Tomas Catone

Thanks @SteeMan !!
 
Still learning.  I was getting a quick error when enabling RDP inside the Armbian config.  Updated everything and reinstalled xrdp and the error went away.  A couple of reboots later and now RDP is working!!!  Success!!
 
I have installed Teamviewer Host.  They have a .deb install file for ARM-32 (no 64 bit file available) so installation wasn't hard.  Not working exactly right yet... but wrenching on it but it lost priority now that RDP is working...
 
When will I be able to post more than 1x a day?  Or a link?  It deleted my link in my earlier post.  Just asking.
 
"Firmware" is inside Armbian config but after looking at it more closely it is "apt update and apt upgrade".  So I am doing it recursively until it says there is nothing more to upgrade.  Hope that doesn't mess anything up.
 
"Freeze" inside Armbian config says it will disable the Armbian kernel upgrade.  Sounds wise since 20.11 doesn't support Amlogics cpu.  Agreed?

Interesting tidbit - I changed the background to one of the blue xfce mice but for some reason it only stays for a little while and then goes back to the grey penguin.  Reboot brings back the blue for a little while.  Just odd. 
 
Other progress:  I tested almost all Amlogic .dtb device tree files .  I appreciate the link to the work of @mumpitzstuff on compiling dtb files.  I compiled the one he used for my tv box - but it didn't work.  Then I tried pasting together a file of my own from a couple of stock dtb files - but that didn't fix anything.  The meson-gxm-vega-s96.dtb file is what I am using and it has working ethernet so that is what I NEED.  Meson-gxm-q200-n1.dtb shows a wifi symbol in the top left corner after boot but my mouse and keyboard don't work.  Meson-gxm-beelink-gt1 seems to have working Bluetooth.  I might work more on compiling my own dtb file but at this point I am moving onto Samba setup and Plex setup.  I think my homebrew dtb file idea is missing the actual drivers for the chips so even after defining the device tree I still need to somewhere somehow add the drivers?
 
Well - that is the update for today.  Seem to be inching towards my goal. 
 
Any tips/tricks or ideas are appreciated. 
 
@Gio Giogio - sorry - I can't post links so the one I sent you got auto-deleted above.  But have a look for reddit getting_armbian_to_boot_on_sunvell_t95z_plus and I bet you can use that to get over the first hurdles. 
 
Thanks again! 
 
 

Links to theft and hacking are removed.