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Samba has one gazillion options, you can read about all of them here: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/current/man-html/smb.conf.5.html You can read the wiki with examples here: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server I would NOT use a samba server without a password.

Example for adding a new board with already existing board family: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/9456/changes

Maybe. Trunk are untested auto-builds and support for this board is from the community. Its functionality is unknown to the Armbian team. Get serial console logs. This makes investigation way easier.

Try running a2jmidid with pw-jack a2jmidid first — that bridges ALSA MIDI to JACK MIDI, and then use pw-link or qpwgraph to connect your app's MIDI input to the resulting Midi-Bridge ports

I was able to run Steam games with GPU accelerated ofc. But since my Opi5 only has 8Gb, I mainly run non-Steam games. I can see your SBC has 32Gb, so you are good. I assume your game is 64-bit DX11. Change the Steam Play compatible layer to "GE-proton". Download Dxvk-stripped here: https://github.com/khanh-it/dxvk/releases/tag/releases Copy x64/d3d11.dll, x64/dxgi.dll to the <<game>>.exe folder. Then run the game with a command like so:

Hi, I have started to work on a Nanopi Neo3 Plus image (rk3528-based, similar to Nanopi Zero2), announced early March 2026. Created a new .csc file, used the Nanopi Zero2 as a template. Built it with the vendor version. Built it with the vendor kernel., but added the "dt" directory with the rk3528-nanopi-rev02.dts to be "automatically" added to the dts directory and Makefile. The base console version seems to work ok when I generate a bookworm image. As I currently only need u-boot, kernel and dtb's to build my own OS (Volumio, volumio.org), it works for me. Of course, I would like to contribute my work (and support it?), but how do I proceed? I used Armbian's kernel and u-boot build a lot, but not done this before.

Hi guys, I've been trying to run this with and without Gemini for a while and couldn't figure yet how to solve the freezing problem i'm facing with this board. The multitool runs stable on this box. It's an "In X plus" by label, an rk3228a inside, a Samsung KLM8G1WEMB-B031 emmc and 4 Samsung K4B2G0446C memory chips for 1GB RAM. Heres the full log: https://pastebin.com/vkZQKgpu Also the armbianEnv.txt producing it: verbosity=8 extraargs=coherent_pool=2M console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty1 debug earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11030000 loglevel=8 bootlogo=false overlay_prefix=rk322x fdtfile=rk322x-box.dtb rootdev=UUID=0c7f3d5e-34b3-4fb4-9894-b4b25702a6a6 rootfstype=ext4 usbstoragequirks=0x2537:0x1066:u,0x2537:0x1068:u I've tried many of the overlays including cpu stability and all the modes for emmc (even disabling it by loading the nand dtbo). Other than that, i've tried increasing pwm voltages and locking cpu and ddr3 speeds, disabling the gpu and everything on its path. Tried also on trixie and its the same thing. If i tune down the verbosity, i can get to a login shell. But it freezes and blanks screen right after with an ilegible string of characters on the tty. Does anyone have a clue what i should try next? I'm guessing it could be the lower kernel version on the multitool that makes it run stable, but i couldnt find any image running it that i could try. The educabox one also freezes. Those images i tested and messed with for long were all build using the armbian builder, with BOARD=rk322x-box. The freezing happens either booting from the sd or flashed to emmc. The weirdest thing is, when i flash one of those built images to emmc, the multitool starts to freeze when booting from sd. Couldn't figure this out either but it stops freezing when i erase the emmc. I'd appreciate any help i could get.

Hey there, Title: Need compatible firmware / loader for XR8223518K-V1.0 (RK3518) TV box Message: Hi, I’m trying to recover a TV box with this exact mainboard: Board code: XR8223518K-V1.0 SoC: Rockchip RK3518 Symptoms: device only shows blue LED no HDMI output device can still enter MASKROM / Rockusb mode What I already tested: RKDevTool detects “Found One MASKROM Device” using my current MiniLoaderAll.bin + ExportImage.img fails with: “Download boot fail. Please check DDR.” So I believe I need: the exact stock firmware for this board or a compatible RK3518 MiniLoaderAll.bin / loader for this exact board / DDR configuration If anyone has firmware, loader, dump, or files for XR8223518K-V1.0, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

@boggy have you tried another SD card? You have a lot of mmc errors. which miniarch image booted for you? Maybe we can use the mmc settings from that image.

I opened PR #9590 with the really minimal change that's needed to get my desired behavior back.

@Nick Acutecom.log log2.txt Here's how it looks right now, booting from an SD card on which I flashed the mainline U-Boot to boot the image.

I'm still working on getting the kernel compiled, but in the meantime I may have found where the option disappeared, back when 6.18 was still edge. https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/2a38243de9ff01e079b6ec0c930c00f892e163aa#diff-003c7426ff865cb4e5d2d17e324129fe9de266da1f83a11e290670929e55036dR10-L675

OK I think I have learned something. My fstab entry doesn't contain an entry like x-gvfs-show which i believe makes the disk appear in the UI (desktop icon and in Thunar?? I found this by comparing Gnome Disks settings for the SATA drive, which according to disks is mounted at mnt/data. Good. So next task is to install and configure SMB to share the root drive on the network ideally without the necessity of entering a password. So path should be /mnt/data?? and do I require Valid Users entry? Finally do I need smbpasswd.. Note users accessing will be from Windows 11 pcs and mobile phones (iOS) path = /mnt/data available = yes valid users = kealy read only = no browsable = yes public = yes writable = yes

Hello I flashed Armbian 26.2.0-trunk.606 on a SD Card. But my Orange pi 4a does not boot: only red led. It boots well with the Orange image Orangepi4a_1.0.4_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_gnome_linux5.15.147.7 Any idea ? is there something to update ? Thanks

Hello @lewa_j! Thanks for the explanation. As long as https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/powervr.html lists BXE-2-32 as unsupported we stick to the blobs. Of course, you are free to check this for youself, see compiling "getting started" above. HTH // Sven-Ola

Sorry for what should be help on a basic operation but I'm having real problems trying to share a SATA attached hard drive via SMB. My aim is to try and share the root of the whole 1Tb drive but I have two problems. 1) Getting the drive to mount at startup. (I thought internal and SATA drives did by default but this seems not to be the case 2) Creating a share with guest permissions. I understand that I should edit the fstb file using the UUID of the disk. I obtained the UUID but there are two listed. One for the whole disk and one for the partition. (Note The hard drive was formatted exFat in windows before being attached as whatever i did i couldn't write to it, something to do with having root permissions. I even tried taking ownership but without success) here is the blkid command output /dev/sda1: LABEL="data" UUID="74E3-01BF" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="exfat" PARTUUID="6c2b2d10-01" /dev/mmcblk0p1: LABEL="armbi_root" UUID="69fa8a60-c365-456c-8d0a-7889eb4a3713" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="c0cf2841-01" /dev/zram1: LABEL="log2ram" UUID="7269c460-6283-4374-bcba-be885c806c25" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" /dev/zram0: UUID="7a1deaea-e26c-45f2-9a73-ac43c6bf301e" TYPE="swap" here is my fstb file UUID=69fa8a60-c365-456c-8d0a-7889eb4a3713 / ext4 defaults,,commit=120,errors=remount-ro 0 1 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,nosuid 0 0 UUID=74E3-01BF /mnt/data exfat defaults 0 2 I used the disk UUID rather than the partition however the disk is no longer visible when armbian starts. previously it was visible but unmounted. there is an entry in the /mnt/ folder called data. I was also unsure if I should enter the filetype exfat in the fstb entry as all other example show ext4 before defaults. Please can someone put me right and suggest the correct entry in the smb.conf file. I believe it should be something like this :- path = /media/kealy/data available = yes valid users = kealy read only = no browsable = yes public = yes writable = yes However as there is an entry in the /mnt/ folder should path be /mnt/kealy/data instead? Finally where should the user password go in the smb.conf or is public= yes is this necessary. The device will only be used in a family household to upload their photos from their phones.

Diagnosing System Issues and Getting Support with ArmbianmonitorArmbian is a lightweight operating system based on Debian/Ubuntu, highly optimized for single-board computers (SBCs) like the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and many others. When facing system problems on an SBC running Armbian, the built-in utility armbianmonitor is an essential diagnostic tool. It quickly gathers crucial system data, making troubleshooting faster and more accurate for both the user and the community providing support. Key Diagnostic FunctionsThe primary use of armbianmonitor is to generate real-time performance and system configuration reports. By running the command without any arguments, you get a menu of options, but the most vital functions for diagnosis are: System Status (armbianmonitor -m): This provides a live monitoring dashboard. It displays key metrics like CPU frequency, load average, temperature, memory usage, and disk I/O. By watching this output while a problem (like a system freeze or slowdown) occurs, you can often pinpoint the bottleneck—for instance, a sudden spike in CPU temperature indicating a cooling problem, or sustained high memory usage pointing to a resource leak.System Information (armbianmonitor -u or -d): This is the most crucial function for seeking online support. It gathers a comprehensive, anonymized report including details about the kernel version, device model, installed packages, boot logs, and hardware configuration. This data is essential because the performance and stability of SBCs are often highly dependent on the specific kernel and hardware drivers used for that model.Getting Support OnlineWhen seeking help on platforms like the Armbian forum or GitHub, simply describing the symptoms is rarely enough. The person helping you needs to know the exact state of your system. By running armbianmonitor -u, the utility uploads the detailed diagnostic report to a public pastebin service (like https://www.google.com/search?q=paste.armbian.com) and provides a unique, short URL. You can then include this URL directly in your support request. This allows community members to instantly access the exact configuration, eliminating back-and-forth questions about device type, OS version, and log file locations. This standardized method is the fastest way to receive targeted, effective assistance and ensures your issue is diagnosed accurately. View the full article

Nice! I actually did something similar. In my case I ended up using an old PWM fan I had lying around, powering it through the 12V pin input. Then I used ground on pin 6 and the PWM signal from GPIO pin 11. I wrote a bash script and set it up as a service that controls the fan speed based on five temperature levels. Right now I’m running it on FriendlyElec CM3588 NAS with Armbian Linux 6.1.115-vendor-rk35xx (v26.2 rolling). The repo is in Spanish for now, but I’m planning to translate it to English soon: https://github.com/jgomezriesgobancario/cm3588-fan-controller **edited** Fix typos

@sven-ola CONFIG_POWERVR_ROGUE is for proprietary blob userspace drivers. CONFIG_DRM_POWERVR is new mainlined kerner driver (drivers/gpu/drm/imagination) for use with opensource mesa driver (main/src/imagination)

https://forums.kali.org/ There is an arm64 section.

Feel free to use code { font-family: Consolas,"courier new"; color: crimson; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 2px; font-size: 105%; } ./compile.sh BOARD=nanopineoplus2notsurehowitsnameis BRANCH=current kernel-config and then build a kernel packages with the adjustments. Once installed and tested, you can PR to these kernel config here: https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/config/kernel

I suggest to ask directly at kali forums/chat/whatever they provide. We offer Armbian images with Kali tools pre-installed. However about their usage we cannot help

Does this forum support Kali in Raspberry Pi? Raspberry Pi Forums do not.

Thank Igor that explains it. I'll look at your suggestion or just go back to an SMB share

Hi! Yesterday I upgraded my NanoPi Neo Plus2, during that the kernel version went from 6.12.74 (package version 26.2.0-trunk.478) to 6.18.19 (package version 26.2.0-trunk.626). This morning I noticed, that this kernel is missing the dm-snapshot.ko module. I searched the forum if anyone else is having this problem, but it appears I am the only one using this feature. I use snapshots to create consistent backups of the system. Is there a reason why it was removed and more importantly is there a way to get it back without having to compile the kernel myself? Greetings PS: I should note, that I want the module back in newer kernel versions in the future. For now I downgraded to some older version that I was able to find a package for and got it working through that.