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THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED Bbut since I'm on edge anyway: I could not apply the patch as I did not have .dtsi file anywhere in /boot/dts/rockchip. So I tried to enable it manually by dts/dtb conversion, but that just did not work. So there is more to it than the patch alone. So I tried a different hackier route: I replaced the dtb with one from LibreElec, just to see if it would work, and it does: cd /tmp wget https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img.gz zcat LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img.gz > LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img sudo fdisk -l /tmp/LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img | grep img1 ## /tmp/LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img1 * 32768 1081343 1048576 512M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) sudo mount -o loop,offset=$((512*32768)) LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img /mnt sudo cp -p /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb.orig sudo cp -p /mnt/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb sudo umount /mnt ## reboot the machine Hey, I got sound, yay! @The Tall Man Will this work on other boards ? Idk ymmv. But it has dtb's for orangepi-5/b/max/plus/ultra In short: the kernel has sound implemented since 6.15rc1, so its just the Device Tree that needs to be updated. Otherwise this would not have worked.

And it did not work out, no sound in the edge 6.16 kernel. I did find : https://lkml.org/lkml/diff/2025/8/7/872/1 to enable HDMI-audio, which is most likely the reason. However the edge also has some graphics distortion (orange glow), so I'm not gaining a lot by applying that patch. Ill let everyone know

Hmm... i dont think thats in there anymore due to some spring cleaning, all i have is: armbian-add-overlay armbian-install armbian-upgrade So I navigated to : https://github.com/armbian/configng/blob/main/tools/repository/armbian-config.sources Where I found: https://github.armbian.com/configng/ So I did: echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg] https://github.armbian.com/configng stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian-development.list > /dev/null sudo apt update sudo apt -y install armbian-config Lets hope it works out I totally understand, this problem will solve itself in what looks to be Linux 6.18 coming December.

HDMI audio support was introduced in kernel version 6.15-rc1, but has yet to be backported to the Long-Term Support version. The absent audio functionality is currently the only notable issue affecting the overall user desktop experience.

I recently updated from bookworm to trixie, here's how i did it: commands: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak sudo sed -i 's,bookworm,trixie,g' /etc/apt/sources.list sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list.bak sudo sed -i 's,bookworm,trixie,g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list sudo apt dist-upgrade /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware # deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb http://security.debian.org/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware # deb-src http://security.debian.org/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg] http://beta.armbian.com trixie main trixie-utils trixie-desktop

My setup is still running, yay! I even updated to Trixie and all worked out fine. But I'm stuck on edge kernel 6.12.x, I saw that rolling had 6.16.x. So how do I install/convert to the rolling 6.16.x edge kernel ?

Can't say I know much about X11, but after playing around with the Cinnamon version I did get a desktop by: created file:/etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "fbdev" Option "Device" "/dev/dri/card0" EndSection So I figure something in the configuration or driver related ?. And that goes for all Debian flavors I tested. All gave the same error.

Taken from desktop Gnome - works Updated the showip alias for those interested.

Screenshot from something working? because everything is black, cursor left upper corner. I have Xorg log, if you need other logs please specify the ones you need. edit: this is from the Armbian 25.8.2 Trixie XFCE 1.3GB image installed to emmc. Xorg.tgz

@SuperKali This is a blast, been going at it all day. There is no board option for the R76S yet and I cannot post an issue without one. Images tested: Armbian 25.8.2 Noble Gnome Seems to work all right Armbian 25.8.2 Trixie Minimal / IOTX Xorg: cannot run in framebuffer mode. (card /dev/dri/card0), cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support. Armbian 25.8.2 Trixie XFCE Xorg: cannot run in framebuffer mode. (card /dev/dri/card0), cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support. It was tremendous fun

Or wait until the end of the year when 6.18 will be the new Linux version, that enables pretty much everything. RK3588 Mainline Linux Status: https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-3588/notes-for-rockchip-3588/-/blob/main/mainline-status.md If you really need a bleeding edge working mediaplayer, LibreElec has experimental support for R6S/R6C: Thread: https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/29953-le13-testing-for-rk3288-rk3328-rk3399-rk3566-rk3568-rk3576-rk3588/ Downloads: https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/

Why? There is experimental support now for arm64/aarch64. It even has .deb packages https://nightlies.tbb.torproject.org/nightly-builds/tor-browser-builds /<date>/nightly-linux-aarch64/ Can't get closer to the source than that Edit: @c0rnelius: you were 48mins ahead of me

On what kernel version are you ? HDMI Audio was introduced in the Linux Kernel in 6.15-rc1

Are u kidding me? This is freaking awesome Thanks guys, I will be patiently waiting..

Oh right, I forgot about that. Luckily the rk3576 is already maturing in the Linux kernel. In that case we will just hope for the best. Thank you for your time. edit: Could this topic be moved to https://forum.armbian.com/forum/176-other-families/