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On 9/23/2019 at 2:28 PM, balbes150 said:
The launch of the current images Armbian with 5.3.0 kernel for Odroid C2.
Download image, unzip, burn image to SD card. Change the DTB name to for odroid c2 (extlinux/extlinux.conf). Replace u-boot on the SD card on the version 20190923.
Thank you veeeeery much, that's so cooool!
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10 hours ago, balbes150 said:
This is possible, but will require additional manual operations from you.
What do I have to do?
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4 hours ago, balbes150 said:
Specify whether you want to run from SD card or from eMMC ?
From SD card
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On 7/22/2019 at 7:57 AM, Reddwarf said:
There is a separate build for Odroid C2, https://www.armbian.com/odroid-c2/
I know, thank you, but it's Stretch, and I'd like to use Buster. I have several ATVs running @balbes150 images, and I'd like to use the same version of Buster in all of them, and in my Odroid C2, too.
So... do you know if it's possible?
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Can @balbes150 armbian be installed on Odroid C2? If it's possible, which DTB must be used?
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Deleted. Wrong thread
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On 7/4/2019 at 2:40 PM, balbes150 said:
The new version of the images 5.90_20190704 for S905x2 S922.
Added support for frequency adjustment. Now the system should be able to use all the power of these processors.
How can we know (where can we see) cpu freq is changing when using v5.90?
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30 minutes ago, balbes150 said:
Good news. I was able to figure out how to turn on the sound on the G12 (S905x2 S922). It turned out to be very easy.
You are a magician
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8 hours ago, balbes150 said:
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Hello, I've tested v5.90 on my T95Q (S905X2). I cannot see if cpu freq is changing: htop is not showing the cpu freqs, if I try to go into armbian-config/System/CPU, I get the same error I got with v5.89, if I try to use cpufreq-info, it says "no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU".
So, how to know if cpu freq is really changing? Am I doing something wrong?
Note: I'm using the default dtb, the same I'm using with v5.89 (meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb).
Thank you very much,
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1 hour ago, balbes150 said:
The new version of the images 5.90_20190704 for S905x2 S922.
Added support for frequency adjustment. Now the system should be able to use all the power of these processors.
I'll check it today
Thank you!
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24 minutes ago, balbes150 said:
The core is the same, there is no need for you to upgrade.
Added NEXT 5.2-rc7 images. When used on s905x2\s922, all DTB variants for the g12 must be checked.
Ok, thank you
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1 hour ago, balbes150 said:
New image ver 5.90
Can I upgrade from 5.89 to 5.90 with "apt-get upgrade"? Or do I have to create a new microSD card, transfer it to eMMC, and so on?
Does v5.90 have a cpu governor for S905X2, that is, are the cpu freqs changd dinamically?
Thank you for sharing your work with us,
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23 hours ago, Guilherme Alves said:
Which O.S and version are you using? Can you share the link to download?
23 hours ago, Guilherme Alves said:Which O.S and version are you using? Can you share the link to download?
v5.89 debian stretch without desktop.
I have to say I have opened the case (3 screws) and I have a small fan on it, so the air is moving around the passive heatsink.
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On 6/24/2019 at 2:34 AM, Guilherme Alves said:
Guys are you experiencing any problem with journalctl/rsyslog reaching 100% of all CPUs on T95Q (S905X2)?
Or even slow CPU after a while?
I'm using meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb and it happens with all Linux distributions.
I'm running now a T95Q (S905X2) as my main server, running several dockers (pi-hole, cloudflared, unifi controller, nginx reverse proxy and openvpn).
It's running fine.
rsyslog seems to be active, but it's not consuming any unusual amount of cpu; that's my case. I'm using the same dtb than you.
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Thank you very much for your answers @balbes150
I'll be watching this post and will try all your new releases
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1 hour ago, balbes150 said:
The core does not yet have temperature and frequency control functions. For S905X2 I have enough radiator size 30*30*10mm (with the free passage of air).
Thank you very much, @balbes150, I'll do that.
If I'm not abusing, some more questions:
Armbian says:
Memory usage: 5 % of 3354MB
htop says: Mem 3.28 G, Swp 1024 M.
In my S912, htop says: Mem 2.77 G.
1-So, are only detected 3.5 G of RAM? I have 4G.
Or maybe part of the swap is formed in part by RAM (maybe 0.5G approx?).
Another option: maybe the 0.72 G of RAM (from 3.28 to 4G) are reserved fpr video memory? I'm running the headless version of your image, without any desktop. If this is the case, can I get more RAM for the server, giving less to the video memory?
2-And what about frequency? Can we know which frequency it's working? And is it always the same?
3- Do you think these things (temperature, clock control/governor) will be improved/controlled in future releases?
Thank you very much again
I really appreciate all you are doing with these ATVs.
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1 hour ago, Jorge Bolanos said:
Hi, @skyfly555, Thanks for your answer...I saw that your tv box also it has installed android 8.1 while my tv box Mecool km3 has installed Android TV 9.0!!! Then, it seems that the problem is to install armbian from android tv 9. Someone knows why this?
@Jorge Bolanos, are you sure your issue is related to Android 9?
You have to:
1-Burn a .img image, recommended to a microSD.
2- Connect it to your computer and edit the uEnv.ini file. Use a dtb that's supposed to work with your ATV.
3-Connect it while Android is on, go to "Update & Backup" and install the aml_autoscript.
4- The system will reboot. If Armbian doesn't boot, go back to step 2, try to use another dtb.
If it doesn't boot, once you have tried to use several dtbs, you should explain **exactly** what's going on.
5- Once it boots, you finally know the dtb you need, so you can try to boot from a USB drive. Remember you may have two USB drives, maybe one is USB2 and the other one is USB3, maybe USB2 and USB3 not, or viceversa. They are guys saying they cannot boot from USB (neither of them).
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18 hours ago, Jorge Bolanos said:
That model has an Ethernet interface of 100MB according a this page :https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_009497151557.html?wid=1433363&lkid=16601880...Does the ethernet interface work for you in Armbian using dbt file "meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb" ?
Hello, @Jorge Bolanos, I've bought my ATV in amazon.es, this model: https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B07K6GTDRK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The description is not 100% accurate; for example, they say "HDMI 3.0" instead of "HDMI 2.1" but Armbian says it's connected to 1000M speed. I hope I will have time this night, to check the new @balbes150 v5.89 image, and I will connect my T95Q directly to an Unifi switch I have, which will tell me the real speed of the connection (I can look at it in the Unifi Controller).
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13 hours ago, erew said:
Ive updated the guide I wrote to cover these additional topics:
- Example of setting up a system
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Example Setup on a MeCool M8S PRO w (Change your DTB file in uEnv.ini and extlinux.conf for other boxes).
- Hardware you need
- Software/Downloads -
Setting it up
- Steps to image your SD Card/USB stick from a Windows PC
- Installing onto the MeCool M8S PRO w (Or any other box assuming youve changed the DTB) -
Congratulations - If you reach here you will have a working Armbian server.
Booting Problems and getting your system to boot - Booting off SD/USB problems.
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uEnv.ini and extlinux.conf (Required for booting Armbian)
- Editing the files and picking the right DTB.
- What do these 2 files do and why cant I boot off emmc internal ram?
- What should the files look like? - Installing onto emmc/NAND - The internal hard drive of the TV box.
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LOST.DIR, System Volume Information and Android folders cause problems booting off eMMC/NAND.
What to do if you brick your device. -
Ive done something and now my box wont boot/stuck on a splash screen/is a brick what do I do?
- Getting the system recovered - notes
- Doing the recovery
Bootable Backups (can be used to migrate to another TV Box too) -
Backing up if you are using SD card/USB stick for booting/running Armbian OS
- You will need the following to do this
- How to get things setup and do it (create/restore your image) -
Backing up if you are using emmc/NAND for booting/running Armbian OS
- You will need the following to do this
- Option A and Option B
- How can I tell Ive booted from my Backup SD card?
- What have we actually just done?
- What can I do with my imaged SD card?
Great guide, I read it yesterday, thank you!
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4 hours ago, balbes150 said:
The new version of the image 5.89_20190621 for S905X2 and S922 with kernel 5.2.
This version can be used on all s9xxx, but on s905\s912 sound will not work.
Hi, @balbes150, one question: Can we know the CPU temp and freq, with this new kernel? I'm using a T95Q, with meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb, and htop and armbian don't show any of these values (checked with 20190611 armbian and ubuntu versions, and with Armbian_5.89_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0_20190617.img).
I need to know this, especially temperature, to know how much cooling S905X2 needs, to avoid overheat. My S912 is opened , without the top case, with a fan on it for this reason
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4 hours ago, Jorge Bolanos said:
That model has an Ethernet interface of 100MB according a this page :https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_009497151557.html?wid=1433363&lkid=16601880...Does the ethernet interface work for you in Armbian using dbt file "meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb" ?
Yes, it works, althought it's supposed to be 1000M (I know some sellers say it's 10/100M, but S905X2 is supposed to support 1000M).
In my case, typing: ethtool eth0 | grep -i speed
I get this message:Speed: 1000Mb/s
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4 hours ago, skyfly555 said:
Question about a T95Q - can it boot @balbes150 armbian? Which version?
Hello,
I have an S905X and a S912 running Debian Stretch, thanks to @balbes150.
Now I've bought a S905X2, T95Q model (4 GB RAM, USB 2 & USB 3, Android 8.1, and so on).
I've tried to boot Debian:
1- Armbian_5.89_Aml-s905_Debian_buster_default_5.1.0_20190617
2- Armbian_5.84_Aml-s905_Debian_stretch_default_5.1.0-rc1_20190507
I've installed aml_autoscript.zip using "Update & Backup" app.
Tried to boot from USBs and microSD.
It doesn't boot, all I get is the "T95Q" logo.
What can I do to? Maybe the best is to return it to the seller?
Thank you very much,
EDIT: I've found its original firmware here: https://androidpc.es/firmware-t95q-box/
EDIT 2: The contents of this firmware:
Is there something useful here?
SOLVED: Just needed to change the .dtb file in .uEnv.ini folder, used the dtb with "x96-max" (meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb) in its name, and it booted! I could even boot from an SSD connected to the USB3 port
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Question about a T95Q - can it boot @balbes150 armbian? Which version?
Hello,
I have an S905X and a S912 running Debian Stretch, thanks to @balbes150.
Now I've bought a S905X2, T95Q model (4 GB RAM, USB 2 & USB 3, Android 8.1, and so on).
I've tried to boot Debian:
1- Armbian_5.89_Aml-s905_Debian_buster_default_5.1.0_20190617
2- Armbian_5.84_Aml-s905_Debian_stretch_default_5.1.0-rc1_20190507
I've installed aml_autoscript.zip using "Update & Backup" app.
Tried to boot from USBs and microSD.
It doesn't boot, all I get is the "T95Q" logo.
What can I do to? Maybe the best is to return it to the seller?
Thank you very much,
EDIT: I've found its original firmware here: https://androidpc.es/firmware-t95q-box/
EDIT 2: The contents of this firmware:
Is there something useful here?
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Thank you @jeanrhum and @jock for your answer. I have an S905X, too, and, with @balbes150 image, it runs like a charm. I will give the RK3229 to my son to play with it a little bit :) and leave it as it is :)
Armbian for Amlogic S9xxx kernel 5.x
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I totally agree with @balbes150.
In my opinion, what he's doing is absolutely great.
Maybe it's easy to forget @balbes150 is doing this for free, and maybe we don't know how many hours he's spending on doing this (I bet some of them, everyday).
Thank you, Mr. @balbes150: I think you should be paid by ATVs manufacturers, because, thanks to your work, and only in my case, they have sold 3 Amlogic ATVs (to me); and I had never bought them because of Android: It's your Armbian, the reason
To be sincere, I'm happier with my ATV boxes, running @balbes150 Armbian, than I am with my Raspberrys, covered by tons of dust in this very moment.