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Hi there, I have been using a nanopi m4v2 for openmediavault for 4 years. In that time my SD card has died once. Now I have ordered an emmc module to do a full clean install of my server. So my questions are, is it wise to boot from the SD card and have the system on the emmc because the sd card can die faster? And if I boot from the SD card and it needs to be replaced, can I just insert a new one and everything will work as before? (With a freshly installed Armbian) If I do a backup of the emmc with win32 disk imager, can I burn the backup to a new emmc with a different sd-card as boot? When I do an armbian install, does it copy the system …

Hi everyone, I'm trying build armbian with legacy branch and I need apply patch to u-boot config. If I add my patch in userpatches, buid script ignoring it. If I build current branch, patches aplying

Hi I've got both left and right channels working of my analog audio jack. The quality is quite good as long as Master audio isn't set above volume 15 - 20 or so. Toggling DAC or DAC-Reversed in Alsamixer will enable or disable the physical left and right physical speakers of ear buds. However! On both channels, the left and right software signals are mixed. So if I use "aplay stereo-file.wav", I hear left+right mixed through my separate left ear. Listening to my right earbud, same story: I hear left+right audio mixed. Please help, I can't even find any snd_ module flags to mess with. I've no pulseaudio installed on this latest stable server edition of …

i am using armbian 24.2.1 debian bookworm inn orangepi 5b. At first i used sd card to boot. then i wanted to use emmc to boot. so i went to armbian-config and install os in emmc from there from sd card. now it is booting from emmc if the sd card is not connected but if the sd card is connected it is booting from sd card. The worst part is, if i connect a sd card where there is no OS, it will not even boot. How can i set a order like if there is bootable os in emmc boot from there and use the sd card as storage if not boot from sd card ?

Good evening, Armbian noob here (Debian veteran) working with an RPi 5. I've just installed `Armbian_24.2.5_Rpi5b_bookworm_current_6.6.23.img.xz` and would like to build the ZFS modules. I've installed the kernel modules using `armbian-config` but when I try to build I get root@meson:~# dpkg-reconfigure zfs-dkms Deleting module zfs-2.2.3 completely from the DKMS tree. Loading new zfs-2.2.3 DKMS files... Building for 6.6.23-current-bcm2712 Module build for kernel 6.6.23-current-bcm2712 was skipped since the kernel headers for this kernel do not seem to be installed. root@meson:~# Edit: Current situation: root@meson:~# dpkg -l linux…

My Nextcloudpi was running like a charm for years on an Odroid HC1 (no possibility to attache a monitor). It was still running Debian Buster 19.11.7. It was running so well that I neglected it a little too much. And then, when I attempted to upgrade the distro, it went bad. During the upgrade the following error occured: `` Err:5 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-backports Release 404 Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:6f::644 80] Ign:6 http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/armbian-apt buster InRelease Err:7 http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/armbian-apt buster Release 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:878:346::116 80] Reading package lists... Done E: The reposito…

Hello, I have recently setup Armbian on my Orange Pi Zero 2W for a project I am working on. Everything works great so far but one thing I have noticed is that permissions feel much reduced to my user account. I require sudo to do basically everything from create a file in the home folder to use apt. This feels very different from the feel of the Raspbian install on like a Raspberry Pi. Is there any way I can change the user permissions so I won't have to use sudo for everything? Its been a bigger problem for a project I'm using Clion for where files are synced between my laptop to the pi using SFTP and Rsync but I constantly get errors about unable to create o…

Hey all... Looking to put something a LOT more lightweight than RaspiOS (and not-modern-desktoppy at all, please) on my Pi4Bs. Found out about armbian from the Wikipedia page and downloaded the Jammy CLI image, but I can't get either gitlab or github to talk to me for downloading either of the recommended imagers; gitlab just gives me a blank page (no HTMl at all, per Firefox "view source") and github outright refuses connections. If it's important I do not have accounts on either system, and am loath to create same, although I could if necessary. I don't have Internet at home so I'm doing this from a Win10 PC at my public library; it's running t…

Hi all, so I was trying to map a windows network drive to armbian but something is missing or am i doing something wrong here: I tried smb://10.10.2.101 sftp://10.10.2.101 both are highlighted in red It works fine on Rocky Linux thou.. any ideas ?

Did anyone tested to build Armbian in Distro Box?

Hello everyone Now I have finished compiling armbian once and want to check and change the device tree of uboot, but I don't know where to download it, only see the kernel source code in cache/source, so I want to ask

Hi! I'm sorry if the answer to my question is already documented somewhere, but I couldn't find it. I am trying to figure out how to build a specific release. My understanding is that you checkout the desired tag of the armbian/build repo and just build it. However, when I do this with v24.2.1 the image that comes out is named 24.5.0-trunk. Changing the version in the VERSION file (by default set to 24.5.0-trunk) changes the name of the output image, but it is not clear to me if that affects other things than just this. So basically, now I am confused which scenario is correct: Is using the armbian/build tag the correct …

Hi, I am running Armbian 23.02.2 Bookworm with Linux 5.15.93-sunxi on OrangePi PC Plus. When I say sudo apt update, I get this output: Nap:6 http://imola.armbian.com/apt bokworm Release 404 Not Found [IP: 93.103.15.56 80] Branje seznama paketov ... Narejeno E: The repository 'http://apt.armbian.com bokworm Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. N: Repository 'Debian bookworm' changed its 'non-free component' value from 'non-free' to 'non-free non-free-firmware' N: More…

Hi there, Since being only a novice in linux, there are some things that are difficult to understand. Like - which configs to update or keep old versions when doing the upgrade. Last time I said N (keep original version) to everything. Really the only things I care about are vnc configs and samba setup. I basically use it as a network drive for backups. Only necessary software is x11vnc and samba. Else I log into it just for updates/restarts. I have tried upgrading my armbian several times. Unfortunately it does not work and I have to restore my sd card backup and start over. I update it making sure all apt updates are done, and then fr…

I'm looking forward to buying a BIGTREETECH Pi v1.2 board to use as a slim home server to replace my Orange Pi PC. I've had pretty good experience with Armbian so far and I would like to make sure I can continue using it with the new board. I didn't find a specific image for BTT Pi v1.2, but I did find a "Desktop > ARM64" entry. I'm confused on what should I use and whether it's supported at all. Can someone clarify that for me? Скрытый текст Changed the post tag to the closest one to this board, since it doesn't allow posting without a tag, and I misunderstood what "unmatched" tag meant

Hello, very now to Linux and Armbian and have a BIGTREETECH PAD 7 (a BIGTREETECH CB1 with built in screen https://github.com/bigtreetech/Pad7/blob/master/BIGTREETECH Pad 7 v1.0 User Manual.pdf ). I would really like to be able to run old-school Doom on it and was wondering if someone could tell me if it is possible, and then point me in the right direction of a noob-friendly tutorial if it is possible. Thank you for taking the time to read.

Hello I have an Orange pi Prime and I need help getting it to boot directly to the desktop bypassing the login prompt. I have been searching for a solution but the threads I've found are pretty outdated. Is there a way to accomplish this? No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Armbian 24.2.1 bookworm Release: 12 Codename: bookworm 6.6.16-current-sunxi64

Has anyone managed to get armbian running on the Allwinner T113-s3? I've been looking into getting it running and there's really no alternatives to Tina linux that I can find. Looks like it works with AWBoot and XBoot as a bootloader so it shouldn't be impossible. I'm completely new to this so if anyone knows anything it would be greatly appreciated. 😄

Current kernel: Linux rock-5b 6.1.43-vendor-rk35xx #1 SMP Mon Mar 18 05:06:52 UTC 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux Symptoms: $ lspci .. 0002:20:00.0 PCI bridge: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 (rev 01) 0002:21:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz (rev 1a) 0004:40:00.0 PCI bridge: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3588 (rev 01) 0004:41:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05) And after a reboot I find with dmesg: # modprobe iwlwifi modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'iwlwifi': Exec format error root@rock-5b:~# dmesg|grep -E -A 3 -B 3 "intel|iwl" [ 6.285747] input_leds: disa…

Hello, I'm very familiar with Raspberry Pi, not so much Armbian. I have installed Armbian KDE Neon with Plasma 6 successfully and am very interested in possibilities with the Pi5.

I have Armbian up and running on a Rock Pi S with a PoE HAT. To enable the audio jack on the PoE HAT I had to run the following commands as mentioned on the official Rock Pi S PoE Hat wiki. # echo 15 > /sys/class/gpio/export # echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio15/direction # echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio15/value Once enabled, the audio works as needed. However, every time the device is rebooted I have to SSH in and run these commands again to re-enable audio out which is obviously not ideal. How can I persist these changes between reboots?

Hello! I have [ Oprange Pi plus ]. I need Armbian_20.05.1_Orangepipc_buster_current_5.4.43_desktop.img Please help me! Yours sincerely Leonid

Hi For years I run Armbian on a cubieboard2 in order to have a pi-hole in my network. Now I want to update it to a newer version (the current nickname seems to be focal) and run into problems. I wonder whether someone can lend me a hand. ta-@cubieboard2:~$ sudo apt update [sudo] password for ta-: Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com focal InRelease Hit:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com focal-security InRelease Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com focal-updates InRelease [114 kB] Hit:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com focal-backports InRelease Ign:5 http://fi.mirror.armbian.de/apt focal InRelease Err:6 http://fi.mirror.armbian.de/apt focal Release 404 Not Found [IP: 2a01:4f9:3b:…

Hello everyone. This is my first post here. My background is software development but not very experienced in the Linux SBC world. So, I have 2x Radxa Zero 3W (not listed on Armbian) with a Rockchip 3566 MCU. And here the questions start... - why don't the Orange Pi 3B or Quartz 64B Armbian images, with the same MCU, don't work on the Radxa Zero 3W ? Aka, shouldn't an OS be portable ? I'm not expecting such of Windows, but I did expect it from Linux - what do the loaders contain exactly ? I have this situation where an older loader seems to boot with Armbian (and then shuts down) but a newer one doesn't... yet the older one doesn't work with the OS from Radxa …

Hi all, I have a Rock64, running ioBroker, and want to update the npm/nodejs to update all the adapters - mainly MQTT with which I have some problems. Trying to run apt update or iob nodejs-update, I run into: The repository 'http://apt.armbian.com stretch Release' does no longer have a Release file. in several versions. Can you help me? Sources.list is (changed, this works now) deb-src [trusted=yes] http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch main non-free contrib deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main non-free contrib Armbian.list is: deb https://apt…

After installing Armbian_23.2.1_Rock-5b_bookworm_legacy_5.10.160_xfce_desktop.img I found a nagging error each start of Firefox. "Failed to read the configuration file. Please contact your system administrator." Looking at internet with Google I found hardly any link referring to linux or armbian, therefore I still don't know which configuration file was actually missing or damaged. The only link I found with armbian in it contained some very obscure editting of some configuration files (just like many proposed Windows solutions). The issue: where does it go wrong? The problem is some configuration clutter somewhere in /usr/lib/firef…

I was hoping to get some idea if it would be possible to build Armbian for the ODroid OGU (S922X, similar to N2+) using a different Kernel. Specifically, using the version from JelOS (https://github.com/JustEnoughLinuxOS/distribution) who have made really good progress for this specific device. I've been building JelOS and modifying packages etc, but would prefer to use Armbian if possible. Any help appreciated.

Hi all, is it possible to flash the a board's eMMC via USB from another PC? I already checked this but could not figure out exactly how. Thanks in advance, kind regards

Hi everyone, i have uptabte armbian from 23.05 to 24.1 (stable relase update) in my nano pi neo air, but arter update i cant connect to device via com port from micro usb. (no avalible devices, when i connect nanopi to my PC) How i can fix it? Armbian-config? P.S. I also soldering external usb-uart and to the nano and i see that update was sucsessful, device steel working.

Hello, I've started a project where I'd like to setup a Bananapi M5 with two wifi adapters to use in hotel room for example. So one wifi adapter will connect to the hotel wifi, and the other will be in access point mode with dhcp for my devices to connect to. I think the proper terminology is AP-STA. So I have purchased one Comfast CF-953AX which uses the mt7921au chipset (0e8d:7961) to test in access point mode as it supports this: Supported interface modes: * managed * AP * AP/VLAN * monitor * P2P-client * P2P-GO The issue I have come across is the hostapd fails to start: nl80211: Failed to start radar dete…

Hello! I haven't had any problems with the updates so far, but today it no longer works. Maybe someone has an idea what the problem is? armbian.list deb http://mirror-eu-de1.armbian.airframes.io/dl/ buster main buster-utils buster-desktop deb http://apt.armbian.com buster main buster-utils buster-desktop apt update... root@fulla:~# apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change --allow-insecure-repositories update Hit:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster InRelease Hit:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease Hit:5 http://security.debian.org buster/updates I…

I've had two Cubietrucks running almost flawlessly for about 10 years on Armbian/Buster and previous versions. I recently decided to install Bookworm using Armbian_23.8.1_Cubietruck_bookworm_current_6.1.47.img.xz. On this I encountered several problems, whose causes I never fully uncovered, but got over them. One of these problems was that neither manual setup nor the use of armbian-config allowed for a lasting configuration of the German keyboard layout, although "Personal Setting" says the opposite (see att. image No.2). It's a pain in the neck, really. All I could filter out is a commandline message that's only visible a second. See the last screenshot with fou…

Hye guys. One question regarding the above topic Can I make a swap space to support the RAM activity?

I rebooted from the 6.6.16-current-sunxi kernel to the 6.7.4-edge-sunxi on my Orange Pi +2E and it couldn't mount some partitions from a USB stick. These use LVM2, and each partition is encrypted using LUKS2 with a keyfile stored in /etc (yes, I know this is a fig leaf encryption, but it prevents someone from grabbing the USB stick and getting the contents of the drive). This works fine with the older kernel, but fails with the newer kernel. I use the exact same setup on a Rock 64 board, and it works fine, on the 6.7.4-edge-rockchip64 kernel.

I am trying to install PiKVM on the latest bookwork on my OrangePi3. The install requires python3 zstandard. When I run: "apt install python3-zstandard" I get the following error: "python3-zstandard : Depends: libzstd1 (< 1.5.5~) but 1.5.5+dfsg2-2 is to be installed" Is there a way around this?

Hi, I am working on a PR[0] to the Armbian build framework. As suggested in the PR, I am trying to use the upstream U-Boot source and apply the required patches[1][2] on top of it. One of the patch series[2] requires a git subtree[3] to be added to the U-Boot source before applying the patch itself. However, it seems that Armbian's build framework first attempts to apply the required patches[4] on the U-Boot source and then calls the pre_config_uboot_target hook[5]. Currently, I've put the code to add the git subtree in the pre_config_uboot_target hook. As a result, the required patch series are not getting applied. Is there any way in which we can co…

Hello fellow Armbian folk, I've been a happy armbian user for many years. Recently, I've been trying to upgrade to bookworm from bullseye on my cubietruck, however have been hampered by Hash Sum mismatch errors from multiple armbian mirrors. I have followed all instructions on clearing the /var/lib/apt/files, apt clean, but nothing seems to help. I've tried multiple armbian mirrors with no luck. So now I'm seeking some community support.

I have followed this guide and I can boot my Orange Pi Zero from SSD without the need for an SD card inserted. I want to keep a bootable backup for my system in case the SSD gets corrupted. I was thinking to clone my system in a USB stick (just like I did to clone from SD to SSD) and then use rsync once a week to keep everything up to date with a script like that. If I go in armbian-config > system > install I can see only one option: "Install/Update the bootloader on SD/eMMC". How could I clone from SSD to a USB stick? Is there a command like `sudo nand-sata-install`?

Hi everyone I have a litlle problem with my customize-image.sh, in my previous version builded last year everything go ok, but currently I cannot copy my scripts from tmp/overlay to /home/$user. When I am looking into the logs everything looks properly, few moments ago I tried copy these files into root folder and everything is ok but I still cannot copy anything to my home folder... I also try check proper adduser command logging into the system during build and I also find my home/$user catalogs but on the built image home folder is empty. Have you any suggestion or solution to fix that issue ?

Hi I have here Banana Pi M2 Berry and I want to use it now as web server, plus few more things, ftp, plex, pi-hole and later also for use some sensors on it. What the best the best OS for it? Armbian is always made for Ultra not Berry and most versions make problems 🙄😒😉 The GUI itself is so !SLOW!, maybe the driver for video are also not right? Can someone give me a link to a proper Armbian for Banana Pi M2 Berry ??? Or advice what for alternative OS?

Hy i use octoprint on my orange pi. Now i need to resart and shutdown the system by octoprint. So i try shutdown -h 0 or systemctl poweroff nothing will work, cause i need to authenti. the user by password. so i tried to add the user to the sudoers... not work this is my line. i added the code at the end of the file myuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

Hello, I'm trying to install Armbian using `armbian-install` on NVMe, with bootloader on eMMC. I have installed 64GB Foresee eMMC module and 256GB WD SN530 2242 SSD. When I boot from SD card, both storages are detected. Using fdisk, I made them both `dos` (mbr) partitioned. Then I invoke `armbian-install`, it proceeds without any problems using eMMC+sata/nvme/usb option, and I have now 512 MB boot partition on eMMC, the rest of eMMC space as secondary, f2fs partition, and ext4 partition nvme0n1p1 containing the rest of the system. I power the system off, take the SD card out, and boot again.. and I'm stuck in initramfs. From it, I can mount the nvme0n1p1 m…

Hy guys i want to use a push button on my orange pi. if i press the button, the orange pi should run a script. i only use esp8266 with arduino tu create some interactive tools. does anybody know, how it works on the orange pi and which cheapy button you would prefer? i only want to run sh script, when the button will be press. thank you a lot!

Hi, I'm new to Armbian and this is my first time ever compiling any Linux system. I'm sorry to bother you with such a basic question, but I just don't understand. I want to enable a kernel module. Upon browsing the kernel configuration utility menus, I don't see this functionality anywhere. But if I run search with '/', I find this, this is the module I want: How do I now proceed to enable it? Or make sure that it's enabled (if present by default)? Also, what's the meaning of =y and =m? It's listed in the resulting .config file as =y, just as the search shows.

My setup is SD boot and rootfs on ssd on USB 2.0 smartctl on laptop reports TIRM is enabled, but it is missing on orange pi PC. using the same SSD in the same USB box. Do I need another ssd, USB box, or armbian upgrade for TRIM support? root@focal-armv7l ~ $ fstrim -v / fstrim: /: the discard operation is not supported root@focal-armv7l ~ $ mount | grep " / " /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,nodiratime,discard,errors=remount-ro,commit=600) root@focal-armv7l ~ $ smartctl -i -d sat /dev/sda smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [armv7l-linux-5.9.14-sunxi] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org ===…

Oops, I connected a 24V power supply to the SATA Hat and I think I blew the diode on the hat. (see photo) Not sure if it is a diode, which way should it be orientated. Stupid idiot for creating the magic smoke, I hope I can repair it. I tried booting the Orange Pi I had already connected to it (because the original NanoPi M4 is missing... Fortunately the OrangePi is OK. Any advice on where to look if the diode in question does not fix it. Cheers, James

Hi, Im trying to install a driver for a usb wifi dongle. Im getting the error below. Can I compile the driver with the older linux-header? Is there somewhere where I can get the current linux-headers? I tried adding --kernelsourcedir but it keeps asking for the same version. I used armbian-config to install the headers and source Kernel upgrades are frozen due to hardware

Do the minimal versions of the distributions still support HDMI ? Specifically orange pi 3b kernel 6.7.2 Thanks

I recently purchased an Orange Pi 5 Plus and installed Armbian. It shuts down about every ten minutes. Strangely, when it is streaming video over HDMI it does not shutdown. So it can stream movies for up to three hours without shutting down. But if I am not streaming, for example if I am SSH into the device, it will shutdown after about ten minutes and I get booted out. I disabled system suspend in `settings > Power settings` but this did not help. I also just replaced the power supply with a 4 amp power supply (up from 3.5 amp) but this did not help at all. I also looked around 'armbian-config' but I did not notice any settings that could be the issue. …

I have armbian installed on a 128gb sd card but it looks to be partitioned to about 2gb. How would I go about expanding the partition to include the rest of the 126gb? root@orangepizero2:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 422M 0 422M 0% /dev tmpfs 99M 1.9M 97M 2% /run /dev/mmcblk0p1 1.9G 1.7G 125M 94% / tmpfs 493M 0 493M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 493M 0 493M 0% /tmp /dev/zram1 47M 680K 43M 2% /var/log tmpfs 99M 0 99M 0% /run/user/0

Is there some shell script file inside /boot directory that gets called on system startup? Alternatively, is there any way to make such a script run by modifying only files inside /boot (like some config setting)?

Hey all, New to Armbian, installed to an Orange Pi 5. Installed XRDP - works fine in root (desktop shows) but if I try to do it as a user I just get a black screen with cursor. From searching I can see posts about already being logged in as a user already, and therefore black for privacy but I've not logged in as the user prior? Cant find anything really conclusive explaining how to resolve this Also even in root if I get logged out of desktop (RDP session still active, i.e. desktop lock screen) my root password doesn't work. Password is clearly not wrong

So I've had an odroid C2 running Armbian for the past couple of years without a hitch. Today however, when I try to login to my box either remotely or directly, I'm greeted with a login screen. On this box consists of 4 accounts (all mine) and I've set my primary account to automatically login when booted (never needed a password). Yet still, I'm greeted with the login screen. I try to login under my other accounts using my password, but even then, screen goes black for a second, then back to login screen. I really need some help here. As I said, I've been running Armbian flawlessly up until this point, now all of a sudden I can't even login to any of my accou…

Hello. How did you turn it off? I have Armbian installed on eMMC and the task is to write as little as possible on eMMC. How to disable all logs. Actually everything.

We are trying to compile a modified kernel module for this version of Armbian downloaded in October When running it reports: $cat /etc/armbian-release # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BOARD=orangepizero BOARD_NAME="Orange Pi Zero" BOARDFAMILY=sun8i BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=ba704f4740 LINUXFAMILY=sunxi ARCH=arm IMAGE_TYPE=stable BOARD_TYPE=csc INITRD_ARCH=arm KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=zImage FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE= VENDOR=Armbian BOOTSCRIPT_FORCE_UPDATE="no" BOOTSCRIPT_DST="boot.cmd" VERSION=23.8.3 REVISION=23.8.3 BRANCH=current uname -a Linux orangepizero 6.1.53-current-sunxi #3 SMP…

I used to come here some time ago and the first i always visited was the overview of supported boards. It included a photo of the board and the supported and unsupported features. Now i surfed and searched for almost an hour and can't find this or a similar page anymore. Where is that page gone? And i thought i was smart to first check out what boards are well supported before buying one. I saw this new Orange Pi "Orange Pi Zero 2W 4GB RAM + Expansion Board Development Board Allwinner H618 WiFi-BT Orange Pi Zero 2 W Single Board Computer" featuring two USB-C ports. Does anybody know whether that supports Armbian and OTG for a UVC camera and a USB-C Power supply? I do not …

I'm using Armbian bullseye on an Odroid HC2 with 2 GB of RAM with OpenMediaVault. Its memory usage used to be around 10% before starting any docker services, and a cool 50-60% while running things like Nextcloud, Vaultwarden etc. It used to jump to around 80% when some headless Chromium processes ran intermittently, but overall, it's been quite stable. I don't recall to make any significant changes to the system, yet suddenly the baseline memory usage jumped to around 50%, making my system extremely slow and unstable, with service and system restarts now occuring several times a day. I couldn't extract any useful clue about what's using all that RAM, with `sys…

Dear Community, I want to build a custom FirmWare for Banana Pi M2 Berry, im currently using the BPI-M2-Ultra Firmware, cuz no BPI-M2-Berry FirmWare exist. What do I need for building for my SBC(BPI-M2-Berry) ? I want to use my SBC as a LTE-Router/ Mesh-Repeater and want to pre-install some necessary packages, the device need. I want to build a Dashboard for Administrate the Device. Maybe I'll use electron + reactjs, or would it be better to use php for it? Greetz BlackLeakz

Hi. For my application it would be very advantageous to speed up the boot time of the device as much as possible. The application depends on the network, and unfortunately it seems it takes a while for the interface to establish a connection. After plugging in the device, I count that it takes about 25-30 seconds until my application starts (which is set to start on reboot by cron). However, at that time, the network is still not up, so it matters little that the application has started. It takes another 20 seconds or so until the device is reachable by the network. So total 45-50 seconds from boot. Why is this? I see in systemd-analyze t…

Hi all, Testing some versions of the Armbian img for the latest Orange Pi 5 Plus, right now im using Armbian_23.8.2_Orangepi5-plus_jammy_legacy_5.10.160_gnome_desktop.img and noticed when Im RDP in from windows machine, the audio from the OPI it doesn't get played back through. I did noticed when re-login locally back on the same user account, the audio card shows "Dummy Output" and no audio from the 3.5mm port. Is there a fix for this ? even on another version ? I have tested a few and all appears same result. bookworm_legacy_5.10.160_cinnamon bookworm_legacy_5.10.160_gnome bookworm_legacy_5.10.160_xfce …

I'm trying to setup k3s on a raspberry pi 5, and I can't seem to get the cgroup enabled on the kernel. I edited the /boot/armbianEnv.txt file adding: extraargs=cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory and when i cat /proc/cmdline or /proc/cgroup it doesn't seem to be enabled and I don't see the edits from the env file. Can anyone help? For context I'm trying to get k3s up and running on the a few raspberry pi 4s as nodes and a five as the master to the issues is currently on the 5. I'll be verifying I get the same results on the 4s tonight. Read through a bunch of posts but haven't found anything suggesting something other than editing that f…

Armbian trixie 24.2.0-trunk.272 - kernel 6.7.0-rc7 Connecting over ssh. When I shutdown the pi (sudo poweroff) it disconnects the ssh session but does not shut down completely. Network and heartbeat leds still flashing. Works fine with the legacy kernel 5.10 What am I missing? thanks

I use Armbian Jammy Xfc3 23.11.1 on my Banana Pi m3. It's on a 32 GB SD-Card. I did a backup with usbimager Flashed the image to another SD card with 128 GB. Changed the rootdev=UUID in /boot/armbianEnv.txt and the UUID in /etc/fstab But it won't boot What am I missing?

I am looking for some guidance on where to start reading on creating my own image for a RK3126, I have already grabbed a backup of the current eMMC image with rkflashtool (system, backup, kernel, boot, uboot, metadata etc.) I have mounted the system folder & grabbed the firmware out of there already as well & the firmware from https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin I am not asking for a step by step guide on this, I have intermediate skills concerning Linux. Been using it for 15 years, many Arch installs, completed LFS successfully once. I am just looking for a nudge in the right direction so I can get started on this. rkflashtool: info: rkf…

after installing wireguard (kernel upgrade + headers) the pi would no longer boot and fail with crc error. Looking at the boot partition the uinitrd file was linked to the old version. Changed the uinitrd link to the newest one and it booted again.

Hi is it possible to build only armbian system and use it with pre-built kernel and u-boot? I would try to use armbian in a custom board with kernel and bootloader I have already built in a local directory What should I pass to BUILD_ONLY to build only armbian system and how to set it together with my u-boot and image? Thanks Riccardo

Is there anyway to backup your whole emmc to img and use it for flash.

Hello. I want to create an image for this Board: Allwinner R528-S3. You can find info about it here. From the docs: It integrates the high-performance dual-core Cortex-A7 and single-core HiFi4 DSP 128 MB DDR3 CPU Architecture  Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7  32 KB L1 I-cache + 32 KB L1 D-cache per core, 256 KB L2 cache I just want to know where to start. Where do I start creating a config for this CPU and all that? I already have some info about the device and memory and all that. I just don't know where to start to creating a config. So I can see it in compile.sh program. I just want some general guidance on where to start. I've alrea…

Problem I created a Bridge Access Point using Orange Pi Zero 3 with the Ubuntu OS. However, after going through a fairly lengthy configuration, there is an issue when trying to connect to my Orange Pi Zero 3 Access Point. The problem is: it gets stuck at 'authenticate,' and there is no pop-up to enter the password on my smartphone. Configuration Setting file system /etc/network/interfaces # Network is managed by Network manager #auto lo #iface lo inet loopback # #Eth Static Configuration #auto eth0 #iface eth0 inet dhcp # HiBob Configuration # address 192.168.6.55 # netmask 255.255.25…

Cubietruck-like board. Omnima A20 micro PC Image for Cubietruck, Ethernet connection does not work, but spdif optical works. Ethernet connection does not work solution in the topic "No IP address for Ethernet connection (Cubietruck-like board)" Image for Cubieboard2, Ethernet connection works, but then spdif optical does not work, only analog audio. I need an Ethernet connection and spdif optical, how can I enable it in the Cubieboard2 image? Thanks!

Hello, Would this indicate faulty hard drive or USB port are not delivering enough power? [ 1065.076278] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Media removed, stopped polling [ 1065.079903] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 device offline or changed [ 1065.089105] I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 1065.103432] Buffer I/O error on dev sda, logical block 0, async page read [ 1065.113558] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 device offline or changed [ 1065.122484] I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2 [ 1065.136786] Buffer I/O error on dev sda, logical block 0, async page read [ 1065.146736] sda: unable to read …

Hello again, I was forced to reinstall OS and right now I have no sound at all. https://paste.armbian.com/omovipuyub I did try this but still no sound. cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Codec ]: H3_Audio_Codec - H3 Audio Codec H3 Audio Codec 1 [sun9ihdmi ]: sun9i-hdmi - sun9i-hdmi sun9i-hdmi

The long explanation is here Before: # dmesg ...... [ 9.606887] thermal_sys: Failed to find 'trips' node [ 9.606902] thermal_sys: Failed to find trip points for thermal-sensor id=1 [ 9.606923] sun8i-thermal 1c24c00.thermal-sensor: Failed to register sensor 1 (-EINVAL) [ 9.606938] sun8i-thermal: probe of 1c24c00.thermal-sensor failed with error -22 ...... My patch for sun8i-r40.dtsi. Yes, it's copy-paste with changing names of a cpu thermal trip point for a gpu thermal trip point. Now it's ok # ls /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/ cooling_device0 thermal_zone0 thermal_zone1 fix_gpu_thermal_zone_sun8i-r40_bananapi-m2u.patch

Hi, I'm trying to compile Armbian with TOC0 support for my opi-zero2, but am having difficulty getting the configuration setting to take effect. Opening the compiled disk image in a hex editor shows me what I believe is evidence the current u-boot does not have the toc0 flag set: I started by creating a patch file in userpatches: userpatches/u-boot/v2023.10/board_orangepizero2/orangepizero2_toc0.patch diff --git a/configs/orangepi_zero2_defconfig b/configs/orangepi_zero2_defconfig index f13735e91c..31f3c475e4 100644 --- a/configs/orangepi_zero2_defconfig +++ b/configs/orangepi_zero2_defconfig @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ CONFIG_SPI=y CON…

Suddenly after updating via armbian-config I lost ssh access and found the port closed. I rewrote the latest armbian version, stuck the sd card in, connected to ethernet cable via router and started up. The red and green lights were on as they should be and the internet cable was flashing green. Waited 3 minutes and checked the ports with nmap. And the port is closed again. Not responding to ping at all. I am still new to this topic. Please help and sorry if the translator translates crookedly.

Hi all, I am trying to bring up a new board that uses both Allwinner H616 emacs, the 1Gbps (emac0) and the 10/100Mbps w/internal phy (emac1). I brought in all patches found about that, but it looks like the emac1 does not work properly. It does not reset, this is what I found in the dmesg: [ 2.228695] dwmac-sun8i 5030000.ethernet: EMAC reset timeout As per the datasheet, the reg EMAC_BASIC_CTL1's LSB (SOFT_RST bit) is a bit that must set to 1 to reset, then automatically resets to 0 when the emac has finished the reset procedure. In my case, it remains 1 causing the kernel to unload emac1 driver. Anyone…

Hello, Since I upgraded my Odroid N2+ to Armbian 23.11, when connecting to SSH, I can read the following: Welcome to Armbian 23.11.1 Buster with Linux 6.1.63-current-meson64 No end-user support: community creations & unsupported (buster) userspace! Since 23.08 I had the first part about only community creation, which I already did not understand but now it looks worse as it also mention Buster when I use Bookworm. What can cause this strange information? And what can I try to solve this?

I can not ssh into my Orange Pi Zero 2 . I get "incorrect password , permission denied" repeatedly. I have loaded latest Armbian 23.11 and some older images all with same result. I used "1234" as password. My Pc has Linux Mint 21.2 and I used Xfce terminal also XTerm. Both My Pc and Orange Pi Zero2 are plugged into same switch. Also used a laptop with Linux Mint 21.1 and Xfce Terminal with same result. Any ideas would be great , I'm just any average user that tinkers. Thanks

On Armbian Orange Pi 5b webpage, one can download the latest image with kernel 6.7 Rrc1, not stable. Once the kernel (6.7) is stable, will there be a way to upgrade without reinstalling? Thanks.

Hi all, This used to work absolutely fine for me a couple of years ago but for some reason it isn't working at all now. I had to format the eMMC and re-flash it. Using either Bookworm or Jammy, when I try to run the script for boot from eMMC / system on NVME after the reboot it won't boot again. I've tried on both, tried before / after apt-update etc. Just doesn't seem to want to work when it used to in the past. This is what I'm seeing, apologies for phone photos, as I was in my living room, no way to take a screenshot. Any ideas? Thank you!

Hi, i have a problem, on my first boot i cant use my Keyboard because Armbian doesnt recognized it. i use Bookworm as an Image

Hi there, I have a working armbian jammy on my odroid c2, but I'm unable to get SPI to work. I tried to load the three as described in the odroid wiki (https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/application_note/gpio/spi#tab__odroid-c2😞 sudo modprobe spidev sudo modprobe spi_gpio sudo modprobe spi_bitbang ...and that works, but unfortunately no device file is created. I believe SPI needs to be enabled somewhere additonally. In the "armbian-config" hardware section, there is only an entry for the odroid n2, which does not help/work for me. Are there any other hints somebody can give me to make it work? thanks a…

Hi, I setup a Radxa Zero 2 last week with Klipper, a 3d printing firmware. Over the past few months, I've transitioned my printer to using canbus. I'm finding the setup process slightly different with Armbian than it was on RpiOS, and I'd appreciate feedback or pointers that could help me better understand networking in Armbian. I use a usb canbus adapter. In the past, I've configured it using the standard Klipper config written to `/etc/network/interfaces.d/can0`: allow-hotplug can0 iface can0 can static bitrate 1000000 up ifconfig $IFACE txqueuelen 1024 So, when I went to setup the Radxa, I did what I've always done, and i…

Hi all, Using Armbian Focal for a couple of years now and booting from an SSD plugged to USB (used the armbian installer to move to it) and it always worked perfectly but after an apt-update (stupid of me I know) I'm now stuck on a boot loop, it looks like the entire system is fubar'd. I don't mind formatting and reinstalling everything, the problem is that I lost the eMMC to USB converter I had and can't find any in the UK... Attached an image of what I'm seeing. Anything I can do to either salvage or do a fresh new install without the eMMC converter? Can be removed. Did a full format.

Hi everyone! To cut long story short I have to make a microUSB port work as USB Host. I found out that there is a patch that will bring the port up. Last year I managed to build a full custom image for my board using armbian documentation. I've already successfully upgraded software upto Armbian 23.8.1 Bullseye with Linux 6.1.53-current-sunxi So I'm going to build custom kernel with the patch applied to arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-r40.dtsi https://github.com/Vutlan/linux-sunxi/commit/e0b16f86b91b5b03c4acd041aa2d45eb688378b2#diff-fb8cf9a1a0b868557516caf54f4e966b ehci0: usb@1c14000 { compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-r40-ehci", "generic-ehci"; reg = &l…

I have done a firmware update on my Compulab Utilite Pro using u-boot compiled from source. However something went wrong, leaving me with a bricked board. In the manual it is mentioned, that the iMX6 has 2 boot-modes. The recovery-mode can be configured by switching some pin to a high-level. On the PCB I can not find any jumper, that allows me to do so. Question: Does anybody know how to switch the Compulab Utilite Pro to the recovery-mode? Thanks in advance

Hello. I am wondering if anyone here has Xenomai working for Amlogic platforms? I'm particularly interested in applying Xenomai to Le Potato/Sweat Potato. According to them, Xenomai is current and working for the Amlogic S905X3 (Odroid C4), though I have failed to find any source, patches, or images for that board. As far as I can tell, aside from some minor performance improvements here and there, the Odroid C4's SoC layout is very comparable to what the Potato boards have. So I only expect minor changes, if anything, to go from that SoC to the Potato's SoC. Xenomai's own guide to porting the dovetail interface is pretty good; I'll do that if I have too. I…

I'm trying to install the system to external usb drive on my OrangePi PC + using armbian-config tool but I get this error ### Board installation issue: File /usr/lib/nand-sata-install/exclude.txt does not exist or is not accessible! OS installed Armbian 23.8.1 with 6.1.53-current-sunxi kernel

I have a few STBs that I would like to install linux just for fun. 1. Amino A540 2. Arris VIP6102W 3. Kaon KSTB2020 Which STB would be easy to start with?

Hi folks, I had an old install of armbian which worked. I wanted a new install to start fresh all over. My problem is that i don't het any HDMI signal form the board. What i've done so far: - Downloaded ISO from armbian (nanopim4 with DE) - flashed iso to sd 8GB SD card - ssh to the board and did the first install - with `armbian-install` installed to 32GB emmc - enabled RDP for remote access but i was not able to get this to work either -.-' System: _ _ ____ _ __ __ _ _ | \ | | _ \(_) | \/ | || | | \| | |_) | | | |\/| | || |_ | |\ | __/| | | | | |__ _| |_| \_|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| Wel…

Hello everyone, I would like to know which version of Armbian is recommended to install today to have a stable system ? Indeed, I have reset all my data on my Helios64 and I want perform a fresh install. I do not made any hardware change on my Helios64 and I plan to use OMV6. Thanks all for advices Flolm

when I tried to install Armbian (Armbian_23.8.1_Lepotato_bookworm_current_6.1.50.img.xz) on my Le Potato, it asked me to enter the desired value of the TZ environment variable when I chose not to set the timezone automatically. however I am confused with what is a valid Posix timezone string. here are my attempts: Please enter the desired value of the TZ environment variable. For example, AEST-10 is abbreviated AEST and is 10 hours ahead (east) of Greenwich, with no daylight saving time. UTC 'UTC' is not a conforming Posix timezone string. Please enter the desired value of the TZ environment variable. For example, AEST-10 is abbreviated AEST and is 10 hours ahead (east…

Hi everyone, I have to make a custom kernel for a RK3568 based device with kernel 4.19.232. Currently running Ubuntu 20.04LTS. I followed this guide https://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Rockchip_Kernel and I tried compiling 4.19 from rockchip source code and made a boot.img with the rk3568-evb1-ddr4-v10.dtb. The device boots but HDMI isn't working correctly, LVDS appears detected but does not show anything and one USB stopped working. Since I am new to all these things, does anyone know of any guides to compile kernels for rockchip ? I am trying to replace the boot.img from the original FW because kernel is inaccessible and iptables is not wor…

I am currently facing a challenge with my Orange Pi 5 running Armbian 23.8.1 Jammy. I'm trying to get an exFAT formatted USB drive to work with this setup. I cannot mount an exFAT filesystem, despite having exfat-fuse and exfat-utils installed. The system fails to recognize the exFAT filesystem, displaying the message: "unknown filesystem type 'exfat'". I tried to install this module: https://github.com/arter97/exfat-linux. But I'm getting an error, that states that the driver already should be included on this version of the kernel: root@orangepi5:~/exfat-linux# make make -C /lib/modules/5.10.110-rockchip-rk3588/build M=/root/exfat-linux modules mak…

Hi guys, I have an Orange Pi with Armbian running on a 5.4.88-sunxi arm 7l, and I'm trying to connect a CSI gc2035 camera. According to the manual, the gc2035 camera is only supported by Linux 3.4. Is this correct, or is there a workaround? My Orange Pi can't detect the CSI camera—do I need to switch to Linux 3.4?

the jack audio on my Orange Pi 3 LTS is very noisy... my setup description below anyone having the same issue and fixed it? or anyone that went with a USB audio adapter or a HDMI adapter? thanks for sharing ___________________ this is my setup ORANGE PI 3 LTS headless Linux 6.1.53-current-sunxi64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 07:43:05 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy I'm using alsa and everything plays fine when using bluetooth **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: ac200audio [ac200…

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:liujianfeng1994/rockchip-multimedia [sudo] contraseña para eduardo: Repository: 'deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/liujianfeng1994/rockchip-multimedia/ubuntu/ bookworm main' Description: This ppa provides a package rockchip-multimedia-config to config your system ready for multimedia acceleration. sudo apt install rockchip-multimedia-config Then you're good to go. More info: https://launchpad.net/~liujianfeng1994/+archive/ubuntu/rockchip-multimedia Adding repository. Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel. Adding deb entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liujianfeng1994-ubuntu-rockchip-multimedia-bookworm.list Adding …

Hey, im trying to install pihole on my very old banana pi bpi-m1 on an Armbian_22.11.0 OS (maybe that is the issue after all). im getting this error "Error: Unable to update package cache. Please try "sudo apt update" after that the installation wont continue. when i run sudo apt update it shows the following: Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy InRelease Hit:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-security InRelease Hit:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com jammy-backports InRelease Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/saiarcot895/chromium-beta/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/moz…

Greetings all; I have a pile of bananapi-m5's, all used behind a home.arpa local network. I am the only one here, and no one but me will ever have access to these machines. So I need full access from any other machine on my local network. I updated one that I am slowly configuring to drive a bigger enter5+ 3d printer. New mobo in the rinter so I am starting from square one. Using klipper and mainsail as web interfaces to klipper. Now it goes to a no screen condition at about the time it used to bring up the login requester, but I can still access it via ssh -X me & my pw., but don't have full access cuz x or whatever is not…

Hello. I have been struggling with creating a local build environment that will be guaranteed to work today, next month, next year etc. My hardware is Radxa-Zero and I want to run kernel 6.1.23. Currently I find that the build environment, in various ways, breaks the build over time. I've been chasing a stable build for kernels 6.1.23, 57, 58, 59. The build environment, by default, grabs the latest 6.1.y kernel, which is no good for me. My root FS and DTB are for 6.1.23 and I don't want to keep updating everything just because I need to make some kernel configuration changes. I have tried the BSPFREEZE and OFFLINE_WORK build options but t…