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  1. 10 hours ago, balbes150 said:

    What exactly is not working ?

    Games with the blob driver. I've been told it should work, but it doesn't. Wine works, so box86/64 also work. But nothing GPU accelerated works. PPSSPP is using llvmpipe software render.

    So I'll do the same configuration as I'm using on the R58X-4G with Jammy Gnome + panfork driver and multimedia repo.

    For the gnome desktop it's a little more buggy because of flickering mouse pointer. But I gladly take that for having my games/PPSSPP working. I'll probably make the video tomorrow. I'm done testing.
    Only issue is it doesn't boot when other USB drives are connected. And no eMMC install as you said.

  2. 7 hours ago, balbes150 said:

    Please note - DO NOT install on eMMC yet, this mode is not fully ready and tested yet.

    Good you say it. I was planning to do this when I had a good configuration.
    Still searching for the best result. I think I'll start with server image, then install the panfork drivers and multimedia with kodi. Then reboot and install ubuntu-desktop for gnome with wayland. The blob does work well, but I'm unable to make some things work with it.
    I'm running it like that on my Mekotronics R58X-4G. I love it.

  3. @balbes150 I tested Armbian_23.02.0-trunk_Kedge2_jammy_legacy_5.10.110_gnome_desktop.img
    Didn't work with Android installed on eMMC. So I installed ubuntu-server and then it runs.
    I installed the blob. Wayland runs normal. But the other benchmarks perform a little worse than others.
    SBC-bench seems broken. If there's something you want tested, let me know.

    I'll see to make a video about it next week. Nice to be able to boot from USB. Just too bad can't mix Android and Armbian.
     

    Board              | OS                            | Kernel         | Clockspeeds             | 7z b all cores     | 7z b core small core    | 7z b big core   | NicoD Blender    | Supertuxkart     | SBC-Bench
    Khadas VIM2          Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome              5.18.0           1.4Ghz A53/1Ghz A53       7728                 900 (core 7)              1235 (core 0)     18m26s 2.79b       5fps              http://ix.io/4b4d
    Khadas VIM2          Armbian Kinetic server          6.1.0-meson64    1.4Ghz A53/1Ghz A53       7867                                           1252 (core 0) 
    Khadas VIM3          Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome              5.18.0           1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A73     10300                1636 (core 0)             2417 (core 5)     9m38s  2.79b       19fps             http://ix.io/4b4S
    Khadas VIM4          Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome              5.4.125          2.2Ghz A73/2Ghz A53       14138                1775 (core 7)             2299 (core 0)     5m46s              52fps             http://ix.io/4bkv
    Khadas VIM4          Debian 10 xfce4                 5.4.125          2.2Ghz A73/2Ghz A53       15113                1830 (core 7)             2334 (core 0)     7m15s  2.79b                         http://ix.io/4blv
    Station P1           Armbian Jammy xfce4             5.18.19          1.4Ghz A53/1.8Ghz A72     7607                 1248 (core 0)             1843 (core 5)     10m10s             7fps              http://ix.io/4b9f
    Odroid N2+           Armbian Jammy xfce4             5.10.139         2Ghz A53/2.4Ghz A73       11755                1761 (core 0)             2518 (core 5)     5m53s              18fps             http://ix.io/4b9V
    Odroid N2+           Armbian Kinetic server          6.1.0-meson64    2Ghz A53/2.4Ghz A73       11807                1764 (core 0)             2520 (core 5)     xxx                18fps
    Odroid C2            Armbian kinetic server          6.1.0-meson64    1.5Ghz                    5173                 1320 (core 0)                           
    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
    Khadas Edge2         Armbian Jammy Gnome             5.10.110-media   1.8Ghz A55/2.4Ghz A76     15424                1524 (core 0)             2589 (core 7)     3m56s              110fps (wayland)  
    
    Mekotronics R58      Debian Bullseye x11 xfce4       5.10.110         1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A76     16241                1758 (core 0)             2839 (core 1)     4m50s V2.83.5
    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 R58      Manjaro Gnome                   5.10.66-28rk     1.8Ghz A53/2.2Ghz A76     16153                1572 (core 0)             2568 (core 1)
    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

    Great job.

  4. 18 hours ago, gounthar said:

    Too bad, I would have loved to meet.
    @NicoDmaybe?

    I'd like to go but finances ain't there. Have to save for a cycling trip in a few months, and investing in computer gear for kids.
    Tho just going one afternoon is possible. But I've got to sit 2 hours on the train to get in Brussels, and then go from station to the expo, and 2 hours back. So would be a very boring day. And for just being there a few hours I don't feel it's worth it.
    If I would go I'd rather stay the night in Brussels on Saturday and leave Sunday evening. And have my recording gear with me to make video's. Next year I can plan it if others promise to go. Enjoy your time in Brussels. I hope the weather will be good.



  5. 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 
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    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*** 

     

  6. On 1/17/2023 at 10:39 PM, adr3nal1n27 said:

    Kodi on Orange Pi 5 with GPU Hardware Acceleration and HDMI Audio

    Thank you for the instructions. I done it on Rock5B with Jammy.
    I had tried before but wasn't able to make it work. Must have had one of the steps missing. It plays 4K files great and with HDMI audio.
    Thanks to all involved. Not sure if I can make a video about it, I'll just refer to this thread in the next RK3588 review. Thanks.

  7. That was very infomative.
    Can't add much to the discussion. I agree that forum used to be a lot better and more important. Because of the use of Discord, irc, Jira... there is more fragmentation.


    We used to use the forum also to chat between devs/users/mederators. Now that is done on discord, irc or github. So the fun is out of the forum.
    Nothing of what is said on discord is of value in the future. While what is said on the forum keeps its value and is easy to find.


    Github is good for bugreports and discussion on how to go ahead. But it is a developers tool and not for regular users.
    Discord is good to chat. It added features we didn't have on the forum like being able to do voice chats or video chat. But it takes away the focus from the forum for many.

    I don't check the forum as much as I used to. Only see if there is anything interesting in the notifications. But I miss a lot because I'm not present as much. And what happens on the forum isn't communicated much about on discord.

    Maybe a discord/irc room where forum posts can be seen. Just the titles would be enough to sparkle curiosity.

    For me there is too much to have to keep up with. I've got my YT channel, reddit, facebook groups, forum, discord, twitter, ...
    Quality decreases when too much is going on. Nobody can keep up with it maybe except Igor. (he seems to see it al :))

    Watched at 1.25x.

  8. @BananaramaYou can always try to uninstall the desktop to see if that works.

     

    sudo apt remove lxde 
    sudo apt purge lxde
    sudo apt autoremove

    I think that should do it.

    I don't use OMV anymore. So no idea if it works on desktop image.
    Not sure if/when Armbian will support this device. It is a nice one. But they make so many that it is hard to support them all.

  9. I've got my Mekotronics. It's an R58 with aluminum case. It's written on it on the bottom that's and X. But the online documentation says the R58X is another model.
    https://mekotronics.en.made-in-china.com/product/wJLprRYvsmVM/China-Mekotronics-Android-12-OS-Linux-Ubuntu-Debian-Real-8K-Rk3588-16g-64G-HDMI-HD-Edge-Computing-Device.html
    https://www.mekotronics.com/h-col-104.html

    It does have a SATA connector, but no room for a drive. And that small plastic that keeps the ribon in already broken off. That's a pitty, now I'm jealous of the plastic one.

    Seems software is limited. Android ain't great. But it works. Needs chinese software to install something else.
    The case isn't used for cooling. It has an ok sized heatsink. But not sure if that's going to keep it cool with a continuous max load. I'll see. Seems also made for digital signage with all the HDMI/DP. 2 x HDMI-out + DP + USB-C DP. And HDMI-in.
    Too bad the ethernet is 1Gb. I'd love to have seen 2.5GbE. For that the Mixtile Blade3 will be great. That'll be a very overpowered NAS :) I'm replacing all my running machines with RK3588. Got enough :) Now still waiting on the Rock5B to hopefully be my main desktop.
    Edge2 does that well enough, but I hate the fan and the need for it.

    @balbes150I can ask my contact if you can have a R58 mini PC if you'd like? I'd love to see Armbian on it. But it's not a need for me. Got other devices for Linux. And I do want an Android RK3588 for gaming.
    It also isn't a perfect RK3588 mini-PC. Lacking NVMe for that, the plastic one then is better with the SATA. They are working on another model with NVMe.

  10. win32diskimager
    It can create .img files from sd-cards and save where ever you want. It can write them to sd-cards.
    It is simple, lightweight and does what it needs to do. Just be careful with other USB devices connected. Always make sure you've got the correct drive names. Or else...
    I once formatted my USB hard drive from 1.5TB with all movies and music. Wasn't my happiest day. Tought me to use a NAS for it instead.

  11. 7 hours ago, balbes150 said:

    you have fallen behind the reality again   :)

    I didn't know or forgot about that one. Too many things to remember and not enough braincells left.
    I thought I'd have about every RK3588(S) there was. Not the Station M3 it seems.
    I'm also getting a "Mixtile Blade 3". I know very little about the device, except that it has PCIe. @balbes150 I don't suppose you're going to support that?
    The Mekotronics I'm planning to use as an Android device only(if Android is as good as Edge2). Got Edge2, R6S and Rock5B for Linux. That Blade3 I'd love to test PCIe devices on. Maybe make a better NAS from it than HC4 with 4x SATA PCIe adapter. It already has 2.5GbE.
    Good job! Any other RK3588(s) you will support?

  12. 51 minutes ago, Mini pc said:

    Strange. I was contacted by them to review an Mekotronics R56 Mini PC.
    Mine would have a metal case, but I think the board is the same. Didn't notice it doesn't have an sd-card. They mentioned it'd have SATA, don't see that on yours.
    Is there any reason you need Armbian? Is there something wrong with their images? Do they actually have images to download? It states on their website to have Debian 11 and Ubuntu 20.04. I didn't look into it yet.

    My guess would be it's a bit early for Armbian on it. Only RK3588 that I know of has Armbian is Rock5B. So if you'd be willing to put in the work to compare rock5B dtb with the dtb of their images and manage to get it working.
    But if no dev has this device, then I don't think real Armbian support will come. I'm no dev...

    ps. Now I see the SATA, on top of the device with room for a drive. That is nice.

  13. @gene1934You didn't give the needed information to be able to help you well.
    What image are you using? What desktop? What kernel? ...

    This is indeed something Armbian  could do without. I've had simular problems with other boards. I always disable it manually.
    It depends on what desktop you are using how to disable it.
    For xfce4 you need to install xfce4-power-manager
    And I think you need to work with screensaver to disable display and not go into sleep. With other desktops it might be different.

    The second question. Many ways to check this. Simplest should be "df -H"
    The once with "/" is your boot device. Or you can just check in a file manager what size it is(if eMMC and sd are not the same size)
    Or use gnome-disks to see what's used.

    One thing I can tell you is that when you reboot the M5 with an sd-card inserted it will always boot from eMMC. Cold boot it will boot from sd.

  14. I tried my VIM3 but the damn thing doesn't seem to be working anymore. I dropped it a few weeks ago. Tried it for the first time now and no boot. The LED goes off every 2/3 seconds as if it's trying to boot again.

    I tried Khadas image, different sd-cards. All the same, also not booting from eMMC...
    So I guess I'll have to be cut from the maintainer list for VIM3.
    I'll try the VIM2, BPiM5, P1, N2+ and Odroid C2 tomorrow.

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