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Hi, There is a dtb in coreelec https://coreelec.org/dtb/

Hi, I have successfully install armbian on a x96mini. I just have to follow the instruction here and upgrade the dtb to install it on emmc. Can it be possible to integrate this dtb in linux-dtb-edge-meson64 package as a new dtb, please?

Hi, I come back just in time, that's great news! Where is it?

sudo apt install weston copy the weston.ini file (available at the top of the tread) in ~/.config/ lauch weston with systemctl sudo systemctl restart weston.service

Hi, Yes, dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg will download, compile and install it apt search libdvdcss ... libdvdcss-dev/now 1.4.2-1~local arm64 [installed,local] library for accessing encrypted DVDs - development files libdvdcss2/now 1.4.2-1~local arm64 [installed,local] library for accessing encrypted DVDs libdvdcss2-dbgsym/now 1.4.2-1~local arm64 [installed,local] debug symbols for libdvdcss2 I would like to know if someone as already read a dvd with armbian.

Hi Dan, I can not help you so much : I do not have a s905x3 nor 4k monitor. I can only share with you that I disable hwdec (v4l2m2m-copy) in my mpv config for better results in h264. I did not mange yet to upgrade my kernel up to 5.9.14. Regards, Laurent. mpv.conf

Hi, I would like to play some DVD (armbian/balbes on x96max with weston). I follow the instructions from https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#Watching_Video_DVDs # apt install libdvd-pkg # dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg Then I launch # mpv dvd:// I've got some error to decrypt and the sceen stay black :/ Is anyone manage to play dvd from our favorite boxes?

Hi, That's a great peace of informations, thx. If I want to boot from emmc, I have to rename it to u-boot.emmc?

Few days ago linux-image-current.meson64 package from armbian was updated. But I can not manage to boot on it : my screen stay black that's all. I have to come back to the previous version that you can find here : https://us.mirrors.fossho.st/armbian/apt/pool/main/l/linux-5.9.14-meson64/ To avoid future update, I use the following command : sudo apt-mark hold linux-dtb-current-meson64 linux-image-current-meson64 I also try with linux-image-arm64 from debian (bulleyes) which is also a 5.10 kernel. I've got the same results : no boot, black screen. I did not manage to run a 5.10 packaged kernel on my x96max.

I came back to kernel 5.9.0 from balbes image but I got this error with mpv after few seconds : DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory To avoid this message and enjoy beautiful video playback, I haved to install the following packages (dtb and image, not the headers): https://us.mirrors.fossho.st/armbian/apt/pool/main/l/linux-5.9.14-meson64/

I want to do this so when I install linux-image-current-meson64 or other kernel package I do not have error because it looks like the package's script is expecting a ext3/4 partition.

Hi, I tried but did not manage to boot on the last linux-image-current-meson64 (5.10 kernel) from armbian. I will try soon with the debian linux-image-arm64 and let you know. Regard, Laurent.

If you want those files you can install armbian-firmware-all package. This is what I do here :

Hi everyone, I made some new tests this last weekend and realized what I said was not really true. If you want to use hardware accelerated decoding you need to install armbian-firmware-all (package I just discovered). This package contains the firmware files needed by mpv in /lib/firmware/meson/vdec. Combined with mpv options hwdec-codecs=all and hwdec=auto ( or just v4l2m2m-copy ), cpu usage really drops from 50% to 20% ( and cpu temp from 70c to just over 50c ). But it is a little bugged : no seek forward or backward, and I've got a crach after one hour of movie (just when the bus fly the highway gap in "Speed", damned!). I imagine that the improvements of video playback quality ( no more little tearing ) I experimented last week was due to weston using GL for render what I was not able to do with X11/picom before. You do not really need hardware decoding : the s905x2 is really capable to decode x264 without any problems. Here the commented containt of my mpv.conf file : # very usefull to understand what mpv is doing msg-level=all=v # video output ( wayland ) vo=gpu gpu-context=wayland drm-connector=HDMI-A-1 fs=yes # hardware decoding ( nothing to do with rendering, uncomment to test ) #hwdec=auto #hwdec=v4l2m2m-copy hwdec-codecs=all # Personnal preferences sub-font='FreeSerifBold' sub-file-paths=Subs:Sub:subs:sub slang=en,eng alang=en,eng

ok it is not perfect with vlc : if video is not the size of screen the video is cropped and moved up... with mpv it is perfect : you can ssh to your machine, sudo su - vlcd, export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/109 and launch mpv mpv.conf or aliases : function play_movie { sudo su -P -s /bin/bash -c "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/109 && mpv --sub-auto=all --sub-file-paths=Subs $1" vlcd } function play_serie { sudo su -P -s /bin/bash -c "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/109 && mpv --sub-auto=exact $1" vlcd }

It is now 2 weeks I run linux-image-current-meson64 with no problems. I manage to get rid of tearing while playing video with vlc by using wayland/weston instead of X11/openbox (picom did not help). While playing video cpu goes from around 40% in X11 to 20% with weston \o/. You can find vlcd.service, scripts and config files in attached files. TODO list : - Move vlcd.service to weston.service and try to replace vlc-xxxx.sh scripts with ~/.config/systemd/vlcd.service - format /boot in ext4 vlcd.service vlcd-start.sh vlcd-stop.sh weston.ini vlcrc.wl

I tried today. To test I use an sd card with last aml/balbes images, chroot to it and apt update apt install linux-image-current-meson64 edit /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf I manage to boot on it. \o/ So I reboot on emmc, backup some original /boot files and install the package. I set manually the package to "install ok installed" in /var/lib/dpkg/status to avoid futur error when updating. Now running on a 5.9.14 kernel. Will see if it is as stable than with 5.9.0 /boot partition (u-boot) can be ext3/4 on x96max?

How to use linux-image-current-meson64 package? Is it compatible with x96max tv box?

Hi, I would like to maintain the kernel version updated on the box (for video reading performance because I still got some stearing when the camera moves horizontaly). Now that there is no more support for amlogic (I can understand why reading the forum), can I use the available bullseye/linux-image-current-meson64 package from the armbian repo (which is now 5.9.6 not 5.9.0)? As I understand is it not that easy to compile a kernel by myself because there is so much patches applied. Best regards, Laurent.

Great thx. Can we expect some kernel deb packages?

No problem here : ❯ dpkg -i linux-image-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb linux-headers-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb (Reading database ... 74883 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-image-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) over (20.05.4) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) over (20.05.4) ... Setting up linux-image-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.7.0-rc6-arm-64 W: Couldn't identify type of root file system for fsck hook update-initramfs: Converting to u-boot format Setting up linux-headers-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) ... Compiling headers - please wait ...

More information here : http://linux-meson.com "Work in progress"

Hi, My x96max is suffering from screen tearing and I would like to update the kernel because it looks like g12a vdec is added in the last release candidate and I would like to test it. Is it possible to install the 5.6-rc7 kernel from the last armbian image to the current emmc installed with 5.6-rc5? I imagine to : - copy /mnt/sdcard/rootfs/lib/modules/5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64 to /lib/modules/, - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/config-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64, System.map-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64, vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64, initrd.img-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64 to /boot - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/zImage to /boot/zImage-rc7 - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/uInitrd to /boot/uInitrd-rc7 - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/dtb/amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb to /boot/dtb/amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max-rc7.dtb (because the files differ) - edit /boot/uEnv.txt - run sudo /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -u -k all Do I miss something? Thx, Laurent.

Hi, I'm used to compile my kernel on x86 with make bindeb-dpkg and then edit /etc/lilo.conf or create symlink to images and initrd files installed with dpkg. I have no clue how to do it with u-boot on a fat32 /boot partition. I tried with the following procedure (on debian bullseye) : - download sources from kernel.org - cp /boot/config-5.5.0 linux-source-5.5.7/.config - make menuconfig && make bindeb-pkg -j 4 (took 2 hours) - dpkg -i linux-image-5.5.7-xxx.deb (look like debian is able to manage uboot initramfs) - edit the 2 first lines of /boot/uEnv.txt and set image and initramfs - reboot (3 times) => black screen Few questions : - Is there any additional configuration to pass to make bindeb-pkg on arm compare to x86? - What about dtb files? Thx, for your help, Laurent. ps : on my x96max, I've already got some difficulties to boot on emmc : a simple reboot work 1/3 times. I have to boot on sdcard and then reboot (removing the sdcard) to boot on emmc.

Hi, /var/log is full. /var/log/journal contains one big file. I executed journalctr --vacuum-time=1h but after a reboot the journal is restored and /var/log full again. How to get rid of it? I'm not familiar with zram and journalctrl but I imagine I can configure something somewhere to avoid getting /var/log full again. Thx.