[Linux OS with DRM enable & GPU hardware accelerated – How to]

On 1/3/2021 at 7:17 PM, 2020 said:

Unfortunately ChromeOS image no longer provides 64bit components ... try to install the 32bit version of Vivaldi and follow the ARMv7 instructions. 

 

(widevine is listed on vivaldi's componets as Widevine Content Decryption Module with version 0.0.0.0, is this right?) this is normal!

works!! i have installed vivaldi 32bit, 

 

I noticed widevine module is 4.10.1679.0 version, when version is 0.0.0.0 means widevine module is not loaded

[Linux OS with DRM enable & GPU hardware accelerated – How to]

On 12/4/2020 at 6:21 PM, 2020 said:

This tutorial is based on my knowledge and experience in testing Tinkerboard. It has not been tested on other devices and I do not take any responsibility nor am I liable for any damage that may be caused through the use of this tutorial.

 

Debian / XFCE minimal desktop

1. Download the latest current version of Bullseye (Panfrost drivers included) for your device and follow the instructions 
   https://www.armbian.com/download/
2. After the first login type ... 
   exit (exit from root, login with your new user id)
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt upgrade (if the kernel installation prompts for modifications, just say Yes or Ok)
   sudo apt install task-xfce-desktop xfce4-terminal firefox-esr network-manager-gnome gparted
   sudo reboot
3. Login graphically with your user id ...
   Open Firefox and check if you have access to internet
4. Open xfce terminal and add the basic xfce packages
   sudo apt install pulseaudio pavucontrol gvfs gvfs-backends policykit-1 udisks2 catfish mousepad xarchiver gdebi gigolo
   sudo reboot

 

Find out ...

1. ARM architecture of your computer processor
   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ARM_microarchitectures
2. Latest Chrome version
   https://www.google.com/search?q=The+latest+user+agents+for+Chrome&oq=The+latest+user+agents+for+Chrome&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
3. Download the user agents text file for the latest Chrome version with the platform Chrome OS
   ARMv7 (armhf / 32-bit)
   https://user-agents.net/download?browser=chrome&version=87-0&browser_bits=32&platform=chromeos&platform_bits=32&name=armv7l or 
   ARMv8 (arm64 / 64-bit)
   https://user-agents.net/download?browser=chrome&version=87-0&platform=chromeos&name=aarch64 (use the highest version)

 

Vivaldi browser installation

1.  Download Vivaldi (https://vivaldi.com/download/archive)
   ARMv7 (armhf / 32-bit)
   https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_3.4.2066.106-1_armhf.deb or
   ARMv8 (arm64 / 64-bit)
   https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_3.4.2066.106-1_arm64.deb
2. Open GDebi and install your specific Vivaldi browser

 

Create a desktop launcher

• Name: DRM browser
• Command: /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS armv7l 13505.40.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.54 Safari/537.36"
   *** Use the latest user agents text string ***

 

Open Vivaldi with the DRM browser launcher and verify the parameters ...

• user agent: https://whatmyuseragent.com
• components: vivaldi://components (check if Widevine Content Decryption Module is loaded)
• gpu:  vivaldi://gpu
• flags:  vivaldi://flags Enable > Override software rendering list

 

Widevine-flash installation

1. Close any opened Vivaldi Browser
2.  Open xfce terminal and download the script that fetches a ChromeOS image and extracts the Widevine and Flash
   ARMv7 (armhf / 32-bit)
   git clone https://gist.github.com/e025024ecffa45ee4325a3915fd8dad1.git widevine-flash
   ARMv8 (arm64 / 64-bit)
   git clone https://gist.github.com/7e1e1c313843d6a8180cfc1f47bee6aa.git widevine-flash
   cd widevine-flash
   sudo sh ./widevine-flash_arm32.sh or sudo sh ./widevine-flash_arm64.sh (and follow the instructions)
3. Open Vivaldi with the DRM browser launcher and check if DRM is working
   https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm

 

Now you are ready to watch Netflix :-) Cheers!

I completed all step (64bit), but DRM isn't working yet

widevine is listed on vivaldi's componets as Widevine Content Decryption Module with version 0.0.0.0, is this right?

when i run vivaldi into command line, i see "ERROR:chrome_content_client.cc(343)] Failed to locate and load the component updated flash plugin."

pluggin is located in /opt/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_arm/libwidevinecdm.so  (this path have permission to everyone 775)

file exists ~/.config/vivaldi/WidevineCdm/latest-component-updated-widevine-cdm content =>  {"Path":"/opt/WidevineCdm"}

what is wrong?

 

My system is rockpi4 Armbian ubuntu 18.04  64bit

 

 

 

[Build Armbian with Panfrost (outdated)]

On 12/12/2019 at 6:29 PM, NicoD said:

It has gotten a lot easier to use Panfrost now.
Download one of @balbes150 5.x Bionic images for your device. 
The panfrost module is already added, all that needs to be done is installing the mesa drivers. For that I made a script. 
Download the file here in attachment and unpack it. 
Go into the folder Panfrost
 

cd Panfrost
sudo ./installPanfrost.sh

Install all for best results.

Panfrost has improved a lot on 5.4. Many games now work normally, some still have some smaller problems. It has become usable.
Greetings, NicoD

Edit : Script update. You now can upgrade the mesa and drm drivers after installation

Update 2 : Also Lima support now. 

 

 

 

 

 

installPanfrost.sh 2.27 kB · 22 downloads

check this script, can't download mesa deb file, ninja command are not found, etc. thanks

[why armbian images aren't booting on rock pi 4b?]

23 hours ago, Lili13400 said:

I was able to erase SPI using radxa official image, then armbian is booting well (slowly but well)

both with rockpi4a & rockpi4b

how do you erase SPI? Radxa explain how you upgrade SPI, but there is not how you erase it

 

however, if you need boot with mvne, you need mandatorily upgrade SPI. So, to try erase SPI is not a great solution

[why armbian images aren't booting on rock pi 4b?]

On 1/12/2020 at 1:09 PM, Igor said:

Legacy images must work but if you have a SPI chip on your board you need to update it first - Radxa provide it. Then you will be able to boot other images then old stock.

There is a issue when you upgrade SPI, radxa team haven't fixed yet, check this link

https://forum.radxa.com/t/fail-to-boot-armbian-images-after-spi-bootloader-upgrade/2043

 

so, if you upgraded your SPI, you aren't able to use any newest armbian image

 

We're waiting for radxa team

[why armbian images aren't booting on rock pi 4b?]

Hello,

 

I have read some threats with the same issue, armbian images are not booting, there is not HDMI signal when turn on rockpi4. General solution is trying armbian image stored on radxa server https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/third-party/Armbian_5.67_Rockpi4b_Debian_stretch_default_4.4.154_desktop_20181210-gpt.img.gz this armbian version works fine but it's too old, also i'm interested to use latest armbian-ubuntu-bionic

 

My case: I have a new rockpi4b 1.4v, not eMMC module, I have flashed several armbian versions on sdCard :

https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Bionic_legacy_desktop

https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Buster_legacy

https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Buster_current_desktop

https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Bionic_current_minimal

.. and old versions archived

 

None of them works! the issue is the same, not HDMI signal. I can boot fine using radxa images (armbian stretch and others OS stored there).  Is possible something wrong on latest rockpi4 hardware and need a fix on armbian/uBoot configuration?