Latest Armbian for S805 TV

[Werner]

If the desired image combination is not available DIY. That's the build framework made for

https://github.com/armbian/build/

[Kernel 6.12 in MXQ]

look here https://github.com/hzyitc/armbian-onecloud/releases

[remolaan]

hi , can i use these image to boot armbian to my  s805X  Amlogic soc.

[Fiery_Fire]

@Dominik Wójt Hey, I've picked up my mxq box again looking to put a newer OS on it. It seems the image you provided works with HDMI. Thanks! However, if I build it from the normal armbian repo it does not work. Any chance you can share what changes you made?

[Dominik Wójt]

Hi @Fiery_Fire, all the changes I used have been merged to armbian.

I tried to build an image from the current main branch and I got no HDMI output too.

I tried a newer kernel and applied all the patches from xdarklight's branch https://github.com/xdarklight/linux/tree/meson-mx-integration-6.15-20250608, here is an armbian branch: https://github.com/domin144/armbian-build/tree/meson_6.16

I compiled with this command:

./compile.sh build BOARD=aml-s805-mxq BRANCH=edge BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no DESKTOP_APPGROUPS_SELECTED= DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT=xfce DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_NAME=config_base KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=trixie

Now I get some output on HDMI, but it is so distorted, I cannot read any text.

Something must have been changed in the 6.12 kernel between the time I tried it last and now. Unfortunately I will not have time to debug this in a foreseeable future. Hopefully this distorted output will be a better starting point for you than no output at all.

[Fiery_Fire]

Hi @Dominik Wójt, Thank you for your time looking into this. I was really stuck in a loop looking for solutions and this is the conclusion I also came to: The issue is with the kernel, not with DTBs, config, distro, monitor or anything else. I got the output to work on a regular image by installing "linux-image-edge-meson" but still no access to NAND and the device does not run smoothly. Best experience I've had was with an old image with kernel 3.10.108 which had everything working and running smoothly.

 

I would like to try these patches you mentioned but unfortunately I don't have the knowledge on how to do so, then how to put this into armbian during the build process...

 

I've now given up on this. Installed LibreELEC with and old kernel and donated the box away. Though I want to thank you again for your suggestions and for your help.