Amlogic CPU Boxes

Hello, I have installed the armbian bookworm version with xfce on it, 6.1.30 kernel on my 32gb usb flash drive using balena etcher according to the instruction, I have tweaked the boot.cmd file, and only tweaked the video settings and regenerated using the mkimage command, Using linux to setup. and when I tried booting on the tv, everything worked till bam it kernel panics and starts flashing the red status leds on my android box. The kernel panic error is not syncing asynchronous SError interrupt, I cannot get anymore logs because I dont have any loggers, There is an uart port on my tv's motherboard but i dont have an usb to ttl device. Keep in mind, i cannot use sd…

I need some help for My TV Boxes / STB That Run Armbian Debian Because The kernel panic every im booting , Any Solution ??

Hi there, I was a happy user of armbian balbe150's build and wanted to update to the latest one as i was on a very early kernel. I tried to push it on my box freshly factored by default usb burning tool and android img from mecool. Install SD as usual with the settings according to the first post of balbe thread (it changed with the u boot) but after installing on emmc i'm stuck at the u boot and don't know why as it was working correctly on previous builds. If i put SD back it boot right away on it. Guess it is a emmc boot number or something wrong like that. If i do lsblk i can see emmc 0 (sd) and emmc 1 (real emmc) D…

Hello i have a KM9 S905x2 and want to get linux on my box and keep havoing issues trying to boot into Armbian.

Hi, so after many hours of trial and error I have managed to get the latest Armbian with Kernel 6.1.27 running on my old mxq s805 tv box. Albeit only thing that is not working is hdmi output and wifi. So for anyone else trying to accomplish something similar, my steps were: https://github.com/hzyitc/armbian-onecloud Downloaded the latest release of this build for the onecloud device as it also runs on the s805 amlogic chipset (props to the developer for still updating) Burn the image to your sd card. Then after the image is burned, create a textfile on the root of the sd card and name it „uEnv.txt“ …

i was installed armbian on hg680fj with schipset amlogic s905x2, replace dtb with spesific hg680fj and change xtlinux config, after that starting boot, but looping on armbian screen. please help ehat shoud i do.

Hi, I was successfully installing the "Armbian_23.02.0_amlogic_s912_jammy_5.15.96_server_2023.02.27.img.gz" image to the eMMC of my new alived Android TV box "Vorke Z6 Plus". Now, it is running as my Linux server for OpenHab and working fine. The "Vorke Z6 Plus" has a small LCD Display which usually shows the text "boot" if its booting in Android system and then showing the current time + some other information. With Armbian it shows continiously the text "boot". Here a general picture of the box (no, this is not my box, but a picture from the web, to show how the box looks like): I'm interested, if it is possible to change the display behav…

I'm trying to compile an LED display driver: https://github.com/arthur-liberman/linux_openvfd I follow this description: https://github.com/bk3a12/openvfd_enable_for_tx3_mini However, I can't build anything and the whole process ends with errors: sh ./scripts/modules-check.sh /home/user/INSTALKI/linux_openvfd/driver/modules.order make -f ./scripts/Makefile.modpost make[3]: *** No rules to make an object '/home/user/INSTALKI/linux_openvfd/driver/modules.order', required by '/home/user/INSTALKI/linux_openvfd/driver/Module.symvers'. Stop. make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.33-current-meson64/Makefile:1897: modpost] Error 2 make[1]: *** [Makefile:224: __sub-make…

Hi I am trying to breathe some life into an older generic Amlogic TV box on my workbench and am hitting a brick wall with modern mainline images. I’m looking for a copy of a legacy, community-archived Armbian image (Kernel 5.4.y, 5.10.y, or 4.19.y) tailored for the S905X / S905W (meson-gxl) architecture. The newer automated GitHub builds (6.12+ kernels) completely purge the old asset files, and modern multi-stage boot configurations (boot.scr) are being entirely bypassed by my box's legacy onboard bootloader. Hardware Specs & Current Context: SoC: Amlogic S905X / S905W variant (Generic budget clone box, likely 1GB RAM) Target DTBs I'm t…

I have an old MXQ Pro S905 box I wanted to install Armbian on. I'd done this in the past, then I had coreelec on it, then decided to go back... But that's irrelevant. I got the image Armbian_23.11.1_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.1.63.img.xz from https://armbian.lv.auroradev.org/dl/aml-s9xx-box/archive/ and went through the whole process of getting it ready to boot. I started up the box and went about some other stuff because I remember it taking some time on the first boot. When I came back there were a lot of messages on the screen so I pressed Enter to see where the cursor was. It showed me a prompt, I typed `ls` to make sure things were …

@robertoenr I have installed Armbian 20.10 Focal 5.9.7 in my OTT TV BOX X96 mini 1 + 8GB and it works well, only the wifi that does not work, I want to know if there is a more advanced kernel to install it on these equipment. Equipment information: - Amlogic S905W chipset * Quad Core 1.2GHz 64bit Cortex-A53 Mali-450 * 1 GiB of DDR3 memory - 8 GiB of eMMC flash - 10/100Mbit Ethernet - HDMI output up to 4K30P - Model: X96 mini. I would like to install one such as: Armbian 21.xx Focal 5.10.x, if some one knows please let me know.

hello I want to install the new version of armbian or alexelec on my m8s+ s812 2gb ram 8gb rom device, could you please share the imgs you have?

Hello all! This is my story: I have a TV box with S905X Cpu and I would like to install linux on it. I tried to install Armbian via a usb pen and it worked but it was too slow, then I tried to install it on emmc with the command ./install-aml.sh but failed. Then i tried to use Armbian config and i bricked the tv box 😁 After some search, I found some tutorial to resuscitate it with USB Burning Tool, I shorted 2 pins on the chipset, installed an Aidan's ROM with Android 9 and worked well. But I want armbian, and now I don't know how to enter the device again in bootloader mode because when I turn on it boots up on AndroidTV without any other possibi…

I have MagicSee N5 Max x4 TV Box run on aml s905x4, i can not boot to armbian by SDcard

Hi, I'm trying to install armbian on my old Magicsee N5 Plus. But I have an Error Failed to map file (See picture here : https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhhHb6kGus27i8sO_dCKJlSu9VWZrA?e=Or9XyL). I was on SlimboxTV (ATV 14) system. I also reflash with N5 Plus official firmware and try also with N5 Max official firwmare (very closed hardware). But I always this message ... Any Idea ?

Hi, can you somebody tell me how to get the WIFI working on my box? build: Armbian_23.11.1_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.63_xfce_desktop.img.xz boxname: Mecool KIII Pro SoC: s912 Ram: 3GB I have also tried with WL-167g USB WLAN adapter but without proper driver no succes. I am also not able to install driver ralink because of conflicts and possible dependencie issues. I also have no ethernet since I am using Huawei WIFI LTE Dongle Modem for all my devices and I have no ethernet adapter to plug it into my box. So I have 2 options, either use built-in WIFI chip or WL-167g USB WLAN adapter. I have trie…

hi gusy, i have a question. I have an android tv box mecool m8s pro L, I have installed it with armbian linux 5.90 20.10 desktop environment, using dtb meson gxm q201. it's working and can use the internet via LAN cable, but the problem is the wifi doesn't work, the wifi chipset is KM63350510, is there a linux driver for my wifi chipset?

meson-gxm-m8s-l.dtb I created a working dtb for Mecool m8s pro L: LAN+WiFi+Bluetooth; H1601SG + QCA9377. The Bluetooth GUI doesn't work under XFCE, but you can use "bluez" console app. meson-gxm-m8s-l.zip

In the latest Armbian versions, I can't find meson-sm1-hk1box-vontar-x3.dtb. Which DTB file should I use instead, or where can I get it?

Right now I am using meson8b, I wanted to install armbian on my Android TV box but after some research and searching on Google I didn't find any of image file and their may not have any building guide. Please help me to do it so.

I wanted to ask if any of you tried to install Armbian on this TV box Mini M8IIS with (S905x ampak6212) I know it may be old but maybe it will work

Hi, I have the following box mini m8s with specs: Mini M8S technical specification CPU – Amlogic S905 quad core ARM Cortex-A53 @ up to 2.0GHz GPU – Penta-core Mali-450MP Up to 750MHZ, OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and Open VG 1.1 support Memory – 2GB DDR3 Storage – 8GB NAND flash + Micro SD card slot (up to 32GB) OS – Android 5.1 https://androidtvbox.eu/mini-m8s-new-tv-box-android-5-1-powered-amlogic-s905-promo/ I am trying to install armbian but without any success. From different places I downloaded images and dts, but it does not boot and no way I can boot. If anyone has a working configuration I would be grateful to share links and instr…

Hello to all. I need some help please. I was experimenting between Libreelec and Coreelec images on sd for many years now and somehow i must have deleted the partitions of the NAND. So the device doesn't boot from NAND. I get a bootloop like this: GXL:BL1:9ac50e:a1974b;FEAT:ADFC318C;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;CHK:AA;SD:0;READ:0;0.0;CHK:0; The bootloader and partitions may have been deleted somehow. Booting from SD still works. I booted Libreelec and tried installtointernal but i got: One of BOOT, SYTEM, DATA or DTB partitions is missing. Make sure that you are using a correct device tree and a device with internal memory! I think…

Trying to figure out how to initiate toothpick mode in order to flash a minimal iot Armbian image. I found a recovery1 button (accessed from a pinhole) but holding this while powering on, or holding the 'power' button while powering on, doesn't seem to get me anywhere. It seems that whenever I insert my 32G sdcard (maybe not supported?), something happens where the stock android does not boot after the initial MINIX splash screen, but just sits on a black screen (regardless of how I may have powered it on). Initially I thought it was doing something, so I let it run overnight.. I restarted it in the am, but when I removed the SDCard, it just booted…

I have found my old Media-Player and I will use them for a special task. It´s labeled "MK808B Plus" OpenELEC 5.95.5.2 is installed. Now I will run Armbian_5.67_Aml-s805_Ubuntu_bionic_default_3.10.108_desktop_20181207 from @Balbes150. I use the meson8b_mk808bplus.btb. But the WLAN is not working. For the first run I have change the "armbian_first_run.txt" the value "FR_net_wifi_enabled=1" How can I use the WLAN? How can I make a new "fresh" run that the "armbian_first_run.txt" is execute? How can I put the armbian to the NAND?

G'day all this is my first post here, the title describes the brand model, apparent ram size and storage capacity of my tv-box, I know the chip has to be an S905* because I can boot coreelec with the dtb of s905W, but in armbian's case no luck yet. The device doesn't have an sd slot, however I was able to boot coreelec by using a usb drive and ADB. basically adb-connected to it and issued "adb reboot update". I have a similar device as this guy I think if not exactly the same: https://forum.atvxperience.com/viewtopic.php?t=6432 So what options do I have? Any help is welcome 😀

Hello GUYS I want to install new firmware for my tv box but i can't find please help me about that. (Mxq pro 4k 5g (Amlogic meson8b))PLease help me. Because I am fed up . It slows down day by day.

Hi, on my MXQ Pro S905x I managed to install the Armbian_5.88_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0_desktop_20190611.img.xz version in the emmc and used meson-gxl-s905x-khadas-vim.dtb........when I ran the ls command I only got 2 options Install2018.sh or install.sh I chose install.sh. At startup I have to press the "X" on the keyboard to start the graphical environment, how can I solve it!? thank you!

Hello, I'm newbie on ARMBian. If I wrote in the wrong place please let me know. Because Android 6 is becoming oboslote. I followed this process for installing ARMBian on my MXQ PRO mini Nexbox a95x. https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0185.html I booted on my USB key well but the box is staying on starting kernel message with this log I copied from my screen : 2 USB Desvoice(s) found scanning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Dovice(s) found ## Error inserting "stdin" variable, errno=22 Card did not respond to voltage select? Card did not respond to uoltage select? ** No partition table - mmc 1 ** ** No partition…

My box with s905x processor (kinhank super console x nes) does not boot armbian despite trying all kinds of methods and placing the correct files, it boots android in eMMC, I tried the toothpick method.

So my mxq box with a amlogic s805 wont boot from the sd card and just bootloops and never starts and i dont know why i even tried the paper clip in the av port trick or used a reboot manager app and that didnt work. What do i do @balbes150

I would be immensely if anyone bright enough to help me. I have an android TV box running Android 7.1 on a S912B Mygica 1960. I have tried for days a while back to get this device to boot up with Ubunta and have given up. I opened a case about this some time ago, and have actually given up and now I am tackling it again. The issue, I have let it be via the android os - updates (which does not detect any files) or using the toothpick reset method which gives me the option to select aml_autoscript.zip. Running this results in the following error 21 (see below); — No package file selected. -- Install /sdcard/aml_autoscript.zip Finding updat…

@balbes150 leaving is surely a big loss for all TV-boxers... Could you please elaborate - is requirement form "Getting started" regarding install " NAND: kernel 3.4.x and NAND storage " applied to his builds too? Years ago I successfully installed Armbian to NAND of MXQ 805 box (with nand-sata-install these days, I guess), and it worked like a charm, but now I can't find any s805 image with kernel 3.4, the earliest ones are 3.10 already. Thank you in advance if you could give a tip.

im using x96 max plus, and i built rtl8822cs driver and the wifi + bt is working, but i think the default meson-sm1-x96-max-plus.dtb setting is incorrect, because it keep throw a warning sdio read error (-84) can someone help me to fix the dtb configuration? im using my own driver source that i have fixed all the error and warning https://codeberg.org/Hiyurigi/rtl88x2cs

Hi new here i am trying to run Armbian on a Kingnovel X10 MAX TV box these are the common as muck $40/£40 TV boxes called the x10 max you see all over ebay, now I cannot use termux to build this dtb tried it fails to make the file and I my self other than being able to copy and paste text know nothing about how to make it, I have however recently made a spare one of these X10 MAX TV boxes with a bad nand into a Arcade system using this file dtb sm1_s905x3_2g.dtb in the device tree folder of emuelec on an SD card for this X10 MAX S905X3 chipset box it actually has 4gb ram but the 2gb file is what works for emuelec, now all I need is a way to run linux using Armbian maybe …

Need DTB Files for S905x3 100W for ethernet is not working the ethernet speed is 100MBPS, i tried so many DTB files but its not working.

Hi everyone, I am trying to install Armbian on my X96 Max Plus TV box, but I'm having trouble getting the Wi-Fi and peripheral power management to work correctly. I disassembled the box to gather the exact hardware specs from the PCB. Could you please advise which specific DTB file I should use for this hardware revision? Here are my exact hardware specs and chip markings: SoC: Amlogic S905X3 RAM: 4GB LPDDR3/DDR3L (Micron, FBGA code: D9PQL) Storage: 32GB eMMC 5.1 (SanDisk SDINADF4-32G) Ethernet (LAN): 1000M / Gigabit (Realtek RTL8211F transceiver) Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Module: Broadcom/Ampak under a metal shield marked AM7256 (Android log…

i'm having a problem i don't understand. i'm using @balbes150 armbian ubuntu xenial image for s905 (sticky thread above) on nexbox a95x s905 1G/8G box. the system runs from sdcard without problems, i've been using a previous debian image for about 6 months without any problems. i recently had to modify the box physical setup and touching it (simply pluging an usb cable), the power connector switched off (very annoying thing about those a95x boxes). After that the system would not boot again (no screen display) so i simply figured the sdcard got corrupted. that's what seems to have happened as using a serial connector i get the…

im trying to install armbian or any kind of linux on it cuz i want a small home assistant but cant get any to work It has a S905 cpu, i removed the heatsink and 1g of Ram with nand storage If any of you can help me with a image for it would be awesome

Hi, My STB run latest Armbian from ophub Armbian_24.11.0_amlogic_s905x3_noble_6.6.58_server_2024.11.01.img.gz. it run on microsd with change the dtb file location in uEnv. But i made mistake with remove partition on eMMC and format it to BTRFS. Now my box is just bootlop. I try to recover using USB Burning Tool with oem Firmware but it always end with romcode error. I Try using TWRP with boot maker it can enter TWRP. i need to press the toothpick on AV jack. When i try to install the oem Firmware it say that emmc is 0mb. I try to change the file system with advance wipe option but got error that the storage can not mount. I guess the TWRP not recog…

Hi. I apologize if this is in the wrong section, I'm new to the forum. I'm trying to run Armbian on the Jadoo 4, which is a rebranded MyGica/Geniatech ATV 585 Android TV box. This device has an Amlogic S805 with an "stvm8b" board. I've been trying to follow these two tutorials (Video 1 and video 2) but when I insert the SD card into my device and hold down the rest pin, I end up in the recovery menu instead of booting straight into Armbian. Can someone help me out and give me a specific guide on how to do this? I know this information has probably been said a bunch of times on this forum, but I am genuinely lost. If it's important, I'm looking t…

Spec: ro.product.model=R3300-M ro.product.brand=BesTV SOC:S905M-B WIFI:RT8189ETV EMMC:4GB RAM:1GB 2 USB（1 microusb port） and 1 TF card slot. Currently I'm running almost every thing is fine except that docker failed to run properly due to the old kernel version. I tried Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.9.0.img from https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/ with meson-gxbb-p200.dtb and meson-gxbb-p201.dtb but failed to boot (no error message,just boot into recovery or android system),and I'm curious about the absent of gxbb_p200_1G_100M_RealtekWiFi.dtb (and a lot of other dtb files!) . u-boot-s…

After trying to update using an SD card, my box powers on but does not send anything to display. I have previously tried to flash using USB 2 cable with the USB burning tool but I get a "Romcode/Initialize DDR/Read initailize status/USB Control setup error" message at 2%. I have tried 3 different files to the same effect, hence why I used SD cars and I am unable to fix the box using the USB tool. I need a boot image so I can try to fix it via SD card but I cannot find one anywhere. Please does anyone have a boot image I can use or can point out where I can find one or a way of fixing this by SD image?

Hello, i think i bricked my H96 Pro Plus, like a year ago i installed Armbian on it. Today i flashed a SD with a new version, reinstalled octoprint etc and finally tried to burn it to the emmc using "./install-aml.sh" it seemed to work the process ended and i powered it off, removed the SD and tried to boot it up. The only thing i see is the H96 Pro+ Logo and thats it. I tried to boot from the SD Card again but it didn't work. I reflashed the SD card, changed the dtb file etc, just to make sure it would boot normally but nothing. Im at that point where i think its bricked and i need to do some maskrom magic but i have no idea what to bridg…

Hello, I have some troubles with this TVBOX: it runs armbian and other distros correctly, using the meson-gxm-t95z-plus.dtb but sometimes wifi goes into kernel panic at boot, and when it does, the whole system becomes unstable (i.e. not rebooting, eth0 hangs...). I have extracted the original .DTB from the only firmware that exists for this box, the ancient 6.0 Marshmellow Android (I guess it's a 3.x kernel...). I attach it to this message hoping someone more expert than me can help in making it work ina more stable manner. I attach a picture of the board also, it reads "M8S". Box has 2GB ram and 16GB eMMC, brcmfmac wifi/bt and ZTE PHY chip. …

Hello guys, and thanks for all your work ! I recently wanted my old MXQ pro 4K to become a little server :-) I found your work and tried everything, starting from following your tutorial, then tried to change the dtb with another because I saw that my mxqpro4k have a S905 (not a S905X), but it seems like it's impossible for me to boot onto the SD CARD (nor USB), with or without the toothpick method. Here's the thing : https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01FH8DL46/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I tried to boot on Multitool and on Armbian img aswell. It's seems that i'm missing something. …

Hello everyone, I recently acquired a Tigre 2 TV Box with the following hardware specifications: Amlogic S905X processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB NAND storage (SkHynix). I attempted to install the Armbian operating system, and the installation process started from a USB drive. Unfortunately, after the installation, the device seems to be bricked as it doesn't boot up (led red). I've read that it might be possible to recover a bricked device by putting it into MaskROM mode through a process involving a short circuit. However, I'm not entirely sure how to do this, and I'm hoping someone here can provide guidance or steps on how to put my Tigre 2 TV Box …

I am in desperate need of the WiFi driver for my Mecool M8S Pro L Android TV box. I would like to use it as a Linux computer because of how powerful the Amlogic S912 chip is, but with every Armbian image I find, I can't get the WiFi to work. Please help. Thanks you for your support.

Hello all, First straight to the point. Are there some issues with using Amlogic boxes as headless servers with armbian? For some reason ethernet "dies" if I boot it without HDMI connected and it doesn't "come back" even if I connect it back to the monitor and power it on again. I have to reflash SD card with fresh armbian to get it back up. Is this some known issue when using android boxes or is this something else? I tried two DTB files for S912 but there was no change. Now for the whole story. With prices of SBC currently being what they are I thought to try using one of my old Android boxes for simple server. In this case it was Sunvell T95U Pro box…

I've created a new Linux image for the MyGica ATV 495X TV box, based on a Focal CLI image from ophub's github repo. The image includes a 5.10 kernel with HDMI, SD, eMMC, USB, Sound (HDMI+AV), Ethernet and WIFI all working. The image supports installing to the internal eMMC with or with the vendor u-boot. It is available at https://github.com/deonvdw/atvlinux/releases/tag/ATV495X-v1.00.

Hello In the past I installed armbian into emmc (a95xf3-air) with a USB key. All was ok. Now I would like to do a fresh install with the current release : I burned the image, make the changes (extlinux …) Boot with the "toothpick" method, ssh , the armbian release is the old one from the emmc, not the recent from the key. How is it possible to boot with the recent one with ssh (no display no keyboard) ? And after copy the new release to emmc. Thanks for help

Hi, I plan on installing Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0.img.xz on my rather old wetek play 2, to be used as a home server. I just want to confirm, I have been trolling through the forums that this version appears to be the latest one that can be installed? Am I also correct in assuming debian is more stable than ubuntu? Since majority of my containers are networking related, this is what I value most above, bluetooth wifi etc...

Dear all, Ok ok, I realize my previous post with $100 for this task is a bit low. Please do keep in mind, that this is only my personal hobby project. With that in mind, I hereby offer $500 to anyone, who can update the DTB file to work with the current version of Armbian. BTW, I have a freelancer.com account with a 5.0 rating as employer (as well as freelancer): https://www.freelancer.com/u/LeHawkDeLaNight - I can start a new project for you there, so there is no doubts about getting payed the $500. Thanks again, Roy Original post: Dear all, I have an Android TV-Box which is not a co…

Hello ! I have a new x96 mini that comes with stock android 11. Model X96 Mini B00-M96-EMCP-REV1.4 Kernel 4..9 113 #87 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 9 20:08:30 CST 2023 Android 11.1 The design is different the usual u-boot and dtb don't work. I connected it by UART and I have this boot log and console mode. boot&env.zip Is it possible to find working u-boot and dtb?

Yesterday, I baught a new x96mini box, booting from sd is ok, but when i flash armbian to emmc, it warned me: Start script create MBR and filesystem UNABLE TO FIND YOUR EMMC DRIVE OR YOU ALREADY RUN FROM EMMC!!! so, i try to usb lsblk to check the emmc status, returns only the sd card: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT mmcblk0 179:0 0 14.9G 0 disk ├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 512M 0 part /boot └─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 14.2G 0 part / zram0 254:0 0 50M 0 disk /var/log zram1 254:1 0 462.7M 0 disk [SWAP] Something must be wrong. So I opened the case, and found the hareware b…

Hello everyone. No matter how much I try, i can't find any combination capable of successfully flash armbian to my emmc. I have a 16Gb ROM 2Gb Ram nexbox a95x. I am using balbes150 images from https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/ And i try to follow this manual https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus . So, we have 3 vars that i must find the perfect combo to work and I am here asking for help on those, assuming i am trying with the right armbian images.and this 1 - what uboot.ext shall i use? » u-boot-s905, u-boot-s905x-s912, u-boot-s905x2-s922 » …

Hi Balbes150 and All, Thank you very much for your hard work and what you are providing for free to the community! It's my first post and I have a question. Have been running the latest build (Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.9.0.img) from eMMC, on couple of my boxes here (AMlogic S905X meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb) and it is very stable. LAN, WiFi, IR, HDMI with audio, all work great without any additional work! THANKS :-) But there is one feature that I need badly that doesn't work for me: Sound from the analog AV port. For now I have a cheap audio USB dongle plugged in but I'd rather use the onboard audio card if I can (I am ma…

I have an OTT TV Box, model ABOX-A1 ( 1G + 8G, S905X ). Inside it looks very similar to NEXBOX A95X discussed at https://www.savagemessiahzine.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=770346 . It has an analog AV port, with a 3PEAK TPF632A audio line driver on the output. So, all the digital audio stuff is inside the S905X SOC, and maybe some GPIO switches mute of that analog output chip. I first booted Devmfc_Debian-Bookworm_6.1.57-meson64_Minimal-23.10.12.img.xz from https://github.com/devmfc/debian-on-amlogic and had sound on the analog output. (The later Devmfc_Debian-Bookworm_6.6.1-meson64_Minimal-23.11.09.img.xz did not work.) I used its aml-multiboot-setup.sh scri…

I apologize for opening a new thread but I could not find any related thread on this specific problem. I use unified images for Armbian 20.10 recently downloaded from this site. Most things work out of the box. I have however a problem with audio sink not being available for HDMI Tx audio. I tried manually mounting the kernel module (sound/soc/meson/snd-soc-meson-g12a-tohdmitx.ko) but this leads to no output (whether error or dmesg), and the module does not appear in the lsmod output. I am assuming that I use the correct DTB since everything else works. My box only has 1GB, I know that there are 2GB variants out there. I'm …

Hi Forum members, I have a Beelink GT1 Ultimate tvbox (RTL8211f/LTM8830) which came to me with Coreelec, so not the stock Android firmware. I had to install the Android firmware (found somewhere on internet, not from Beelink) in order to be able to run Armbian (off sd card) and no matter which .dtb I try, there is no LAN in Armbian (no phy), but also it doesn't work in Android. Am I right in that I cannot make it work in Armbian if it doesn't work in Android? Case 1: Eth port/rtl8211f chip is damaged Case 2: the Android firmware image does not fit my tv box Is there a chance that case 2 is the situation so if I find an Android image with working LAN t…

Hello everyone! My sound is only output via hdma, there is complete silence via spdif. And I need spdif specifically Any ideas on how to fix this? My tv-box is H96 max x3, I boot up via the Ugoos x3 device tree. Who has sound via spdif on a tv-box with Armbian? On which tv-box exactly?

Hello! I have no video output on Nexbox A95 (s905x) after boot (I can see the screen during boot up process), on the Armbian desktop build. Is there any solutions that I can implement to solve this?

Hello guys! I have android TV box called netup with PCB called S905X inside of box. First of all i installed TWRP. Then i tried to use manuals, but my PCB doesn't have reset button. In android i couldn't press "update" and run zip script. Software didn't see any zip. Screen was empty. Then i somehow killed android and got a brock with TWRP. Then - i found zip file with libreelec firmware. I uploaded zip file TWRP-LibreELEC-S905X-1GB-8.2 and pushed update >> boot partition into TWRP. And it wrote this zip to boot, and now i have libreelec and it works. But i need armbian (i would like to have small server for IOT, not Kodi).…

Hello, I have android tv box with S912. On boot logo was GOOGLE TV and after android app. I put armbian on usb. I boot from usb with armbian by pressing reset button. I backup eMMC with ddbr and save this backup android img file on my computer. I put armbian on my android tv box. No logo, only messages. I don't know how armbian boot usualy, but I think it is same than usb. I think it works well (dual wifi ok, ethernet 100/1000 do not work, bluetooth I don't know). Before add anything, now I want backup eMMC again and save this backup armbian img file on my computer. I need boot from usb with armbian to do ddbr. But it is not possible …

Hi, does anyone here have a download link for armbian version 22.04? I need it, because the info says Casa Os runs well on Armbian version 22.04, Thanks in advance

Hello, I want to install openmediavault on my S905 based TV box, but for arm, the openmediavualt debian packages only support "Jessie". Does anyone know where I could find a S9xx images for Jessie The link to the images only shows the newest images "Stretch" https://yadi.sk/d/pHxaRAs-tZiei

Image: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0.img.xz dtb: meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb u-boot: u-boot-s905x-s912 Board: Front: https://i.imgur.com/Fc2rZtd.jpg Rear: https://i.imgur.com/zTvPdCZ.jpg Other info from Device Info HW App: http://deviceinfohw.ru/devices/item.php?item=561897 , https://i.imgur.com/U6gPqeM.jpg , https://i.imgur.com/fZTB8No.jpg , https://i.imgur.com/oX37xze.jpg I think it has 2G RAM but none of the device tree I tried worked out. I tried pretty much all meson-gxl-* and a couple others. Board name on android says p201 but I can't find any GXL device tree for p201, I also looked around an…

Hi ! I started from SDHC armbian-24.08 on my Magicsee N5+ (s905x3). I installed system on the eMMC. But now, the system can only start on the eMMC, but only with the toothstick method ... And I can't start again on the SDHC to try the 24.11 for example. Is that any solution : 1. to make start on eMMD without toothstick 2. to start system with SDHC Thanks for your help

I have successfully booted armbian 20.10 bullseye 5.9.0 on a tx 3 mini powered by an S905W chip. I am trying to control the diplay on the front and while searching for answers came across this openvfd library for the tx 3 mini. I've followed the instructions but to no avail have succeeded in controlling the display. One key difference i've noticed, is that the controller on the board is an FD6551 model, as opposed to the standard FD628. After some reading I came to the conclusion that FD655 is supported, so i'm under the impression that this library should support my board (picture below). When following the install instructions from the openvfd library, I m…

My next step is to build a secure privacy oriented travel router with pi-hole, vpn and openWRT What is the recommend virtual server software for openWRT? docker or pimox? Is there any tutorial here on this community on how to install openWRT on armbian tvboxes, since I wasn't able to find anything, but some users claim they have successfully installed openWRT on their armbian tvbox. There's a tutorial on how to install pi-hole on this community and there's is also an unoffical armbian fork on github that offers out-of-the-box openWRT installation that might even work, but that is not an option for me, since they just stole the armbian name (ac…

Hi, I have M8S+ ( it's run normaly android 5.1). I have tested many images and many dtd. Nothing works. Only one image works it is LibreELEC-M8S-Plus.arm-9.2.8.6.img.gz from http://libreelec.dtech.hu/images/S8X2/ I change the uEnv the name of dtb. Last teste /Armbian_20.09_Aml-s812_bionic_current_5.9.0-rc7.img. from https://disk.yandex.ru/d/-MwoNitZonsRCg/Armbian/20.09/20201002 I do not know what else to do.

I have an x92 box with Amlogic Meson GXM (S912). The SOC has a Mali-T820 GPU, and the box has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of eMMC. I'm running Armbian 25.11.2 noble on it. While using the Wayfire Wayland GUI, there is a lot of kernel output like this, constantly repeating: panfrost d00c0000.gpu: shader power transition timeout panfrost d00c0000.gpu: tiler power transition timeout panfrost d00c0000.gpu: l2 power transition timeout The GUI works, and hardware 3D acceleration works. But it would be nice to get this spam out of the logs, and I also wonder if there is really some problem. Like, maybe the kernel doesn't know how to change GPU voltages. May…

Hi. I have an old Tanix TX3 box that I want to use as a backup [1 part of the 3-2-1] drive. I installed Armbian_24.8.0_amlogic_s905x3_noble_6.6.46_server_2024.08.15.img and I'm currently in Armbian OS 24.11.0 Noble with Linux 6.6.53-ophub. I tried to mount several USB drives and even an nvme external drive and can get it to work. Can, anyone, please help me? Thanks. Miguel

Hi, I would like to play some DVD (armbian/balbes on x96max with weston). I follow the instructions from https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#Watching_Video_DVDs # apt install libdvd-pkg # dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg Then I launch # mpv dvd:// I've got some error to decrypt and the sceen stay black :/ Is anyone manage to play dvd from our favorite boxes?

I use Armbian_21.11.0-trunk_Aml-s812_focal_current_5.14.0 and tried to find the method on the website. But I still don't understand. Thank you.

Many years ago, I fooled around and managed to get this old, Android TV box to boot/run Armbian from external SD card. As I recall, I followed Steelman's instructions. It appears to have kinetic (Unbuntu?) installed. I ended up not really using it and it went back into a box. Now I have a use for it. I want to run this software. And all of my apt commands fail in one way or another: bad repository (I changed to old-releases and that "helped"), then no release file (so I used insecure options on apt and that "helped" a bit but ultimately failed again), etc. So I guess I am being forced to upgrade. But all of the suggestions I have found to do this f…

I would like to enable the wifi/bt chip on Tanix TX5 MAX I am running armbian 20.10 with 5.90 kernel with the meson-g12a-tanix-tx5max.dtb The system does see the wifi chip, but it is not working / not listed in ifconfig as wlan0 dmesg output: [ 9.558455] RTW: module init start [ 9.558462] RTW: rtl88x2bs v5.2.21.3_28325.20180614_COEX20180430-5e5e [ 9.558464] RTW: build time: Oct 14 2020 11:49:19 [ 9.558466] RTW: rtl88x2bs BT-Coex version = COEX20180430-5e5e [ 9.558505] RTW: rtw_inetaddr_notifier_register [ 9.558718] RTW: == SDIO Card Info == [ 9.558723] RTW: clock: 50000000 Hz [ 9.558725] RTW: timing spec: sd hig…

I have TV-BOX Ugoos SK1. how I can Install Armbian for it. My TV-Box using chip S928X-K this is device information: https://ugoos.com/ugoos-sk1-8-128-gb-amlogic-tvbox-s928x-k Best regards

Hi. I'm out of my depth here, but I noticed that one of the official Armbian builds with platinum support is for the Khadas VIM1S, which has a S905Y4 SOC with 2GB of RAM. This is a similar configuration to many cheap Android TV boxes. According to some sources I can find, the S905W2 is also in the same family as the S905Y4 (Amlogic NE S4). Both are also supported by Coreelec, although I understand that Coreelec DTB's can't be used with Armbian. What would be involved in porting Armbian from the VIM1S to S905Y4/S905W2 TV boxes? Is this likely to work, and where could I start? Thanks!

Hi guys, I am new here. I have a generic board powered by armlogic 905x. I have installed armbian on this board with this image : Armbian_21.08.1_Amlogic-GXL_bullseye_current_5.10.60.img.xz. Everything went OK, I could ssh the server, but when let server idle for about an hour, I couldn't ssh again, ping also didn't work, seem like server went on sleep mode. How to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.

I have a tx3-mini 1G-ram 8G-Rom device and I installed the versions images available on the site on it. I have three questions: why does it stop working when I update the operating system? - The site of benchmark says that the s905w cpu has a speed of up to 2GHz, but my system does not speed up more than 1.2 GHz. And the last question: some of the images available on the site are installed on it, and some are not. The ones that work also stop working with the update. Of course, not with a single update, when it works for a week, you update it during the week, and from some point on, it will not boot again. This is because my device is fake?

Hi i have done a few boxes with armbian installed, some boxes wifi do not work but that is to be expected.But i got a amlogic box now that is giving me intrm error,It seems i can boot armbian and it loads up but after the loading it just get stuck at intrims.This has somethnig to do with the boot process from sd card.When i boot it form usb stick it works fine but the same setup from sd card gives me that error. I suspect the second part to boot the os is controlled by the box,I need to have first boot all the time What can i do to modify the sd card.

Hello, I am currently using a TV BOX X96 Mini running Android TV 9 and using AMLOGIC S905W CPU. Then I was intending to run on ARMBIAN, so I followed the instructions on this WEB: [https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0316.html] After doing the full setup steps, I used 2 ways : Method 1: Press the reset button on the TVBOX to boot (But not in armbian but in android ] Method 2: I used the application available on the TVbox which is [UPDATE] to run [aml.autoscript.zip], and after I press the update button it enters the Download Mode of the TV box and gives an error, and that's me Can't get into ARMBIAN

This issue is specifically about an issue where 'sometimes' a box will fail to boot off of emmc (after having booted successfully previously). The workaround is to boot once from SD card and then the emmc boot generally works fine again. I am starting this thread as a central place to discuss this issue that has been reported by a few people that I know. @lgranie and @robertoenr both have reported this problem either recently or in the past and I see it myself frequently. It would appear that something is getting set in the uboot environment that is causing the boots to fail and fixed/cleared by a boot from SD card. I haven't had time to look…

I got my H96 pro+ to boot into Armbian using the S912 .dtb file (meson-gxm-s912-libretech-pc.dtb) and u-boot-s905x-s912 I get the loading screen, then a black screen with a cursor, and then repeated [FAILED] messages: about a dozen "Failed to start access point and authentication server for WiFi and Ethernet", then "Failed to listen on OpenBSD Secure Shell server socket" Then [ 177.5586911] systemd-journald[1045]: Data hash table of /var/log/journal/e8131ef5db8049a6a008b6f40cd0e8eb/system.journal has fill level at 75.0 (3415 of 4551 items, 2621440 file size, 767 bytes per hash table item), suggest rotation. [ 177.5586911] systemd-journald[1…

Hi. I can't boot my HK1 S905X3 1000m box 4GB 32GB. I've tried many dtbs, u-boots, and releases. I've attached a copy of the picture of the box I have. I've tried these releases, among others. https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/releases/download/Armbian_bullseye_lts_2023.05/Armbian_23.05.0_amlogic_s905x3_bullseye_5.15.110_server_2023.05.13.img.gz https://armbian.chi.auroradev.org/dl/aml-s9xx-box/archive/Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_bullseye_current_6.1.11.img.xz I renamed u-boot-s905x2-s922 to u-boot.ext. I changed the DTB in extlinux.conf. I've tried fdt /dtb/amlogic/meson-sm1-hk1box-vontar-x3.dtb among many others. …

Help me find information on installing armbian on the S905L processor on the X96 MINI TV set-top box. I used to buy an X96 MINI on an S905W processor and there were no problems with the installation. I read that the processor S905L and S905W are almost the same, but I can't run armbian. Now I'm trying to start armbian from a USB card, before connecting the power, I press the button to start the download from USB, but the console freezes until I release the button. __________________ Помогите мне найти информацию об установке armbian на процессор S905L в приставке X96 MINI TV. Раньше я покупал X96 MINI на процессоре S905W, и про…

Proper way to install Armbian linux on H96 Pro Plus s912 or equivalent CLI ver. for those who have trouble in their existing systems. I have been installing/testing on my old dusty H96 pro plus Armbian Linux tested both flavours Debian and Ubuntu from almost all sources nothing works 100% on emmc except one source and installing method which i will mention below. Problem faced: Even correct SDcard burn with proper uncomment dtb for s912 and rename correct uboot as mentioned all over the forums: - installing on emmc problem, system halt on reboot/shutdown/power on/idle, Ethernet disconnection, no WiFi even with correct ath10…

Hello. I'm a newbie, so bear with me here. I managed to install Armbian on a TV box with the Amlogic s905w CPU. Everything seems to be working fine except for the wi-fi, which is expected based on what I've read on the forum. I had a USB wi-fi adapter with me so I tried to use that as an alternative but it doesn't seem to work no matter what I do. My question is very straightforward actually, and probably a dumb one but it doesn't hurt to ask. When we say wi-fi doesn't work on Amlogic CPUs, we're talking about Armbian recognizing their built-in wifi card, right? If I use something external to that it should be ab…

I installed the latest version on an armbian sd and after the update and upgrade it doesn't start anymore. At the end, the terminal shows the following:ln: failed to create hard link '/boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-meson64.dpkg-bak' => '/boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-meson64': Operation not permitted update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-meson64 The version used is from here:https://github.com/armbian/community-aml-s9xx-box📁📁kinetic-edge-xfce-1319M-6.1.0. I am also attaching a picture. Can someone help me what I need to do to be able to update && upgrade?

There are 2 TV boxes. I put Armbian on both, on the x96 mini you can see 2 gigabytes of RAM, but on the m9s you can see only 1 gigabyte. Physically, both have 2 gigabytes of RAM. Please tell me what can be done? x96 mini(s905w): m9s pro(s905x):

Hey all! I hope i can find here some help for my problem.. Beelink GT1 (Amlogic S912) Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) with Linux 5.9.0-arm-64 Installed from this file: "Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop.img" Moved everything to emmc xorgxrdp version (1:0.2.12-1). xrdp version (0.9.12-1.1). Enabled RDP in armbian-config, tried editing startwm.sh in /etc/xrdp/ ... While trying to connect with RDP from Windows or MAC, the screen looks like that: rdp glitch (Same on windows) (desktop via hdmi works great) Any suggestions? 🤔

Hello. I have a problem that's been driving me crazy, and I think I'm not the only one. I'm using Armbian version v25.05.0 for Aml.S905x running Armbian Linux 6.12.19-ophub Debian stable (bookworm), and I managed to install RealVNC Connect, for which I have a license. The problem I'm having, and I can't find a solution, is that by default the GDM3 desktop launcher uses Wayland, and when I connect externally to the server, I only get a black screen with a message saying "the desktop cannot be displayed at this time." I'm using GNOME, and I've tried different desktop environments, but they never work, even after selecting them from the gear icon. It just acts like it's goin…

Hello Guys. What Armbian version and image would you recommend? I have a TESLA MediaTech X700 Pro with soc s905x2 in it. I would like to use it to play movies via kodi and play retro games e.g. via RetroArch. Previously I used CoreELEC on an sd-card that is great for movies. Retro gaming only with wired Xbox One or Xbox Series controllers (xone driver for MS USB Xbox dongle did not work there). I would like to use my Xbox controllers wirelessly. Thank you for your advice.

Guys, I need to build a cheap NAND reader/writer to clone few NAND chips, and I have some old android TV Boxes that I'm thinking to re-purpose for this job. It's a one time job so I don't want to buy a professional NAND programmer as they tend to be quite expensive. Do you guys think this would be possible? So, I'm thinking to boot from an sd-card or usb stick with Armbian and get access to the NAND chips that all my tv boxes have (I have some old MX-III and M8 boxes, model K200 I think, with S802 cpus and 8GB NAND). If I manage to get NAND access I can de-solder and solder other chips that I need to write from/to. Does anyone have any experience with this and ca…

Hi there, I'm very knew to this forum. Yesterday I successfully installed armbian 20.10 on my bqeel M9C MAX on sd card following this thread (https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw-aarch64-armv8/page/48/) I had no desktop manager available and tried several times to fix it by installing xfce4 and lightdm but with no success (I always had "xserverrc x not found" error). After that I accidentally run the script install-am.sh which properly completed the installation. After removing the SD and reboot I can no longer access Android :-o I surely went wrong running the script. The question is: there's any possibility to fix …

Thanks to this forum I had installed Armbian buster and it's been running really well and stable for 3 years. For the first time I've arrived at an issue which makes me revisit and also because I have forgotten most of the stuff. Back in the day balbes150 had a bunch of ready made images available and you picked the correct device tree after flash. Appears those links no longer work. I don't want to do a massive upgrade, just from buster to bullseye on my week play 2 box (s905h only uses 4w when running) My question is where can I get those old images again. Or a newer resource for ready made images that will work on my box.

Hello everyone, I have a device from this brand. An ISP in Turkey distributes this device. It needs to be unlocked. I want to install Armbian on it. However, it doesn’t look like any device I’ve seen online. The motherboard is different from all the devices I checked. Is there anyone who can help me? I can access the device via ADB. I can install APK files. The device has an S905X processor and 1 GB of RAM. It is running Android 9.

Hello, I am very new to Armbian and can not get my wireless keyboard touch pad to work. It worked fine with my android tv box 905w. Any ideas? Thanks, Earl

Sorry - this is probably an easy one for those that know. But I am trying hard to copy my work and progress and build another NAS out of another T95z Plus box for my brother. All is going well - but on the second box - months after building the first - I installed the latest download. So I have Old box = Armbian Linux 6.12.32-current-meson64 - v25.5.1 New box = Armbian Linux 6.12.34-current-meson64 - v25.8 rolling - Support:for advanced users (rolling release) Both show - Ubuntu stable (noble) - which I think I changed on first boot with Armbian-config. Okay - so I don't think I am an advanced user so that warning has got me worried. …