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@Pop AlexI haven't spent a lot of time on GPU acceleration but I know there's a member here who has worked on it. He's using Radxa's GPU drivers. https://github.com/radxa-pkg/aw-drivers-dkms/ https://github.com/chainsx/build/commit/a0527bd977bbe55b13c1f46ec46d0aab4369c798 fengRadxa Engineer "Allwinner has feedback that the browser hardware decoding support is still under development. You can first use GStreamer to play video files encoded in H264, H265, VP9, or AVS formats as a test." https://forum.radxa.com/t/hardware-decoding-for-video-not-enabled-on-a7a/29836/9 There's a new Tina V1.4.8 SDK. In the directory "debian/packages/arm64/chromium" you will find "chromium-browser-gst_120.0.6099.224-5_arm64.deb". Not sure if this is an updated verison of chromium? https://mega.nz/file/sqRG1RaC#TpVwOuZSOoRaSfLDLF60Y0qHAVaViFTMPuZKFQw6m8c.

@Sarang He Try these images https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/tag/20250306

@伍翠波 Framebuffer console should work now. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/tag/Radxa-a7a-v0.4

@PH Ph there is graphics acceleration but not on chromium. If you can still boot android then you can extract your dts. Not sure what's wrong with PhoenixCard. I rarely use it. That's mostly for Android images.

@PH Ph You need to find the correct GPIO# for your emmc. Extract the boot.bin from your original Android to get the device tree (DTS). Follow the steps in this link. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29794-how-to-install-armbian-in-h618/#findComment-187672

@Mohammad Adel You need a image with a AXP313a (Power Management IC). Try these images. Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Tanix-tx6s-axp313_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Transpeed-8k618-t_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_Vontar-h618_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_X98h_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz If it still doesn't boot. You might have secure boot enabled. You can try to compile this image. It includes secure boot. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/tree/mainline If it's still not working. Then it might be your Dram Settings. You should install a Usb to serial device on your UART. So we can see your debug messages.

@Mohammad Adel here are some links that will help you. Find your Dram settings https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29794-how-to-install-armbian-in-h618/#findComment-218660 Find boot.bin and extract dts. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29794-how-to-install-armbian-in-h618/#findComment-187672

Maybe this will work https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-use-otg-in-twrp.3097688/

You’re more than welcome to clone my repository and fix the frame buffer console. All the sources are there except u-boot.

@Maxim Shell it’s possible to boot using USB OTG. You’ll need the latest u-boot. You can use my mainline build. Not sure if your stick has secure boot enabled. You can remove the secure boot patches if you don't need it. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/tree/mainline/patch/u-boot/u-boot-mainline git clone https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build.git --branch mainline cd build ./compile.sh build BOARD=transpeed-8k618-t BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED=browsers DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=xfce DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base EXTRAWIFI=no KERNEL_BTF=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bookworm https://linux-sunxi.org/FEL/USBBoot#Mainline_U-Boot_.28v2015.04_and_newer_versions.29 build/cache/sources/u-boot-worktree/u-boot/v2025.10/spl/u-boot-spl.bin You can mount the compiled image to get the other files. sun50i-h618-transpeed-8k618-t.dtb uImage boot.scr I haven't done this before. Let us know how it works out for you.

@Maxim Shell Does it have a SD card slot? If not then it won't be easy to install Armbian.

@Gavin Munday Try these images. Extract them first before you write to the SD card.

@Phi Hùng Nguyễn that link looks nothing like Armbian. You shouldn’t install it on your tv box. Try my build it's unofficial Armbian but I provided source code. So you know what you are installing on your tv box. You can build it yourself if you want to. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/tag/20250306

@Malay delete patch/u-boot/u-boot-aw/99-dump-dram-controller-regs.patch. Using your compiler it causes a fatal error. The compiler I'm using it creates a warning. You don't need it anyways, it's for ram debug messages. I removed it from my repository,

@Gavin Munday Did you compile a desktop or server image? Did you write the image onto a reliable sdcard? Remember there’s no framebuffer support. Server images need a usb to serial device attached to the UART. Having a usb serial device attached to the UART helps with these types of problems. https://docs.radxa.com/en/cubie/a7a/system-config/uart_debug Also, first boot might take awhile to boot. For desktop images wait at least 5 minutes for a display manager login screen.

@Gavin Mundayhttps://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/blob/Radxa-A7A/config/boards/radxa-cubie-a7z.csc

@zmxyz I added support for A7Z. But I haven't tested it yet. I don't own a A7Z. Compile an image and let me know if it works.

@Jeeva Kandasamy depends on which branch you are looking at? V20250306 hasn’t changed much. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/commits/v20250306/

@dale I had the same problem last night. Should be fixed now. Clone or update the repository. You will need to install Docker. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/commit/025e4487f87233bfb823c7d51162d877b2a9fd6f https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/8572

@Jeeva Kandasamy I noticed the same problem with my older builds. Should be fixed now. You'll need to install Docker. Also, if you see the build-root errors. Run the same compile options again and it continue where you left off.

Thanks @dale I'll test it out on my box first and add it later on today.

I found this thread https://forum.armbian.com/topic/47929-banana-pi-bpi-m2-ultra-with-armbian-stops-load-after-scanning-for-btrfs-filesystems/

@Shubham Singh To check if KVM is compiled into the kernel, use the following command: grep CONFIG_KVM /boot/config-$(uname -r) CONFIG_KVM=y CONFIG_KVM_MMIO=y CONFIG_KVM_VFIO=y CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT=y CONFIG_KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK=y A7A: Harware Virtualization https://forum.radxa.com/t/a7a-harware-virtualization/29745

@djoness you need to Disable Armbian kernel/firmware upgrades using the armbian-config tool. System -> Updates -> UPD002 - Disable Armbian firmware upgrades -> Disable Armbian kernel/firmware upgrades X96Q has many different variations of the same box. Read the bottom of this thread. https://github.com/warpme/miniarch/issues/102 If you want a well supported box get a Transpeed 8K618-t.

An apt error related to ntpdate typically indicates a time synchronization issue, as apt relies on accurate system time for validating package release files. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=55588fd05011d482&rlz=1CDGOYI_enCA922CA922&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AE3TifMjcn14YNfEQNUHV48vtdb2hNOADw:1763573317647&q=How+to+fix+apt+error+around+ntpdate&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLzojJ3v6QAxUbEFkFHatLG24Q1QJ6BAgQEAE&biw=390&bih=665&dpr=3