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5 hours ago, KhanhDTP said:
proton-10.0-3-amd64-wow64 (https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds/releases/download/proton-10.0-3/wine-proton-10.0-3-amd64-wow64.tar.xz)
Could you please explain how to install wine-proton? I've been out of it for a while and don't remember a thing.
I'll add it to armbian-gaming when I can make it work. And make a video about the process. -
4 hours ago, KhanhDTP said:
I understand now, because the x86/FarmingSimulatorGame2017.exe file forces the use of the OpenGL renderer.
Both full-screen and windowed modes are working normally for me.
Awesome. Let me try that. Had to reinstall my SBC cause I done a stupid thing, removed my boot partition.
Wanted to format another sd-card of the same size and didn't look well enough.
Installing wine and all the others now, will try with all you've mentioned. Big thank you, I'm in the hospital with little to do, and I miss Farming Simulator to make the time pass quickly.
Thank you for the great work.
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@KhanhDTPHi. First off, great job with all these games.
Would it be possible to test FarmingSimulator 17 please?
I got the game working, but the image is offset a lot. Mouse also.
I needed to set wine to win7 and use the x86 FarmingSimulator2017.exe in the x86 folder.I've got no clue how to fix this issue, maybe you have more tips and tricks.
In windowed mode I can see everything, but mouse goes out of the window and stops working. Otherwise it looks playable if it was outputting correctly.
Cheers, NicoD
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Another video you'd like to see.
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52 minutes ago, 晓飞丁 said:
Have you guys ever try FEX-emu instead of box64? I heard FEX is 10%~20% faster than box64
I tried FEX-emu, but on our devices it's slower. It is optimised for snapdragon while box64 is more optimised for the lower-end SBC ARM-SOC.
Here a video I once made about it. Things have changed a lot, fex-emu has matured at lot in this time. I didn't know it was build for steam back then so didn't test that. Also have no steam games that would run. -
Here the link to the video. Thanks to Mike from Mekotronics.
https://mekotronics.wetransfer.com/downloads/9a21fbbbd8123b75cb5119d632bb565020251208034519/a7c7d3?t_lsid=dd63b65e-c41d-4c4e-81ea-66eea92954d0&t_network=link&t_rid=YXV0aDB8NjE4ZTI0ZjkyMDYzZGYwMDY5Y2FhMmFh&t_s=download_link&t_ts=1765165519 -
More info, but not yet the video that shows what pins.
QuoteMekotronics Maskrom mode is a low-level, last-resort recovery state for Rockchip-based boards (like the R58X) used to unbrick devices or force firmware flashing when normal boot fails, activated by physically shorting specific pins (like EMMC_CLKOUT to GND) or holding a special button while powering on, allowing tools like RKDevTool (linked in search results) to flash firmware directly to the eMMC or SPI flash.
Why Use It?
Unbricking: When your device won't boot due to a corrupted bootloader or bad flash.
Forced Firmware Update: To install operating systems (like Armbian) or custom images when standard methods fail.
How to Enter (General Steps for Rockchip Devices like Mekotronics):
Disconnect: Unplug all cables (power, data, peripherals) from the Mekotronics board.
Identify Pins/Button: Look for a small "Maskrom" button or pins (often near USB ports).
Short Pins/Hold Button:
Hardware Method: Use tweezers to carefully short the designated pins (e.g., EMMC_CLKOUT and GND).
Button Method: Press and hold the Maskrom button.
Connect & Power: While holding the button/shorting pins, connect a USB data cable to your PC and power the board.
Detect Device: Your PC should detect a "LOADER" or "MaskRom" device in a tool like RKDevTool.
Flash: Use RKDevTool (or similar Rockchip utility) to load the loader and image files and start the flashing process.
Reboot: Once complete, the device should reboot automatically, exiting Maskrom mode.
Important: This is a high-risk operation; consult specific documentation for your Mekotronics model (e.g., R58X) to avoid damage.
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6 minutes ago, Werner said:
Perhaps this one?
No. That's how to do it when the bootloader works.
My memory is slowly coming back, there's 2 pins on the back you need to short. But what pins I don't know. Let me open one and see if I remember more... -
I send them a mail to ask. Will let you know when I hear something, also asked someone who also got the video.
This happened a lot to me when testing tons of images for these boards. But haven't been doing that lately, time to start again. -
Hi. Forgive me for my memory is very bad.
There is a video somewhere on how to unbrick mekotronics Rockchip devices. I've been searching for it the last half hour but can't find it. I know I've got it on my pc somewhere.
Email mekotronics and they'll give you a link to it. If I find it I'll share it.
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That's probably the boot partition in fat32. You can't read linux partitions in Windows without tools. So it's normal you can't read an armbian image in windows since it doesn't use fat partitions.
Why it doesn't boot is another case. I would try to build my own image with either legacy or mainline kernel. I don't have the board so no idea what works on it. -
It is nog normal desktop images are not available.
You can always install a desktop to server images. I use taskset for desktops that need a lot of dependancies.sudo apt install taskset sudo taskset
For the xu4 there should be not much difference with the armbian desktop images except for the background image.
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Hi all.
In this video I show how to use armbian-gamingX86. A script to install Steam, PPSSPP, Retropie and Xonotic on Armbian Jammy/Noble X86.
Here link to armbian-gamingX86 : https://github.com/NicoD-SBC/armbian-gamingX86
Here my video about it.
Cheers, NicoD
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Did you format the NVMe and create a partition? Simular behaviour happens when you don't create a partition.
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@jrd6gBuilding your own images is easy to do.
You need an x86 or arm64 device with Ubuntu 22.04/Armbian Jammy.
Follow these 4 steps.
apt-get -y -qq install git git clone --depth=1 --branch=main https://github.com/armbian/build cd build ./compile.sh -
Where did you get this image?
To my knowledge there's no pi username on Armbian images.
The first time you boot you should be asked to create a username + password.
If that doesn't happen you need to login with 'root' pw '1234'
I do know a lot of images from makers that have username 'pi' and pw 'pi'.
And why the file attached? Looks fishy... -
I was using xfce4 back then. You don't need wayland for panfrost to work.
These days I use ubuntu-desktop (gnome) with wayland and it works just as well. There are issue's with kde desktop and wine not working.
Only for ps2 emulation I still use an x11 desktop since it performs a little better. -
14 hours ago, ioncube said:
@NicoD How one can install armbian-gnome-desktop on an armbian-server image?
There might be a package for Debian Bookworm server images.
sudo apt install armbian-bookworm-desktop-gnome
Or just install the default gnome desktop for any others like Noble or Jammysudo apt install gnome-desktop
I use the Ubuntu desktop on Ubuntu images
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
I think the only difference between default gnome and armbian gnome is the background image. So easy to adjust manually if you want. -
Hi. I'm not sure if anyone has this 5B+.
Might be there's a dtb file for it. You need to adjust /boot/armbianEnv.txt
To point to a dtb that's for your device. I just don't know/think there's one yet for that.
They make way too many versions of the same what makes supporting it all a hell. -
@DontMindMeYou can use the old 5.10 kernel. That works without a problem. If you want to build your own replace branch vendor with legacy.
Example :./compile.sh build BOARD=rock-5-itx BRANCH=legacy BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=no EXPERT=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=jammy
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Retropie is an option. It should run fine. You can use armbian-gaming to install it and also some other emulators.
https://github.com/NicoD-SBC/armbian-gaming
This SoC should run ps1, some N64, snes, nes, gb, gba, ...
I don't think ppsspp would work on it.
I'm not aware of the GPU drivers for this SoC. So not sure about things that need gpu. Most retropie emulators don't use gpu. For doom on dosbox you don't need gpu drivers either. -
If it runs armbian for sure it's possible. Just install dosbox. Mount the folder to c
mount c /folder/path/to/doomplay the game.
You can run it native too, there are tons of possibilities. I think freedoom is one.
https://freedoom.github.io/
Chocolatedoom has deb packages for arm64
https://debian.pkgs.org/11/debian-main-arm64/chocolate-doom_3.0.1-1_arm64.deb.html
GZdoom
https://zdoom.org/downloads
And tons more. Only question is, does it run Armbian? -
Hi all.
I made a video about KDE Neon on the Raspberry Pi 5.
I love it, I'll be switching from ubuntu-desktop to this.
Greetings, NicoD
Gaming experience with Orange Pi 5 (RK3588) on Armbian
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It works, I'm soooo happy with this. Big thank you!!!