[Android TV Stick (iK316-H16430)]

Armbian doesn't support TV Boxes.  Read the following to understand the status of Armbian and TV Boxes:

 

[Wlan0 stopped showing up on Beelink GT1 Ultimate]

On 12/13/2023 at 7:44 PM, SteeMan said:

What dtb file did you use?

Since this issue is well over a year old, I'm not sure where you stand with this.  Are you still looking to get a fix?  If so, answering all of the questions asked would be helpful.

When you say "broke again" what do you mean by broke?  Apparently the box is running and you can update it as you continue to update it per the message above saying you have upgraded to 6.12.32.

Have you tried a fresh image installed on a new SD card to see if that works (vs. your upgraded system)?

[Building Armbian Distribution with Kernel 6.10 for Orange Pi 5 Pro]

3 hours ago, salas said:

@Efe ÇetinWhy DTB compiled for kernel 6.1 wont work in 6.10 kernel ? Should't that info about regulators, dt nodes , properties be the same?

Second question: If I take DTS source for 6.1 and compile using dt compiler of 6.10, should it work ?

Technically a DTS is specific to a kernel version.  As changes happen to the kernel apis, those need to be reflected in the DTS's.  So they DTB and kernel image are always built and shipped together.

 

Now in practice changes that impact the DTS aren't common, so you can usually use DTS's accross kernel versions.

 

However in this case, I'm assuming that when you refer to 6.1 that is a vendor kernel, and 6.10 or greater would be mainline kernel.  Now these are two very different code bases.  A vendor kernel is whatever the board/cpu vendor hacked together to get a kernel running on their hardware.  Often these are more android kernel based.  When features finally get rolled into mainline, their implementation is often completely different.  Thus one can't share a DTS between a vendor kernel and a mainline kernel.  But often you can use the vendor DTS to gather information about what needs to be implemented in the mainline DTS.

[Tanix TX3 mini unable to boot from Memory card]

What build of armbian are you using?  Please provide the exact steps you are having problems with, your description of the problem is not clear.

[rock pi 4 plus v1.73 It's not booting, help!]

Moved to Community supported forum as this isn't a standard support board.

[/var/log constantly full = at /dev/zram1]

3 hours ago, Geoffrey Schaller said:

Is it to prevent wear & tear on the SD card with all of the log writing?

Yes exactly

[Help wanted to test a new OpenVFD alternative]

@KrzyPacu  The Amlogic TV Box builds use extlinux.conf.  So you should add your overlay info in that file (/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf).

I believe the syntax for extlinux is:

OVERLAYS /dtb/amlogic/overlay/...

(I'd recommend placing it just below the FDT line)

(Note: I've never tried to load an overlay through extlinux, but have been intending to try it some day.  Let us know how it goes)

[How install Armbian to tvbox Ugoos SK1 ( chip S928X-K )]

@Nguyễn Tất Hùng If you want to use Armbian, you should start here: https://www.armbian.com/amlogic-s9xx-tv-box/

And specifically look at the link to the Status of TV Boxes on Armbian information.

[Overlays do not apply even when selected in armbian-config and then rebooting]

Is the overlay_prefix line the same in both too?

[Overlays do not apply even when selected in armbian-config and then rebooting]

45 minutes ago, OttawaHacker said:

#overlays=rk3588-i2c1-m4 rk3588-pwm1-m2

If you remove the "rk3588-" from each it should work as that is included in the overlay_prefix

[No sound via spdif]

3 hours ago, KrzyPacu said:

Please provide a .dtb file with working SPDIF.

TV boxes are Community supported.  That means they are not supported by Armbian.  It is up to community members like you to figure these things out and submit them back to the community through your contributions.

[Can't boot Armbian Ubuntu 24.10 on Amlogic S905M Game Stick – only green LED, no HDMI output]

Further, I can't find any reference to an Amlogic S905M cpu.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amlogic)

In a google search, I see reports of some people saying the actual cpu is an S905L while others report having an S905X2.  You might want to open up the stick to see what the actual CPU is.

[Can't boot Armbian Ubuntu 24.10 on Amlogic S905M Game Stick – only green LED, no HDMI output]

51 minutes ago, MilanBauer said:

from debmfc GitHub

That is not an Armbian build, but a third party fork of Armbian.  These forums are for Armbian.  You need to direct your question to the provider of the software you are testing, as we can't answer questions for third party software.

[I need help installing armbian on my s905y5 processor]

1 hour ago, MR.AK said:

s905Y5

I'm not aware of any support by mainline linux for this processor.  Maybe in a few years, but in general, Amlogic doesn't work with mainline linux to get their cpu's supported, so there is unlikely to ever be any support outside android for this box.

[How do I know what kernel version I am building when using compile.sh?]

Look at your board config file:  config/boards/orangepi5b.csc

In there you will find the board family, which in your case is:

BOARDFAMILY="rockchip-rk3588"

 

Then look at the corresponding board family config file:

config/sources/families/rockchip-rk3588.conf

 

There you will find a section for each branch (i.e vendor, current, edge) that will specify which kernel source is used:

For BRANCH=vendor that would currently be:

        KERNELSOURCE='https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip.git'
        KERNELBRANCH='branch:rk-6.1-rkr5.1'
        KERNELPATCHDIR='rk35xx-vendor-6.1'

 

 

 

 

[Armbian with preinstalled Home Assistant supervised]

8 minutes ago, dart wejder said:

The only thing I wanted to clarify with you, just to understand how the boards are loaded from the sd card if there is no boot partition on it?

That isn't as simple of a question as you may think it is.  It depends.  But since you are dealing with a TV box, that would be better asked in a question over in the TV box forums as it is off topic for this thread.

[Armbian with preinstalled Home Assistant supervised]

6 hours ago, dart wejder said:

the current TV box on Amlogic s903 x3

If you follow the instructions earlier in this thread, you can use the Armbian build framework to build an image for aml-s9xx-box with the HA additions, or just use armbian-config to add it.  I haven't tested any of those, as I just install the regular docker based HA on my home TV box to run HA.

[Orange Pi 5 Max SD card booting issue, system normally starts from NVME SSD]

1 hour ago, alarik said:

150000

that should be 1500000 (one more zero).  Note a lot of uart connectors can't handle this high of a speed.  There are many threads in the forums discussing specific ones that are able to reach that speed.

[Boot from USB]

6 hours ago, Antom said:

Is it possible to boot Armbian from USB ?

Probably.  Only way to really find out is to try:  https://www.armbian.com/amlogic-s9xx-tv-box

[Boot from USB]

@Antom  You are not using Armbian.  ophub is a fork of Armbian that uses the Armbian name without permission.  They do not contribute to Armbian development nor participate in these forums.  You need to direct your question to their forums, not here.

[Any working orangepi5-pro image?]

2 hours ago, CNCJIM said:

and then "make module_install"  -    Then "make modules" 

You are going down the wrong path.  You should start here with understanding the Armbian build framework: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Overview

[Orange Pi 5 Max SD card booting issue, system normally starts from NVME SSD]

On 5/26/2025 at 11:14 PM, nnq1612 said:

U-Boot SPL board init
U-Boot SPL 2017.09-orangepi (Jul 05 2024 - 20:18:28)
Trying to boot from MMC1

From your log, this is the uboot that is booting and it is trying and failing to boot from your mmc1.  I would expect your SD to be mmc0, so it doesn't look like it is even trying to boot from your SD card.  So you probably need to replace/update the onboard uboot or perhaps wipe the mmc1.  

But I don't have this board and really am just guessing.  But these are directions you could look into.

[How to install ARMBIAN to Amlogic S805X, SDMC DV8040 STB]

@remolaan  I think this is the most current info that may help you:  

 

[TX5 Pro - S905X - Boots fine from SD but cannot get it to boot from eMMC]

From the boot log, the uboot can't recognize the internal emmc.  It appears that the u-boot you are using is one based on u-boot 20-07.  I would recommend rebuilding the u-boot-s905x-s912 based on a more current u-boot source.  The instructions for doing this are in the readme.txt file in build-u-boot folder.  If this helps, then report back here and I can look at including a newer build in the distribution going forward.

[rom (Firmware) TX9]

These forums are for Armbian Linux issues.  This is not the place to ask for android firmwares.