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Armbian 25.11.2 Noble XFCE (BSP Kernel: 6.1.115) + PanVk - mesa 26.0 (https://launchpad.net/~ernstp/+archive/ubuntu/mesaaco) + Box64 arm64 v0.4.1 652da4fbc (https://ryanfortner.github.io/box64-debs/) + proton-10.0-3-amd64-wow64 (https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds/releases/download/proton-10.0-3/wine-proton-10.0-3-amd64-wow64.tar.xz) + dgVoodoo2 (https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases) + DXVK-stripped v1.7.1 ~60fps@1080p (max settings, static lightning, no AA) box64 environment variables: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

This is a great thread. I've had a magcubic android 12 box I've been using for a while just to watch things off a USB when we stay at hotels. It looks like the one in this video but the chip ID's are different. Mine seems to be running with Samsung memory, the clock chip? is FD650 instead of FD6551 and the wifi chip is labelled as HK5236F. Most hotel TV's don't support modern video codecs so this has worked ok. But I want to look at accessing my NAS remotely and this box is a bit of a dud if you want to install your own apps. Play store doesn't work, aurora store doesn't work. Tried sideloading Tailscale and it just crashes. While doing some research I noticed it also seems to be sold under the Vontar brand so I flashed @Nick A "Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Vontar-h618_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img" to an SD card and it booted up. Happy days. It appears to have ethernet but I have not plugged it in yet. No wifi though. I just have 2 questions. 1. Is there any way this can be made to boot from internal storage or do I need to keep the SD card in if I want to run Armbian on it? 2. Is there a driver available for this wifi chip and do I need to mess around updating the boot image or can I just run a command for it? I'm not a regular linux user but I've got a bit of experience messing around. I don't currently have an environment setup to build my own image but I've played around with WSL before so I could probably set something up. Thanks for everyone that has contributed to this. It's good to make use of these boxes considering how cheap they are.

Armbian 25.11.2 Noble XFCE (BSP Kernel: 6.1.115) + PanVk - mesa 26.0 (https://launchpad.net/~ernstp/+archive/ubuntu/mesaaco) + Box64 arm64 v0.4.1 652da4fbc (https://ryanfortner.github.io/box64-debs/) + wine-10.20-staging-tkg-amd64-wow64 (https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds/releases/tag/10.20) + dgVoodoo2 (https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases) + DXVK-stripped v1.10.3 ~40fps@720p (low shadow setting, high texture, no AA) box64 environment variables: Resident Evil - Revelations

Inspired by the incredible work @jock and @ilmich have done to make the RK322x platform stable on mainline Linux, I decided to tackle the application side of things. My goal was to turn these "e-waste" TV boxes into fully functional, low-latency Android Auto head units for our cars. This fork of OpenAuto is built as one of my "Is it possible to turn this into that?" projects. It turned out to be one heck of a nightmare to pull off, but at the same time a lot of fun because I can see the potential of these TV Boxes as something you can actually put in your car and turn into a usable head unit! System Requirements Target Device: RK322x TV Box (e.g., MXQ Pro 4K). OS: Armbian Bookworm or Trixie (Kernel 6.1+ recommended). RAM: 1GB recommended. CMA Limit: You MUST set cma=256M in /boot/armbianEnv.txt to prevent VPU crashes at 1080p. FFMPEG Installed: This build requires a specific build of ffmpeg that can be found here. Release: v2.0.0-alpha This release represents a major architectural overhaul. I have removed heavy dependencies (PulseAudio, QtAudio, GStreamer) in favor of a lean, direct-to-hardware pipeline using RtAudio (ALSA) and FFmpeg v4l2_request. Download: https://github.com/Harleythetech/openauto-rk3229-armbian/releases Technical Details Video Engine: Switched from GStreamer to a custom FFmpeg + V4L2-Request backend. Leverages the v4l2drmprime patch set for Zero-Copy rendering. Enables full hardware H.264 decoding on Rockchip stateless decoders. Result: Stable 1080p 60fps stream on a 1GB RAM device. Audio Overhaul: Replaced PulseAudio and QtAudio with RtAudio. This creates a direct, low-latency path to the ALSA hardware driver. Display: Targets linuxfb (Framebuffer) by default instead (eglfs and ffmpeg have issues when you run them together due to DRM master lock) Configuration This release requires a specific ALSA configuration to allow audio mixing (dmix) without PulseAudio. Create/Edit /etc/asound.conf: pcm.!default { type asym playback.pcm "dmix_hdmi" capture.pcm "plug_null" } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } pcm.plug_null { type plug slave.pcm "null" } pcm.dmix_hdmi { type dmix ipc_key 1024 ipc_perm 0666 slave { pcm { type hw card 0 device 0 } format S16_LE rate 48000 channels 2 period_size 512 buffer_size 4096 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } Known Issues Invisible Cursor: The mouse cursor works but is currently invisible when the FFmpeg video backend is active (rendering layer order issue). Backend Fallback: In rare edge cases where DRM initialization fails, the app may incorrectly default to Qt software output. Probably more, i haven't tested it that much Development Status: Active & Seeking Contributors Currently, I am the sole maintainer focusing on the RK322x platform (specifically the RK3229). I am actively looking for developers interested in expanding support to other devices (such as RK3328, RK3399, or Allwinner H3/H6). If you have experience with C++, Qt, or V4L2/DRM and want to help turn these TV boxes into capable head units, contributions are highly welcome! Repository: https://github.com/Harleythetech/openauto-rk3229-armbian Credits: @jock and @ilmich for ffmpeg patches and the csc-armbian-for-rk322x-tv-box-boards opencardev for openauto and aasdk

Decided to see how far the LLM have come along and give this another crack. Gemini 3 Flash seems to have got me a few steps forward. It had me add zswap and build a swap file while adjusting some of the U-Boot variables. /boot/armbianEnv.txt additions/changes fdt_addr_r=0x42000000 ramdisk_addr_r=0x42800000 fdt_high=0xffffffff initrd_high=0xffffffff extraargs=zswap.enabled=0 swiotlb=1024 I had to expand the filesystem to use more of the SD card then added a 512M swapfile sudo fallocate -l 512M /mnt/pinecube/swapfile sudo chmod 600 /mnt/pinecube/swapfile sudo mkswap /mnt/pinecube/swapfile It took a solid 5 or so minutes but I got booted. It's very slow but at least I got this far! Just leaving this here for anyone else that may stumble along.

Armbian 25.11.2 Noble XFCE (BSP Kernel: 6.1.115) + PanVk - mesa 26.0 (https://launchpad.net/~ernstp/+archive/ubuntu/mesaaco) + Box64 arm64 v0.4.1 72807b6b9 (https://ryanfortner.github.io/box64-debs/) + proton-10.0-3-amd64-wow64 (https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds/releases/download/proton-10.0-3/wine-proton-10.0-3-amd64-wow64.tar.xz) + dgVoodoo2 (https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases) + DXVK-stripped v2.1 30~40fps@720p (low settings, high texture, no AA) box64 environment variables: FlatOut - Ultimate Carnage

That isn't what you use for amlogic tv boxes. Follow the instructions linked from the download page: https://www.armbian.com/amlogic-s9xx-tv-box

Hello guys, im trying to install armbian to internal emmc, but armbian-install neither the other file exists, please help, thanks

Probably dead, yes. It looks like it is in read-only mode, so you cannot even erase it. Unfortunately for you, the way I designed the armbian boot requires either an empty flash or an installed u-boot that boots from sdcard first. You have three options: 1) hack the armbian boot using the multitool bootloader, but I don't suggest doing so because updates may overwrite the changes 2) remove the eMMC phisically, desoldering it 3) short the eMMC clock pins permanently, similar to what you would do when you want maskrom mode. The board will then always boot from sdcard. See the unbrick paragraph in the first post for some instructions.

THANK YOU so much for this effort. I no longer regret buying an OrangePi RV2!

On the 25.11.1 Noble release, using the 6.12 kernel, there is no package to install the linux-headers for installed kernel. Is there some place to get them so that it is possible to install a kernel module for the provided ubuntu-rockchip kernel?

There was a successful test with Debian Forky in RK3566 I saw some progress and success in the last 2 days. Someone made compiled ffmpeg 8.0+v4l2request and made it work in Debian Forky... which also carries ffmpeg 8.0 https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/14690#issuecomment-3500141427 Does this mean that I need to use Debian Forky too? (I was staying with Debian Bookworm because H264 hwaccel only worked there) References: https://code.ffmpeg.org/Kwiboo/FFmpeg/src/branch/v4l2request-v3 https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20847 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ffmpeg

How do you power the bananapi m1? It has 2 microUSB connectors.

Good evening. I spoke too soon. I wrote this: Armbian_23.11.1_Bananapi_bookworm_current_6.1.63.img but it doesn't support SATA either. Even if anyone has another idea or a working BPI M3 with SATA, I'd still be grateful for any suggestions.

Rpi support for whatever of their devices is mainly on the level of RaspberryPi OS. We use their kernels sources as base, add some additional things and release timing is different - not much difference. If they added new device, it should just work. If anyone wants to improve support or fix WiFi -> https://github.com/armbian/build/pulls

@Bones558 I guess you are using a USB-C to HDMI adapter? I bought one and it doesn't work on kernel 6.6. I think it's because the DRM heap driver hasn't been updated yet. I got a Micro HDMI to HDMI cable, and that works.

Hello everyone! I have TV box MX10 based on RK3328. It freezes on the manufacturer's label on boot. So I need to update the firmware. I followed the instructions from 1st post but didn't get success. When I run "Erase eMMC" it change modal windows with messages very fast and at the end shows "Successfully done". The same when I run "Write new image". It shows immediately that it is flashed. I have run the shell and checked `dmesg` and found there errors like "group start error -110, status 0x0". What does it mean? Then I installed "rkdeveloptool" and followed steps from this thread: - ld - I see TV box in Loader mode - rd 3 - switch to Maskrom mode - dd loader.bin - done - wl 0x0 armbian.img - done - rd - toexit when I run tv box I got the same freeze on logo and that's all Is eMMC died? or?

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You can check the .DTB files on the bootfs (FAT32) 1st partition. AFAIK the Pi500 uses a D0 variant of the SoC and that needs a separate/dedicated .dts (when downstream kernel what Armbian also uses). When upstream kernel, make sure you have the very latest, as even in 6.18.0-rc? (or 6.19.0-rc? dont remember) I saw some fix w.r.t. naming w.r.t. that D0 variant. And also should pair with proper and/or new enough bootloader (the code in EEPROM). Still upstream kernel might lack a lot of functionality, but at least RP1 should work so RJ45 should work.

no clue. needs testing. perhaps it just works. kernel sources are the same as rpi os.

Thanks Igor. Just for reference, I also tried Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.332_Odroidhc4_forky_current_6.18.7_minimal.img apt update apt upgrade apt install linux-headers-current-meson64 apt install zfsutils-linux zfs-initramfs zfs-dkms zfs-zed Everything went fine and seams to working OK. Chris

@Harleyyyu Your project could be interesting , I would suggest to open a dedicated 3ad on It own so people can contribute. As you have already realized by yourself quite all hardware and drivers aspects of this rk322x soc have bene investigated by @jockand/or @ilmich But if you achieve any progress on GENERAL drivers and performance that isn't already been discussed or achieved you can came back here to share Thanks

Okay here's a huge update and a win for me: While i stopped playing with the kernel, i focused on improving openauto by replacing GStreamer with ffmpeg and utilizing the same RTAudio to Alsa Patch which achieved the following things: 720p 60 1080p 60 FPS Stream (cma set to 265) RTAudio to Alsa (Video and Audio are synced) Low Latency Touch or Mouse Response Now while there is still some bugs like when i disconnect my phone by pulling the usb cord results into a segment fault i'd say that's just a minor bug that can be fixed along the way. Huge thanks to the experimental ffmpeg patches and the guide @jock PS: hopefully someone can help me improve the code even more, i know this board is capable of being an android auto head unit for those who like to build it on their own: Github: Openauto-rk3229-armbian (requires you to compile aasdk)

@Werner, @Igor: Is the Raspberry Pi 500 supported by Armbian? It’s the successor to the RPi 400, for which support is mentioned. Internally, it looks similar to the RPi 5, except that it seems to lack wifi.

Hi! This is my first message here, congrats to the community for building this I would also like to corroborate that the current Balena Etcher, in Windows at least, is not writing the image correctly to the SD card. The Armbian imager did it well for me. I just booted an unused A95X (S905X) "Mini Kitty" with Armbian, but I don't think I will spend too much time with it, I already got a lot of mini PCs for servers and it's too slow for a terminal 😅 What do you recommend me to do with this little box? Thanks!