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Hello, Im using a Orange Pi Zero, running nginx with Nextcloud. Im noticing 99.99% usage on the IO reported by iotop, but disk read and disk write show 0%. Even a refresh on the homepage bumps it up to the top of the IO list. As far as I am informed... isn't kswapd0 supposed to deal with swap memory and go wild when I am about to run out of RAM? I have disabled (hopefully), my swap partition, but I am still getting this. I have commented out the swap line in fstab... htop reports 0KB SWAP. It doesn't seem that I am running out of memory. About 50% of it appears to be free all the time. I am really new to dev boards and such, but this didn't appear on my raspberry pi zero, running pretty much the same setup on Raspbian. Am I doing something wrong or is this normal? It stays like this for most of the time: 38 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 95.43 % [kswapd0] 1634 be/4 www-data 0.00 B/s 640.50 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 % nginx: worker process 1 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % init 2 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kthreadd] 3 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/0] 5 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kworker/u:0] 6 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [migration/0] 7 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/0] 8 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [migration/1] 1545 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % NetworkManager --no-daemon 10 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/1] 11 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/1] 12 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [migration/2] 14 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/2] 15 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/2] 16 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [migration/3] 18 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/3] 19 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/3] 20 be/0 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [cpuset] 21 be/0 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [khelper] And it pops and switches to something like this from time to time: 408 be/4 www-data 6.82 K/s 88.63 K/s 0.00 % 65.34 % php-fpm: pool www 452 be/3 root 0.00 B/s 13.64 K/s 0.00 % 46.93 % [jbd2/mmcblk0p1-] 38 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 13.55 % [kswapd0] 1025 be/4 root 109.09 K/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 13.35 % wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211,wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 1782 be/4 ntp 221.58 K/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 2.42 % ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -u 105:110 3248 be/4 www-data 146.58 K/s 1711.28 K/s 0.00 % 1.81 % php-fpm: pool www 1632 be/4 www-data 0.00 B/s 395.43 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 % nginx: worker process 1 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % init 2 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kthreadd] 3 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/0] 5 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kworker/u:0] Here is what it looks like running "apt-get update": 38 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 79.24 % [kswapd0] 7901 be/4 root 134.70 K/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 1.14 % -bash 1515 be/4 root 95.71 K/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.54 % haveged --Foreground --verbose=1 --write=1024 1590 be/4 root 3.54 K/s 3.54 K/s 0.00 % 0.18 % rsyslogd -n [rs:main Q:Reg] 1 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % init 2 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kthreadd] 3 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [ksoftirqd/0] 5 be/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [kworker/u:0] 6 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [migration/0] 7 rt/4 root 0.00 B/s 0.00 B/s 0.00 % 0.00 % [watchdog/0] total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 241 133 107 17 2 32 -/+ buffers/cache: 99 142 Swap: 0 0 0 Sorry if this is a stupid question. Thank you. EDIT: ARMBIAN Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 3.4.113-sun8i UPDATE: ARMBIAN 5.24.170112 nightly Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 3.4.113-sun8i - same thing!

Hi all I have a project where I'll be deploying the same configuration (including IP addresses) to a multiple Orange Pi Zeros. There will be some slight differences (hostname, information in one script) but largely identical. I was thinking about using a Linux VM to run a script that changes a base image (from a pre-set up machine) makes the changes and burns an image onto microsd. Is this a viable approach? Will I need to change anything else (MAC address related stuff?) Cheers!

Hello, sorry if this might seem stupid. I have an Orange Pi Zero Board. I have an armbian running on it (jesse). I have an usb-wifi-adapter connected to the onboard-usb-jack. 'lsusb' sais: I cannot see the device by typing "ifconfig -a" wlan0 is shown (onboard-wifi), but where`s my expected wlan1 ? I tried: "apt-get install firmware-realtek", but it sais: What am I missing?

Hi, is there a problem in ARMBIAN Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS 3.4.113-sun8i with the blacklisting? id like to use a rtl_sdr (rtf_433) device, after a reboot there is a problem with dvb_usb_rtl2832u-modul. i do it disloid with modprobe -r dvb_usb_rtl2832u before starting rtl_433, then it runs well i found the model blacklisted in etc/modprobe.d/rtl-sdr-blacklist.conf but it is loaded new after a reboot? sorry for my broken english ludwich ludwich@orangepizero:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by pcf8591 3363 0 bmp085 3487 0 dvb_usb_rtl2832u 351091 0 dvb_usb 15734 1 dvb_usb_rtl2832u dvb_core 68509 1 dvb_usb rc_core 12727 1 dvb_usb xradio_wlan 210530 0 mac80211 358445 1 xradio_wlan

Hello, I changed my memory card from a 8GB one to a 16GB one and I moved everything with Win32DiskImager, by reading the old one and writing to the second one. Can I expand my filesystem like on the first boot? Im running Jessie on a Orange Pi Zero. Thank you.

I've managed to get tv-out working on Armbian_5.24_Orangepizero_Ubuntu_xenial_3.4.113 with adding module tv to /etc/modules, but goes out of display. How can I change overscan to fit dispay to screen?

Hi, I got my Zero today and installed the legacy jessie server. I need X (for one app) so I followed the same path as I did on my Raspberry Pi running Raspbian lite. sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xinit sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-terminal sudo apt-get install lightdm Should TV-OUT (pin 9 (and GND on pin 2) on 1x13 header) work as I do not get anything on my composite monitor? I looked in /boot/boot.cmd and it says setenv disp_mode "1920x1080p60" which is not compatible with a composite signal. I tried to alter it to 720x576i50 but no luck. I just wanted the TV-OUT to see that everything was working and that I really have a graphical desktop. I'm planning on using only X11vnc but it seems that the graphical desktop is not there because I can not get X11vnc to start. *** x11vnc was unable to open the X DISPLAY: ":0", it cannot continue. It seems like the X server is started and lightdm but I don't have enough experience to find what is wrong root 673 0.0 1.8 29544 9376 tty7 Ss+ 10:48 0:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch root 702 0.0 0.6 27796 3448 ? Sl 10:48 0:00 lightdm --session-child 17 20 lightdm 708 0.0 0.2 4000 1488 ? Ss 10:48 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd --user lightdm 709 0.0 0.2 5748 1144 ? S 10:48 0:00 (sd-pam) lightdm 711 0.1 2.2 35420 11476 ? Ssl 10:48 0:01 /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm 716 0.0 0.0 3108 492 ? S 10:48 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --autolaunch a6959a1b583340b7a8741924192b921b --binary-syntax --close-stderr lightdm 717 0.0 0.1 4572 856 ? Ss 10:48 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I am using fresh installation of armbian legacy server version 3.4.113 on the Orange Pi Zero Rev v1.1. The FEX file seems to be incorrect. Some driver or process is blocking PA10, which is wired directly to the expansion header pin 26. According to the schematics, this port is not used anywhere else. # cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio GPIOs 0-383, platform/sunxi-pinctrl, sunxi-pinctrl: gpio-10 (? ) out hi gpio-17 (red_led ) out lo gpio-202 (xradio_irq ) in lo gpio-354 (? ) out hi gpio-362 (green_led ) out hi In case i am the first one that tested this: gpio-10 aka PA10 aka ? is blocked gpio-17 aka PA17 aka red_led is correct, echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/red_led/brightness is working gpio-202 aka PG10 aka xradio_irq is wired to WL-WAKE-AP, which is corrected to WL-WAKE-HOST of the XR819, seems legit gpio-354 aka PL2 aka ? is wired to USB0-DRVVBUS, which is not mentioned again in the schematics, may be legit, not sure, tell me how to test.. gpio-362 aka PL10 aka green_led is correct, echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/green_led/brightness is working I am new to armbian, please bare with me if the following questions are stupid. How do i fix this issue correctly? Where can i find and modify the FEX file that is used? How can i disable the occupation of the red/green leds, so i can export the GPIO myself? Thanks a lot

Hi Does anyone know how to make output via CVBS by using mode 10? ( 1080p60 ) I try to do it by changing the script.bin without success. dmesg output shows [DISP] disp_device_attached_and_enable,line:159:attched ok, mgr1<-->device1, type=2, mode=10 But TV shows no signal. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hi, We use different armbian images for our different orangepis and every time we change a board model we only point script.bin shortcut to .bin file of the new board and it always work without changing the whole image. But we could not make Opi zero work with this technic. Opi zero does not work when we copied orangepizero.bin from opi zero image to /boot/bin folder and point script.bin to than file. (as older armbian images do not have orangepizero.bin we had to copy from new opi zero image.) We tried to boot from opi lite image but wifi and usb (and probably other things as well) does not work. As our image is custom made and we have to change a lot of things is it possible to use our current opi image on kernel 3.4.112 for opi zero ? Regards.

I'm having difficulty getting Octoprint to start. I've set it up in init.d and defaults. When I execute it directly I get an error about running as root. It's like it's ignoring the octoprint_user. /etc/default/octoprint: # Configuration for /etc/init.d/octoprint # The init.d script will only run if this variable non-empty. OCTOPRINT_USER=octoprint # base directory to use #BASEDIR=/home/octoprint/OctoPrint # configuration file to use #CONFIGFILE=/home/pi/.octoprint/config.yaml # On what port to run daemon, default is 5000 PORT=5000 # Path to the OctoPrint executable, you need to set this to match your installation! DAEMON=/home/octoprint/OctoPrint/octoprint # What arguments to pass to octoprint, usually no need to touch this DAEMON_ARGS="--port=$PORT" # Umask of files octoprint generates, Change this to 000 if running octoprint as its own, separate user UMASK=000 # Process priority, 0 here will result in a priority 20 process. # -2 ensures Octoprint has a slight priority over user processes. NICELEVEL=-2 # Should we run at startup? START=yes /etc/init.d/octoprint is stock from the distro Output when I run it manually: root@orangepizero:/etc/init.d# octoprint Starting the server via "octoprint" is deprecated, please use "octoprint serve" from now on. 2016-12-30 00:22:16,473 - octoprint.server - INFO - Starting OctoPrint 1.3.0 (master branch) 2016-12-30 00:22:16,571 - octoprint.plugin.core - INFO - Loading plugins from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/OctoPrint-1.3.0-py2.7.egg/octoprint/plugins, /root/.octoprint/plugins and installed plugin packages... 2016-12-30 00:22:18,619 - octoprint.plugins.discovery - INFO - pybonjour is not installed, Zeroconf Discovery won't be available 2016-12-30 00:22:18,623 - octoprint.plugin.core - INFO - Found 7 plugin(s) providing 7 mixin implementations, 4 hook handlers You should not run OctoPrint as root! root@orangepizero:/etc/init.d# Any suggestions on how to figure out why it will not run via service octoprint start?

Hi, Sorry for the newbie question. Is it possible to configure Armbian/OrangePiZero such as it can bridge 2 wireless networks. i.e.: connecting to an existing SSID to gain access to the internet, and at the same time servicing as an access point using another SSID ? And.... how do I do that ? Thanks in advance, Richard

I have the Orange Pi Zero - working using last week's nightly build which has the WIFI intact and I've since updated using the usual apt-get upgrade. The WIFI is awful - wired is fine - I'm using Xenial - nmtui to setup - and I have two issues - despite turning off WIFI power management and being no more than 3ft away from the (new) access point - WIFI is so sluggish you can tell when typing into a terminal!! Also despite what nmtui should do - if I turn off the access point (simulating an issue with say power) and back on, the Orange Pi Zero will NOT reconnect even minutes later without rebooting. Anyone have ideas as to (a) how to improve the WIFI to make it usable and ( what might be needed in some kind of script - to check google every minute and resurrect the WIFI if it fails - or some other solution.

The MAC address of your wifi port on your Orange Pi Zero probably starts with C8:27:A7:F9:xx:xx I obsfucated the last 4 digits of mine. The Ethernet Port MAC starts with : de:ae:b8:d7:xx:xx I needed this when I was trying to find the device on my network to SSH in. root/1234 It showed up on my network as a reasonably "fast" device with 0ms lag. I'm running a Cat 6 network with a gigabit switch. A nice pinout that Linux34 from Orange Pi posted.

Hello everybody, I am running 3.4.113 on my Orange Pi Zero like a charme. Now I was trying to install aircrack-ng-1.2-rc4. I am getting the following error: So I checked on the missing libnl: So for me it looks ok, does anybody have any idea how to fix the error? Thanks for some help

Hello, I've noticed that my Orange Pi Zero starts throttling at 65C and it will just freeze up until I give it a nice BJ so it cools down. Is there a setting that I can tweek to increase that? Im running the latest Armbian image from the download page. P.S. - I know the risks of running it at high temperatures and so on and so on and so on... at 7$ a pop I really really do not care.

Hi, my new OPI zero arrived today. I downloaded and installed armbian (Armbian_5.24_Orangepizero_Debian_jessie_3.4.113) and updated everything apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade Finally I tried to connect to my wlan (FritzBox 7390, 2,4Ghz, WPA2) via nmtui. After a while I get the message: Could not activate connection: Activation failed I tried to connect to my Smartphone via hotspot instead and that worked fine. Both networks are using WPA2 encription and other settings in both WLAN settings are looking identical... Did I miss something? I uploaded my armhwinfo log here Marcel

Hello, i have problem that text output is cut and I cannot see the command line when writing commands, I have tried vairious settings to disp init but everytime it looks the same, any ideas?

orange pi zero uboot eth have only 10baseT, HDX => mii info PHY 0x00: OUI = 0x50005, Model = 0x00, Rev = 0x00, 10baseT, HDX PHY 0x01: OUI = 0x50000, Model = 0x00, Rev = 0x00, 10baseT, HDX any way change to 100 full duplex at boot time because tftp work fine but slooow after linux kernel starded normal 100 full duplex eth

I tried the 3.4.112 on Pi One and 3.4.113 on Pi Zero. Both have the same problem which is that no unicast packets are flowing into the macvlan device when I run tcpdump on it. The device was created like this: ip link add link eth0 address 1E:74:C0:DC:BB:01 vlan mtu 1500 type macvlan I can see inbound broadcast and multicast packets though. Outbound packets also seem fine. I can see arp request and ICMP request (if set static arp entry on PI) from the other end. Does anybody have any clue what it could it?

I'm trying to build an A2DP server from either OPi Lite or Zero (whichever seems easier). As neither board has BT built-in I'm planning on using some cheap USB BT dongle. Web stores are filled with dongles, but info about their compatibility with Linux (and especially Armbian's legacy kernel) is not that readily available. Has anyone found a dongle that "just works" with OPi Lite or Zero? If yes, care to share e.g. Ali Express link or similar?

Hi Can anyone help with the installation of Open Media Vault Erasmus on Armbian Jessie for the Orange Pi Zero. I have been following instructions given all the following link but I am unable to download the required packages: http://www.fredmerc.com/2016/11/installing-openmediavault-erasmus-to-debian-8-jessie/ Any help or information would be appreciated. Thanks

Is anyone else having issues getting incoming ssh to work with their OPI zero? I've tried both: Armbian_5.24_Orangepizero_Debian_jessie_3.4.113.img and Armbian_5.24_Orangepizero_Ubuntu_xenial_3.4.113.img In both cases I was able to get a WiFi connection, and am able to get out to the internet to download new packages (apt-get). However, I can't seem to get incoming ssh or ping to work. It's as if the device is invisible.

Hi Everyone. I have an Orange Pi One and I can use the micro USB (otg) port as a standard USB port - I can plug in a memory stick or USB speakers and it works fine. Is it possible to have the same functioniality with the OPI Zero? I tried and it does not work - I am powering the board through the GPIO header. Even if I plug in USB speakers that have an LED indication - no LED lights, so I guess no power. I looked at the fex file from the OPI One and could not see the difference there in the OPI Zero. I know it is in beta, so I do not expect it straight away, but it would be good to know if it is possible Thanks for any help. J