fabiobassa

@Jaisere
the problem ISN' T the lima or xorg issue, but "VERY SIMPLE" :  it doesn't find the rootfs.

it is clearly explained in your log : WAITING FOR ROOT FILE SYSTEM

This indeed happen because when you update and upgrade maybe it takes a NEW KERNEl and new kernels DON'T support nand .

That's all!!

No lima issues , no mesa issues, no other than newer  kernels not recognize NAND

if you want desktop environment and at same time install in internal flash try to find a 4.4.xxx kernel with xfce or lxde already installed

Or you can try this rootfs but you still have to use a 4.4.xxx kernel
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmtwGs88iXfCs7UtaEv1d5h7C9-9KGFg/view?usp=drive_link
 

@Jaisere
the rootfs i gave to you clear says " utgard armsoc"

DON'T UPGRADE DON'T DO NOTHING or you will loose the optimization made by linaro team

the chromium browser itself uses a sort of hardware acceleration, the video uses a sort of gpu.. but DON'T EXPECT too much

For nice graphical environmetn follow @jock 's suggestion, but will loose NAND
 

@Jaisere
this COULD be a challenge , but really isn't.

The images provided by @jock are complete, have the BOOT folder filled with all necessary : kernel, init, dtb , environment

This rootfs has BOOT folder empty. So you still need kernel and other stuffs from a working 4.4.194 image

You should mount the image from jock under linux, grab the BOOT folder complete....... then  mount this rootfs linaro, again under linux, paste the BOOT folder, and burn regularly by multitool
It will conseguentially boot

@Jaisere

correct

@Jaisere

you welcome.  Just grab the boot folder from a working image and put into the linaro one. then burn this " frankenstein"  image with multitool.
But I repeat, if you want latest patches use the @jock 's very last images on a sd or usb and you will be surprised how amazing are those boxes

Don't forget to add a like to the posts, it help good consideration and reputation of the authors of this thread on the forum. Ty

@Jaisere

you welcome.  Just grab the boot folder from a working image and put into the linaro one. then burn this " frankenstein"  image with multitool.
But I repeat, if you want latest patches use the @jock 's very last images on a sd or usb and you will be surprised how amazing are those boxes

Don't forget to add a like to the posts, it help good consideration and reputation of the authors of this thread on the forum. Ty

cool, thank you so much for the help
 

if im understanding this correctly, if I burn the images too a usb / sd card, load into linux I should be able to move the 4.4 kernel into the rootfs, then turn that into its own image that I can burn to the on board nand with multitool?

please correct me if im not quite understanding

awesome, its alright if I cant use Lima specifically (and I did suspect panfrost wouldnt be of use to me, I was just grasping at straws for a while) but if I can the graphics chip work at all would be a huge step forward, thanks 

@fabiobassa and @RaptorSDS the issue isnt due to the desktop environment or it not booting, My system works with the 4.4 legacy, it just doesn't use the Mali400 chip for graphics. I provided the image of what happens when I use anything other than the legacy kernal as extra context, that doesnt happen when I update or upgrade, when I set up a desktop environment myself it works fine. I will try @fabiobassa's rootfs just to see what its about, and if it some how allows me to used the Lima, panfrost, or built in Mali drivers I will stick with it, thanks!

@Jaisere to find the image look at first post below install SD-Casrd you find the link to Jock archive
Armbian_22.02.0-trunk_Rk322x-box_focal_legacy_4.4.194_xfce_desktop.img.xz
 

@ego worker Now I'm checking edge 6.6.7 kernel and it works like a charm: made some stress tests with openssl speed -multi 4 while running KDE and hardware video decoding with no particular issues
My eMCP reads at most at 28.4mb/s in DDR mode, sometimes also times out, but it is a scrap board with plenty of issues; decent and non-abused eMCPs read  up to 90mb/s in DDR mode.

@ktolisgr
Nand Is ONLY  supported on Legacy kernel
 
Stay on 4.x.x and everything will work.
 
This Is clear said in first posts and throught the whole 3ad but i know.....Reading Is boring and forum huge, better direct ask  thing already explained billion times !

@Le Best Noob looks like your board is a new one; could you please post a couple of photos of the front and back?

@djoness
Welcome to the forum, italian HAM here.
I also manager to install hblink and hdswitch in a rk322x .
If you dont mind i will drop you some Infos in you private message, Just to let clean the forum for hardware and firmware related questions

Hi
I had heard that you can install LINUX on a TV BOX, so I got an X96 which has the RK322X CHIPSET.
Since I am a Hamradio and I did some tinkering I told myself that I would create an interconnected repeater with the X96 as a server.
After installation and configuration I was able to create my repeater which worked very well for more than three months.
Here is the photo of the interconnected repeater in working order:
 

 
I made a tutorial on my site where I described my configuration and installation of the system: https://www.dmr-maroc.com/Repeteur_sans_Raspberry.php

Please Just remain focuses on rk322x and their problems.
Dont go off topic
Thank you all very much for understanding , highly appreciated

Please Just remain focuses on rk322x and their problems.
Dont go off topic
Thank you all very much for understanding , highly appreciated

This is a bit off topic, sorry for that, but I want to buy another tv box. I tried to find something like a best buy guide with links to AliExpress or something similar, but I can't find any. Tips?

Hi @Bert Kortenbach and @Arthur Ferraz, I did have the same problem with mine MXQ_R2B_LP3 board, (this box is like R29 with other wiifi chip), I want to share my experiences with you, it worked after the great help I received here, it could help you too! I followed @jock 's instructions but for the hdmi to work, it had to be the Armbian_23.08.0-trunk_Rk322x-box_bookworm_edge_6.5.5_minimal.img.xz image, I installed it on an SD card, as soon as I boot, the hdmi image doesn't appear, I went used SSH and configured rk322x-config led-conf-7, then reboot, and it worked! But even so, I had problems recording on the emmc, in my case it was an emcp, when I recorded the image using multiboot, the box got a black screen! The only way I managed to install it on emmc was by booting from the SD and then using the armbian-install command, then the box worked normally, then I made the modifications, installed the graphical environment, booted with multiboot and made a backup, Then this image restores normally in the box! So in short, you have to have Armbian updated, kernel 6.5, and install using the armbian-install command! I hope this information is useful! About Leds, the blinking yellow led means that the system has booted and is working! 
Good luck, I hope everything goes well! 

Finally I've cracked it!
I used the same SD that I used for the first box.
BIG MISTAKE!
I created a new SD. Multitool recognized the eMMC now and I burned the image again.
Now it's working.
 
Only thing is,,,
I get no HDMI output yet, but I'm working on it...
Any ideas? (Multitool WAS giving me HDMI but the new image doesn't)
Diagnostics dump  (armbianmonitor -u) can be found at https://paste.armbian.com/avapokirog 
 
Best regards
 
Bert

I've placed compiled u-boot-rk322x-with-spl.bin at 0x8000 in image and image boots OK.
 
small question: how to check (and change) GPIO pin assignment? currently I have only dark red light; it seems like it's looks like GPIOs mismatched.
 
I've extracted and decompiled DTS from original firmware, but at first quick look I can't see pin assignments here - maybe I'm hav no enough experience...

Oh right, you still need the v1.11
There are some caches around, but should not affect the bootloader which is always rebuilt from scratch AFAIK.
 
Will double check soon, stay tuned!

@Rodrigo Campos hello; I don't think HDMI stopped working, but instead something went wrong with xfce installation via armbian-config.
 
Honestly, I never try to install a desktop enviroment via armbian-config, but instead I usually build and use images with xfce already installed.
 
Some fresh debian and ubuntu images have been built by armbian servers just yesterday: https://imola.armbian.com/dl/rk322x-box/archive/
You may want to give a chance to them perhaps? They are still command-line only, but maybe they work better.
 
In case they don't work, maybe you could post on this other forum, since I guess it is a userspace issue.
 

Hello guys, first of all, I'd like to thank @jock for your very powerful work, very patient with all us newbies and thanks too @fabiobassa for your always fast answer. 
I have the R29 box that didn't run HDMI neither WI-FI, so I tested the new multiboot and the new minimal firmware and as the most people, it works flawlessly boting in pendrive, I could install in internal EMMC and everything is OK. So, to go ahead I tried to install the XFCE desktop environment in armbian-config, but wen I did it, the HDMI stopped working. The system still works behind the screen with my pi-hole server, but without Image in HDMI.
I just see and it still in led7 option. There are anything I could do to try? Could a desmeg of my board help? Or is necessary both, before and after desktop installation to help?
Any test could I do to help you guys to improve this firmware?