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For those that really need a consistent reboot experience, check out the amlogic-s9xxx-armbian project on Github
I've been running this for a couple of months with zero reboot problems. Also, you'll get the latest versions
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On 4/13/2021 at 12:41 PM, mcb777 said:
Removing the 'System Volume Information' directory in /boot seems to have fixed the reboot issue for me. Will continue to test over time but I'm cautiously optimistic. Thanks for the pointer!
Back to report that this does make a difference but there are still times it won't reboot properly in which case I need to boot it from a USB stick once and then it'll boot again from eMMC
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On 1/23/2021 at 12:34 PM, robertoenr said:
Update:
Following the following topic from @erew, I've check his section "LOST.DIR, System Volume Information and Android folders cause problems booting off eMMC/NAND.":
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/10685-installation-guide-and-your-questions-answered-for-tv-boxes/
So, I've check that on my /boot partition on eMMC, with "ls -a", there was a folder called "LOST.DIR". I have deleted it and reboot.
@SteeMan and @lgranie if you want to also test, check that you don't have any of this hidden folders on the boot partition on eMMC. I have no hope about solving with this solution, but you have to start something...
Anyone has UART access on the TV Box to check the log during u-boot and previous process, when the problem happens? I have tried but my TX3 Mini model has a really tiny pads for RX/TX/GND and I have broken them trying to solder the wires...
Keep testing if the random reboot failure continues...
Removing the 'System Volume Information' directory in /boot seems to have fixed the reboot issue for me. Will continue to test over time but I'm cautiously optimistic. Thanks for the pointer!
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I would like to thank you for making this available, I really appreciate it! I have bought some of that 'cheapest junk' on Aliexpress. And I must say it is incredibly stable and very power efficient. For me that was the appeal of Armbian. I'm super bummed but understand your reasoning. I would like to ask if you can make the last 5.8.x image available. I checked all the download links and only see the 5.9.0 image. Thanks again for all your great work! (and secretly I'm hoping you'll reconsider your decision
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My current image is Armbian_20.08_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.7.16.img with h96max-x2-test-bus80-gpu-volt.dtb
More info:
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I run Docker on an X96 Air and H96 Max X3, both headless. Very stable, X96 Air runs a little cooler than the H96 but I can only get 100Mbps ethernet to work (as there is no device specific dtb) vs 1Gbps for the H96. These things are so cheap that you can run multiple of them so it's not a big deal if one fails (which hasn't happened for me yet). I only need HDMI, ethernet, and USB so don't care that sound, wifi, and bluetooth may not work.
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36 minutes ago, martinayotte said:
Those are only the pins. If there isn't something like "spdif@1c21000" node (this one is on H3 SoC), then there is nothing enabled ...
It's not there. Red light is still on, any way to turn that off?
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58 minutes ago, martinayotte said:
You need to decompile DTB into DTS, edit the DTS to change ' status = "okay"; ' of the spdif-out to ' status = "disabled"; ', and then recompile DTS into DTB.
The only spdif-out entries I see are:
spdif-out-h {
mux {
groups = "spdif_out_h";
function = "spdif_out";
drive-strength-microamp = <0x1f4>;
bias-disable;
};
};spdif-out-a11 {
mux {
groups = "spdif_out_a11";
function = "spdif_out";
drive-strength-microamp = <0x1f4>;
bias-disable;
};
};spdif-out-a13 {
mux {
groups = "spdif_out_a13";
function = "spdif_out";
drive-strength-microamp = <0x1f4>;
bias-disable;
};
};
I'm not sure what to change. Any suggestions?
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3 minutes ago, martinayotte said:
You need to decompile DTB into DTS, edit the DTS to change ' status = "okay"; ' of the spdif-out to ' status = "disabled"; ', and then recompile DTS into DTB.
I'll try that, thanks!
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2 minutes ago, martinayotte said:
Which ones ?
spdif-out is the main one
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I just installed Armbian_20.08_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.7.16.img on my box and it works great. I'm trying to switch off a few hardware features that I don't need but when I run armbian-config I don't see system > hardware. Any idea why?
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18 hours ago, Uwu said:
I have replaced the 2A power supply it came with (which i highly doubt was capable of true 2A) with a much better quality 3A power supply. I seem to be experiencing much less slow down at peak CPU load. I had to solder my own DC barrel plug on the 3A power supply as the plug on it was smaller than 5.5x2.1mm. Luckily a 10 pack of 5.5x2.1 plugs is very cheap on ebay.
I also was seeing temperatures rise as high as 68C. I bought a pack of small aluminum adhesive heatsinks on eBay. I put one on the SOC (which had only a piece of squishy foam as its cooler!), one on each RAM / Flash memory chip, and one of the Wifi module. I am now unable to push it past 55C even under sustained full load.
All in all very worth it for a serious Armbian user to do these small fixes, especially the 3 amp power supply, i am seeing such better performance compared to the X96 Air in stock form with these two mods.
I was planning on adding a cutout for a fan, but i'm not sure it's needed after all.
What size heat sinks did you get? Does it still fit in the original case?
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I'm running Armbian_20.08.0_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.7.0-rc7_20200531 on my X96 air. It's been very stable and unlike a previous version I ran reboot works.
I'm trying to disable optical out, any idea on how to do this?
Problems rebooting amlogic based boxes from emmc
in Amlogic CPU Boxes
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My intention is not to insult Armbian developers. I'm very thankful for their work. Just trying to help a few folks here who are experiencing these reboot issues on a hardware platform that no longer gets any love here.