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https://zuckerbude.org/armbian-using-kernel-config/ https://www.google.com/search?q=google+how+to+load+linux+kernel+modules

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Switches/ Look for ENABLE_EXTENSIONS

Here is an sample implementation of both: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/51915-server-vs-desktop-images/#findComment-218346

You can see here what the most important one does: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/extensions/mesa-vpu.sh

Hm sounds like it all boils down to mesa. Ubuntu Noble has kisak ppa to provide a more current version while Debian can pull more recent mesa packages from backports. mesa-vpu extension should deal with that.

https://forum.armbian.com/subscriptions/ Being a Gold Partner would be a good start. Software development is expensive and unfortunately getting 10 bucks here and there are simply not enough to make a living from for anyone.

Desktop images have some standard adjustments, like other wallpaper or certain extensions enabled. Driver, or kernel-wise, they are, depending on things mentioned earlier, identical to server images. You can check the build framework on Github for all the code.

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_FAQ/#why-is-there-no-image-for-board-with-bookwormjammynobletrixie-and-minimalclignomekdexfce-with-vendorlegacycurrentedge-kernel

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Probably because nobody implemented this yet. Feel free to do so and send a PR.

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Use edge or vendor for more features. current will stick to 6.12 LTS kernel which will receive fixes only.

Using screen is sufficient. No settings besides baud rate (115200 for any Allwinner) need adjustments. As mentioned above make sure your serial device is correct. If you are unsure, simply - unplug - run sudo dmesg -ew - plug in and check output in the terminal with the command above. Also make sure wiring is correct. Ground to ground and rx/tx crossed.

You don't have to trust/use torrents to download Armbian. All images are available via http/s download as well. We cannot do anything against people (ab)using torrent protocol for non-legal things nor can we control where these torrents spread/end up if this is your main concern. If you are concerned that an images you have downloaded is non-geniune run a check before proceeding with installation: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/#download-and-verfication

I'd say start with the device tree. Maybe it is just not enabled? KDE 6 DE was introduce when it still was beta and I assume this never changed. Feel free to send a PR to make it stable.

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/9ff15f78966871bd737f0c8cbd23ee9fdb767b8d/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh#L48-L58 setting locale seem to fail. For the BTF thing either give the vm more memory (>8G), disable or enforce it as mentioned in the image and risk getting OOM killed.

Radxa is probably using Allwinner bsp kernel while Armbian is using mainline. Latter barely has any support for the A523/T527 SoC pushed to already. It will take a few years to have it matured decently. You can try to incorporate vendor kernel. Start here:https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/sources/families/sun55iw3.conf and https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/radxa-cubie-a5e.csc

wrong. auto-login is enabled on serial and hdmi only. ssh default login is always root/1234

Armbian has exactly zero in common with Android. Flashing from Android isn't supported either. https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/

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Try with a fresh image on sdcard. If there are SPI or eMMC and a way to disable them hardware-wise (I don't know this board) disable those. Check if it boots. If there is no output at all with the fresh image the board might be damaged.

https://debug.armbian.de

moved Why follow some random 3rd party text when there is a documentation available? https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/ Insufficient information. Which exact image? Try connect via ssh. If it works -> code { font-family: Consolas,"courier new"; color: crimson; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 2px; font-size: 105%; } armbianmonitor -u If not: https://debug.armbian.de

insufficient information.

A few days ago jammy and bullseye were moved to eol. While upstream may support these userspaces a few more years, Armbian does not have the resources to support more than the most current stable releases of Debian and Ubuntu, which are Bookworm and Noble at this time. You can still select them to build when passing EXPERT=yes switch to ./compile.sh but do not ask for support if something breaks. You are on your own.