Mark Waples

Hi Nick, Ignore the Auto-login Issue. I followed these instructions and it worked perfectly https://forum.armbian.com/topic/37238-skip-login-automatically/#findComment-187066

Hi Nick, I am making progress so thank you for your assistance. Just one more thing and I promise I will leave you alone I can't seem to get a user to automtically login. I edited the lightdmf.config with the following line: autologin-user=username-here But that didn't work I only have one user apart from root. My single user does not have a password and I am not sure that is an issue. Kind regards, Mark

Thanks Nick, grateful for the recommendation. Can you please tell me if your image supports Realtek 8821CU - if not is it possible to add it? I have one of these dual bluetooth and wifi. Interesting that windows reports it as Realtek 8821CU but Armbian reports it as a Realtek 8188GU UPDATE: I noticed that the device was in CDmode using the command lsusb so I installed modeswitch sudo apt install usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data And that's it fully working wifi and bluetooth. No other configuration required.

Nick, appreciated - seems this box is not well supported in linux well the wi-fi anyway. Until linux drivers come along in the future, there must be a better box that has full linux/Armbian support? Any recomendations please? Mark

Hi Nick, Images of PCB Mark

Hi Nick, the wifi Chip is as follows: SV6256P Single-Chip Dual Band 802.11 a/b/g/n MAC/BB/Radio with USB/SDIO Interface Supports calibration algorithm to handle no-idealities effects from CMOS RF block WFA features: WEP/TKIP/WPA/WPA2; WMM/WMM PS STBC in RX mode A-MPDU Tx & Rx Support immediate Block-Ack AP/STA mode: Soft-AP Single power supply,type 3.3V and the Bluetooth Chip is as follows: BR8052A01 And the LED driver chip is a AIP650E0 If it helps others I will post some images of both sides of the PCB Mark

Hi Nick, I have attached the dsmeg file as requested: dmesg.txt I guess its all the following that are not working Wifi HDMI Audio & SPDIF IR Remote Not sure about the following: (Untested) Ethernet Bluetooth OpenGL & Hardware Video Decoding Kind regards, Mark ps: I forgot to say: is it safe to sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade -y As I am not sure if this will break the custom image??

Hi Nick, Thank you for your reply. I have tried the image and have successfully loaded ARMBIAN from the SD so thank you for that! A lifesaver! It hasn't overwritten the EMMC and currently only runs just from the SD which at the moment is not a bad thing while testing. I guess at some point I would want the box to boot armbian from the EMCC - I am not sure If that's possible. I was wondering if the Armbian image could support the boxes inbuilt WIFI? It works on ethernet and a USB Wifi Dongle but not the inbuilt wifi. Lastly I only want to run one software package when the box boots, is it a case of just adding the package by the normal means (Curl)? And then If I wish to repeat the exercise for another box I can just image the SD and use that to create a new box? Kind regards, Mark

Hi there, Forgive me but I am a novice in Armbian. What I would like to do is install armbian on the T95Max box I have purchased. I have attached a pic of the Box and it's specs. I have tried to "upgrade" using the SD method but couldn't make that recognise the SD card even with the original firmware "T95max-H618-A9.img" that I sourced using Google. I have also tried to get the T95 Max recognised via the USB method but the box wasn't even recognised using that method either. I used the "Universal_ADB_Driver_v6.0" drivers but that made no difference. If I could get the correct method sorted and an upgradeable firmware for Ambian that would be a great help. I can compile the firmware if needed but I am unsure of what Ambian image would be the best starting point. Any help would be gratefully received. TIA