[Building Armbian Distribution with Kernel 6.10 for Orange Pi 5 Pro]

9 hours ago, C127 said:

1.  Contribution Process: When my DTS and related changes are more mature, what is the proper procedure to submit them as a contribution to the official Armbian project?

There are unfortunately no detailed instructions how to add new boards or board families to the build framework yet. This is a very extensive topic. However there are a few existing pull requests that should give clues like https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7902/files

 

9 hours ago, C127 said:

2.  Testing: My build is based on the nightly branch. I am looking for volunteers to help test the image. Is there a specific forum section or process for sharing test images and gathering community feedback?

No, since it is community supported use Stating section for Rockchip devices in forums.

 

 

I did a quick check on your work.

- dts files which aren't upstreamed (yet) shall be added in full into the dt folder of the equivalent kernel patch directory (patch/kernel/archive/rockchip64-6.16/dt to say). You can use kernel-dtb build command to extract such a full tree.

- this also avoids my 2nd concern which is modifying the existing orangepi-5.dtsi and disabling nodes which where later re-added with another patch.

- if possible try to bump to latest mainline u-boot, so either v2025.04 or wait a bit longer for v2025.07 which is currently RC.

[can't boot with image Armbian 25.5.1 Bookworm]

Personalized support: https://calendly.com/armbian/consultation

[can't boot with image Armbian 25.5.1 Bookworm]

No need to manually adjust partitions. At first boot Armbian will expand rootfs automatically using all available space on sdcard.

USBimager is known to work well on Win32 as well as Linux. Rufus is neither tested nor supported method.

[Armbian 25.5.1 Noble Gnome can not open remote dosktop]

https://forum.armbian.com/terms

[can't boot with image Armbian 25.5.1 Bookworm]

Double-check what you are booting from and which image you use. The screenshot says kernel version 4.9.170 while the mentioned Armbian version is mainline with 6.12.y

[oops when I restart - works fine if I shut down and cold boot.]

Here are a few generic tips to consider:

- Going to something industrial grade is always good. mean-well would be entry-level here

- Phone chargers are not good for powering SBCs. They're designed to handle constant load while SBCs draw is variable depending on load.

- Usually SBCs prefer slight overvoltage. So it is usually not an issue to feed them with an PSU that outputs 5.1 or 5.2 volts since this compensates for losses across wires, connectors and the PCB anyway.

 

I personally have a mean well HRP-200-5 which powers all my sbcs but would be way too much for a single one.

Official chargers from Raspberry or Orangepi would do too since they already come with slight overvoltage by design.

[oops when I restart - works fine if I shut down and cold boot.]

Cannot reproduce. Same board, same kernel: https://paste.armbian.com/difezakigu

 

Try swapping PSU to another (better) one and check connectors and wiring. Undervoltage can cause all sorts of hard-to-explain trouble.

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[oops when I restart - works fine if I shut down and cold boot.]

1 hour ago, jondowd said:

and what other information can I give that would help diagnose my trouble?

 

2 hours ago, Werner said:

Also armbianmonitor -u can be helpful.

 

[Remote backup of SD card for an Orange Pi?]

Maybe this helps? https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29427-shrink-backup-a-tool-for-backing-up-sbcs/

[oops when I restart - works fine if I shut down and cold boot.]

3 hours ago, jondowd said:

a long Oops message.

Which you won't share since we all have second sights, right?

 

Also armbianmonitor -u can be helpful.

 

I have an Opi5 with nvme here and reboot works fine.

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8 hours ago, Igor said:

Do we have any stats for that?

nope, just checked.

[OPI 4A - Allwinner T527]

fwiw I was able to build a set of Armbian kernel packages based on 6.16-rc1 and this patchset: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250619173007.3367034-1-wens@kernel.org/

If it works, no clue, don't have the hw. Just played around.

https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8330

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Once we do the major bump to v5 we should focus on getting Github to work and - if reasonable - drop commercial proprietary logins like Facebook and so on. Less pain, more freedom

 

[Sound works but only with certain versions]

Providing logs with 

armbianmonitor -u

 helps with troubleshooting and significantly raises chances that issue gets addressed.

[How install Armbian to tvbox Ugoos SK1 ( chip S928X-K )]

Okay, then you have to adjust the source to mitigate the issue.

Also log excerpts are often useless.

 

My random guess is that uboot is some old outdated version depending on python2 which has been deprecated years ago.

[How install Armbian to tvbox Ugoos SK1 ( chip S928X-K )]

Ask where you got the source code from.

[Please support chip Armlogic S928X-K for Ugoos SK1 device]

duplicate

[Cubieboard 1 - No display output when booting Debian 12 image]

https://debug.armbian.de

[How install Armbian to tvbox Ugoos SK1 ( chip S928X-K )]

1 hour ago, Nguyễn Tất Hùng said:

https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian

This is not Armbian. It is a fork that uses the name Armbian without permission. Also they do not contribute to the project. If you have questions about their images you have to ask at their place.

[How install Armbian to tvbox Ugoos SK1 ( chip S928X-K )]

no. I don't deal with tvboxes

[How install Armbian to tvbox Ugoos SK1 ( chip S928X-K )]

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Here are some:https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/

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[pwm overlay broken on kernel 6.12]

6.12.y current is far from being feature-complete and won't get any new ones but bug fixes only.

Try 6.1.y vendor or 6.15 edge.