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you need goto LibreELEC, it supports upstream TF-A for a lot of board.

here is handbook https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ you need to patch debian kernel before build.

if your board is running armbian, and you want to rebuild kernel, I suggest to build kernel natively.

you can use auto login shell session then startx, or start gui session maneger in .profile or .bash_profile. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Getty#Automatic_login_to_virtual_console Archlinux is slight different to debian, just reference.

why not go LibreELEC, and check their code, to understand how to enable accelerated video decoding?

@noisyislands have you tried start fan manually by sysfs interface. by default fan will be start at cpu temp 85C

if you don't want to keep vendor OS, just simply install mainline uboot, and install https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/u-boot-menu it will generate extlinux.conf which similar to grub.conf.

it's meaningless to add ksmbd or ntfs3 to kernel, due to userspace tools are not ready for debian. espicailly for ntfs3, no userspace tool. even armbian added, you still can't use them.

please update your Xserver

yes, absolutely yes you can. but not your way. my method is use ~/.xinitrc, add your browser to it. and start X by getty@tty1.service.. no display maneger. getty@tty1.service --> tty1 login --> read .profile --> startx by .profile --> read .xinitrc --> start your broswer here. cat .bash_profile if [ $(tty) = "/dev/tty1" ] && [ -z "${DISPLAY}" ] && [ "${XDG_VTNR}" -eq 1 ]; then exec startx fi cat /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf [Service] ExecStart= ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin root --noclear %I $TERM

1, if your system is on SDcard, insert it to other linux system, them chroot to it, use passwd to change password for any users 2, id your system is on emmc, then, boot your board from sdcard, chroot to you emmc system, and use passwd to change password for any users.

these files are for vendor u-boot, if you flash mainline uboot to your device, then you only need boot.scr or extlinux.conf

your data is expansive, don't stick to arm.

no need xserver-xorg-video-armsoc-sun4i, Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddGPU" "off" Option "Debug" "dmabuf_capable" EndSection Section "OutputClass" Identifier "Lima" MatchDriver "sunxi-drm" Driver "modesetting" Option "PrimaryGPU" "true" EndSection

I'm running gentoo on my Orange Pi PC. it's powerful enough to build gentoo, and its ethernet is fast enough to build from NFS.