adrian0541

2023-10-18
Today I will start with the second attemp to use ARMBIAN on a TV Box for a fully Linux desktop experience.

I gaved the old TV Box (T95 Max+) to one of my nephews as a retro game console with Emuelec (he was very pleased). I could make ARMBIAN work with the Ubuntu version from this link. I used the 6.1.11 jammy version. The user interface and the ethernet port worked well with the meson-sm1-a95xf3-air-gbit.dtb file. Sadly I could not make the sound or the wifi to work, but I could easily reach wifi connection through a USB Wifi Device.
 
I also changed the original device firmware for Aidan's ROM, which let me install a pure Android TV system on the TV Box, instead of the uglier original one.
 
Today I will start trying a new TV Box: the A95X F3 AIR, with 4 GB of RAM, 32 Gb of internal memory and 100 Mbits ethernet. I will let you know how the ARMBIAN experiment went.
 
 
 

Well, after trying all the DTB files, these are the results:
 
meson-sm1-a95xf3-air.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 4K There is no WIFI connection There is no Ethernet connection There is no sound
meson-sm1-a95xf3-air-gbit.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 1080p There is no WIFI connection It appears there is Ethernet connection There is no sound  
meson-sm1-bananapi-m2-pro.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 1080p There is no WIFI connection It appears there is Ethernet connection There is no sound  
meson-sm1-bananapi-m5.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 1080p There is no WIFI connection It appears there is Ethernet connection There is no sound  
meson-sm1-h96-max.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 1080p It appears there is Bluetooth (at least an item is showed) There is no WIFI connection It appears there is Ethernet connection There is no sound  
meson-sm1-khadas-vim3l.dtb
The system does not start  
meson-sm1-odroid-c4.dtb
The system does not start  
meson-sm1-odroid-hc4.dtb
The system does not start  
meson-sm1-sei610.dtb
The system does not start  
meson-sm1-x96-air.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 1080p There is no Bluetooth There is no WIFI connection There is no Ethernet connection There is no sound  
meson-sm1-x96-air-gbit.dtb
Boots with a graphical user interface. Max Res 1080p There is no Bluetooth There is no WIFI connection It appears there is Ethernet connection There is no sound  
I think I will try to continue with meson-sm1-h96-max.dtb file.
 
Using a USB Wifi Stick I'm perfectly capable to connect to a Wifi Network.
 
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I updated the system using (on terminal):
 
sudo apt update  
Then
 
sudo apt upgrade ---------------------------------------------
 
 
 
Now I will try to install the TV Box Wifi and Sound Drivers
 
 
 
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After adding the meson-sm1-a95xf3-air.dtb file on extlinux.config I was able to start on a graphical user interface.
 
Then I used these credentials:
 
User:
root
 
Password:
1234
 
By the way, for this test I'm using a Rii X8+ USB Mini Keyboard, which works as a keyboard and a touchpad
 
 
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After this achievement, I have some questions:
How do I Active the wifi connection? Could I try another DTB file? Or Should I try using a USB Wifi Stick and then try to update the drivers from the terminal using some commands? The same question goes for sound driver.  
 
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This post was constructed from the
answers of another one, so I will try
to clarify what's going on.
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I'm trying to install ARMBIAN 23.02.2 on a T95 MAX+ TV Box, with an AMLOGIC S905X3 proccessor (4 GB of RAM; 100 mbit/s ethernet; 32 Gb of internal memory).
 
The 23.8.1 ARMBIAN version for AMLOGIC (link) proccessors, does not work well. It was suggested to me (Thanks to @well83) to use the 23.02.2 version (link). In this post I will be trying the Armbian_23.02.2_Aml-s9xx-box_bullseye_current_6.1.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz file.
 
After trying some differents DTB files I was able to boot to a graphical user interface (see the subsequent answers below for more details). Now I'm trying to determine how to install and/or congifure the propper wifi and sound drivers.
 

@knish
Is it possible that the SD card is only unreadable to the Mac system?
 
On the other hand, I've had problems using the last version of the system (23.8.1), but could make an older version like the 23.02.2 to work. Maybe you could try that.

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