I had quick look at both new version 0.2 version. The CLI version boots up no issue, hdmi output works. Well test further. The KDE version, I get an error using BalenaEtcher writing the image to the SD. Also can you provide the root password? ( just notice Root is locked )

Meanwhile I did replace systemd-resolved on Trixie with resolvconf. Unfortunately, although the configuration now is (to my knowledge) mostly identical to the working Bookworm AP, it still does not work. When I connect a Debian system to both APs, the output of "ip r" is identical. Also the output of "dig <some server>". But "ping" works only partially for the Trixie AP: I get only a ping answer for the AP address. Same for traceroute. What I did observe using tcpdump: ssh communication with the Bookworm system gives "ack/seq pairs": 23:56:26.276869 IP 172.24.1.77.54840 > 192.168.178.29.22: Flags [.], ack 18029, win 537, options [nop,nop,TS val 1656092742 ecr 742514735], length 0 23:56:26.278437 IP 192.168.178.29.22 > 172.24.1.77.54840: Flags [P.], seq 18029:18105, ack 8352, win 344, options [nop,nop,TS val 742514737 ecr 1656092742], length 76 Whereas the same with the Trixie system gives (apparently much longer) sequences of only "seq" entries: 23:56:26.962828 IP 172.24.1.77.54840 > 192.168.178.29.22: Flags [P.], seq 9612:9648, ack 19365, win 537, options [nop,nop,TS val 1656093428 ecr 742515405], length 36 23:56:26.964613 IP 192.168.178.29.22 > 172.24.1.77.54840: Flags [P.], seq 19365:19401, ack 9648, win 344, options [nop,nop,TS val 742515423 ecr 1656093428], length 36 23:56:26.982677 IP 172.24.1.77.54840 > 192.168.178.29.22: Flags [P.], seq 9648:9684, ack 19401, win 537, options [nop,nop,TS val 1656093447 ecr 742515423], length 36 23:56:26.984461 IP 192.168.178.29.22 > 172.24.1.77.54840: Flags [P.], seq 19401:19437, ack 9684, win 344, options [nop,nop,TS val 742515443 ecr 1656093447], length 36 23:56:27.001390 IP 172.24.1.77.54840 > 192.168.178.29.22: Flags [P.], seq 9684:9720, ack 19437, win 537, options [nop,nop,TS val 1656093466 ecr 742515443], length 36 I guess I get some SD cards now and install different clean images to start from ...

@Nick_Sl @bickns — no more waiting, the headless build is up. 🙂 It's a CLI / headless image for the Orange Pi 4A: pure Debian 13 (a debootstrap minbase — bare on purpose, add the rest with apt), the full mainline 6.18.38 kernel, SSH on from first boot. 146 MB compressed, idles at ~180 MB of RAM. Same kernel as the desktop image (HDMI, WiFi/BT, gigabit ethernet, USB, thermal + CPU/GPU frequency scaling) — just no desktop. It's the ...-cli-v0.2.img.xz asset here (the desktop image is on the same page): https://github.com/ut-slayer/orangepi-4a-mainline/releases/tag/v0.2 Whoever gives it a spin: I'd really appreciate the feedback — especially if something doesn't work quite right. A lot of this only shakes out once other people run it on their own boards, so bug reports are genuinely welcome (here or on the GitHub issues). @bickns — "no special requests, apt adds the rest later" was exactly the design goal, so we're on the same page: it's a minimal base and nothing more. If you're still doing your own build for the Armbian-stable PR, the tip stands — for a headless target you can drop the whole display/GPU series (drm/sun4i + iommu + clk), which is where most of your ~20 rejects were coming from; you only need the dts + the ethernet/wifi/usb/thermal/cpufreq bits. One thing that's right up your alley given your outdoor-audio project: the A523 analog codec now has a working driver (ported from the BSP). Headphone output and jack-detect are validated on hardware; mic capture is wired in the driver but I couldn't bench-test it (no onboard mic here). You'd be the ideal person to confirm whether capture works — if it does, that's the last gap on this codec closed. @Nick_Sl — you said you could wait; turns out you don't have to. 🙂 If you're still up for testing, I'd genuinely love your results — flash it, SSH in, and tell me what breaks (especially on the 4 GB variant if that's what you have). Glad the board's out of the eBay pile.

i can wait

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