MattWestB

For the journalctl problem reinstalling the package restart the system and reinstall HA as is written in the HA hint and its working. The large problem is if having less RAM its braking the zram logging but its one other story. For install download one older HA installer and its working without local mode.

Your board is not having the current limiting resistors for the comport they is not populated on the picture. Put some soldering led instead of the resistor or if you is having some around 100 Ohm in the right place and it shall working well.

ARM devices is not using boot manager then they is not having one PC-BIOS they using U-boot and booting the installed system and nothing else.

You is having that option in armbian-config with "Freeze Disable Armbian kernel upgrades"

@n3o HDMI is having 2 different sets of "video mode" one for desktop monitors and one for TV and i think all is not implanted in the RK drivers and need being patched in for working OK.

The patch is merged so only waiting for one new build. https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5762#issuecomment-1742524606

I was having problem with the bootloader and was installing one strange one and was getting it working OK. How to look for the version of it in dmesg then i only finding one number but not the date of it like this ubootpart=3158ac38-01 ?

In https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/5762/files its LED 7 and 8 heaving the GPIO2 for enabling HDMI. Now one question is the GPIO2 used for both normally not used by other board ? If yes i think its good putting it in rk322x-led-conf-default.dts then the user is getting HDMI working from beginning and dont need struggling setting it up with SSH or terminal. This is only if its OK for all other board but i think its great if its possible. And one more thanks for great work done !!!

@jock If you have getting it in the mainline kernel updates, post one info so can updating without loosing the patched kernel and DTB.

Tryed the 6.1.55 install by the book and looks also working like 6.1.50 hand patched. Attaching install and dmesg logs. RK3228B55.zip Shall being good if some more user with desktop installed can testing it so Joke can getting it better verified that is working and putting it in the current release if all is OK. PS: The kernel install is still complaining of missing firmware that it have doing longer time now but my RK3318 box is not doing it on all kernels i have running on it.

As normal not by the book: Renamed the DTB directory and putting the from the 7zip:ed deb file in one new with the same name as the original and then checking privs and sync reboot and the LEDs is being blue/read and HDMI is working OK with bootlogging and TTY CLI !!! ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ • MobaXterm Professional Edition v22.0 • │ │ (SSH client, X server and network tools) │ │ │ │ ➤ SSH session to root@192.168.2.65 │ │ • Direct SSH : ✔ │ │ • SSH compression : ✔ │ │ • SSH-browser : ✔ │ │ • X11-forwarding : ✘ (disabled or not supported by server) │ │ │ │ ➤ For more info, ctrl+click on help or visit our website. │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ _ _________ ____ _ _ __| | _|___ /___ \|___ \__ __ | |__ _____ __ | '__| |/ / |_ \ __) | __) \ \/ /____| '_ \ / _ \ \/ / | | | < ___) / __/ / __/ > <_____| |_) | (_) > < |_| |_|\_\____/_____|_____/_/\_\ |_.__/ \___/_/\_\ Welcome to Armbian 23.8.1 Jammy with Linux 6.1.50-current-rk322x No end-user support: community creations System load: 77% Up time: 0 min Memory usage: 15% of 975M IP: 172.17.0.1 192.168.2.65 172.30.32.1 CPU temp: 78°C Usage of /: 41% of 7.1G RX today: 209.0 MiB [ General system configuration (beta): armbian-config ] I have no desktop installed then its no need for supervised HA with RCP. Shall testing little more but all looks OK and my EVE Thread plugs is reporting all parameters over Thread and RCP integration so looks very good. DMESG is attached but no journal then its have all HA logs also the Zigbee and Thread credentials and i think you dont need them and if i PM you with them. RK3228B.zip Great work done !!!

Was renaming the original file and putting the new one in the same place and running rkconfig with the same settings and then sync and reboot and its not loading the setting = no HDMI. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ • MobaXterm Professional Edition v22.0 • │ │ (SSH client, X server and network tools) │ │ │ │ ➤ SSH session to root@192.168.2.65 │ │ • Direct SSH : ✔ │ │ • SSH compression : ✔ │ │ • SSH-browser : ✔ │ │ • X11-forwarding : ✘ (disabled or not supported by server) │ │ │ │ ➤ For more info, ctrl+click on help or visit our website. │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ _ _________ ____ _ _ __| | _|___ /___ \|___ \__ __ | |__ _____ __ | '__| |/ / |_ \ __) | __) \ \/ /____| '_ \ / _ \ \/ / | | | < ___) / __/ / __/ > <_____| |_) | (_) > < |_| |_|\_\____/_____|_____/_/\_\ |_.__/ \___/_/\_\ Welcome to Armbian 23.8.1 Jammy with Linux 6.1.50-current-rk322x No end-user support: community creations System load: 18% Up time: 10 min Memory usage: 48% of 975M IP: 172.17.0.1 192.168.2.65 172.30.32.1 CPU temp: 70°C Usage of /: 40% of 7.1G RX today: 4.0 GiB Last login: Fri Sep 29 15:55:14 2023 from 192.168.2.10 root@RK322X-Box:~# Dm-TxT.zip Its running on kernel 6.1.50-current

@jock Or the small ones have doing one different pining of the Eth interface on that board only for making more trouble for us and must running one bad faced Android 7 on them. Do you need more testing then its easy to do for my only plugging the USB-Stick in and rebooting ? I have the deb with desktop installed and its booting OK but need having my test system running on UB.

dmesg and journalctl -a as @jock requested. Looks like Eth and HDMI is working OK WiFi is no go then its having one RTL8723AS and im not using it but if in the future is getting the BT working it shall being great but is not priority . I have booting it on one USB-Stick and now back to Ubuntu on the eMMC and HA RCP testing for thread and Zigbee. RK3228Azip.zip

My board is one R29_MXQ_LP3_V2.3_00908 if you remember and it was one of the first with broken HDMI. Photos is posted for one and a half years ago of the PCB and Joke was doing the SHH working on multitool after that.

I was trying doing the same thing by adding the LED7 to my Ubuntu current and its looks its not being loaded then the LEDs its not changing and no HDMI but i dont need the HDMI then the box is running hotter. @jock is it possible you have time and power doing one updated DTB (set if more files needed) for ubuntu current kernel that is possible adding to installed systems and getting it working ? Or if possible copy them from Bookworm witch files is needed ?

Debian Bookworm minimal Armbian with desktop up and running and looks working OK but only very fast testing and im going back to my Ubuntu for getting my HA Thread and Zigbeed test system being online for testing.

Was doing one fast test with Multitool on my device that have updated eMMC with new bootloader and putting it on one USB-Stick and its booting with HDM is working and can navigating with keyboard so looks great. The video is not looking great then its one full HD TV and we is knowing all video modes is not supported but its more then OK. Shall testing the DEB but i only running Ubuntu on my Linux machines so im not installing it. Thanks for great work !!!

Then the box is starting in maskmode the chip ROM is not finding any loader in the internal or external storage, The its in that mode you shall flashing one loader to the flash and if its OK the box is starting the loader and doing logging if its working OK (I think the chip POM is not longing any at all then is not knowing the hardware).