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dieg0

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Hello everyone and thank you.
I have a Quintex Q912 3 g of ram and 32 of rom version of kernel 3.14.29
Let me see if you can give me a hand.
I do not install the multiboot, and tested with 3 pendrivers and 2 different microsd, formatting Fat with particon of 1.3 g, install it from the update, restart in recovery but always gives error. I do not do something wrong or it is not compatible.

And I'm not clear the most advisable version for my Q912 if it can run.

Thank you and greetings. And sorry for my English.

balbes150

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Hello everyone and thank you.

I have a Quintex Q912 3 g of ram and 32 of rom version of kernel 3.14.29

Let me see if you can give me a hand.

I do not install the multiboot, and tested with 3 pendrivers and 2 different microsd, formatting Fat with particon of 1.3 g, install it from the update, restart in recovery but always gives error. I do not do something wrong or it is not compatible.

 

And I'm not clear the most advisable version for my Q912 if it can run.

 

Thank you and greetings. And sorry for my English.

 

Armbian burn the image to a USB flash drive and activate the multiboot with it. Neither of which is in manual format is not required.

 

 

Thank you!

I've tried it with Armbian_5.24_Amlogic-s905x_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_20161210.img with s96 dtb -> kernel didn't start http://pel.hu/down/20170221143741.log

I've tried it with Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_server_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_20170220.img with s96 dtb -> kernel didn't start. http://pel.hu/down/20170221144312.log

 

Tomorrow I will collect another option dtb for tests.

 

Is the dtb file from the firmware (no change). Try it. If the system will give the same log (without starting the kernel). So firmware, the link which You gave, is not suitable.

https://yadi.sk/d/noYaHTxm3ELsxF

dieg0

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I do not boot, and connected the usb to otg formatted to fat32 with this burned file.

 

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170205

 

Start the Quintex logo and the monitor is left without signal, it is left 15 min and nothing.
Will I have to modify the dtb? I have no idea how to do it.

Thank you and greetings.

balbes150

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I do not boot, and connected the usb to otg formatted to fat32 with this burned file.

 

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170205

 

Start the Quintex logo and the monitor is left without signal, it is left 15 min and nothing.

Will I have to modify the dtb? I have no idea how to do it.

 

Thank you and greetings.

 

If you are connecting media Armbian TV box does not run more than 10-15 minutes. 1. Good news. This means that multiboot You have activated. 2. Bad news. Dtb data from the internal memory are not suitable for this kernel. Need to pick or make your dtb file.

 

 

I tried it with the same two images but the kernel didn't start. :(

Summary:

All the images with 3.14.79 kernel cannot start (with or without dtb.img)

All the images with 3.14.29 kernel without dtb.img starts but after 7 seconds stops.

All the images with 3.14.29 kernel with dtb.img for H96 pro cannot start.

 

Have you checked both the dtb file (source and converted) ?

Images kernel  "S905 _ 3.14.79" you can no longer check for S912\S905X . They can only work at S905.

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balbes150

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@pel.hu

Do I understand correctly that you have when You use both of dtb files from the site, same result - does not start ?

dieg0

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If you are connecting media Armbian TV box does not run more than 10-15 minutes. 1. Good news. This means that multiboot You have activated. 2. Bad news. Dtb data from the internal memory are not suitable for this kernel. Need to pick or make your dtb file.

 

 

Thank you first @balbes150 . I already have the dtb.img extracted from the rom , is there any manual to do it? .Thanks.

balbes150

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Thank you first @balbes150 . I already have the dtb.img extracted from the rom , is there any manual to do it? .Thanks.

 

Sorry, my previous post was addressed to another user.

If You have the original dtb file from the firmware You can try to use it in Armbian. Copy it to the root of the FAT partition with the name "dtb.img".

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balbes150

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Are you sure that the firmware you specified for the link it is from Your TV box ? dtb files from the firmware file. If they don't work - hence they differ from those dtb data in the internal memory. Try to pull out of internal memory real dtb data. Instructions on how this can be done is in this thread on previous pages. Then we can obtain the source code and make changes to them (to switch the port settings).

dieg0

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Nothing starts with neither dbt.img nor without it, loads the logo.img and then black screen and looking for signal.

I've tried this too, Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_xfce_20170222.img

I tried with several pendriver and a ssd of 32 g, the idea was to install it in ssd.

I imagine that it will have to modify the dtb.img but I have no idea, with SD and MTK I defend, but with Amlogic I have no idea.

 

I have also renamed gxm_q200_3g.dtb to dtb.img and copied it to the root folder and nothing.

 

If I put the h96_1.dtb as dtb.img, it stays in the boot.img without putting the screen in black.

 

If someone wants to help me with a manual or with the dtb.img I upload it.

Thanks and Regards.

kkurt

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First, i have an h96pro 2gb/16gb version, for the testing the images i'm using an sub disk, unidentified ssd board and chinese usb3-sata cable.

 

The only dtb that work for me it's vega_s96.dtb

 

Reporting my situation with those image:

 

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_xfce_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170205.img

Desktop is unstable, it crashes after a few minutes, never reached 30min, and dragging down the kernel a minute later, i suppose i panic (i will install a serial later).

Switching to console ctrlaltf2 seem to make everything stable and i can compile,install,everything, i also moved the install to the internal emmc but the usb disk is faster.

Ethernet stability is unclear, sometime the wireless appear to not work or doesn't see any network; once connected the wireless is table, but the wired is unclear (to me look more like a network manager issue but i haven't tried a lot.

Keyboard and mouse are not detected, but any change in any usb port status make both working (udev?).

 

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170217_kh_WiFi.img

do not start at all

 

Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_20170221.img

Desktop doesn't crash anymore.

Kodi 15.2 crash often , from 15 seconds to 15 minutes, playback of 1080p low fps and tearing.

Using firefox, playback of youtube 1080 videos is smooth for same istants, the lag behind to video stalls then skip and realign with the audio that seem ok; also long time playback of videos seem to be stable.

wireless, forgot to check

wired no problems but i did only a few tests

keyboard and mouse, no more issues, just the leds doesn't lit.

kkurt

kkurt

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Some more informations:

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_xfce_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170205.img

on monitor(hdmi) shell a bunch of lines are outside the screen so i can't see the cursor and a few lines, and i switched to ssh.

 

Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_20170221.img

Shell on monitor ok.

Wireless doesn't see any network.

 

Not sure if both:

power off on desktop does init shutdown but the cpu/desktop remain on, while the poweroff command from shell does poweroff the device and i can power on it with the remote control (both images).

 

i'm going to install an hc-05 module on the serial to avoid cables to the pc (usually do this on all my devices), it's a serial bluetooth module 1.8v/3.3tolerant but need to be programmed manually from the serial port pins before connecting the; what's the serial speed?

 

I also want to try the ir receiver, but i don't see the device lirc0 or additional serials (i suppose the only present it's debug i'm going to connecto to); any hint about?

edit: the module for the ir receiver is amlogic_ir or amlogic-ir, it does create /dev/amremote but cannot be opened.

balbes150

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Nothing starts with neither dbt.img nor without it, loads the logo.img and then black screen and looking for signal.

 

I've tried this too, Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_xfce_20170222.img

 

I tried with several pendriver and a ssd of 32 g, the idea was to install it in ssd.

 

I imagine that it will have to modify the dtb.img but I have no idea, with SD and MTK I defend, but with Amlogic I have no idea.

 

I have also renamed gxm_q200_3g.dtb to dtb.img and copied it to the root folder and nothing.

 

If I put the h96_1.dtb as dtb.img, it stays in the boot.img without putting the screen in black.

 

If someone wants to help me with a manual or with the dtb.img I upload it.

 

Thanks and Regards.

 

1. Take turns to use all dtb files (gxm_q200*) on the media.

2. Send me the dtb file that You received from the firmware.

3. You have tried to use as a USB flash drive ?

 

 

I tried to get the dtb info from the android

I've got the boot.img from the box (http://pel.hu/down/H96Pro3GBboot.img)

But the perl script is not running on the box, there is no /usr/bin/perl (not even /usr folder)

 

Edit1:

I see the dtb info from around 0x7dd7e0-0x7e7740 but I don't know which is the exact start and end position.

I took a guess and extract this: http://pel.hu/down/dtbpart as the dtb.img

 

Edit2:

I put this to the Armbian_5.24_Amlogic-s905x_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_20161125.img and the kernel starts but stops after 7 second... http://pel.hu/down/20170222223925.log

I put this to the Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_server_Debian_jessie_3.14.29_20170220.img and the kernel starts but stops after 7 second... http://pel.hu/down/20170222224754.log

 

I downloaded the dtb. Soon I will upload a new version dtb based on this file.

 

 

First, i have an h96pro 2gb/16gb version, for the testing the images i'm using an sub disk, unidentified ssd board and chinese usb3-sata cable.

 

The only dtb that work for me it's vega_s96.dtb

 

Reporting my situation with those image:

 

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_xfce_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170205.img

Desktop is unstable, it crashes after a few minutes, never reached 30min, and dragging down the kernel a minute later, i suppose i panic (i will install a serial later).

Switching to console ctrlaltf2 seem to make everything stable and i can compile,install,everything, i also moved the install to the internal emmc but the usb disk is faster.

Ethernet stability is unclear, sometime the wireless appear to not work or doesn't see any network; once connected the wireless is table, but the wired is unclear (to me look more like a network manager issue but i haven't tried a lot.

Keyboard and mouse are not detected, but any change in any usb port status make both working (udev?).

 

Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desktop_20170217_kh_WiFi.img

do not start at all

 

Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_20170221.img

Desktop doesn't crash anymore.

Kodi 15.2 crash often , from 15 seconds to 15 minutes, playback of 1080p low fps and tearing.

Using firefox, playback of youtube 1080 videos is smooth for same istants, the lag behind to video stalls then skip and realign with the audio that seem ok; also long time playback of videos seem to be stable.

wireless, forgot to check

wired no problems but i did only a few tests

keyboard and mouse, no more issues, just the leds doesn't lit.

 

1. Try it from the menu desktop started to give the command "suspend" and after processing of a reaction to this mode, execute from the desktop menu the command "Off".

2. The speed of the port to connect UART 115200.

dieg0

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Thanks balbes150 :

 

I'm going to try all the gxm_q200 as you tell me.
I use 3 different pendrivers and a ssd sata2 of 32g external.
The dtb.img of the Quintex Q912 3 of ram and 32g of rom.

 

https://mega.nz/#!FJ9A0K7a!eUDKqgHQFBVR1Gb5_8-SFXHeaIcUTIztcCKzdJHokR0

 

Very Thanks

 

 

Edit:

Nothing:

In Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20170222.img

Gxm_q200 2g stops in the boot.img the image of Quintex.

Gxm_q200 3g passes the boot.img and puts the screen in black and monitor looking for signal.

kkurt

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1. Try it from the menu desktop started to give the command "suspend" and after processing of a reaction to this mode, execute from the desktop menu the command "Off".

2. The speed of the port to connect UART 115200.

Thanks, i also found that the speed in defined in the autoscript file.

Tomorrow i have same time, i'll try to suspend and report, plus testing other issues like the wireless where i'll try to test it from shell.

 

Where did you found ......

 

Sorry, missed your message yesterday, now i see that you already solved, that's good.
balbes150

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Thanks balbes150 :

 

I'm going to try all the gxm_q200 as you tell me.

I use 3 different pendrivers and a ssd sata2 of 32g external.

The dtb.img of the Quintex Q912 3 of ram and 32g of rom.

 

https://mega.nz/#!FJ9A0K7a!eUDKqgHQFBVR1Gb5_8-SFXHeaIcUTIztcCKzdJHokR0

 

Very Thanks

 

 

Edit:

Nothing:

 

In Armbian_5.26_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20170222.img

 

Gxm_q200 2g stops in the boot.img the image of Quintex.

 

Gxm_q200 3g passes the boot.img and puts the screen in black and monitor looking for signal.

 

Try file Gxm_q200 3g to use a USB flash drive (NOT the adapter with the SSD and a normal flash drive) and when the monitor will write about the absence of a signal to wait 5-7 minutes.

dieg0

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Try file Gxm_q200 3g to use a USB flash drive (NOT the adapter with the SSD and a normal flash drive) and when the monitor will write about the absence of a signal to wait 5-7 minutes.

Thanks balbes150

I tried with three different usb Gxm_q200 3g naming it to dtb.img and moving it to the root and nothing.

Two pendrivers 2.0 of 8g and one 3.0 of 8g.

My idea was to install it in ssd if it worked, but all the tests I do with the pendrivers since I do not want to format ssd more than necessary.

 

Thank you and greetings.

kkurt

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Try it from the menu desktop started to give the command "suspend" and after processing of a reaction to this mode, execute from the desktop menu the command "Off".

suspend result, did not turn off

root@amlogic-s905x:~# [  516.442436@7] cpufreq: cpufreq_suspend: Failed to stop governor for policy: ffffffc0663d3a00
[  516.446169@7] cpufreq: cpufreq_suspend: Failed to stop governor for policy: ffffffc0663d3a00
[  516.454634@7] cpufreq: cpufreq_suspend: Failed to stop governor for policy: ffffffc0663d3a00
[  516.462944@7] cpufreq: cpufreq_suspend: Failed to stop governor for policy: ffffffc0663d3e00
[  516.471258@7] cpufreq: cpufreq_suspend: Failed to stop governor for policy: ffffffc0663d3e00
[  516.479652@7] cpufreq: cpufreq_suspend: Failed to stop governor for policy: ffffffc0663d3e00
[  516.488254@7] Kernel panic - not syncing: BUG!
[  516.492396@7] CPU: 7 PID: 2550 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainted: P             3.14.29-amlogics905x-gc1792de-dirty #29
[  516.502582@7] Workqueue: suspend suspend
[  516.506445@7] Call trace:
[  516.509045@7] [<ffffffc001088e80>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x138
[  516.514560@7] [<ffffffc001088fd8>] show_stack+0x20/0x30
[  516.519736@7] [<ffffffc001a791b0>] dump_stack+0x88/0xc4
[  516.524912@7] [<ffffffc001a76b80>] panic+0xe8/0x20c
[  516.529742@7] [<ffffffc0016d65a8>] sdio_get_host_pm_caps+0x64/0x84
[  516.535888@7] [<ffffffbffc197284>] brcmf_ops_sdio_suspend+0x30/0xcc [brcmfmac]
[  516.543026@7] [<ffffffc00155c89c>] pm_generic_suspend+0x38/0x58
[  516.548888@7] [<ffffffc00155e65c>] dpm_run_callback+0x34/0xa8
[  516.554577@7] [<ffffffc00155f7e4>] __device_suspend+0x134/0x2c0
[  516.560443@7] [<ffffffc001560150>] dpm_suspend+0x70/0x244
[  516.565789@7] [<ffffffc0015605b0>] dpm_suspend_start+0x70/0x80
[  516.571571@7] [<ffffffc0010e4cec>] suspend_devices_and_enter+0x98/0x260
[  516.578124@7] [<ffffffc0010e508c>] pm_suspend+0x1d8/0x248
[  516.583473@7] [<ffffffc0010e970c>] suspend+0x80/0x1dc
[  516.588477@7] [<ffffffc0010b6474>] process_one_work+0x148/0x438
[  516.594340@7] [<ffffffc0010b72a0>] worker_thread+0x140/0x3d0
[  516.599946@7] [<ffffffc0010bdd50>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
[  516.604864@6] CPU6: stopping
[  516.607712@6] CPU: 6 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/6 Tainted: P             3.14.29-amlogics905x-gc1792de-dirty #29

etc...
Shutdown, today worked, yesterday did not, or maybe i did samething wrong.(edit: confirm that sametime i got a panic instead)

amlogic-s905x login: [  128.848400@0] reboot: Power down
INFO:    PSCI Affinity Map:
INFO:      AffInst: Level 1, MPID 0x0, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 1, MPID 0x100, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x0, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x1, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x2, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x3, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x100, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x101, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x102, State ON
INFO:      AffInst: Level 0, MPID 0x103, State ON
bl31 reboot reason: 0x10d
bl31 reboot reason: 0x10d
system cmd  0.
bl30 get wakeup sources!
process command 00000006
bl30 enter suspend!
cpu clk suspend rate 667000000
suspend_counter: 1
Enter ddr suspend
first time suspend
ddr suspend time: 1877us
store restore gp0 pll
process command 00000001
CEC cfg:0x0000
set vddee to 0x035cmv
089
powered off fine, look like the usb was powered off too, the bluetooth/serial module did not so 3.3v are still present (not the device bt, a wireless serial module i added to connect the serial to the pc).

Remote control turned on the player an i got the desktop after approx a minute.

balbes150

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Try to run the latest version of "5.26". By the way, to use the kh version is not worth it, there are many elements to the network and other things, it collected specifically to test the kernel on Khadas VIM.

dieg0

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Try to run the latest version of "5.26". By the way, to use the kh version is not worth it, there are many elements to the network and other things, it collected specifically to test the kernel on Khadas VIM.

To me with the Q912 does not go, instead with the H96 boot but gives a wifi error and loopes all the time the error. Thank you and greetings.

 

 

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balbes150

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To me with the Q912 does not go, instead with the H96 boot but gives a wifi error and loopes all the time the error. Thank you and greetings.

 

 

You are using an image with Ubuntu ?

Debian can be a problem with WiFi.

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dieg0

dieg0

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You are using an image with Ubuntu ?

Debian can be a problem with WiFi.

If I put devian, then I try ubuntu, thank you very much

kkurt

kkurt

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Confirming the loop issue with the wifi, that seem to be caused probably by the network manager trying to bring up the interface continuosly.

If you disable the wireless from desktop and try to bring it up manually, ifconfig wlan0 up you get the same error, it say that the chip, mostly a broadcom is missing the right firmware.

:Open firmware file failed /lib/firmware/brcm/fw_bcm43455c0_ag.bin

Maybe the firmware is just missing?

I remember that wifi was working on xenial 20170205, maybe the firmware is present there?

Anyway the desktop is somewhat slow, like the programs update their screen around 1fps.

edit: ethernet work.

dieg0

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You are welcome.

How is going? Do you have lan or wifi?

Thanks, I do not go internet, nor wifi. But already it starts that is already very much @balbes150 . A greeting.

 

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balbes150

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@pel.hu

 

I compared the dtb files ( Vega S96 H96Plus Q912). Between h96Plus and Q912 - a lot in common, but the description of the network card is different (Q912 is the same as on the Vega S96). Try to use the dtb from Q912. If the network is functional, then we can make changes to the file h96plus.

dieg0

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I have taken a while and tried all the .dtb and with the only one that pulls me is with the H96 PLUS, with the others I get for stop kernel, the included Q912 and VegaS96.
With the H96 PLUS in addition to what you already mentioned, @balbes150 does not work with the network card, the sound and the video is as if it stuck.

 

If we can help you in anything we will be happy, even if I only compile roms and kernel for SD and MTk and I think it has little to see.

Thank you very much and greetings.

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