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    xXx reacted to guidol in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    select ubuntu/stretch and desktop-variant from here:
    https://yadi.sk/d/pHxaRAs-tZiei/mali-6/5.41
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    xXx reacted to balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    IMHO the last image 20180216.
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    xXx reacted to balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Package fbset installed ? What program watch the video ? Activation of the monitor (script /boot/hdmi.sh) running ?
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    xXx got a reaction from manuti in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    @balbes150
    Hi again.
    I manage to have everything working in my bootstrapped USB ROOTFS except:
    Video resolution shows only part of the image.
    xorg log says 1920x1080 virtual size
    glxgears gives ~250.000 FPS
    glxinfo says "direct rendering yes"
    Any tips on how to solve this, or what am i doing wrong?
    All packages i have installed came from debian stretch arm64 official repositories (no backports though),
    and some packages from your debs in yandex deb directory (kernel and firmwares).
    No packages at all from armbian repos are installed (maybe i'm missing something from there?)
    If this resolution problem gets solved i'll start tweaking IceWM to the last detail,
    and then i'll start creating an auto-build script according to the notes i have taken so far.
    Thanks.
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    If you are talking about official repositories, the sources has to be send to package maintainers, audited and approved and if all goes well, it will be added to official repositories at some point.
    If you are talking for you own repository,  there is a method: dpkg-scanpackages packagedir | gzip > packagedir/Packages.gz for local directory, but this can be a network directory too (apache,nginx,lighttpd etc).
    and supplement your sources.list with the url (or file://packagedir in case of local offline repo).
    By the way... the debootsrap method works fine, and the project will be much easier than i thought 
    I already have a minimal USB thumb with only a base debian stretch system that is 353MB (this cannot be the final projec, but i think will fit in 1GB USB/SD).
    I will soon have something to show, and an automated script at a bit later point.
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Thanks for the update.
    i'll destroy the USB with mate 2018 and i will start using it for my IceWM idea.
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    @balbes150
    INFO:
    I made a USB thumb with Armbian_5.37_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20180116.img.
    I copied and renamed /boot/dtb/gxbb_p200_2G_100M as /boot/dtb.img (looks the same as kszaq to me and worked ok).
    I booted the USB (NOTE: Only the back USB port can boot in this BOX [MiniM8S] the one that is between DC/IN and HDMI).
    Everything worked at first boot (changing pass etc).
    I edited /etc/modules (i put wifi_dummy in there) and instructed a reboot from mate menu.
    Reboot hanged for more than 3 minutes so i did a POWER CYCLE (forced reboot).
    Next boot was OK, i did wifi connection, all OK.
    Sound via HDMI OK.
    Bluetooth NO ADAPTER (as always with this box).
    Video playback windowed with mpv ACCEPTABLE.
    Video playback fullscreen with mpv NOT GOOD but no HANGUPS or anything, just UNWATCHABLE.
    I did:
    sudo apt-get update (ALL OK)
    sudo apt-get upgrade (i had to do apt-get -f install but after that OK)
    sudo apt-get upgrade (ALL OK)
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (NO HELD PACKAGES = ALL OK)
    sudo apt-get install dmz-cursor-theme (ALL OK)
    sudo apt-get clean (ALL OK)
    logout and login again via mate menu (ALL OK)
    sudo armbian-config (did some configurations as tzdata and keyboard-configuration OK -- but motd messages was NOT OK -- infinite LOOP and NO CHANGES SAVED ever)
    logout and login again (ALL OK)
    sudo armbian-config (change hosname) (ALL OK)
    logout and login again (ALL OK)
    shutdown via mate menus (took more than 4 minutes, i lost focus at some point but finally the box did shutdown) (NOT OK)
    The messages that kept shutdown back was systemd messages about "SAVING AUDIO" and "C3 STATE"
    Right now i have these RED MESSAGES in sudo dmesg --ctime | egrep -i '(error|fail|abort|timeout)':
    Now the box is back again and will remain UP for some more time.
    The image in the USB will be kept for 1-2 days in case you want any more info from me and my MiniM8S box.
    That's about all.
     
     
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Here is a screenshot from my MiniM8S desktop right now.
     
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Yes, i am .
    And i'm creating a livecd-only debian "distro" with only a minimal set of applications,
    and IceWM as a window manager, for use as a thinclient.
    The uploaded cd is x86_64 only at the link below, but fully functional (and good looking also),
    and the script can also produce x86_32 images of lenny|squeeze|wheezy|stretch (and x86_64 ofcourse)
    with some manual troubleshooting (like missing packages in ancient debian releases).
    You can test it from here https://mega.nz/#F!rdFxwKKQ!_9aRWe2rfZaMt7LNQK_R1Q
    I'm giving you this link, because i was thinking to do the same with armbian for my MiniM8S box,
    but i don't know how to start. The livecd is generated by a script that i am developing lately.
    The script needs debian as host system and deboostrap squashfs xorriso and some modifications.
    If you try the livecd,  and you like the look and feel of it, i can give you the script (lh-icewm.sh)
    to see if you can implement any of it to your images or help me to modify the script so it will be
    able to produce an armbian image for flashing to our boxes.
    This could become the ultimate IceWM armbian distro of all times .
    About your images now:
    1) YES... i had the same reboot/shutdown issue (that i forgot to mention) with non-testing images myself,
    up to the point i changed the dtb with the kszaq one. After that all issues disappeared.
    2) YES... i will try the latest testing images soon, and let you know.
    Thanks again.
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    xXx got a reaction from Stress in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    found a solution with the wifi issues:
    i made /etc/network/interfaces like this:
    user@amlogic:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
    source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
    # Local loopback
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    user@amlogic:~$ 
    Now is connecting without problems...
    In fact i'm writing this message straight from the box.
    I'm in the 6th forced reboot by unplugging the power adapter.
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    xXx got a reaction from Stress in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    This image was EXTREMELY unstable for my box.
     
    I changed only 6 thigs so far:
    1) Added the "wifi_dummy" in /etc/modules
    2) Removed tsched=0 from /etc/pulse/default.pa
    3) Stopped NetworkManager service ( sudo service NetworkManager stop)
    4) Removed network-manager from startup to save me ~6 minutes delay ( update-rc.d network-manager remove )
    5) Added my wifi details in /etc/network/interfaces:
    source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # Local loopback auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid MyAccesPointName wpa-psk mycopmplexpassword 6) removed nodm and added lightdm
    Right now the system seems stable and the one core was 100% is gone ( all cores are in sane percentages )
    Now lets test some HD videos with kodi :-)
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    I can confirm that kodi works as expected.
    All kodi functions worked for me ( scanning my samba shares, adding my videos to collection, etc )
    Playing 1080p and 720p videos was a pleasant experience.
    The only thing ( unrelated to kodi ) is that my wifi died after 10-15 minutes again, and kodi started buffering for ever.
    Since then the system become extremely laggy and unresponsive and took me about 10 minutes to get out of kodi without unplugging the power cord.
    Eventually it did manage to get out of kodi, and the system is almost usable again, but with one core to be 100% and no internet/network access again.
    So the biggest problem in my system seems to be wifi stability.
    The image as i said before is the same Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_KODI_20170623.img  and the box is MiniM8S.
    Anyone else had better luck with this image?
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    found a solution with the wifi issues:
    i made /etc/network/interfaces like this:
    user@amlogic:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
    source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
    # Local loopback
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    user@amlogic:~$ 
    Now is connecting without problems...
    In fact i'm writing this message straight from the box.
    I'm in the 6th forced reboot by unplugging the power adapter.
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Tested the latest image with kodi Armbian_5.27_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_KODI_20170623.img
    Results:
    Wifi sees the networks but is not connecting ( also no edit available in wifi settings ( network settings in general )). Playing the videos in desktop with mpv causes the system to hang after a few 10-20 sec with audio looping the last sec of two. The system is not rebooting or shuting down ( always loops back to desktop ). Bluetooth is not working ( not tested very well ) Kodi starts and seems ok but not tested any video ( all my videos are in samba shares ). Closing kodi you have a black screen, you need to switch terminals to fix this. To close the system you need to pull out the power adapter ( no other way of convincing the system to shutdown ) The dtb i tested was gxbb_p200_2G
    Hope this helps.
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Started fresh with a usb stick 3.0 32GB with the latest testing image as i mentioned in previous posts.
    USB not always picking up the boot process and some times system starts to LibreELEC that i have in eMMC. WiFi was not working ( it was able to see networks but was not connecting ) but after 3 reboot it picked up my nwtwork. Since then it is always working as expected. ( i run "rfkill unblock wifi" between those reboots, as my wifi was Soft Blocked, but i dont know if that helped any ).
    Bluetooth is not working ( no adapter at all ). Video playback with mpv still segfaults. Video playback with vlc segfaults too Audio is not working. Youtube in windows looks ok, in fullscreen looks acceptable but i have no audio to compare if video/audio was in sync. The first dtb tried was meson-gxbb-p200.dtd as /boot/dtb.img
    That's all the info i have for now.
    Tomorrow i will try another dtb ( if God wants so ).
     
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    @balbes150
    The files in /boot/dtb and /boot/dtb-4.12.0-next-20170516+ are identical (checked with md5sum)
    There is no gxbb_p200 : all dtb's are prefixed with "meson-"
    So meson-gxbb-p200.dtb is the file i am looking for, of is there some other file i have to find?
    If yes, i will use this in the next boot.
    And a recommendation:
    For a pleasant Desktop experience, this image Armbian_5.27_S905_Ubuntu_xenial_4.12.0-next-20170516+_mate.img.xz
    needs some packages:
    ubuntu-mate-themes ( for correctly picking GTK theme that is in memory but not exists )
    adwaita-icon-theme-full ( for correctly picking the mouse pointer that again is in memory but not exists )
    Also there are some useless packages that left there from xfce ( thunar* for example  as there exists caja already ).
     
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Hello to everyone!
    I just tested "Armbian_5.27_S905_Ubuntu_xenial_4.12.0-next-20170516+_mate.img"
    Wifi not connecting ( finds networks but dies when i try to connect to my wifi ).
    Ethernet seemed OK ( with the second dtb, with the first i didn't check extensively but looked like not connecting ).
    Video playback with mpv crashes with segmentation fault ( with the samples on desktop ).
    I have many RED messages in "dmesg --ctime"
    The board is recognized as another board ( development ) that i have no idea what it is.
    I used the dtb's from the dtb directory in /boot partition in the SDCARD ( meson-gxbb-p200 and meson-gxbb-p201 ).
    None seemed to work correctly, as none of them is for my box ( i believe ).
    Tried dtb's from kszaq but not even booting ( stays in Google TV logo for ever ).
    Question: is there any ready made dtb's for my box ( MiniM8S 2G 100M ) ?
    Thanks!
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    @sukanime
     
    For the trash error in mate you need to install mate-applets package.
     
    Auto mount of usb drives should be working on mate desktop out of the box ( you see the icons it in Desktop, and click - click ).
    In CLI though ( no GUI ) there is no auto-mounting.
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    xXx got a reaction from Shimon in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    Here are the results for pigz VS gzip:
     
    backup and compress
    pigz 7752122368 bytes (7.8 GB, 7.2 GiB) copied, 193.749 s, 40.0 MB/s
    gzip 7752122368 bytes (7.8 GB, 7.2 GiB) copied, 292.576 s, 26.5 MB/s
     
    test the compressed backup
    pigz 0m26.781s
    gzip 1m18.495s
     
    decompress
    pigz 9m55.684s
    gzip 9m51.756s
     
    All in all pigz will be a good addition in the dd_backup script.
    So if balbes150 feels like adding pigz in his images, he only have to do:
    sed -i "s/gzip/pigz/g" /usr/sbin/dd_backup(_x) and if decompession is also desired
    sed -i "s/gunzip/unpigz/g" /usr/sbin/dd_backup(_x) and compression step will be faster and maybe decompression also a bit (according to pigz man pages).
     
    The only thing to be checked is if restoring will be working as expected ( should be, but not tested ).

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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    pigz does a great job in compression part, but decompession is still single core ( correct me if things has changed ). SD/USB read/write bandwidth may be a bottleneck to backup/restore operations even with pigz in action ( just a guess ). I am testing a rikomagic MK36 the last 2 weeks, so i don't have easy access to my armbian box right now. Thus i don't know if balbes150 images have already installed pigz, but if it is, or if balbes150 wishes to include pigz in future images, we can create and test a new version of the script with pigz. Thats all
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    xXx got a reaction from etona in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    @etona
    sudo nano /boot/amlogics905x_init.sh
    the "file in question" is the file amlogics905x_init.sh

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    xXx reacted to balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    What screen resolution are You using ? Ubuntu test files at 720 shows quite smoothly.
     
     
    Most likely You have a TV box is using an outdated version of NAND flash memory. To support it you need to manually rebuild initrd (which is included with the linux.img in the /boot directory). You need to get the system to load the module for NAND right at the start of the initrd. I was told that I was sent a few samples of a TV with a similar type of memory. When they arrive, I can test and debug the installation process of this kind of memory.
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    xXx got a reaction from balbes150 in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    The new backup/restore script is ready and tested.
    Not a new script really, just some usefull additions.
    Some proof here
    You can download it from here
    All the changes are in the script's comments as usual.
    Hope it helps.
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    xXx got a reaction from mmss in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    The new backup/restore script is ready and tested.
    Not a new script really, just some usefull additions.
    Some proof here
    You can download it from here
    All the changes are in the script's comments as usual.
    Hope it helps.
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    xXx got a reaction from Nofan Tasi in ARMBIAN for Amlogic S905 and S905X (ver 5.44 =<)   
    The new backup/restore script is ready and tested.
    Not a new script really, just some usefull additions.
    Some proof here
    You can download it from here
    All the changes are in the script's comments as usual.
    Hope it helps.
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