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    markonmoto2 reacted to rna in Install Box86 on Arm64   
    Dear All,
    I just want to make a Tutorial on my successful attempt in Installing Box86 on Arm64 and Install Wine X86 apps. In this example it is Sketchup 7.1 and Sketchup 8
    But before starting I want to thanks to PtitSeb for his hard work to bring this dream into reality (running x86 apps on arm64 box).
    My system is X96 Max+ S905x3. I used @balbes150 older image to boot to Armbian, many thanks for him. So In general every box running Armbian 64bit should work.

    This tutorial will use debootstrap Debian Buster Armhf as base for chroot. The keyword is "Arm64" support "Armhf", therefore you do not need to use Qemu or Binfmt_misc as it is very slow. Here's my report on Manjaro Arm Forum: https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/x86-64-chroot-on-manjaro-arm-install-x86-64-deb-install-wine-windows-apps/150420/103

    Here's what you need:
    1. Open terminal, then type:
    sudo apt install schroot debootstrap sudo mkdir /srv/chroot sudo mkdir /srv/chroot/debian-armhf sudo debootstrap --arch armhf --foreign buster /srv/chroot/debian-armhf http://debian.xtdv.net/debian sudo chroot "/srv/chroot/debian-armhf" /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage 2. Then add a config file for debian-armhf:
    sudo nano /etc/schroot/chroot.d/debian-armhf.conf Copy paste this code, and change <username> into your computer username
    [debian-armhf] description=Debian Armhf chroot aliases=debian-armhf type=directory directory=/srv/chroot/debian-armhf profile=desktop personality=linux preserve-environment=true root-users=<username> users=<username> 3. Then edit the nssdatabases
    sudo nano /etc/schroot/desktop/nssdatabases copy paste this code
    # System databases to copy into the chroot from the host system. # # <database name> #passwd shadow #group gshadow services protocols #networks #hosts #user 4. Edit the stateoverride, and change the first contrab to root
    sudo nano /srv/chroot/debian-armhf/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride copy paste this code
    root root 2755 /usr/bin/crontab 5. Now you should be able to schroot by typing
    sudo schroot -c debian-armhf 6. edit the bashrc
    nano ~/.bashrc add this code to the bottom of the line
    export LANGUAGE="C" export LC_ALL="C" export DISPLAY=:0 7. let's restart chroot environment by exit and login again, then add a username that is similar to your main system username
    exit id sudo schroot -c debian-armhf adduser <username> su - <username> then again add bashrc
    nano ~/.bashrc again add this code to the bottom of the line
    export LANGUAGE="C" export LC_ALL="C" export DISPLAY=:0 8. Then restart chroot by double exit and login again, then install the following package
    exit exit sudo schroot -c debian-armhf apt update && apt upgrade apt install git wget cmake build-essential python3 apt install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf 9. Now let's compile the Box86 within Chroot environment
    git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86 cd box86 mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DARM_DYNAREC=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo; make exit 10. Now login to chroot again then download wine from twisteros: https://twisteros.com/wine.tgz then extract it to your home folder. Your extracted wine location should be in: ~/wine/bin/wine
    sudo schroot -c debian-armhf wget https://twisteros.com/wine.tgz tar zxvf wine.tgz  11. Install Zenity in chroot environment, as wine will not have window without it:
    apt install zenity 12. Exit from chroot environment by typing
    exit 13. To install a windows app, in this case sketchup 7.1 and 8 you can download it from: http://www.oldversion.com/windows/google-sketchup/ then type:
    schroot -c debian-armhf ~/box86/build/box86 ~/wine/bin/wine 'your/installation/folder/It/is/better/to/drag/and/drop/the/installer' 14. To run the installed program you can type this or make it as a shortcut from desktop launcher:
    schroot -c debian-armhf ~/box86/build/box86 ~/wine/bin/wine your/installed/program/location  
    and here's my final sketchup running smoothly on LLVM Pipe Graphics. I also attached the Box86 running on Manjaro Arm with the good performance as well for addition.

    To be honest, I didn't expect the performance to be this good. It almost remind me of "Rosetta 2" of Apple Silicon, but it is open source.

    Big respect for PtitSeb for bringing this magic to the Arm64 World. I also want to thanks to Xabbu and Lolix from Manjaro Forum to help me figuring out the chroot environment in my older Manjaro Forum Post.
     
    Hope that helps,
     
    Many Thanks,
    rna
     



     

     

     

     
     
    UPDATE 1
    *IMPORTANT NOTE:
    To fix Sketchup 7/8 OpenGL Display Error:
    You have to edit the wine regedit and change the sketchup display setting from "0" to "1"
    - Open Sketchup then close
    - Open terminal then run regedit by typing:
    schroot -c debian-armhf ~/box86/build/box86 ~/wine/bin/wine regedit - Then find:
       HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp7\GLConfig\Display
    - Then change the “HW_OK” from “0” to “1”
    - Then close your regedit
    - Then open Sketchup 7/8. Now you should be ok.

    UPDATE 2
    you can also follow the Box86 compatibility list here:
    https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86-compatibility-list/issues
    You can also use winetricks to install some dependency, like .NET 4.0 as detailed by WheezyE here:
    https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86-compatibility-list/issues/46
    In fact, by using WheezyE method I was able to install all depencencies to install sketchup 2014 successfully from winetricks in Armbian Reforge (Just to let you know that Armbian Reforge is embedded with Box86 by default).
     
    However, at the moment winetricks does not works in our chroot method. Therefore, Help would be appreciated.

    BONUS:
    For those of you that desperately want to install blender 2.79 on Armbian Focal / Manjaro, you can use this method.
    Open terminal, then type:
    sudo schroot -c debian-armhf apt install blender exit Now to open blender, you can use this command (you can also make launcher):
    schroot -c debian-armhf blender Now Blender 2.79b should run perfectly on you system
     
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    markonmoto2 got a reaction from TRS-80 in NanoPi M4V2 + SataHAT + OMV - pcie fail to train after reboot   
    I also tried to go with mainline earlier this year but as you both mentioned stability issues get me back to legacy ;P i didn't have time to investigate that further, temporary fix is "do not reboot", in case of mainline kernel there is probably still an issue with it because there is still some reports here and there that are no older than 1-2months, and there is hardly any evidence of it resolved, except of various fix by locking clock speeds and changing governor's which in the and usually still ends with instabilities

    v1 is more stable, so it even can be hardware level bug in case of v2... the issue persist from early days and there is still no clear resolution for this (i have v2 almost from first days of its availability) especially that rockpi with also ddr4 works without a hitch.

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    markonmoto2 got a reaction from WarHawk_AVG in Rock Pi SATA Hat   
    https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/12/08/rock-pi-sata-hat-targets-rock-pi-4-raspberry-pi-4-nas/
     
    Nice hardware for NAS on usb3.0 only board.
    It looks like perfect hardware for ultimate 12-bay RK3399 nas experience if combined with proper hardware
     
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