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I ask for help if anyone has information about the image on the x96q TV set-top box, thank you in advance.

Are there any chances to enable i2c? I use the tv-box as a 3d printing server (klipper) openvfb is working fine, and I also managed to configure the G-Code Shell Command to display the remaining print time. I want to connect the g-sensor via the i2c bus, please tell me if possible. klipper@transpeed-8k618-t:~$ dmesg | grep i2c [ 1.374462] mv64xxx_i2c 5002c00.i2c: can't get pinctrl, bus recovery not supported [ 1.683314] axp20x-i2c 2-0036: AXP20x variant AXP313a found [ 1.683791] axp20x-i2c 2-0036: AXP20X driver loaded klipper@transpeed-8k618-t:~$ sudo /sbin/i2cdetect -l klipper@transpeed-8k618-t:~$

Good day to you))) I have a TV BOX TX9Pro. Chassis (Main Board): H616/H313mini84 V2.0 kernel 4.9.170 I would like to run one of the armbian builds on it. But I can’t figure out how to do this, here are the logs when starting the console... Is there support for this device? tell me what to do and how... Thanks in advance. U-Boot SPL 2021.04 (May 25 2023 - 13:03:46 +0200) DRAM:This DRAM setup is currently not supported. resetting ... [70]HELLO! BOOT0 is starting! [73]BOOT0 commit : 803d783 [75]set pll start [78]periph0 has been enabled [81]set pll end [83]unknow PMU [84]unknow PMU [86]PMU: AXP1530 [88]dram return write ok [90]board init ok [92]DRAM BOOT DRIVE INFO: V0.645 [96]the chip id is 0x5d00 [98]chip id check OK [103]DRAM_VCC set to 1500 mv [106]DRAM CLK =600 MHZ [108]DRAM Type =3 (3:DDR3,4:DDR4,7:LPDDR3,8:LPDDR4) [116]Actual DRAM SIZE =1024 M [118]DRAM SIZE =1024 MBytes, para1 = 30eb, para2 = 4000000, dram_tpr13 = 6041 [132]DRAM simple test OK. [134]rtc standby flag is 0x0, super standby flag is 0x0 [140]dram size =1024 [143]card no is 2 [145]sdcard 2 line count 8 [147][mmc]: mmc driver ver 2020-09-10 15:32 [157][mmc]: Wrong media type 0x0, but host sdc2, try mmc first [163][mmc]: ***Try MMC card 2*** [202][mmc]: RMCA OK! [204][mmc]: bias 4 [207][mmc]: MMC 5.0 [209][mmc]: HSSDR52/SDR25 8 bit [212][mmc]: 50000000 Hz [214][mmc]: 7456 MB [216][mmc]: ***SD/MMC 2 init OK!!!*** [291]Loading boot-pkg Succeed(index=0). [294]Entry_name = u-boot [304]Entry_name = monitor [307]Entry_name = dtbo [310]Entry_name = dtb [314]tunning data addr:0x4a0003e8 [317]Jump to second Boot. NOTICE: BL3-1: v1.0(debug):a0d3abd NOTICE: BL3-1: Built : 17:32:02, 2020-10-20 NOTICE: BL3-1 commit: 8 ERROR: Error initializing runtime service tspd_fast NOTICE: BL3-1: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world NOTICE: BL3-1: Next image address = 0x4a000000 NOTICE: BL3-1: Next image spsr = 0x1d3 U-Boot 2018.05 (Feb 15 2023 - 17:22:04 +0800) Allwinner Technology [00.391]CPU: Allwinner Family [00.394]Model: sun50iw9 I2C: ready [00.398]DRAM: 1 GiB [00.401]Relocation Offset is: 35ebf000 [00.442]secure enable bit: 0 [00.444]pmu_axp152_probe pmic_bus_read fail [00.448]PMU: AXP1530 [00.454]CPU=1008 MHz,PLL6=600 Mhz,AHB=200 Mhz, APB1=100Mhz MBus=400Mhz [00.462]drv_disp_init [00.492]__clk_enable: clk is null. [00.497]drv_disp_init finish [00.500]gic: sec monitor mode [00.522]flash init start [00.524]workmode = 0,storage type = 2 [00.528]MMC: 2 [00.529][mmc]: mmc driver ver uboot2018:2021-07-19 14:09:00 [00.535][mmc]: get sdc_type fail and use default host:tm4. [00.546][mmc]: SUNXI SDMMC Controller Version:0x40502 [00.590][mmc]: Best spd md: 4-HS400, freq: 3-100000000, Bus width: 8 [00.596]sunxi flash init ok [00.600]Loading Environment from SUNXI_FLASH... OK [00.609]usb burn from boot delay time 0 weak:otg_phy_config [00.623]usb prepare ok [01.426]overtime [01.430]do_burn_from_boot usb : no usb exist [01.434]boot_gui_init:start FAT: Misaligned buffer address (7be7be58) 32 bytes read in 4 ms (7.8 KiB/s) tcon_de_attach:de=0,tcon=2[01.567]boot_gui_init:finish [01.570]bmp_name=bootlogo.bmp 2764854 bytes read in 40 ms (65.9 MiB/s) [01.633]update dts ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** [01.642]load file(ULI/factory/rootwait init.txt) error. ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** [01.655]load file(ULI/factory/snum.txt) error. [01.659]name in map mac ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** [01.668]load file(ULI/factory/wifi_mac.txt) error. ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** [01.680]load file(ULI/factory/bt_mac.txt) error. ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** [01.692]load file(ULI/factory/selinux.txt) error. ** Unrecognized filesystem type ** [01.704]load file(ULI/factory/specialstr.txt) error. [01.713]update part info [01.738]update bootcmd [01.740]No ethernet found. Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 [02.050]Starting kernel ... [02.053][mmc]: mmc exit start [02.101][mmc]: mmc 2 exit ok [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0 [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.9.170 (akrd6@R740XD) (gcc version 5.3.1 20160412(Linaro GCC 5.3-2016.05) ) #80 SMP PREEMPT Wed Feb 15 17:22:30 CST 2023 [ 0.000000] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [410fd034] [ 0.000000] bootconsole [earlycon0] enabled [ 0.027874] BOOTEVENT: 27.858249: ON [ 0.242175] sunxi_i2c_probe()2209 - [i2c3] warning: failed to get regulator d [ 0.243164] sunxi_i2c_probe()2209 - [i2c5] warning: failed to get regulator d [ 0.244517] axp2101-regulator axp2101-regulator.0: Setting DCDC frequency fo unsupported AXP variant [ 0.244601] axp2101-regulator axp2101-regulator.0: Error setting dcdc frequecy: -22 [ 0.279245] [ac200] get ave_regulator_name failed! [ 0.279751] [ac200] pwm enable [ 0.363211] gpio_pin_4(229) gpio_request fail [ ▒[ 0.369727] uart uart1: get regulator failed [ 0.402346] [NAND][NE] Not found valid nand node on dts [ 0.411005] sunxi-wlan soc@03000000:wlan: get gpio chip_en failed [ 0.417894] sunxi-wlan soc@03000000:wlan: get gpio power_en failed [ 0.550010] hci: request ohci1-controller gpio:232 [ 0.742282] axp2101_pek: axp2101-pek can not register without irq [ 0.752785] sunxi_ir_startup: get ir protocol failed [ 0.761135] VE: get debugfs_mpp_root is NULL, please check mpp [ 0.761135] [ 0.769395] VE: sunxi ve debug register driver failed! [ 0.769395] [ 0.784659] mmc:failed to get gpios [ 0.865627] mmc:failed to get gpios [ 0.901895] FD655: ==fd655_driver_probe==================== [ 0.908284] FD655: : (null) [ 0.909038] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 52, RTO !! [ 0.912260] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 52, RTO !! [ 0.926757] FD655: : (null) [ 0.929915] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 5, RTO !! [ 0.935814] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 5, RTO !! [ 0.941713] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 5, RTO !! [ 0.947606] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 5, RTO !! [ 0.953859] FD655: register_fd655_driver: Successed to add fd655 module [ 0.973520] failed get gpio-spdif gpio from dts,spdif_gpio:-2 [ 0.983217] [audio-codec]dachpf_cfg configurations missing or invalid. [ 0.990865] lineout_vol:26, linein_gain:3, fmin_gain:3, digital_vol:0, adcdr_cfg:0, adchpf_cfg:0, dacdrc_cfg:0, dachpf_cfg:0, ramp_func_used:1, pa_msleep_tme:160, pa_ctl_level:0, gpio-spk:0 [ 1.014903] sndhdmi sndhdmi: ASoC: CPU DAI (null) not registered [ 1.021698] sndhdmi sndhdmi: snd_soc_register_card() failed: -517 [ 1.035293] sunxi-ahub-cpudai 5097000.cpudai3-controller: ahub cpudai id invlid [ 1.068733] ERROR: pinctrl_get for HDMI2.0 DDC fail [ 1.078344] tv_probe()1435 - of_property_read_string tv_power failed! [ 1.174637] cpu cpu1: opp_list_debug_create_link: Failed to create link [ 1.182156] cpu cpu1: _add_opp_dev: Failed to register opp debugfs (-12) [ 1.189771] cpu cpu2: opp_list_debug_create_link: Failed to create link [ 1.197234] cpu cpu2: _add_opp_dev: Failed to register opp debugfs (-12) [ 1.204828] cpu cpu3: opp_list_debug_create_link: Failed to create link [ 1.212279] cpu cpu3: _add_opp_dev: Failed to register opp debugfs (-12) [ 1.684491] selinux: avc: denied { set } for scontext=u:r:vendor_init:s0 context=u:object_r:default_prop:s0 tclass=property_service permissive=1 [ 1.684491] [ 1.702686] selinux: avc: denied { set } for scontext=u:r:vendor_init:s0 context=u:object_r:dalvik_prop:s0 tclass=property_service permissive=1 [ 1.702686] [ 2.576915] FAT-fs (mmcblk0p15): bogus number of reserved sectors console:/ $ [ 8.720978] apexd: Failed to walk /product/apex : Can't open /prduct/apex for reading : No such file or directory ^C 130|console:/ $ [ 22.711942] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 52, RTO !! [ 22.913822] SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc2:0001:1: vendor = 0x3030 device = 0x3030 [ 22.947618] SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc2:0001:1: dataIOPort 0x10000 regIOPort 0x10020 [ 22.958352] sunxi-mmc sdc1: smc 2 p1 err, cmd 52, RE RCE !! [ 23.030814] SSV6XXX_SDIO mmc2:0001:1: dataIOPort 0x10000 regIOPort 0x10020 [ 23.057388] SSV6XXX HCI TX Task started. [ 23.135876] Enable HCI TX aggregation [ 24.042450] SSV WLAN driver SSV6006C: Set new macaddr [ 24.060821] SSV WLAN driver SSV6006C: VIF 08:1a:1e:fd:85:e4 of type 2 is added. [ 25.361805] SSV WLAN driver SSV6006C: Set new macaddr [ 25.386662] SSV WLAN driver SSV6006C: VIF 08:1a:1e:fd:85:e5 of type 2 is added. [ 27.173711] selinux: avc: denied { set } for property=sys.config.rootservice pid=2978 uid=0 gid=0 scontext=u:r:rootservice:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:system_prop:s0 tclass=property_service permissive=1 [ 27.173711] [ 27.207603] audit: rate limit exceeded [ 30.214797] apexd: Can't open /product/apex for reading : No such file or directory U-Boot SPL 2021.04 (May 25 2023 - 13:03:46 +0200) /system/bin/sh: syntax error: unexpected '(' 1|console:/ $ DRAM:This DRAM setup is currently not supported. /system/bin/sh: DRAM:This: inaccessible or not found 127|console:/ $ [ 34.750480] selinux: avc: denied { set } for property=supolicy.loaded pid=3902 uid=0 gid=0 scontext=u:r:toolbox:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:default_prop:s0 tclass=property_service permissive=1 [ 34.750480] U-Boot SPL 2021.04 (May 25 2023 - 13:03:46 +0200) /system/bin/sh: syntax error: unexpected '(' 1|console:/ $ DRAM:This DRAM setup is currently not supported. /system/bin/sh: DRAM:This: inaccessible or not found 127|console:/ $

I'm curious to experiment with LLMs on an RK3566 TV Box. I managed to build a working Debian disto for it, but wasn't able to locate any NPU support in the kernel configuration. Anyone know how to build such a kernel for the RK3566, with support for the inbuilt NPU, or preferably, how to add build a NPU kernel module that can be linked-in? Any hints, suggestion or links greatly appreciated. GBEM 👽

1, serial port: open the box, on the backside, there are 3 hole, which is serail port, from right to left, they are TX, GND, RX, serial config is 150000n8. first log: we know the memory is 8GB Lp4x. Ddr version is V1.14. freq=324Mhz? which is from rkbin repo. next step try to use ctrl+c to stop auto boot.

@samircobra these TV BOXes with Rockship are very robust and well documented here in Armbian. Once, I even caused a short circuit (a true hard-reset) in its memory system, and the board reverted to its original ROM. Regarding your question, follow the instructions for the classic Rockchip devices on the main Armbian page. The steps described there are detailed and clear. Good Luck

Hello Community!!! I got this device https://linux-sunxi.org/Sunchip_SDK-758 I’m trying to boot armbian Armbian_23.11.1_Cubietruck_jammy_current_6.1.63_xfce_desktop.img Burned image with balena etcher, phoenixcard( invalid image), win32diskimager, and DD but same result…board won’t boot complaining about missing Ethernet If I insert the sd card and an usb key burned both with same image the board boots correctly. Only caveat is I need that usb because it’s the only one working so I can’t log in with keyboard and ethernet seems not to work properly so i can't SSH into it Is there a way to make it boot only on sdcard? additional info---->actually board is flashed with ubuntuone (kernel 3.4.709) it boots properly from nand i found this .FEX file here https://github.com/ade-ma/A20Notes might it be helpful? .....i'm getting crazy burning dozens of images finding the right one thnx in advance

THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED Bbut since I'm on edge anyway: I could not apply the patch as I did not have .dtsi file anywhere in /boot/dts/rockchip. So I tried to enable it manually by dts/dtb conversion, but that just did not work. So there is more to it than the patch alone. So I tried a different hackier route: I replaced the dtb with one from LibreElec, just to see if it would work, and it does: cd /tmp wget https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img.gz zcat LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img.gz > LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img sudo fdisk -l /tmp/LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img | grep img1 ## /tmp/LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img1 * 32768 1081343 1048576 512M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) sudo mount -o loop,offset=$((512*32768)) LibreELEC-RK3588.aarch64-12.90.1-nanopi-r6c.img /mnt sudo cp -p /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb.orig sudo cp -p /mnt/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb /boot/dtb/rockchip/rk3588s-nanopi-r6c.dtb sudo umount /mnt ## reboot the machine Hey, I got sound, yay! @The Tall Man Will this work on other boards ? Idk ymmv. But it has dtb's for orangepi-5/b/max/plus/ultra In short: the kernel has sound implemented since 6.15rc1, so its just the Device Tree that needs to be updated. Otherwise this would not have worked.

@pochopsp - you can buy two tv-boxes of the same type at once from the same seller and they might have different hardware internally still - that is the reason why it is not prossible to provide really good images for tv boxes: the hardware is simply too random and often also low quality

Good morning, I'm trying to remove the Android layer from my T95N Mini MX+ and install ArmBian. Can you help me please? Thank you for your reply

I know an expert in rk3528, his name is @fensoft we are depending on him finding a weekend to dedicate to the community https://github.com/ilyakurdyukov/rk3528-tvbox he will help us by taking this repository and including it in armbian with a wonderful pull request I would like to buy this board and join the fun that you have, but my country has literally started an embargo on all TV boxes

Hello! So i am newbie on this subject, and i want to try Home Assistant and for that, i need to install ARMBian on an Android Box and i have no idea yet how to do it. First i would like to know which version of ARMBian should i install on a R-TV Box S10? That box has a Amlogic S912 socket 3Gb RAM and 32Gb ROM. Which firmware should i install to achieve my goal and how to do it? Thanks in advance for all the help.

Hi, After running armbian-install on S905x device it stopped booting. USB Burning Tool doesn't recognize the device, nothing. After connecting to UART it looks like install script has overwritten the original u-boot. That's the boot log from UART connection without sd card: GXL:BL1:9ac50e:a1974b;FEAT:ADFC318C;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;0.0;CHK:0; TE: 104174 BL2 Built : 11:58:42, May 27 2017. gxl gc3c9a84 - xiaobo.gu@droid05 set vcck to 1120 mv set vddee to 1000 mv Board ID = 1 CPU clk: 1200MHz DQS-corr enabled DDR scramble enabled DDR3 chl: Rank0+1 @ 912MHz - PASS Rank0: 1024MB(auto)-2T-13 Rank1: 1024MB(auto)-2T-13 DataBus test pass! AddrBus test pass! -s Load fip header from eMMC, src: 0x0000c200, des: 0x01400000, size: 0x00004000 New fip structure! Load bl30 from eMMC, src: 0x00010200, des: 0x01100000, size: 0x0000d600 Load bl31 from eMMC, src: 0x00020200, des: 0x05100000, size: 0x00018400 Load bl33 from eMMC, src: 0x0003c200, des: 0x01000000, size: 0x000af000 NOTICE: BL3-1: v1.0(release):3348978 NOTICE: BL3-1: Built : 15:44:01, May 12 2017 [BL31]: GXL CPU setup! mpu_config_enable:ok [Image: gxl_v1.1.3221-2cfba69 2017-05-27 16:03:58 qiufang.dai@droid07] OPS=0x82 8f bb f0 da ba 22 d2 cf 1 b0 31 f4 [0.359461 Inits done] secure task start! high task start! low task start! ERROR: Error initializing runtime service opteed_fast <debug_uart> U-Boot 2022.07-armbian (Nov 25 2023 - 12:50:42 +0000) libretech-cc Model: Libre Computer AML-S905X-CC SoC: Amlogic Meson GXL (S905X) Revision 21:b (82:2) DRAM: 2 GiB Core: 169 devices, 27 uclasses, devicetree: separate MMC: mmc@72000: 0, mmc@74000: 1 Loading Environment from nowhere... OK In: serial Out: serial Err: serial [BL31]: tee size: 0 [BL31]: tee size: 0 Net: eth0: ethernet@c9410000 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 switch to partitions #0, OK mmc1(part 0) is current device Scanning mmc 1:1... Found /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf Retrieving file: /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf 1: Armbian Retrieving file: /uInitrd ** File not found /uInitrd ** Skipping Armbian for failure retrieving initrd SCRIPT FAILED: continuing... Found U-Boot script /boot/boot.scr 8147 bytes read in 1 ms (7.8 MiB/s) ## Executing script at 08000000 U-boot default fdtfile: amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dtb Current variant: Current fdtfile after armbianEnv: amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dtb Mainline bootargs: root=/dev/mmcblk1p1 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 splash=verbose c onsole=ttyAML0,115200 console=tty1 consoleblank=0 coherent_pool=2M loglevel=1 ub ootpart=d27dbd06-01 libata.force=noncq usb-storage.quirks= cgroup_enable=memo ry swapaccount=1 22783841 bytes read in 500 ms (43.5 MiB/s) 27433472 bytes read in 601 ms (43.5 MiB/s) 40228 bytes read in 4 ms (9.6 MiB/s) Failed to load '/boot/dtb/amlogic/overlay/-fixup.scr' ## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 13000000 ... Image Name: uInitrd Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 22783777 Bytes = 21.7 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Verifying Checksum ... OK ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 04080000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x4080000 Loading Ramdisk to 7a982000, end 7bf3c721 ... OK Loading Device Tree to 000000007a90f000, end 000000007a981fff ... OK "Synchronous Abort" handler, esr 0x96000004 elr: 00000000010656ec lr : 0000000001055038 (reloc) elr: 000000007dfb46ec lr : 000000007dfa4038 x0 : e14b4287a666c25d x1 : 000000007dfbc290 x2 : 0000000000000010 x3 : 000000007bf54e10 x4 : 0000000000000000 x5 : e14b4287a666c25d x6 : 0000000001000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000007 x9 : 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000178 x11: 000000007bf40eec x12: 00000000000000a4 x13: 000000007bf40ea8 x14: 000000007a90f000 x15: 0000000000000020 x16: 000000007df5946c x17: 0000000000000000 x18: 000000007bf4cdb0 x19: 000000007af41040 x20: 000000007df4fb18 x21: 000000007dfbc290 x22: 0000000000001000 x23: 000000007bf54d60 x24: 000000007dfdacb8 x25: 0000000001000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000001000000 x28: 0000000000001000 x29: 000000007bf40ea0 Code: eb04005f 54000061 52800000 14000006 (386468a3) Resetting CPU ... resetting ... bl31 reboot reason: 0xd bl31 reboot reason: 0x0 system cmd 1. And with sd card GXL:BL1:9ac50e:a1974b;FEAT:ADFC318C;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;0.0;CHK:0; TE: 103545 BL2 Built : 11:58:42, May 27 2017. gxl gc3c9a84 - xiaobo.gu@droid05 set vcck to 1120 mv set vddee to 1000 mv Board ID = 1 CPU clk: 1200MHz DQS-corr enabled DDR scramble enabled DDR3 chl: Rank0+1 @ 912MHz - PASS Rank0: 1024MB(auto)-2T-13 Rank1: 1024MB(auto)-2T-13 DataBus test pass! AddrBus test pass! -s Load fip header from eMMC, src: 0x0000c200, des: 0x01400000, size: 0x00004000 New fip structure! Load bl30 from eMMC, src: 0x00010200, des: 0x01100000, size: 0x0000d600 Load bl31 from eMMC, src: 0x00020200, des: 0x05100000, size: 0x00018400 Load bl33 from eMMC, src: 0x0003c200, des: 0x01000000, size: 0x000af000 NOTICE: BL3-1: v1.0(release):3348978 NOTICE: BL3-1: Built : 15:44:01, May 12 2017 [BL31]: GXL CPU setup! mpu_config_enable:ok [Image: gxl_v1.1.3221-2cfba69 2017-05-27 16:03:58 qiufang.dai@droid07] OPS=0x82 8f bb f0 da ba 22 d2 cf 1 b0 31 f4 [0.358822 Inits done] secure task start! high task start! low task start! ERROR: Error initializing runtime service opteed_fast <debug_uart> U-Boot 2022.07-armbian (Nov 25 2023 - 12:50:42 +0000) libretech-cc Model: Libre Computer AML-S905X-CC SoC: Amlogic Meson GXL (S905X) Revision 21:b (82:2) DRAM: 2 GiB Core: 169 devices, 27 uclasses, devicetree: separate MMC: mmc@72000: 0, mmc@74000: 1 Loading Environment from nowhere... OK In: serial Out: serial Err: serial [BL31]: tee size: 0 [BL31]: tee size: 0 Net: eth0: ethernet@c9410000 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 switch to partitions #0, OK mmc0 is current device Scanning mmc 0:1... Found /extlinux/extlinux.conf Retrieving file: /extlinux/extlinux.conf 1: Armbian Retrieving file: /uInitrd Retrieving file: /Image append: root=UUID=a6cf29bd-49ae-4d3b-bf22-800408ae1fba rootflags=data=writeback console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 rw no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0 splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles Retrieving file: /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb Moving Image from 0x8080000 to 0x8200000, end=9cd0000 ## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 13000000 ... Image Name: uInitrd Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 22783777 Bytes = 21.7 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Verifying Checksum ... OK ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 08008000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x8008000 Loading Ramdisk to 7a982000, end 7bf3c721 ... OK Loading Device Tree to 000000007a975000, end 000000007a98169c ... OK "Synchronous Abort" handler, esr 0x96000004 elr: 00000000010656ec lr : 0000000001055038 (reloc) elr: 000000007dfb46ec lr : 000000007dfa4038 x0 : e14b4287a666c25d x1 : 000000007dfbc290 x2 : 0000000000000010 x3 : 000000007bf54e10 x4 : 0000000000000000 x5 : e14b4287a666c25d x6 : 0000000001000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000007 x9 : 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000188 x11: 000000007bf409ec x12: 00000000000000b4 x13: 000000007bf409a8 x14: 000000007a975000 x15: 0000000000000020 x16: 000000007df7a768 x17: 0000000000000000 x18: 000000007bf4cdb0 x19: 000000007af41040 x20: 000000007df4fb18 x21: 000000007dfbc290 x22: 0000000000001000 x23: 000000007bf54d60 x24: 000000007dfdacb8 x25: 0000000001000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000001000000 x28: 0000000000001000 x29: 000000007bf409a0 Code: eb04005f 54000061 52800000 14000006 (386468a3) Resetting CPU ... resetting ... bl31 reboot reason: 0xd bl31 reboot reason: 0x0 system cmd 1. Is there any way to restore original firmware?

I also purchased this MXQ Pro 4K 5G TV box but I'm not sure if it's rk3128 or rk322x, how do I know for sure? the host name print rk322x but cpuinfo print rk3128: rk322x_box:/ # getprop ro.hardware ro.hardware.chipname rk30board rk322x_box:/ # cat /proc/cpuinfo Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) processor : 0 model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) BogoMIPS : 48.00 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 evtstrm CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xc07 CPU revision : 5 processor : 1 model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) BogoMIPS : 48.00 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 evtstrm CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xc07 CPU revision : 5 processor : 2 model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) BogoMIPS : 48.00 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 evtstrm CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xc07 CPU revision : 5 processor : 3 model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) BogoMIPS : 48.00 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 evtstrm CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xc07 CPU revision : 5 Hardware : Rockchip RK3128 Revision : 0000 Serial : b57642ed91a64924

Per the install instructions on this site, if you have ever booted a different distribution then your box will be incompatible with the Armbian build. Although it is generally using coreelec builds that will do this. I don't know about the libreelec builds. Also you need to provide a lot more information about what you are doing. There are a number of steps in installing armbian on a TV box and you haven't specified any of the steps you performed. Finally debugging boot issues often requires that you find the debug serial console connection on the board and hook up a usb uart reader to get at the boot messages.

@RealAn DTS for Kernel 6.1: Unfortunately, all boards for TV Box device are embargoed upon landing in my country's territory. If any Golden Knight wants to do the development, I believe this is a good time.

Hello, I have recently found two android TV boxes and am interested in getting Armbian running on them versus the very deprecated Android versions they have. Doing a little research, I've found that they're MXQ EasyView TV models and run on ARM processors similar to my Le Potatoes that I've been playing around with for a few months. I've found their webpage, and it's pretty comical. Unfortunately, they don't list the exact ARM processor and/or specs and just looking up MXQ results in newer models only and Easyview barely anything except the mentioned site. https://easyviewtv.com/homepage.html Now, there does look like there was a project at one point, but unfortunately it is seemingly cancelled? The websites hosting it are no longer available. I was wondering if anybody came across these and successfully got linux running on them or know of any ways to get them rooted? They'd be fantastic mini-pcs to accompany my Le Potatoes.

@pochopsp - as you contacted me via message directly, let me respond here: i can only repeat what @SteeMan already said - you can either do your own research and experiments if you get some newer u-boot built and working (which will be a lot of learning and effort and can also fail in the end) or you accept that running from emmc will not work on your box and continue to use an sd card (which should work nearly as good as running from internal storage) - there is no easy tutorial to get it working, either it works out of the box (as the box is closer to one of the supported and tested ones) or you have to find your own way to get it working with those tv boxes ...

Hi everyone, I’m trying to run Armbian on my old Mecool BB2 Pro TV box but I can’t get it to boot at all – the device always goes straight into Android. Device specs: Model: Mecool BB2 Pro CPU: Amlogic S912 (octa-core Cortex-A53) GPU: ARM Mali-T820MP3 RAM: 3GB DDR3 eMMC: 16GB Connectivity: 2× USB, HDMI, AV, SPDIF, Ethernet Gigabit Wi-Fi/Bluetooth: (chip unknown, maybe AP6255) What I tried so far: Burned several Armbian images with Etcher and DD in Linux. Tried both SD card and USB stick. Tested multiple DTBs: gxm_q200_3g, gxm_q201_3g, p212_3g, and some generic ones. Formatted SD card partition as FAT16 as suggested in some guides. Flashed u-boot.bin manually using dd with byte skipping (e.g. bs=1 skip=444 seek=444 conv=fsync). CoreELEC partially boots, so the box can boot from external media. With Armbian, however, it never even attempts to boot – it just goes straight into Android. What I’m looking for: Confirmation if Armbian can run on this device at all. Which DTB (if any) is recommended for this specific model. Any tips for debugging why Armbian is skipped but CoreELEC boots. If anyone has managed to run Armbian on this box, I’d really appreciate your guidance. Thanks in advance!

Ok, figured it out My first mistake was not copying the proper u-boot file to the /boot folder cause the folder didn't exist when I flashed it with Balena Second, this box has a weird set of hardware that had issues with CoreELEC and even the Official Android upgrade, hence bricking into the Android dead robot and allowing me to force an upgrade with the official Android that fixed the partitions so I could run Armbian Third, the correct DTB for this box was meson-gxm-q200.dtb that makes everything works (attached a hw info file for future references) As of the moment, the Armbian is working perfectly. SSH works and it's displaying everything correctly. Not going to mess with Wi-Fi cause I don't really care about it. Again, thank you so much SteeMan for the help, the instructions and everything. I'll upload the hw_info and the URL for both "official" Android 7.1.1 upgrades (PC and SD flash images) for anyone to find cause it took me around a week to find those. Official MeCool BB2 Pro Android: https://www.geekbuying.com/geekgiz/2018/06/mecool-bb2-pro-s912-3gb16gb-tv-box-firmware-update-20180202/?admitad_uid=b4ee2a23c13552c70bd97fdfc0371b76&utm_source=4pda.ru&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ilia hw_info.log

That change is already merged into Armbian for the orange pi zero LTS. It was such a long time ago, I don't remember how to use it right now. https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/9ef5b99b220c5e77b55514136e025008c16ccbfd/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/patches.armbian/enable-TV-Output-on-OrangePi-Zero-LTE.patch#L8 https://github.com/armbian/build/commit/41260ac309b487d241fec97ffbdeced730bc2d04 Partial progress log https://forum.armbian.com/topic/22226-orange-pi-zero-lts-tv-out-in-2022/#findComment-162035

Hello guys! I have a T95Z Plus TV BOX with 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, and an arm S912 CPU. I can run Armbian just fine from the SD card, but when I try to install it on the eMMC, I get an error message saying something like, "You're already running from eMMC, or the eMMC was not found." And, obviously, I'm not running from eMMC, so it seems like the system just isn't detecting it. I did some research, and it seems like there might be different eMMC manufacturers for the same T95Z Plus model. So, I might need to adjust the "Max frequency" parameter in the .DTB file for the T95Z Plus in order for Armbian to recognize the eMMC on my device. Does that sound right? If so, where should I start? Should I randomly change that parameter, or is there a table of parameters I can use to try different values until it works? Thanks!

thank you so much for the link, after trying some of the older tinkerboard .deb archives from there I was able to install one that didn't have the two missing deps eventually and, lo and behold, I could even feel the accelerated desktop from the login window, even before confirming it with the much snappier webgl aquarium test, that jumped from about one fps to almost 60 there are still some kinks, like h264ify being installed but not doing squat (youtube is still av1 and hangs the whole system), but I'll take what I got for now as for the SOC being 2017....I'm fully aware that like everything Asus makes, it becomes e-waste after 2 years, I could probably try to flip this board online for $1 and no one would buy it, but I still believe it should be enough for me to stream video from my NAS on my secondary TV using 5-15W, kind of like those crappy Android sticks that plug into HDMI and an extra USB port I have yet to decide if my next SBC should be a rk3588 board or just bite the bullet and get some N100 SBC that's probably cheaper (I live in Europe, Orange Pi 5 probably goes for more than a used PS5 with all the taxes), can run anything and won't be forever stuck on whatever this year's trending distro is

Hello, when the tv box loads Armbian, the device shutdown and does not turn on

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