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@bobjones58 Why does hardware feature XY work in old kernel but not in more recent one? - https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_FAQ

My guess would be "Chrome OS", or the linux kernel used for a chrome os install

@andersonpersan I am answering your other question that you had posted in a different thread here. First I would point out that your board says MX3mini and the board date is 2021. That is years newer than other TX3 mini boards I have. I suspect (as is common for tv box manufacturers) that this is really a completely different board but put in a TX3 mini case. This is likely due to the covid related chip shortages and they used whatever chips they could find to produce these boards. Therefore it is likely there isn't going to be any supported dtbs for your board. Since the cpu chip may be a amlogic s905w (although there are cases reported in the rockchip tv box forum where the manufacturers are faking the markings on the chips as well - cases where the chips say amlogic but are really rockchip or vice versa), I would recommend trying all the meson-gxl-* dtb files, to see if any are a good match for your hardware.

I had issues with an older intstall in this area and it was fixed by installing the latest /etc/default/armbian-motd file. I would compare your armbian-motd to the current version (https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4096/commits/4767a1220ca3b836e15aa3c4bf034c8ef4a350c3)

@Byzor Check out this post: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/23632-mxq-max-4gb-32gb/?do=findComment&comment=147427 It has instructions on how to reset the environment after a coreelec install. I would always recommend reflashing original firmware as the best option, but when that isn't possible, this should work.

There are no official images since Armbian doesn't support TV boxes as the links I pointed you to clearly state.

@FatalWorld I moved your post to the correct thread. It would help if you provided the basic information about your situation (we aren't mind readers). Such was what build you are using? Also, did you follow the steps in the first post of this thread to install?

There is no official one. Per the Armbian FAQ: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_FAQ/#i-have-a-tv-boxtablet-from-insert-random-vendor-can-i-use-armbian-on-it and from the TV Box forum FAQ: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first

Since you are using a build from a third party (i.e. not armbian) you should probably ask your questions where you downloaded this from, as it is unlikely anyone around here is going to be able to help since you are using code forked off of armbian. (and we don't know what that code is). I do see that awawa is also a member of these forums, but he hasn't posted for three months, so he isn't actively engaged with the armbian community and probably isn't going to notice your posts here.

First question is where did you get this build, it isn't one I am aware of. Second question is what instructions are you following. So we know what steps you have done/are following. I don't understand this. What button, what is 'VA', what backup are you doing?

A few comments: 1) Moved post to the TV Boxes forums 2) Since you mention inovato a couple of times in your post and post links to their site, it is important to point out the following (taken directly from the inovato site): "IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have any questions or problems with this process, by all means use the Armbian Forums to search for information, but please DO NOT ask questions if you can't find your answer. They don't support the Quadra firmware: We do. So please use the Support category on this forum." I want others who might read this to be fully aware that Armbian does not support inovato based questions. 3) Armbian does not support TV Boxes, please read: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first 4) I'm not aware of anyone who has successfully run armbian on any h616 based box. The h616 is a newish cpu (vs the older H6 which does have better support) and mainline linux support isn't all there yet 5) Unless you are a low level kernel / driver C developer, you probably have the wrong box to be experimenting with. Rockchip based TV boxes have pretty good community support.

I believe this box has a rcokchip 3328 cpu, in which case you should read the following:

Moved to Rockchip TV Box forum.

The author has taken down those builds after two years. So for now there are no unofficial builds for amlogic tv boxes. I'm hoping that changes soon. My experience is that this is fixed in later kernels. If I recall correctly this started working correctly in 5.0.18 (could be 5.0.19). I'm hoping to get some new builds based on current kernels made available.

Start here: 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

You would mount the emmc device (/dev/mmcxxxxx) like you would any other disk in linux. Note that not all android partitions are in a format standard linux will be able to understand.

Well youtube certainly isn't an official source. I have no idea where the build you used came from, but it isn't anything I am aware of. Please read the following 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

I'll repeat the above two questions you didn't answer. Without knowing what code you are trying to install and what steps you did during your install, we can't help. We need to know what you have and what you have done.

@incendio First off, what board or box are you working with. Saying 'generic board' doesn't help us help you. Each board will have different hardware and thus require differing help. Then where did you get the build you referenced? And finally what instructions/steps did you use to install.

@Subhash First of what device and what build are you using? Also, please read the following TV Box FAQ item to understand the status of armbian on amlogic based TV Boxes: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/16976-status-of-armbian-on-tv-boxes-please-read-first