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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.

My gathered info : RK3588(S) comparison -------------------- RK3588(S) 8nm LP process 4 x A55 @ 1.8Ghz + 4 x A76 @ 2.4Ghz (Not the same for all boards, between 2.2Ghz and 2.4Ghz) Mali-G610 MP4 "Odin" 6TOPs NPU Up to 32GB memory theoretically (haven't seen any 32GB yet) RK3588 RK3588S PCIE3.0 2x2 Lanes PCIe3.0 N/A PCIe2.0/SATA3.0/USB3.0 MUX 3x1 Lane PCIE2.0 2x1 Lane PCIE2.0 3x SATA 3.0 2x SATA 3.0 1x USB3.0 (refer USB section) 1x USB3.0 (refer USB section) Board SoC Memory eMMC SD-Reader NVMe/PCIe/SATA Network USB2 USB3 USB-C (dp) HDMI-out HDMI-in DP Active cooling Powered with 1. Khadas Edge 2 Pro Rockchip RK3588S 16 GB LPDDR4X 2112 MHz 64 GB xxx xxx xxx 1 x 1 x 1 x DP 1 x xxx xxx xxx (Case not out yet) USB-C PD 2. NanoPi R6S Rockchip RK3588S 8 GB LPDDR4X 2133 MHz 32 GB yes xxx 2 x 2.5GbE + 1GbE 1 x 1 x xxx 1 x xxx xxx Metal case USB-C PD 3. Radxa Rock5B Rockchip RK3588 16 GB LPDDR4X 2112 MHz Module yes 2 x M.2 NVMe 2.5GbE 2 x 2 x xxx 2 x 1 x micro-HDMI xxx XU4 heatsink no sufficient USB-C PD (Issue with PD, I'm using 5V 4A PSU) 4. Mekotronics R58 Mini Rockchip RK3588 16 GB LPDDR4X 64 GB xxx SATA ribbon 1GbE 2 x 1 x 1 x (no DP) 2 x 1 x full size 1 x Big heatsink sufficient *** 12V barrel jack *** Case could also be used to cool with a thermal pad 5. Mekotronics R58X-4G Rockchip RK3588 8 GB LPDDR4X 64 GB xxx SATA/NVMe/mini-PCIe 1GbE 2 x 1 x 1 x DP 1 x 1 x full size 1 x Big heatsink sufficient *** 12V barrel jack 6. Orange Pi 5 Rockchip RK3588S 4/8 GB LPDDR4(x) xxx yes NVMe 1GbE 1 x 2 x 1 x DP 1 x xxx xxx No USB-C 5V Other specs Khadas Edge 2 Pro also has 3 x CSI + 2 x DSI, and can have an I/O board for SD-card and uart Radxa Rock5B has 1 x CSI + 1 x DSI OPi5 has 2 x DSI + 3 x Camera port Benchmarks ---------- Board | OS | Kernel | Clockspeeds | 7z b all cores | 7z b core small core | 7z b big core | NicoD Blender | Supertuxkart | SBC-Bench Radxa Rock 5B Armbian Jammy cinnamon 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A55/2.4Ghz A76 15996 1533 (core 0) 2651 (core 7) 3m25s 65fps (panfork) http://ix.io/4jOb Radxa Rock 5B Radxa Bullseye xfce4 5.10.66-27 1.8Ghz A55/2.4Ghz A76 16138 1522 (core 0) 2649 (core 4/7) 4m35s V2.83.5 xxx Khadas Edge2 Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome 5.10.66 1.8Ghz A55/2.35Ghz* A76 16901 1766 (core 0) 2930 (core 7) 3m25s 110fps (wayland) http://ix.io/4e8w ****SBC-Bench broken big cores at 408Mhz NanoPi R6S Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome Headless 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A55/2.3Ghz * A76 16385 1449 (core 0) 2493 (core 7) 3m27s 110fps (wayland) http://ix.io/4gSl Mekotronics R58 Debian Bullseye wayland 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A76 16803 1777 (core 0) 2879 (core 1) 4m35s 110fps (wayland) http://ix.io/4j40 Mekotronics R58 Ubuntu 20.04 x11 5.10.66 1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A76 16477 1765 (core 0) 2897 (core 1) 5m53s V2.82 4fps (llvmpipe) Mekotronics R58X-G4 Armbian Jammy Gnome 5.10.110 1.8Ghz A53/2.4Ghz A76 16421 1767 (core 0) 2852 (core 1) 3m28s 75fps (panfork) SBC-bench broken Pros+++ ------- Khadas Edge2 Pro Small and USB-C PD powered, so great for my trips but needs a metal case for that. Having the extra USB-C is great. It is either a 2nd fast access to the SoC, and can be used for 2nd HDMI display. OOWOW is great to install new software, no need for RKDevTool. The Khadas software is pretty good. Khadas has a great team that's active on their forum. NanoPi R6S Metal case makes it awesome. It is limited, but for what I wanted it's doing the job better than expected(fast NAS and even watching video). USB-C PD powered, so if I don't find a case for Edge2 I can also use the R6S on my trips. SD-Reader is great for booting and installing software. Mekotronics R58 mini Full sized ports. For home use it's good to have a device that's not tiny. Great to have the display ports on back and side and USB on the front. Case is nice, but not used for cooling. Great for digital signage with 2x HDMI + 1 x DP. Mekotronics R58X-4G mini-PCIe, NVMe and SATA. Full sized ports. USB-C with DP. Nice case, can be used to cool the board with a thermal pad but not needed. Rock5B Armbian support. Has dual M.2 sockets. SD-card reader and eMMC socket. Full sized HDMI-out ports. 2.5GbE. Cons--- ------- Khadas Edge2 Pro No metal case yet(March). Missing SD-card, IO board can add that but then doesn't fit in the case. Seems designed for use in a small kiosk/digital signage, so all small special connectors for additional devices like displays and camera's. NanoPi R6S Designed for networking and so missing a lot of other features(NVMe, PCIe, extra USB-C with DP, multiple USB3 ports...). Mekotronics R58 mini Not the best I/O. No sd-reader what makes the use of RKDevTool needed. Expensive. Wouldn't be as good for me if I didn't know great Armbian devs(MonkaBlyat). Mekotronics R58X-4G No sd-reader what makes the use of RKDevTool needed. Expensive. Wouldn't be as good for me if I didn't know great Armbian devs(MonkaBlyat). Rock5B Software not ready for my daily needs, seems the worst supported board. USB-C PD has issue's. No good cooling sollution comes with the board. My opinion on available software -------------------------------- 1. Khadas Edge2 Ubuntu 22.04 works great with panfork. You can also use the blob GPU driver if you start with the Gnome image. Almost everything works as it should. 2. Mekotronics R58(X-4G) Armbian Jammy Gnome works great with panfork. The Mekotronics images aren't perfect. Works well for desktop/video/gaming. 3. NanoPi R6S Ubuntu 22.04 gnome works well, but panfork doesn't work with it. It's very stable, did my desktop tasks as a champ. But I'm missing gaming on it with x11. 4. Radxa Rock5B Armbian Jammy Gnome is buggy as hell. Only Armbian runs ok on it. The Debian image from Radxa is a mess, Android is unusable. DTB file seems badly hacked together. My favorite ranking for now --------------------------- 1. Mekotronics R58X-4G It has it all. Good cooling, nice it's not tiny, NVMe and SATA and mini-PCIe. 1 less full sized HDMI vs R58 but USB-C DP works too. Armbian thanks to MonkaBlyat brings this on top. 2. NanoPi R6S Limited but works well for what I wanted from it. The case is a big plus. Panfork not working. But the Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome image is great for desktop tasks. Stable, great video playback. Performs well as NAS too. Love that it has an SD-reader. I do not need dual 2.5GbE, so could have been better having NVMe instead of 2nd 2.5GbE port. 3. Khadas Edge 2 Missing of a metal case brings this down, waiting for the case to be released. The software from Khadas is the best of all. No SD-card is also a big minor. Best board for travel laptop. 4. Mekotronics R58X Works well. But has a lot less I/O than R58X-4G. Then again has 2 x full sized HDMI-out vs 1 x on R58X-4G. 5. Radxa Rock5B Bit dissapointed by the software. It does have all the bells and whistles I want. But it isn't ready for daily use yet. Armbian is the only ok-working image for it. And that is a lot more buggy than all the others. ***Don't have the OPi5***

Hi guys. I'm the maintainer for the Khadas VIM3. There are 2 small issue's with the Armbian images for VIM3, and also for VIM2. armbianmonitor -u http://ix.io/46L9 First off, the VIM3 has all its cores clocked to 1.5Ghz by default. I created a Jira for that a while ago. https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1094 My simple fix is in /etc/default/cpufrequtils MAX_SPEED=15xxxxxxx → MAX_SPEED=2400000 But I have no idea how/where to adjust this so it is correct for all VIM3 images. Then for VIM2 and VIM3 (maybe VIM3L and VIM1 too) the HDMI audio isn't working as it should. https://armbian.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1095 I once was able to make it work. But I can't remember how. So the device is enabled at boot, but not directed to be used by pulseaudio. Thank you.

Hi all. I'm working on a script that can install different Linux gaming tools like Box86, Box64, PPSSPP, ... For now it can only install box86 and box64. There is also an issue installing wine, so this doesn't work either. https://github.com/NicoD-SBC/armbian-gaming Download and unzip and run script : sudo /bin/bash ./armbian-gaming.sh When ready I'll make a video about it and give more info. I've tested it on the PineBookPro with Hirsute. With the Odroid N2+ you need to activate panfrost, install dependecies for N2+, and then install box86. Tho it didn't work as it should. If "install box86" gives a build error, try the dependencies for N2+ and try "install box86" again. Please let me know your experiences on other systems.

Hi all. I've done a lot of tests with different desktop environments on Armbian. I wanted an as light as possible desktop environment so I'd have enough ram left to do video rendering with the NanoPi M4(2GB) I had to try a lot of things to get things working fine. So I wanted to save others that hassle. Setting up Display Manager First we need a Display Manager. NODM is installed by default. I tried lightdm but couldn't get it to work. So I went for LXDM. With NODM installed I had problems, so I also removed NODM. To be sure lxdm is configured right, I also manually configure it. sudo apt install lxdm sudo apt remove nodm sudo dpkg-reconfigure lxdm Install LXDE Desktop Next step is to install the desktop environment you want. There is a problem with some Desktop Environments and LXDM what makes you can't login to some DE's out of the box. That we will resolve later. Easiest is to install lxdm first to be able to configure the others well. And reboot. sudo apt install lxde sudo reboot Once booted you should be greeted by the Login screen. Here you can choose your different Desktop Environment. Choose LXDE and login. If you'd try xfce4, then you'd see it doesn't work. To fix this we need to change the file /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop. Use your favorite text editor. I use geany. sudo geany /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop Somewhere at the top of the file you'll see "Name=Xfce Session". Replace that space with a hyphen to "Name=Xfce-Session" and save the file. Now you can also login to the default XFCE4 Desktop. With other desktops this can be the same. Go the the same directory and open the file with the desktop name that doesn't work. Again replace the space with a hyphen Installing different Desktop Environments. For the Mate desktop I also needed to install the applets, else I got errors at login because of these missing applets sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment mate-applets For KDE-Plasma sudo apt install kde-full For Gnome. Modify the file sudo geany /usr/share/xsessions/gnome... sudo apt install gnome-session sudo update-alternatives --config gdm3.css I also tried LXQT. But this one didn't work. You can try others too. Remove Desktop Environment To remove a desktop environment you don't want anymore you do the remove instead of install. sudo apt remove kde-full sudo apt remove mate-desktop-environment . . . Please let me know if there's mistakes made, or if you've got advice. Source for changing the name to make them work @IgorS : Greetings, NicoD