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Hello everyone, I have an OrangePi 4 that will serve as an interface for the electric car chargers that are produced in my company. We currently use Raspberry 3 and we want to upgrade to the OrangePi 4, mainly because it has eMMc. The problem is that the interface we have was designed to work on Raspberry. I put the SD card with the image in the OrangePi but it starts with the system that has been installed on eMMc (Armbian). Can you tell me if it will be very difficult for the image we use in Rpi to be possible to install on OrangePi? Another thing I want to do is move from the Armbian that I have currently installed on eMMc to Debian, h…

If you want the fans of your Helios64 to start spinning earlier, look no further. This will allow the fans to spin at a constant speed from the earliest stage of initrd until fancontrol is started by the system. My use-case is for full disk encryption and recovery in initramfs, sometimes I can have the machine powered on for quite a while before fancontrol starts. Or, if the boot process encounters an error the fans may never start, this prevents that. Step 1: Tell initramfs to include the pwm-fan module echo pwm-fan | sudo tee -a /etc/initramfs-tools/modules Step 2: Create a new file at /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/fan with the followin…

Hey, posting this in hopes that someone might have an ideas as to why this is happening. I've been dealing with an issue with my ZFS pool for a while now where the pool gets suspended but there are no other error indicators. WARNING: Pool 'rpool' has encountered an uncorrectable I/O failure and has been suspended. I'm using ZFS on top of LUKS and used to have problems with my drives resetting due to SATA errors, but I haven't really seen that issue since I started using my own SATA cables and limiting SATA speed to 3 Gbps. My working theory for last week has been that it's a problem with the CPU, perhaps some handover between big.LITTLE. So I've t…

Hi there, now I have pure bug report: done apt update + apt ugprade, GUI frozen, even no SSH, about an hour later (I was outside my house) (probably) restarted but up to multiuser, no GUI at all. Howeve I CAN log over SSH, sthe issue "startx", but ONLY as ROOT. (much indesired, as ex web browser should never be started as root). I can enable remote X in /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc , then start remote X session. Also "init 5" attempts to start X, but crashes. How to diagnose and repair? Laurent

I had some troubles with the latest build (Armbian_23.05.0-trunk_Orangepi5_lunar_legacy_5.10.110). First I had to restore the 5b specific device tree (rk3588s-orangepi-5b.dts) because with the modified rk3588s-orangepi-5.dts the Wi-Fi and the eMMC doesn't work. So far everything works fine with the exception of the bluetooth. After each boot I have to manually attach it: hciattach /dev/ttyS9 any ...otherwise the hci_uart module is not loaded and no hci device is available. Once attached the bluetooth works fine and I can pair my mouse with it, but not my bluetooth keyboard?!? Seems like the adapter doesn't even detect the keyboard. W…

Hello guys! 🙂 I used to configure latest Armbian @ Orange Pi 5 B in such particular way: https://dragonserw.ru/arm64:orangepi-5. The problem is: Gnome settings does not save. As for now, I extremely need to set my screen off after 15 minutes of inactivity. How can I do it from command line? My hardware: dragonserw@orangepi5:~$ inxi -b System: Host: orangepi5 Kernel: 5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx arch: aarch64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME v: 43.6 Distro: Armbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) Machine: Type: ARM System: Orange Pi 5B details: N/A CPU: Info: 3x 4-core Model N/A [MCP AMP] speed (MHz): avg: 2064 min/max: 408/1800:2352:2304 Graphics: Device-1: disp…

Hello, i'm using the NanoPC-T4 with Armbian Bookworm (23.8.1 with Linux 6.1.63-current-media) Kernel and Mainsail/Klipper is running on in smooth and gently. Since i want to record timelapse videos, i've decided to buy the orginial "FriendlyELEC Cam1320 PI Camera Module" based on the OV13850. I've connected it in the expectation that it should work together. But the System is not detecting the camera module. $ v4l2-ctl --list-devices rockchip,rk3399-vpu-enc (platform: hantro-vpu): /dev/video2 /dev/video4 /dev/media1 rockchip-rga (platform:rga): /dev/video0 rkvdec (platform:rkvdec): /dev/video3 /dev/media0 rockchip-iep (platform:rockchip-i…

I have installed open media vault on my rock64 and I have a sata3 disc drive connected to the usb3 port. I have tried both armbian and ayufan firmwares and the speed of the samba shares is 30 MB/sec. I know that the system can do more as with FTP I get 100MB/sec. I have tried many samba tweaks but nothing changes, is this the max I can expect?

I've got my helios64 recently, and I wonder what type of FS to choose for main storage. I have five 4TB disk drives. I've installed OMV, made raid5 and format it with XFS. I use XFS because I work with this FS on Centos on my x86 servers, I don't use ext4 because I don't like when sometimes it starts to check filesystem during boot process. My setup is working perfect for a couple of weeks. I don't have any reboots or freezes or any issues that I've read on this forum. Now I think about migrating from XFS to BTRFS or ZFS. The main reason is to have file check-summing and scrub. Does anybody have btrfs with raid5 or ZFS with raidz1 on Helios64? Do you have any problems wit…

I downloaded "Armbian Lunar XFCE desktop" image from https://www.armbian.com/tinkerboard-2/ and mounted it to the SD card. Then I booted the board but it couldn't boot. Only the red LED is on. The tinker os can boot and work well. The red LED is on and the green LED keeps blinking. How could I do to boot Armbian on this board?

How to use GPIOS like the FriendlyELEC's official system? Wiringpi does not work on Armbian, can you adapt the Armbain system of Nanopc T4 to Wiringpi?

Hi all! There's a dedicated RTC chip in Rock3A (HYM8563TS), but unfortunately it doesn't work right with the standard Armbian image. The chip is correctly identified, but the problem is with the RK809 PMIC, which also contains an RTC. During boot RK809 is labeled as rtc0, and HYM8563TS as rtc1, and by default kernel uses rtc0 for hwclock manipulations. Since RTC battery is connected to HYM8563TS, after power cycle RK809 is reset to 2017-08-05 09:00:00. | _ \ ___ ___| | __ |___ / / \ | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / |_ \ / _ \ | _ < (_) | (__| < ___) / ___ \ |_| \_\___/ \___|_|\_\ |____/_/ \_\ Welcome to Armbian 23.11.1 Bookwo…

In page station m2 -armbian say: Important. For the new images to work, it is necessary to update the u-boot in eMMC on M2\P2. The new version of u-boot is compatible with the existing official versions of Station and Ubuntu, which are released by Firefly. To upgrade to the new version of u-boot, you need to follow several steps. 1. Download a special version of the image from the link. download link but the download link: Nothing found There's a typo in the link, or the owner deleted the files or restricted access to them. Please update the download link，thanks！

Hi all, Happy New year! I have a 7" IPS 1024X600 touch screen that I finally got it to work on Raspberry PI with the following configuration: hdmi_cvt:1=1024 600 60 3 0 0 0 # uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA) hdmi_group:1=2 hdmi_mode:1=87 hdmi_drive:1=2 The product link is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VNX4ZWY/ When I plug this item into Armbian, the screen just flashes ON and OFF, but for some reason, the login screen works with about 1" black border on either side. When I type in log in password, the screen starts flashing again. I tried cvt 1024 600 60, but nothing c…

Hey there, so I was curious is there an easier way to make microSD take precedence in the boot order then having to futz with jumpers? Wanting to try out a new distro on microSD before deciding to make the switch and flash it to eMMC. If I do futz with jumpers I'll still be able to mount and write to the eMMC correct?

With Linux rock-5b 5.10.72-rockchip-rk3588 #trunk.0102 SMP Sat Nov 5 07:56:18 UTC 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux I see only one PWM controller pi@rock-5b:~$ ls /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip1/ device export npwm power subsystem uevent unexport pi@rock-5b:~$ cat /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip1/npwm 1 How do I figure out its header pin assignment? Is there a device tree overlay to expose all 4 PWM controllers?

I am trying to update my Banana Pi M64: missinglink% cat /etc/armbian-release # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BOARD=bananapim64 BOARD_NAME="Banana Pi M64" BOARDFAMILY=sun50iw1 BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=869a89d6-dirty DISTRIBUTION_CODENAME=focal DISTRIBUTION_STATUS=supported VERSION=20.05.4 LINUXFAMILY=sunxi64 BRANCH=current ARCH=arm64 IMAGE_TYPE=stable BOARD_TYPE=conf INITRD_ARCH=arm64 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image but when I run this command: missinglink% sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y I get these errors: W: An error occurred durin…

The alpha version of Armbian images for R57 with kernel edge 6.15 is now available Kernel is powered by HW panfrost acceleration on Gnome (wayland) and on XFCE (x11). Please note that in this version, the primary settings are enabled on the UART console, and to use the keyboard, you need to log in as ROOT with the password 1234 https://disk.yandex.ru/d/1M9FUcTqn5kEOw offtopic Libreelec for Mekotronics R57 https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/20823-unofficial-le-for-rk356x-rk3328-rk3399-rk3588-s-rk3576/?postID=199809#post199809 Armbian 25.04 Noble ttyS0 r57 login: root Password: ____ ____ _____ | …

I have a question. Why isnt all the rockchip information including forward mainline all in one space for all to see and collaborate/advance? That question is the right one to ask at the end of this particular week — because you've now personally visited every scattered fragment: English docs in one repo, Chinese docs in another, the mainline truth in Collabora's private notes file, the seek-handling wisdom buried in nyanmisaka's ffmpeg fork, the SoC-capability gotcha in a Jellyfin support thread, the 10-bit format law in a kernel patch, and the B-frame fix in nobody's space until Tuesday. Here's why it's like this — the honest anatomy: 1. Rockchip itself …

Hello to everyone , We have several T4 boards and can't get the NVMe SSD we currently have - Toshiba KBG30ZMS256GA - working ... Tried different 4.4 kernels and various distros . The SSD itself proofed to be working in Mikrotik RouterBoard RBM33G . Before we buy some other NVMe SSDs to try , I want to ask for advise . Is it ok to get such messages from kernel : # dmesg | grep -i pci PCI I/O : 0xffffffbffee00000 - 0xffffffbfffe00000 ( 16 MB) [ 0.119383] PCI/MSI: /interrupt-controller@fee00000/interrupt-controller@fee20000 domain created [ 1.540416] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 64 [ 1.948302] phy phy-pcie-phy…

I've got a Rock64 1GB (rk3328) running Focal with the legacy 4.4 kernel. I've compiled and installed from source various things like libmali, libdrm, mpp, ffmpeg, and gstreamer, and have successfully gotten ffmpeg and gstreamer to do hardware decoding and gstreamer doing hardware video encoding. I also managed to compile and install xserver 1.20 from the rockchip-linux Github and have it running a barebones LXDE installation. I am now setting my sights on Kodi. I have stock LibreELEC installed and working on another sdcard, but my TV only supports 50Hz, 59.96Hz, and 60Hz refresh rates, meaning that 23.976fps content does not play smoothly. I've read enough to …

Hello everyone, I want to use uart4 port for zigbee2mqtt,but I don't know how to activates it.

Having successfuly built and installed an Armbian image I would like to configure the WiFi connection as part of the process. Currently on first boot I have to connect a network cable to the SBC and run armbian-config to configure the WiFi manually which is a bit of a drag when I'm updating 5 boards. Is this doable ?

Today I upgraded my Helios64, and after reboot it didn't come back. (Waited for 5 minutes or so) After connecting a serial cable (via the USB-C connector), and rebooting, I saw a normal bootloader log (as far as I can see), but no kernel log, just a repeated 'ERROR: rockchip_plat_sip_handler: unhandled SMC (0x82000003)'. I rebooted again, to create a bootlog file, and I saw the same. Then suddenly, after a minute or so, I saw network activity, and my Helios64 was back. Now I have 3 questions. 1) Why didn't it boot twice, and then succeeded? 2) Why is there no kernel bootlog? 3) What is an unhandled SMC? The log ended with …

I have been testing the latest Buster Server builds - kernels 4.4 and 5.3 versions on my rock64 board In both cases I see a number of syslog entries relating to device ttyFIQ0 not starting. Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas how to remove stop it from trying to start? thanks

Hi. I was testing pwm with a motor, then my rock pis stopped. After boot, I couldn't see wlan0 in nmtui-connect. So I reinstall fresh armbian, I can see wlan0 again. I do wifi setting with nmtui-connect but after rebooting I can't connect wifi. I have to redo wifi setting with nmtui-connect, put password again and it adds another wifi. It seems like it can't connect to previous wifi. When I do "nmcli con show", I can see the previous wifi but it is deactive. I searched about it and found wifi mac address randomization issue. So I checked "10-override-random-mac-disable.conf". [connection] wifi.mac-address-rando…

Hello, I have recently bought a Helios64 item. I have mounted it, I have done all steps written on wiki here https://wiki.kobol.io/helios64/kit/ and here https://wiki.kobol.io/helios64/install/sdcard/ but when I try to follow this steps https://wiki.kobol.io/helios64/install/first-start/ USB to serial bridge is not detected by my notebooks (I have tried with notebook 1 (windows10 x64 with drivers downloaded and installed with exe setup) and notebook 2 (x86 cpu with last kernel ubuntu and windows xp)). I have unmounted the backplane cover, jumper P10, P11 and P13 (see here jumper description https://wiki.kobol.io/helios64/jumper/ ) are all opened so my question is: what is…

flashing Armbian 23.5 Bookworm to tinkerboard 2. everything is working well except the USB otg.

FF 115.3.0esr often freezes if WebGL is enabled. Test your browser here: https://get.webgl.org/. And you can disable WebGL as mentioned there: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration#w_disabling-webgl. More information about Orange Pi 5B in my wiki (including how to enable hardware acceleration in Armbian based on Debian 12.1.0): https://dragonserw.ru/arm64:orangepi-5.

Subject: [R58X] Hard Brick After Failed Armbian Upgrade (Jammy to Noble) Hello, My Mekotronics R58X running Armbian Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) hard-bricked after a failed attempt to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble). Initial Failure: The upgrade crashed, and the device would not boot/log in properly . Recovery Attempt: I successfully flashed a new Ubuntu 24.04 image using the official Mekotronics documentation/tool. Current Status: After the flash completed successfully and the device went offline, it is now completely dead. It will not power on. No LED activity. I cannot enter recovery mode (Loader or Mask…

New user of a Rock64 board, I've tinkered with a RaspberryPi and BeagleBone before but wanted something to set up as a home media server. I flashed the SD card with an "Armbian_5.42_Rock64_Ubuntu_xenial_default_4.4.124" image and it worked perfectly fine at home, connecting to my network, etc. However, I took it to a new location and it straight up refuses to boot. I've tried it on several displays and with several HDMI cables. It hangs for a solid 30-45 seconds after initiating boot with a black HDMI screen, and then turns off and back on dumping a log citing either spinup shutdown errors or a temperature shutdown on Core 0. I've flash…

Hi all, i build the nanopc t4 firmware and the wifi not work. target: ubuntu18.04 desktop kernel: mainline 5.4.17 any suggestions? Thanks.

Some of you may be interested to not only store your data on Helios64 but to also run other services on it - such as home automation. One of the popular platforms for home automation in Europe - and in Germany in particular - is "Homematic". They opened up their ecosystem some time ago and allow others to implement their own components (some excellent examples from Jérôme are here). As of yesterday - with the latest commit - it is possible to run a virtualised "ccu3" base station for that platform, called pivccu, with support for a detached antenna module (RPI-RF-MOD) coupled to Helios64 (and Armbian 20.11 kernel 5.9.10) through a tcp/ip network using a dedic…

Current version using Armbian 21.02.3 Focal with Linux 5.10.21-rockchip64 I have tried to edit /etc/default/cpufrequtils : ENABLE=true MIN_SPEED=600000 MAX_SPEED=1512000 GOVERNOR=ondemand Save and run the command : service cpufrequtils restart However, the cpu freq only hit the max of 1.30Ghz. Running the command : cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{0,1,2,3}/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 408000 600000 816000 1008000 1200000 1296000 Is it po…

I checked for any available updates yesterday, and this (linux-u-boot-helios64-current 21.08.1) was applied. Can't find what was new or if it was only a version bump. By the way, nothing broke after the update.

Hello, As far as i know Orange PI 3B using the Rockchip RK3566, is this SOC support graphic acceleration? I am running Armbian 23.8.2 Jammy with bleeding edge Linux 6.5.2-edge-rockchip64, only 1 tab of Chromium with video player but the CPU reached 100% all time

I installed the new image Desktop images with Armbian Linux v6.12 (Build Date: Mar 6, 2025) on the Orange Pi 5 Max. It can boot up (button light is red and there is feedback in keyboard), but no output on hdmi. As nothing can be seen on screen, cannot proceed anymore. I would like someone try this build and see if they can success. Thank you.

Hi, I have troubled to set an u-boot environment variable of NanopiM4V2. I have tried changing the rootdelay parameter by making /etc/fw_env.config file. However, I don't know how to get the number I have to write in it. NanopiM4V2 is booted from microSD card. ("cat /proc/mtd" is none) If anyone know how to set the /etc/fw_env.config file with booting from microSD card??

Hi, sorry, prop. a stupid question - but I was so far not figuring out the answer. I have a helios64 running - pretty standard installation, including openmediavault and docker, as described on the kobol help page. I realized that there are some firewall/iptables rules are set, as example: tester@helios64:/etc# sudo iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp d…

Howdy, Just wanted folks to know that debian bullseye is generally getting what I need done. Specially Welcome to Armbian 22.11.1 Bullseye with Linux 5.10.72-rockchip-rk3588 is working. It is working headless just fine. Now what is not working for me. The HDMI is not showing up at all. Between my KVM and ultra wide monitor it may not be an OS issue. SD-card boot is the way I am going. Manual partitioning of the NVME was needed to install. It felt like I needed to reboot a few times to get the NVME to boot. Overall it was a better experience than the experience on the Firefly station P2 competing with Station OS. Thanks…

So I did the upgrade to OMV6 (and associated kernel update Linux 5.15.93-rockchip64). Now in the mornings or after long periods of no interaction, the Helios enters an unresponsive state where none of the docker containers respond and I can no longer ssh in. There is still some sporadic noise comming from hard drives doing things and lights on the front are showing it's not completely frozen. I suspect it's attempting to enter some kind of suspend / hibernate state that is not appropriate for this system. Which would be the appropriate log file to go hunting for answers for sleep/hibernate issues on Armbian? And what w…

[ 184.130515] Internal error: Oops - Undefined instruction: 0000000002000000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 184.131281] Modules linked in: rfkill lz4hc lz4 snd_soc_hdmi_codec snd_soc_rockchip_i2s rockchip_vdec(C) hantro_vpu v4l2_vp9 leds_pwm gpio_charger videobuf2_dma_contig pwm_fan rockchip_rga panfrost videobuf2_dma_sg v4l2_h264 gpu_sched v4l2_mem2mem snd_soc_core drm_shmem_helper snd_compress rockchip_rng rng_core snd_pcm_dmaengine videobuf2_memops snd_pcm videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common snd_timer videodev snd soundcore mc zram binfmt_misc gpio_beeper cpufreq_dt ledtrig_netdev lm75 dm_mod ip_tables x_tables autofs4 raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor…

Hello everyone! Saw that some luckfox boards were getting supported and I was like: YES!!! Flashed an sd-card with the community image. Latest I could find is 25.11.0-trunk.413. And plonked in my working Luckfox Lyra Zero W and it failed to boot. From what I gather there seems to be a missing partition called "misc" and I think it is expected about after the current unallocated 16MB(16,777,216 bytes). I tried creating a 4MB partition after the current unallocated space but it complained about something called "Magic" and my limited u-boot/rockchip/embedded linux experience made me get lost there. This is the serial output: Whe…

Sorry I'm not able to find the sub category for M4V2 so I chose R4S instead. But please keep in mind that this is a bug report for NanoPi M4V2. So my box has been running well for 5 years without any issue, through multiple system upgrade from armbian buster to trixie. However after I upgrade the kernel from 6.12.58 to 6.18.10 just a couple of days ago, the system started to have some weird behavior. The main symptom is that I'll lose the network connection from the box once it starts up, and it could happen after just a few minutes, or a couple of hours. I have to power cycle the box to get it back online as I don't have any peripherals, and soon I will lose …

Trying to get sound working on my t4. Looks like pulseaudio detects the realtek rt5651-codec but I can't get any sound out of it. The software mixer seems to be showing audio, I just can't hear anything nanopct4 4.4.161-rk3399 SMP aplay-l shoulws realtekrt5651co as device0. Any help debugging this would be great. Regards, Cam

Hi, i'm new to armbian and i hope to write in the right place I have a rock64 and deployed it as a remote server. Since it is in a shared place, to better protect my and my user's privacy i enabled Full Disk Encryption (CRYPTROOT_ENABLE). Now, back to the question: is usb otg enabled by default? Can someone with physical access use an otg cable to read files from the rock64? I would try it by myself but i don't have physical access to the board. OS: Armbian 19.11.4 Bionic (5.4.28-rockchip64) Thanks

Hello everyone, I’m starting this message by apologizing for my poor English (I am French) and also by informing you that I am a newbie with Linux. I have a big problem with my NAS Helios64. At first, I thought this problem was caused by OMV. So I went to the OMV forum to explain my situation. I created the following topic: https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/40252-many-problems-after-an-update/&pageNo=1 . There, a kind moderator (macom) asked me to enter some instructions to try to pinpoint the root of the problem. After giving him some outputs, he told me: "For me it looks like your SD card is dead." My i…

I will show you how I successfully enabled pcie gen2 on my Rock Pi 4b and now my nvme is running at 1.1 GB/s. The solution which you can find on the web to activate pcie gen2 on an Armbian did NOT work for me: sudo nano /boot/armbianEnv.txt and insert: dtoverlay=pcie-gen2 The following solution activated pcie gen2: 0. check your current nvme speed to compare it afterwards with: sudo dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/dev/null bs=1M count=2048 iflag=direct status=progress --> 618 MB/s 1. find out which rk3399-rock-pi-xxx.dtb your Rock Pi 4 is using. cat /boot/armbianEnv.txt | grep fdtfile --&g…

Hello all, I am trying to interface with the MCP2515 on SPI2 of the RockPi4B on Armbian 22.08.6 Bullseye with Linux 5.15.74-rockchip64 and encountering some issues. The rockpi4B pins that I am using to connect to the MCP2515 INT - GPIO2_A7 MOSI - GPIO2_B2 MISO - GPIO2_B1 CLK - GPIO2_B3 CS - GPIO2_B4 When using the overlay file that I have shown below, the output for "dmesg | grep mcp": [ 6.662536] rockchip-pinctrl pinctrl: unable to find group for node mcp2515_int_pin I have been able to get the MCP2515 to initialize successfully, but only if I comment out the pinctrl-0 reference to the mc…

I've recently used armbian-install to enable booting from my nvme/ssd drive and all appears to be working fine. However, I'm curious to know, why, the device is mounted twice as shown below. The / mount point is in /etc/fstab but where/how does the device get mounted again on /var/log.hdd. mount|grep nvme /dev/nvme0n1p1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=120) /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /var/log.hdd type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=120)

Hey all! Finally got my Rock64 booted up and running. I set up a Samba server and a Plex share so I can access an attached USB3 RAID array as a media server. Initially I was getting speeds of ~3 MB/s write and attributed it to transferring over wifi with an ancient Airport Express Draft-N router. Upgraded to a Netgear R7000P and the issue still persists so I figured it would be worth it to post here. I would've attributed it to the USB3 to eSata converter going to the RAID array but doing some disk speed tests on the Rock64 shows it getting about 130 MB/s read/write speed over the connection so I doubt it's that. Samba setup is stock and my share described bel…

Hi guys, can anyone give me a link as to where I can download a working image for the new Nanopim4 v2 - the friendly arm download section is very confusing - it states there is an eMMC image but when I downloaded it it didn't contain a *.img file that I could flash but a lot of other *.gz *.img files e.g. boot.img etc etc

Hello I'm trying to install ZFS on the recomended armbian 4.4 bionic image for Nano PI 4 V2 (this is the default kernel) : uname -a Linux nanopim4v2 4.4.210-rk3399 #3 SMP Sat Jan 25 14:13:06 CET 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux It complains there are no kernel headers to build a module for the 4.4.210 kernel: " sudo apt install zfs-dkms ..... Building for 4.4.210-rk3399 Module build for kernel 4.4.210-rk3399 was skipped since the kernel headers for this kernel does not seem to be installed. ... ● zfs-mount.service - Mount ZFS filesystems Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/zfs-mount.service; enabled; vendor preset: …

Hi Guys, i'm selling my helios64. No harddisks and 2 Adapter for 2,5 zoll included. Possible shipping in Europe with insurance. Please send me DMs Pics comes later... Greetings Daniel

Dear all, I am highly interested in the Helios64 and registered for the next batch. Here are a few questions, I hope that your guys can answer. The OS is Embedded Debian I assume. Questions are quite simple: 1) Hard drive numbering on startup Under Debian, the hard drives in a RAID array are renumbered on each startup by random: /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc ... This means that if drive /dev/sdb fails ... it is not necessarily the second hard drive in the bay. I already lost a RAID server extracting the wrong disc in an array. Then I migrated to a Synology NAS and notices that this problem had been fixed as dis…

I am unable to play files over SMB, but I can't seem to figure out what the problem is exactly. From what I can tell it *seems* ffmpeg is compiled without networking support, at least this is what smplayer was complaining about: [ffmpeg] Protocol not found. Make sure ffmpeg/Libav is compiled with networking support. Failed to open smb://192.168.1.1/transmission/myfile.mkv. Exiting... (Errors when loading file) But when I look at the ffmpeg switches it was compiled with: --enable-libsmbclient and seems to be present. Now I'm a complete linux n00b, does anyone have an idea ?

Hi people! I'm trying to use Armbian 23.8.1 CLI with the Rock 4 SE board without success. I write the eMMC in the classic way: xzcat Armbian_23.8.1_Rockpi-4b_bookworm_current_6.1.50.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress; sync but nothing seems to happens, i have only the green led on, the blue led is not blinking and the display says "no hdmi signal". No problems with the image from radxa. Do you have any idea what's going wrong?

Hey everyone, was wondering if there was a readily available rock3b armbian image. I have found that the rock3a/3b are quite similar baring an extra ethernet port. So was hoping to see if I could take the rock3a image and make some simple modifications but don't know how. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

Hello, I just apt upgrade-ed my Armbian 25.5 from mid-August to 25.8.1 and it doesn't start after software reboot. It is usually headless, I plugged it into a monitor and all I get is a uboot logo in the top left corner. No message, nothing. The board is the Rockpi 4A. The system is on eMMC 😩 What do I do now to at least roll back ? At worst make a browsable copy of the eMMC ? Thanks! Antoine

Hi, I just ordered a Rock64 with 4GB and wanted to hear your recommendations on what image and os I should run it with. I want to use it as my home server with Docker, Samba, Pi-hole, Tvheadend and Tinyproxy. 100 Mbit/s ethernet is enough. What do you recommend?

I have a C++ app that wants to indicate its activity by blinking an LED on the Rock64. How can the LEDs be controlled? The sysfs leds do not appear to be present. I'm okay with libgpiod or sysfs gpios, but I don't know what gpio numbers represent the LEDs. Anyone know? Thanks. Linux rocky64 5.0.0-rockchip64 #5.85 SMP Wed May 8 19:38:28 CEST 2019 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic

I connect the rockpi 4 to a Samsung display whose normal resolution is 1680x1050 via a hdmi to dvi line, but the maxium resolution I can choose is 1280x1024. And when I connect it to a 4K tv via hdmi, the maxium resolution is 1920x1080, not 3840x2160. The legacy kernel (4.4.210) works perfectly in both cases.

Hi. My helios64 always crashes with this method : [environment] 1TB m.2 sata ssd for system 16TB seagate exos on data drive 18TB WD Ultrastar DC550 on data drive Linux helios64 5.9.14-rockchip64 #20.11.4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 15 08:52:20 CET 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux about 620,000 files on data drive. [method1] #sync #sysctl -w vm.drop.caches = 3 #ls -CFR [datadir] > [tmp dir] #ls -1lFR [datadir] > [tmp dir] #zip -j [tmpdir] filelist.zip #sync >>>>>>> Crash (blinking Red LED) [method2] (First step) via…

Hello, After I first installed my Helios64, I feared the 16Gb eMMC would be quickly filled. So when I used nand-sata-install, I chose to boot from eMMC but to have the root filesystem on a 500Gb sata drive. I have now second thoughts about it, since I realized that the OS take less than 8Gb, AND I'd like to add a 5th disk to my raid Halas nand-sata-install doesn't seem to work on an already moved filsystem. lsblk show this for the eMMC and the root partition peyo@helios64:~$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 465,8G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 0 465,8G 0 part / ... mmcb…

My Helios64 setup has been running stable for months now (except for one MOSFET that failed and had to be replaced), however after recent updates using the OMV5 package manager I am unable to transfer files to my computer (SMB shares). When trying to transfer to a Windows computer the transfer speed immediately plummets to 0, stays there forever or File Explorer crashes/stops responding. When transferring to an Ubuntu system the transfer time outs. I can browse the files on the SMB share, I can play them (movies, music, etc) or run them directly with no issues. I can transfer files using scp with no problem (just at much reduced speed/bandw…

Hi there, My Rock5B worked well with Armbian until I tried to migrate to an NVMe. Here is a boot log without any SDCard: Spoiler DDR Version V1.08 20220617 LPDDR4X, 2112MHz channel[0] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=2048MB channel[1] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=2048MB channel[2] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=2048MB channel[3] BW=16 Col=10 Bk=8 CS0 Row=16 CS1 Row=16 CS=2 Die BW=16 Size=2048MB Manufacturer ID:0x6 CH0 RX Vref:31.7%, TX Vref:21.8%,21.8% CH1 RX Vref:30.7%, TX Vref:21.8%,20.8% CH2 RX Vref:31.7%, TX Vref:21.8%,21.8% CH3 RX Vref:30.7%, TX Vref:22.8%,21.…

Hi, I'm trying to setup CM3588Plus NAS 3 x 4tb vp4300 nvme drives OpenMediaVault updated. Drives are setup to RAID5 with ext4. the OS is reporting that ssd temps getting to 63-68C while idling, and likes to creep up to 75C where if I'm correct thermal throttling starts to kick in. the SBC is in open air, no case/enclosure. room temp 21C. How to find the cause and solve it? Amy recommendations setup (change the fs) etc. Thanks a mill.

Hi all. I'm doing some tests and I noticed wifi isn't working on the M4 with Bionic 5.4(server from download page) and 5.3(desktop self build) Both on-board wifi any usb wifi dongles aren't working. Anyone an idea why this is? Cheers.

Hi, I am doing some overlay for fbtft LCD driver - SSD1322. I did compile an add my patch, now I would like to load the LCD driver with DT overlay. This is what I have done: /dts-v1/; /plugin/; / { compatible = "rockchip,rk3399"; fragment@0 { target = <&spi1>; __overlay__ { status = "okay"; }; }; fragment@1 { target = <&spi1>; __overlay__ { /* needed to avoid dtc warning */ #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <0>; status = "okay"; mytft@0{ compatible = "solomon,ssd1322"; …

I use orangepi 4B. I use console Ubuntu with kernel 4 from Xunlong And my CPU Temperature (by htop) is about 70°C I use console armbian with kernel 5 (Governor = powersave). And my CPU Temperature is about 79°C Why so? I want to get 70°C in armbian too.

Hi, I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I had a functional Armbian distro on the Rock5B working from the SDCard, and after installing it on the NVMe (which does not boot), I restarted the board from the SDCard (after having removed the NVMe), and I lost my network connections. How could I get the network back on? And the UART regularly asks me: Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue): Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue): Something must be broken... root@rock-5b:~# uname -a Linux rock-5b 5.10.110-rockchip-rk3588 #23.02.2 SMP Fri Feb 17 23:59:20 UTC 2023 aar…

Hello, I am working with "Armbian_21.08.1_Nanopineo4_focal_current_5.10.60" on a nanopi Neo4. During the initial boot, the (HDMI) monitor shortly displayed some text (went to fast to read) and then went blank and the monitor turned off. However, output came through the serial debug port (USB2) and I was able to complete the initial setup. Now, I can now connect with SSH, but it would be nice to be able to work directly. How can I redirect the output to the HDMI monitor? Cheers, John

Hi, I just downloaded the newest release of Armbian and flashed into the SD card, it boots up fine from the SD Card. But I wanna install the system into the Samsung PM9A1 SSD, So I followed the instruction on the armbian page, partioned the drive and made a ext4 filesystem. but I got stuck when I tried to boot up from SSD. I hooked up a serial cable and got this information Any idea about this?

I tried hackning the rock-5A.wip file to allow me to build the collabora version, and it worked quite nicely! The board boots into linux and the ethernet port and usb seem to work! so should i try to send up a pull request to the armbian GitHub to include this change, an if so How should i do this? otherwise someone else with experience is wecome to do it too! / Kenneth

At least for legacy kernels, it possible to use Radxa's overlay for the 25W PoE hat. This should allow you to use the PWM fan on the PoE hat. #!/bin/bash # Install linux headers apt-get install -y linux-headers-legacy-rk35xx # Download and compile the device tree overlay h=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radxa/overlays/f2679399887b678dec62cb50cb44c767a2bcb293/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/overlays/rock-5b-radxa-25w-poe.dts cpp -nostdinc -I $h/include -I $h/arch -undef -x assembler-with-cpp rock-5b-radxa-25w-poe.dts | dtc -I dts -O dtb -o rock-5b-radxa-25w-poe.dtbo # Install device tree overlay mkdir -p /…

Hi. I've got a strange issue. When Orange Pi 5 Max was unavailable I installed version for Orange Pi 5 Pro from SD card to NVME SSD. It worked fine Now I decided for fresh install of Armbian dedicated to Max board but I can't boot from SD card. I used exactly the same card and the same power supply as when I installed armbian originally, but when I insert SD card, led goes blue and system is not booting. I don't have any signal on HDMI - monitor goes sleep. When I remove SD card - system boots from SSD and all is working. I removed SSD but system still can't boot from SD card. Do you know any method to boot from SD card or install armbian imag…

Hello everyone, I recently bought an used Helios64 NAS without AC Adapter. I found some adapters on AliExpress (for Italian country) but I don't know the PIN disposition (about the polarity, V+ V- etc.) Could someone of you share a photo of the original Kobol Helios64 AC Adapter with the polarity details? Thanks.

Hi, Just bought the SATA HAT and before I get started, I see in the OS Support that Lubuntu and Friendly Core is supported. Does this Exclude Armbian ? I'm not overwhelmed with FriendlyCore . Thank sin advance

Installed the image Armbian_20.08.1_Rockpi-4b_buster_current_5.8.6.img.xz . Then, in armbian-config -> Software, I had installed linux headers + source. I got two new directories: linux-headers-5.7.15-rockchip64 linux-source-5.7.15-rockchip64 If I execute: uname - r I get: root@pi:~# uname -r 5.8.6-rockchip64 The kernel version and installed source/headers are not the same, so they are useless. How to get the correct source/headers? EDIT: When first boot, the OS asked for locale/timezone settings, I did hit ENTER as default and it set the locale language to Slovene. When doing apt-get up…

Hello, I have been using Armbian OS on Rock Pi 4B. Full system is on NVME, not using SD card, and there is no eMMC chip on the board. During usage, I needed to shut it down improperly: by removing power cable, not through sudo shutdown now In the end I have following message during boot: Also, here is contents of dev folder: I was wondering if it is possible to fix this error. If not, I will reinstall with new image. Just spent much time on setting the environment, don't want to redo this all I would appreciate any help.

I get Kernel Panics when i do a reboot of the device with the reboot command. I don't get any Panics, when doing a normal boot of the System by powering it. The Panics don't occur on Manjaro. Updating the kernel to 6.1, did nothing for me and the Panic messages are always different and occur at different points of the Boot process. The System runs stable for days, when it boots. I don't have any clues what is going on hear, but i it seems that the device and sdcards aren't broken.

I am hoping that the community can enlighten me on how the Armbian development process works. I just purchased a Rock 64 board to use for a NextCloud box at home. I am seeing that Armbian seems to be the "best" OS solution for this. I also see that the Armbian release for Rock64 is still in "testing" phase. I would really prefer to run a "stable" release for this application. So my question is how does Armbian for Rock64 move from testing to stable. What is the process, what still needs to be done? I am not a developer or linux expert by any means. I am wondering how the process works so the I can see if I might be able to assist in any way. …

Hi, I'm new to Linux and Armbian, I need your help. My Nanopi M4 V2 freezes periodically and I can’t understand the reason. I am using Armbian Buster with Kernel 5.4.2. On board also used 4x SATA HAT for NanoPi M4. I still can’t show the system log before it froze again. But now in the system log more than 2 hours the same thing is repeated: Mar 13 14:34:50 AsProDent-NAS brcm_patchram_plus_rk3399[1238]: 01 03 0c 00 Mar 13 14:34:54 AsProDent-NAS brcm_patchram_plus_rk3399[1238]: writing Mar 13 14:34:54 AsProDent-NAS brcm_patchram_plus_rk3399[1238]: 01 03 0c 00 Mar 13 14:34:58 AsProDent-NAS brcm_patchram_plus_rk3399[1238]: writing Mar 13 14:34:58 …

Hi, Just noticed image " Linux rockpi-4a 5.9.14-rockchip64 #20.11.4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 15 08:52:20 CET 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux " my rockpi4a runs at 2Ghz. To radxa overclocking is possible so that 2GHz is not a real surprise ... Though checked " armbianEnv.txt " but did not find any "overlays" option present overlocking this board, neither any other files in /boot ( or /boot/dtb/rockchip/overlay ). However building a custom image ( kernel 5.10 ) it is running at 1,8GHz again, how can I set this to 2GHz ? ( as a side note - tehre is no need to enable panfrost BTW as I run this as a headless server ) Thanks

Using P14 in the documentation (https://wiki.kobol.io/helios64/usb/#serial-console) I am unable to get a serial connection to work. Has anyone been able to get UART2 debug Serial working using P14 and an FT232 USB cable? With Kobol plug pulled looking to just have this run in DAS mode over USB-C to still get use without fear but still need to maintain serial console to monitor booting as it sometimes locks up on boot. Downclocking to 1Ghz or below conservative seems to do a lot better but still looking to have remote debug console. When I try to connect I just get the follow error and no output. pl2303_get_line_request - failed: -32

when updating my orange pi 5, I got the following error. What can I do to fix it? ``` update-initramfs: Armbian: Symlinking /boot/uInitrd-5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx to /boot/uInitrd ln: failed to create symbolic link '/boot/uInitrd': Operation not permitted update-initramfs: Symlink failed, moving /boot/uInitrd-5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx to /boot/uInitrd renamed '/boot/uInitrd-5.10.160-legacy-rk35xx' -> '/boot/uInitrd' update-initramfs: Armbian: done. ```

I installed this version (v24.11) of Armbian on a Rock Pi 4A Plus with a PoE hat and observed significant network performance issues. When powered via PoE, the network speed becomes extremely slow and unreliable, averaging around 40 kbps. However, when I switch to using a power brick, the network operates as expected, reaching up to 1 Gbps. I also tested an older version (v24.8.4) and found that the network functions correctly with both the PoE hat and power brick. Could anyone provide insights into what might be causing these issues with the newer image?

I have successfully gotten Armbian to boot from a USB flash drive on the Rock64 board. Followed ayufan's instructions on how to update SPI Flash with his boot code and then wrote the Armbian Rock64 image to a USB flash drive. All worked as expected. Thanks to everyone at Armbian for all the great work!

Started to test Armbian_19.11.5_Rockpi-4b_buster_current_5.4.6.img and I could not boot off of the eMMC. So I put Armbian_19.11.5_Rockpi-4b_buster_current_5.4.6.img on an SD card and formatted my eMMC. I was then able to get the Rock Pi 4 to boot successfully. It looks like the kernel can not initialize the eMMC. Here are some messages from dmesg on boot: [ 53.338988] dwmmc_rockchip fe310000.dwmmc: IDMAC supports 32-bit address mode. [ 53.339028] dwmmc_rockchip fe310000.dwmmc: Using internal DMA controller. [ 53.339048] dwmmc_rockchip fe310000.dwmmc: Version ID is 270a [ 53.339126] dwmmc_rockchip fe310000.dwmmc: DW MMC controller at irq 28,32 bit host …

Received my SBC today, installed armbian and run quick tests Runs very hot (in stock yellow case). Throttles under load and can not run at full 1500Mhz Below results on armbian measured with armbianmonitor -m power measured from the wall 71C / 2.5W / 600Mhz idle 85C / 3.7W / 1000Mhz under load (stress -c 4) I also tested without case and results are better but still it throttles under full load. Ambient temperature was about 25C Is this just me and my unit has faulty heatsink or you also observe similar results? Any ideas on how to fix this? I see there is a fan header on the board but no fan installed, just the heatsink, but…

Hello, Devices: RockPi 4b v1.5 + remotable eMMC + NVMe KingSpec M.2 NMVe SSD NE 2280 512 GB I am using instructions to erase SPI https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/dev/spi-install $ sudo rkdeveloptool ld DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x330c,LocationID=103 Maskrom $ sudo rkdeveloptool db ./rk3399_loader_spinor_v1.20.126.bin Downloading bootloader succeeded. $ dd if=/dev/zero of=./zero.img bs=1M count=4 4+0 records in 4+0 records out 4194304 bytes (4.2 MB, 4.0 MiB) copied, 0.0160027 s, 262 MB/s $ sudo rkdeveloptool wl 0 ./zero.img Write LBA from file (100%) $ sudo rkdeveloptool td Test Device OK. $ sudo rkdeveloptool rd Reset Dev…

GPU can perform far better than CPU cores for certain applications. Computer vision is one of them. Orange Pi 5 GPU has 64 shading cores. It runs up to 19 times faster than 8 CPU cores combined for computer vision models. Armbian on Orange Pi 5 supports OpenCL driver for compute-intensive GPU programs. To install OpenCL on Orange Pi 5 Armbian, follow the instructions in the following link; Install OpenCL on Orange Pi 5 Armbian

Armbian Jammy Gnome desktop and following those commands to enable 3D acceleration : then the mpv can not play any .avi files , Terminal output “segment error” . but .mp4 files can be played normally . and I tried running mpv using root or sudo to play .avi files , it can played normally . I am very troubled by this issue, please provide assistance.

Per the title, I was able to extract an ftb file and convert it to dtb and dts file. I would like to use the community build framework and build Armbian for SV06 Ace. The initial plan was to base the new board/*csc files on other rk3308b boards; sakurapi and rock-s0 and then pull configuration values from the OEM dts file. I'm confused about the dts structure in Community builds and the proper locations for defconfig, dts and dtsi files. I've worked with the files in OpenWRT where they are rigidly structured - something that would be a monumental task for Armbian community builds. The OEM dts file does not use any includes/dtsi fi…

Hello everybody, With 6.18.10-current-rockchip64 and rk3399-kobol-helios64.dtb-6.18.18-opp dtb file, Ok With 6.18.35-current-rockchip64 and overlay helios64 patch with armbian-config, Ko With 6.18.35-current-rockchip64 and k3399-kobol-helios64.dtb-6.18.18-opp dtb file, Ko The crash is random... sometime crash: - At the boot with red system light blinking - At the opening of my LUKS ciffers drives - At a high cpu load - With nothing special, all led are blue, system blinking but network and ssh is Ko Is it possible to explain me how to see the problem or how to have log because I am in blind to have more de…

Problem: No usb power on all ports except for OTG port on Rock Pi 4C. Images: Ubuntu Bionic Legacy Desktop, Ubuntu Focal Legacy, Ubuntu Focal Current Desktop Monitoring information: Ubuntu Bionic Legacy Desktop - http://ix.io/2wlL Ubuntu Focal Current Desktop: http://ix.io/2wlZ

I have installed Armbian distrubution focal i am running with boot from sd and system on nvme I installed gnome disks and i did a benchmark. drive/ model number Transcend 512GB NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 MTE220S M.2 TS512GMTE220S advertised speeds 3100 read/2100 write The results where as followed: 750 mbs read >>>inline with epectations 150 mbs >>> way below expectations for the drive is there a atch availeble?

Hello, I recently bought a Rock 3A and trying to use Armbian, I am very newbie in this area. I tried few options available (22.08.2 Jammy & Sid) for Rock 3A from here but in all of them the boot fails and falls into endless initramfs Can you give me a hint what could be cause of this?

Hi, Today i upgrade to 24.5.3 when apt full-upgrade proposed me to upgrade and return of crash 😞 Tuned rk3399-kobol-helios64.dtb L2 hs400 file seen to be update... i copy paste file used with 6.6.32... I replace rk3399-kobol-helios64.dtb.org (with 24.5.3) with my rk3399-kobol-helios64.dtb post in this forum sha256sum: e90ebceb4b2f213818f320dfc61c90e556e0470702afa4117b0302bffc3d2cce rk3399-kobol-helios64.dtb sha256sum: 0eb03b645ab8125a4460d4509df32050188a8bdf2b5065f4321748b4eb6f6b4d rk3399-kobol-helios64.dtb.org It's seem to be not crash now... Keep in touch. UPDATE: i confirm, after update to 24.5.3…

Hello, I was trying to boot Armbian 6.10 from https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-5-pro/ minimal or normal desktop, none of them are working/booting, maybe hint what am I doing wrong? Thank you