X96mini,S905w Stuck on boot time.

[Nandhu]

I'm using,

TV Box Name: X96 mini

CPU (example: amlogic s905w): amlogic s905w

Armbian build file name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz

DTB file used: meson-gxl-s905w-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

 

During the boot time stacked(freeze) the screen.

[SteeMan]

Try a build that isn't over two years old:

 

[Werner]

moved

[Nandhu]

Dear Stee man,

 

I'm tried those links with updated image file, but still the problem occurred.

last 2 lines are

Memory Limit : none

[end Kernel panic - not syncing : Asynchronous SError Interrupt ]---

 

*I'm using device have no boot button. So chose the "aml_autoscript" update method.

Edited March 17, 2023 by Nandhu
added Mentioned the replay

[SteeMan]

I have two x96 mini's and don't have any issues.  Could you screen capture the boot process before it starts loading the kernel?

Also pictures of your board would be helpful to compare to mine.

[Nandhu]

Dear SteeMan,

 

I have added the booting screen images,

 

[SteeMan]

On 3/17/2023 at 7:42 AM, Nandhu said:

meson-gxl-s905w-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

Your first post says you are using the p281 dtb (which is what I use), but the screen shots show you are using the tx3-mini dtb.  You need to fix your extlinux.conf

[Nandhu]

I have already tried those dtb.

[SteeMan]

Can you include pictures of the top and bottom of your box and then open the case and take pictures of the top and bottom of the board (with good enough resolution to see the markings on the board as well as on the chips).  My boxes work fine, so I want to see if your box as different hardware.  TV box manufacturers often make hardware changes but still call it by the same name.

[Nandhu]

[SteeMan]

@Nandhu  Thanks for the info.  I need to take my box apart to compare.  But I am heading out for a week of vacation, so I might not get to that until I get back in early April.

[Nandhu]

Thank you @SteeMan  for your valuable reply, Please ping me after your vacation, Have a nice vacation.

[andersonpersan]

@Nandhu My TV Box is a TX3 Mini, and I had the exact same problem with this processor, did you find a solution? I've tried everything possible and unfortunately I can't move forward.

[Nandhu]

@andersonpersan No bro, I can't find the solution. I switched to another dedicated ARM Linux box.

[andersonpersan]

@Nandhu After so many attempts I managed to install Armbian on the TX3 Mini (Amlogic S905W), on its internal memory (eMMC), but it was trial and error, and I still only managed on an old version (Armbian 5.91, based on Debian), but for my purpose must meet.

[Nandhu]

@andersonpersan Could you please share the steps that you have taken?

[andersonpersan]

@Nandhu I followed the already known steps that you did earlier, the difference was the image I used, which I found in this link here: https://loksado.com/2020/02/download-armbian-linux-untuk-hg680p-dan-b860h-amlogic-s905-p212/ (I hope it doesn't cause problems to post this link), I used some versions, and for my case the one that worked was "5.91", I used the dtb referring to my TV Box (meson-gxl-s905w-tx3-mini.dtb) and using the versions with and without interface and both worked, at first I tested it on the SD Card, when I saw that it was everything went well, I ran "install.sh" which ran smoothly, and now I'm running my Armbian smoothly.

 

I hope this helps you and others who have had the same problem as me.

[SteeMan]

@andersonpersan Could you do some tests for me?  Since I can't reproduce the problem (the newest images work on my s905x boxes, including multiple TX3 mini's and X96 mini's), i'm not able to solve the problem.

Since you have found that an older build is working for you, I would request that you try a couple of things to see we can figure out what isn't working in your case for the latest builds.

Since you have already installed to emmc, the first test I would ask is to now try to boot a new build from an sd card with the old build in emmc. (The boot logic should boot from SD card first, before emmc)

[Nandhu]

@andersonpersanThank you, let me check on my device.

[andersonpersan]

Hello @SteeMan, when I managed to run and install the previous version, I was excited and believed that I could run a current version, because I thought I had "unlocked" something in the hardware, but it was not possible to run through the SD Card. I could record a video to show the steps I followed, but I speak Brazilian Portuguese and I don't speak English (I translate the texts via Google Translate), you wouldn't understand me. But basically what I did was trial and error, I tried the "Focal" and "Bullseye" versions, and 6 months ago I talked to you (TX3 Mini without reset button does not boot), and you suggested me to test all available dtb's and that's what I did, were almost 50 attempts on each of these versions, and the common errors I had were: "kernel panic - not syncing: asynchronous serror interrupt armbian", "memory limit none" and finally there was a moment when I managed to access a console, but without success to advance appeared "(initramfs)".

 

So searching here on the forum I saw this link and decided to try, and by "luck" I managed to run it on my first attempt with an interface, I even installed it on my eMMC, but I needed to install Open Media Vault and I discovered that it does not run on Linux with an interface , so I decided to run it with the same version without interface and once again I managed to install it in eMMC, and now I'm running it without many problems, I have an Open Media Vault installed, an external HD connected and I also installed and configured Emby ( this one I'm still trying to find the best setting, as it crashes with some movies when transcoding because of the modest hardware).

 

If you have other tests I can run, I'd be happy to help.

 

 

[Magd Almuntaser]

Thank you @andersonpersan this working with me ..

but without wifi ..

i've TX3 MINI like your device .. i will try now to fix it

[Magd Almuntaser]

@andersonpersan Have you tried this method to fix wifi?

 

[andersonpersan]

Hi @Magd Almuntaser, I'm glad you got it too by following what was said. About the wi-fi, mine didn't work either, but in my case it's not a problem because I'm using it wired. But later I can try to fix it.

[kostkol87]

@andersonpersan Faced with same issue on my box with no reset button =(( Could you please share with link on working img you use? And wich dtb was finally used? 😃

Edited August 2 by kostkol87

[andersonpersan]

Hi @kostkol87, the link and dtb are in my post, if your problem is exactly the same as mine, it will probably work for you!

 

On 5/13/2023 at 7:38 PM, andersonpersan said:

I used, which I found in this link here: https://loksado.com/2020/02/download-armbian-linux-untuk-hg680p-dan-b860h-amlogic-s905-p212/ (I hope it doesn't cause problems to post this link), I used some versions, and for my case the one that worked was "5.91", I used the dtb referring to my TV Box (meson-gxl-s905w-tx3-mini.dtb)