catotinha

Hi Pilinha and Werner. My problem was that I misidentified the board and thus installed the wrong software. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/51779-orange-pi-plus-2e-usb-ports-not-working/ Thanks for your help, I learn a few things here.

So here we are. Another problem we can confidently attribute to that thing between the chair and the keyboard. After trying a lot of weird stuff that made little sense and achieved no positive results whatsoever I started noticing and becoming annoyed at some strange details about ports, pictures and procedures piling up. There were always little things here and there not lining up perfectly with the articles, howtos, etc I was reading. After another wasted evening, burning out and angry, I decided to start reconciling facts by finding out if there were more Orange Pi Plus 2e models or revs, because mine almost matched up with the images, but not quite (and you probably already figured this one out, but I am a little denser than most). After not finding any indications that there were any alt models (and a good night's sleep to clear my mind) it finally dawned on me. I asked my brother about it and he confirmed that the model was indeed a +2e, he even sent me me the PDF receipt. From what I can piece from the episode, the hardware he got from the store is very similar and until some version, things worked fine for him even with the wrong version of the software, but at some point (when he was no longer using the board) compatibility broke. TL;DR I was trying to use Opi +2e software on a Opi +2 board. Everything is fine now. Thanks to the nice people who helped me here.

I do not know if it is etiquette or not, but I will document what I have tried. This should be a time saver for others whether I can find the the solution or if I do not (so you do not have to do the things I have already tried). Maybe it is also funny for the advanced users to read what the noob tried =D o I started with the overlays as suggested by Igor. I installed WSL and mounted the IMG for the latest release and compared the files to the working 20.02. the dtb files were very very different but the overlays were the same. As a punt I replaced the new DTB with the 20.02 and tried to install. It failed a lot more than just the USBs... 😃 Then Pilinha and Werner (thanks guys) informed me that I could ssh log into a box before setting up a root password. I proceeded to install from the latest original image, log on, and use armbian-config to: activate the overlays (no dice) install headers (no dice) change kernels (no dice) install headers again (no dice) I then installed 21.02 and tried armbian-config again and this time there were a LOT more options. I tried: enable USBs hardware (no dice) enable all the things in the hardware option (no dice) change the DTB (no dice) install headers (no dice) That is all the time I have today, If I can think of something else I will report here. Feel free to pitch ideas.

Thanks for the reply, Pilinha. How did you manage to SSH into the system without a keyboard? I planned to do that, but then i realized that I needed to set up a root password beforehand and I could not do that without a keyboard.

Thanks, Igor. I totally understand that when this project started you guys had to take care of a handful of boards and now there must be hundreds of them and that it is not feasible to support every one of them, especially the older ones. It is indeed clearly marked as community support on the board page. I, nonetheless, accepted the challenge (I might fail, I might succeed). Thank you for your work, in general, and for the links, in particular (which I will read).

Hi, Pilinha. I am having the same problem. How did you get to get the keyboard working?

TL:DR Orange Pi Plus 2e USB ports are not working on newer images (LE and Armbian). Full story: Hi. I am Catota and I am new here. I am mainly a windows user with very little experience with linux. My brother recently discovered an old forgotten Orange Pi Plus 2e and gave it to me as I was looking for a media player. It has a functional Armbian 20.02.1 installed in its internal memory, but my brother does not know the passwords for either the normal user or root anymore. I installed the latest Armbian from the SD slot and it booted just fine, but the USB ports (used for keyboard and mouse) do not seem to be working. I installed the latest LE from the SD slot and it booted just fine, but the USB ports do not seem to be working. I booted from internal memory into the old Armbian and all USB ports are working fine (but i lack permissions to upgrade or install anything because I do know any passwords). I installed the oldest Armbian (21.02) and LE (10.04) I could find, but the USB ports do not seem to be working. Does anybody know if there is something very obvious that I am missing? Thanks.