@Totof le Belge Is there any chance you could give an in-depth explanation of the user-overlay script? I'm trying to use a speaker that uses I2S with the GPIO pins.

Hi, TallMan, ...And here was me thinking I was all alone with my disillusionment of the way software has developed! I have to agree with most of your sentiments, with one exception. I have been a long time user of Linux (I stress user, as opposed to developer). This came about because more years ago than I care to remember, I worked for two major German companies on development of what was then known as Point-to-Multipoint communications, which later became the foundation for modern mobile phone network backbone communications. As part of this work, we had to carry out network planning for what are now the major phone network operators. Basically this consisted of predicting whether links would work under varying conditions (this was at frequencies up to 20 GHz). The tools we had to do this were the usual company Microsoft computer setups, satellite photographs of the area (in digital format), and a software tool written in Unix which used this data to predict lines of communication in 3 dimensions. This was my first experience of Unix, and it became a bit of a life-changer. Those of us who had to learn our way round it (as users), eventually all realised very quickly how much better/faster/more reliable it was than anything from anyone else, especially Microsoft. Of course, getting Unix for personal use at the time was not really on, but eventually Linus Torvalds produced Linux, and I for one never looked back. I'm well aware that users of Linux are regarded as nerds, and I'm happy with that, even if I try not to be one! As I got older, I eventually began to lose my interest in programming (another story!), but I am still a Linux user, and always will be. Its true it has its problems - but then all OS's have problems. In my opinion, sadly, these problems are not really the software as such - its almost always down to lack of information, or the proliferation of false and misleading information - after all, until recent years, developers set out with good intentions. Perhaps I can draw a parallel with my experiences in this thread using Armbian - While information and help does exist (Armbian documentation, for example), it is limited, and by no means comprehensive. It seems to be very difficult to make people understand that an OS is a tool, and should be usable, just like a screwdriver or a hammer, yet all too often the information to make productive use of the OS is simply not available. Instead, people like me rely on the good offices of people such as yourself - yet where would we be if the Internet didn't exist?. I do agree with you that even Linux is becoming 'overburdened' - but to some extent, that is one of its virtues - I have been able to make ancient computers run using Linux - Windows can't even make the transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11 unless the user buys a new machine. At least Linux has never declared good equipment obsolete, like Microsoft. It is easy for me to see a very close similarity between Armbian and Linux - I know this is intended, because of the Debian connection, so for people like me thats no bad thing. I can also see the attraction of RISC-V (probably too late for me to take it up), but one can hope these develop in a more organised, less monetised way than some OS's. Great to hear about the Commodore - a classic!. I still have my very first personal computers - a Sinclair Z80, which still works, although its keyboard has troubles. I got it around 1981, and it was one of the early self-assembly versions without a case. No-one was more surprised than me when the thing worked. Maybe I'll find another keyboard for it - I also have books giving its full ROM listing, and a circuit diagram, and 'advanced' programming - or BASIC in other words. Then I moved on to an Oric Atmos, produced in 1984 by Tangerine Computers (Shades of Orange!). It was a 'real' computer, with a proper keyboard, and used a Rockwell 6502. I did a lot of machine code programming on it, and very quickly changed the processor to a 65C02, which has a better, expanded instruction set. (in ths days, the 650s was often cited as having the first Reduced Instruction Set). I also still have it in working condition, plus a full ROM listing/circuit, and books on programming it (machine code). The BASIC it used was also very good. Later machines included a Dragon, Atari520 and some forgotten (perhaps for the best) . Like you the OPi is my first ARM device (actually given to me by a friend). I was interested in a Raspberry PI 5 (I have an old RasPi3), but they were so hard to get and expensive, I gave up. (I think the friend gave up on the OPi, which was why I ended up with it)! I also would have like to have seen most modern OS's lead to development of better systems, but I guess it won't happen in my lifetime, but at least I can support work on things like ARM and RISC-V. Incidentally, did you see that Qualcom won a case brought against them by ARM because techniques developed by ARM were allegedly used by Qualcom in their mobile phone processors? - probably not a good thing for ARM. And finally...I'm still stuck with this confounded stray icon on my Armbian installation, so another night searching for it.I 'm quite impressed otherwise - it seems very fast and efficient, (compared to my Ryzen7 Desktop machine) so I'll keep at it - It has most of the software on it that I need for now, so its definitely usable. I know about the hidden and system folders in Linux, and they are fairly easy to access in Linux Mint, but a search doesn't throw it up (yet) - I'll keep trying. Thanks for the Help, Keith

@Werner I agree that it's more convenient for everyone, but it took me some time to find out how and testing it in an image. https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8707/commits

I transferred it on two consoles using armbian-config. There were no problems.

Hi @Dominik Wójt, Thank you for your time looking into this. I was really stuck in a loop looking for solutions and this is the conclusion I also came to: The issue is with the kernel, not with DTBs, config, distro, monitor or anything else. I got the output to work on a regular image by installing "linux-image-edge-meson" but still no access to NAND and the device does not run smoothly. Best experience I've had was with an old image with kernel 3.10.108 which had everything working and running smoothly. I would like to try these patches you mentioned but unfortunately I don't have the knowledge on how to do so, then how to put this into armbian during the build process... I've now given up on this. Installed LibreELEC with and old kernel and donated the box away. Though I want to thank you again for your suggestions and for your help.