debianxfce

I have this bug in the Armbian git version and Amlogic S912. Removing gz files and running apt-get update solved the problem and apt search works OK. I am running Debian Sid Xfce.

I manage to build and make working latest Armbian and mainline kernel with the Sunvell T95Z Plus Amlogic S912 TV box. See: https://github.com/debiangamer/build/releases/tag/v2021.05

Do not use a desktop that requires hw acceleration in any computer, because you want all the hw power for the applications. Xfce is light, fast, stable and freely configurable. With the Sunvell T95z Plus Amlogic S912 tv box the Xfce desktop and youtube videos works fine with help of 8 cpu cores. I have made the Debian testing Xfce distribution for my device. You can download it from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsNzZn-luc0

You create your own image. Take look of the armbian documentation and sources: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/

Debian testing Xfce is better than ubuntu, Xfce is lighter and Debian testing is a rolling release os. Sunvel T95Z Plus is cheaper and when you use class 10 microsd card, you have dual booting system and original android is safe.Take a look of my video descriptions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsNzZn-luc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnYBvMQfjM

You are using really old kernel. Try with the mainline kernel, see: http://linux-meson.com/doku.php

I2S is connected to the HDMI audio in the S9xx SOC. Other S9xx devices do have the hdmi audio support working but not meson-GXM devices officially: https://github.com/superna9999/linux/tree/linux-4.13-le-amlogic-gx/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic

I tested yours Debian Xfce image, aplay -l list only spdif device and pulseaudio control shows only analog output. Install wicd and xfce4-terminal instead networkmanager and xterminal. Use the xfce whisker menu. Your distro image is about 1.5 GB bigger than mine, so strip some packages. Your 86 patches are confusing, it is easier to copy whole source files from authors. Using 200q dtb.

I added patches to 4.13-rc1 kernel where was usb and spdif patches already. Added missing clocks and hdmi audio patches. Copied new a dtb.img file of course. 0005-clk-meson-gxbb-aoclk-Add-CEC-32k-clock.patch was missing, implementing now...

I added patches from here https://github.com/150balbes/meta-meson/tree/master/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-meson64-4.13. The command aplay -l lists only spdif device, no hdmi audio. What is required to enable hdmi audio for a s912 device?

You mean kernel 4.13...There is no 3.14 kernel for today in your yandex folder. Jerome brunet audio patches for S912 does have only spdif support. Have someone tested spdif audio patches?

Armbian uses old kernels. The build process starts with the ../compile.sh file. Packages to install is defined in the configuration.sh file. Additional files are written in the distributions.sh file.

I can acces this: https://yadi.sk/d/kZHc0uQE34z5jR Reboot your modem/router. I hope you have a reliable internet connection too, you can test with Linux distributions that offer checksum files.

Do not use external hooks, only gods know how well they work If you plan to maintain your on distro for a specific device, just remove whatever unneeded code from .sh files to make them simpler and more readable.

Just inspect and edit lib/*.sh files. https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/master/lib

What space, cp is simpler command than dd. This is more more efficient than yours: xzcat Debian_testing_4.13.0_xfce.img.xz > /dev/sdX

I mean what I wrote, use: sudo cp Debian_testing_4.13.0_xfce.img /dev/sdX. Reference: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX # sync If you still have problems, test if you can login via ssh and ethernet LAN. Maybe your hardware differs too much from gxm-q200. You did wrote that you bought a cheap sdcard, I hope it is class 10. A slow sdcard can time out things.

I downloaded my image, I extracted it with Xarchiver, copied to sdcard with: sudo cp Debian_testing_4.13.0_xfce.img /dev/sdb. and copied plus renamed the dtb file.My image works fine with Sunvell T95Z Plus and LG 26LG3000.

Usb support is in the mainline kernel, but you need Martin Blumenstingl / xdarklight patches for dts files. http://linux-meson.com/doku.php?id=start "USB PHY driver for Meson GXL/GXM" Audio patches: https://github.com/jeromebrunet/linux/commits/amlogic/wip/audio

My Debian testing Xfce with mainline kernel 4.13-rc1 image supports usb and audio (spdif).

The dtb file must match with kernel you are using. Use a high quality and fast usb memory or a class 10 microsd card. Try with with different images and kernel 3.14 images. I have made Debian testing Xfce images for the armbian 3.14 kernel and for the 4.13 mainline kernel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnYBvMQfjM

I had 5.1 setup about 10 years ago and found out that only Star Wars movies and couple of others use space mixing. Rest of the movies just mix background music to back speakers. Space mixing is costly so that is understandable. Some games use 5.1 audio, but you play games with hifi stereo speakers just fine. A pair of B&W speakers is one of my best invest. I am creating music with Rosegarden and great free software synths. https://packages.debian.org/buster/zynaddsubfx https://packages.debian.org/buster/fluidsynth http://pphidden.wixsite.com/compifont Zynaddsubfx does have many great sounding analog synths

No wonder, in your receiver and in my tv, inputs are logically grouped. LG has designed my tv smartly, there is analog input grouped to a hdmi connector so I can use DAC and tv speakers.

Internet has millions of readers and a DAC helps if you just have the spdif driver available and have an amplifier with analog inputs only. Is the audio quality of the banana pi analog output poor or it is just digital hype that drives you to digital connections. For my software development/multimedia/gaming computer I have a small low cost analog input only amp, SMSL SA-36A Pro. PC motherboards do have hifi quality analog outputs and my pc sounds great trough my B&W DM 601S2 speakers.

I can not live with the old android based kernel. Balbes150 3.14 kernel is slow, difficult to configure to stable and nobody support it. Hdmi audio driver is complex and takes cpu time. Spdif driver is very simple and fast and monitor speakers are crap, so that is why I want to make spdif working with the mainline kernel. My tv has 3.5mm analog audio input for the hdmi input so I can use crap speakers with the spdif DAC too. But I have an extra pair of hifi speakers and a extra hifi amp so that is the way to go. Check if the mainline kernel has analog audio driver for your board to use better speakers.