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I was able to make ethernet working with armbian by @SteeMan's advice. The key is to install the STOCK firmware. I didn't expect a custom android firmware like XTMOD can break ethernet in armbian. FYI, I'm using meson-g12a-sei510.dtb. By the way, it seems like @balbes150is not happy (really) with even a mentioning of the name of the non-armbian who-know-what-it-is operating system. I understand it is done due to some strict rule armbian forum has, in order not to clutter the forum with irrelevant information. Or it simply could be because Mods/Admins don't like it. I was hoping my detailed description of my struggle could help someone encountering a similar issue specific to this box, but it doesn't seem so, apparently. For those who come across this topic, long after it's closed, please keep in mind that the android rom installed in your box's internal storage may affect the functionality of armbian or the whatever non-armbian OS. If you find an usb or ethernet is not working, try installing a different android firmware other than the stock rom and test again. Sorry for the hassle. Mods/Admins: you can close this topic now.

Hi @SteeMan! I have an H96 Max X2 S905X2 2GB/16GB box. I'm trying to get the ethernet port work in armbian for this box. Please see the attached high resolution images of the motherboard of this box. Some related info printed on the boards: S70-905X2-V2 2018-11-15 CZ1830 SX18122 (wifi/bluetooth chip? I get nothing from googling these strings) Red marker is the location of the NAND short to be used to unbrick the box. Here is what I found so far: 1. Wifi does not work even in stock android rom, not to mention any kind of custom rom / armbian, so I have absolute zero hope for wifi. And I broke bluetooth after accidentally performing a full erase in the usb burn tool (go figure... bluetooth was working with stock android pie rom, but not working with XTMOD oreo rom. And now after a full NAND erase, bluetooth is not working even in stock rom...) 2. Ethernet port is working with an non armbian build, This is for boxes with 100Mbps port, so I'm sure mine has 100Mbps port instead of 1Gbit port. 3. I have tried all the meson-g12a- (as well as meson-sm1- prefix for S905X3) dtb files included in the last working release of armbian for amlogic boxes from @balbes150. I was able to boot into armbian using some of the dtb (suffix u200 and x96_max). However, none have working ethernet port. If you can, please help me tag other armbian gurus. Let me know what terminal commands you want me to try and get output from. So far ifconfig only return the loopback (lo) network.

@balbes150 I'm trying to follow the official guide to build the wireless driver for my mini m8s ii box: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Advanced-Features/#how-to-build-a-wireless-driver The wireless chip is realtek RTL8189FTV. Driver build procedure is in the following link: http://linux-sunxi.org/Wifi#RTL8189FTV However, when I run armbian-config and try to install kernel headers, it does nothing. The progress bar goes from 0% to 100% instantly, twice. I've tried to make a bash script as in the official guide, but it just hang up. How can I get the kernel headers for the latest 5.59 build? (4.18.0-aml-s9xxx)? I also do apt update and search for the corresponding linux-headers-, but there is no linux-headers-4.18.0-aml-s9xxx. The closest one is linux-headers-4.18.0-rc5-meson or something like that. I installed it and was able to compile the driver, but could not insmod it. The kernel name does not match. The driver rtl8189fs (which is for rtl8189ftv) is included in all armbian releases for kernel 3.14.29, but are missing/removed from kernel 4.x. Is there any problem that prevent such driver to be compiled and included in kernel 4.18? If not, can you build it and include it to subsequent release? Thanks!