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1 hour ago, tkaiser said:

and due to shitty thermal design of most boxes the SoC

You are right, there can be no a high performance in a small sealed plastic enclosure. It is an axiom that high performance = high heat dissipation. But people are naive and believe in fairy tales that can buy the same equipment for$ 10, how serious is selling firm for$100. :ph34r:

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Hi everyone, I'm sorry if my request has already been made. 

I read all the pages and I didn't understand much. 

I have the intention to buy the Beelink GT1 Ultimate 3GB DDR4 + 32GB or the Alfawise H96 Pro+ TV Box 3GB RAM + 64GB ROM to replace my desktop pc with a failing hard drive. I thought "well, maybe I can make a personal computer out of a cheap tv box" but reading the topic, well...it isn't as easy as I thought.

I didn't understand a thing actually, so I thought that maybe someone would be so kind to write a step-by-step, n00b-friendly guide to install ubuntu on one of these tv boxes, because since I have limited money I don't want to make mistakes and make the box unusable. 

My knowledge of linux is very, very limited and I currently have a laptop with Windows 10 installed so I wonder if there is a simple way of installing ubuntu on the box's memory and with working wi-fi and softwares (I don't really need the box to stream, I'd just like to use some office and image editing programs like GIMP and run a couple of Windows programs under WINE).

Can you help me? I'm sorry again if my request is really dumb.

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12 hours ago, immS said:

"well, maybe I can make a personal computer out of a cheap tv box" but reading the topic, well...it isn't as easy as I thought.

What programs you want to run under "WINE" ? Run Linux on TV boxes now quite simple. To accurately follow a few simple steps. The main thing to choose a model that is well supported in the Armbian. If you write, what specific hardware you need (support WiFi support BT support wire-speed, network, etc.), users of the forum can recommend a specific model.

 

12 hours ago, pro777 said:

I wonder if it's possible to add a Mali driver to the balbes150 firmware similarly? 

Possible. You need to collect a new image using 32-bit kernel configuration.

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On 17/09/2017 at 9:25 PM, immS said:

Hi everyone, I'm sorry if my request has already been made. 

I read all the pages and I didn't understand much. 

I have the intention to buy the Beelink GT1 Ultimate 3GB DDR4 + 32GB or the Alfawise H96 Pro+ TV Box 3GB RAM + 64GB ROM to replace my desktop pc with a failing hard drive. I thought "well, maybe I can make a personal computer out of a cheap tv box" but reading the topic, well...it isn't as easy as I thought.

I didn't understand a thing actually, so I thought that maybe someone would be so kind to write a step-by-step, n00b-friendly guide to install ubuntu on one of these tv boxes, because since I have limited money I don't want to make mistakes and make the box unusable. 

My knowledge of linux is very, very limited and I currently have a laptop with Windows 10 installed so I wonder if there is a simple way of installing ubuntu on the box's memory and with working wi-fi and softwares (I don't really need the box to stream, I'd just like to use some office and image editing programs like GIMP and run a couple of Windows programs under WINE).

Can you help me? I'm sorry again if my request is really dumb.

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On 9/17/2017 at 8:25 PM, immS said:

I have the intention to buy the Beelink GT1 Ultimate 3GB DDR4 + 32GB or the Alfawise H96 Pro+ TV Box 3GB RAM + 64GB ROM to replace my desktop pc with a failing hard drive. I thought "well, maybe I can make a personal computer out of a cheap tv box"

I've been there, but I'm not sure a TV-box is such a good idea; especially not the cheap ones.

 

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Can you help me? I'm sorry again if my request is really dumb.

This is off-topic (this thread is specifically for Armbian on the S912); it would be better to ask the question in a new topic under "TV-Boxes".

Instead of replying, I'd like to point you to another thread: Can I use a TV Box as a mini computer?.

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Did anybody manage to run linux-4.*  kernel on beelink gt1 ?

I tried Armbian_5.32_S905X_S912_Debian_jessie_4.9.26_server_20170823.img and Armbian_5.32_S905X_S912_Ubuntu_xenial_4.9.26_server_20170823.img

Neither of them work for me. I didn't put any dtb just run as it was. No monitor image. No ssh.

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1 hour ago, buvaluy said:

Did anybody manage to run linux-4.*  kernel on beelink gt1 ?

I tried Armbian_5.32_S905X_S912_Debian_jessie_4.9.26_server_20170823.img and Armbian_5.32_S905X_S912_Ubuntu_xenial_4.9.26_server_20170823.img

Neither of them work for me. I didn't put any dtb just run as it was. No monitor image. No ssh.

Kernel 4.x will not work without manually copying the dtb.

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Thanks. Where I can get dtb for beelink gt1?

dbt file names on sdcard look strange...

I tried gxm_q200_2g and gxl..-2gb, system booted but eth0 didn't get address and fiwi interface didn't present

Looks like eht0 didn't work with this 2 dtbs.

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On 5.9.2017 at 4:52 PM, Shimon said:

Hi,
I use Armbian-5.32-4.14-rc2 ubuntu mate canonical desktop, with Alfawise h96 pro plus 32gb 3gb ram S912 Mali-t820 tv box loaded with external sd card.
I had hdmi sound on the default installation resolution of 480x720, and then I have changed resolution to a higher one (1280x720x60hz) and my hdmi sound output just stopped.
Changing to (1280x720x50hz) brought back my hdmi sound to life, but the display now is out of the monitor limit (I can see the lower half of the top menu line and higher part of the bottom task bar.
This is repeatable (I can change back and forth from 50 to 60 hz, loose my hdmi output, and vice versa).
I have reported a bug to the linux kernel development git, but they closed it because development kernel are not supported, and they poined me to this forum.

Does anyone have a solution?

 

Thank you,
Eyal.

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On 13.09.2017 at 1:34 AM, Jens Bauer said:

I'm interested in an update (as I might want to purchase a Yoka KB2 with 3GB DDR4 RAM):

Did you solve the static IP problem completely, or do you need to use a dynamic IP still ?

How do the latest images work with the Yoka KB2 ?

 

Yes, static ip is working, all is ok.
I'm still using my Yoka KB2 as a server, non stop working, with ARMBIAN 5.27 stable Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS 3.14.29, not a single problem what so ever.
Only one thing I'm not sure: how can I update armbian, when new version is out? If I reflash with the new image, all my settings are gone(and they are a lot, everywhere).

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3 hours ago, kingul said:

Yes, static ip is working, all is ok.
I'm still using my Yoka KB2 as a server, non stop working, with ARMBIAN 5.27 stable Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS 3.14.29, not a single problem what so ever.
Only one thing I'm not sure: how can I update armbian, when new version is out? If I reflash with the new image, all my settings are gone(and they are a lot, everywhere).

You can use Aptik and save apps and settings (also files) and restore them after a flash. I didnt try it but i use it everytime on ubuntu.

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22 hours ago, midi-sama said:

You can use Aptik and save apps and settings (also files) and restore them after a flash. I didnt try it but i use it everytime on ubuntu.

I'll look at Aptik and see what it can do, thanks!

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balbes150

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On 06.10.2017 at 7:30 PM, buvaluy said:

There are only 4 dtb's 

check only all gxm*

 

On 08.10.2017 at 3:21 PM, kingul said:

Yes, static ip is working, all is ok.
I'm still using my Yoka KB2 as a server, non stop working, with ARMBIAN 5.27 stable Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS 3.14.29, not a single problem what so ever.
Only one thing I'm not sure: how can I update armbian, when new version is out? If I reflash with the new image, all my settings are gone(and they are a lot, everywhere).

Update the server version of the system can be performed by using the standard update command "apt update \ upgrade". In the new server the images in the main package updates to new versions. Before you upgrade I recommend is sure to make a full backup of the eMMC (for example using the utility ddbr). You can then perform any experiments with the update.

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On 10.10.2017 at 10:39 AM, balbes150 said:

In the new server the images in the main package updates to new versions.

"The new server", is that 5.32, and not applicable to my version, 5.27 ?

I'm using apt update/upgrade, (I like my software to be updated), but didn't see any kernel updates.

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13 minutes ago, kingul said:

"The new server", is that 5.32, and not applicable to my version, 5.27 ?

I'm using apt update/upgrade, (I like my software to be updated), but didn't see any kernel updates.

For the server to upgrade the kernel is not required. In the new images the main changes relate to working with desktop.

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Armbian_5.32_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20171012 on Vontar Z5 s912:

1.upd: caja can't browse windows network with error "Unable to mount location" 

   Windows host name with two ip-addresses from eth and wifi does not resolves correctly,

   but on one interface windows host caja browsing works well.

2. caja's Go->Location by smb://ip-address works well with windows shares.

 

Is it possible to fix it without Samba installation?

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Hello,

today i bought a Beelink GT1 from Amazon, it'll arrive tomorrow. I want to install ubuntu on it, but, despite having read the whole thread, i'm confuse about the steps to do it. Can you tell me how to do that, detailing the procedure carefully? Thank you so much! And thank you for your hard work on this amazing project! P.S.: sorry for my english, is not my native language.

Daniele

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Ok, finally i managed to run "Armbian_5.34_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20171020" on my Beelink GT1 through my microSD,  but my piece stuck to the Login and loop it back again and again - can't pass beyond...

 

What to do?

 

 

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On 20/10/2017 at 11:25 PM, DenFox said:

Ok, finally i managed to run "Armbian_5.34_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20171020" on my Beelink GT1 through my microSD,  but my piece stuck to the Login and loop it back again and again - can't pass beyond...

 

What to do?

 

 

I have the same problem always on GT1

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