May 11, 20251 yr I have noticed that when building images using the same kernel but selecting Ubuntu or Debian base (Bookworm vs Jammy), some hardware doesn't work on one of the images. Since the kernel is identical, why is not the hardware support the same? Is there a different build script for the two bases? Different userspace drivers? Just wondering..
May 12, 20251 yr it could be that there is a bug in one distro that is not present or already fixed in the other it could be that one image is missing a package that should have been installed (this would be a bug in Armbian if it affects one of the images we publish) best you can do is to report bugs if you think there is one
May 12, 20251 yr 22 hours ago, sakittelsen said: some hardware doesn't work on one of the images Can you be more specific?
May 12, 20251 yr I have problems with gpu drivers. Some builds have Panfrost drivers, and some har software rendering. Often, Ubuntu has Panfrost, but Bookworm has Software. Prebuilt images often have Panfrost, but if I build the same image myself, there is no gpu driver. Learning about overlays, and looks like I have to enable gpu drivers there. I want to use Debian and not Ubuntu, but Ubuntu seens to have better hardware support (audio/video drivers). Not sure if that is just something I "think"
May 12, 20251 yr Hm sounds like it all boils down to mesa. Ubuntu Noble has kisak ppa to provide a more current version while Debian can pull more recent mesa packages from backports. mesa-vpu extension should deal with that.
May 12, 20251 yr Here is an sample implementation of both: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/51915-server-vs-desktop-images/#findComment-218346
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