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Ok, thanks for the info and perspective. I also noticed byobu (a terminal app) does this funky thing where it starts and then quickly disappears from the screen within less than a second. So maybe that's another one to add to the list.... Will post more info on this when I get to my odroid computer.

Wondering if I could avoid the headache of having to deal with random stuff not working in 64 bit and just installing a 32 bit armbian distro alltogether for the odroid-c2? I don't think I need much (or any) of the 64 bit stuff. Is that an option? Or maybe wondering if there is a clever way to pick and choose hf vs 64 packages in the aptitude/apt-get interface? Thanks.

Thanks for that. Should I do that for all apps? When do I know to use the armhf vs arm64 for something? Does armhf mean 32 bit among other things? Might be good to pin that setting for the next armbian image rollup.

arm64

Still firefox has the same "fatal io error" after apt-get upgrade...

Setting the bpp to 16 from 24 in boot.ini fixed this issue! FYI.

Yes, I am using the desktop version and I have tried two different monitors. I have also tried setting two different resolutions, but I still can't see the bottom of the screen.

Once apon a time I had the Armbian system working (though chrome was missing). I have since upgraded to the kernel 3.14.79 and the console videomode seems to have extra text that I can't see at the bottom of the screen where the prompt is. That is, I can't see when I type, I only see after I hit return a couple of times and the result scrolls up. I have customized my videomode correctly,I think, and all this used to work, so what should I do? Unrelated but... From what I can tell, there seem to be a lot of issues with this hardware on Armbian for lots of people. Wondering if I should just give up on this piece of otherwise awesome hardware and move on with my life? Is there anyone happily using this system on Linux as a desktop?