Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Ok this sound soooo noob. I have long experience in linux and android development but this is my very first time with SBC, so please be patient I just received my new Orange PI PC plus! I want to install some stable and constantly developed distro for a headless server and I chose Armbian. On http://docs.armbian.com/Release_Changelog/i read that 5.15 bring important update like fixed board auto detection and fixed eMMC install script). BUT I can only find 5.14 on armbian site! So...without compiling it by myself (i want to gather more experience before build it myself), how can i get the latest version? I think I could do something like: 1) install 5.14 on SD 2) apt-get upgrade to 5.15 3) install on eMMC but i'd like to make a fresh install without mess things with upgrade. Sooo....anyone can help a new excited user?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Download, upgrade and install to eMMC is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 wow you are one of the most active developer I ever seen. great work man. thanks! last question: where do i choose between legacy and vanilla kernel? i suspect that the image on armbian site (http://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-pc-plus/) is built with the legacy kernel but i would prefer the most updated vanilla kernel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat_paris Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) @Suxsem it depends on your need. if you need a headless server, probably linux vanilla is ok if you need desktop and/or some features not in vanilla, go for legacy, Armbian applies all the kernel security patches available. Edited August 16, 2016 by goldfish_paris no vanilla kernel yet for general public for OPi+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks for your information But HOW can I choose/switch between vanilla and legacy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 On http://docs.armbian.com/Release_Changelog/ i read that 5.15 bring important update like fixed board auto detection and fixed eMMC install script That's simply because some weeks ago our documentation got f*cked up somehow. The 5.15 changelog entry is just copy & paste from H3 mini FAQ and contains changes that were made between 5.06 and 5.15 (many of them only relevant for H3 boards) https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib/blob/master/documentation/H3_mini_faq.md#os-images-with-vanilla-kernel-4x might also explain situation regarding vanilla kernel and H3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks you all guys, all clear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks you all guys, all clear! Just a final note: You can either use our build system to create images with vanilla kernel (if you keep in mind that throttling is yet not working -- so please add a heatsink when you want to try out mainline kernel now) or update an older test image as outlined in post #8 here. But both attempts are 'playground only' and you might run into problems when trying to update these images when vanilla kernel support is officially available. So better wait for availability of official images later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Ok guys i have a problem. I have installed 5.14 on SD and connected to Internet through wifi (ifconfig showed wlan0) Then I did apt get upgrade and then nand-sata-install. I removed the SD and reboot, all fine, EXCEPT I don't have wlan0 anymore in ifconfig and can't connect to my wifi network. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 ok this is really strange: i formatted my sd again, installed 5.14 and did the first boot. now i DON'T have wlan0 also if it's a clean install! lsusb also doesn't show anything related to the wifi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 problem solved! i disconnected the power cord and reattached it and now I can scan my wifi networks i was doing all with reboots, sometimes a full power down is required! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 problem solved! i disconnected the power cord and reattached it and now I can scan my wifi networks i was doing all with reboots, sometimes a full power down is required! Please read through this thread then replace line 291 in /etc/init.d/armhwinfo with lsmod | grep -q 8189fs && rmmod -f 8189fs and report back. I would suspect this will correctly power cycle the WiFi chip then and should solve this issue. lsusb also doesn't show anything related to the wifi... WiFi is fortunately connected through SDIO on all H3 boards so the place to look would be /sys/bus/sdio/devices/ (devices will only appear after driver is loaded) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suxsem Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Please read through this thread then replace line 291 in /etc/init.d/armhwinfo with lsmod | grep -q 8189fs && rmmod -f 8189fs and report back. I would suspect this will correctly power cycle the WiFi chip then and should solve this issue. WiFi is fortunately connected through SDIO on all H3 boards so the place to look would be /sys/bus/sdio/devices/ (devices will only appear after driver is loaded) oh this is why lsusb doesn't show it! thanks! anyway now wifi it's working also after reboots so i will not apply your suggestion until i will have problems again. all good! awesome distro, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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