domven Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Hello, I have read some threats with the same issue, armbian images are not booting, there is not HDMI signal when turn on rockpi4. General solution is trying armbian image stored on radxa server https://dl.radxa.com/rockpi/images/third-party/Armbian_5.67_Rockpi4b_Debian_stretch_default_4.4.154_desktop_20181210-gpt.img.gz this armbian version works fine but it's too old, also i'm interested to use latest armbian-ubuntu-bionic My case: I have a new rockpi4b 1.4v, not eMMC module, I have flashed several armbian versions on sdCard : https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Bionic_legacy_desktop https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Buster_legacy https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Buster_current_desktop https://dl.armbian.com/rockpi-4b/Bionic_current_minimal .. and old versions archived None of them works! the issue is the same, not HDMI signal. I can boot fine using radxa images (armbian stretch and others OS stored there). Is possible something wrong on latest rockpi4 hardware and need a fix on armbian/uBoot configuration? Edited January 10, 2020 by domven fix
MaxT Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 FYI, Rock Pi 4B 1.3, though with spi flash soldered and mmc module.Just flashed 19.11.7 with kernel 5.4.8 minimal image. It boots fine. Now installing desktop just to see how it goes.With 19.11.6 somehow could not change root password at first login.BRMax
The Dude Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 In the last few days I have (several times) downloaded & booted the Buster Desktop without issue. Dont worry about the HDMI it will eventually come on. Takes about 1.5 min to start the boot screen.
Igor Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 11:22 PM, MaxT said: With 19.11.6 somehow could not change root password at first login. Upstream network driver experiments caused to froze the whole system. Explanation:https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/patch/kernel/rockchip64-current/general-temporary-ethernet-fixup.patch 11 hours ago, The Dude said: Takes about 1.5 min to start the boot screen. To my knowing we don't have a solution yet. But eventually that will be fixed - a small price to pay for modern kernel experience. On 1/10/2020 at 3:37 PM, domven said: My case: I have a new rockpi4b 1.4v, not eMMC module, I have flashed several armbian versions on sdCard : Legacy images must work but if you have a SPI chip on your board you need to update it first - Radxa provide it. Then you will be able to boot other images then old stock.
piter75 Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Igor said: Upstream network driver experiments caused to froze the whole system. Explanation:https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/patch/kernel/rockchip64-current/general-temporary-ethernet-fixup.patch The issue is fixed in v5.4.11 - I removed the patch from the build system for future builds. 1
domven Posted January 15, 2020 Author Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 1:09 PM, Igor said: Legacy images must work but if you have a SPI chip on your board you need to update it first - Radxa provide it. Then you will be able to boot other images then old stock. There is a issue when you upgrade SPI, radxa team haven't fixed yet, check this link https://forum.radxa.com/t/fail-to-boot-armbian-images-after-spi-bootloader-upgrade/2043 so, if you upgraded your SPI, you aren't able to use any newest armbian image We're waiting for radxa team
Lili13400 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) I was able to erase SPI using radxa official image, then armbian is booting well (slowly but well) both with rockpi4a & rockpi4b Edited January 17, 2020 by Lili13400 typo
TRS-80 Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 18 hours ago, Lili13400 said: ... Welcome to the forums!
domven Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 23 hours ago, Lili13400 said: I was able to erase SPI using radxa official image, then armbian is booting well (slowly but well) both with rockpi4a & rockpi4b how do you erase SPI? Radxa explain how you upgrade SPI, but there is not how you erase it however, if you need boot with mvne, you need mandatorily upgrade SPI. So, to try erase SPI is not a great solution
The Dude Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 8:09 AM, Igor said: To my knowing we don't have a solution yet. But eventually that will be fixed - a small price to pay for modern kernel experience. Yes, Believe me. I can wait :-) Its a micro price to pay for that kernel
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