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Hi i'm looking for the older images for the amlogix s905 boards hence the board I have has a very old version of uBOOT AND THE 5.XX Kernals don't work. If anyone can upload the older version or send them that would be great. Many Thanks

Hey I've managed to boot armbian on my box with S905X using meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb. The thing is that the screen resolution isn't properly setup. For some reason it detects Composite-1 when there's none and HDMI default is 1024x768. This isn't that big of an issue as I was able to use xrandr to fix it for my monitor. However when plugged to something bigger like TV the screen is very weird. Colors start to change color and screen has some weird artifacts. You can watch it here https://streamable.com/2615s A friend of mine has another box and it works perfectly out of the box. The TV is not the issue but rather the dtb. the meson-gxm-khadas-vim2.dtb also works but wifi…

Good Day I have a Mecool K3 Pro (S912 - 3GB) which includes an internal DVB tuner. I have installed images from balbes150 ( https://yadi.sk/d/pHxaRAs-tZiei) The latest device tree source (dts) for meson-gxm-s912-kiii-pro.dtb includes the dvb config. So the K3 boots fine without any problems, except there is no dvb interface (/dev/dvb). So I need to load the kernel modules for the AVL6862 tuner, but it is not included in the images. To compile my own modules, I can only find source drivers here: https://github.com/afl1/dvb_tv-aml https://github.com/avlogic/AVL6862 but I am unable to successf…

Good Day everyone! I have 4 of these Kata Boxes lying around the house, and due to the poor firmware of which was never updated, I was hoping to have Armbian installed to that I could place these near my DAC's to become essentially DLNA devices (Of which I hope will be painless). However, in trying to boot armbian, I have no luck whatsoever. In Libreelec, I am able to boot fine from the SD Card no problem, and since I have an opportunity to SSH, I wanted to know the device tree it was using by running the command "cat /proc/device-tree/le-dt-id," the result of was "gxbb_p200 LibreELEC:~ #." With that information, I've used the same dtb located in the dtb folder of …

i have a tv box mxq pro 4k, i installed Armbian_ubuntu_xenial_mate_2018, and have a problem with display on desktop. i dont access into desktop, must access by CLI, then query armbian-config -> -> switch lightdm ..... so i just to desktop. how do i do to access desktop when boot, not must step above ?

Image: Armbian_5.41.1_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20180421.img.xz Status: all working except adding tc rules john@amlogic:~$ sudo tc qdisc add dev wlan0 root handle 1: prio RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory john@amlogic:~$ sudo tc qdisc add dev wlan0 parent 1:3 handle 30: tbf rate 1024kbit latency 50ms burst 1540 RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory john@amlogic:~$ sudo tc filter add dev wlan0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip dport 17500 0xfc00 flowid 1:3 RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument We have an error talking to the kernel john@amlogic:~$ sudo tc filter add dev wlan0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u…

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…

Hi, So I have an MXQ S805 box. I installed Armbian_5.44 S805 Debian Server on SD card, got the right DTB to work and its working well. I have run the install.sh file to install to NAND and that has gone well too However, when I reboot, it goes into a weird loop that basically does not allow it to boot right. I encountered this loop previously when I was trying to identify the right DTB for my box, so I am confused that much more. What am I missing? Help. Thanks.

I propose to discuss the use of TV boxes (SbC) as a multifunctional complex that can be used as a PC and a universal media center. I've been testing a lot of different models lately that may qualify for this role. Later I will publish General notes, which I got on different models of processors and specific models of TV boxes.

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

Hello, I have troubles tryng to boot with the last armbian 20.10 buster with my s905w box, and I think may be the problem is on this "The start system in Coreelec is not compatible with LibreELECE Armbian etc.". I boot form Emuelec (not corelec) without any problem. Maybe Emuelec=Corelec boot so I can't boot from armbian? Thanks

good day guys i am new here i have a android box that is a huawei model ec6108v8 settop box using a hi3719 processer is there away to install armbian on it

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....!

Hello, I find armbian awesome and my problem is because of the manufacurers. I basically want to play accelerated video (because I need 4k). I tried amlogic, but it is not still supported (https://linux-meson.com/hardware.html) the status is partial for the chips I tried. I don't what "partial" means but I can hardware decoding. I also tried allwinner, several chips. In this page https://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi-Cedrus I see that it is supported but I tried with new kernels, old kernels... Nothing worked. I always reach a point that stops me (like segmentation fault when loading sunxi modules, system freeze when using vdpau, compilation errors due inco…

Its CPU is rk3328.It only costs $18.

Hi, it is possible to flash the ABOX A1 Max with linux? So far I have tried some dtbs, but the boot process aborts when loading the desktop. thanks a lot Maik

Hi all, I've just installed @balbes150 excellent Ubuntu image on the X96 tv box. Everything seems to work fine, thank you! Did anyone get WireGuard to work on the 5.0.2 kernel? I've got the following MODPOST compile error, and not sure what to do: https://paste.lollipopcloud.solutions/?6e76f1f1c8557c13#CalHYFsKZ9HSk4/jUPAgSr/EoUDysq6joShsZx41Cgo= If I try to create a wg interface, the system would hang: # ip link add dev wg0 type wireguard Thanks again Qooerr

There is a acestream for armv7 processors here https://github.com/sshmanko/acestream-armv7 And this is how I installed it cd /tmp wget https://github.com/sshmanko/acestream-armv7/archive/3.1.30.tar.gz cd /opt sudo tar -zxf /tmp/3.1.30.tar.gz sudo mv acestream-armv7-3.1.30 acestream cd acestream sudo leafpad acestream.conf under --login, change re.place@me for your mail under --password change ReplaceMe for your own password sudo ./acestream.start Open this url on your browser http://127.0.0.1:6878/webui/app/ReplaceMe/server#proxy-server-playlist Click "Add Content" …

I wonder if there is some Armbian/another distro for RK3066A based chipset. I heard something about Picuntu, but seems that the download links are no longer working and it is based on some outdated Ubuntu distro. Any idea what else can I find for this device?

Hi i am traying to install armbian in my new tv box (Mecool km3). i have used the image: Armbian_5.89_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0_desktop_20190617 but my tv box only show the initial screen "Tv box" and never follow there. The step to step that i have used is: 1. Burn the image 5.89_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0_desktop_20190617 in an usb pen using etcher. 2. I have activated the multiboot mode ( Pushing internal button while a power the tv box for 5 seconds). 3. The tv box shows in its screen "Tv box" and it does not continue. Can you help me??

Hello, Can some one to explain me, how exactly armbian set face RTC clock on interface up? I need to synchronize clock on tx3 mini with local NTP server, but no success at this moment. There are no chrony or ntp running... tx3mini@aml:~$ cat /etc/network/if-up.d/chrony #!/bin/sh set -e [ -x /usr/sbin/chronyd ] || exit 0 if [ -e /run/chronyd.pid ] && ip r list dev $IFACE 2> /dev/null | grep -q '^default'; then chronyc online > /dev/null 2>&1 fi exit 0 tx3mini@aml:~$ ls /usr/sbin/ch chgpasswd chmem chpasswd chroot tx3mini@aml:~$ ls /etc/chrony/chrony. chrony.conf chrony.keys

I have been happy user of Vscission V88 Piano board for some months running Armbian and ZFS, but yesterday after some trouble rebooting like 20x after the box hang during an attempt to clone a Corsair 32GB USB drive, i can't get it to boot Armbian any longer! I've verified i'ts' not the SDcard nor the content in it (correct dtb.img etc) and i even downloaded another image from dl.armbian.com and tested a new SD card with no luck. It boots Android just fine when SD card is not inserted, but when inserted i see a red light and nothing on the screen. Sad since this one has enough RAM to run a lot of stuff. What could this be?

Hi, Im running newest build of Armbian on my TV box But in current kernel į dont see ssv6051 firmware. Would it be possible to add it to The build? Ar maybe some One could assist on building it on my system? Thanks

Following the lead of https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?t=34963 I did sudo taskset -cp 4,5 $(pgrep Xorg) Now how do I check whether X has improved or not?

Using openvfd and the recommended settings, the display on my box works for me, but I can always only see the exact time. How can I display my own content using openvfd?

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, Is it possible to run the Armbian system on the A5X Plus MINI based on rk3328. I am looking for a place to find a matching DTB file. Can I ask for help in this matter ?? Regadrs, Piotr

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…

Hi all, I'm trying to compile open vfd driver for my tx3 mini tv box. It's running Armbian buster with kernel version 5.9.0. Here is what I've done so far. sudo make ARCH=arm64 -C "/usr/src/linux-headers-5.9.0-arm-64" M="/home/dale/linux_openvfd/driver" make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.9.0-arm-64' AR /home/dale/linux_openvfd/driver/built-in.a CC [M] /home/dale/linux_openvfd/driver/protocols/i2c_sw.o CC [M] /home/dale/linux_openvfd/driver/protocols/i2c_hw.o CC [M] /home/dale/linux_openvfd/driver/protocols/spi_sw.o CC [M] /home/dale/linux_openvfd/driver/controllers/dummy.o CC [M] /home/dale/l…

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…

Hey guys! I have a S905W box, I flashed Armbian on a USB, before it worked fine, no problems, the box bricked cuz I installed Armbian unintentionally, I unbricked it then now with this firmware it doesn't boot, it goes straight to Android. I was trying to find the original firmware but no luck, is there anyway to make it boot?

Balbes150, I made a image with your git lib and 905X kernel. Using your config-4.9.26+ with settings non debug and 1000Hz timer and using Debian testing Xfce repos. Why it uses only half screen with Sunvell T95Z Plus Amlogic S912? To get this far you need to fix a lot of gcc 6.3 compilation errors from the display driver. In many places { and } were missing in if statements and there were two illegal C code lines like it would be a python program. There is no audio driver and I tried to port it from the 3.14 kernel, but it is too much work. The linux mainline kernel can have support for hdmi and audio soon: http://linux-meson.com/doku.php . …

Ok fairly new to ARMBIAN.... Possibly 3 hrs in. I have it running on an MXQ media box, all fine but no wi-fi... Put in an old D-Link DWL-G122 usb stick and whilst it's recognised by the usb sub system no driver gets loaded. I have installed armbian-firmware-full and there seems to be relevant firmware for the RALINK devices. but iwconfig does nothing and the device does not show up in "nmtui" I have to admit it's probably 13-14 years since I had to manually do anything with a linux driver so I am rusty! Any ideas? Cheers TT

I just buy a tv box, X96 MAX PLUS. But i don't konw how to boot from usb stick? Can anyone help me? Thanks.

I have now burned an image to SD card, Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200205 That is supposed to be compatible, what is the next step to get this to boot on Tanix S912. Is there maybe a simple script to change the Tanix to boot alternatively from SD and Android installing required changes, or do i have to edit some file and install something on the Android device to get it going? A stepwise explanation would be nice, what file to edit where it resides, and what extra software to install. JT

Hi folks, I'm currently running @150Balbes "Armbian_5.27_S812_Ubuntu_xenial_3.10.99" on a S812, but with some minor issues. Ethernet only 100Mbits (Realtek 8211F). Kernels newer than 3.10.99 won't boot (but will try to determine why, when I get my UART Adpter.) So after all, I'm thinking to replace this box, with a more current one. Purpose of this box: running an "Emby-Server" with external HDDs and probably "Pi-Hole". Which box is recommendable for these purposes? thanks in advance

Greetings In my case , I only needed to re-install network-manager , I did it this way: - Connect box via Ethernet. - apt install wicd. -open synaptic and uninstall network-manager , network-manager-gnome and network-manager-vpn. - Rebbot - open Wicd and check if WiFi networks are detected , otherwise use dongle. - In terminal, apt install network-manager && apt install network-manager-gnome. - Reboot. - Check if WiFi networks are detected and tadaaa, yes they are. -open synaptic and uninstall : wicd, wicd-gtk, wicd daemon and python- wicd. - final reboot and everything is working fine. Hope …

Hi everyone I am a novice in linux and it's software development, please bear with me. I have Tanix TX92 2GB/16GB TV Box which runs perfectly on CoreElec using gxm_q201_2g_1gbit.dtb with Wi-Fi and IR remote working okay however on Armbian 5.XX versions using menson_ gxm_q201.dtb none of network interfaces work whereas with menson-gxm_vega_s96.dtb physical interface works while wireless interface doesn't. Can anyone help to transform CoreElec's gxm_q201_2g_1gbit.dtb such that it works with Armbian? Help me please.

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?

What do you guys think of this? https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/03/23/nexdock-2-laptop-shell-full-hd-display-usb-c-port/ https://ksr-video.imgix.net/projects/3250487/video-949059-h264_base.mp4 This and your tv box or smartphone, you're good to go

I want to install the Single armbian image on my S912 H96+ 3gb. I have previously installed it with the Amlogic image and it works right with the meson-gxm-q200 dtb. With the Single armbian image Armbian_20.08_Arm-64_focal_current_5.7.15_desktop I have modified the extlinux.conf with FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxm-q200.dtb and the APPEND line. I have also put # in the other lines. I have alsor ename the u-boot-s905x-s912 file to u-boot.ext . When I boot the system it begins working but It says something wrong with the earthnet and it stops loading. Can anybody help me? Thanks

Anybody know of a good vpn service for my tv box. Purevpn supports linux and even has an 85% off but i havnt used it before

I have a T95 Max+ android tv box (Same one that ETA Prime reviewed) that has a S905X3. Using the latest img (Armbian_20.07_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.7.9.img.xz) I have set the uEnv.txt to use meson-sm1-sei610.dtb. I have tried to use the Update app but that gives the the Error screen with these errors: E: Block map file is too short: 3 E: Map of '@/cache/recovery/block.map' failed E: failed to map file Installation aborted. Using the so called toothpick method I was able to get to the screen with the 4 tux pictures but the color of the screen was blue. It was repeatably giving this error mmc1: error -84 whilst initialising SD car…

Hello all, I have a a95x r1 with a amlogic s905w 2g 16g I have tried all the awesome linux Images that Balbes150 decated so much time too. I want to try and take the ubuntu 18.04 image released for the odroid c2 sbc and run it on my box , all the main hardware is the same on both devices. The reason i wish to use this img is because it has all the mali 450 drivers setup for x11 ect... So my question is can someone point me to so documentation explaining me how to setup the uboot to use this image Thanks Donny

Hi everbody, last week I bought a TV-Box X96mini 2 GB / 16 GB. After reading the FAQ (thx @SteeMan), it was easy to set up this little box with the image provided by balbes150. (thx @balbes150) Most of the hardware is working fine, with the meson-gxl-s095x-p212.dtb, which is found on /boot/dtb/amlogic. There is a problem with the lirc support, but using triggerhappy will do the job. Thx @Alexey Woronov, https://forum.armbian.com/topic/11161-lirc-on-armbian-buster/?tab=comments#comment-83995 Another little problem is audio. Basically sound works, but volume from the audio jack is much too low. Only when I'm turning the volume to the max, I'm able to hear something.…

Hi, I've bought a pandoo box with an amlogic s912,2 3g of ram and a mali t820, I've found a couple of dtb files (vegas and meson-gxbb-p200.dtb I think) that make it boot but without wifi nor bluetooth, I've tried extracting the one from android using termux and dd /dev/dtb with no luck... is there anything else to try? any way to make wifi and bt work? Any help is appreciated Thanks!

I have a TX5 PRO that i flashed with Armbian a while back. Yesterday i decided to upgrade to the latest focal image from this forum (was running an RC version of focal). Booting into the image worked fine, and flashing it to emmc didn't give any errors. However, now the board will not boot. Not sure if i used the 'shutdown' or 'reboot' command, but after installation finished i intended to boot from emmc, but it didn't boot at all. The light stays red, but i recall the light being blue when powered on, so it looks like it is in sleep mode. Power cycling the device does not work, and i can't find the remote (might have been thrown away). Is there any way i can force i…

The 8189es module for wifi driver has dissapear in Amlogic 5.9.0-arm-64 #20.10 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 14 12:04:42 MSK 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux releas TIA