I have problem with tvbox x96 mini (s905W)  armbian not starting correctly. I have only this https://ibb.co/r5XVkwmvv  . Why? I did everything correctly but I have this error list only. What gone wrong? 

 

Hi! 

 

We are here to help, but first we need more info from you 

 

Which Armbian build are you using? Can you tell? 

As the log says, the error is in the U-Boot parameters, but can me something more.

 

Can you detail your problem a bit more? Starting from the image download

 

 

I was try this tutorial

https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0316.html

I was try few dtb files with the same efect.

I have x96 mini tvbox s905w.

 

I was try this to https://github.com/kdrapel/x96mini_linux. This not working too. What I did wrong or maybe this x96 mini is a new version or electronics inside is not comming from x96 mini.

I use 32 gb micro sd card sandisc. If is possible to use usb pendrive? Or it boot only from micro sd. It is only my curiosity. 

 

@Arek Rybak I would recommend that you read the two TV Box FAQ posts:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus

 

What dtb's have you tried.  On my x96 mini boxes I am using /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

 

I was tried this p281.dtb too but no good result.

I was tried this p281.dtb too but no good result. Any idea?

Maybe try to search something in dmesg? 

Can you post your extlinux.conf file?  Based on the screen shot, errors are being reported when reading the conf file

LABEL Armbian
LINUX /zImage
INITRD /uInitrd

# aml s9xxx
FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0

Can you attach the file instead of cutting and pasting the contents.  I am looking at the lines in your screen capture that say:

Ignoring unknown command:

Ignoring unknown command:

Ignoring unknown command:

Ignoring unknown command:

Ignoring unknown command: FDT

Ignoring unknown command: APPEND

 

It seems as if it is ignoring all the lines of your extlinux.conf file.  Is there anything you see that looks unusual?  Did you edit the file on a windows machine (perhaps windows CR/LF characters) - just making a guess.

 

I was delete this not used lines. 

On windows I use windows notepad. On android I use total cmd edit. 

If something is wrong with this file could you upload yours extlinux.conf . I replace it.

 

extlinux.conf

I share with you my ".conf" file

and a post I made where I put together everything that helped me install armbian.

 

 

extlinux.conf

If you wish, you can flash an Android rom on your tvbox using the Amlogic USB Burning tool, and then from android use the "Update & Backup" application to update using aml_autoscript.zip that would be on your microSD card.

This extlinux.conf works fine but I have few problems. Only 1 GB RAM. Linux not see more RAM. This device have 2 GB RAM. What I can do? I want more RAM on linux. 

I want boot this linux from USB HDD. If this is posible? How do this?

I need swap becouse if RAM is to low linux freeze.

Maybe I want this linux in place where is android now. I guess this emmc memory is faster than my microsd card and be live longer than sdcard.

Are you sure your box has 2GB of RAM?  It is common for these cheap TV Boxes to be mislabeled and there are even cases where the Android install is modified to lie about how much ram exists.  The only sure way to know is to open the box and look at what ram chips are actually installed on the board.

If you do have 2GB of ram with only 1GB being used, that would be an issue with the dtb file you are using, as the dtb maps the hardware to the linux kernel.

Is this fake?

Fake or no fake?

you seem to have had the exact same problem i had

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/19022-s905x-p212-balbes150-2010-ignores-extlinuxconf/

On 10/4/2021 at 4:10 AM, Arek Rybak said:

Fake or no fake?

Look at the ram chips, look up the specs and figure out how much ram the box has (note chips are sometimes attached to both sides of the board)

On second side IRD77 D9LGX and IWD12 D9LGX

How many RAM I have?

@Arek Rybak Use google to find the spec sheets for the ram chips you have and figure it out.