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@balbes150So I installed Android on eMMC. I think that's how it's shipped. But I'm having a very hard time to read out uart because it goes way too fast and forgets the top because too much info. I can show you the top of it and the last, but there's a whole part missing. The top, so Armbian SD non-working with Android on eMMC. Boots into Android... And the last part... Booting krescue from sd-card with Android on eMMC. If I find out how to get the whole output then I'll update it. I really hate uart...

So that wasn't krescue but oowow. Here is krescue with Ubuntu on eMMC

@balbes150 What configuration you want the output from? Non-working Armbian with Android on eMMC or working with Ubuntu on eMMC? Output of Armbian on SD with Ubuntu on eMMC, so working Armbian. Here boot with krescue on sd with Ubuntu on eMMC : Edit : it was OOWOW and not krescue, had both sd-cards and saw the files for oowow with rescue... If you want non-working Armbian with Android or with cleared eMMC + SPI, let me know. There's also no HDMI-audio but a dummy output. I'd like to see that fixed too if possible. Cheers.

I was able to recreate the problem when having Android on the eMMC. The new way Igor used didn't work for me. Used krescue to format eMMC and SPI. But then it didn't boot at all with the latest Armbian image. The boot loop. I then used OOWOW to install Ubuntu to the eMMC. And with Ubuntu on eMMC you can boot the latest Armbian image from SD and install to eMMC.

Setting up the Mekotronics R58X-HDD as Armbian Build server.

And to OC to 2.4Ghz on the big cores...

How to build Armbian with Windows/WSL2.

I3 on Armbian from a noobs point of view. My full desktop setup with Monkablyat his RK3588 Armbian Jammy images.

You do have a way to power your HDD do you? Or is it an SSD? A sata adapter only powers 2.5" devices. If it's 3.5" HDD then you need 12V. I would advice not to boot from HDD. If something goes wrong with the image on an sd-card then you just replace the sd-card without loosing anything from the HDD. Do use a good sd-card. Hard drives also aren't super fast, so no real speed benifit in using that.

@MinhIt is not GPU hw acc but VPU you need. Are you using the @amazingfate multimedia ppa? sudo add-apt-repository ppa:liujianfeng1994/panfork-mesa #Panfork GPU ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:liujianfeng1994/rockchip-multimedia #Multimedia ppa for VPU acceleration sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade sudo apt install mali-g610-firmware rockchip-multimedia-config I suspect you might need gstreamer. That's included. My knowledge ain't great in these things, so maybe amazingfate or someone else can add to it.

GPU drivers have nothing to do with Armbian. Armbian can only show how to use them. We are not driver developers. It is expected that the blob Rockchip driver runs way better than the open-source panfrost/panfork drivers. Panfrost might improve in time. N2/N2+/VIM3 at first also performed worse than RK3399 but after time it now outperforms RK3399 by a lot. Both drivers are very useful to me. You can use the blob by running in x11 and run your program with "malirun programname" Not everything will work, but for example PS2 emulation works perfect like that. Video playback has nothing to do with GPU drivers but VPU drivers. For that there is the multimedia ppa from AmazingFate.

@Lotus09 I just made a video about gaming on RK3588. Here my Mekotronics review video : More video's on my channel about gaming on RK3588. It doesn't play every game, but enough to have a good time.

Hi all. I just made a video where I show how to build your own Armbian images on Windows. It used to be that you needed a virtualMachine running Linux but these days you can use WSL2. Here the video : Greetings, NicoD

Another update on armbian-gaming. Now winetricks can also be installed and Malior-Droid Android emulator.

Newly updated version of armbian-gaming V 0.5 Updated the box86/64 installer so you can choose what SoC to build for Updated wineX86 version to 7.15 Added install for winetricks Added build for Dolphin https://github.com/NicoD-SBC/armbian-gaming New video with changes on the way.

Ok. I'll wait till things are fixed. I did just test install to NVMe and boot from sd and it indeed didn't work as it should. Couldn't boot into x anymore. Install to eMMC does work. I'm already very happy to have this. I can have the same setup on my trip as I've got on my main desktop at home with the Mekotronics mini. With a 1TB NVMe for movies. That's great I was really let down by the FE images for it. Seems there's degression. The old R6S image was better than the new R6C Ubuntu. Big thank you!

@Igor This made my day. I needed an SBC for my trip next week. Haven't received my KEdge2 case. Now I can use the R6C with NVMe and the software I like/need. 👍 Installed on R6C, NVMe works and both ethernet ports work. All I need to do is make my 5Ghz wifi antenna work. I do have a 5Ghz dongle that works, but not good enough for camping internet. Thank you! I'll see to make a video about it. Will it be accessible in the default download page?

Armbian Jammy Gnome on the Orange Pi 5A.

What steps did you take? Do you have an sd-card with an OS installed? What image did you install? You should be able to boot the board with a 2A 5V PSU. It doesn't consume much with nothing connected. The board does not support PD power, but you can use a PD PSU. It will not negotiate to go to higher voltages. Steps to take : 1. Download image : https://www.armbian.com/orangepi-5/ 2. Write onto sd-card with any image writer. On Linux I use gnome-disks. On Windows I use win32diskimager. Most people use balena etcher. 3. Put sd-card in the sd-reader of the board 4. Connect HDMI, keyboard and mouse, network cable and then connect USB-C power to the correct USB-C port(The one in the corner) That should boot the board and show the Armbian initial setup where you need to set a root password, username and user password...

Hi all. Here my review of the Mekotronics R58-Mini and R58X-4G. These are my favorite RK3588 devices. Easiest to work with on a desk. Been my main-desktop for the last months. I've been using MonkaBlyat his Armbian images. It is stable, fun to work with, has GPU drivers and VPU. But it is using the dirty rockchip kernel. So once armbian can be build for these devices, and mainline has matured these should be the best RK3588 devices for me at home. For on the road I've got the Kadas Edge2Pro. Here's my video. Mekotronics download page : https://www.mekotronics.com/h-msgBoard.html Armbian from MonkaBlyat for R58-Mini : https://monka.systemonachip.net/r58-mini/Armbian_23.05.0-trunk_r58-mini_jammy_legacy_5.10.110.AFM.img.xz Armbian from MonkaBlyat for R58X (4G/Pro) : https://monka.systemonachip.net/r58x/Armbian_23.05.0-trunk_r58x_jammy_legacy_5.10.110.AFM.img.xz RKDevTool and SPI boot loader for Armbian : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gg9So9nuVax_AC82UQJOq1mHBea3sQ4q/view?usp=share_link Here all my gathered info :

Interview with @rpardini.

@BasThere are user built images from @monkaBlyat for the Mekotronics boards. It has wayland GPU blob + panfork GPU driver + VPU acceleration + box64/86 and wine preïnstalled. All info and links in the description of this video.

All depends on your budget. The HC4 is a good option. I've got 2 of them that I use a NAS. Just no bt or wifi. That can be fixed with a bt dongle. It is a nice device for gaming too. Not very powerful, but has good software. I also use a NanoPi R6S (RK3588) with USB3 to SATA adapter with a 2TB SSD. That has 2.5GbE. So can do up to 280MB/s over my network. But software support ain't great (yet) for it. The NanoPi R5S has a bit better I/O with NVMe. But is way less powerful. There are also older SBCs with SATA like the Orange Pi + and OPi+2. Totally not powerful. But does the job of slow NAS. OPi+2 has gigabit ethernet while OPi+ only has 100Mbit. I used to use the OPi+2 for many years as NAS. Now happy to have replaced it with R6S. Any SBC can do what you want with a USB3 to SATA adapter. Just see if it's got USB3. I would probably look for an RK3399 since it's the best supported SoC with the best I/O. NanoPi M4B for example has PCIe over GPIO on which you can put a 4 x SATA hat. It does cost a bit more, but you get what you pay for. I used to use it with a NVMe hat as main desktop. Now I use RK3588 for that goal. Mekotronics R58X-4G/RK58X-Pro. It has everything. NVMe, SATA, HDMI-out, DP-out, USB-C with DP, HDMI-in, wifi, bt, GPU drivers and VPU drivers. Great for gaming. It's is powerful, has great software. But doesn't have mainline support yet. It is the most future proof. Rock5B I can't advice since there are a few design flaws on it. I'm not sure about the Rock3A. I don't have it and am not sure if the software is good. I kind of lost my trust in Radxa for that. They make too many variations what makes supporting their boards near impossible. Odroid's always have great software. Check my youtube channel for more info. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpv7NFr0-9AB5xoklh3Snhg

Ha. I'll check it out. I'm waiting for them to sell the case. I hope it's soon. I'm now working on the Mekotronics devices. Got the R58X-Pro now. The same as R58X-4G but added sd-cardreader, 10GbE (that doesn't work yet), front display, 2 extra USB2 ports and a programmable volume knob. I like it a lot. Tho M.2 is used for 10GbE NIC, bit a shame since now no storage device can get the 1GB/S speed of the 10GbE. Still an amazing board to play with.