Vendor dtb is an Android/vendor kernel dtb. The code that goes into mainline linux is generally vastly different from vendor. So while the vendor dtb can provide some hints as to what is needed in a mainline dtb, it isn't even close to compatible.

Yesterday I was happy to see the new and fresh Armbian release for the Rock 5 ITX after about 1 year from the last update. I also tried the Armbian Imager and the SD creation was very easy and smooth. I selected the recommended release based on Ubuntu 24.04 + Gnome desktop. Unfortunately when the desktop was about to start, everything when black, stucked and zero interface. On the other hand, the OS is alive and I can connect remotely via SSH. Did anyone have the same problem? Possible solution?

If you don't have X11 or Wayland, try using the linux command "fbi" (frame buffer image). I think I put an example in this trhead or in the Banana Pi ili9341 thread (in this allwinner forum section).

I have several Orange Pi 5 Plus SBCs, and I have found that the fan works correctly if I install the Ubuntu desktop (Noble/XFCE) version of Armbian. But if I install the Minimal/IOT version of Ubuntu (Noble) the fan stays on constantly. I have not had any success trying to build my own orangepi-5-plus-pwmfan.dtbo (overlay), and I also tried copying the /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588-orangepi-5-plus.dtb file from the desktop version over top of the minimal version and rebooting, but my orangepi-5-plus would not even boot. it would be really nice if one of the maintainers could take a look at this and see if the minimal version is missing some component. I did see the following error in the journalctl -xe output after booting the minimal version: Jan 12 15:07:56 orangepi5-plus kernel: fan53555-regulator 0-0042: FAN53555 Option[10] Rev[1] Detected! Jan 12 15:07:56 orangepi5-plus kernel: rockchip-thermal fec00000.tsadc: Missing rockchip,grf property Jan 12 15:07:56 orangepi5-plus kernel: fan53555-regulator 0-0043: FAN53555 Option[10] Rev[1] Detected! Thank you, John