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3 minutes ago, Constantin Piffer said:
Thats the box I bought on Gearbest: https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_009445581349.html?wid=1433363
I hope that will help you.Doens't say a lot of HW specs there, but have you tried the "p200" dtb? It is usually a safe choise....
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1 hour ago, Constantin Piffer said:
Hi,
I need some help by choosing the right dtb file. I bought a "MAGICSEE N4 TV Box" and I installed armbian on the micro sd card. I try to boot with it, but the system isn't starting. I can see the boot process, but I never come to the point, where I can write the Username + Password. I think its a problem with the dtb file. There are a lot of files, but I don't find the right one. Do you have any ideas?
Regards
Do you know anything else about this box? What cpu does it have? Do you know what board model it uses?
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5 hours ago, dbsharpe said:
Yeah its a Ubuntu thing, not kernel. The brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt issue is with images using kernels 4.9.40 upwards and I've also checked 4.18.0. Only ever used Ubuntu images and the problem is upstream somewhere with https://github.com/150balbes/pkg-aml/blob/firmware-aml-20180213/ .
Eh... ok? Meaning?
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18 hours ago, dbsharpe said:
On 150balbes 4.18.0-rc5 Ubuntu images, for those with T95 (p200) AML tvbox using meson-gxbb-p201.dtb / 200 device tree file, there is a problem with wifi caused by an error with nvram firmware files.
Problems manifests as wlan0 present but can't see any AP's.
To fix, usemv /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txt.old
ln -s /lib/firmware/brcm/nvram_ap6330.txt /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.txtin a shell on the target as root. Not sure where this Ubuntu distribution fault has crept in.
nvram_ap6330.txt is actually the same file as android system:/etc/wifi/40183/nvram.txt and although not perfect, works better!But RC5 is obselete now, is this fixed in the final version?
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4 hours ago, Felipe Junior said:
I was able to install the stock system with the Amlogic Burn_Card_Maker method. Sempee does it that way and it has worked.
Great, I use the Amlogic Burning Tool to flash Android and it works great.
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39 minutes ago, Felipe Junior said:
I got this result with Armbian_5.37_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_icewm_20171226.img on my Mecool M8S Pro 2G / 16 S912. This time there was no kernel error or ZRAM, but still did not complete Boot. See the last screen it performs.
Try the Armbian 5.55 with kernel 4.18
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1 minute ago, Felipe Junior said:
Interesting, what device are you doing in the tests? Do you have the same SoC s905W? And what versions of ARMBIAN 5.55 have you tried?
I'm using a Beelink mini MX-III, a mini M8S and a MXQPro+, the first two are 905 while the last is 905w. I have tried both xenial, bionic and debian stretch, the debian is the one that seems to work best.
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On 8/18/2018 at 4:30 PM, Felipe Junior said:
I do not know what happens to my Mecool M8S Pro W and M8S Plus W devices.
I tried Armbian_5.44_S9xxx_Debian_stretch_3.14.29_xfce_20180729.img on a SanDisk MicroSD 16GB class 10. The initial promt of installation and was started normally (despite the password error, it was necessary to change) but unfortunately the system was not initialized.
During execution I get a list of executions with "OK" and some with "FAILED" between them "Failed_to_start _Load_Kernel" or something like that. I probably have a problem with the kernel. But unfortunately I can not capture the log to post here.
At some point I was generating an HDMI error, so I changed the resolution from 1920x1080 to 1080x720 in the HDMI.sh file as indicated at the beginning of this topic and apparently it was resolved, even then the system is still not able to boot.
Please someone teach me how to view the complete log so I can share it here and anyone who has ever succeeded in a MecoSM M8S Plus W or M8S Pro W device, tell me which distro, dtb, and kernel you used to get a perfect startup.
I also get the "Failed to start load kernel modules" and "failed to initialize zram..." on every image I try, but the 5.55 images run pretty well except for wifi which is a bit fluffy and BT support is absent. There is no video acceleration either....
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13 minutes ago, ennoente said:
Have tested different versions, some work well on my box. But how can I enable or install pvr addons?
if i always install over ssh, error Message addon can not start ..???Addons?? Are you talking about Kodi?
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4 hours ago, balbes150 said:
Alas, I do not archive all versions of the files used. If you want, you can find all the videos used in the images on youtube.
Yeah, but I don't know the names....
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@balbes150 I really enjoy the Test.mp4 music videos you attach to the various images, could you please upload all of them to a folder under Armbian so we can download them? Please?
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1 minute ago, pisach said:
like this :-)
Something like that yes
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4 minutes ago, balbes150 said:
Many TV boxes on the Board have contacts for UART connection to which you can solder the wires to connect the USB-UART Converter.. You need to look at the surface of the Board or search the Internet ready description.
Will do
Is there a good windows program to capture the output that I can download and use? I will connest toe UART outut to a RS232 -> USB converter onnected to a PC...
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1 minute ago, balbes150 said:
If you have a connection UART, remove the startup log of the standard Android or Armbian firmware with kernel 3.14 (until the user prompt appears).
There is no external connection point, but I remember reading that you can solder on a cable on the board if you remove the lid from the box. Do you know anything about that? If not I have to investigate further, but I know it is possible at least with the Mini M8S.
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2 hours ago, balbes150 said:
Good news. I am finishing testing the Armbian installation with 4.18 kernel in eMMC on the models I have in stock (Khades VIM1 VIM2 , X96 mini etc). To complete the full cycle of tests and release images, I'm looking for volunteers to test the installation scripts on different hardware.
A prerequisite for the test, the presence of a connected console UART, send me the startup log and perform preparatory operations for the test.
I have MXQ Pro+ 4k (905W), Mini M8S and Mini MX-III boxes if it is possible to connect UART cable to these boxes I'd be happy to help you test
BTW: Is it a bit ironic that the only box officially supported, Beelink X2, there is NO development going on.....
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Just now, Antho59380 said:
It's an other file? I think that was the same file that aml_autoscript.
Where I found aml_update?
According to the instructions both files should be in the writable image you downloaded, did you not find them on the sdcard after writing the image on it?
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Just now, Antho59380 said:8 hours ago, Reddwarf said:
You boot the box with Android, then run aml_update and aml_autoscript form the SD-card. After that you can write your Linux image to the sdcard and it should boot.
I've got this when I update with aml_austoscript
Did aml_update work?
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Just now, Ray said:
If someone managed to get WiFi working on MXQ Pro 4k 1/8 (S905w) - please, share your experience.
p.s. I've tried Armbian_5.44_S9xxx_Debian_stretch_3.14.29_xfce_20180721 - successfull booting, but no WiFi.
It seems this box can have either AP6181 wifi chip or Realtec chip (in which case the 7123 driver should work. You can tyr google for a linux driver for these chipa and try both and see if any of them works.
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Just now, Antho59380 said:
Before writen on the SD card with win32disk?
You boot the box with Android, then run aml_update and aml_autoscript form the SD-card. After that you can write your Linux image to the sdcard and it should boot.
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Just now, ennoente said:
which version for S905 is with Kodi?
You can install the full KODI on any of the Armbian releases, just select the version which works best on your box (wifi working, sound working etc). The embedded kodi on some of the images is a stripped version (as far as I understand) so you'r probably better off installing the full version.
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Just now, Antho59380 said:
I have download the armbian file and I have install it on my SD card with win32disk after I have take the dtb file for mxq pro and renamed it in dtb.img.
I reboot the box in recovery but she don't boot on Linux.
I select update from ext and I see aml-autoscript.zip but doesn't work and i've got error E:cannot load volum /misc
Tanks
Have you run both aml_update and aml_autoscript?
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9 hours ago, Antho59380 said:
When I try I've got an error E: cannot load volum /misc
When I have tried I've got already write on my SD with win 32 disk imager.
I have to format and just install aml-autoscript?
I don't understand what you mean. Have you read and understood the instructions in the beginning of this forum?
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17 hours ago, ennoente said:
Hello,
I have K2Pro s905 would like to install on nand.
can i install
-other languages
-usb G4 / LTE dongle
-use as a wifi router
which version is best?Thank you
If you can see the partitions on the nand with GParted (under Linux) you should have a fair chance to install on nand. If not you will only accomplish to ruin your Andriod system like on most 905 boxes where it does not work.
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6 hours ago, Antho59380 said:
Hi.
Can we install debian on a TV box with Coolio V2. 5 ?
My box don't boot on my SD card.
MXQ PRO 4K
Kernel 3.14.29
MICRO SD card Samsung 32go format in fat 32 with SD adaptater for the box
I have put the dtb file 3.14.29 mxq pro but she don't boot on Linux.
Thanks for help
Did you run the aml-autoscript from Android as stated in one of the first posts in this forum?
ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)
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Yes you could try that, it should boot but wifi would probably not work