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Please read the following FAQ item from the TV Box forum:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
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I was going to say much the same as hexdump. My recommendation if you want to learn this is to start by understanding the existing infrastructure that has been put in place over the last few years to get what is currently working. Once you build an understanding of why things are done the way they are, then you will have a good understanding on how you can help move things forward.
To repeat some of what hexdump said above, you should start by understanding how the multiboot process works (and why it is necessary). Basically build an understanding of what all the files in the /boot directory are doing and why they are needed to make a successful boot.
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@Sameer9793 I have a few amlogic boxes so I do have an interest, but limited technical knowhow at the moment, which is why I help out as a forum moderator. I can answer some basic questions and perhaps provide you some guidance. But this conversation really has nothing to do with this topic, so please open a new thread if you have some questions to ask.
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@Sameer9793 for context this is something balbes150 posted in a different thread this morning:
"AML = shit. These chips are designed exclusively for Android. . Running Linux = constant problem. Therefore, I refuse to work with these chips."
And this is after balbes spent about 4 years of his time working with amlogic CPUs. He has moved on to supporting other CPUs and has no interest in helping with amlogic CPUs/tv boxes.
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@Sameer9793 balbes150 no longer is working on the amlogic TV boxes. He is not going to respond to your repeated requests. Remember that this project is volunteer based and each volunteer decides what they want to work on.
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You need to provide information on what you are trying to do, what steps you have done, and what issues you are having.
Have you read the FAQ items:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
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@Saru I see you have asked in a couple of different threads the question about boards that have good support for gpu acceleration. Unfortunately there really isn't any board that I am aware of that has very good support for gpu acceleration. The biggest issue is the state of opensource gpu support for arm chips. The closed source drivers exist and generally work OK, and are what android uses. But the open source drivers are still a work in process. The drivers are improving constantly and as they do, the integrations to other software and the specific boards take place.
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There is no upgrade path. Please read the FAQ items:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
Your only realistic option is to reinstall a later version (5.9) but those builds are now a year old and unsupported as well.
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@dorin I was going to suggest that you look at which u-boot you were using, but you figured it out before I had time to reply.
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@xoodoo You have access to the source code so you are free to work on support for your box. I don't think you understand how much time and effort what you are requesting takes, however. Having never heard of your box model, and I suspect no one around these forums has this box, you are likely on your own.
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As was stated in the FAQ, don't expect to get working wifi on these TV boxes. I have over 10 different boxes and wifi doesn't work on any of them. If you need/want wifi, the best way is through a usb wifi adapter.
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Are you sure your dtb file maps to the correct wifi? The purpose of the dtb is to map the hardware to the kernel. If you don't have the correct dtb you will never get the correct driver to load.
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I hadn't heard of volumio before you mentioned it. I see that it packages/repackages balbes150's work. But it is ancient code - from 2018 and using kernel 3.14. This will be incompatible with the Armbian (assuming you have 5.9 kernel installed on emmc) as well. The scripts changed a lot over time. You can't mix and match different boot scripts. Unless you know otherwise, assume that you can't install/use more than one os.
The only recommended way to switch is to revert the box to an original android firmware, and then use the os you are trying to install's installation instructions. All of the 'install linux on amlogic tvbox' scripts are assuming you are starting from a clean android box, not something whose environment has been messed with by other installation scripts.
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The Armbian and CoreElec systems have different and conflicting booting scripts. When you enable multiboot (the toothpick) you are storing the uboot environment script on emmc and this then gets used for future boots for all media (emmc, sd, usb). So you can't just install various different OSs and expect them to work as they all depend on the uboot environment stored on emmc for the system to know how to boot them. Basically you can't do what you are attempting to do on an amlogic based box. In fact due to the incompatabilities between CoreElec and Armbian, it is required that if you install/attempt to install CE, that you will need to restore your box to an original android firmware in order to get it back into a state that Armbian will again work on it.
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Can you attach the file instead of cutting and pasting the contents. I am looking at the lines in your screen capture that say:
Ignoring unknown command:
Ignoring unknown command:
Ignoring unknown command:
Ignoring unknown command:
Ignoring unknown command: FDT
Ignoring unknown command: APPEND
It seems as if it is ignoring all the lines of your extlinux.conf file. Is there anything you see that looks unusual? Did you edit the file on a windows machine (perhaps windows CR/LF characters) - just making a guess.
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Can you post your extlinux.conf file? Based on the screen shot, errors are being reported when reading the conf file
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4 hours ago, balbes150 said:
(ssv6051 or ssv6252
Adding to what balbes150 said, there is no support of these chips in mainline modern kernels. Obviously there is support (poor if you look at the source code) in legacy kernels and therefore Android. But the focus of Armbian is mainline and therefore from the perspective of Armbian, these chips are completely unsupported and really unsupportable.
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@xoodoo Please read the following FAQ post: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
While the above posted thread on rk3399 support will give you information on the status of the rk3399, the latest balbes150 build with rk3399 support can be found here: https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/arm-64/
I installed and ran the above build on a Magicsee M6 Max rk3399 box. I don't know about the box you linked to above, but you can try the different u-boots and dtb files and you may find something that will work for you.
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moved to the TV Box's forum
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moved to TV Boxes club forum
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@giga What armbian tv box builds have you tried? What instructions have you tried? What dtb's have you tried? I don't have this box but have armbian running on a different rk3399 based box.
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@Arek Rybak I would recommend that you read the two TV Box FAQ posts:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/17106-installation-instructions-for-tv-boxes-with-amlogic-cpus
What dtb's have you tried. On my x96 mini boxes I am using /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb
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@RetroFan90 you are getting that message because of what the message is saying: WSL is not a supported build environment. If you want to do a build on windows you will need to do it inside a VM like VirtualBox. The supported build environments are discussed in the documentation on the website.
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@Jason Duhamell Please don't post large files inline. Use the "Spoiler" feature to hide long attachments (the icon that looks like an eyeball). It makes it much easier to read these threads without having to scroll through large files.
Keyboard doesn't work
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It would be helpful if you provided any information on what your box is, what build you are using, what steps you have taken to get to the install point you have. If the keyboard isn't working it would imply that you don't have working usb support, which would likely indicate you are not using a compatible dtb for your system. But with absolutely no information provided that is just a guess.