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I have a T9 4GB/64GB TV BOX (RK3328) TV stick, it got bricked. I searched the internet and tried many methods to recover it, but failed, please help if you know a better solution. I used RKBatchTool to restore it, and got a blue square, but after I click "restore" button, it failed at "Prepare idb fail" I also tried RK Android Tool, my stick is loaded as "Found one MASKROM Device". I played around the tool, but every time it failed at the same reason "Prepare idb fail ". I have no ideas, anyone please help! Flash Info: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG,value=00 Flash Size: 0MB Block Size: 512KB Page Size: 2KB ECC Bits: 0 Access Time: 40 Flash CS: Fla…

using bionic, eoan & focal on x96max+2 (meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb) y always get a cyan background as shown in attached image: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VmgmZ5nCSkYKnPgR7 solved!, writing from the device, just renamed u_boot.sd to u_boot.ext and it worked

There are two install emmc files in armbian amlogic verison by balbes150. install-aml.sh and install-aml-s905-emmc.sh. What's the difference between these? If install armbian to a S912 TVbox emmc, which one should be choosed?

Hi all, We have an issue about xhci controller, the armbian on the S905W will throw there are not enough resource controller when using hub usb 3.0 (dmess). On ubuntu, we can disable xhci by command follow on this topic https://www.systutorials.com/how-to-force-a-usb-3-0-port-to-work-in-usb-2-0-mode-in-linux/ lspci -nn | grep USB \ | cut -d '[' -f3 | cut -d ']' -f1 \ | xargs -I@ setpci -H1 -d @ d0.l=0 This command will executed and xhci controller will switched to ehci controller, this function useful for us since ehci controller can be handled a lot of resource. Another solution to disable xhci here: https://askubuntu.com/questi…

Hello I have HK1 Max with chip RK3318 I tried to restore firmware because of some errors in the software but what happened that the device crashed and not booting at all its stuck with RED light I tried every thing except hardware shortcut but nothing any one have an idea to force it to update by hardware shortcut Thanks All

I'm having problems installing Armbian on the tx3 mini. I can't boot. I already tested the two dtb for s905w that you have in the folder and none worked. Can someone help me? I'm from Brazil.

Hello. I have successfully booted Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.035_Aw-h6-tv_buster_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200204 on to R TV Box X10 Plus and have docker and Home assistant running at about 25% load. I would like to move it from SD card to emmc but when I issue the nand-sata-install command in a terminal window, it reports command not found and lists special scripts for many setups, but not the H6. I also cannot access the usb3 port, which I think is a device tree issue, I believe the proper dtb needs to be loaded but I don't know where to find it or how to install it.

Hi. PhoenixSuit: V1.10 Device: Tanix TX6s AllWinner H616 I noticed that in PhoenixSuit on the Apk tab the options: Backup, Restore, Install, Reboot, Recovery. I tried to use to backup the current installation. But PhoenixSuit only recognizes the device and connects with it to install the firmware. If the file for Firmware is not selected, PhoenixSuit will not connect with the device. Any tips? Or another solution to back up the installation? On the TX3 Mini I use TWRP to Backup and Restore, but is S905 Amlogic! Tks.

Hello Guys... I would like to install home assistant on this boxes soo i need armlinux to install it ... does anyone know how to install it on this box with this chip ? Thanks in advanced ..

Hi, i have installed armbian 5.98 aml debian buster desktop on a x96 mini smartbox tv with the meson gxl s905w p281 dtb file. The desktop run but only 1 gb memory is available. how do i do to have 2 gb memory available ? Best regards.

Good afternoon. I'm using Linux Debian Buster 10 from ISO Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_buster_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205.img. I am unable to install Wifi (QCA9377) and I am also unable to install the flash plugin for Chromium. Does anyone have any experience on this and managed to solve it. I appreciate the help. UT9 TV Box - Amlogic S912 Cortex-A53 Octa-Core - Q201 Card - 2GB Ram - 16GB Rom

Hi, I have a Tanix TX9S 2GB RAM + 8GB ROM I flashed on a sd card "Armbian_20.07_Arm-64_focal_current_5.7.8.img" but the commad "nand-sata-install" is missing... How can I install armbian in eMMC/NAND memory without using SD card?

Hey I'm pretty new to this community. I have Mini M8S II which is running libreelec just fine with the stock dtb. I want to turn it into a small server with armbian but it always fails to boot. The box apparently has S905X which should "translate" into this dtb gxl_p212_2g_kvim.dtb. Libreelec refuses to boot with it but when I used older built of Coreelec it booted with gxbb_p200_1G_1Gbit.dtb which should be S905 not S905X. Armbian and libreelec refuses to boot with that dtb. I've tried most of the included dtb even putting them to main directory and renaming them as dtb.img (Yes I've read that I'm supposed to change the location in config file) At this point I think …

Tenho um TV Box UT9 Pro com processador Amlogic S912 Arm 8x Cortex-A53 GPU Mali-T820 3GB Ram 16 Rom e estou procurando rodar ou Linux para uso diário (navegador, Office gratuito e jogo como Counter-Strike 1.6). Vocês podem me indicar uma .img e como fazer para instalar na memória interna da TV Box.?

There are several variant of Tanix TX6 models listed here https://linux-sunxi.org/Tanix_TX6 and they mostly differ in RAM and eMMC sizes. There is reference to single dtb file there sun50i-h6-tanix-tx6.dtb for all these models. Will this dtb file work with all the models with the Single Armbian Image for RK+AML+AW (aarch64 ARMv8)? If not what changes would be needed in dtb files for these models? Thanks Rajesh

Hi! Does anyone using GPU acceleration in S905X3? Have any tutorial?

Hi, I have build my own RK322x - Armbian Kernel (legacy) for RK3229 Respeaker, because the standard armbian configuration for rk322x doesnt boot (kernel pancic). The respeaker isnt a TV Box, but a smart speaker device from seeed studios https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/ReSpeaker_Core_v2.0/ Thats why I'm using the patches from respeaker source builder https://github.com/respeaker/source_builder Armbian boots now successfully from sd card. I've got 2 problems and maybe somebody can help me with this. 1) Wifi The Respeaker uses ap6212. It needs a proprietary firmware, which armbian holds in /lib/firmware. Bu…

Hi, First I want to say thanks for this amazing project. Also English is not my native language, so please excuse me for misspell Last week I received my shiny new Beelink GT1 with Amlogic S912 CPU. And now I have a itching in my hands to break it. So I forked @150balbes repo and start messing with it. Dowloaded original firmware from here: https://mega.nz/#F!bIVGFaKY!Om3XTxlHmjPB4x2_jukFYw Extracted original device tree and kernel config (attached below) and after little tuning I was able to build a Ubuntu 16.04 CLI image (only build, not tested) I use a LibreELEC linux-amlogic repo. But there …

I installed recently on GT1 ultimate (S912) Armbian 20.02 RC1 Buster downloaded from https://yadi.sk/d/_rQgn_FosYuW0g/20.02/20200205 based on 5.5 rc6 kernel. I deactivate X, stopping more all less all unnecessary processes, with the goal in mind to have as few running processes as possible. The goal was to run an apache server on it. However without apache running, and in idle state (running top confirm that no processes are eating CPU) the temperature was in range 0f 56- 58 Celsius. Same hardware but with an older armbian image Stretch (which I could not found on web anymore) based on 4.20 kernel in the same instalation software, the temperature is somewher…

Hi, my S912 box was untouched for the past few weeks, I tried to connect to it and couldn't I tried direct access and turns out my eth0 (wired lan) is still detected but marked as down the green/yellow light on the box and on the router is not blinking for it. nothing changed in my setup, maybe a armbian update was done recently? my uptime is 7 days but I am not sure I recall restarting 7 days ago.. ifup eth0 image attached what can I check or do to revive it? any help appreciated as the box is currently offline and useless armbian 20.04 on a beelink GT1 TV box using a fast SD card

Hi, I followed a standard guide to install docker on Ubuntu 20.04 https://medium.com/@Grigorkh/how-to-install-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04-f1b99845959e everything went fine until I tried sudo apt install docker-ce which suggested I try a amd64 specific version: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package docker-ce is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: …

So I have this: https://www.amazon.com/Android-Sidiwen-Processor-Bluetooth-Ethernet/dp/B07KS8J85L/ I somehow found this image Armbian_20.05.0_Rk3328-tv_buster_current_5.6.0-rc4_desktop_20200312.img that I cannot remember where I opbtained it. Anyway, I wrote it to a 32 gig SD card using win32diskimager and successfully booted into armbian on the box. Oddly it would not boot from a USB stick from any of the ports. My question is, is there a dtb for this box that has the wi-fi and Bluetooth working? A plus would be the ir and power led as well. I know this is unlikely but couldn't hurt to ask. I do not think that audio over HDMI is working but cannot…

No HDMI output (Amlogic S905X3 - X96 Max Plus2). Armbian *is* running, can SSH in when up. Have also soldered on a TTL UART (CH340G - all good/can putty in to watch boot logs). If flash back to Android stock, still no HMDI out (again can adb in IP address:5555 just fine). So, to clarify, when I say no HDMI out - I mean "No Signal". This includes the vendor Uboot splash when flashed with Android firmware (on the same/original LCD that was previously working just fine). Dmesg registers connect/disconnect HDMI hot plug, but no display. Is there an efuse for HDMI out? Almost certain board is just coincidentally dead at this s…

Hello, i`ve successfully started Armbian_19.11.5_Arm-64_eoan_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200127 on my A95X F2 device with meson-g12b-odroid-n2.dtb. I know that it is not correct dtb which i should use for my box, but it is the only one that worked. If i use meson-g12a-x96-max-rmii.dtb i get stuck on this: http:// I also have got the original android dtb file. But i dont know how to add it here.

Hi. I am trying to connect a bluetooth speaker that also has a microphone to armbian. When using it as a plain speaker via A2DP, it works fine. However when i switch it to HSP/HFP in order to use the microphone, i get a lot of static, random crackling and very low volume on both the microphone and the speaker. Using a usb bluetooth adapter for this. I've used the same adapter + speaker on a different machine (x86 running lubuntu 19.10) and i did not have any static at all when using HSP/HFP (sound was indeed a bit lower quality that A2DP but nothing major). Also i could not get the speaker to switch to HSP/HFP with the default audio tool in armbian desktop, nor on …

I bought a HK1 Max (~20$) especially for make a small linux home server for my projects. Why Rockchip? I found rockchip repo on github with ffmpeg and gstreamer libs for hardware encoding. It's very important (but not critical necessary) for me. So... HK1 Max 2/16 (2.4Ghz + 5Ghz + BT4.0 wireless) Tech specs: CPU: RK3318 RAM: 2Gb DDR3L Samsung K4B2G0446D eMMC: 16Gb KLMAG2GE4A-A001 LAN: Rockchip (???) Wi-Fi + Bluetooth: HK6334Q (Not found information about it) 2.4Ghz + 5Ghz + BT On first run I dump some partitions from Android (This TV Box has root out of the box): dtb dtbo boot trust securit…

Please tell me how to install linux onto an android tv box. Also, i recently purchased purevpn since theres an 82% off on it. Would it work for me on the linux OS? If not then please provide alternatives

Hi I'm in the market for a cheap Linux Bo and from what I see it seems these Android TV boxes are the cheapest. I basically want a system I can just muck around with about, but also one that has working WiFi, can play 1080p video in H264 and H265 and can surf the web/play YouTube without much issue. I'm not interested in the boxes Android capabilities, I'm interested in if it can run a desktop Linux with things above. Essentially Wifi, Hardware decoding of H264/5 video and acceptable video playback on the Internet. Considering a raspberry pi with all the needed things costs more than one of these boxes it is a very nice alternative, but in a sea of…

I didnot find a driver for MT7668RSN at armbian Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.038_Aml-s9xxx_eoan_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205 . There is little info. about this chip on Internet either . But it works at the orignal android with kernel 3.14. Will it be avail. at the coming new armbian release ? Regards ! Guofu Han P.S. if this is not the right place to post it , please help me to move it . Thanks !

I hava a jetson nano and i use Armbian 20.05.4 Buster. I installed a Fan with pwn, but it does not turn. https://wiki.52pi.com/index.php/ICE_Tower_Cooling_Fan_For_Jetson_Nano_SKU:_EP-0113 A command /usr/bin/jetson_clocks should enable the pwm signal. (this is mentioned for nvidia image) How can i enable the pwm signal in armbian?

Hi Please, someboby have config files and setup or method to install in my old Acemax Ki Plus S905 1GB-8GB (NOT S905D) Please Need the real DTB img for this beautifull system make for Balbes150. for a moment not work wifi or video acceleration with generic dtb p200 in folder amlogic..! I need tvheadend and bluetooth for ps3 gamepad and retroarch..! For your atention and support thanks....!

So I Bought a tv stick and used it on a tv off and on over the years and at one point wanted to run Linux on it and see if I could get it to recognize a usb network card and run asterisk or something. i tried all sorts of things gave up. Its been a long while now I still have this and a A10S version and I have scoured the internet trying to find some sort of support. Heck of alot of support for diffrent A10 a20 stuff but almost nothing for the MK802 tv stick. I think i bought mine when they first came out. Can someone give me a link or push me in the right direction. i would love to run Arbian on it. i am a huge Debian fan I run all my servers for clients on De…

After following the main guide "Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW" I've been able to boot into armbian via sd card without issue using the update method. Ethernet is working and nothing seems to be broken. However, trying to launch Armbian Config to install on eMMC doesn't work because after clicking to open the program a terminal pops up and disappears immediately, similar to how if you opened a command line program in windows just by clicking on it, it would close by itself. I'm not sure if this is a related problem but running terminal and trying to use su fails even though I'm certain I've got the password correct. I even reformatted and …

Hello to all I am trying my best to install Armbian ubuntu server on the above described Android TV box and cannot succeed. has some one been able to make this work? Any hints would be greatly appreciated!

The latest libgl1-mesa-dri upgrade brought with it panfrost to the desktop

hi, I am considering getting a couple of inexpensive tv boxes to play with, my goals in order of interest would be: - Test Linux running some monitoring bash scripts. - Test Linux running some lan services as PiHole, nginx service fallback static pages for a couple of domains. - Test Linux acting as a thin client to RDP servers (think LTSP). - Test Android acting as a thin client to RDP servers (think LTSP). I don´t intend to run all of these at once, but rather test how well those work (or not). I am leaning towards TV Boxes instead of SBCs for the "all in one piece" factor, with SMBs getting the board+case+PSU+wifi-dongle rapidly see…

Information in this topic is very outdated see this topic. The start system in Coreelec is not compatible with LibreELECE Armbian etc. If you run coreelec on your TV box, you will no longer be able to run LE and Armbian normally until the full recovery of the standard firmware via the USB Burn Tool and the new activation of the universal multi-boot, which is used in all new systems. The new version 5.55 of images. In this version, images with a single DE (XFCE) and a server in composition are as close as possible to the official versions. Version with a Mate and Icewm will probably be later and the gathe…

good day im so new in this and wanna afk u for this starting quetsions i have tv box "Qplus" with arm allwinner H6 4 gb ram memory and 32 nand from this post https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw/ i get .img file and just transfer to sdcard if im try to use file some_name.img im get "data" type and if try to mount get error if just install sdcard in tv box im see they launching but asking me about login and password i wanna edit and adding some other setting and pack's and i have queston how to edit, how to see, how to unpack and repack what this im fin…

I wanted to install Balbes' Armbian image on Mecool KM8P but failed miserably: At first it took me weeks to get my KM8Ps into recovery mode, only to realize that the better/best installation procedure is via the stock Android update routine. Unfortunately I now have 3 KM8P showing the same behaviour: They always boot into the recovery mode, showing the defunct Android with the "No command" message. I can't get out of the recovery mode back into Android to do a "normal" installation via the update routine. And I can't figure out how to install @balbes150 images from the recovery mode. And I can't boot directly into an image (I guess due to this U-Boot problem with …

I suppose that witht the commande mount /boot is from SD Card and not from eMMC ? So, I think I have found how to mount eMMC partition: root@arm-64:~# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT mmcblk1 179:0 0 59.5G 0 disk ├─mmcblk1p1 179:1 0 512M 0 part /boot └─mmcblk1p2 179:2 0 58.4G 0 part / mmcblk2 179:32 0 29.1G 0 disk ├─mmcblk2p1 179:33 0 488M 0 part └─mmcblk2p2 179:34 0 28G 0 part mmcblk2boot0 179:64 0 4M 1 disk mmcblk2boot1 179:96 0 4M 1 disk zram0 254:0 0 50M 0 disk /var/log zram1 254:1 0 1G 0 disk [SWAP] root@arm-64:~# mount /dev/mmcblk2p2 /mnt root@arm-64…

Hello all, I write this topic to be my guide in future reference and maybe some help for other linux noobies like myself. A the beginning my idea was to use AMLogic box to use Octoprint and 3d party software called Klipper for my DIY 3d prinetr. Quick search in google shows that it is doable but there are old topics, posts and old images for s905 processors. At first I had started with newer images from @balbes150 like Armbian_5.98_Aml-g12_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.3.0_desktop_20191002.img and tried to start WIFI. Like many other before me I tried modprobe wifi_dummy .. etc and nothing good happened - complete linux noob. After …

good evening, I wanted to install armbian (desktop version) on an android box (x96 mini) ... reading here and there on various forums I saw that they managed to install it, but I (following the various steps) am having several problems. can I ask you step by step the procedures to follow? thanks

hello could you helpme i am lookinig for a imagen to installa a Linux in my Coby tv box it is mx4n board, now it had installed Android 5.1.1 regards

Hello, I'm from China. I bought tx3 Mini 2G / 16g with 120 yuan. I want to use this TV box to run armbin and use meson-gxl-s905w-tx3- mini.dtb Or meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb. Everything is OK, but memory usage is only 801mb. You can provide me. DTB file

I installed armbian 20.04 on my beelink GT1 TV box on a fast SD card https://androidtvbox.eu/beelink-gt1-review-smart-tv-box-with-android-6-0-powered-by-amlogic-s912/ works great, but I noticed that even when almost idle, running command line utils has a delay of 2-3 seconds at least commands like docker, npm, node and more. internal commands such as df work instantly. some are rapid the 2nd time and some delay on every launch npm is probably the worst and can take up to 5 seconds is there a way for me to trace what is it doing or waiting for during that time?

Hi, I have a small beelink Z83 box running windows 10 connected via ethernet to my router and my 1G/100Mbit fiber connection. https://androidtvbox.eu/beelink-z83-mini-pc-powered-intel-atom-x5-z8300-cherry-trail-promo/ running speedtest windows store app on this computer, usually it is closer to 980/110, ping is usually 1-2ms next to it I have a beelink GT1 octa core box running armbian 20.04 rc, connected via ethernet to my router (Linksys EA7500) https://androidtvbox.eu/beelink-gt1-review-smart-tv-box-with-android-6-0-powered-by-amlogic-s912/ running speed test on it produces 400-500Mb tops, usually it…

Since I originally wrote this post Ive re-written bits and included quick videos to guide you through the steps (My original post is still below). As Im writing other posts on other topics related to Armbian, but not relevant to install/setup, Im keeping them all on my new site, so all my updates will be on there. Id welcome any feedback (drop me a comment on here or on https://www.OnDROID.net). Also, if anyone has any specific topics they want me to take a look at, let me know. As always, thanks to balbes150 for his work getting Armbian on ARM boxes. Index of Articles https://www.ondroid.net/armbian-os/ Youtube playlist for the vi…

Hi! I have an X96 box, with 2G Ram and 16G Rom, it has an S905X inside. I was using it with armbian, but after installed armbian-firmware-full and rebooted the box was dead. I tried to put it in burn mode with no luck: aml burn tool for os x does not exists and from a virtualbox machine with linux can't see the device, av reset button is not working, bridging pins didn't work and from my raspberry I can see the device connected but cant put it on burn mode) Anybody can help me with this?

Been at this for a few days now and am slowly losing my mind. Got a MQX Amlogic 905 P201. (CS_905MXQ_V1.0) and have been running Armbian for a while now off SD card using meson-gxbb-p201.dtb without any issues. Using Armbian_5.84_Aml-s905_Debian_stretch_default_5.1.0-rc1_20190507 Tried installing to emmc by running install.sh. Everything looked good but rebooted and found the device was bricked. Managed to get it working again by running the usb burning tool and flashing MXQ PRO 4K - p201 - android TV (ATV) - by cOOLio. SoI can at least boot into it and browse the SD card, but now for some reason I can't boot directly back in…

hi guys, A while ago I got this x96 Max tv box in the hope to tinker with it at some point, but it turns out I am not able to even boot from the sdcard or USB.... Maybe I am overlooking something basic so I figured I ´d ask people more knowledgable tha me in this matters. The procedure I´ve tried so far is powering the device while pressing the button hidden in the AV plug. The screen just stays black until I power it off. I´ve tested witha few cards and drives, a bunch of OSes (armban, corelec, emuelec) and a bunch of image writing applications. I have not tried some app released by amlogic themselves that I grasped it exists…

Is there a way to add the MXQ box to the armbian supported OS's with nand support? This is a similiar device as the S805 ODROID device and the difference is only that this device has also a nand storage on it.

I have a dead H96 Max, S905x3, 4GB/128GB. After an apt upgrade and reboot it never came to life. I use the Single Image, boot from eMMC. WIll not boot recovery either (pin in audio slot pressing the buttin). Red LED is on. fter 5s or so TV stops saying no signal and goes to an almost dark screen that becomes black. Also tried with SD card, with and without recovery button. Guess a hardware issue ? Will I get anything usable from soldering a serial port connection ? eMMC is marked SDINAFF4-128G, made in Taiwan, so possible a Sandisk quality component. But they etched the brand name away. Most annoying is that I lost all the data, was…

Hi, everybody, i am using the x96 mini (Armlogic 905w) 2GB/16GB version, on it Debian 10 and PiVPN, so it is possible to use OpenVPN but unfortunately it is not possible to select Wireguard, is there a way to get Wireguard running? (It works on my RPI's). Thanks for the effort.

Hi, I successfuly use Armbian on a beelink TV box but I can't install it on eMMC/NAND. So running out of the SDcard will eventually end up crashing . So I'm Looking for a cheap / realiable / no hassle TV Box to replace it. So what box would you recommend, around 25$ budget, which works fine "out of the box" to install armbian When answering please tell which dtb you are using with your box. Thanks.

Hi Folks, I have an MXQ-PRO-S905 box, branded as an "Antsir" 4k box, 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM using an RTL8189 chipset. I have built the SD card several times using different variations of the Armbian OS (details below). The box is currently running the "Coolio" build, but I want to be able to run armbian from the SD card, however, there is no update options available inside the OS to trigger it to boot, so I manually boot into recovery, the SD card can be seen, but because I dont have a valid file for the recovery bootloader, I cannot trigger it to boot into the environment. Is there anything special I need to be doing?

Hello @all. I Have a Nexbox A95X With 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM. Also it has a AP6330 Wifi Chip. What I want to achive, is to have a running Server, as a private Git-Server. I Used a Gog-Server on a Raspberry Zero W, but i wanted to see if I can get a Gitlab to run, and maybe more Server thingies like Webservers etc. I used the Premade "Armbian_20.05.0_Arm-64_buster_current_5.6.0-rc4_desktop_20200320" and got it working. I had to set in the "uEnv.txt" following DTB: # aml s9xxx FDT=/dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-nexbox-a95x.dtb APPEND=root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 …

I converted the .dtb file to .tds and saw that the 2G ram information is correct. I did everything I can never use more than 720Mb of RAM, after that, use the zram. As the free command shows. my box is S905x 2GB and kernel 5.1.0-aml-s905 #5.90 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 1 15:40:37 MSK 2019 aarch64 GNU/Linux oot@fenix:/boot/dtb# free total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 1849584 713516 883136 41232 252932 1019832 Swap: 2774372 381696 2392676 It appears that in 2GB of RAM but only uses 720Mb what to do? I turned off the zram0 sw…

Hi im really don't have much knowledge when it comes to stuff like this so please be patient with me. I am trying to setup several Amlogic tv boxes with armbian for my kids to use but I don't seen to be having any success in getting any of the to boot into armbian from the sd card. I have several boxes that are either s905w or s912 but I cant seem to get any to work so I must be doing something wrong. I have followed several instruction videos and tutorials but there are a few things I just don't get. so I have downloaded this file Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_buster_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205 and written it to the sd card fine, next is the dtb file part, I …

Hello, I have read a lot to get panfrost ins a s912 tv box, but always with same result... llvmpipe. I don t know how to make it works... I have a H96 pro plus 3GB 32GB, S912. I tried with a lot balbes150 images, Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW and S9xx images. Now with 20.5.2, 5.7 focal. malloc@arm-64:~$ inxi -F System: Host: arm-64 Kernel: 5.7.0-rc1-arm-64 aarch64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Machine: Type: ARM Device System: Amlogic Meson GXM (S912) Q200 Development Board details: N/A CPU: Topology: 8-Core (2-Die) model: ARMv8 v8l variant: cortex-a53 bits: 64 type: MCP MCM Speed: 15…

Hi, I have a sunvell Qplus TV Box with Allwinner H6 I write the img by @balbes150 into SD Cards And I use the dtb by @hexdump The Qplus Box boot into Armbian but failed connect to the Ethernet of WIfi （found no device） So is there anyway to make it fine? Thanks!

Hey guys. I need around 10-20 SBC or TV Boxes that can run Armbian. I only need Ethernet support, Wi-Fi and BT isn't required, but I'd like something stable that doesn't overheat. I'll be running Docker on them, is that an issue on Armbian? This can be a deal breaker for me. 2GB/16GB boxes would be the best option if I can flash armbian to the EMMC in board, requiring no SD card to boot, thus minimizing costs. I've seen that the Tanix TX3 Mini is stable and the 2GB/16GB unit is at around 25€, but this is a bit much. I managed to buy some RK3318 2GB/16GB boxes in the past for 18€, but they're gone. I've also seen the HK1 Mini, which uses…

Hello guys. Why my tv box mxq pro 4k doesn't start automatically from sdcard with armbian on it? i'm using it like server, so i don't want load android for reach armbian. Thank's

Hi there, I am very new here and would like to install Linux on my BOX Beelink GT king. I only read very little about the S922 and couldn't find out any correct information. Can you help me with the image and DTB I need? Thanks.

Hello everyone, For the past days i've been trying to install Armbian on my S905 box. I've been able to backup the system with TWRP through a microSD card. I've installed Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_buster_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205 on the SD card and have been trying ever since to find the right DTB file to boot with. Searching the forums (and coreelec/libreelec forums) it seems that some of these boxes come with a S905 or S905x SOC, but none of the DTB files i've tried result in anything else than a black screen on boot. Am i doing something really wrong here? Is it perhaps possible to extract a DTB file for th…

Hello everyone. I'm trying to install armbian on my tvbox mxq pro 4k p201. From CPU-Z the tvbox have Cortex A53 x64. Anyone knows how i can install armbian on this device? I tried a lot of armbian distro, but every time the device gets bricked and I'm forced to flash the original rom. Thank's in advice

I got a TV Box like but reprogram to work as a Point of Sales and found it way to my Local Flea Market a few months back ( before lockdown ) i got it for $1 is there any Linux OS would Work ? it a RK3328 heres some pics of 4by4.co.kr in Google https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wRtn-gJF7iCrtPDIymLXs7FXntReO3zk/view?usp=sharing

I am starting a new thread as this discussion doesn't belong in the "Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW" thread. The end user need is that users (I think this is especially true of TV box users) think of Armbian for TV boxes like a standard linux distribution. What this means is that they expect to receive security updates and critical bug fixes. They are after all trying to run home servers and desktops on this platform. And for the most part they get these fixes from the upstream distributions (ubuntu or debian). However they don't get fixes for the linux kernel. The question "how do I get kernel updates?" gets asked quite frequently in the TV box …

Probably off topic, but I would just like to understand if maybe someone can give me a direction in which to look. Does anyone know if it is possible to run Lakka on an RK3328 TV Box (specifically MX10 4/64)? Thanks if someone can give me some info! Beppe.

Hello Guys I am new to this forum and I want to ask if there is any possibility to install armbian on T95Z Plus and how? I have downloaded USB_Burning_Tool, I have installed and plug the T95Z Plus to usb port, it detected it but when I tried to load an image (raspbian or armbian) displayed a message that "parsing of the image failed". Any suggestions? livescore

Hi All, Ive installed docker via the arbian-config -> Softy option but I don't see the option to remove/uninstall software Upon trying to remove the software (root) via apt-get/dpkg, I get an error that docker is not installed. What is the procedure for removing software install via Softy? Board: T95Max+ ArmbianVER: Armbian_20.05.1_Arm-64_buster_current_5.6.2_20200408

I have tried to install arbian but in vain there are no dtb for the a95x r1. Please help me to install it

Hi, I have a cheap new box HK1 Pro. It's based u203 board. Is it compatible with the standard g12a-u200 dtb? Here I attached the factory dts. best regards, Gabor hk1pro.dts

Hi Folks; (Tanix TX92) uname -a: Linux aml-s9xxx 5.5.1-aml-s9xxx #trunk SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 9 17:54:57 EDT 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux I need kernel headers to build some out of tree kernel modules such as openvfd but have been stuck for several days. Research / experience has shown that: - lot of obsolete information - old kernels - armbian-config fails to install headers - No correct linux-headers version available for download - ./compile.sh INSTALL_HEADERS=yes does install headers, but issues (forum search) due to WIREGUARD - ./compile.sh INSTALL_HEADERS=yes WIREGUARD=no is required for proper hea…

Hi, I always had the desire to understand if it is possible to use the pins of the IR sensor, as general input / output to control sensors and actuators ?! What would be the steps to allow this? My Board: TX8 PRO / Amlogic S905W root@arm-64:/sys/class/gpio# cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio gpiochip1: GPIOs 401-500, parent: platform/c8834000.bus:pinctrl@4b0, periphs-banks: gpio-420 ( |regulator-hdmi-5v ) out lo gpio-422 ( |enable ) out lo gpio-436 ( |reset ) out hi ACTIVE LOW gpio-449 ( |cd ) in lo ACTIVE LOW gp…

After all accounts that the S922X is much better than the rk3399 I've got running Armbian as a daily driver, I've decided to take the plunge (on 11/11) with this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000268608282.html?spm=2114.12057483.0.0.7f197d9f029O4t If anyone has any thoughts, comments, tips etc, feel free to add to the discussion

I install armabian success on SD card and make guid : https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/#how-to-install-to-emmc-nand-sata-usb but error command not found I used armbian : Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_20200205.img.xz Can current armbian be installed on eMMC? please help me .

This is a quick notes post for people that want to setup Armbian on AlfaWise H96 Pro+ eMMC and use it as a Headless Server for Docker Microservices Thanks to @balbes150 @guidol and @Jeycop and all the awsome people of this forum Tech stack used Armbian - Java 8 - Docker - Spring Framework/Boot 2.0 - Node Js - Aurelia Freamework Download Files - Android firmware (Optional, required in case of revert from eMMC flash) - New H96 Pro Plus 7.1.2 firmware download By EBox - Armbian Version Armbian_5.41_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_server_20180305.img …

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As I have been watching the development of Armbian for TV boxes, there is one area that my needs haven't been addressed yet. And since this is open source that means I needed to read a lot of posts and get into the code to understand how things are working. I have been doing that over the last six months or so and wanted to report back on what I am now doing to solve my issue as it may help others. I have a number of TV boxes running as headless servers for a variety of projects. Once I install Armbian on them I then get OS updates through ubuntu (I am using Ubuntu Bionic on my boxes). That gives me bug fixes and patches for the software running on these b…

Hi guys!! Im trying to install Armbian in a MX10 PRO 6k TV box (Allwinner H6, a Quad Core with ARM Cortex-A53 processors), following same steps for the main firmware. The trouble here is that there is no armbian option to this distro, so i tried create an image with the allwinner configuration (editing uEnv txt and dtb.img) for orange pi 3 (which has allwinner h6 too), but, when i startup the tvbox (plugin power wire) the box dont recognize the image >__< And also, in youtube there is a tutorial that said i must push the "AV hidden button" when i plug the power wire, but never send image signal :shrug: anybody has tried with this box? (a…

I own a couple of tvboxes bought in a private exchange market by a seller claiming they were not working(stuck on ANDROID logo = for sure bad firmware inside) Since the price was really low i bougth some and discovered that mainly the inner processor is rk 3229 from rockchip. A quick search about the possibility to install linux on those tvboxes lead me to the very first approach on theme: https://respeaker.io/rk3229_core Well, I thought If already someone did it , I can do it too; that was the beginning of one of worst nightmares of my life Those boards are totally different even when they look similar: some have nand storage, some have emmc, some have …

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hello cracks, i own a TV Box and would like to run Armbian with PiHole and CheckMK - PiHole is running as far as i can get CheckMK for ARM Debian not installed here it seems there are many dependencies to Apache which i can't get installed i have already created a thread in the arm checkmk programming and hope for a solution https://github.com/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/issues/20 furthermore i haven't found a way to install armbian directly to the internal memory eMMc - all described instructions don't seem to work because some .sh scripts are missing or menus are not available under armbian-config Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translato…

Hello. Does anyone have u-boot for tv-box magicsee n6max? It does not start with the kernel 5.6.0-rc4. Tell me how to run armbian on this core.

Tanix TX92 Wife tired of looking at "boot" Would appreciate instructions how to integrate https://github.com/arthur-liberman/linux_openvfd/tree/master/driver either using Build-Armbian or target compile. armbian-config install kernel headers not working... Thanks; Bill

Hi! Which ARM processor? Would be RK3399? Armbian support is good? Second question: What is the best cost-benefit option?

Hi, This is my first post here. I have a Q-Box which I bought, I believe, in 2016. Chipset: S905 RAM: 2GB Storage: 16GB Software: Android 5.1 I would like to install linux on this box, but after following the procedure in this site, the box doesn't boot at all. I wait for way more than the 7-10 minutes in the tutorial, but the screen is always black. When I remove the external SD-Card it works normally. Phheeewww ! As suggested in the tutorial, I tried several dtb files with no success. From the videos, I have noticed that there is a reset button, but mine doesn't have one. Any one with the same problem, or a…

To avoid off-topic discussion, suggested by @balbes150, i started this thread in hope that someone wants to get involved contributing to Armbian!?! I want to make an Android app that can: Extract your DTB.img. Burn Armbian distro to USB/SD card. (no PC required!) - it will require root OR custom recovery. Targets: AMlogic first, Rockchip after, Maybe more (MTK)? The app will use: 'EtchDroid' (open source - F-Droid) to burn the .img's to USB/SD card. 'Amlogic DTB tool' (open source - GitHub) for DTB extraction. What i need: HELP!!! i cannot do it alone! i will need ATLEAST so…

I'm at my wit's end here, I've tried all I can think of. I have this Mecool M8S Pro, I've been trying to root it, flash twrp, and install armbian. There is no way to access bootloader, or maybe it's the same as recovery. When I put armbian on an sdcard and made an armbian_first_run.txt file, I first tried using the update app. I picked the aml_autoscript.zip, and confirmed the update, then a message pops up and says "shutting down", then nothing I've left this for a long time and the box never comes back on. Basically, the box won't turn on if there is an sdcard in the slot. I've looked at all the logs available from the recovery screen and after I try this it says someth…

I have a small problem I have quite a lot of sites as well as forum sites visited and find a solution my tv box h6 allwinner see picture. I would like to operate tv box with linux would nice who you may have a few helpful tips have Thank you. ich habe ein kleines problem ich habe schon ziehmlich viele webseiten so wie forum seiten besucht und finde ein keine lösung meine tv box h6 allwinner siehe bild . ich würde gerne tv box mit linux betreiben wäre schön wen ihr eventuell ein paar hilfreicht tips hab danke.

Hello, As far as I read, there are not many (<100$) arm64 board to run linux armbian, kodi, maybe plex, capable of playing without issues 4k videos. I think if I'd like to make tvbox the best choice in terms of video quality would be using android, right? Thing is I hate android, I love linux. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is there any good board around 50-80 $ to make a linux tv box? I'd just use it as an HTPC for playing video with a 4k tv attached to it and maybe some simple home media server. Thank you

Hellow there, I installed Armbian_5.67_Aml-s9xxx_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.19.0-rc7_desktop_20181117 to my Phicomm N1 box and found that the WIFI/Bluetooth is not available. Anyone can help me install the drivers? ____ ___ / ___|/ _ \__ ____ ____ __ \___ \ (_) \ \/ /\ \/ /\ \/ / ___) \__, |> < > < > < |____/ /_//_/\_\/_/\_\/_/\_\ Welcome to ARMBIAN 5.67 user-built Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS 4.19.0-rc7-aml-s9xxx System load: 2.45 1.19 0.57 Up time: 9 min Memory usage: 16 % of 1844MB IP: 192.168.9.46 CPU temp:…

Hi all I have UART connected to my MiBox S (which doesn't have a SD card slot only 1 usb). I'm trying to see if it can boot from USB, but it says there are no storage devices connected. Is it possible or am i just wasting my time: U-Boot 2015.01-g9a75fc5-dirty (Jul 11 2019 - 19:46:21), Build: jenkins-oneday-699 DRAM: 2 GiB Relocation Offset is: 76ed3000 gpio: pin gpiodv_24 (gpio 43) value is 1 gpio: pin gpioh_3 (gpio 52) value is 1 register usb cfg[0][1] = 0000000077f5db98 [CANVAS]canvas init MMC: aml_priv->desc_buf = 0x0000000073ed3b40 aml_priv->desc_buf = 0x0000000073ed5e60 SDIO Port B: 0, SDIO Port C: 1 emmc/sd response timeout, cmd8, status=0x3f…

Hello, I'm running ARMBIAN aarch64 on H96 Pro Plus (S912 with Mali T820) 3gb ram I have built new Mesa 20 with Panfrost support ,all is fine but NO OpenGL 3 support at all, just until 2. Is there a reason ? From what I know Mali T820 should be capable of GL3. Is there a new driver to be installed ? PS I boot using the following dtb meson-gxm-q200.dtb or meson-gxm-khadas-vim2.dtb Thanks

Please help me find short Location x88 pro rk3318 4G RAM 128G I tried the solution, after search the internet but it does not work my error

Hello everybody, Some time ago I bought "Mxq Max" rk3328 tv boxes currently on android. I want to install linux there. So I downloaded the image "Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.038_Rk3328-tv_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205.img" that I engraved on a sd card "Sandisk Extreme 32go class10 U3" When I boot on the SD, I get the message "ALERT! LABEL = ROOTFS does not exist. Dropping to a shell" So I burn a USB key, booted on it. The installation went well, but once on Linux impossible to launch the command "ddbr" because it does not detect the SD or the EMMC. In addition, the network connection does not work. Can you help me ? Sorry for my English, I am Frenc…

I have Trongle X1 S905X . Everything boot ok with Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205 and meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb : lan ok, wifi ok, HDMI sound ok. In armbian-config i don't have "install to eMMC, NAND, SATA & USB". Can i install to emmc with this version of armbian? From a noob ....Thanks!

Good morning all, maybe someone could enlight me I own this box who internal board is a Q+ h6 version 3.0 . Despite of what is claimed ( 4 giga ram ) really the board is 2 giga ram. But the biggest problem is that the board is stick on Q logo and doesn't go further I have access to uart and when I try to flash new firmware, DOESN'T MATTER if I use phoenixsuite or the sd I have got this message: [18.838]nand not support! channel 0 chip 0: 2c 84 64 3c a9 04 00 00 [18.843]nand not support! channel 0 chip 1: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [18.849]nand not support! channel 0 chip 2: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [18.855]nand not support! channel 0 chip 3: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00…

Hi there, I'm new to these boards and armbian. I've checked the forums but i have some questions that can be also helpfull for other peoples. 1) hardware specs My board (You can see there https://ibb.co/ZSbw62q) is a AM_MXQ_A 20150825 i can see on the board these chips: - MAIN CPU => AMLOGIC S8005 - GPU => ???? - WIFI => REALTEK IC RTL8189ETV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R - (S)DRAM => 2X HYNIX DDR3 H5TQ4G63AFR-PBC 4Gb x16 x1 1600 29nm FBGA96 √ (792MHz) √ (636MHz) - STORAGE (NAND) => SANDISK MLC SDTNRGAMA-008GK 8GB 1 40bit /1024B 1ynm TSOP48 Note 1 Why ram is 1gb if there are 2x4gb on board?? Are also used…

Hi everyone, I have 3 these weird kind of boxes, which have allwinner h3 processor, 1gb Ram and 8gb NAND flash. I want an armbian image that could work with this. beelink x2 link is down l. and I have tried Orange pi pc plus image. but it does not boot.