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Hi, I'm using banana pi m1+ with armbian legacy kernel. I'm building an application with c sharp and using mono to run in in the banana pi. My application needs to change gpio output levels multiple times while running, so I installed bcm2835 library in the banana pi to control the output level from the application. Using the library, I was able to control those as I want, but I'd noticed that there are default gpio output levels, which are different from each gpio pins. I'm using CON3-P36 and CON3-P38. Right after the boot up, CON3-P38 goes high, while CON3-P36 goes low. I want to adjust the CON3-P38 to go low in the boot up, so that both two have low output as d…

Hello, I would like to use armbian on a custom board with an arm processor. I' am a beginner and I don't know many things about o.s and board. My questions regards what issues will I have to face? Why I can't just install it like i do with desktop? Why I need to customize it? What things I need to customize? Is O.S customization an "easy" job or it will take months? What are the advantages of starting with armbian instead of starting from ubuntu (xenial)? What are the critical component of a board (what need customization)? Thanks in advance.

Armbian provides its own hostapd. Why? This is relevant because of the recent WPA2 bug. Upstream hostapd has been patched: https://packages.debian.org/jessie/hostapd I don't understand the precise relation between Debian and Armbian. Will this patch percolate down? Thanks

Hi, If I build my kernel 'properly' using the armbian compile.sh script with docker, everything works fine. If I run the docker image interactively, go into /armbian-cache/_data/sources/linux-pine64/my-hacks-1.2 and do export PATH=/root/armbian/cache/toolchains/gcc-linaro-5.4.1-2017.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/:$PATH make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE="aarch64-linux-gnu-" -j8 $* I get a kernel that seem to work in every way, except it won't load any modules. The 'normal' build uses modules in /lib/modules/3.10.107-pine64. The non-compliant kernel reports uname -r of 3.10.107+. I tried copying the existing /lib/modules/3.10.107-pine64 to /lib/modules/3.1…

Hello, guys, I am building mainline "next" for BananaPi M2 with my custom Waveshare 35a dt overlay (source attached) created from the one for RaspberryPi3. The display shows a broken picture. DMESG periodically shows SPI transfer error -110. Any ideas what is going on there ? I am using a similar DTS on OrangePi PC and it works perfectly. Thanks in advance for any help or idea. DMESG output ---------------------------------------------- [ 8.027465] fbtft: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 8.030428] fb_ili9486: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unk…

When trying to build my own image for Orange PI Win using Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 x64 on VirtualBox i am getting a bunch of messages like below CC spl/drivers/block/blk_legacy.o In file previous definition from include/configs/sunxi-common.h:22,UNXI_TVE0_BASE 0x01c0a000 from include/configs/sun50i.h:28, from include/config.h:5, from include/common.h:21, from drivers/block/blk_legacy.c:8: …

As armbian incorporates some performance tweaks also with regards to IRQ balancing on Allwinner devices, I just wanted to note, that the irqbalance daemon now finally works on armhf in Debian Stretch. I had tried irqbalanced on arm several times over the last two years, and neither the versions shipped in Wheezy or Jessie actually worked (i.e. balanced IRQs over multiple cores). I also tried to compile a more recent version last year but couldn't get it to work. So, now after upgrading one of my BananaPis to Debian Stretch, I gave irqbalanced another shot and am happy to see that interrupts are now nicely balanced, including e.g. ethernet and USB interrupts.

I came across Icenowy's patchset for current stable Linux version (currently 4.13) here. Since it contains almost every out of tree functionality for 32 bit Allwinner SoCs, should we just use it here? But beware, at least HDMI functionality there lags a bit - Armbian uses newer patches with audio enabled...

hello dear armbian developers, building jessie or stretch with btrfs-root ends up in an boot-loop. this is due to an wrong entry in boot.ini setenv rootfstype "ext4" changing it manually to "btrfs" fixed the Problem the config I used: KERNEL_ONLY="no" # leave empty to select each time, set to "yes" or "no" to skip dialog prompt KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" # leave empty to select each time, set to "yes" or "no" to skip dialog prompt CLEAN_LEVEL="make,debs,oldcache" # comma-separated list of clean targets: "make" = make clean for selected kernel and u-boot, …

I have to use beta.armbian.com site with my Orange Pi zero and today when I have run apt update I have see following errors: Błąd http://beta.armbian.com jessie/main armhf Packages 404 Not Found Błąd http://beta.armbian.com jessie/utils armhf Packages 404 Not Found Błąd http://beta.armbian.com jessie/jessie-desktop armhf Packages 404 Not Found Pobrano 128 kB w 20s (6179 B/s) …

Hi, in case somebody is looking for working example of USB gadget built for H3 processor (Orange Pi PC) on top of GadgetFS, please look at the link: https://github.com/prife/ptp-gadget The only adaptation required for Orange Pi PC is in autoconfig() function: else if (stat(DEVNAME = "sunxi_usb_udc", &statb) == 0) { HIGHSPEED = 1; fs_source_desc.bEndpointAddress = hs_source_desc.bEndpointAddress = USB_DIR_IN | 1; EP_IN_NAME = "ep1in-bulk"; fs_sink_desc.bEndpointAddress = hs_sink_desc.bEndpointAddress = USB_DIR_OUT | 1; EP_OUT_NAME = "ep1out-bulk"; source_sink_intf.bNum…

Hi, totally new at this but here goes. I have been working on a IoT project involving the pcDuino and have been having issues with the image supplied by linksprite and WiFi drivers etc. I came across armbian, noticed the pcduino wheezy image and downloaded, installed all good and very impressed. I then went to run my python scripts to test gpio ports and sensors but received the following error: File "/home/iotadmin/gpio/__init__.py", line 43, in pinMode with open(_MODE_FD_PATH % id, 'w') as f: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sys/devices/virtual/misc/gpio/mode/gpio1' I assume that the device mapping is different? I would appre…

Hi, I hit a problem on pinebook where docker would hang with defunct processes consuming high cpu. A bit of googling turned up a known problem with aufs as the cause, so I grabbed the patches, combined them and created a pull request https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/772 I gave the resulting kernel a fairly good work-out this evening and it seems to be working fine now.

Hi, On the main site: https://www.armbian.com/ it says only 60 days to go for the next release :-) Well, to have a good user experience and squash bugs I think we should do a feature-freeze from about day 50 onwards - what is your take on that ? To do so, I was thinking about how you could handle this period on Github. Will “pull request’s” after feature-freeze be tagged for later integration? Everybody is welcome in squashing bugs (only the ones in code) eg. updating or adding configuration file for armbianmonitor ? eg. updating or adding information to the documentation ? Last but not least, if you can help with s…

I'm struggling with XU4/HC1 and the try to have the rootfs on a connected USB disk. All attempts end up with: Gave up waiting for root file system device. Common problems: - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) ALERT! /dev/sda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! Rebooting automatically due to panic= boot argument I tried USB disks on USB3 and USB2 ports, according to leds and spin-up sound the SSDs/HDDs get power but device doesn't show up. I remember vaguely that we had such issues on other platforms where it was just a small missing bit in kernel config. But I …

http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-gets-blasted-by-blueborne-too/ Not sure if we'd seen this/had exposure.

Hello, I have build my own armbian image and successfully flash it to Miqi board. everything works well from command line. And I need the desktop and I run sudo armbian-config and click the "lightdm: enable desktop" but the desktop are not shown in HDMI output the log /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log shows: [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.18.3, UID=0 PID=10738 [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-disable-log-backup.conf [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /usr/sh…

Issue identified by Hardkernel folks with ODROID XU4 and 4.9 kernel: 'When a bunch of sequential data(inode) is being sent to the UAS driver, the UAS driver is increasing the DMA block memory allocation dynamically for more efficient ring-buffer management. But the Kernel coherent-pool memory size was limited at 256KB by default and it was not sufficient for the UAS drivers.' I added this as a temporary workaround to my OMV installation routine but would like to see this fixed on normal installations and also all affected boards too. I've to admit that I neither know how to determine coherent-pool memory size nor what potential downsides of increasing this are…

Recently U-Boot has acquired support for UEFI (the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). how may this effect ARMbian's boot system roadmap? see: https://www.suse.com/docrep/documents/a1f0ledpbe/UEFI on Top of U-Boot.pdf

I do not impose, this is only a proposal for discussion. What would users have a single point of entry into the build system (the main armbian GIT/build), I propose to add into the main master branch additional variable that will be used in the script "compile.sh" to specify what branch to use when building. This will allow to quickly combine the main branch to build images Armbian with my fork for assembling the images for TV boxes and boards based on the Amlogic platform. Under the add , my changes do not conflict with the existing system in the main branch and at the same time, users will be able to collect their own versions based on the amlogic branch of a single GIT…

On Black Hat 2017 security researcher Nitay Artenstein showed a vulnerability affecting millions of smartphones he called BroadPwn. The bug/vulnerability sits inside the firmware blobs but I didn't pay that much attention since I thought it would be related to recent smartphones and at least the one I use still receives full security fix support now in the 5th year. But when I heard that latest Raspbian release contains a fix for BroadPwn (RPi 3 and Zero W use BCM43438 to provide wireless capabilities) I asked myself immediately a question: http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/08/17/raspbian-for-raspberry-pi-boards-gets-upgraded-to-debian-stretch/#comment-545270 …

If I want to have HC1 in motd when using XU4 image -> firstrun.sh if lsusb | grep "Bus 004 Device 002: ID 152d:0578" -> renaming: /etc/armbian-image-release /etc/armbian-release /etc/hostname /etc/hosts systemctl restart systemd-logind.service Safe and worth doing it?

Hi, I'm wondering if there is any environment variable to enable the compilation and of the mali and nand drivers for orangepipc board. ./compile.sh docker KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no BUILD_DESKTOP=no KERNEL_ONLY=no INSTALL_HEADERS=no BOARD=orangepipc BRANCH=default RELEASE=xenial In the cache folder, I see those drivers at linux-sun8i/sun8i/modules/ Also, there is a script apparently to build those drivers -> linux-sun8i/sun8i/scripts/build_sun8iw8p1.sh I appreciate any help, thank you!

I am compiling H5 boards, Nano Pi Neo 2 (wip) and Nano Pi Neo Plus 2 (disabled board) and getting errors building u-boot. [ o.k. ] Compiling u-boot [ 1.0.0 ] [ o.k. ] Compiler version [ aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc 7.1.1 ] [ .... ] Checking out sources [ o.k. ] Started patching process for [ u-boot sun50iw2-nanopineo2-dev ] [ o.k. ] Looking for user patches in [ userpatches/u-boot/u-boot-sun50i-dev ] [ warn ] ... [l][c] add-FIT-config-name-match-function.patch [ failed ] [ warn ] ... [l][c] add-FIT-support-A64-spl.patch [ failed ] [ warn ] ... [l][c] add-FIT-support-H5-spl.patch [ failed ] [ warn ] ... [l][c] add-disp2-video-driver-jernej.patch [ fail…

Hi all, I have the clearfog base - Armbian 5.32 works great on it. Now let's say I need to develop an application which uses Boost. I can create a custom user config to install the appropriate packages, but how do I compile against it? rootfs seems to be deleted every time I create an image to be flashed. How can I package my own application into the sd card image? I have done this before with openwrt and their custom packages, but if I could do it in Armbian that would be great.

Spoiler ___ _ _ _ ____ ____ / _ \ __| |_ __ ___ (_) __| | / ___|___ \ | | | |/ _` | '__/ _ \| |/ _` | | | __) | | |_| | (_| | | | (_) | | (_| | | |___ / __/ \___/ \__,_|_| \___/|_|\__,_| \____|_____| Welcome to ARMBIAN 5.32.170701 nightly Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS 4.12.0-odroidc2 System load: 0.00 0.02 0.00 Up time: 4 min Memory usage: 2 % of 1855MB IP: 172.16.100.183 Usage of /: 19% of 7.0G [ General system configuration: armbian-config ] root@odroidc2:~# Download: https://dl.armbian.com/odroidc2/Ubuntu_xenial_next_nightl…

It would be nice for the armbian downloads to have GPG signed SHA256SUMS like Ubuntu. Would it be hard to implement? Because currently the images are distributed in 7z files with a checksum file, nothing currently prevents both from being changed. My bad, I found the guide: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/

Hi there! I am new to this forum, so hopefully I am at the right place to open my discussion. We use our own made iMX6DL based board to run a semi-professional amateur radio. We choose armbian as it worked almost out of the box, but we use a kernel 4.11+ probably 4.12+ next week with some small extra drivers for an SPI OLED and some special keyboard drivers. However these modifications are not relevant for the issue I have, but I should mention, that I added the etnaviv kernel drivers and all related things to activate HDMI. We have not fully encountered the way to merge in our BSP to armbian, however I found the very instructional vide…

I decided to start my Armbian contribution with something simple as a first step where I will learn how to update the documentation. So far I've cloned and built the docs successfully. But after I built them, I noticed that the new docs I built do not match the documentation on the website (docs.armbian.com). Which files are considered to be correct / what's next (fix the ones in git or the ones on the site?). Thanks!

I've been upgrading to the latest nightly mainline kernel every couple of weeks or so and had a problem today whilst updating linux-xenial-root-next-cubox-i dpkg output throws an error : root@JPCuboxi4:/boot# apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: linux-xenial-root-next-cubox-i 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/332 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 177…

Apologies if this is a FAQ. I'm trying to diagnose OV5640 camera issues on my NanoPiM1 using the headless xenial distro with the legacy kernel. Is there an accessible version of the compile.sh that built this distro? I'd really prefer to be able to rebuild all on a proper desktop machine ... TAIA Jerry. nanopim1:~$ uname -a Linux nanopim1 3.4.113-sun8i #28 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 2 02:01:28 CET 2017 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

Hi Guys, I have recently been contracted to a new project where I have moved out of my comfort zone (embedded 8-bit/32-bit uC) and have started my work on a H3 based device (currently NanoPi Neo) with Armbian. Over the course of my work I have managed to get up to speed with the basics; configuration, scripting, hardware and interfaces and device trees to a point where I can now work on the device as a proof of concept. The work that has been contributed so-far to the armbian project is impressive as is the active and knowledgeable forum - to which I hope I can contribute. One element which I cannot find an easy solution to is one of remo…

HI @Igor: I need to download and compile this image (with the 4.11.7 kernel) https://dl.armbian.com/orangepizero/archive/Armbian_5.32_Orangepizero_Ubuntu_xenial_dev_4.11.7.7z How I can get from github the source code of this version? Very thanks

Hi, I'm trying to build an image for the Orangepi Zero Plus 2 (H3) using the following instructions: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/. After putting the produced image onto a microSD card using dd, I put the card into the board, connect the serial and power, and then seems to fail and drops me to the u-boot prompt. Here is the output of the terminal. U-Boot 2017.07-armbian (Jul 18 2017 - 16:01:02 +0100) Allwinner Technology CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680) Model: Xunlong Orange Pi Zero Plus DRAM: 512 MiB MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0, SUNXI SD/MMC: 1 *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment In: serial Out: serial…

Hello, MTK have launced a MT7623 based SOC with the interesting BPI-R2 smart router board : http://forum.banana-pi.org/t/banana-pi-bpi-r1-bpi-r2-smart-router-board-comparison-20170612/3390 I am quite enthusiastic about the hardware build features, like network acceleration, QoS and ipsec in this SOC. Will you build an image for thet board? Regards, Serge

Where can I follow detailed changes in (legacy) Armbian builds? Things such as: motd structure change introduce/remove Network Manager ... I have lots of setup scripts manipulating (e.g. using sed) the default Armbian files and they break if stuff changes... Are these changes coming from Ubuntu or from Armbian? Thanks a lot.

There is another topic with answer for desktop case. But how to rotate the console screen, when there is no desktop? The suggestion about change in kernel parameter - fbcon=rotate:<number> didn't work for me (edited boot.cmd, compiled with mkimage command, and I see boot.scr changed ) and I was unable to change the /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate file - it stays unchanged.

Hi! I made a custom kernel with Buildroot. This give me a file called sdcard.img and other files. I want only the kernel to replace the existent kernel of my armbian distribution on my orange pi zero. What files I need? How I copy and replace the existent kernel? Very Thanks!

Hello guys I tried to build an image for Banana Pi M2, build itself went OK but image is not working. Any help is appreciated. Logs attached. Thanks compilation.log debootstrap.log install.log output.log patching.log tools-build.log bpim2-minicom.log

IMO this needs to be discussed separately, not in this (Banana Pi M2 Ultra) thread.

I am trying to install perf on armbian. It happens that perf is dependent on the kernel release (see /usr/bin/perf, a shell script). I use kernel 4.10.0-sun8i, but the linux-tools installed are apparently for kernel 3.16: # uname -r 4.10.0-sun8i # apt-get install linux-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdw1 libperl5.20 libpython2.7 linux-tools-3.16 Suggested packages: linux-doc-3.16 The following NEW packages will be installed: libdw1 libperl5.20 libpython2.7 linux-tools linux-tools-3.16 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and …

Hello, I tried to apply the patch https://github.com/lintweaker/xmos-native-dsd/blob/master/SRPMS/patches/kernel/0001-usb-Add-native-DSD-support-for-Amanero-Combo384-LE.patch in armbian build for orange pi pc and banana pi pro. Neither works. Attached is the error message. Grateful for any help, thanks!

I use 5.32 dev on NanoPi NEO: $ uname -a Linux watchdev 4.11.5-sun8i #11 SMP Fri Jun 23 20:03:23 CEST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux I use NFSv4 and autofs. The number of "[NFSv4 callback]" processes increase each time a volume is mounted, and does not decrease when un-mounting: # ps axwww |grep -i nfsv4 | grep -v grep 1478 ? S 0:00 [NFSv4 callback] 1501 ? S 0:00 [NFSv4 callback] 1515 ? S 0:00 [NFSv4 callback] # umount /storage/motion # ps axwww |grep -i nfsv4 | grep -v grep 1478 ? S 0:00 [NFSv4 callback] 1501 ? S 0:00 [NFSv4 callback] 1515 ? S 0:00 [NFSv4 callback] # ls /storage/motion backup…

I recently started getting these errors constantly... not sure what's going on. I can ping the address just fine, and even if I modify the lib config sources file to change it to ftp.us.debian.org, I still seem to run into the same errors. Any suggestions on what might be causing the problem? [ error ] Installation failed Failed to fetch http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libn/libnl/libnl1_1.1-7+b1_armhf.deb Could not resolve 'httpredir.debian.org'​ Thanks.

Shall we go back with sunxi and cubox NEXT to 4.9.x and push update out since: https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/4254-cryptdisks-fail-with-new-kernel-41012/#comment-31614 https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/4498-no-network-after-upgrade-to-530/&page=4#comment-33710 Any other critical thing?

Currently on the latest version of armbian I am experiencing high background internet data usage. I am limited to a 50MB plan which works fine with other devices, but seems to not be enough for more than 10 days on this distro. I have tried disabling all periodic checks for updates, but I am still seeing high data usage. Any ideas on where these might be coming from? I can provide a wireshark PCAP if needed.

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade Armbian on my little OrangePi Lite, and it's been 3 days at it already. It is stuck at "Compiling headers", and it is not hung, I can use it. It does happen from time to time to all my SoCs, sometimes I prefer to re-dd and reconfigure. So I was thinking, if compilation cannot be avoided, can it be done on another computer? Cross-compile?

Current situation with WIP/EOS boards: ➜ armbian % find lib/config/boards -name '*.wip' -o -name '*.eos' | xargs grep BETA_TARGET | grep -v '\"\"' lib/config/boards/orangepiprime.wip:CLI_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/config/boards/orangepiprime.wip:DESKTOP_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/config/boards/orangepipc2.wip:CLI_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/config/boards/orangepipc2.wip:DESKTOP_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/config/boards/lamobo-r1.eos:CLI_BETA_TARGET="xenial:next" lib/config/boards/nanopineo2.wip:CLI_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/config/boards/orangepizeroplus2-h5.wip:CLI_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/config/boards/orangepiwin.wip:CLI_BETA_TARGET="xenial:dev" lib/…

Hi Experts, I am using Readily available MFRC522 NFC reader board. It works fine on Raspberry Pi but we are not able to read card on Orange Pi Zero. I followed steps in the below posts. Both are same and person posted confirmed that it works for him https://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/617-wip-orange-pi-one-support-for-the-upcoming-orange-pi-one/page-9#entry5747 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41350031/dual-rc522-on-orange-pi Person who published the post says that he tested on 5.04 and I am using image Armbian_5.24_Orangepizero_Debian_jessie_3.4.113.img We have checked wiring again and again and wiring looks all OK. read.py runs but when card is …

Hello, First please excuse me for being not learned enough to do it without asking stupid questions. Here is my goal: Build Armbian (debian jessie) image with some packages included into it, include some web content and scripts into image, run my own script at firstboot to configure apache/mysql etc. So everything to start working out of the box after first boot. I read a little and saw userpatches/customize-image.sh is responsible for custom configuration, but got no idea how to proceed further. For example if I want to install mariadb what should I do? apt-get install mariadb (it says this file was executed in chroot environment) …

Hi all, please be aware that Pine folks in the meantime understood that recommendations to use WinDisk32Imager, dd and other non verifying burning tools are wrong, tried to recommend Etcher instead (as usual sabotaged by at least their most famous forum moderator) and now use finally a 'branded' Etcher 2.0 beta: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=4481&pid=27520#pid27520 I don't think it's correct to do it this way (and at least the macOS application sucks since not digitally signed and using a wrong so called 'bundle identifier') but anyway. Let's take this for a foresight. Etcher 2.0 uses catalog files in such a way: http:…

Greetings. Trying Armbian on this board instead of using the usual Buildroot mechanisms. Thanks for the project. Armbian repo cloned etc as per https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/. Ran ./compile.sh which updated various things. Selected the 4.x development version of the kernel, and Debian Jessie, then server option, then things fired up but failed attempting to apply the u-boot config file. nanopi_m1_defconfig is definitely missing. That defconfig is definitely not present in the u-boot repo I use with buildroot. What have I missed here? TIA Jerry [ o.k. ] Syncing clock [ host ] [ o.k. ] …

Hello, I'm tempted to load the Siano Mobile Silicon driver (TV adapter) into the Orange Pi PC more I'm not getting. I have performed the following procedures already: I put it in the / lib / firmware folder: isdbt_rio.inp I configured the smsmdtv.conf file (options smsmdtv default_mode = 4) in the /etc/modprobe.d/ folder I installed firmware-siano-rio_1.0_all.deb (sudo dpkg -i firmware-siano-rio_1.0_all.deb) Has anyone already set up the siano drive on linux? Thank you very much

Hi all, I'm using armbian on a cubietruck for various purposes. One of them is HAM radio. BUt I just noticed we don't have support for AX25. In fact, we're missing all HAM-related stuff, so I think it isn't possible to build just the modules: # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set What I would need is this: CONFIG_HAMRADIO=y # # Packet Radio protocols # CONFIG_AX25=m # # AX.25 network device drivers # CONFIG_MKISS=m # uname -a Linux cubie.acasa.local 4.3.3-sunxi #3 SMP Mon Dec 28 11:27:16 CET 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux Thanks for your support. Marius

Hi!I already compile new kernelArmbian_5.27_Orangepipc_Debian_jessie_dev_4.11.3.imgUSB and networks work fine, but button power off dont wokrItry toacpi_listenBut no change (acpid version (1:2.0.23-2)Thank you! Please help!

I've migrated the patches from sunxi-next into sunxi-dev ! https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/20240e9669055030076e69452cf6a1ccb368cc2e Unfortunately, during my migration of my 3x Olimex-A20-Micro boards, I've faced strange hangs during Armbian Filesystem Resize service. One of the boards, I wait 5 mins, but service was still hanging/looping. I've have then press reset button, reboot, automatic fsck, then resize Ok ! So, can other A20-Micro owner can confirm ? ...

Some of you probably saw that I added recently the OrangePi-Prime to the build process. Unfortunately, I'm still struggling to get the WiFi. It is even worst than the WiFi issue still present on OrangePiWin. For the OrangePi-Prime, even the DT doesn't process the WiFi entries, and the mmc1 is still "disabled" in /proc/device-tree at boot time. The strange thing is that if I load a small overlay to change the mmc1 status to "okay", the kernel start processing it. But, unfortunately, I'm seeing "sunxi-mmc 1c10000.mmc: no support for card's volts" error, although I didn't found obvious errors in vqmmc-supply setting of mmc1. I will have to dig f…

I was doing some testing and it looks latest u-boot is broken for Allwinner H3 (no boot), A20 (Banana no network), I assume A10 too. There was some RFC upstream, but I did not go further into details ... Shall we rather rollback to 2017.03?

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/armbian/u-boot-sun50i Cloning into 'u-boot-sun50i'... remote: Counting objects: 104, done. remote: Total 104 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 104 Receiving objects: 100% (104/104), 15.69 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (60/60), done. Submodule 'arm-trusted-firmware' (https://github.com/apritzel/arm-trusted-firmware.git) registered for path 'arm-trusted-firmware' Submodule 'u-boot' (https://github.com/apritzel/u-boot.git) registered for path 'u-boot' Cloning into '/home/samuel/u-boot-sun50i/arm-trusted-firmware'... remote: Counting objects: 17522, done. remote: Total 17522 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pac…

Should we use Mutex to prevent writing on same file / device by 2 or more threads? Any alternate suggestion? Nbird

Hi, I am working on H3 based Nano Pi Neo board. my task is to enable audio and kernel version is 4.4. I tested Armbian image, Audio is working fine(good) and capture working too. Enabled sun4i-codec.c (which has h3 support). I struck with major problem. I am unable to write AC registors(physical address: 1c22c00) but i can read them using readl. writel is not showing any effect on register. I enabled audio_pll, codec clock, bus codec gate registers and reset deasserted. I have cross-checked H3 datasheet for clock tree. Everything looks fine. why writel is not working?? any suggestion.?? help me. …

Need uinput module to use with tslib but "nanopineo 4.11.0-sun8i" doesn't seem to have it, neither static linked to the kernel or as a dynamic module. What am I missing? Thank you

What's the FDT_NO_SPACE error? U-Boot SPL 2017.05-armbian (May 19 2017 - 04:11:50) DRAM: 512 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 U-Boot 2017.05-armbian (May 19 2017 - 04:11:50 +0200) Allwinner Technology CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680) Model: Xunlong Orange Pi Zero DRAM: 512 MiB MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0 *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: phy interface0 eth0: ethernet@1c30000 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 38518 bytes read in 162 ms (231.4 KiB/s) Unknown command 'bmp' - try 'help' switch to partitions #0, OK mmc0 is current device Scanning mmc 0:1... Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr 3559 bytes re…

Hello, i was wondering, how Armbian images are different compared to official orangepi images available on their webiste? clearly, orangepi official images are not well maintained or regularly updated, but what's armbian policy here? are official images using proprietary drivers that armbian doesn't? for example, mali450 (on H5) for armbian is not available, is it the same on official images? what the difference? avoiding non-free software?

Hi guys, do you have idea why boot stopped? Check log below please. It was build about 25minutes ago but about 1 week younger build was working. U-Boot SPL 2017.03-armbian (Apr 03 2017 - 19:48:42) DRAM: 256 MiB Trying to boot from MMC1 U-Boot 2017.03-armbian (Apr 03 2017 - 19:48:42 +0100) Allwinner Technology CPU: Allwinner H3 (SUN8I 1680) Model: Xunlong Orange Pi Zero DRAM: 256 MiB MMC: SUNXI SD/MMC: 0 *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment Setting up a 720x576i composite-pal console (overscan 32x20) Error: no valid bmp image at 66000000 In: serial Out: vga Err: vga Net: phy interface0 eth…

Any idea how to make this u-boot compiler tool chain mess a bit human / armbiantoolchain friendly? http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_K2

I've build an dev image for my OrangePi 2 (kernel 4.10) to try mainline kernel and got into troubles with onboard wifi. It works fine in legacy with 8189es module, but there is no 8189es module in mainline image. So I tried 8189fs but it's not working. After doing some search I've managed to build 8189es module myself using https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux.gitrepository. Quick manual: git clone https://github.com/jwrdegoede/rtl8189ES_linux.git cd rtl8189ES_linux/ make ARCH=arm KSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) CROSS_COMPILE= sudo mkdir /lib/modules/4.10.0-sun8i/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8189es/ sudo cp 8189es.ko /lib/modules/4.10.0-s…

Mainline dev image as here: https://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/3574-orangepi-2-wifi-driver-issue-in-mainline-dev-410/ When I try to run armbianmonitor: rufik@opi2:~$ sudo armbianmonitor -m Stop monitoring using [ctrl]-[c] Time CPU load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq CPU/usr/bin/armbianmonitor: line 271: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq: No such file or directory 12:57:09: MHz 0.02 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 38.5°C^C So it looks like cpufreq not working. Dmesg says: rufik@opi2:~$ dmesg -T | grep -i cpu [Wed Feb 15 21:40:37 2017] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [410fc075] revision 5 (ARMv7), cr=50c5387d [Wed Feb 15 21:40:37 2017]…

Where I can read the changelog about the last armbian release 5.27? Github shows only 5.24 https://github.com/armbian/build/releases and on the docs 5.25 https://docs.armbian.com/Release_Changelog/

To help diagnose the issues I'm facing with AP6212 with other boards, I've decide to build an image for the newly received NanoPiM1Plus. It produced the following image : Armbian_5.27_Nanopim1plus_Debian_jessie_dev_4.10.11.img I've plugged an USB-TTL on the board, it booted until the login prompt. Trying the usual root/1234 failed, looking at FriendlyArm site, although I'm not using their image, but an Armbian freshly built, I've try their passwd : root/fa It logged ... looking for AP6212 traces, I've seen some "bcmsdh_sdmmc_probe" ... Doohh ? I did "uname -a" : again, Doohh ? : Linux FriendlyARM 3.10.65 #4 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 24 11:…

@Igor, I started a new topic because is more clear. I compiled with the last files in your github and remove the ".disabled" of the file 30-real-time143-full-plus-rt-fixes.patch . I choose the option 5 (full real time) but crashes. I attach the screen of the error. I compiled two times. One in lubuntu 16 and other in Ubuntu 16. The error is the same. Very Thanks!!!

I've added new patches for OrangePi-ZeroPlus and commited them. Like for OPiPrime done yesterday, the OrangePi-ZeroPlus WiFi still not working. I don't know why yet, although is more encouraging than OPiPrime, since at least the driver comes up in "lsmod" in the OrangePi-ZeroPlus, while for the Prime it didn't. Also another issue : OrangePi-ZeroPlus has an eMMC, I was able to do "nand-install-sata", but I'm unable to boot from it, although the MMC2 DT is part of U-Boot, for some reasons, it doesn't scan it.

Hi all, I'd like to compile latest kernel 4.11-rc7, so i added KERNELTAG="v4.11-rc7" to ./compile.sh and created file /userpatches/lib.config and added KERNELBRANCH="4.11" to it i also added to /lib/configuration.sh according to documentation ARMBIAN_MAINLINE_KERNEL_VERSION='4.11' # lock in a particular kernel version but i get this error : [ o.k. ] Using user configuration override [ userpatches/lib.config ] [ o.k. ] Syncing clock [ host ] [ o.k. ] Downloading sources [ o.k. ] Checking git sources [ u-boot v2017.03 ] [ .... ] Up to date [ error ] ERROR in function fetch_from_repo [ general.sh:184 ] [ error ] Error in configuration [ o.k. ] Pr…

I'm trying to turn on the SPDIF transmitter in the H3 mainline kernel (v4.10). To do this I'm copying sun4i_spdif.c from sunxi-next kernel (spdif marked as working starting from kernel v4.11) and make some changes in .dts files for OrangePi PC: diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dts index 90a767f..29980a8 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dts +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dts @@ -91,6 +91,24 @@ gpios = <&r_pio 0 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; }; }; + + sound { + compatible = "simple-audio-card"; + simple-audio-card,name = "On-board SPDIF"; + + simple-audio-card,c…

Hi There. I'm working on connecting the screen to Roseapple Pi. I got patches for kernel and u-boot, added it to userpatches, but it didn't work. After I touched dts up with these patches, but unfortunately it didn't work. I use these patches. Kernel diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/actduino_bubble_gum.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/actduino_bubble_gum.dts index 65551f3..80142ad 100755 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/actduino_bubble_gum.dts +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/actduino_bubble_gum.dts @@ -1084,15 +1084,59 @@ status = "disabled"; }; - dsi: dsi@b0220000 { - status = "disabled"; + dsi: dsi@b0220000 {…

Hello everybody, I have a loftq of Mixtile at home for 2 weeks and try to install linux since that time. The Howto of Mixtile I have tried with the Mainline Kernel I get the error message pxelinux.cfg Timeout of several different files. If I use the legacy kernel I get no error handling it stops only after the message Linux kernel. I took the Armbian desktop version of Bananapi M2 and copied my * .dtb file with into the dtb folder in the directory boot. Here I get also the message startin Linux kernel but then the monitor is black. Can you help me please? Many Thanks.

I found various information from various places about running minimal egl programs on the OrangePi. Suggesting I need to do things such as modify various .fex's, etc. http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=53 However, I can't seem to find anything that's up-to-date, and much less one that doesn't rely on X to run. And, I'd really like to avoid a dependency on X. 1) Is the most up-to-date userspace driver still https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-mali I find it hard to believe that that is right considering its age. It is also referenced here: http://linux-sunxi.org/Mali_binary_driver. In addition, no mali modu…

Hi, I am using mainline 4.10.0-sun8i and to enable I2C I added: overlays=sun8i-h3-i2c0 to armbianEnv.txt and rebooted, then I checked: cat /proc/device-tree/soc/i2c\@01c2b400/status and still found that it was disabled, I feel that I may be missing a step, like having to compile armbianEnv.txt into the config script, is that so? Just to make sure it wasn't working, i changes the pins to I2C using: sunxi-pio -m PA11'<2>' sunxi-pio -m PA12'<2>' BTW. sunxi-pio has very few code comments, did not specify the field order and finding which bits to flip in the H3 data sheet was annoying, did you want me to fix and submit a pull …

I just got a copy of the dev branch armbian comipled (2017-04-10). I'm here with the grand goal of getting libsurvive running with the HTC Vive on the Orange Pi. In order to do this, I need to coax the OrangePi to output to the vive. I was skeptical at first, but it appears you guys support 4k@30, so it should be okay on the pixel-clock front. The vive is 2160x1200@90Hz. You can't underclock it. Just won't go then. It's sadly the only mode the thing supports. I've seen shreds and bits here and there of information about how to do this, but, it seems that most of it is out-of-date for the "dev" branch. Any hints on how I can get the OrangePi to output as per …

Hello, Interested in replacing virtualbox as a VM host, "docker" tool seems to be able to run on Debian/Ubuntu/other linux distro/MacOS/Windows (as they claim) My test: 1/ Installing docker on my amd64 4-cores Ubuntu 14.04 (too much tweaking to run "armbian" properly) see doc here also I have been using "Create a Docker group" and don't forget to run "Hello World" test 2/ To create a new container with Ubuntu 14.04 (if you have added docker group to your non-privileged user, if not use "sudo") $ docker run --privileged -i -t ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash "privileged" is needed for /dev/loop operations, if not the container cannot see the loop d…

This is second afternoon I spend trying configure wifi on headless orange pi because we started using nmtui-connect (editing /etc/network/interfaces was much more easier especially when I need make universal image for about 15 same boards). It found wifi but when I try enter password it instead shows message "Could not activate connection: No plugin │ │ │ │ supported adding this connection" I can select which wifi I want but It everytime ends with same message. I tried it on image Armbian_5.25_Orangepizero_Debian_jessie_default_3.4.113.img I made no changes on this image except changing root password. User creation I canceled.

Hello, i want to read from a mcp3008 on my orange pi zero with armbian and python. Sadly i can't read any data from my moisture sensor on channel 0 over the mcp3008. Anyone got an idea or a tutorial for the mcp3008 with orange pi zero? This is what i got right now: pi@orangepizero:~/spi/SPI-Py$ ls -la /dev/spidev* crw------- 1 root root 153, 0 Mar 20 13:17 /dev/spidev0.0 crw------- 1 root root 153, 1 Mar 20 13:17 /dev/spidev1.0 Vdd / Vref on 3,3. Agnd / Dgnd on ground. CLK on SPI1_CLK/PA14 Dout on SPI1_MOSI/PA15 Din on SPI1_MISO/PA16 CS/SHDN on SPI1_CS/PA13 Code: …

Hi Pulled latest git repo and build mainline image (Ubuntu/Debian both) 4.9.2-sun8i kernel. Eth0 now stuck at 100mb/s and half duplex. I have tried using ethertool to make it full duplex. Not working. The previous image which I used and suggested was Armbian_5.24.170109_Orangepizero_Ubuntu_xenial_4.9.0 This image works with full duplex. Is this a bug or there is more configs needed when I building my own images? From ethtool output, looks like problem with auto negotiation. pi@orangepizero:~$ sudo ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Ha…

Finally got a SPI connected DS3234 RTC for my BananaPi working! Main problem was that a patch is needed to get SPI master mode working reliably on A20: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9567833/ @Igor/staff: it would make Armbian even better than it already is if you could apply this patch on all A20 boards Setup: BananaPi (bought back in 2015 so not exactly sure which "flavour" it is, specs are equal to BPI-M1) DS3234 RTC (SparkFun DeadOn RTC Breakout DS3234) Mainline kernel (4.10 currently) Armbian build/devopment (of course ) Note: wiring and base of DTS according to Science Gizmo - Raspberry PI and your SPI Rea…

I'm just starting out with Armbian development, and the most recent "stable" version (5.20, v2016.09) doesn't compile. Is this supposed to work? olaf@tackd:~$ mkdir routertest olaf@tackd:~$ cd routertest/ olaf@tackd:~/routertest$ olaf@tackd:~/routertest$ git clone -b v2016.09 https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib Cloning into 'lib'... remote: Counting objects: 19756, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (155/155), done. remote: Total 19756 (delta 75), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 19601 Receiving objects: 100% (19756/19756), 173.96 MiB | 1003.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (12762/12762), done. Checking connectivity... done. Note: checking out '4c5…

Hi Wondering if anyone knew the algorithm that assigns mac addresses to orange zero. Is it based on something static/cpu id /...? or it is purely random. Will this mac change over time or after it is generated, it will stay the same? I have one zero that mac is pretty static and another changed mac after I did a upgrade. If I want better control of the mac address, what's the best way to make it static? this is on the mainline -jerry

Has anyone been able to get kernel 4.???? to work on an orange Pi Pc?

I have an orange pi lite and I'm building my (dev 4.10) image using the Armbian tools. So far I figured out how to enable the DT overlays located in /boot/dtb/overlays by editing the armbianEnv.txt file and adding overlays=sun8i-h3-uart1 sun8i-h3-uart2 sun8i-h3-uart3 sun8i-h3-i2c0 sun8i-h3-spi0-spidev This now enables the various uart, i2c and spi ports I wish to use and that works. I'm trying to now set up a ADS7846 Touch controller using DTB I have copied the file from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/linux/rpi-4.4.y/arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/ads7846-overlay.dts and run dtc -I dts -O dtb ads7846-overlay.dts -o /boot/dtb/overlays/ads7846-ove…

I'm trying to compile the tv.ko driver for the NanoPi M1 (to see if I can bake overscan compensation into it). First I compiled the whole of Armbian to see if I can produce the .ko in such a roundabout way, but besides being a very dumb/slow way of going about it, I can't find any file called "tv.ko" after running all of that (it probably gets cleaned up). Short of mounting the generated Armbian image manually and extracting tv.ko, is there a way to compile just the driver? It normally sits at: /lib/modules/3.4.112-sun8i/kernel/drivers/video/sunxi/disp2/tv/tv.ko And sources for it are under: sources/linux-sun8i/sun8i/drivers/video/sunxi/disp2/tv/ The modin…

Hello Igor, Good day. I have two questions regarding cubietruck(A20) kernel 4.9.7 source. 1. Where can I get kernel source 4.9.7 you use ? 2. Where can I get cubietruck(A20) patches for this kernel source you use ? I need this sources to clear some moments in a way of 2nd CPU start. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Andrey

Hi, while i was trying to work with the NTC C.H.I.P. i've started to take in consideration the ubifs instead of mounting all the system partition as read only. Someone have experience with ubifs? do it is supported by armbian? Someone can help me with some guide?

Hi, I updated the gc2035 driver, kernel 3.4.x. The driver can be loaded with parameter, so you can choose to have different window size and/or image quality on the fly (well, kind of). Parameter: hres=[0,1,2] hres=0 (default without parameter) 640x480, 15 fps, good quality (fps with good light condition) 1280x720, 13 fps, poor quality (fps with good light condition) 1600x1200, 10 fps, poor quality (fps with good light condition) hres=1 800x600, 12 fps, good quality (fps with good light condition) 1600x1200, 8 fps, medium quality (fps with good light condition) hres=2 320x240, 20 fps, poor quality (fps with good light condition) 640x480, 18 f…

I tried to compile wireguard from source in armbian xenial with kernel 4.9.7. on a Banana Pro. After compiling and installing the resulting kernelmodule, modprobe fails: sudo modprobe wireguard modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wireguard': Exec format error dmesg shows: [ 5563.012529] wireguard: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 5563.013912] wireguard: unknown relocation: 102 On the wireguard list, one pointed out this might be related to old toolchain, so i checked: the installed gcc is: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) and the mentiond gcc Version in dmesg is (gcc version 6.2.1 …

Today i have tried to boot armbian on my old tablet. After i copied script.bin from tablet nanda partition and applied it on Armbian_5.20_Lime-a10_Debian_jessie_3.4.112_desktop image desktop has started. The first thing i have checked is CPU temperature 65 - 67 'C - 1008MHz 300Mb of 512 free mem Not working: 1) touch screen 2) wifi 3) accelerometer Is it normal 65-57 'C for Allwinner A10 CPU ? And how to add support for wifi and touch screen ? hardware: cpu Allwinner A10 wifi Realtek RTL8188CUS touchscreen raysens rs10f160904 ssd2533qt6 ddr3 x4 h5tq1g83tfr-h9c flash x2 29f32g08 lition power system axp209

What kind of work is needed to upgrade Orange Pi 2E+ from legacy to kernel 4.x? Thanks, Kriston

I customized my Armbian install with 2 operating systems on two partitions. In armbianEnv.txt I use rootdev to specify the default partition. I would like to set it so that if booting from the default rootdev fails (triggering panic or root-wait, etc.), it will instead try to boot with rootdev/root set to the other partition. Is that possible?

Hi there. Did anyone tried to get a recent kernel running under NanoPi M2? I got one board some days ago and would like to get a kernel running with DTS support. Thanks for any hints.

Currently I am busy getting the new version of Kerberosio video surveillance software (website) to work on Armbian (Debian Jessie). The current version is already working (refer also to this post), and I have also compiled successfully the most recent development version which includes video recording which is not included in the current release. There will be a special Armbian page (I am currently writing it) on the Kerberos.io site in the near future. I am working towards a general Armbian recipe. Because the software originally focuses on the Raspberry Pi Platform, there are some slight differences (library dependencies because of the Raspberry Pi camera which is s…

A touch of bravery got me to install mainline on my Nanopi Neo using the orangepi one dtb. It worked OK. Today I updated the system and got a nice new kernel 4.9.4 but also had bit of bother in the form of the absence of network devices. It seems there is an issue with the new sun8i-h3-nanopineo.dtb as reverting back to the orangepi one restores that capability. It's all a bit mysterious to me but I do notice that the alias "ethernet0" is absent from the nanopi dts and the configuration of ethernet further down seems quite different. I'd be quite interested in trying a new version of the dtb if someone's ahead of me with this.

Hi all, special thanks to Igor for his work and all who are involved, thank you for reading this, THE MISSION:I am trying to install Armbian 5.25 Cubietruck Ubuntu xenial onto a cubietruck v1.0-0606. THE SITUATION:My computer I am creating the SD-Card from is: First I tried to copy Armbian_5.25_Cubietruck_Ubuntu_xenial_next_4.9.7_desktop.img then I copied root root 2946498560 Feb 5 12:04 Armbian_5.25_Cubietruck_Ubuntu_xenial_dev_4.10.0_desktop.img root root 2942304256 Feb 5 02:43 Armbian_5.25_Cubietruck_Ubuntu_xenial_next_4.9.8_desktop.img sudo dd bs=1M if=Armbian_5.25_Cubietruck_Ubuntu_xenial_dev_4.10.0_desktop.img of=/dev/sde sync My cardrea…