Gullik

Hi Werner. Yes, bleeding edge brings lots of unexpected results... However, this is why we use open source, and I like watching progress.... Some times a bug report eliminates a stupid problem, like not being able to *build* Armbian.... And old bugs resurface.... And as already pointed out *many* times vendor kernel is vintage..... Gullik

Now we are seeing progress.... I built a new armbian, kernel is 6.13-2 edge, Things that don't work yet: No text on HDMI at upstart, initial config must be done via serial Thus, nothing on TV until suddenly a Desktop login page. No "settings", so no way to set audio Apt upgrade complains but that may be unaccessable servers.... Installing on nvme results in "Kernel booting" and then nothing Left USB port does not seem to work, maybe dtb trouble... Regards, Gullik

Interesting, I have two opi5. One would display the login screen, and after login turn black, and after 5 seconds turn the cursor off. Available via ssh. The other would actually display the desktop, and terminal windows could be created. Firefox would NOT work, due to its inability to find a display. After this morning update, both fail to generate video / hdmi. Both accessible by ssh. Both were configured with the released 6.12 kit and updated daily. Gullik

Hmm, What happens after I log in to the desktop? Todays update behaves as before, but I noticed that HDMI video is stable *until* I log in. It seems that going from the login page to the "desktop" turns video off. To me it seems the video subsystem is functional, but that *something* *else* happens when the display changes from the login page to the "desktop". Any hints of what I should look at to help resolve this.........since I have a few of these....and could spend some hours looking into detail... Gullik

eselarm: Thanks for enlightening me about changes in video hardware, did not think of that. other: It seems to be running, but refuses to display (screensaver??) I rebooted twice, both times I had video barely to log in, then screensaver kicked in after only 30 seconds, and after that system is zombie. If I touch keyboard, the TV "no hdmi video" goes away, but screen is black, if I leave it the "no hdmi video" comes back on TV. But I'll try an update/upgrade/reboot seq. Gullik

Yes Werner, I always synch the distribution after install, apt update / upgrade. As for "black screen / no hdmi" I noticed a complaint in the logs of graphics missing, I guess that is what is displayed during boot. To me this is OK, I miss the old boot message displays of ancient Linuxes, where you could actually always see where it failed / succeeded. Now we are forced to watch a spinning dot on an otherwise static screen waiting for something more interesting to happen...... -- Ignorance is a good substitute for security 🙂, if it was hard to write it should be hard to read.... Gullik

And, there is some progress, but Armbian with 6.12 kernel is barely useable. Observations: It is not possible to set up and configure without a serial port. The initial system config does not display over hdmi. It is not possible to answer "YES" to the connect wifi question, so no ssh login. So, no terminal and no network, but kernel runs. No video is present on HDMI for some minutes after powering up. TV displays "no hdmi input" until suddenly the desktop pops up. When configuring over serial line, the desktop comes on on subsequent boots. I guess there should be some "picture" there... Nvme install via armbian-install is broken. Using it to set up and update MTD , and subsequent DDing the image to nvme works. Firefox will not run, probably due to some "apparmor" issue, that unfortunately I do not know anything about. Root is NOT allowed to run firefox. Trying to run it from the gui causes "firefox is already running, please stop it and try again" No matching proc found with ps. No weird lock files..... But wifi when enabled (via serial) works OK, and can subsequently be modified from the GU. and speed is *Good*. So, now we are perhaps getting forward.... Gullik

Fantastic, I just booted Armbian with a 6.12 kernel, and for the first time since august I have a desktop system on my OPI 5's. And of course armbian-config work. It was right before my OPI5's went to recycling...... Happy Gullik

So, only "rolling releases" with 6.1.75 kernel gets any updates since 24-aug-2024........ Anyway, MT7961 started working yesterday... Hopefully it will be possible to change to Swedish keyboard soon.... Gullik

All images have build dates 1 month back. Several images seem to be based on "vendor kernel". What is happening? G

Is noone using 6.11 or later AND HDMI? A confirm would be nice....if you have one....and the monitor type.... Gullik

Thank you Werner, But, no luck, nothing on the monitor. I'll bring it down, connect uart and see what gives.... Regards, Gullik 6.1.75 boots OK, but....

Hi, After bleeding edge 6.8 or so, I lost HDMI output. Does anyone run the recent kernels with HDMI? Which ? The 6.1.75 kernel has HDMI, but a lacks Mt7961 wifi, and changing keyboard does not work, which probably is my lack of understanding of wayland. Gullik PS the HDMI issue might be a resolution thing, unfortunately I use an old TV ( 1920x1024)

Iperf3 performance using my 8821cu drivers peaked at ~135 Mbps. For experiments I bought a Fenvi AX1800 adapter. Speed with this adapter reaches 220 Mbps with Iperf3. I would have expected better, but can see the following: It seems the adapter does not connect USB3, but USB2 speed, so that might be an explanation. G root@orangepi5-2:~# iperf3 -c 192.168.1.80 Connecting to host 192.168.1.80, port 5201 [ 5] local 192.168.1.169 port 47482 connected to 192.168.1.80 port 5201 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd [ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 28.4 MBytes 238 Mbits/sec 0 3.45 MBytes [ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 24.5 MBytes 206 Mbits/sec 0 3.71 MBytes [ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 26.6 MBytes 223 Mbits/sec 0 4.11 MBytes [ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 25.9 MBytes 217 Mbits/sec 0 4.11 MBytes [ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 25.9 MBytes 217 Mbits/sec 0 4.66 MBytes [ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 26.0 MBytes 218 Mbits/sec 0 4.66 MBytes [ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 26.0 MBytes 218 Mbits/sec 0 6.49 MBytes [ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 25.8 MBytes 216 Mbits/sec 0 6.49 MBytes [ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 25.6 MBytes 215 Mbits/sec 0 7.66 MBytes [ 5] 9.00-10.01 sec 26.9 MBytes 224 Mbits/sec 0 7.66 MBytes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr [ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 262 MBytes 219 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 5] 0.00-10.06 sec 259 MBytes 216 Mbits/sec receiver iperf Done. root@orangepi5-2:~# lsusb -t /: Bus 001.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 480M /: Bus 002.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 5000M /: Bus 003.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-platform/1p, 480M |__ Port 001: Dev 002, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=mt7921u, 480M /: Bus 004.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-platform/1p, 12M /: Bus 005.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-platform/1p, 12M |__ Port 001: Dev 002, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M |__ Port 001: Dev 002, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M /: Bus 006.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-platform/1p, 480M /: Bus 007.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 480M /: Bus 008.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci-hcd/1p, 5000M root@orangepi5-2:~# root@orangepi5-2:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. end0 no wireless extensions. wlx90de80d68879 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"yyyyyy" Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx Bit Rate=720.6 Mb/s Tx-Power=3 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=55/70 Signal level=-55 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:4 Missed beacon:0 root@orangepi5-2:~#

I have two Orange PI 5 where one is running 6.1.43, and one is running edge, currently 6.8.9. Both are connected with standard hdmi cables to a small flat-TV. Both work OK, and I get reasonable graphics, however, the TV is old, so resolution is not 4or 8 k. Is it some HDMI vs screen problem that you see, resolution for example??? G