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Thanks for tip, man! And well, I'm ok if the video is not great. I just want to make sure I tried all I could, you know? The option to have videos on Kodi while other things will work for the desktop is very ok, to me. BUT to have that working, I need the system to behave accordingly. I appreciate the help, @fabiobassa! Now, @jockI believe you have a point, but I am very certain of two things I am experiencing: First, the black screen IS lightdm related. And I can 100% rely on that based on some experiences: with other images where I tried lubuntu and icewm, this did not happen because there was no lightdm. Also, in this image, I have installed sddm after removing lightdm COMPLETELY (purge), it is working as intended! And second, the errors are in/with the armsoc install from media framework, because it changes some stuff with xorg, that makes it break. And this has nothing todo with lightdm because it was the first problem I had in first plance when first talked to you about it. I have gathered some explanation and logs, please find them attached. Maybe you can see something I can't on them - very likely since this is my first contact with linux =P Maybe you can take a look as well @fabiobassa? Any help or opinions are welcome! I have named them in reading order, 01 to 03. I know I'm taking a lot of your time and thank you very much for this. 01-xorgPotentialProblem 02-sddmErrorAfterMediaFramework.txt 03-xorgAfterMediaFramework

Alright @jock, next time I'm installing it I will get it! It's not there right now =/ However, the problem might be something else entirely: I went to the website and download ubuntu legacy with xfce. Run rk322x, reboot. Run update/upgrade, and it breaks. I can still login through other tty, but the main one is just black. So, I searched about lightdm and it seems pretty fucked up randomly breaking. Also, the auto-login option sucks, and what I have will happen if I try to turn it off, too. I tried to solve it by installing the media framework, which installed, but the xorg.conf.d now has 4 or 5 files (I read there should be only 1). I also know for certain that the system will break if I try to open the greeter while in GUI. It just freezes completely. I tried reinstalling everything lightdm related, nothing makes it better. And, after installing the media framework, I get to the problem I had before: startx or startxfce4 errors out, so I do not have GUI anymore. I have that log here, and also the file that seems most complete for the driver config, which is exynos.conf (which I have also added some stuff trying to figure it out). Besides these 2, what else can I provide that could be helpful? As always, thank you! exynos.conf Xorg.0.log

Thanks for the details, @jock! Still the same way, basically: So, followed your steps plus some apt update/upgrade along the way. Kodi errors out here, "unable to create GUI", and on the update/upgrade there are extra packages to be removed and also some other packages that need to be fixed. Armsoc is among them... I will try the image with xfce already, thanks!

Hey the @jock! Thanks a lot for your help! I really appreciate it!!! What other configuration did you do? What is your DE? For me, the armsoc driver and the ffmpeg will ask to perform some "--fix-broken" on install. Is Kodi very slow? Is the movie streamed or a downloaded version that you have? How about, for example, watching a youtube video in firefox? Even if I try to add opengl on firefox, it does not turn on at all. The quake, for me, was simply a black screen. No video at all... Tried checking my info for hardware acceleration and it always said no or off or similar... How do you confirm it is on? Besides like, tried to watched and it played... So, I installed it all but Kodi on the minimal, without any DE or even xorg. Then, tried to install lubuntu-desktop, and it is stuck at "Finished Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes", if I ctrl+alt+fX, I can login but never startx or startlxqt. Same happened with lxde... And it will happen if I am on XFCE. Maybe it's something of my board... ? I don't know. And what could it be?! I'm really lost on this video stuff -.- Once more, thanks a lot, friend! You are amazingly helpful!

Hello! My video saga continues, lol. I have tried the media framework here in many ways but it's just not working. I am unable to force play video on mpv, VLC, smplayer on a resolution above 360p. Glxinfo doesn't work well and errors out. Glxgears too, or runs without video on screen (all black). Glrun always breaks. If I install mali driver (utgard400) it stops the boot at utmp system run level... I tried the tutorial to run quake and that screen is also just pure black. I hear sound, tho, so the game does open... There is just something I'm not doing right about drivers/opengl... I'm fine if it works poorly. I just want to make sure it is at least, somehow, working as intended... @jock, can you help me?

Hey @jock, my bad: I meant the ffmpeg. It mentions rkmpp and I got them mixed up. Now, I have tried installing the files slowly and, unless rkmpp in fact has some issues, I'm having the error because of the drivers! I have an img with lububtu working fine. Installed rkmpp and Mali, had an error with some depencies on Mali, fixed it and tried again. It went fine, I reboot, and this happens and I cannot login, switch tty... Just gotta redo the install. So, I will skip Mali drivers and armsoc... Let's see what I get! Unfortunately the verbose was not on so whatever is written there doesn't say much. But if you'd like to read the last lines, they're attached! Well, wish me luck...!

Much love, my friend, much love!!! This minimal image has helped me immensely! Minimal 4.4 + tasksel with lubuntu = FLYING. I am SO happy with the performance! And I haven't even removed unnecessary things yet!!! Yet, the media server still bugged. My opinion is that the armsoc driver is getting in the way, somehow, of the xorg. If i try to run it with any other system, it breaks the start and lightdm does not turns on ever again. Sometimes I can start with startx, but sometimes it just doesn't let me have GUI at all! I will edit your install.sh to remove this part. But I just realized one thing: lots of the packs are lightdm oriented, yes? Meaning lubuntu may have issues with it since it's sddm... Still, I am finding it so good I am not even considering changing it. In lubuntu the media framework only installs halfway: it fails when it gets to ffmpeg|rkmpp. I will try installing the packages one by one, probably. Unless you have a suggestion? to be fair, my hope is that I can use the system as is for office-like purpose, and if I want video, use kodi. That is if kodi>>>armbian. For example, in armbian firefox is running youtube nicely at 360p, somewhat doable at 480p, so it's non-existent... If I can 720p videos + stream on kodi, I will be VERY happy! Anyways, @jock, thanks a lot. You have been amazing. I'm hoping to repay you someday!

Just got the same error "ERROR in function write_uboot [ image-helpers.sh:103 ]" Any suggestions?! Attaching the log here. So, @jock, if you try to troubleshoot and generate this image successfully, can you post it for me? A rk322x-box minimal server Focal legacy... It's just I'm trying since Sunday and nada. It'd REALLY help me... I'd appreciate it. But it's OK if you can't. I will try to ask around. Thanks again! output.log

HI @jock! I will try that, but I'd like to mention the following from https://github.com/armbian/build#what-do-you-need-to-get-started "Ubuntu Hirsute 21.04 x64 for native building" + "If building for LTS releases.. ex: Focal, Bionic, Buster, it is possible to use Ubuntu 20.04 Focal, but it is not supported" So that's a bit contradictory, no? I thought the Readme.md on github was more up-to-date, so I followed it. But I will try focal now. Thanks for the help!

Hello again @jock! Sorry to bother you, but I think I need your help. I am now trying to compile a Legacy image of Focal from a Hirsute installation. I followed the steps on https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/ and also on the readme.md after cloning it from github. Yet, I am hitting a wall: Displaying message: Writing U-boot bootloader /dev/loop7 info Displaying message: ERROR in function write_uboot image-helpers.sh:103 err Displaying message: U-boot bootloader failed to install @host err Displaying message: Process terminated info Displaying message: Unmounting /home/vfc/build/.tmp/rootfs-9076d4b8-0752-4066-a923-83663ba0dd49/ info Displaying message: ERROR in function unmount_on_exit image-helpers.sh:65 err Displaying message: debootstrap-ng was interrupted err Displaying message: Process terminated info If you'd like the whole log, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJJeDkvJchjWXxXu7hWdi9G-yyDeMQYM/view?usp=sharing (sorry it's on gdrive, I wasn't sure on how to do this properly). Thanks once more! P.S.: @Igor, first of all, thanks a lot for the work you've done. I see you helping people all the time, too. I noticed that this is "your tool", so maybe I should ask you about the error? Thanks in advance!

<thanks> Hey @jock, let me start by saying I love you. Thank you so much for this. I know it is not only you, but still: huge thanks!</thanks> <purpose> Now, I am VERY new to linux. I have been reading and researching for the past month about setting up Linux on a TV Box and I'm typing this from a rk322x (possibly 3228a) thanks to the efforts of you amazing guys. My purpose is to have it as an "usable" desktop. I know, probably hard, too slow and all that. I get it. But I am managing. I can watch YouTube at 360p, browse the web... It's a work in progress and I think I'm going places. I am running Debian Legacy with iceWM (well, it's not well configured but it's something to start!)</purpose> <questions> But I am struggling with videos. I tried using Focal Legacy but it is not worth it, it's just too slow. Is there a way to use your media framework on Debian legacy? I tried but it doesn't install. Also, if it is not too much to ask, is there a trusty tutorial on overclocking the CPU/GPU/RAM? It may not be worth it nor make a significant difference, but then again it might! </questions><tip> I even might have something to add: running the rk322x-config is a MUST to enable the ssv6051p. However, regardless of what I choose, it will always force me back to a "UUID=xxx does not exist Dropping to a shell" boot error (and I tried a shit ton of combinations...). Yet, I figured out that if I edit "/boot/armbianEnv.txt" right after running rk322x-config and delete whatever "overlays" line is there, I "fix" it: Wi-Fi works and I can boot normally! Not a single clue as to why it happens, but hope this can help someone...</tip>