AndyW

Tested "Armbian_23.09_Starfive2_lunar_current_6.1.31_xfce_desktop.img.xz" and it works well. Video appears to be a bit better as I can play back a 720p video, though not full 720p size. Sound is still great on HDMI and crackly on the jack. Did you want feedback on which programs work/don't work? __ ___ _ _____ _ ____ \ \ / (_)___(_) ___ _ __ | ___(_)_ _____|___ \ \ \ / /| / __| |/ _ \| '_ \| |_ | \ \ / / _ \ __) | \ V / | \__ \ | (_) | | | | _| | |\ V / __// __/ \_/ |_|___/_|\___/|_| |_|_| |_| \_/ \___|_____| Welcome to Armbian 23.09 Lunar with Linux 6.1.31-star64 No end-user support: built from trunk System load: 44% Up time: 5 min Memory usage: 5% of 7.72G IP: 192.168.2.164 CPU temp: 39°C Usage of /: 8% of 58G [ General system configuration (beta): armbian-config ] Last login: Sun Sep 24 16:58:11 EDT 2023 on ttyS0 root@starfive2:~# neofetch root@starfive2 -------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ OS: Armbian (23.09) riscv64 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ Host: StarFive VisionFive V2 __¦¦ ¦¦__ Kernel: 6.1.31-star64 __¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦__ Uptime: 6 mins __¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦__ Packages: 1514 (dpkg) __¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦__ Shell: bash 5.2.15 __¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦__ Resolution: 1920x1080 __¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦__ Terminal: /dev/ttyS0 __¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦__ CPU: (4) @ 1.500GHz __¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦__ Memory: 425MiB / 7908MiB __¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦__ __¦¦ ¦¦__ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ root@starfive2:~#

@balbes150 No problem on testing as that's what I do for work, along with maintaining an old C++/MFC program. Yes, that change did it, thanks. Still learning the boot environment so good to know how "bootcmd" is used.

@balbes150 Tried the above but it didn't work for me. As per your instructions above I: - Changed firmware to 3.6.1 - Burned SD card with "reset-default-env-uboot-visionfive2-3.6.1.img" and booted, then turned device off. Attached file "boot-reset-default.txt" shows this. - Burned SD card with "update_uboot-visionfive2-3.6.1.img" and booted, then turned device off. Attached file "boot-update-uboot.txt" shows this - Booted again (stopped autoboot by hitting key) and did a "printenv" so you can see if the changes above worked, then turned device off. Attached file "boot-printenv.txt" shows this - Burned SD card with "Armbian_23.09_Starfive2_lunar_edge_6.6.0.img.xz" and booted, which failed. Attached file "boot-lunar_edge_6.6.0-failed.txt" shows this So, had a look at the "printenv" output and found nothing "runs" your new env variables "boot_mmc_new", "boot_emmc_new", or "boot_nvme_new"! I also noticed that in the failed boot log the message "## Error: "boot2" not defined". So I booted again, stopped autoboot, did a "setenv boot2 run boot_mmc_new", then "env save", booted again and it worked! Attached file "boot-lunar_edge_6.6.0-worked.txt" shows this. I don't think this is the correct way to "fix" this issue, but it works. Let me know if I did something wrong. boot-reset-default.txt boot-update-uboot.txt boot-printenv.txt boot-lunar_edge_6.6.0-failed.txt boot-lunar_edge_6.6.0-worked.txt

Tested 5.15.130, lunar and sid and both worked fine.

I have a Philips 227E-QPH, 1080p IPS display. I also thought this may be the issue so tried my main monitor, an AOC AGON AG271QX 1440p monitor, but it makes no difference.

I've included a few files in case it helps. This is just after downgrading to 2.11.5, rebooting to u-boot, then defaulting and saving the environment: 1 - 2.11.5-UBoot-clean-before-update-printenv.log 2 - 2.11.5-Doing-update-and-printenv.log 3 - 6.5-Normal-startup-fails.log - normal startup with monitor, keyboard and mouse plugged in. This fails. 4 - 6.5-Startup-HDMI_KB_Mouse_Unplugged.log - starts okay, get login prompt on UART console. Plug in monitor, no video. Login and neofetch below (doesn't show up well in log with my terminal emulator): Armbian 23.06 Lunar ttyS0 starfive2 login: root Password: __ ___ _ _____ _ ____ \ \ / (_)___(_) ___ _ __ | ___(_)_ _____|___ \ \ \ / /| / __| |/ _ \| '_ \| |_ | \ \ / / _ \ __) | \ V / | \__ \ | (_) | | | | _| | |\ V / __// __/ \_/ |_|___/_|\___/|_| |_|_| |_| \_/ \___|_____| Welcome to Armbian 23.06 Lunar with Linux 6.5.0-rc1-star64 No end-user support: built from trunk System load: 2% Up time: 16 min Memory usage: 1% of 7.76G IP: 192.168.2.164 CPU temp: 37°C Usage of /: 2% of 58G [ Menu-driven system configuration (beta): sudo apt update && sudo apt install a rmbian-config ] Last login: Thu Sep 7 18:49:20 EDT 2023 on ttyS0 root@starfive2:~# neofetch root@starfive2 -------------- O O OS: Armbian 23.06 Lunar riscv64 ##### Host: StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.3B ####### Kernel: 6.5.0-rc1-star64 ########## Uptime: 16 mins ############ Packages: 352 (dpkg) ############ Shell: bash 5.2.15 ## ########### # Terminal: /dev/ttyS0 ###### ####### ###### CPU: (4) ####### ##### ####### Memory: 88MiB / 7948MiB ##### ##### root@starfive2:~# I've also tried the same steps with u-boot 3.0.4 and 3.1.5, but it makes no difference. 2.11.5-UBoot-clean-before-update-printenv.log 2.11.5-Doing-update-and-printenv.log 6.5-Normal-startup-fails.log 6.5-Startup-HDMI_KB_Mouse_Unplugged.log

Sorry about the delay, was on vacation. I did install 2.11.5 and your updater then worked. However, I am still unable to run anything with kernel 6.5. All other releases work fine. I played a bit and found that with kernel 6.5, if I replace the regular dtb (jh7110-starfive-visionfive-2-v1.3b.dtb) with the 4Gig one (jh7110-starfive-visionfive-2-v1.3b-4gb.dtb), unplug the video and start the board it starts okay, and if I then plug in the video it works. But if I leave the video plugged in it fails the same way as with the regular dtb. The console output is the same as I provided before. If I leave the video unplugged with the 8Gig dtb it also fails as before. Maybe I have a defective board.