Amlogic CPU Boxes

hello i need help to decode 720p H264 videos using meson-vdec or any other solution , is it possible ? im using balbes Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop (X96 mini S905w)

I`m tried to install armbian from USB and Micro SD. I usage image from balbes150. When boot from USB - TV Box show green screen, and the router does not show that the TV Box is online. When boot from Micro SD TV Box restert to recovery. for USB I usage image 20.05, for Micro SD 20.10

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 there I bought X96Q box without warranty, supposed to be 4gb\16gb, allwinner h313, android 11, but turned out to be fake box with soc amlogic s905w, with android7.1 rooted (fake android11), I tried to flash it with different firmwares but it is stuck on blue light, the usb flashtool recognizes it but nothing responds, I tested all the methods on the forums without success please is there a solution thank you here are the pictures of the box https://1drv.ms/u/s!At0NUPMBpbubbsXudVg-DCPQL1c?e=qWZI5L

Hello, I need your help to solve my problem with the eMMC internal disk of my TV box. This is the VONTAR X96 mini model, purchased in June 2019, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB disk. The processor is an Amlogic S905W. I transformed this Android TV box into a Linux server several years ago and I was satisfied with it. A few months ago, during a reinstallation, the internal 16GB eMMC disk became READ-ONLY! It is still visible and accessible (mmcblk1) but I can no longer update it! I tried to transfer the contents of the SD-Card to the internal eMMC storage, but no update is done. Thank you in advance for your help ! Ricardo PS : 1) I used these settings during installa…

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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...

On my S805 with stretch I used this: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4471 with this driver, and Python to be able to use the TV box with python, and GPIO like a Raspberry Pi https://github.com/nonNoise/PyMCP2221A i am reading 1 of the i/o pins and writing to 2 I/O pins for a color changing LED for a MP3 jukebox conversion.

Hi everyone!!! After a some time away, I decided to deep in an installation of ARMBIAN on S912. I follow the steps described above, complemented with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qzfOOPbYA and https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0094.html Some cares must checked (and minors workaround) to boot from micro-SD, but at the end, everything runs fine. My box is a Diamond A9 (RUPA) with 2G/16G (RAM and ROM) The sound only by the HDMI and the AV/SPDIF does not work neither. The final result was reasonable due the speed, my expectations were bigger. But everything is runs stable but slow. Thanks for all, specially, balbes and steeman …

Today I was installing bullseye on it, then when me try to ssh with wifi, it just shows me : kex_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer Connection reset by 192.168.1.X port 22 I installed the 20.10 version of Armbian, so if someone knows how to fix this, please reply. Thanks.

X96 mini 2 gb-16 gb I have followed this tutorial.. https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux I can't get the X96mini to boot. installed image: Armbian_20.10_Arm 64_focal_current_5.9.0.img.xz. renamed the file 'u-boot-s905x-s912' a 'u-boot.ext'. The extlinux.conf file contains: LABEL Armbian LINUX /zImage INITRD /uInitrd #aml s9xxx #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-gxbb-p200. dtb FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-p212. dtb #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-gxm-q200. dtb #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max. dtb #FDT / dtb /amlogic/meson-g12b-odroid-n2. dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw conso…

I need to use this UART on an S905 system installed with Armbian 22 and Kernel 5.15 through Python. I am able to do this by changing the permissions of /dev/ttyAML0 from 640 to 660. However I need to avoid having to issue the CHMOD command each time I power up. I have written a service in systemd to do this automatically at startup but the CHMOD command has no effect on the port permissions or else they are being overwritten later on during startup. The service is functioning correctly since CHMOD on another dummy file alters permissions as expected. Any suggestions please?

Hey,guys.I get a TV/box which use S905L-3 CPU,but I can't install any version of armbian.It always like this(any version) bable150's builds. maybe try other .dtbs ? here is the entire logs. btw,I use tll to flash. ~~~ GXLX2:BL1:3cfee7:42a5ae;FEAT:ADFC318C:0;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;0.0;CHK:0; TE: 78176 BL2 Built : 14:48:45, Sep 26 2018. gxl g6d68897 - yao.zhang@droid07 Board ID = 4, adc=302 set vcck to 1070 mv set vddee to 1070 mv CPU clk: 1200MHz DDR3 DDR3 chl: Rank0+1 @ 792MHz - FAIL DDR3 chl: Rank0 @ 792MHz bist_test rank: 0 2a 06 4e 3a 17 5d 24 00 49 3e 1c 61 24 01 47 3a 17 5e 28 02 4f 3a 16 5f 618 - PASS…

Hi, this is my first post so please be generous. After much experimentation I have managed to to set up Armbian on an old Zidoo x5 box. I may add that neither the .zip or the toothpick method worked for me but finally got the booting sequence to run the S905 Autoscript by altering some variables using the setenv command through the serial interface. I have installed several OS's and finally settled on the 20.10 focal 5.9.0 desktop image. Most things work but I am getting problems with setting up an Access Point through the armbian-config program. I have left the default settings as proposed and was able to "see" the hot spot…

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.

Hi, Does Someone have a dtb file that enabled the ethernet network for mecool the km3 tv box? The meson-g12a-sei510.dtb file does not enable the ethernet network card in my mecool km3 tv box. The speed of the ethernet network card of my mecool km3 is 100 MB. The motherboard is km9 X2 LP4 v 2.2 Two year ago i installed armbian in this tv box with network ethernet card running without problem, now i need to install armbian again but i do not remember that dbt file i used...It only i remeber is that i download from this forum and it was shared per someone but now i hasn't found the dbt file. The error that is showed in Dmesg files …

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…

I've just started looking into installing a Linux distribution on my X96 Air P3 with 4 GB RAM and 64GB eMMC, but as it seems there is a lot of conflicting info around, especially concerning the gigabit ethernet port that is supposedly only working with 100Mbit/s? Is there any tutorial on how to get started and choose the right image + proper DTB? The intention is to install to the eMMC and use the box as a small home server exclusively

Hello I have a TV BOX X96 MINI (S905W 2/16GB). I prepared the SD card thanks to the image: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz and also: - changed the name of the corresponding u-boot-s905x-s912 file to uboot.ext - I edited the extlinux.conf file, below is an excerpt about the S905W processor: # aml s9xxx FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb #FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb #FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-q200.dtb #FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb #FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-g12b-odroid-n2.dtb APPEND root = LABEL = ROOTFS rootflags = data = writeback rw console = ttyAML0,115200n8 console = tty0 no_co…

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 everyone, I read a lot of threads regarding my problem but couldn't find the solution. Could someone kindly help me? I have a TVbox with S905x and Android installed, I would like to install armbian, I downloaded the ISO, renamed the u-boot file for S905x to u-boot.ext and modified the file "/extlinux/extlinux.conf" leaving only the line without comment with S905x. When I do "update" from Android it makes me choose a .zip file, copy something and then reboot. Unfortunately, however, the system restarts with Android as if nothing had happened. What am I wrong? Thank you very much.

Hi all, I've loaded Armbian 20.10 Arm_64 Bullseye 5.9.0 image on a X96(S912). No issues while loading the system, a prompt for login is presented, but it does not recognize any keyboard that I plugin. Tryed out via ssh but isn't possible to ping the server, so I believe ssh connection might not be automatically set. Maybe some one have an idea on how I can solve this issues. Thanks in advance.

Hello Any way to get the ArmBian to this model box Tanix_X4-S905X4? Thank you

I flash the armbian Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS into the box (2GB/16GB S905X X96 mini) internal emmc long time ago and it is still working without problem. Now I need to upgrade Ubuntu to a newer version (at least 18.04) in order to support some software which requires a newer version of Ubuntu. My question is how can I do the upgrade? Any instruction how to do it in my scenario (armbian already running from internal emmc, not sdcard). Thank you

Every time I boot Armbian on my tv box, there is always a 5 second prompt on startup similar to entering startup options on Windows. I'm not entirely sure what it's for, but i'm assuming it's a barebones u-boot command line. The problem is, I don't need it, and it adds a significant amount of time when booting. Does anyone know how to remove it entirely and to boot directly into the kernel? I'm using a Tanix 3 mini with Armbian 5.9.0

Hei there I have a MXQ PRO 4k Leelbox and I'm it using with Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-nexbox-a95x.dtb $ uname -a Linux arm-64 5.9.0-arm-64 #20.10 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 14 12:04:42 MSK 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux Also other meson-gxbb dtb files are working. More specs below if needed that I can't fully confirm Spoiler Leelbox MXQ Pro Android TV Box Kodi 16.0amlogic Android 5.1 S905 chipset quad-core 1GB RAM 8GB Flash Wi-Fi support Chipset: Amlogic S905 Quad Core Cortex A53 @ 2.0GHz GPU: Penta core Mali-450 @ 600MHZ + Flash: 8GBNAND Flash SD…

I have an M8 S802 box that I am trying to install armbian to. I am using 5,44 Ubuntu bionib 3.10.108 server. I can boot with the SD card, but when I try to install to emmc I get a message saying cannot parse config file '/etc/fw_env.config' invalid argument at the end of install. After this, the TV box will only boot from SD. I tried copying the fw_env.config file from my backup of android, but I still get the same results.

Hello everyone, i'm a noob, can you tell me the step by step procedure to launch this version in good condition for the Ugoos am6B plus please? Thank you Cordially

I have an MXIII 4k box with armbian 5.44 ubuntu server running on it. Is there a way I can power the box on when applying 5V to it rather than pushing the power button? The project I am working on will restrict access to the box and it will be powered over eithernet.

Hi, I cant run armbian (balbes150 version) from SD - TVBOX MINIX U9-H (Amlogic s912 2/16) just dosent boot. TV shows dark screen more than hour. What I'm doing wrong? 1. I downloaded https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz 2. Flashed it with balenaEtcher to SD 3. Renamed u-boot-s905x-s912 => u-boot.ext 4. Made changeds in extlinux.conf LABEL Armbian LINUX /zImage INITRD /uInitrd FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-q200.dtb APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifname…

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…

Anybody got Armbian working on MINX NEO U9-H? Basic solutions from balbes150 didn't work for me: I can't get it to boot from SD card. MINIX ignores it

Hi, I run Armbian 20.10 with kernel 5.9.0-arm-64 on a S905x TV box and ~20 times a day the following lines appear in the logs : 525418.166366] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1966008 at kernel/time/hrtimer.c:932 hrtimer_forward+0x88/0xc0 [525418.166372] Modules linked in: nfnetlink bnep 8192eu zram nls_ascii rtl8xxxu mac80211 cfg80211 crct10dif_ce hci_uart btqca meson_vdec(C) btrtl btbcm v4l2_mem2mem btintel videobuf2_dma_contig lima bluetooth videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 gpu_sched meson_ir videobuf2_common rc_core ecdh_generic videodev dw_hdmi_cec ecc rfkill mc ao_cec display_connector fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6 [525418.166505] CPU: 2 PID: 1966008 Comm: k…

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…

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 » …

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).…

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Hi, here I want to report Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop boots and run on a Beelink Mini MX S905,1gb, 8gb rom, using meson-gxbb-p200.dtb The wlan, an external usb hub, a usb Keyboard and a mouse work as expected, but the lan appears disabled and a recursing error message is reported. Also the bluetooth is not working. Despite that and of the low amount of ram, the system runs surprisingly smoothly if you avoid opening heavy applications ( even firefox can run, but opening a second windowd can freeze the box). I've also been able to install Arduino-IDE and it works, the driver for CH340 nano compatible board are already installed, and I've b…

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 there! I'm trying to boot from USB using Armbian, specifically LibreELEC, but it doesn't boot, it boots to Armbian, Armbian detects the USB but when i disconnect it and I connect it again, it turns off then turn on but to Armbian again The thing is, how can I boot from USB? Or how can I boot or install LibreELEC/CoreELEC while having Armbian on the eMMC?

dear, please help me, my trouble is can't run after running install_aml.sh. i am use image from :https://disk.yandex.ru/d/_rQgn_FosYuW0g/20.10/20201014 version Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz hardware used STB ZTE ZXV10 B860H RAM 1GB, detail log version dtb detail after run Sdcard and install_aml.sh status success after i am halt and unplug sdcard, armbian not running. sincelery yours, yunus

Hello there, I have a problem. I've just received my new MXQ Pro 4K 5G, which was listed on Aliexpress as having a RK3228A. However, when I received it, I noticed the multitool SD card I had flashed wouldn't boot. I got Cpu-Z and noticed my board has an Amlogic p212 instead of the Rockchip I was promised. What should I do? Is there a way to run Armbian on this bootleg TV box?

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…

Hello All, I apologize if this subject is already located somewhere in the forum's threads, I spent some time looking and I could not find it. I am seriously an amateur with Armbian. I have an x96 mini, first generation possibly, 1GB RAM 8GB Storage. I wanted to use it to create a linux process that would be running 24/7. The focal image that was release a while ago and was linked on one of the yandex drives works fine, from usb. When I install using install-aml.sh and then try to boot it, it attempts to look for a network, at least that is what appears to do. I don't want this unit accessing the network just yet. Is there a…

Hi, I have a board (x301) that contains a T962X2 (which is supposed to be like a 905x2 but for smart TVs?) I am trying to boot armbian, but I cannot manage to make anything load the DTB I obtained (tl1-t962x2-x301-2g.dtb) thru dumping the android boot partition. Since a t962x2 is supposedly equivalent to a s905x2 I thought I'd use a s905x2 uboot.ext and change the DTB, but even if I change it the old one is used... How do I make u-boot load this dtb? I tried with both balbes150 build and a build from here But the u-boot logs keep referring to the previous device. (I changed the fields in extlinux.conf - FDT and the…

Hello there I've installed Armbian on my MXQ Pro 4K 5G TV box's eMMC, but now I want to upgrade to a better external storage. I've flashed Armbian on it and done the usual configuration but I always boot into the eMMC's Armbian. I've read that one way to fix this is to restore Android with the Amlogic USB Tool, but I found that my board has no reset button, not even hidden inside the jacks. So I'm afraid I won't be able to enter recovery mode to flash the default Android image. Here are some pics of the board: Is there any other way to force boot from USB, or force recovery mode? Thank you! I've found a solution…

my device is using amlogic s905 U-Boot 2015.01-ge1b7b3f-dirty (Jul 22 2017 - 16:51:56) Linux version 3.14.29-g9b417e7-dirty (wulinkui@A23131934) here is the detail, device has been rooted https://pastebin.com/H7NskL64 I have make bootable my sdcard with Armbian_5.89_Aml-s905_Debian_buster_default_5.1.0_desktop_20190617, but maybe original firmware doesn't support multi boot, which one that compatible with my amlogic and how to do that. I have read there is 2 method to make multi boot, toothpick and and update mode of the standard firmware I have try to dd if=u-boot.bin of=/dev/block/bootloader it won…

Hi, booting from sd is okay, but ihave this message after i try to boot from emmc.Is there any chance to get armbian booting from emmc?

woohoo I got one of my boxes back from the dead lol FYI I used the AML flash tool from here https://github.com/osmc/aml-flash-tool what's the latest armbian I can install on this? I used balbes builds like eons ago but I don't think he supports them anymore thanks

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…

Hi, I've got some kind of development TV box based on S905X, but I don't see any push button on whole board except power on button. There is no separate button or even AV socket. I looked everywhere and no idea. Do you guys have any other way to run multiboot on this type of board? Just to let you know, I was able to run Armbian on other devices but with some annoying Mediatek WiFi chipset which doesn't have proper drivers. You can see some picture below for probematic board. https://ibb.co/2K55RTk

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 problem with tvbox x96 mini (s905W) armbian not starting correctly. I have only this https://ibb.co/r5XVkwmvv . Why? I did everything correctly but I have this error list only. What gone wrong?

My tv box: x96max 2+. Cpu: s905x3. Gpu: mali g31. I found the suitable Armbian here: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw-aarch64-armv8 I installed the Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img to tv box. It works. But the picture quality is not good enough and hardware decoding is not used when playing video. The panfrost driver is used for mali g31. I would like to try some other driver. In the Ubuntu repository I found the following packages: mali-midgard-dkms mali-t62x-x11-driver mali-t76x-x11-driver The mali g31 family is bifrost. In the Debian wiki I had read th…

Good evening everyone, I bought 10 x96mini TvBoxes to give / donate to schools in my city. I wanted to install Armbian Ubuntu but I couldn't start it, one of the many guides is the following: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/15864-pi-hole-on-x96-mini-tutorial/ When I hold down the reset button it does not boot and the x96 mini screen does not appear, what can it be? I have tried several sign but without success. I hope you can help me to give these minipcs to children. p.s attached photos https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rNc1ifkqKefaZONrktLT4aM8GwLskqPa/view?usp=sharing https://drive.go…

Hello. I installed an armbian TV box for home automation. Everything works fine, but if the hdmi cable is removed, the TV box does not start. It starts successfully only when the hdmi cable is inserted into the TV box. Tv Box X96 Mini the system is installed on a USB drive I ran it according to this instruction https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux

Hello. I installed an armbian TV box for home automation. Everything works fine, but if the hdmi cable is removed, the TV box does not start. It starts successfully only when the hdmi cable is inserted into the TV box. Tv Box X96 Mini the system is installed on a USB drive I ran it according to this instruction https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux

Hi, newb on this board, am so stuck with this box I had no choice but to register. I can run "LibreELEC-LePotato.arm-9.0.2.img" from usb without problem. I can also run "Armbian_5.44_S9xxx_Debian_stretch_3.14.29_xfce_20180601.img" without further meaningful problems. trying to get this MXQPro 4k (S905XQ p212 8gb) running with Balbes150's last 20.10 Armbian but without any meaningful progress. As per Instructions/FAQ I copied u-boot-s905x-s912 to u-boot.ext also edited extlinux.conf label Armbian_S905X-p212 linux /zImage initrd /uInitrd fdt /dtb/meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb append root=label=rootfs rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 co…

Hi guys, I'm new, I would like to know what is the latest kernel available for my tx3 mini with s905w chip, preferably debian or ubuntu. Could you find a link where to download it? Thank you

Dear all, I own a 4G/64G H96 MAX X3, and I have tried using the pre-compiled Armbian_20.07_Arm-64_focal_current_5.7.8_desktop.img multiplatform Armbian Focal image together with the DTB by @root-stas with very good success (it seemed to work quite well in my usage, I noticed some instability in the Chromium browser, I'm aware the graphics support was not yet ready). I tried the new 2020.10, so far without GUI and I see that it boots correctly, giving me a terminal on the UART terminals I soldered on the PCB (I kept the wires tidy, and hope those pads last). I have some experience with building a Linux kernel, creating a simple kernel module, and some mar…

Hello to all January of 2020 I installed armbian on my Mini M8s (S905X). The installation is on e-MMc and I did not keep a backup of the original eMMc firmware. It is Debian Buster. So I am stuck on linux 5.3.0-aml-g12. What is the upgrade path to a more recent kerner and/or Debian version? If possible I would like to keep my root filesystem, I have some servers running on it. Thanks for any help

Hello, I have a problem with a tvbox named "powerme 4k", with a board MX4VB0200R MX4VB-V02 and 1gb of RAM. The Android version is 6.0.1. I coundt find the "BACKUP&RESTORE" app, because of that, I cant load the aml_autoscript.zip file. I trie to load another firmware to the tvbox, but all the firmware that I find, dont work. Finnaly, I find a firmware to this board, but it doenst have the "BACKUP&RESTORE" app. My question is: exist another way to load the aml_autoscript.zip and the aml_autoscript? Thanks to all and sorry for my english.

There is Tronsmart Vega S95 Telos, installed armbian on it, everything works fine, except for one moment, it is not entirely clear how to enable the sata port. Who installed armbian and knows how to enable the sata port on this TV box?

There is Tronsmart Vega S95 Telos, installed armbian on it, everything works fine, except for one moment, it is not entirely clear how to enable the sata port. Who installed armbian and knows how to enable the sata port on this TV box?

Can someone please help me install Linux on my Ninkbox? I have tried various S905X3 images I can find on the net and burned to an SD card but cannot get any of them to boot. I need explicit instructions and a working image for my Ninkbox N8 plus. The image that seemingly works with my unit has a dead link from all the resources on the web so I cannot find this image to download. If anyone can help me and point me in the right direction I would be very grateful. I am particularly interested in running any distro with a good package manger like Debian / Ubuntu.

Hi. Running buster on Amlogic 912 arm box T95Z Max. As mentioned, the ethernet doesnt work but wifi does. Tried all the dtbs, no dice. Also, wanted to transfer the OS from SD to EMMC but neither does armbian-config have the boot option nor does nand-sata-install work. It says unrecognised command. Have absolutely no clue where to go from here. Any help appreciated.

Hi Everyone I have one Matricom G-Box Android with Lollipop 5.1.1. But, they discontinued an Android for this box. So, after a well succeeded Armbian installation in a MXQ PRO with RK3228A, I want to do the same with this box. As I can not find nothing about these steps, except the kernel generation (https://github.com/SLAzurin/armbian-aml-s8xx-kernel-build-steps). Well, someone could be provide all the steps by-steps for an ARMBIAN installation in this box? How to generate a SD or USB card? Which kernel .Image or zip file should burn it? For instance, for box with Rockship are well described here in Armbian site, but nothing for Amlogic boards,…

Hello I get an error when I want to install armbian t9 my device. I read all the instruction and did it correctly. I didn't install any other custom firmwares to it I just run coreelec on sd card. nothing has written to emmc at all. please help me what is the problem and how to solve it.

I have an ASUS RT-AC57U router and a USB drive is connected to it. I would like to use my X96 MINI to copy some files from this drive. I turned on SAMBA (in armbian config) in the ARMBIAN settings. On the monitor in the device manager, under the address 192.168.1.1, I can see all the folders created on the router's disk. Unfortunately, when I try to connect to the terminal, nothing works. When I use smbclient, it says "command not found". In addition, I also tried the commands: smbclient //192.168.1.1/folder/ --user user% pass sudo mount -t cifs -o username = user, password = pass //192.168.1.1/folder/ / media / share / open 'smb: /…

Hello, I'm new to ARMBIAN, a very poor linux user, but I think I can handle myself. I have a X96 Max Plus android TVBox, and I want to put it on a remote place with home assistant and be able to access it with teamviewer. I've managed to make all this. The thing is I can only access the box shell, so I cannot open a web browser to use HA directly on this box. (but I can access from other device on network without issues). So I thought of installing a desktop platform on armbian that there I can install a browser, so I'm then able to access the place router if needed and also home assistant web interface. I've manage to install a desk…

Hi everyone, long term lurker to this site, however I see a whole trend in S905X Android TV boxes with sound issues. As far as I understand the SPDIF and AV ports are not supported with Armbian, however, HDMI Audio is I think. My box Rupa Pyramid A5x with the Amlogic S905X CPU boots great, followed the guides to the letter. Graphics are great, performance is as expected, 4K video is a little struggle sometimes, I suspect this is Firefox though, I actually use this same box for many years as a headless Plex/Docker server and it was amazing for this! I mean really really good. 4/5/6 steams at the same time to TVs, iPads, phones and then some more!. The issue I a…

Hello, I use armbian on a mecool m8s pro+ but i want now to use a x96 max for usb 3.0 and 1000mb network. I start armbian on a sd card, it's ok but i don't have wired network acces. I try with static and dhcp configuration but i can't ping on my network. I don't understand why ? My x96 max have an amlogic s905x2 with 4G of ram and 64G emmc. I use the file Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img and i've select meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb. Thank you for your help

Good afternoon, I have a problem with my TV BOX (MEOOL KM3) when I start it freezes on the TV BOX screen and it doesn't work. Does anyone know how I can select this problem. I thank you in advance for your contributions. Thanks

I got couple of Amlogic S905 and S905x boxes. And i think i've used at least a 7-8 hours to see if i can get these to work again. I tried to use the lastest images with S905 boxes, and it is has been a real hassle to get it working. Some times i had to hook up an USB disk in addition to get it to boot the rootfs. And when i finally get into the OS, the network won't work. Both the built in Ethernet port and an USB Ethernet adapter. Both can detect a link, but unable to to receive IP from DHCP nor is it possible when manually assigned to get it to ping the GW. Is support for such devices by @balbes150still something that he still does?

I manage to build and make working latest Armbian and mainline kernel with the Sunvell T95Z Plus Amlogic S912 TV box. See: https://github.com/debiangamer/build/releases/tag/v2021.05

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?

Hi All, This is my first post. First of all let me thanks all the ones are hard working on this project. I have installed Armbian Buster on my Bqeel Y4 Max (S905x2) and I have managed to fix some little issues although the wired connection still not work. However, at the moment I'm trying to understand why Armbian sees only 2GB of RAM instead of 4GB. I have search google and the forum and, if I'm not wrong, the issue is in the boot file. I noticed someone has fixed it by installing the latest Ubuntu image, but I'm wondering if would be possible to get the 4GB without re-installing everything. I have inc…

I am trying to install armbian on Tanix TX3 mini with cpu Amlogic S905W. Which version should i download?

Hi, I have an 5.9.0 arm 64 installed on my x96 mini. 905w soc. Wifichip 5061. Wifi in not loading. I have in lib/firmware a ssv5061.bin and cfg. Need help in loading the module. When I write modprobe 5061 it returns module not found in directory lib/modules/5.9.0-arm-64. Please help,

The android tv box(Jio STB) is completely locked down. It can run apps only that the manufacturer has included and through their store. adb is disabled. There is almost no way to sideload apps. I have tried to use UART with usb to ttl converter to gain access to root and below is the screen that I have got. I just want to just sideload apk files in it. Anyone please help. output on putty after turning on the stb : - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1viB7AEZr_634XNDCq6A7cdoEbi90Q_lI/view?usp=sharing

Hello, this thread https://forum.armbian.com/topic/13477-a95x-f2-с-soc-amlogic-s905x2-432-lan100/ and https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw-aarch64-armv8/ is closed, so i'm opening this thread. I tried installing Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz on it. I'm getting an error on aml_autoscript.zip via UPDATE in Android. It reboots into the android boot menu (i guess?) with the following error. Opening update package E: Block map file too short:3 E: Map of '@/cache/recovery/block.map' failed E: failed to map file Installation aborted When i'm trying…

Hi, I came across two similar TV boxes - "Evolveo H4 4k" and "Evolveo Q5 4k" - and found this great Armbian site! Thanks for your great work guys! I set my expectation low and tried with latest "Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0". The H4 seems to be an S905/p212 2GB/16GB (not sure whether w/ 1Gb lan) board and it boots here with selected: uboot-s905 and FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb (set in extlinux.conf) The Q5 seems to be an S905/p200 2GB/8GB board (lan w/ 1Gb) and it boots here with selected uboot-s905 and FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-p200.dtb or FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-vega-s95-telos.dtb (I added into …

Hello i booted with armbian in a usb pen. It installed correctly, i guess, but removing the usb pen and rebooting the Tanix TX3, boots again to the tanix tv box and not with armbian. What i did wrong ??

I have an X96 mini Tv box with S905W CPU. I'm booted from SD card roughly successfully (image by balbes150: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0.img.xz). Unfortunatelly the end of boot failed a important component and SSH don't work. Do you know a solution?

Hi @SteeMan! I have an H96 Max X2 S905X2 2GB/16GB box. I'm trying to get the ethernet port work in armbian for this box. Please see the attached high resolution images of the motherboard of this box. Some related info printed on the boards: S70-905X2-V2 2018-11-15 CZ1830 SX18122 (wifi/bluetooth chip? I get nothing from googling these strings) Red marker is the location of the NAND short to be used to unbrick the box. Here is what I found so far: 1. Wifi does not work even in stock android rom, not to mention any kind of custom rom / armbian, so I have absolute zero hope for wifi. And I broke bluetooth after accidentally performing a full era…

I have got broken tv box Vontar X3 S905X3. It has broken EMMC. How can I run this Tv box from sd card without EMMC? In terminal putty serial: LOOP:21;EMMC:800;NAND:81;SD?:20000;USB:8; It run from SD card recovery with AMLogic Burn Card Maker and froze when it try load firmware to EMMC. How run at sd card something: armbian, LibreElec, or oder linux, android ?

Hello to everyone. I'm new in this forum. I'm trying to install (or adapt to install) armbian in an A95X MAX. I've compiled the entire system on a virtual machine and now i'm trying to boot in the box but no luck, the problem is that I erased the emmc to force the cpu to boot from sd but don´t boot, the only text line i get (via serial console) is "G12A:BL:0253b8:61aa2d;FEAT:F0F831B0:12020;POC:F;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;CHK:1F;READ:0;CHK:1F;READ:0;CHK:1F;SD?:20000;USB:8;". Can anybody help me to decode what this line means? I'm broking the head but whitout result. Many thanks in advance. Sorry fot my bad english.

Hello, Can someone kindly help me in getting x96 Max+ Android TV box display to show something on Armbian? Even if it shows "boot" only I don't mind. Kind regards

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…

@balbes150The original topic. I just use Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img.xz and find out that I cannot boot from USB anymore after installing the Armbian into EMMC. My device is phicomm-n1, and my steps were: 1. Edit /extlinux/extlinux.conf 2. Rename u-boot-s905x-s912 to u-boot.ext 3. ./install-aml.sh Now the EMMC is at the highest priority. However, the USB was always the highest when using previously published images such as Armbian_20.06.0_Arm-64_buster_current_5.7.2_20200619.img.xz What could I do to make it boot from USB first? Thank you.

I've installed kernel 5.11 and I can't have both sound and ethernet. I've tried some dtb's like meson-sm1-se1610, meson-sm1-x96-max, meson-sm1-x96-max-plus-100m.dtb Has anybody got sound and ethernet working? Thnks

Hello, I use androidbox Minix U1 where I successfully used Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_buster_current_5.9.0.img via SD. It worked well for me with: meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta.dtb APPEND root = LABEL = ROOTFS rootflags = data = writeback rw console = ttyAML0,115200n8 console = tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank = 0 fsck.fix = yes fsck.repair = yes net.ifnames = 0 So I gave the command to install on internal memory, but the problem occurred during booting. A black screen occurs and the box is not readable even via USB_Burning_Tool. I tried different options and nothing. The only thing that works is if I give the USB ke…

528/5000 Hello Tv box: mxqpor 4k s905x 2/16 p212 I used the script to install armbian on internal memory an and works partially because tv box boot from internal memory but without sd card the system does not start I deleted all files from the boot partition from desktop environment and now my tv box freez on amilogic logo. i have tried to rum armbian from android recovery using ext> sdcard> aml_autostart script but i get error cant find / misc! sd/block/mmcblk0 to /sdcard read only is there a way to fix it or do i need flash firmware?

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…

I want to install armbian for my board. I like the 3.10.XXX version. Currently tested: 1. Armbian_5.64_Aml-s812_Ubuntu_xenial_default_3.10.108_20181022.img 2, Armbian_5.77_Aml-s812_Debian_stretch_default_3.10.108_20190326.img 3. Armbian_5.77_Aml-s812_Ubuntu_bionic_default_3.10.108_20190326.img After the above version is installed, the startup screen will be blurred, how can I solve it? I tried "Armbian_21.02.0-trunk_Aml-s812_buster_current_5.10.0_.img" dtb can run normally with meson8m2-m8s.dtb. But I want to use the 3.10.xxx version. Can you help me?

Hi Everyone, I want to turn my tv box into a Linux server. I watch a video on YouTube and the steps were clear but when I click on the link to get the Armbian Linux server link I get different results than what is shown on YouTube video. In the video I could read Linux server but I couldn't find it here when I open the link. Maybe because it was an old video from 2017 and things changed. Maybe anyone can help me in this? Thanks a lot

Recenly I successfully installed Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.9.0.img.xz created by balbes150 (may thanks to him) on microSD in my x96 mini Amlogic S905w tvbox. I need to enable option CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC in kernel # uname -a Linux arm-64 5.9.0-arm-64 #20.10 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 14 12:04:42 MSK 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux When I tried steps from this link on my Ubuntu Focal 20.04 x64 build environment I see only these possible variants according to Amlogic SoC: - lepotato Amlogic S905x quad core 2Gb RAM SoC eMMC; - lafrite Amlogic S805x quad core 1Gb RAM SoC eMMC; - nanopik2-s905 Amlogic S905 K2 quad core 2GB RAM So…

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. …

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…