Banana Pi M5 no screen on HDMI

bananapim5 · May 30, 2023

Hi,

Banana Pi M5 here.

Really thanks so much by your generous work with Armbian software.

I did a try with:

Armbian 23.02.2 Jammy XFCE

Armbian 23.02.2 Bullseye XFCE

Armbian 22.11.3 Jammy XFCE

Armbian 22.08.7 Jammy XFCE

But only 22.08.7 loads desktop. The others versions does not load desktop after Armbian logo load screen, but I can login through SSH.

I'm not proficiency with computers, I used Linux from many years ago but as an entry user, it's only a hobby, so excuse me if this problem is solved, but I don't find a solution in forum neither the Internet and I'm with these problems for months.

Does anyone know how to solve the issue with screens?

Other details:

Power sources used with BPI-M5:

- AC/DC Adaptor Model DSM-0530 (5V 3A) supplied with BPI-M5.

- Original raspberry foundation AC adapter Model KSA-15E-051300HE (5.1V 3.0A) supplied with RPI-4B.

SD cards:

- SanDisk Ultra 64GB (never issues with RPI-4B neither Windows)

- Kingston Canvas Select Plus 32GB (never issues with RPI-4B neither Windows)

I'm trying Linux flavors because I like Ubuntu a lot for different applications, and I would like to use Kodi too. In Armbian 22.08.7 I thought that Kodi did not have GPU acceleration because options menus were really slow at 1080, but then I saw in the changelog that I was wrong trying v22.08.1 because Armbian included BPI-M5 support on Armbian 22.11.1, so I would like to give it a try.

Thanks so much

Edited May 30, 2023 by bananapim5