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The topic is no longer new, but I have not found the reason and its solution! If you turn off the power (just pull out the wire) then you can get a non-working system. As I noticed, the files opened at the time of launch are broken. And some files such as /etc/boot/armbianEnv.txt in general, they are recorded with some kind of garbage!!! Because of this, your settings fly off! For example, I use ttys1 and this option is registered armbianEnv.txt , but after the power loss, there is just terrible garbage in this file, as if the memory dump fell there!!! For example, I still use dotnet, so it also breaks down and does not start anymore!! When you try to run dotnet from the command line, you get a bus error! Of course, deleting and reinstalling it solves the problem. You may also get problems with apt! I certainly expected this from windows. But for linux to be somewhat unreliable is a tin and a disappointment!! Why does this happen and how to treat it??? Now I have made a sh script to check the integrity of files and restore them. But these are crutches and a shame for linux!!! Maybe arabian is crooked and unreliable? or is it a disease of all systems??? I must say right away that the SD card is normal! This has been tested on 10 minicomputers. It's the same problem everywhere!

Hello. I have a problem with Orange Pi Zero LTS. I also have an expansion board and the required 3.5-jack cable. I have read many different forums and sites where people have described problems with video signal output. Often there are solutions such as: 1. Editing the file /boot/script.bin But this file does not exist. 2. They also talk about the launch of "tv". You need to add an entry to /etc/modules. But that doesn't work either, since ./tvout doesn't exist. As I understand it, in new versions there is no TV support, but there is no way to download old versions either. The latest version that can be downloaded is 5.59, but it also does not support TV. Some people since ~2019-2020 are wondering when this ability will be returned. I have the following questions: 1. Where can I download a version like 5.25 or older? 2. Or is there another way for Armbian to turn on the video signal? 3. Why did the developers remove this function? 4. And why haven't they brought this function back yet? P.S. Sorry for my english

Hello! I have installed image Armbian_24.2.1_Orangepizero_jammy_current_6.6.20_minimal.img from https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero/ Orange Pi Zero H2+ 256M There are only utils root@mobi:~# armbian armbian-add-overlay armbian-install armbianmonitor https://paste.armbian.com/ayoxebogog

I have followed this guide and I can boot my Orange Pi Zero from SSD without the need for an SD card inserted. I want to keep a bootable backup for my system in case the SSD gets corrupted. I was thinking to clone my system in a USB stick (just like I did to clone from SD to SSD) and then use rsync once a week to keep everything up to date with a script like that. If I go in armbian-config > system > install I can see only one option: "Install/Update the bootloader on SD/eMMC". How could I clone from SSD to a USB stick? Is there a command like `sudo nand-sata-install`?

Hello Dear all, I dont really understand why netplan is renderer: NetworkManager I try to put wpa_supplicant.conf but does not work. I have add my profile in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ and test to connect with armbian-config it work. But, I don't know how to make my system automatically connect to wifi this way? Many thanks in advance for help.

Hi I have installed the latest image for Orange Pi Zero v1 https://dl.armbian.com/orangepizero/archive/Armbian_24.2.1_Orangepizero_bookworm_current_6.6.20.img.xz link from https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero/ After the first boot, I see that it is kernel 6.6.20 Welcome to Armbian 24.2.1 Bookworm with Linux 6.6.20-current-sunxi Linux version 6.6.20-current-sunxi (armbian@next) (arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.38) #1 SMP Sat Mar 2 17:23:09 UTC 2024 and when I run apt update& apt upgrade apt list --upgradable Listing... Done armbian-firmware/bookworm,bookworm 24.2.1 all [upgradable from: 24.2.1] linux-image-current-sunxi/bookworm 24.2.1 armhf [upgradable from: 24.2.1] and when running apt upgrade apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: armbian-firmware linux-image-current-sunxi 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 111 MB of archives. After this operation, 42.3 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://fi.mirror.armbian.de/apt bookworm/main armhf armbian-firmware all 24.2.1 [75.2 MB] Get:2 http://fi.mirror.armbian.de/apt bookworm/main armhf linux-image-current-sunxi armhf 24.2.1 [35.7 MB] Fetched 111 MB in 1min 6s (1,678 kB/s) (Reading database ... 41412 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../armbian-firmware_24.2.1_all.deb ... Unpacking armbian-firmware (24.2.1) over (24.2.1) ... Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-current-sunxi_24.2.1_armhf.deb ... Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.20-current-sunxi': 'prerm' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.20-current-sunxi': 'prerm' finishing. Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.16-current-sunxi': 'preinst' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.16-current-sunxi': 'preinst' finishing. Unpacking linux-image-current-sunxi (24.2.1) over (24.2.1) ... Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.20-current-sunxi': 'postrm' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.20-current-sunxi': 'postrm' finishing. Setting up linux-image-current-sunxi (24.2.1) ... Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.16-current-sunxi': 'postinst' starting. dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.6.16-current-sunxi was skipped since the kernel headers for this kernel do not seem to be installed. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.6.16-current-sunxi update-initramfs: Armbian: Converting to u-boot format: /boot/uInitrd-6.6.16-current-sunxi Image Name: uInitrd Created: Tue Mar 12 07:11:59 2024 Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 17410594 Bytes = 17002.53 KiB = 16.60 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 update-initramfs: Armbian: Symlinking /boot/uInitrd-6.6.16-current-sunxi to /boot/uInitrd '/boot/uInitrd' -> 'uInitrd-6.6.16-current-sunxi' update-initramfs: Armbian: done. Remove unused generated file: /boot/uInitrd-6.6.20-current-sunxi Remove unused generated file: /boot/initrd.img-6.6.20-current-sunxi Armbian: update last-installed kernel symlink to 'zImage'... '/boot/zImage' -> 'vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi' Armbian: Debian compat: linux-update-symlinks install 6.6.16-current-sunxi boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.6.16-current-sunxi I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-6.6.16-current-sunxi I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.6.16-current-sunxi Armbian 'linux-image-current-sunxi' for '6.6.16-current-sunxi': 'postinst' finishing. Setting up armbian-firmware (24.2.1) ... After reboot it seems kernel 6.6.20 was replaced by 6.6.16 Welcome to Armbian 24.2.1 Bookworm with Linux 6.6.16-current-sunxi Linux version 6.6.16-current-sunxi (armbian@next) (arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.38) #1 SMP Fri Feb 23 08:25:28 UTC 2024 Is that correct?

Hey everyone, I am attempting to update my Orange Pi Zero from Armbian 22.0.2.1 to the latest 23.11 version however I am running into the issue that I am stuck on how to perform this update, I have tried it using the sudo apt dist-upgrade command and tried regular sudo apt update and upgrade commands but everytime it says there are no new updates available (also no errors), when there is clearly a new version 23.11 available here: https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero/ What am I doing wrong? Is it maybe because it says unsupported userspace?

Hello. For some reason, UART1 does not work for transmission, only for reception. The transmitter pin itself is definitely working, I checked by switching this pin to output mode, and then switching it to a high/low logical level, everything works properly, the level on the Pin changes. How I check the UART itself: I installed picocom, shorted the TX and RX pins, and I’m trying to see what I’m sending. For UART2 this method works as it should, but UART1 only works for reception. I realized this when I opened the TX and RX, and was able to receive incoming data sent through the USB-UART converter.

We are trying to compile a modified kernel module for this version of Armbian downloaded in October When running it reports: $cat /etc/armbian-release # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BOARD=orangepizero BOARD_NAME="Orange Pi Zero" BOARDFAMILY=sun8i BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=ba704f4740 LINUXFAMILY=sunxi ARCH=arm IMAGE_TYPE=stable BOARD_TYPE=csc INITRD_ARCH=arm KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=zImage FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE= VENDOR=Armbian BOOTSCRIPT_FORCE_UPDATE="no" BOOTSCRIPT_DST="boot.cmd" VERSION=23.8.3 REVISION=23.8.3 BRANCH=current uname -a Linux orangepizero 6.1.53-current-sunxi #3 SMP Wed Sep 13 07:43:05 UTC 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux cat /boot/config-6.1.53-current-sunxi | grep -i MODULE_FORCE # CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD is not set We assume that if CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD is not set that modprobe --force will not work and we will have to compile with the exact headers. Note that we've also tried compiling on the target but : sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-6.1.53-current-sunxi E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-6.1.53-current-sunxi' E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-6.1.53-current-sunxi' For cross-compiling, what branch/tag do we checkout from https://github.com/armbian/build that will result in the correct headers? Alternately how do we modify the .ko from a near-similar build to overcome CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD not set? Thank you in advance!

after installing wireguard (kernel upgrade + headers) the pi would no longer boot and fail with crc error. Looking at the boot partition the uinitrd file was linked to the old version. Changed the uinitrd link to the newest one and it booted again.

Hi everyone, Very green here. Basically I setup 1 of my orange pi a few months back with "Armbian_23.02.3_Orangepizero2_jammy_legacy_4.9.318". I recently bought another pi and wanted to set it up with a newer version. I see bookworm is now the latest. I have tried both CLI and Minimal but whenever I flash those into my micro SD the orange pi never boots up. My router doesnt see the connection, so it cant hand off an IP. I thought maybe it was a bad mini SD or a bad pi. But when I flashed the old jammy image into the same SD, the pi immediately picked up the connection, my router gave it an IP and I was able to log in as a root to the pi. I read the documentation, and even saw the beginner videos to see that I wasnt doing something wrong. I had the SD connected before I powered on the PI, ensured I was the usb c for power. And that the SD has enough memory (8gb). Does anyone have an idea of what could be happening here with the bookworm armbian?

Hi, I use an OrangePi Zero as a race timer for a car. It is powered from the car. So when the car starts the OrangePi gets power and boots and when the car is turned off the OrangePi loses power and "turns off". This isn't ideal but I don't have a lot of options. I feel like this is a fairly common use case for electronics in cars especially ones like race timers etc. Unless I have a battery as well. I was wondering what are the best things to do to protect against the sudden power loss so that I don't corrupt anything? Is it possible to make parts of the file system read only maybe? All I do with the OrangePi is run a C++ application, it uses two serial ports and runs a server on port 80. The application does read and write its own configuration files and log files. But these are not OS files, only files that the application created itself. I have noticed that after writing or appending to a file from C++, if the power is pulled and then plugged back in the change to the file does not persist. I can ssh on before the power is pulled and `cat` the file and see that it is updated. Seems that the file data is held in RAM for a little while before actually writing. Is there anyway to force file writes to actually be flushed and written straight away?