

Dear Community, I currently want to reduce the transmission power of the NanoPi Neo Air. This means that I simply want to be able to set the Wifi transmission power in 10% steps, for example. What I have already tried: Instructions according to Wiki: OpenWrt image is not flashed. No access via browser. But it doesn't matter: max. transmission power is used in AP mode. Setting as in the Wiki image "TransmitPower:auto" probably does not apply here anyway. Network Manager TUI via "sudo nmtui" has no such settings. Adjust the NVRAM files in "/lib/firmware/brcm" or "/lib/firmware/ap6212" step by step. All changes are …

Hi, For long (long) time I did not update my nano pi duo image, recently I changed microSD card and wanted start fresh with latest image. I have tried latest debian image and also tried building image for the BOARD target as `nanopiduo`, but in in both cases my board is stuck at ... U-Boot SPL 2024.01-armbian-2024.01-S866c-P7738-Ha5c2-Va723-Bb703-R448a (Mar 09 2025 - 03:54:39 +0000) DRAM: 128 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 ns16550_serial serial@1c28000: pinctrl_select_state_full: uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id: err=-19 U-Boot …

Hi, I am using Nanopi Neo board and I need RS485 driver to control DE pin automatically. I have prepared DTS Overlay file: /dts-v1/; /plugin/; / { compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-h3"; fragment@0 { target = <&uart1>; __overlay__ { status = "okay"; pinctrl-names = "default"; pinctrl-0 = <&uart1_pins &uart1_de_pin>; rs485-rts-gpios = <&gpio6 8 0>; /* PG8 active-low */ linux,rs485-enabled-at-boot-time; rs485-rts-delay = <0 300>; }; }; fragment@1 { tar…

Hi! With latest edge 6.15.4 the board boots fine, shutdown also clean and complete but on reboot it does not again start up. Need to powercycle😒 I gets stuck et end of shutdown. Same for latest bookworm image (I think it's 6.12x). Earlier ones did work. => Any other board also affected? => Is for reboot the watchdog involved? T.

Please give me a tip - what is purpose of /dev/mmcblk2boot block devices created? Quite small size - 4MB - ones, do they serve to something u-boot needs at boot time? There are no records for them in fstab so I assume they are created by zram, but what happens to them after boot when they aren't needed anymore? Board Orangepi 3LTS with bookworm minimal Also as a matter of wondering - why there are two zram devices: one of 1/2 of RAM (as usual) and another of quite small 50MB only, what is it for? root@heaven:~# fdisk -l <redacted> Disk /dev/mmcblk2boot0: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 byt…

Hi, First of all, thank You for your work. On a project we are using Nanopi Neo Air boards with an Allwinner h3 processor and a 8GB eMMC flashed with an Armbian OS: $ uname -a Linux <DEVICE_HOSTNAME> 6.6.75-legacy-sunxi #1 SMP Sat Feb 1 17:37:57 UTC 2025 armv7l GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Release: 11 Codename: bullseye Recently we have been getting increasing reports of the boards being stuck on boot, on message 'Starting Kernel ...' (checked from logs available on COM port). Although this behavior is highly undesira…

When tweaking Armbian’s Build System I understand that it also builds u-boot and updates it when new sources are available. I understand, that the last one was updated on : [🌿] {u-boot:1} Cleaning u-boot tree [ u-boot-worktree/u-boot/v2024.01 for '' ] [🔨] [Mon Aug 25 11:11:25 PM CEST 2025] Running: git --no-pager clean -xfdq [🌱] Calling Python patching script for U-Boot: [ https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot - tag:v2024.01 ] [🌱] Using U-Boot patch dir: [ u-boot-sunxi ] Where is the latest build could be downloaded from and what is its flash procedure and recovery (if necessary) ?

Help! I used your overlay, but nothing works for me. Orange pi zero 3 (Armbian Linux 6.12.35-current-sunxi64) overlay: /dts-v1/; /plugin/; / { compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h616"; fragment@0 { target = <&spi1>; __overlay__ { status = "okay"; cs-gpios = <&pio 7 5 0>,<&pio 2 15 0>; /*PH5=CS0 for lcd, PC15=CS1 for touch*/ display: display@0 { compatible = "ilitek,ili9341"; reg = <0>; pinctrl-names = "default"; spi-max-frequency = <20000000>; rotate = <270>; bgr = <0>…

Hello everybody, I tried building an in-kernel module for USB Dongle Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:0120 TP-Link Archer T2U PLUS [RTL8821AU] on my OrangePi Plus. Armbian supplied module from aircrack-ng/rtl8812au has become aging and raises exception errors on modprobe -r. It was deactivated : root@orangepiplus:/etc/modprobe.d# vi blacklist-88XXau.conf #blacklist 88XXau I made a fresh install of Armbian minimal image, then switched to : root@orangepiplus:~# uname -a Linux orangepiplus 6.15.4-edge-sunxi #1 SMP Fri Jun 27 10:13:43 UTC 2025 armv7l GNU/Linux root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# cat /proc/version Linux version 6.15.4-edge-sunxi (build@…

sudo rmmod mv64xxx_i2c rmmod: ERROR: Module mv64xxx_i2c is not currently loaded root@WiPLUX-M040230BBQIGU:~# dmesg | grep -i i2c [ 0.846937] i2c_dev: i2c /dev entries driver [ 1.479459] sun8i-dw-hdmi 6000000.hdmi: registered DesignWare HDMI I2C bus driver [ 1.484185] /soc/i2c@7081400/pmic@36: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with /soc/pinctrl@300b000 [ 1.501006] mv64xxx_i2c 5002c00.i2c: Error applying setting, reverse things back [ 1.501095] axp20x-i2c 1-0036: AXP20x variant AXP313a found [ 1.502779] axp20x-i2c 1-0036: AXP20X driver loaded [ 53.381005] i2c i2c-2: mv64xxx: I2C bus locked, block: 1, time_left: 0 [ 55.429017] i2c i2c-2: mv6…

Hi all! On NanoPi Duo2 I'm trying to use the builtin video hw processor. ffmpeg already works with -hwaccel v4l2request but throws errors: Press [q] to stop, [?] for help [h264 @ 0x11645f0] Using V4L2 media driver cedrus (6.12.35) for S264 [V4L2RequestContext @ 0xae5f0db0] Failed to create buffer of type 1: Cannot allocate memory (12) [h264 @ 0x11645f0] Failed setup for format drm_prime: hwaccel initialisation returned error. dmesg [ 8906.864389] cma: __cma_alloc: reserved: alloc failed, req-size: 3038 pages, ret: -12 [ 8906.872255] cma: number of available pages: 42@86+128@384+34@3550+34@6622+34@9694+34@12766+34@15838+34@18910+34…

My Armbian paste is at https://paste.armbian.com/yamakinoce This is an OrangePi Zero Plus, with an H3, not an H5 or an H2. I see all kinds of problems here but don't know how to fix them. It seems the DTB is just wrong for this board. For one, there are interrupts showing up in /proc/interrupts for HDMI and LCD, but this physical board has *neither* of those. It has an Ethernet PHY but neither the kernel nor uboot see it. It also has a Wifi but the kernel does not see that either. Does a correct DTB exist for this board? What is its name? I vaguely remember a couple ways to force the kernel and uboot to use a different DTB …

Can we count on adding a module to the future kernel... I mean: v4l2loopback 🙂

Is there any CLI image new or old that already supports PPS? I'm not having progress using the default overlay (pps-gpio) or a custom one.

Just installed Armbian 25.5.1 Desktop in my new board: Orange Pi Zero 3 with 2GB RAM, using a 32GB MicroSD card. Installed desktop as I have HDMI output and wanted to check that everything was going fine, and it did. I can connect to Armbian via SSH I could set up Pi-hole correctly. (that's why I get the board for) As My modem/router cannot manually set the DNS to the IP of the orange pi, I just disabled it ans installed ISC-DHCP server and got it running. I used chatgpt for that purpose. I have some understaning using linux distros and networking, chatgpt just saved my some time with configuration. After some days I saw o nInternet t…

Hi everyone! I have v25.8 rolling for radxa cubie a5e running Armbian Linux 6.14.0-rc1-dev-sun55iw3 runnig and it has only ttyS0 serial device. Due to device schematics it should be able to provide serail interfaces with RTS/CTS support UART4-7. Was anyone able to activate this devices? As I understand, I need an overlay .dtbo files. But those cannot be found anywhere in /boot. Also I can compile those overlays, but I need the correct .dts files.