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vuhuy

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Thanks @balbes150. Tried your last images. Running 5.41 20180305 (Mate) on a s905x device (Mini M8SII) from internal storage and found the following problems:

  • IR remote doesn't work anymore. Placed remote.conf in /boot/ and /etc/amremote without any effect. The amlogic-remotecfg service is not running, because /dev/amremote cannot be found. There are also no LIRC devices in case you've moved to LIRC for IR support.
  • Adjusting screen resolution in /boot/hdmi.sh (1080p60hz to 720p60hz) is partially failing. Case scenario:
    • Running 1080p out of the box without adjustments after flashing: everything works fine. Kodi and desktop environment are running in 1080p.
    • Changing 1080p to 720p after flashing and first boot: KODI works fine and runs in 720p, desktop environment shows artifacts and seems to be running in 1080p.
    • Changing 1080p to 720p after flashing and before first boot: everything works fine. Kodi and desktop environment are running in 720p.

Same effect when running the image from SD and USB stick.

 

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Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Can't get remote working on mate 20171226 either (which worked fine before). Perhaps I'm forgetting something.

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balbes150

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  On 3/5/2018 at 7:21 PM, vuhuy said:

IR remote doesn't work anymore. Placed remote.conf in /boot/ and /etc/amremote without any effect. The amlogic-remotecfg service is not running, because /dev/amremote cannot be found. There are also no LIRC devices in case you've moved to LIRC for IR support.

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fixed for image Armbian Ubuntu Mate 20180307

The remote works in the image 20180305, you need to use the correct dtb file.

 

 

 

  On 3/5/2018 at 7:21 PM, vuhuy said:

Adjusting screen resolution in /boot/hdmi.sh (1080p60hz to 720p60hz) is partially failing. Case scenario:

  • Running 1080p out of the box without adjustments after flashing: everything works fine. Kodi and desktop environment are running in 1080p.
  • Changing 1080p to 720p after flashing and first boot: KODI works fine and runs in 720p, desktop environment shows artifacts and seems to be running in 1080p.
  • Changing 1080p to 720p after flashing and before first boot: everything works fine. Kodi and desktop environment are running in 720p.

 

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It is a complex system (DE + KODI). To change the screen resolution ONLY in the file /boot/hdmi.sh.

 

  On 3/6/2018 at 10:19 PM, Édney Helene said:

When are you guys going to build an special version for S905w with cvbs compatibility?

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I don't have s905w.

 

 

TO ALL

fix system menu for aml-kodi-ubuntu_5.41.deb

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vuhuy

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  On 3/7/2018 at 11:23 AM, balbes150 said:

fixed for image Armbian Ubuntu Mate 20180307

The remote works in the image 20180305, you need to use the correct dtb file.

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That's right, I just copied the dtb without renaming it. Sorry the wrong report.

 

One last thing, I don't know you can fix it, but there seems to be some problems with the amlogic audio drivers. Maybe there are alternatives or fixes available?
 

Problem

Audio driver can cause kernel panic when playing a sound rapidly multiple times in a row. No audio is available after the kernel panic, or it keeps playing (loop) the audio in the sound buffers before the kernel panic.

 

Reproduction

Start up Kodi. Use the keyboard to navigate through the menu, so it plays a sound every time it selects a different menu item. Now quickly navigate through the menu.

 

Kernel logs

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Setup

Mini M8S II (s905x) using GXL P212 2G DTB. Using your Ubuntu Mate image. Versions 20171226, 20180305, and 20180307 are affected.

 

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balbes150

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  On 3/7/2018 at 2:02 PM, vuhuy said:

Audio driver can cause kernel panic when playing a sound rapidly multiple times in a row. No audio is available after the kernel panic, or it keeps playing (loop) the audio in the sound buffers before the kernel panic.

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Remove "alsa-utils" and "libasound2-plugins" (with all dependencies). This is a problem of interaction between the new kernel and pulseaudio. If you do not use pulseaudio - you can completely remove it.

Th-man

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Hi all,
I installed  "Armbian_5.41_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_mate_20180302.img" on SD card, and it runs good. My problem is booting into it: boot hangs on lightdm start, and I have to ctrl+alt+F1, then loggin, then startx. I tried with armbian icewm and it is the same ...
Th.

Ok, I burn my image file with etcher instead of my ubuntu usb image writer and now it boots ok. Now, next job is to see about getting better quality watching live tv streams from either VLC or Chromium....

Th.

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Janik

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Hi

I have a device NEXBOX A95X (S905X, 2/16), installed Armbian_5.37_S9xxx_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_server_20171226.img, but I can not configure wifi

I give the commands:

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ginkrust

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@balbes150 thank you amazing work.

 

Your armbian 3.14.29 works very well on s905w (x96 mini 1GB/8GB), only wifi no luck.

 

I followed tutorial, tried various dtb files, modprobe both wifi_dummy and dhd and couldn't get wifi to work.  nothing showsup on iwconfig

from my research chip is bad binary only wifi 9082xs/ssv6200 and your image doesn't support this yet (please tell me if wrong!)

 

tried https://kszaq.libreelec.tv/s905/8.2/8.2.3.1/LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.2-8.2.3.1.img.gz LE 3.14.29  kernel version and wifi work on LE, so searching github i found what commit added support

 

https://github.com/kszaq/linux-amlogic-le/commit/9c908360c563595a4d96ed62c7342d195edaeb3f

 

https://github.com/AlexELEC/AlexELEC-AML/commit/fb41e7bd4c4ce5cc103e8f1497cfffececd7e44a

 

https://github.com/AlexELEC/AlexELEC-AML/commit/7e332afdd8240f83856f1b26a4354812dcf6fdcd

 

I am confused how to add support to your image. Maybe you support already I just don't know how to enable.

Maybe I need to recompile kernel with prebuilt ko file and change configuration

 

I copied the modules from LE, modeprobe works! dmesg say:

 

SSV6XXX_SDIO sdio:0001:1: vendor = 0x3030 device = 0x3030 but then fails to initialize the device, modprobe tainted

 

I think the other changes to the kernel config are needed.

 

I tried to recompile the kernel but failed at first steps

if I have to recompile the kernel, what branch should i use for https://github.com/150balbes/Amlogic_s905-kernel armbian or 3.14? I found instructions in post

but seems old (different branches now).

 

any link or direction will help many thanks

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ginkrust

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  On 11/30/2017 at 1:29 AM, deranger said:

After some dtb trials I managed to get your 3.14 Armbian running on my very very cheap, 23€ at amazon, S905W/2GB/16GB/9082xs

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@deranger can I ask you for directions on which dtb file for that?

I have the 1/8 variant of an s905w with wifi only working on a LE build. tried many dtb files.

ginkrust

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I was confused, my box doesn't have 9082xs it needs ssv6051 drivers which armbian @balbes150 supports

 

after installing all relevant firmware deb files, i see in dmesg 

               *** sta_cfg_set, /usr/lib/firmware/ssv6051/ssv6051-wifi.cfg ***

[   80.459198] ERROR: filp_open

I looked for the file, is in /lib/firmware instead

 

my quick fix

  

ln -s /lib/firmware /usr/lib/firmware

now wifi works. Using Armbian_5.41_S9xxx_Debian_stretch_3.14.29_server_20180305.img.xz

 

device: s905w based x96 mini with ssv6051

 

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balbes150

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  On 3/19/2018 at 9:02 PM, windumasta said:

this one works fine with the khandas vim 1 but what is the root pwd ?
1234 not works like the other

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The password works.

Judging from many of your messages with different problems, you have a problem with media quality or image recording. The forum has been the description of a similar problem from a user who tried to understand. As a result, he solved all the problems after replacing the media with high-quality ones.

windumasta

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  On 3/20/2018 at 6:56 AM, balbes150 said:

The password works.

Judging from many of your messages with different problems, you have a problem with media quality or image recording. The forum has been the description of a similar problem from a user who tried to understand. As a result, he solved all the problems after replacing the media with high-quality ones.

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I'm using samsung and sandisk sd card tell me what is better quality media ?

balbes150

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  On 3/20/2018 at 10:10 AM, windumasta said:

I'm using samsung and sandisk sd card tell me what is better quality media ?

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Start by reading from this post and then on the next page. A few posts you will see what kind of result came user.

 

 

 

cinquieme

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Hello, first of all thanks to balbes and sorry if the question has been answered (i've been searching for a while)

 

I have 2 boxes (1 TX3 pro 1gb, 1 minim8SII 2gb)  running on Armbian_5.37_S9xxx_Debian_stretch_3.14.29_server_20171226.img

Install and running is flawless

 

I tried to install Armbian_5.41_S9xxx_Debian_stretch_4.9.40_server_20180315 but all my attempts are unsuccessful.

My usb key seems to boot (blinking led) but i have no HDMI output nor any IP adress on my network displayed.

 

I tried several P212x dtb.img but none work.

 

Can anyone give me a hint to make 4.9.40 server boot on my 2 devices? Did i miss something?

Or just recommend me 2 dtb for S905X (1Gb & 2Gb) working with Balbes 5.41_59 2018015 img?

 

 

Thank you very much

balbes150

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  On 3/20/2018 at 3:35 PM, cinquieme said:

Can anyone give me a hint to make 4.9.40 server boot on my 2 devices? Did i miss something?

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To run kernel 4.9 successfully, you need

1. New u-boot (it is used in firmware from Android-7).

2. The correct dtb.

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fossxplorer

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@balbes150 i'm trying to run Kubernetes using your kernel, but it seems to lack some cgroup support such as freeer, and other kernel support for ip_nf and netfilter_xt. + some other missing kernel support too, please see below marked in bold.

Possible to get these into the next version?

 

root@amlogic:~# kubeadm join --token 82e7a9.543a20d2e1b46566 192.168.1.105:6443 --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256:030150ccecdfd2139bd3f532b92153870ea01f9cf319b1fb8954dab76357fb45[preflight] Running pre-flight checks.
[preflight] The system verification failed. Printing the output from the verification:
KERNEL_VERSION: 4.14.0-rc2-next-20170929-amlogics905x
CONFIG_NAMESPACES: enabled
CONFIG_NET_NS: enabled
CONFIG_PID_NS: enabled
CONFIG_IPC_NS: enabled
CONFIG_UTS_NS: enabled
CONFIG_CGROUPS: enabled
CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT: enabled
CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE: enabled
CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER: not set
CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED: enabled
CONFIG_CPUSETS: enabled
CONFIG_MEMCG: enabled
CONFIG_INET: enabled
CONFIG_EXT4_FS: enabled
CONFIG_PROC_FS: enabled
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT: not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT: not set
CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS: enabled
CONFIG_AUFS_FS: not set - Required for aufs.
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM: not set - Required for devicemapper.
DOCKER_VERSION: 17.12.1-ce
OS: Linux
CGROUPS_CPU: enabled
CGROUPS_CPUACCT: enabled
CGROUPS_CPUSET: enabled
CGROUPS_DEVICES: enabled
CGROUPS_FREEZER: missing
CGROUPS_MEMORY: enabled
    [WARNING SystemVerification]: docker version is greater than the most recently validated version. Docker version: 17.12.1-ce. Max validated version: 17.03
    [WARNING FileExisting-crictl]: crictl not found in system path
[preflight] Some fatal errors occurred:
    [ERROR SystemVerification]: unexpected kernel config: CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT
    [ERROR SystemVerification]: missing cgroups: freezer
[preflight] If you know what you are doing, you can make a check non-fatal with `--ignore-preflight-errors=...`
root@amlogic:~#

w1nner4fun

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Hello all,

I have successfully installed and run different images with 3.14 kernel on my MXQ Pro+ 4K (S905X Mali-450 2GB/16GB) box.

It all looks very nice but I am having a few but important video issues:

1. when trying to watch flash videos -like Youtube- on browsers (Chromium, Firefox), in fullscreen mode the image is stuttering and pretty unwatchable (on sports events, for example, where action should run smoothly). The small default window runs fine, only fullscreen is problematic.

2. Kodi 17 is rendering smooth image but it is always in fullscreen mode and cannot be modified to windowed mode. Therefore I cannot copy Ace stream or Sopcast links in order to paste and play them on Kodi's Plexus addon.

I am new to Armbian/Linux and I don't know whether these video issues are solvable. Am I missing something?

Can anyone help, please?

Thank you.

cinquieme

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  On 3/21/2018 at 6:49 AM, balbes150 said:

To run kernel 4.9 successfully, you need

1. New u-boot (it is used in firmware from Android-7).

2. The correct dtb.

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Ok thanks Balbes, since mine are Android 6, i guess i must keep running on 3.14.29

balbes150

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  On 3/21/2018 at 10:34 AM, fossxplorer said:

Possible to get these into the next version?

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In any time soon I is engaged in a and not plan significant changes in kernel. You can build your own version of the kernel for yourself.

 

 

balbes150

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Image update Armbian 20180323 kernel 4.14.11 .

Works wired network, USB, monitor (you can change the screen resolution on the fly). The images are in the "test"directory.

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manuti

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  On 3/23/2018 at 6:09 PM, balbes150 said:

Image update Armbian 20180323 kernel 4.14.11 .

Works wired network, USB, monitor (you can change the screen resolution on the fly). The images are in the "test"directory.

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Awesome! 

balbes150

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Perhaps someone will be interested-a new version of Volumio 0.7_20180325  for S9xxx. It has audio output via a standard HDMI output. To use this feature, you must use one of two dtb files. For VIM1 (S 905 X) - "kvim_android.dtb" for the VIM2 (S912) - "kvim2_android.dtb". For those who use other dtb files, please write the names of the dtb files that you use. They need to make a number of changes to make them earned HDMI output.

 

https://yadi.sk/d/xbesnjYG3PETk5

 

details

 

https://volumio.org/forum/volumio-for-box-amlogic-s905-s905x-s912-s802-s812-t8028.html

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Huxy

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Hi.

 

I'm using the Vega S95 Meta and armbian 5.37 S905 edition works perfectly, however, I need a newer kernel version. The later editions of armbian which use the kernel 4.x.x do not boot, they power cycle. After several attempts at swapping in and out the DTB files, I found that the vega meta dtb file no longer works. Using the play2 dtb allowed me to boot, so I tried building the latest kernel (mainline) and that dtb still didn't work.  Is this broken in the mainline or is there a simple fix?

 

Ideas?

 

balbes150

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  On 3/29/2018 at 12:04 PM, Huxy said:

I'm using the Vega S95 Meta and armbian 5.37 S905 edition works perfectly, however, I need a newer kernel version. The later editions of armbian which use the kernel 4.x.x do not boot, they power cycle. After several attempts at swapping in and out the DTB files, I found that the vega meta dtb file no longer works. Using the play2 dtb allowed me to boot, so I tried building the latest kernel (mainline) and that dtb still didn't work.  Is this broken in the mainline or is there a simple fix?

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dtb Vega Telos\Meta\Pro has not been updated in the main branch for a long time. I did to them patches in version of 4.11, but they already are obsolete, need to collect new patches.

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