@Marvin-03 Here are the results of the commands provided, hope this help. Thanks for the link of your image builds, will try them out.

Can you test these commands in u-boot? mmc list mmc info mmc dev 0 mmc part fatls mmc 0:1 ext4ls mmc0:2 mmc read 0x40000000 0 1 It seems like mega doesnt work anymore without login. Here are the images on gdrive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jEIWmzZgT5t39jRz7GwZpFOAdjdQBLtG?usp=drive_link

if you are not seeing option to enable in armbian-config you can try: sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-terminal lightdm -y or sudo apt install xfce4-goodies -y

I experience the same problem: I installed Armbian without desktop (both the Debian and Ubuntu version) to install a minimalistic desktop setup afterwards. However, in the armbian-config tool I do not find the "Desktop" option when entering the "System" menu. The installation instructions mentioned in the documentation (Desktop Environments - Armbian Documentation) are not working either. I'm using Armbian 25.11.1 dzsnlr 6.12.58-current-bcm2711 (Debian trixie) on a Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb. Thanks a lot for any hints how to get a minimal desktop installed without relying on the images with desktop included!

Different attempt. Instead of working around trying to revert which might be the root cause: https://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2025/09/17/618 I'll provide you with another image containing this adjustment shortly. https://testing.armbian.de/Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_Orangepi3-lts_trixie_current_6.12.63_minimal.img.xz Could you do me a favour and execute these commands on both in a non-working state of a broken image and in working state of a good image? dmesg | grep -i "phy.*halt\|mdio.*reset" watch -n 1 'ethtool eth0 | grep -E "Speed|Duplex|Link detected"' cat /sys/class/net/eth0/phydev/phy_state 2>/dev/null Edit: https://testing.armbian.de/Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_Orangepi3-lts_trixie_current_6.12.63_minimal_regulator_fix.img.xz this image follows another different approach by adjusting regulators which may cause issues. Feel free to test