Amlogic CPU Boxes

Hi, I tried to install Armbian in the recent days, but I wasnt unable because the image says "Map file error" or the update app will not read the Micro SD card (Armbian 23) I was wondering, where can I get this image of Armbian "Armbian_20.05.1_Arm-64_focal_current_5.6.2_desktop_20200408.img" ? It worked in a similar TV Box tutorial and I tought it could work in mine. Thanks for any help given This tutorial "http://www.galipe.net/guide-mecool-m8sproplus-armbian/"

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…

Hi Guys, I am looking for latest Armbian image which works for Beelink GT1 Ultimate 3/32GB (S/N = G912) Amlogic S912 TV box. My requirement is only wired network to be working and that Armbian image must have kernel headers. The only old image that work is Armbian_5.37_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20171226.img but missing kernel headers & not able to find kernel headers that matches kernel in the image. I tried Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img with 3 different dtb files as follows: dtb file: /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-q200.dtb dtb file: /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-gt1-ultimate.dtb dt…

Hi all, I have some x905 boxes and I'd like to use one (an old TX95 -> x905w IIRC) as a midi sequencer with fluidsynth. I found the hard way that the default kernel has no midi sequencer support (in kernel or module) so there's no way to use aconnect and have it as a midi box. The only solution seems to be rebuild the kernel with the added module support but it's been decades since last time i rebuilt a kernel and S905 kernels (with added balbes150 mods and stuff to have it working on those cheap boxes) seems a bit too complex for me. So the question is: is there a way to get a working kernel with midi support, and how to put it in. If this was…

Hello all, I installed armbian on my TV box. It work correctly (I installed home assistant and It work properly). however, I have a problem with bluetooth. It doesn't work. I do some investigation : install the bluetooth support with apt-get update && apt-get install bluetooth check if this work with : service bluetooth status and it return bluetooth is running I try to connect device with bluetoothctl and it not working. It return No default controller available version : v25.02.0 for Aml.S912 running Armbian Linux 6.6.67-merry-christmas Packages: Debian stable (bullseye) I use this dtb file : meso…

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,

This is an Android TV box using the 922 chipset. Under Android, I have been using stock firmware but also recall trying that from the Ugoos AM6. I have managed to get it to boot using u-boot-s905x2-s922. I have tried several of the DTB files starting with the g12b prefix. I had initial high hopes that the one for the Ugoos would work. And it did boot all the way into the desktop (I have auto-login enabled) but the mouse would not move nor would the keyboard respond. Since then I have tried many others - still working my way through them all one-by-one. And I have found some (gtking-pro.dtb, gsking-x.dtb) that appear to work pretty "normally" (not that I am sur…

Hi. Wifi on x96mini (SV6051P) still not working?

Good evening I am new to the forum and I have a request, who can help me with the wifi solution for my T-TV box S10 Amlogic S912. I have installed armbian version Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_Aml-s9xx-box_kinetic_edge_6.0.9_xfce_desktop with DTB meson-gxm-q200 - mod. Bluetooth works but not WIFI. The chip is Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377. I have no experience in linux. Thank you

Does This Brick My Tv Box?

Since some upgrades ago, the wlan0 stopped showing. Maybe it got jealous of the usb wifi dongle. They used to play along as wlan0 and wlan1 but that is no more. https://paste.armbian.com/zokubeduxe

I have got my T95Z Plus with S912 booting 6.12.24-current-meson64 just fine now. Getting Jellyfin up and running with all my old DVDs and CDs. Seems very capable. When do I push the OS into the eMMC? Is there a downside? Are there only so many times I can do this safely? If I chose to try the Debian builds - don't I just boot from a SD card and try it out? If I like that one better - then don't I just repeat the process and push that onto the eMMC? I believe I have the Android Source - or more precisely - I have a rom called SuperCelleron that I installed almost 10 years ago... That still boots when I don't have an SD card in. Also - …

Salve a tutti, sono nuovo di questo forum e vorrei sapere se ho aqcquistato un prodotto valido e cosa ci si puo fare con x96 mini. Grazie....

Please help, I can't figure out this error for a month now. I've tried all the .dtb files, but nothing works.

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, Some update after this topic : Find here a possible solution : https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-arm-on-amlogic-tv-box/34662/659

Hi im trying to install Armbian on my X96 Max 4g/32g the old threads are all locked so i start this threat to try to get answers. Here user @pcconsult gave the following instructions: now at step 3 "3. Boot on X96 MAX. Insert prepared with image USB drive or memory card. From Android select UPDATE... from applications. Select file From your /Boot/...zip on the bottom. Then press Update." there doesnt seem to be any zip files on the burned image on my sd card that i could choose from when im trying to install the image via the android update menu? (this is the image that im trying to use: Armbian_20.11_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.10.0-rc4…

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

Hello, could you tell please, does x96 max plus(s905x3) armbian see all 4gb of memory?

Hi. geeks So i've installed v25.05.0 armbian bookworm 6.1.21 on my tv box and so far no bluetooth and wifi My chipset is Cdtech 47w3155. rfkill gives nothing. just blank space

Hello @SteeMan, I install armbian on X96 Max Plus with S905x3 4Gb RAM and 64Gb ROM, thanks a lot for your work, the ethernet and emmc install is ok, but NO audio? I use meson-sm1-a95xf3-air.dtb and Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_jammy_current_6.1.11_xfce_desktop.img What dtb file I must use or where I can learn how to compile new dtb file? Can I use emuelec dtb files? Regards

Hello everybody, I am french. I bought a Retrostation on X96 Max+ support I used "Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.038_Aml-s9xxx_eoan_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205.img" with BalenaEtcher and I changed some files like explained on this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_V50MuJ7DE&ab_channel=AmirsafeTechnology But when I boot on my support with Linux, I have a strange display, like not normal ^^ I wanted to know if I can do an update maybe for the display or maybe I choose a wrong dtb file ? If someone know this problem, please help me ^^ Have a nice day/night ^^

I was unable to get Armbian_community_24.11.0-trunk.66_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.6.47_minimal to boot on my TV-Box (X96Max+ 100 vA 4GBRAM). I tried using the meson-sm1-x96-air.dtb because this is the model I use for Coreelec. This did not boot at all, the system just boots to Android (Slimbox). I also tried this image “Devmfc_Debian-Bookworm_6.6.49-meson64_Minimal-24.09.05.img” from this project: https://github.com/devmfc/debian-on-amlogic This image at least tried to boot. I got a blue screen and a stuck boot loop. Back to Armbian, I tried copying the Devmfc file “meson-sm1-x96aira100.dtb” from the into the Armbian boot folder an…

Hello everyone, how are you? I would like to raise my problem, which is installing the Batocera 35-34-32 system on the x96max+ device..s905x3. After installation, the Wi-Fi does not work. I tried many dtb files and they did not work. I tried on 3 devices with the same type, but it did not work. How do I solve this problem? Thank you

Hi, I've X96 max+ and i want to install home assistant on it. i've reads lots of stuff about it but i don't know what image should i use and what to change in the config files. can anyone give me the exact install file that i need for my X96 that will work and i can install HA? THX

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

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: /…

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

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?

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 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?

I've been trying to run Armbian using the Armbian_community_24.8.0-trunk.554_Aml-s9xx-box_bookworm_current_6.6.45 image along with a 16GB Sandisk Ultra SD Card (flashed using balenaEtcher), and my main issue is initramfs not being able to mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 as a root file system. I've tried using the solution listed here, but it didn't work. How can I resolve this?

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 due to repository balbes 150 offline, you can share the linux headers and 8189es.ko? thanks

I was running armbian on emmc on an X96Air 4GB/64GB 1GBit S905X3 box a while ago and then after a power down it bricked. No boot screen, no android (obviously) - it sent a HDMI signal, but nothing. Managed to recover it and get Android flashed on it again then Armbian again on SD then emmc. Just done "apt upgrade" to get things up to date. All went well, then a reboot, and..... bricked again. Nothing obvious, no issues. I'll go through the process again - Android -> armbian sd -> armbian emmc But is there a known issue with any boxes that just brick themselves? Any ways to avoid it? This box is par…

Hi, I would like to maintain the kernel version updated on the box (for video reading performance because I still got some stearing when the camera moves horizontaly). Now that there is no more support for amlogic (I can understand why reading the forum), can I use the available bullseye/linux-image-current-meson64 package from the armbian repo (which is now 5.9.6 not 5.9.0)? As I understand is it not that easy to compile a kernel by myself because there is so much patches applied. Best regards, Laurent.

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?

I need your help, I'm not an expert in this, so I'll ask you to explain in as much detail as possible ☺️ as I understand it, I have version q2, which supports gigabit LAN. I want to install lxqt de, but I couldn't find such an assembly. What version exactly do I need to download? I tried to install this version, downloaded it from github: (Armbian_25.05.0_amlogic_s905x3_noble_6.12.21_server_2025.04.01.img) installed it, through armbian-config I installed xfce de, but for some reason I logged into the system as root. and that's why i couldn't do anything with the sudo command. I created a second user, installed lightdm, but when I logged out of the system, everything just…

I'm using, TV Box Name: X96 mini CPU (example: amlogic s905w): amlogic s905w Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905w-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb During the boot time stacked(freeze) the screen.

Hello, I traced and worked around a USB enumeration failure on an X96S TV stick (Amlogic S905Y2, 4 GB RAM / 32 GB eMMC). I am posting this as an RFC and test request, not as an upstream-ready Armbian patch. Important environment note • Userspace: Armbian OS 26.05.0 Noble • Kernel: Linux 6.12.91 from the OPhub/unifreq TV-box tree, not an official Armbian kernel package • Exact source baseline: unifreq Linux commit 7f96286d7ef097465fe46dbea8002fa27a6a6bbc • DT reports model "AMedia X96 Max" and compatible "amediatech,x96-max", "amlogic,g12a". This is not an accurate X96S-specific identity. Symptoms HDMI and Wi-Fi worked, but USB2 devices would…

Hello. Please tell me how to set armbian to Xiaomi Mi MDZ-16-AB CPU "Quad-core Cortex-A53 2.0GHz" something I can not find the firmware for it, tell me please

How I can install armbian on Xiaomi Mi tv stick 4k with SoC Amlogic S905Y4 & GPU Arm Mali-G31 MP2? Specifications Output Resolution - 4k CPU - Quad-core Cortex-A35 GPU - Mali-G31 MP2 RAM - 2GB Storage - 8GB Operating System - Android TV™ 11 Wireless connectivity - Wi-Fi 2.4GHz/5GHz, Bluetooth 5.2

The purpose in this guide is to make installation simple for those who wish to follow what I did. This is specifically for the Yoka TV KB2 Pro which uses the S912 chipset with 3GB RAM and 32 GB ROM. It was successful and works for setting up windows mapped drives just fine with Samba. (for example Z:\) I am using it off the SD card, I left Android 7.1 on the EMMC. Notes: My intentions are to use it for a file server for use with USB 2.0 drives I have laying around that are old but still technically usable. The file transfer speed is only expected to be around 30% of the 1GBPS wired network. The bottleneck will definitely be the USB 2.0, but for what I am using…

I recently came into possession of a Z69 Android TV Box (3/32GB) with a S950X chip. I tried @SteeMan's Amlogic guide, but can't seem to find @balbes150 files referenced in the post (only RK/Allwinner). I then tried compiling an Armbian img from https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian (build jammy; s905x; kernel 5.10.135_5.15.50). I tried amending the config file but found it quite different from the ones in youtube videos or on the forums. There was a "u-boot-s905x-s912.bin" which I renamed to "u-boot.ext". However, when I did the toothpick method, the S905x bootscreen came up, followed by the splashcreen of the android box. The screen was …

Hi all, and thanks you all so much for sharing time, effort and knowledge about this boxes. I'm reading this forum a lot and also learned from advanced users. Me only start to play around, doing some test with trial and mostly errors! First all, I'm not sure if this goes here, please move it if necessary. This box come with a S905X2 SoC, and while working fine with an ATV12, I think I brick it and I only partially can boot from SD-Card burned with a full image I take with an Armbian version (SD-Card), doing dding of their eMMC. So the first I notice is that in UART console first line I see is hex character in a loop, I don't see normal …

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

如题，我是中国人，我来自中国广东。由于我免费使用了社区网友的armbian系统，我想对此表示感谢。我手里有几个几乎全新的TX3-MINI电视盒子，捐赠给固件开发者或者有需要的人，但是我不知道你们的地址在哪里，而且我想我恐怕也付不起高昂的国际运费，我并没有国际邮寄这方面的经验，我想如果我想免费捐赠3个电视盒子给社区朋友们，但是又可以不出邮费，请问是否可以做到？我应该选择哪家快递呢？ As the title, I am Chinese and I am from Guangdong, China. Since I used the armbian system of the community friends for free, I would like to express my gratitude. I have several almost new TX3-MINI TV boxes in my hand, donating them to firmware developers or people in need, but I don’t know where your address is, and I don’t think I can afford the high international shipping fee. I don’t have experience in international mailing. I think if I want to donate 3 TV boxes to communi…