I don't have a specific solution for you. I flashed my M1S just yesterday with the latest Minimal image and it worked just ootb. But what I recognized during tests of my self-compiled images was, that the M1S seems to be quite picky regarding the SD card and how it is flashed. My M1S showed a lot of different strange behaviors: very (I mean VERY!) slow boot, file system was read-only, no ethernet, kernel panics... I had to try different SD cards as well as different flashing tools to get it running. Interestingly the images that I flashed with Balena Etcher worked better than those flashed with the Armbian flasher. My No-HDMI-problem was solved by just using another cable... So maybe it is worth to try to just re-download the image and flash it with another tool to another SD card? Best whishes, Jojo

Thank you very much @Kevin su! Now my SBC HiBOX1644_V1.0 no longer needs a USB wifi. It was necessary to make some small modifications to work on kernel 6.6.44: https://github.com/Delutto/armbian_sv6256p/tree/Armbian_v24.11_Linux_6.6.44-current-sunxi64

@well0nez keep us updated on your progress.

sorry to answer this late. iam on vacation. iam owning an l018 and its in the bedroom too but i havent started on that one but things should be pretty similar. i am actually working on getting HDMI to work and requested GPL sources from allwinner.

Updating to include a few more I've successfully run... OpenMW - FOSS Engine to play Morrowind & it's KOTOR total conversion Starwind UFO: Alien Invasion - an XCom "homage" Yamagi Quake 2 - FOSS engine for Quake 2 Mods for Quake & Quake 2 probably work but I shouldn't squeeze any more games on the eMMC for now. If any of you can actually confirm that things like Slayer's Testaments, Brutalist Jam III, Slave Zero X Enyo, Prydon Gate, Dawn of Darkness etc work at a decent stable framerate then I'd appreciate it.