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Hi - I have a ZeroPi board running 'bookworm' as supplied by the vendor. I woudl like to run 'trixie' and downloaded it from this page https://www.armbian.com/zero-pi/ but had no luck getting it booted. Would anyone have an idea how to get this to work or what the status is of 'trixie' for the ZeroPi boad. Thanks

Version `25.8.2` of kernel, dtb and/or header package on Armbian Ubuntu Noble break `zfs-dkms` (I'm pretty sure kernel module `zfs` was not built with success) I had to run: ```sh sudo apt install linux-image-current-meson64=25.8.1 linux-headers-current-meson64=25.8.1 linux-dtb-current-meson64=25.8.1 && sudo dpkg-reconfigure zfs-dkms ``` I couldn't look in to the problem, because I was busy doing something else when I was just upgrading every package on the system. I had to prioritize quickly fixing it before another user arrives so I just reverted the suspicious packages (the three I mentioned in the title) I can't lo…

hi guys, yesterdays announcement of Qualcomm Arduino UNO Q on some Dragonwing SoC ... but heard anybody about it already? how it can be open? some questions ... P.

Hi, I'm trying to download the image to add to my sd card, but all the images I tried downloading, either through direct link or torrent, give me this error: Internal error - code should not reach this point I couldn't find any information about this anywhere, and it is happening with all the images and versions. Can someone please help me download them? Thanks!

Hello, I am planning to desgin a Computer-on-Board, but would like to know what are the minimal specs needed for it to run a graphical user interface with a desktop. Doing a simple Google Search gives me two answers: "512 MB RAM memory, at least 8 GB of storage (on a quality SD card or eMMC), a 4-core processor, and wired networking. For a more advanced Armbian build framework, you'll require a system with at least 8GB of RAM and 50GB of disk space, although specific requirements vary depending on the hardware." My main issue with this is that it doesn't explain directly if 512 MB of RAM and a 4-core processor (and what frequency?) are enough for the most ligh…

Hello, I'm pretty new to Armbian world and still trying to learn how everything works. I have got this Asus Tinker Board R2.0 that I'm trying to use with an Armbian image. However, before flashing the Armbian image to SD and boot from it, is there any way I could emulate the system on my PC, boot from a fresh Armbian ROM, change my preferred settings and install the applications I want, and then transfer the whole "personalised" ROM to an SD and boot from it on my actual Tinker Board. If I need to "initialise" the fresh Armbian ROM on the actual Tinker Board, can I then use the SD card (or an img created from it with Win…

Sorry if I have come to the wrong place. A friend has given me an Orange Pi 5 Plus, fitted with a 1GB SSD, and I have been trying to get it started up. According to its previous owner, the SSD had been completely erased (I don't know why). It had no SD card with it when I got it. I downloaded the online instruction manuals, and set about trying to start it up, using a suitable 32GB SD card. I first tried with (OrangePi) Ubuntu, but ran into problems using Balena Etcher. It apparently transfers the Ubuntu Image to the SD card, but just as it appears to complete the process of verification, it produces a helpful error message ('There was an Error'....). I also tried wi…

Let's Encrypt Certificate has expired for apt.armbian.com openssl s_client -connect apt.armbian.com:443 -servername apt.armbian.com < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep -E "(Verify return code|subject|issuer|notBefore|notAfter)" notAfter=Sep 25 23:05:16 2025 GMT notAfter=Sep 25 23:05:16 2025 GMT subject=CN=apt.armbian.com issuer=C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=E6 Verify return code: 10 (certificate has expired)

Hi, I’m new to the forum and just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the incredible work Armbian has done for the community. I have been tinkering around with Radxa rock 5 ITX SBC and Armbian. I flashed UEFI EDK2 for Radxa rock 5 ITX &nbsp;v1.1 from EDK2 porting to RK3588 initiative. While I can install ARM64 version of Ubuntu and Debian, none of them had support for H/W transcoding. So I decided to build an Armbian which used vendor kernel and had `uefi-edk2-3588` extension. Full build report is linked in this Armbian paste ./compile.sh \ BOARD=rock-5-itx \ RELEASE=trixie \ BRANCH=vendor \ BUILD_MINIMAL=yes \ BUILD_DESKTOP=no \ KERNEL_CONFIG…

Hello all, I succeed to boot on sata usb by seting the UUID of the armbian_root from mmcblk1p1 to sda1 I tested several M2 SSD enclosures both NVME and NGFF most of the time, one in the middle, has a USB Hub and micro SDCARD port. Now if the USB enclosures is not connected, we are stuck in initramfs stage because the UIID partition given in /boot/ArmbianEnv.txt does not exist. I changed the UUID of emmc armbian_root (mmcblk1p1) thinking it would be overmapped with partition of S2 usb enclosure (sda1). It is not the case, it will only boot on emmc , ignoring S2 enclosures when mmcblk1p1 and sda1 shares the same UUID. …

Hello fellow Linux gurus, Seeking for some assistance on this. I have NIC1 on 192.168.100.1/24 network with gateway set as 192.168.100.254 < this cant be changed. with a few PC’s connected to this. And NIC2 on 10.10.10.1/24 with a few devices on this. I want to be able to ping from PC1 connected to NIC1 on 192.168.100.100/24 to devices connected to NIC2 on 10.10.10.100/24 Could someone advise on the route settings I need to configure to make this work please ?

Hello, dear armbian community. I am using Orange Pi 5 plus, and I want to use kernel-6.16-5-edge-rockchip64 by armbian, as works much better than actual mainline (I have broken HDMI sound, buggy OpenGL, no power profiles) I, however, want to build kernel for different distro (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, aka binpkg-rpm). Where do I get kernel sources to do this? (And is it the right place to ask this question?)

Hi , I am unable to boot my RK3568 board and cannot get it into MaskROM mode for recovery. The boot process fails with a "Synchronous Abort" in U-Boot SPL during DDR initialization. The device gets stuck in a boot loop. It starts DDR training (`ddrconfig:0`) but fails with a Data Abort exception. Standard methods to enter MaskROM /Loader have not worked. I have attached the full serial log (Boot_log.txt). Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Boot_log.txt

I need to set these up: LAFVIN 2 4/2 8/3 2/3 5 Inch Tft Lcd Touch Display Screen Panel 320x240 Spi Serial Ili9341 Compatible With Arduino Uno R3/Mega2560 (To be used as an actual screen) Night Vision Camera ule for Raspberry Pi 4, Mini 5MP 1080P HD Video OV5647 Sensor Webcam Kit with Embedded IR-Cut They're listed according to how they're labeled in the online store. I tried multiple approach no to avail. Can anyone help me?

Hi All What is current working image for banana pi pro? Can't find any except one in archive (bookworm) which is not perfect.

Hi, I used to run a full docker environment using the Radxa Debian buster image upgraded to bullseye. Lately as the backport repo has been archived I decided to move onto Armbian as upgrading bullseye to bookworm did not boot (or seemed so...). After flashing the latest Rockpi4 image to the Rockpi4, I copied the docker configuration and files backups. I now have a akward behavior: - starting all the stacks (or containers) works fine, all seems ok - rebooting via sudo reboot provokes an endless reboot cycle which is only ended if I unplug the USB Zigbee coordinator key. Once the loop is stopped, the RockPi does not have any IPv4 address (only IPv…

Getting into buildroot and yocto seems a bit too much for me to get an A+B style update possibility. I would like to stick with the quality images provided by Armbian. The following applies to a NanoPi-NEO3 others SBC might have different partition layouts. From what I understood is that uboot looks for /boot in /dev/mmcblk0p1 reads the boot.cmd/scr and armbianEnv.txt and then boots the kernel accordingly. The armbianEnv.txt seems to point the kernel to the root partition using the rootdev directive. If /dev/mmcblk0p1 would now only hold /boot would it be possible to point to a different partition for the rootfs using armbianEnv.txt? …

Hello everyone, I am creating a custom Armbian build for OPI5 && OPI5b. The task is as follows: install several packages in the system and fully configure it. While there are no issues with installing packages and configuring the network, there is a peculiarity with the login and password. Specifically, sometimes after writing the image to the emmc opi5b or SD card, the system allows me to log in with my pre-configured credentials, but other times, when flashing the same image, the system simply rejects my pre-set data and displays the message “Login Incorrect.” How I set the initial settings for the system: In /root there is a file called .not_logged_i…

Board: ODROID HC4 Kernel: 6.12.42-current-meson64 Issue: PWM fan control completely non-functional despite software appearing to work Problem Summary: The HC4's PWM fan runs at constant speed regardless of PWM settings. Manual PWM control has zero effect on fan speed, even when setting PWM to 0 (fan should stop/slow) or 255 (full speed). What I've Tried: Hardware Testing: Verified fan wiring with schematic (Pin 1=+5V, Pin 2=GND, Pin 3=TACHO, Pin 4=PWM) Tested with Noctua NF-A4x10 5V PWM fan (confirmed working on other systems) Swapped PWM/TACHO wire positions - no change Software Testing: Manual PWM …

I'm trying to run the following on edge devices, the remote interface to which does not support a traditional terminal (i.e. no interactivity): armbian-config --cmd ROO001 At the conclusion of this command running, the user is prompted through the UI/TUI to reboot the device. How can I avoid this reboot prompt, and just proceed with the reboot immediately? e.g. the Raspberry Pi OS raspi-config tool allows for the nonint parameter to be passed: raspi-config nonint enable_overlayfs The intent is to automate enabling of the read-only fs. Hardware is various Raspberry Pi and ROCK Pi devices running Armbian. I've already conf…

Hi, i want to try the Gnome on Armbian with my Raspberry Setup. Pi5 with Touchdisplay2. The Display is working but without touch input. I looked through the /boot/firmware/config.txt and everything looks fine. I also tried to run Gnome on Xorg. Has someone a hint for me?

Hi! After installing mesa-va-drivers and vainfo, I'm only getting an error message that `rockchip_drv_video.so` is missing. So, evidently there's a VA driver registered and available (somewhere), but the file is missing? Where do I find it, how do I install it? Thank you

Hi everyone, I'm new to creating my own images and I'm learning this just because I'm interested in it. I am trying to build ubuntu 24.04 for my rpi3b using the build configuration for rpi4b. Now I'm trying to automate the process of the first launch (skip the selection of bash, zsh, creating a password for root, creating a regular user, etc.). In one of the topics, I found out that I can delete "rm -rf/root/.not_logged_in_yet" And the system will not ask for the initial setup, but to make all the necessary changes for me, I wrote a small function in customize-image.sh: SettingSystemFirtsRun() { #disable defaut script sudo rm -rf…

I’m trying to set up a lightweight desktop environment on Armbian Trixie. When I use tasksel, it installs a lot of extra packages, including GNOME. How can I install LXQt manually?

Hi, I am new to this forum, and I am looking for a way to setup my OrangePi Zero 3 with headless without monitor. I read through this link, but it requires LAN access. I don't have LAN access and I managed to put the wifi setup in the img directly, and burn to the SD card. Somehow I still can't WIFI connected. Am I missing any addtional settings?

Hi there, how to manually disable kernel updates? Orange Pi 5, Armbian 24.11.1, kernel 6.1.75-vendor-rk35xx. mPCIe working ok with NVMe 512GB module. There is NO option to disable kernel updates in armbian-config -> system there's only option to ENABLE firmware updates. And login screen shows kernel updates ENABLED. I don't want to loose NVMe support on upgrade. Laurent

Good day, I am new to using Armbian and also this is my first Raspberry PI. So Please excuse the question but can someone maybe give me advice on how to fix my Bluetooth connection. If I try to pair any Bluetooth device it keeps failing to pair. Then I have to remove the device due to it not wanting to connect. I have got Armbian OS noble kde-neon 25.5.1 installed on the Raspberry PI 5 16GB. Please help with any advice on how I can fix this. I have also never used Linux before so I would also appreciate any advice on which applications is critical to start getting into robotics or other nice projects on the Raspberry PI. Sorry for all the question…

Trouble setting up lvm2. vgcreate wrong because drive order is not now the plugin order on hub according to dmeg. interchanged cables vs ports for out of order discovery and rebooted but problem unchanged ack dmesg. So how do I blow away the volume_group that does not get made due to this error, so I can re vgcreate a new lvm? An hour later, I have tried, rearranging cable vs ports on the hub but the rusty drive stays at /dev/sdd# when it was /dev/sdf# b4 everything was partitioned. What the heck is going on? For this to stand a snow balls chance in hell of working, I MUST have stable drive id's. Can vgcreate use PARTUUID's instead of /dev/sda /dev/sdb etc as identifi…

Hi, i have ordered complete new Hardware: - Raspberry 5 with 2GB, - USB-C NVME Case with RTL9201 chip and - NVME M.2 SSD: Kingspec NE-128 2280 with 128GB If I attached the M2 Case the SSD will not be detected (sda1) also not on an other PC. So now I don't know, what is defect (Case or SSD). I checked the Setting of the SSD in the case several times. Is there anything else, that I can do? Here some Logs: dmesg: [ 396.031067] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd [ 396.175568] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=9201, bcdDevice=f2.00 [ 396.175575] usb 1-1: New U…

Hello, everyone. Armbian website says OnePlus 8t is supported with "standard support" (here: https://www.armbian.com/oneplus-kebab/). I dont know what that includes as it is not very clear. Will one be able to do calls, send messages etc on that phone with Armbian (e.g. similar to sailfish os or ubuntu touch on their respective supported devices). I am basically asking if cellular, wifi, camera etc works fine.

TI SK-AM62A7 is not supported by Armbian, can I use Armbian and create a custom debian based image for TI SK-AM62A7. Support for TI SK-AM62 is there. Kindly guide me on how can I start building my custom image for TI-SK AM62A7.

Hey fellas I have FOUR different armbian devices (one official armbian, three running ophub's armbian) which all seem to struggle with network throughput at high latency connections. It is not a cpu issue and this doesn't occur on x86 debian. Here's the odd thing. If I connect an ethernet usb dongle, like rtl8152b I get the full throughput even at high latency. What??? So it's a nic issue? I thought maybe the onboard ethernet isn't well supported by the kernel so I got a nanopi neo4 with onboard realtek gigabit running official armbian 6.12.3x ... AND it's slow too. Any onboard nic with armbian is slow in my tests. …

Hi there, Orange Pi 5 user here, when I ssh into my Armbian installation remotely, it shows a nice welcome screen, with a bunch of facts like Uptime, Load, Temperature and so on I tried typing 'motd' but it says no command found I have 2 requests 1 - how do I display this manually, again, from a terminal? 2- is there a way to have this show when I open a terminal locally? it's useful to me thanks!

Hi friends, now bookworm update is giving same error. E: The repository 'https://apt.armbian.com bookworm Release' no longer has a Release file. any solutions? thanks, Sandeep.

Hi So I installed the minimal IOT version on the eMMC and I am struggling with it as on login, the temperature is at already 73C then ends up having a forced shutdown after like 5 minutes. I don't see why this is happening as it's literally doing nothing on the command line. Any ideas on how to fix this? I was expecting this to idle around 30s, not reach 90 in an air conditioned room. Thanks.

Every time the device is turned on, I can start hostapd for the first time. When I ctrl-terminate, the next time I start hostapd, I get an error message: Failed to set beacon parameters Interface initialization failed wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED wlan0: AP-DISABLED wlan0: Unable to setup interface. wlan0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED wlan0: AP-DISABLED wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

I have an old oDroid M1 that used to have Ubuntu 20 LTS installed on, but after it bricked itself during the install of Ubuntu 22 LTS, I decided to go looking for an alternative OS (it was also really sluggish). I got pointed to Armbian, and since it officially supports the M1, I gave it a go. Unfortunately, the instructions leave much to be desired. This part just doesn't seem to actually work: > Once booted, use armbian-install to write u-boot to MTD (SPI flash). This completely and irrevocably removes Petitboot, replacing it with mainline u-boot. All of the options that appear to be what it means by "write u-boot to MTD (SPI Flash…

Hi there, It's quite beginner question, so I started it here. Just got my OPi zero 3, for now I can connect it to my ethernet network (with DHCP), but have no monitor / mouse / keyboard for going through initial setup (root password, "normal" user name, full name and password. How can I prepare official SD image for such case? Laurent

I downloaded Armbian_25.5.1_Nanopi-r6s_trixie_current_6.12.32_minimal.img.xz and used unxz to uncompress it. Then I wrote it to a flash drive using: sudo dd if=Armbian_25.5.1_Nanopi-r6s_trixie_current_6.12.32_minimal.img of=/dev/rdisk4 bs=4194304 status=progress sync When I put the SD card in the slot, the heartbeat LED runs, the keyboard initializes, the LED light for the connected LAN lights green, but I get nothing on the monitor (HDMI). The SD cards are amazon basics 64GB Class 10 U3 A2 cards. I tried two different cards and got the same results. I just tried Debian from FriendlyElec, and that worked using the same cards and me…

Everything works, but I don't know why (;-) I upgraded to a new kernel 6.12.34-current-meson64 and also to the current u-boot. If I take a look at a current armbian image, every image.. vmlinux.. etc. is available in the boot folder, but no uImage. In my boot folder, however, in addition to the these files in the current armbian image, in my boot folder is still is a uImage from 2022. uname -r -> 6.12.34-current-meson6 So the current kernel is loaded and everything works. But if I now delete the uImage from 2022, the computer no longer boots. How does a current armbian image manage to boot without uImage? Is a uImage created at the first start? Manually…

I have a Odroid N2+ whose SD card holder doesn’t seem to work. I have a Supervised HA installation on Debian 12 bookworm booting off a USB HDD. I want to move to armbian with Supervised HA pre-installed. Can I use a USB SDD with the image written on it, boot from it and do a full install on the same SDD?

hi guys, Danubio from Uruguay successfully tested very nice QPC2 Sinclair QL emulator (hybrid m68k + win32 peripheral code) on armbian with hangover 🙂 https://theqlforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5330 he is testing lot of old windows music apps on armbian this way, so I asked him also to test QPC2, this was one of my cool use cases for armbian too (busy here with other things still so ... my way to linux is very slow ...) Petr

I am trying to install box86 and possibly box64 on my Orange pi zero 2w. I tried using armbian-gaming as well as following the instructions found here, and attempting to build box86 with both resulted in a gcc error unrecognized command line option '-marm' Upon attempting to build box64 with the instructions, I get a make error 2, and the topmost error is a ccl error unknown value 'loongarch64' for '-march' This seems to be cross-compilation errors, but IDK what steps to take to fix it. Thanks in advance! QuowLord

Actual booting from eMMC and system including OMV from Sata SSD. Running boot & system from eMMC should be possible now and I would like to transfer system from SSD to eMMC without losing my config and starting from scratch again. That way I'll have a sdd beside the hdd for OMV. How can I manually transfer the system including OMV from SSD to eMMC and what configuration files need to be altered?

Hi im having problems when booting armbian on my OPI5P it is just blinking green and not showing a picture. I am using this version of Armbian: Armbian_25.5.1_Orangepi5-plus_noble_current_6.12.28_gnome_desktop.img and I have tried it on all boot media i have available (NVME, USB and SD card) but none worked. Sorry if there are any gramatical errors, I am from germany and my english isnt the best.

I found my NanoPi Neo Air's could not list or connect to some wifi networks. Some investigating found this was because channel 12/13 are disabled by default. Nothing in runtime had any effect on the output of iw reg get as it should have. Patching in some firmware fixes worked for me. wget http://ftp.be.debian.org/pub/software/network/wireless-regdb/wireless-regdb-2025.02.20.tar.xz tar xf wireless-regdb-2025.02.20.tar.xz sudo cp wireless-regdb-2025.02.20/regulatory.db /lib/firmware/ sudo cp wireless-regdb-2025.02.20/regulatory.db.p7s /lib/firmware/ sudo iw reg set AU #Australia I can now connect to wifi channel 13. Now for my question: …

Hello, Thru various and sundry means, I have acquired this unusual specimen; a ZeroDesktop MiiPC M1140. This was originally intended to be a "family desktop PC" that runs on Android Jelly Bean and was released in 2013. It looks like a TV box had a child with a NUC. The machine runs a Marvell Armada 1500 Plus processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage. The company, Zerodesktop, ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund producing these - my model is one of the Kickstarter Editions. I know that the Marvell Armada 1500 was used in the Google Chromecast 2, along with a bunch of set top boxes. ZeroDesktop no longer exists as a company, having only produced t…

I am not able to boot from armbian. First I downloaded image from (https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero-2w/) later on I flashed the image with usbimager, then since this didn't work I did with balena etcher, (all those in linux). Balena etcher crashes at verification so then I did with my windows machine, first with usbimager and since it wasn't working I decided to decompress the .xz and do it with "rufus" Here i attach the images and as you guys can see it says "failed to mount /dev/mtdblock4". That terminal is pretty much useless, I can't even do reboot or poweroff. I just need armbia…

I have a pair of Orange Pi 3's acting as redundant PiHoles on my home network. After a bit of tinkering and configuring, I have them set up the way I want, and would like to keep them that way. Of course, a good backup plan is essential to this. Looking online, I found Image-Utils for Raspberry Pi, but that is limited in support for only the Raspbian OS. Is there a good system out there to make a cloneable image of an SD card in an Orange Pi, either from the Pi itself to a remote source (NFS mount, etc.), or from a remote source pulling from the Pi? I'd like to schedule this as a CRON job, so that in the event of a hardware failure, I can just re…

I think now for the 3rd time this happens. OS is Armbian Bookworm with vendor ,current, edge kernels installed. it turns out that with vendor kenel there is no issue. But fails for mainline based rockchip64 kernels, at least edge. I am not sure about current (6.6 or 6.12) as I am not really using those. I discovered first time with 6.13.0-rc* kernel, I assumed something else might have been wrong, so more or les ignored and rebooted with vendor kernel. That happened both with nanopi-r6c and rock-3a. I also already rebooted the rock-3a on a later occasion just t make sure problem would not occur. Yesterday was on nanopi-r6c with kernel 6.15.1-edge-rockchip64. I…

Hi everyone, I'm using the RTL8189FS WiFi module and noticed that the driver included in the current Armbian GitHub repository (https://github.com/armbian) seems to be quite outdated. I'd like to ask: - What is the current version of the RTL8189FS driver? - Is there a newer version available? Thanks in advance!

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OdroidHC4 Petitboot Flushed, system rebooted to SD card (good quality). No keyboard function to input root password to continue. I verified IP using AngryIP. Tried to connect via Putty, but errors in selecting key. I'm new to SMB and SOC. Intended system to use with OMV as a NAS (image used is Bookworm minimal for OMV). Need help to proceed. Thanks

Hi everyone, I’m working on a custom Armbian build for an RK3588-based board (cm3588-nas) and trying to completely disable the Rockchip crypto driver (rk_crypto2), since it's negatively impacting LUKS (AES-XTS) performance. Despite several attempts, the module continues to register algorithms in /proc/crypto after boot: driver : rk2-sm3 module : rk_crypto2 driver : rk2-sha512 module : rk_crypto2 driver : xts-aes-rk2 module : rk_crypto2 ... ------------------------------------------------------------ What I’ve Tried ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Ker…

How to compile DKMS on the board? I am trying this for the past week without success and starting to go crazy... The last kernel which worked is 6.11.2. I tried with zfs-dkms (from apt's repositories and from manually build .deb from zfs git) and with aic8800 drivers. I've tried Bookworm image, tried Noble. Tried -current and -edge kernels. Tried many kernel revisions. Tried to build kernels (image & headers) with compile.sh with docker, without docker. Updated my x86 Debian to Trixie. Compilers are same on the build host and on the board: longanpi-3h# dpkg -l | grep -i gcc ii gcc 4:13…

Trying to update Armbian_community_25.8.0-trunk.38_Radxa-zero3_bookworm_vendor_6.1.115_minimal got a problem with beta.armbian.com's certificate: Err :6 https://beta.armbian.com bookworm InRelease Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate chain uses expired certificate. Content of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.sources Types: deb URIs: https://beta.armbian.com Suites: bookworm Components: main bookworm-utils bookworm-desktop Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg Something to do on my side? Denis

I have connected matrix led display on max7219 by spi to orangepi. Module max7219 have power supply from 5v. On some during a 220v power failure (sparking between wires suspended on poles), there were some disruptions in the 5v power supply. This damaged the max7219 modules and possible spi port on orange pi. After this failure, the /boot/armbianEnv.txt file contained a fragment of the logrotate file, the kernel on the orange pi is unable to initialize the spi port despite no wires being connected. After connecting a working orange pi to the max7219 module, the problem with spi initialization also appears. Dmesg does not show anything related to spi, there is no /dev…

Hi, I wanted to install Armbian to my old Asus eee PC. So I made live USB containing the .iso and boot from there. I can login as root fine, but when running armbian-install, I only see the option of installing to sdb (my USB drive), but not to my sda (the laptop local drive). I am not sure what's the problem. Do I have to do something to the partition in sda? Currently Alpine Linux is installed in the local drive. Previous installation was Lubuntu (14, I think?). I want to run pi-hole and there are not many supported OSes for pi-hole that still support x86, so I would like to make it work. Armbian version: Armbian 25.5.1 Bookworm Minimal

Using a 256G emmc and the server image v6.12 my Odroid N2+ doesn't boot. Here is the log. The Homeassistant image works. Would be nice to understand why it doesn't boot. <00><00><00>G12B:BL:6e7c85:2a3b91;FEAT:E0F83180:402000;POC:F;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;0. bl2_stage_init 0x01 bl2_stage_init 0x81 hw id: 0x0000 - pwm id 0x01 bl2_stage_init 0xc1 bl2_stage_init 0x02 L0:00000000 L1:00000703 L2:0000c067 L3:14000020 B2:00402000 B1:e0f83180 TE: 196470 BL2 Built : 06:17:13, Jun 28 2019. g12b gf0505d7-dirty - qi.duan@droid13 Board ID = 5 Set A53 clk to 24M Set A73 clk to 24M Set clk81 to 24M A53 clk: 1200 MHz A73 clk: 1200 MHz CL…

I am building a custom image for rpi4b and everything works great so far. I only want to customize the installed packets and configuration, but I do not need a custom kernel. Since building the kernel is what takes by a wide margin most of the image generation time, I was wondering if there's a way to build the image without building the kernel (using the one from the official builds). I have browsed the documentation and found no way, so maybe it is not supported and building the kernel is mandatory?

I'm building a multi-zone music streaming setup built around an SBCs running Snapcast/MPD and this MA12070P board (AliExpress link). From the pinout diagrams it looks like the board is the same as the Merus Audio Amp Hat just with a built in USB-C PD supply (why I want to use this board). If it's a clone then it looks like support is in Raspberry Pi OS, but I want to use the Radxa Zero 3W since I can get it at a similar price point with better specs. This is my first embedded project since ~2019 so a bit out of my depth when it comes to device tree overlays. How would I write a DTO to enable audio output to this device?

Hello! I am few newbe in linux systems. Explain please where get build framework, and how use it in bananapie m1? Now linux kernel is 6.12.20-current-sunxi

Hello, I'm trying to connect hw125 to orange pi r1, but nothing happens. I searched both on the internet and through gpt. The kernel is the latest, I compiled it myself.

Good afternoon, I have just started studying the use of embedded arm linux for single-board computers. I'm asking for help from experienced developers. I have an orange pi lite. I uploaded a prebuild minimal armbian image to the microsd card: Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.444_Orangepilite_bookworm_current_6.12.23_minimal.img.xz .After that, I installed mate desktop environment according to these instructions: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/28786-install-mate-desktop-to-minimal-image-blues/. The problem is that the processor heats up very much under load (I registered a temperature of 95 degrees celsius using armbianmonitor) and periodically turns off due to overheating.…

TL:DR Orange Pi Plus 2e USB ports are not working on newer images (LE and Armbian). Full story: Hi. I am Catota and I am new here. I am mainly a windows user with very little experience with linux. My brother recently discovered an old forgotten Orange Pi Plus 2e and gave it to me as I was looking for a media player. It has a functional Armbian 20.02.1 installed in its internal memory, but my brother does not know the passwords for either the normal user or root anymore. I installed the latest Armbian from the SD slot and it booted just fine, but the USB ports (used for keyboard and mouse) do not seem to be working. I installed the l…

I'm a beginner and I'm really afraid that my work won't be wasted and I won't have to set everything up from scratch again. I installed on the BPI-M5 Armbian_25.2.1_Bananapim5_noble_current_6.12.13_ubuntu-server. But I need the server to simply log in when it reboots and start working without my participation. Please tell me if it would be correct to set up autologin as described below??? Step-by-step manual configuration of autologin, user "pi" Step 1: Verify that the pi user exists If you haven't created a pi user yet, do it.: sudo adduser pi If there is already a user, proceed to the next step. Step 2: Create an ov…

I'm new to the Orange Pi 4 LTS. I work SBC's headless and have installed using UART many times on RP Zero's, BananaPi's and most recently on a RockPro64. However, I am not sure if I should be using. Is there another set of UART pins besides the "debug ins"? Booted the image on an sdcard connected to the debug pins and just got 8 lines of this stuff <��6v��Ή9�.�����goO

I'm new to boards with linux and this is my very first attempt to install linux systems on board so there might be something that I cannot be aware of. I tried to install armbian v6.12 on the SD card but after I finish configureing the setup, the wifi doesn't work. Unfortunately I have no wires to connet to the board so now it is unable for me to connect the board to the internet. The problem is exactly the same as the post Wifi module AX210 - Orange Pi 5 Plus - Armbian Community Forums. I can see the network controller through `lspci -v`: And the dmesg shows that iwlwifi cannot find suitable version to use: And I indeed have the…

I'm unable to make an RTC module to work: RTC module ds3231, BPI M2Z and ARMBIAN Bookworm i2c pins 3 and 5 Driver RTC-ds1307 loaded, because RTC-ds3231 is not available. Why do I need a RTC-module? Often in the field I'm not online but I do need the right time on my observation camera's. My application does not allow me for having a monitor. My system does the recordings by motion detection, and the recordings do need the right time on it. armbian-config i2c0 set Tools installed: apt install python3-smbus i2c-tools i2cdetect -y 0 Detects address 068 and not UU as proof of driver been loaded …

I am new to armbian, and so far I managed to build a working image with some custom packages added and some removed by customizing `userpatches/lib.config`. Easy stuff and it's working great so far! Now I need to build some packages from sources and get them added to the resulting image. The usual way I would do this, would be installing a cross toolchain, having a staging dir with includes and libs from the dev packages I add to the image, etc. But after building the base armbian image, on my system I see I have two docker images related to armbian (ghcr.io/armbian/docker-armbian-build and armbian.local.only/armbian-build), and I wonder if maybe the "local on…

Hey, guys, I just upgraded my OrangePi Zero. Everything seems to be working, but I'm disturbed by incorrect information on the home page: v25.2.3 for Orange Pi Zero running Armbian Linux 6.12.20-current-sunxi Packages: Debian end of life (buster), possible distro upgrade (bookworm) Support: DIY (community maintained) Please advise me how to make Armbian correctly display the installed version. Thank you.

Windows wont let me edit/access the SD card once the iso has been written to it. Any help?

Since u-boot can deal with the original initrd.img, do we still need to convert it into uImage?

hi all, I was looking for some unified os for more "rpi zero" clones and found beautiful armbian; and I am quite new to linux still, longtime/decades windows user; to "dogfood", I am also considering use of armbian on my "tiny-big" uefi-x86 (now NUC10, but got now new amd ryzen7 8845hs gmktec nucbox k8 plus), so I tried as very first setup on that ryzen7 latest armbian "ubuntu gnome" - monitor output is attached, so far so good, although I dont know if everything around usb3/4 is working well (log contains some red messages, dont understand them) - it was only simple install, and I have this comments: https://www.gmktec.com/products/amd-ryzen-7-8845hs-mini-pc…

I saw someone using ZFS on their Netgate hardware and their eMMC fails in a year. Would BTRFS significantly shorten lifespan of eMMC/SD card, like ZFS does?

The usual way to get the a headless linux box up and running is to flash a disk image to a µSD card and then insert that card into the linux box, boot, answer some questions and it's done. Can I not do the same thing with an image file that I put on the µSD card (in addition to the µSD card having a complete linux OS that the box can boot from) and copy that to the emmc? Then pull the card and boot from the emmc? Does the image file used for a µSD card differ from the image file that should be written to the emmc? e.g. I have an armbian image, say "Armbian_25.2.2_Rockpi-s_bookworm_current_6.12.15_minimal.img.xz", on my µSD card at /media/…

Hello, My spare R4S is currently running the Rolling releases with Armbian Linux v6.12 Trixie image It seems /etc/resolved.conf got filled by at least /etc/systemd/resolved.conf [ global ] /etc/netplan/armbian.yaml [ per link/ ethernets: ] However I miss from which script the IPv6 nameservers are gathered and added as currently /etc/resolv.conf shows something like this and Iike to have just the ones from [ global ]: ( Please note I removed nameservers from the yaml file already ) # operation for /etc/resolv.conf. nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver ::1 nameserver fda8:5894:4e78:0:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx # Too …

Hi, I tried your Debian/minimal/IOT for NanoPi 5RC, it's great, I would like to use it. However the RTL8822CE driver only exposes wlan0 and there are no parameters to set, and I need two wlans. For reference there are two wlans available in the core debian image from FriendlyARM/ELEC. Best regards.

Hello, this is my first time setting up orange pi + Armbian Linux. I'm a linux newbie. I've been trying to install various version of the Debian 12 Desktop images working. I can always get into it via SSH but never get a display out via HDMI except fro Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Gnome Images Success Armbian_25.2.1_Orangepi5-plus_noble_vendor_6.1.99_gnome_desktop Images Failed Armbian_25.2.1_Orangepi5-plus_bookworm_current_6.12.13_cinnamon-backported-mesa_desktop Armbian_25.2.1_Orangepi5-plus_bookworm_current_6.12.13_xfce_desktop After SSH and setting up roo/user accounts I always get to the message Now starting desktop environment... But it doesn'…

Where has enabling things like I2C moved to ? I do not see it any more in armbian-config (at least on the Orange Pi 5 plus image) Thanks

hi there! im a beginner in the linux world, but to try to learn a bit more and to try to make something useful im currently lookin at a orange pi 4 board in hope to somehow turn it in a NAS/Emby server. i played a little with the Opi4 and it looks promising, the only problem is that it doesnt have sata ports. i can get an extension board to plug in a mPCIE device, and i was planning to use it to connect a PCIE-Sata device. since i still have to buy it, do you have any suggestion? i looked at the JMB585 and the ASM1166 expansion boards, they both have plenty of ports for what i need and the speed its more than amazing, but i would like to know if they are …

I have Linux 6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Wed Mar 19 11:16:36 UTC 2025 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux on my Orange Pi 5 Plus. Trying to setup VM with CPU host-passthrough but can only use cortex-a76 custom with TCG. If I try to use virt type KVM and host-passthrough on virt-manager I get: Error starting domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2025-03-26T08:55:56.040008Z qemu-system-aarch64: Failed to put registers after init: Invalid argument Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in cb_wrapper callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtMan…

I am working with a nanopi neo. The overlay documentation says the default pps pin is PD14. How do I cross reference the gpio names in the overlay documentation to what the documentation on friendlyelec site. I dont see anything close to a PD14. None of the pin assignments match whats in the manufactures documentation. The I2C pins and a few others are clearly marked from the manufacture, so I could give that a good guess. Other than that, where do I find or how do I figure out which pin does what? Rob

Please, help me find an old version of firmware for Nanopi Neo Air. I'm looking for Armbian 5.73 Debian based 4.19.20-sunxi . Best regards

Has anyone tried to get a hyperpixel4 screen (GPIO) to work with armbian? Seems easy enough on a raspberry pi but i want to use a orangepi zero 2 and haven't been able to get results. Any help?

Hi. I have a Rock S0 that used to have Armbian 24.11 that I build from source, with these options: BRANCH=current BUILD_MINIMAL=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bookworm NETWORKING_STACK=network-manager ROOTFS_TYPE=btrfs I have installed three device overlays on this board for SPIdev and LED GPIOs. I shared these overlays in the Rock S0 subforum. They worked fine on 24.11 and earlier. But then I updated to 25.2 using apt upgrade. Now, my user overlays seem to be ignored. They don't do anything and it doesn't look like they were even attempted to be loaded, because I cannot find any reference to them in dmesg or anything. I tried removing …

Hello, previously, after creating a patch file, (v24.11) I used to save it in the userpatches directory as zzzz_xxxx_whatever.patch to ensure it was processed at the bottom of the current patch list. But now, it seems that this no longer works, and therefore, I cannot apply the patch.zzzz_panel_mipi_dsi.patch thank you. here is the log file: https://paste.armbian.com/horamafuru Edit: tested with(trunk.239) latest armbian build( https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/v25.5.0-trunk.239 with zzz-patch-test.patch here is the log file: https://paste.armbian.eu/joyalusado zzzz_panel_mipi_dsi.patch

OS running from eMMC: Armbian Debian 12 Bookworm Image Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.87_Orangepi3-lts_bookworm_current_6.6.72_minimal apt updated and upgraded Docker-engine installation through armbian-config fails. Here's the log: Get:1 http://security.debian.org bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB] Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [151 kB] Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB] Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports InRelease [59.4 kB] Ign:5 https://github.armbian.com/configng stable InRelease Get:6 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm InRele…

I would like to run Armbian on my multi boot PC. i came across a video on how to install Armbian on an X86 PC. How you have to use Gnome Disk to Restore Image to your drive. Does anybody know if it would work correctly doing that on a multi boot PC? I know I would need to update Grub afterwards for it to show in the list.

Just installed armbain for a orangepi zero plus 2 H3 setup the root and usernames credentials. I am able to login under root in putty, but sudo armbain-config is not found.

So I'm trying to connect with a UART cable from my PC to the board (OPI3LTS). Here's what I did so far: In desperation, I double checked every connection, to no avail. My devices are powered separately, so only the RX and TX cable are connected, and they are crossed as they should. Set up permissions: sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0 Add user to dialout: sudo adduser <user> dialout Install minicom: Set up minicom with the correct address: /dev/ttyUSB0 Set up the correct baud rate (115200 in this case) Turn off flow control Tried connecting via "screen", minicom and putty, all of them just show me…

When I check the eMMC from the Disk utility, it shows that it's normal. I can also boot the android distro that came with it normally. Help? 🥲

the version number of zfsutils-linux was too low for the new version of zfs-dkms. So I downgraded zfs-dkms but the recent version of linux kernel was too high for the old version of zfs-dkms. I tried armbian-config to change the version of the kernel down to 6.6 from 6.12.18 but somehow it just repeatedly tried to build dkms modules for 6.12.18 again and again so I just gave up using armbian-config. I eventually replaced the linux kernel and headers with the older version 24.8.2 ( sudo apt install linux-image-current-meson64=24.8.2 linux-headers-current-meson64=24.8.2 linux-dtb-current-meson64=24.8.2 ) After these downgrades ZFS st…

The page at https://docs.armbian.com/Process_Release-Model/ has a link entitled "Release Testing", but the link doesn't seem to go anywhere. Is there a document on the release testing process?

Hello everyone. I've upgraded my Cubietruck from Xenial to Noble Ubuntu using supplied image on https://www.armbian.com/cubietruck/ . Thank you by the way for uncomplicated installation, worked just fine. Now to the problem: Cubietruck continues to hang (or shut down, I don't know exactly on the same time in a few days turn. Here are the last lines of syslog when it happens: 2025-03-03T23:34:59.245531+01:00 Artisan anacron[8415]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2025-03-03 2025-03-03T23:34:59.249722+01:00 Artisan anacron[8415]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) 2025-03-03T23:34:59.253667+01:00 Artisan systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. 2…

I am adding support for a new board: NanoPi R2S Plus. I have added it to the kernel and it works in testing so far. Now I am attempting to add the new board to u-boot. The u-boot configuration for NanoPi R2S does not enable the eMMC and I want to install to boot from eMMC. Using my modified kernel and u-boot for NanoPi R2S I am able to run armbian-install because in the system booted from SD card the eMMC is enabled. But after installing to eMMC, shutting down and removing the SD card, boot fails because u-boot cannot access the eMMC. Looking at the device tree for NanoPi R2S in u-boot, not surprisingly, eMMC is not enabled: NanoPi R2S does not have eMMC memor…

Hi! installed the recent armbian 25 server image on my Odroid HC4. Used armbian 22 before, but microsd was physically damaged. Unfortunately, the board can't reboot! I already tried to apply this solution, which was prescribed for armbian 24 reboot problems, yet it does not seem to help. Any help is appreciated. Although I do not want to downgrade... what is the last stable (=rebootable) armbian for the Odroid HC4? Does anyone know?

Hi, Today I updated to Armbian v25.2 and did the good old reboot after the update. I never had issue with runing the SBC headless, but since the update I get a blinking blue status LED for a couple of minutes until the system boots. When I tried to plug in a monitor to get an idea what is going on, the SBC boots normally. Monitoring with HDMI monitor plugged in: https://paste.next.armbian.com/ehirazemot Monitoring without HDMI monitor plugged in: https://paste.next.armbian.com/zaqipatoci Most notable difference are: [ 105.189528] meson-drm ff900000.vpu: [drm] *ERROR* flip_done timed out [ 105.189543] meson-drm ff900000.vpu: [d…

I have a NanoPi R2S Plus. If I boot the FriendlyElec Debian image both network ports work: LAN and WAN. If I boot the Armbian NanoPi R2S image, it boots OK and the LAN port works but the WAN port does not work. I believe the WAN port does not work because the NanoPi R2S has an RTL8211E chip but the NanoPi R2S Plus has an RTL8211F chip. I found some notes about problems with network on other boards that had the same change of chip (e.g. radxa RockpiE) and the device tree changes required to accommodate the new chip. So I tried to patch armbian/build to make the same changes for the NanoPi R2S Plus. I am not familiar with armbian/build or…

I installed IceWM, but when I boot Armbian GNOME Desktop, it still signs into GNOME automatically. What do I have to do to instead sign into IceWM automatically instead of GNOME? I didn't see this kind of option in armbian-config.