OrangePI-800 (rk3399)

[Werner]

Ah okay, so some manual hacking was still needed.

[mscs]

Sorry for off-topic. Is it possible to use efi\grub for rk3399 with OrangePI-800?

I want to install two different OS to eMMC and select by grub.

[ericxjo]

Hi, i tried this image (Armbian_22.11.0-trunk_Orangepi-800_jammy_current_5.19.17_xfce_desktop.img.xz) and it's lightyears ahead of what the default OS that the Orange Pi 800 comes with and has for offer for download from the Orange Pi 800. 

 

I noticed that if the kernel upgrades or initramfs, it will still boot, but opengl stops working and there's other problems.  I'd like to hold all that but allow all else to upgrade normally.   Is it enough to hold linux-image-current-rockchip64 or do I also somehow have to lock initramfs or what else?  I realize that using a self-described alpha release is a bad idea, but what if the official builds are even worse?  Maybe make /boot read-only on the first boot?  Any ideas would be welcome.

 

Otherwise many things work well -- I tested WiFi, sound over HDMI (simply just select it in PulseAudio Volume Control and shut the other one off -- I did not have the problem with it not showing up that others seem to have had), and Bluetooth works fine.

 

Thanks, this distro, even at alpha stage, is better than what is offered by OrangePi themselves.  

 

Side note, slightly off-topic but I think closely enough related, I tried installing cfs-zen-tweaks (https://github.com/igo95862/cfs-zen-tweaks) and set /sys/block/mmcblk0/queue/scheduler to bfs and that really made this a smooth desktop experience (I am using f2fs as well).  Honestly it works fine for desktop use.  Thanks again!

 

[DeterminedOpier]

Hi Team.  Is there a specific reason why support for the 800 was discontinued?  I had just assumed it would be there. The opi images do work but they use Chinese repositories and considering the Chinese firewall I don't like to rely on them. I downloaded one of the desktop versions from your personal repo and it seems to be working. But emby theater doesn't play stuff for some reason that will play through the browser IP address link. It also bricked when I did apt upgrade.   I got an 800 for my son to eventually learn some stuff. Would be nice to have an Armbian. I asked the guys on Ali to petition Igor since I figure they must be giving you guys something finally.

Edited April 19, 2023 by DeterminedOpier

[DeterminedOpier]

I am successfully using this balbes image as well for my kid's 800. But gonna try the zen tweaks.

[DeterminedOpier]

...but the audio crashed after a couple weeks lol.  Probably over my head but I'll try to fix it. Saved the working SD card and taped it to the back of the 800 for such a case, so no biggie.

 

I purged pulseaudio rebooted, reinstalled it, rebooted, and not only is it fixed, HDMI sound is now working, which is was not before.   So yay.

[DeterminedOpier]

Not yay. It fails on every reboot. Have to reinstall pulseaudio every time.  Images have disappeared from google drive.  

[Erik Hill]

At the end, I just run it off the Orange Pi 4 image.  It boots, and seems totally stable, but a lot doesn't work.  No WiFi, no Bluetooth, no microphone, no internal speaker.  Graphics works great, and it doesn't break during upgrades.  I already ran mine off of ethernet, and never used the internal speaker (I have a USB speaker), nor microphone, so I just live with it.  Obviously not ideal.  For my bluetooth mouse, it also can use a USB dongle.  

 

That being said, I've been using it quite some time, and it's stable and useful and fast.

 

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to turn this image into a working one.

 

I also wish I knew why development just stopped for this machine.

[balbes150]

Freeze kernel updates, when you upgrade, you get a kernel that does not work on opi-800.

[ericxjo]

Running the new Armbian release (23.5.1), and everything seems to work.  At least the problems I was having seem to have gone away.  I JUST installed it and tested it, so consider this about half an hour of testing.  But WiFi works fine as far as I can tell (no idea yet if it stays up reliably over time), and audio through HDMI works fine (listening to it now!).  Bluetooth might work and seems to get much farther.  In the last release, Bluetooth would just crash if you clicked it, but now it pops up a window, and my mouse shows up.  I only have one mouse, so if I switch it to Bluetooth mode, I can't click the button to confirm it!  I'll look around for another Bluetooth item, but it looks like it might work.  At least it's not crashing.  And the stuff that worked before is still working, so it seems.  So this is quite a release for the Orange Pi 800.  To be clear, I am using the Cinnamon version of the "Orange Pi 4 and LTS" image.

 

Okay, still exploring as I write this post...

 

Going to sleep and waking up again left me with a garbled monitor image.  Unplugging the monitor and plugging it back in instantly fixed it.  This would happen in the last release as well, and I just disabled sleep.  This only happened with the native Orange Pi monitor, other monitors did not show this behavior, so perhaps it's a problem with the monitor.

 

I will test this further.

 

Okay, tested Bluetooth further, but not the sleep/monitor issue  (I'm back), and Bluetooth works fine.  Side note:  In the last version of Armbian, one of my USB ports didn't work.  It was the rightmost one looking down on the unit.  It still doesn't work, so perhaps that's a hardware problem.  

 

[ericxjo]

Okay, about the mouse issue.  It works fine -- but I will give Rasbian this:  They have a great first setup wizard, and that wizard can deal with the "my only mouse is a Bluetooth mouse" issue quite neatly.  It will detect if there's no mouse and let you set a Bluetooth one up from the get-go.  This is a great feature, and I think Armbian should also implement a similar solution.

[ericxjo]

A minor nit-pick (how do I report it?) If I open sound, and get to the "Sound" window and go under the "Output" tab in Cinnamon Armbian 23.5.1, it will show the HDMI out as "Analog Output / Built-in Audio" and show a generic icon of a sound card.  There's no way to know this is HDMI Audio out, except to try it.  I also have another option, which was set by default until I changed it - "Headphones / Built-in Audio".  I don't have headphones with a cord right now, so I don't know if that actually works.  I also note that the Orange Pi 800's built-in speaker is not an option on this list, and I don't know how to select it.

 

To make this work as I would expect it to:

 

The default should be HDMI Audio out, given that that is the only audible option that's currently plugged in right now.

It should be labeled as HDMI Audio out.

It should have an appropriate, specific icon (maybe an HDMI logo?)

There should be a Headphones, but as a second, non-default option.

There should be, a third icon, maybe "Internal Speaker / Built-in Audio" and it should have an icon of a speaker.

 

I also did some testing of the internal microphone.  It is not listed on the "Input" tab of the "Sound" window.  There are two generic entries listed, identical, both "Analog Input / Built-in Audio", and having a generic sound card icon.  Saying "test test test" and tapping on the Orange Pi 800's case near its microphone hole while either of these two icons were selected did not make the "Input level" indicator change in any way, it seems to be set at zero.  I take this to mean that the 800's microphone is not supported by this OS right now.

 

I expected to see one microphone icon (since the system only has one built-in microphone), for it to be set as default, and for it to work (the level indicator should bounce when I make noise).

 

How would I go about volunteering to work on this?

Edited June 1, 2023 by ericxjo

[Pi_user]

Hello, could someone please help me. I've got image Retropie for OrangePI 4 LTS, put it to SD-card. My Orange pi 800 started with this SD-card, everything worked fine, but video enabled only thru HDMI port. MY old CRT display didn't started with vga port, however CRT display works on the other oficial images sach as Ubuntu, OS droid, Manjaro. How to enable vga port in Retropie?

[SteeMan]

9 minutes ago, Pi_user said:

I've got image Retropie

These forums are for Armbian software.  You need to go to ask your questions in a forum/site that supports the software you are running.  If it isn't Armbian we can't help you.

[Pi_user]

2SteeMan: Retropie build on Rasbian os. Does Rasbian not the same as Armbian?

[SteeMan]

No not the same thing at all

[Pi_user]

2SteeMan: sorry, my mistake the image based on Armbain build from here: https://ReARM.it

How can I enable vga port on Orange pi 800 in Armbian?

Edited December 2, 2023 by Pi_user

[Werner]

7 hours ago, Pi_user said:

Armbain build from here: https://ReARM.it

We cannot help with 3rd party "Armbian" images either. We can help with official images only. So make sure they are genuine: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/#how-to-check-download-authenticity