Hqnicolas Posted November 17, 2023 Author Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) ✔️ Temperature display works on docker management https://casaos.io/ VFD display isn't needed, It's a GPIO function from android with an custom app runing the GPIO. 😰include this board on armbian standart is BIG Work. @hzdm You will need to compare our DTS file with the StationM2 file, and create a H96MAXv56.DTS easy to describe, hard to work around. It's enough work for a team because you will need to take into account the files included in DTSi and DTS are fitted in a cascade, you will need to understand the kernel 6.2 DTS and 6.4 DTS modifications Edited November 20, 2023 by hotnikq 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted November 25, 2023 Author Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) Quote Using your Armbian TV-Box for cripto After build your own Debian SD-card (other Method) image RELEASE=bullseye and make your own debian EMMC image with that. Flash your H96Max with your Armbian Build. Don't use any pre-compled image on criptocurrency. H96 Max v56 Debian 11 (Bullseye) Build Using the @hzdm method (Custom Build) ./compile.sh build BOARD=h96-max-v56 BRANCH=current BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no RELEASE=bullseye Quote This tutorial can be out of date, consider take it from source Original Source Armbian Flag Quote maximum recomended Crypto value on it: 0.02BTC you can make your RaspBlitz image over Armbian. Quote First Boot 1#ssh root to the armbian H96MAX ssh root@192.168.0.256 Password: 1234 2#Set Raspiblitz Password Set New Root Passwd: raspiblitz Create new User: admin set new user Passwd: raspiblitz 3#reboot reboot now Quote Basesystem Prepare 4#Login as admin account: User: admin Passwd: raspiblitz 5#Update BaseSystem sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade 6#before start add raspberry repo: echo deb http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ buster main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspberrypi.list or echo deb http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ bullseye main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspberrypi.list 7#add Raspberry Keys sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 7FA3303E sudo apt-get update 8#Install Raspiconfig sudo apt-get install raspi-config Quote Install Python 3.10 sudo apt-get install python3.10 # select version pythonVersion="3.10.4" majorPythonVersion=$(echo "$pythonVersion" | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2}' ) # update and upgrade sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y # dependencies sudo apt install wget software-properties-common build-essential libnss3-dev zlib1g-dev libgdbm-dev libncurses5-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev libbz2-dev -y # download wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pythonVersion}/Python-${pythonVersion}.tgz # optional signature for verification wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pythonVersion}/Python-${pythonVersion}.tgz.asc # get PGP pubkey of Pablo Galindo Salgado gpg --recv-key CFDCA245B1043CF2A5F97865FFE87404168BD847 # check for: Good signature from "Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablogsal@gmail.com>" gpg --verify Python-${pythonVersion}.tgz.asc # unzip tar xvf Python-${pythonVersion}.tgz cd Python-${pythonVersion} # configure ./configure --enable-optimizations # install sudo make altinstall # move the python binary to the expected directory sudo mv $(which python${majorPythonVersion}) /usr/bin/ # check ls -la /usr/bin/python${majorPythonVersion} # make the new version the default sudo rm /etc/alternatives/python sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python${majorPythonVersion} 1 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python${majorPythonVersion} 1 # check python --version python3 --version Quote Clone and Install Raspiblitz 9# download the build script wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/dev/build_sdcard.sh 10#Run sudo bash build_sdcard.sh # Options: # -h, --help this help info # -i, --interaction [0|1] interaction before proceeding with execution (default: 1) # -f, --fatpack [0|1] fatpack mode (default: 1) # -u, --github-user [rootzoll|other] github user to be checked from the repo (default: rootzoll) # -b, --branch [v1.10|v1.9] branch to be built on (default: v1.10) # -d, --display [lcd|hdmi|headless] display class (default: lcd) # -t, --tweak-boot-drive [0|1] tweak boot drives (default: 1) # -w, --wifi-region [off|US|GB|other] wifi iso code (default: US) or 'off' 11#Set your custom Build (this is my build) sudo bash build_sdcard.sh --interaction true --fatpack false --github-user raspiblitz --display headless --tweak-boot-drive false --wifi-region off 'what to spect from this comands? H96 isn't the fast system in the world. so, let it build for a while. Quote # LCD repo already cloned/downloaded (1) *** ADDITIONAL DISPLAY OPTIONS *** - calling: blitz.display.sh set-display hdmi # blitz.display.sh set-display hdmi baseimage(raspios_arm64) # old(lcd) # new(hdmi) # UNINSTALL 64bit LCD DRIVER raspberrypi-bootloader was already set on hold. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done xinput-calibrator is already the newest version (0.7.5+git20140201-1+b2). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. sed: can't read /boot/cmdline.txt: No such file or directory # OK uninstall LCD done ... reboot needed # hdmi install ... set framebuffer width/height # blitz.conf.sh set displayClass hdmi # FAIL: missing config file: /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf # Turn ON: LCD ROTATE # OK - a restart is needed: sudo shutdown -r now # BUILD DONE - see above what to spect from this comands? if you try to use Debian 12 or Ubuntu 22.04: Quote # the last step from build added 157 packages, and audited 158 packages in 16s > mempool-backend@2.4.0 build > npm run tsc > mempool-backend@2.4.0 tsc > ./node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc # blitz.display.sh set-display lcd baseimage(ubuntu) # old(headless) # new(lcd) # auto-login of pi user already active err='baseimage not supported' Quote This is a great time to make an backup image! Using the V0.7 tutorial Transfer your Raspblitz image from your server to a thumbdrive (16gb) mount /dev/sda/ /mnt/ rsync -avx / /mnt/ Take the /dev/sda uuid blkid edit the /etc/fstab uuid from flash drive copy partition sudo nano /mnt/etc/fstab UUID=68f4d0f2-3968-4914-8e80-6fe2aa6e5044 / ext4 defaults,noatime,commit=600,errors=remount-ro 0 1 to be effective, you will need to edit the boot partition EXTLINUX file with the uuid from your /dev/sda thumbdrive mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /boot nano -w /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf create a Rootfs.img from that thumbdrive on an external linux computer. sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=~/root.img bs=4096 status=progress you can apply v0.7 + v1.0 method from @hotnikq or v0.8 + v0.9 method from @hzdm now you have a H96MAX raspiblitz image that you can replicate. Backup the bootfs partition from EMMC sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk1p1 of=~/bootfs.img bs=4096 status=progress Create a Backup Image file: Armbian-Raspiblitz_23.11.0-trunk_H96-max-v56_bullseye_current_6.1.63_gnome_desktop.tar.xz shutdown shutdown now attach datadrive Plug HDD on USB3.0 Quote Troubleshot Follow the Original Tutorial Troubleshot: #ssh root to the armbian H96MAX User: admin Passwd: raspiblitz Troubleshot: resize Root Filesystem. df -h sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk1p2 df -h Troubleshot: Reboot sudo reboot now Troubleshot: ssh again ssh admin@192.168.0.256 Password: raspiblitz Troubleshot: the wizard should ask for HDD/SSD Create the EXT4 CTRL+C sudo fdisk /dev/sda n w sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda Troubleshot: set the disk to boot on /mnt/hdd sudo nano /etc/fstab UUID=bbced6d5-4c02-4413-bd8d-ff52c3f50a16 /mnt/hdd/ ext4 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 0 Troubleshot: to mount permanently this script edits the `/ect/fstab` sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh fstab sda1 Troubleshot: Format External SSD # can try to format with the script sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh format ext4 sda ## or manually # make the partition parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 1024KiB 100% # format to ext4, label BLOCKCHAIN mkfs.ext4 -F -L BLOCKCHAIN /dev/sda1 # check the mounts df -h # if there is no /mnt/hdd yet mount /dev/sda1 sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/hdd # to mount permanently this script edits the `/ect/fstab` sudo /home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.datadrive.sh fstab sda1 # return to the setup raspiblitz Quote Troubleshot: return to the setup raspiblitz Troubleshot: clear all keys: This comand will generate a new SSH keys to your server. sudo -u admin config.scripts/blitz.preparerelease.sh Troubleshot: After clear, reset device by power cord And clear SSH from your desktop. Troubleshot: Comand Example: generate all new hash keys on your device. Quote deleting raspiblitz & system logs .. OK cleaning raspiblitz.info deleting SSH Pub keys ... they will get recreated on fresh bootup, by _bootstrap.sh service OK deleting local DNS confs ... OK deleting old API conf ... OK deleting local WIFI conf ... ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1 country=US OK Will shutdown now. Troubleshot: the last comand deleted all the redis service folder, you will need to make this folder again! Quote root@station-m2:/home/admin# systemctl start redis Job for redis-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status redis-server.service" and "journalctl -xeu redis-server.service" for details. root@station-m2:/home/admin# systemctl status redis-server.service × redis-server.service - Advanced key-value store Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2023-11-26 15:28:11 -03; 657ms ago Docs: http://redis.io/documentation, man:redis-server(1) Process: 10614 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf --supervised systemd --daemonize no (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 10614 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 251ms nov 26 15:28:11 station-m2 systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. nov 26 15:28:11 station-m2 systemd[1]: Stopped Advanced key-value store. nov 26 15:28:11 station-m2 systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly. nov 26 15:28:11 station-m2 systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. nov 26 15:28:11 station-m2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store. Troubleshot: Create the redis folder again sudo mkdir -p /var/log/redis/ && sudo touch /var/log/redis/redis-server.log && sudo chown redis:redis /var/log/redis/redis-server.log Troubleshot: now you can start redis again systemctl start redis Troubleshot: Install Whiptail sudo apt-get install whiptail Troubleshot: reboot sudo reboot now You can try to reset this by deleting the file: sudo rm /home/admin/provision.flag and restart the bootstrap process: sudo systemctl restart bootstrap raspiblitz Other files used to record the state (so can be deleted to restart the setup process) are: sudo rm /home/admin/raspiblitz.info sudo rm /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf Follow the raspiblitz tutorial. Edited December 3, 2023 by hotnikq 0 Quote
OICQ Posted November 28, 2023 Posted November 28, 2023 Both Debian and Armbian, I am unable to connect to wired networks. 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted November 29, 2023 Author Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) On 11/28/2023 at 3:42 PM, OICQ said: I am unable to connect to wired networks. did you test v0.7 v0.9 v1.0 or custom build? send a picture from the board of your box sometimes the factory changes board and pinout Need to be something like this. https://forum.armbian.com/uploads/monthly_2023_07/114.thumb.jpg.43ae8bbca4209c02c38c0db29e30c28e.jpg https://forum.armbian.com/uploads/monthly_2023_07/h96maxF.jpg.1046202b427bb0797a20a2e6e5f6a2f9.jpg Edited November 29, 2023 by hotnikq 0 Quote
Evgeny Radchenko Posted December 11, 2023 Posted December 11, 2023 Hi guys. I tried to flash it according to these instructions. Does not work for me. Tell me what else I can try. 8/64 0 Quote
blust0ne Posted December 11, 2023 Posted December 11, 2023 10 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: Tell me what else I can try. 8/64 After the red error message , uncheck the loader item and press "run" again" 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted December 12, 2023 Author Posted December 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: No luck ( Try v1.0 image update H96 MAX V56 RK3566 8gb EMMC Chainloader to mainline HotnikQ images: Tutorial EMMC Version v1.0 ARMBIAN Armbian 23.11.0 Server Minimal V1.0 The Latest Armbian 23.11.0 Desktop Gnome V1.0 The Latest Debian 12 BookWorm Server Minimal v1.0 The Latest Debian 12 BookWorm Desktop Gnome v1.0 The Latest 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted December 12, 2023 Author Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) On 12/11/2023 at 8:01 AM, Evgeny Radchenko said: Tell me what else I can try. 8/64 SELECT THE BOOTLOADER CHECKCBOX! to flash EMMC you need to pass the bootloader to enable EMMC write. Dear @Evgeny Radchenko to work with RK3566 devices you need to use the v2.86 RkdevTool Edited December 14, 2023 by hotnikq 0 Quote
blust0ne Posted December 13, 2023 Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: No luck ( You have to check write by Address. In loader mode , MiniLoaderAll.bin is not checked. In maskrom mode , MiniLoaderAll.bin is checked. When the error is occurred, the device seems to be in loader mode. Edited December 13, 2023 by blust0ne 0 Quote
Evgeny Radchenko Posted December 14, 2023 Posted December 14, 2023 Guys, thank you all for your help. But no, it doesn’t work according to the brief instructions(Hzdm). I tried all the options, with or without "Write by address" and "Loader". hotnikq version doesnt suit for me because i need working usb 2.0. I'll wait until other options appear. 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted December 14, 2023 Author Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: i need working usb 2.0. the USB 2.0 is chainloaded from HDMI, the server image won't start the display HDMI GPU, if you want a USB 2.0 enabled device, use HotnikQ Desktop images Edited December 14, 2023 by hotnikq 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted December 14, 2023 Author Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: But no, it doesn’t work according to the brief instructions(Hzdm). @Evgeny Radchenko to work with RK3566 @hzdm images you need to use the v2.86 RkdevTool Edited December 14, 2023 by hotnikq 0 Quote
johnsmth11011 Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Hi, thanks everybody for hard work for this box. I have followed guide from this post by hzdm, and everything is working fine: It ran for 30 days without problem, docker, virtual machines, compiling... Updates are also working except for kernel. So, today I decided to try to upgrade kernel manually, read here and there, but haven't found definitive answer how is done. I have compiled new image using same procedure, put these packages to the box: linux-dtb-current-media_24.2.0-trunk_arm64__6.1.78-S8b41-D6b4a-P4a63-C53e7Hfe66-HK01ba-Vc222-Babe2-R448a.deb linux-image-current-media_24.2.0-trunk_arm64__6.1.78-S8b41-D6b4a-P4a63-C53e7Hfe66-HK01ba-Vc222-Babe2-R448a.deb linux-u-boot-h96-max-v56-current_24.2.0-trunk_arm64__2017.09-Sc559-Pf377-H8c72-Va336-B11a8-R448a.deb and did "sudo dpkg -i ..." in the order linux-dtb, linux-image, linux-u-boot. As more experienced members probably already know, after reboot it wasn't started. Since this is just the box for experimentation, I have just re-flashed it with new image and everything is working fine again. So, my question is, how do you update kernel? is linux-dtb and linux-image enough, or there is something else that should be done? Thanks. 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 On 2/18/2024 at 7:09 PM, johnsmth11011 said: So, today I decided to try to upgrade kernel manually, read here and there, but haven't found definitive answer how is done. Try this: 0 Quote
Evgeny Radchenko Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Finally installed armbian on my box. Tryed v1.0 and 0.7 All works fine except ethernet. Here is "ip a": 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 82:0d:55:5a:53:43 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname end0 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether f0:27:65:fd:46:ce brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.20.47/24 brd 192.168.20.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlan0 valid_lft 581sec preferred_lft 581sec inet6 fe80::a069:33d9:57b4:f527/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever interface seems to be work, but no connection. Make some photos of my board. Pls, hlp 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 (edited) 5 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: All works fine except ethernet. Welcome to Chinese TV box Nightmare Here on this side of Linux, the manufacturer modifies the hardware without notifying anyone. The only creativity that comes from China is changing adapters on consolidated boards, otherwise everything is a copy. you will need to inject the driver for your LAN device. This device Looks like RTL8211C Use wifi to connect to the web. sudo apt-get install hwinfo hwinfo Thats the device that originally work on my device. ... ... P: /devices/platform/fe010000.ethernet/mdio_bus/stmmac-0/stmmac-0:00 M: stmmac-0:00 R: 00 U: mdio_bus T: PHY V: RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/fe010000.ethernet/mdio_bus/stmmac-0/stmmac-0:00 E: SUBSYSTEM=mdio_bus E: DEVTYPE=PHY E: DRIVER=RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet E: OF_NAME=ethernet-phy E: OF_FULLNAME=/ethernet@fe010000/mdio/ethernet-phy@0 E: OF_COMPATIBLE_0=ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22 E: OF_COMPATIBLE_N=1 E: MODALIAS=of:Nethernet-phyT(null)Cethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22 If you identify that the device is the same as the original driver, then there are physical problems with your device or the cable, check if everything works fine on Android. rewrite the android to the device and test the LAN sd: /devices/platform/fd000000.usb/xhci-hcd.7.auto/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 RTL8226B_RTL8221B 2.5Gbps PHY: module = realtek RTL8221B-VM-CG 2.5Gbps PHY: module = realtek RTL8208 Fast Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8221B-VB-CG 2.5Gbps PHY: module = realtek RTL8201CP Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8366RB Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet: /devices/platform/fe010000.ethernet/mdio_bus/stmmac-0/stmmac-0:00 RTL8211F Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8211B Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8226B-CG_RTL8221B-CG 2.5Gbps PHY: module = realtek RTL8211DN Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8211 Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8226-CG 2.5Gbps PHY: module = realtek RTL8226 2.5Gbps PHY: module = realtek Generic FE-GE Realtek PHY: module = realtek RTL8211F-VD Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8365MB-VC Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8211E Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8201F Fast Ethernet: module = realtek RTL8211C Gigabit Ethernet: module = realtek RTL9000AA_RTL9000AN Ethernet: module = realtek If your device is not in the above list then you need to install the correct driver "ip a" Command: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname end0 inet ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0 valid_lft 2467sec preferred_lft 2467sec inet6 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff scope global dynamic noprefixroute valid_lft 2712sec preferred_lft 2712sec inet6 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: docker0: 85: veth5f87d43@if84: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default link/ether brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0 inet6 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Edited February 24 by hotnikq 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 6 hours ago, Evgeny Radchenko said: nterface seems to be work, but no connection. It looks a lot like a soldering problem in the connector, these Chinese connectors are difficult to work and boxy 0 Quote
Armi Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Hey, community 🙂! Planning use my box for some home lab Kubernetes too. Wonder to firm my box but what type of USB cable did you use, is it just USB male male? Planning do it from my Linux PC. Could you suggest may be method /tool to backup my original partition with firmware? Thank you for any help indeed. 0 Quote
Engin Demir Posted March 8 Posted March 8 @hotnikq Hello guys I am new to armbian and linux firmware etc. I bought h96 max v56 because I read this thread and I thinked armbian is working this device. I can succesfully installed this img ''Armbian_23.11.0-trunk_H96-max-v56_jammy_current_6.1.62_xfce_desktop.img'' but I think it isn't run smooth (working but too slow). So I tried hotnik's img but rk tool says that ''found one maskrom device'' after the flash operation. I am trying to flash 8G_Update_Armbian_23.11.0-trunk_Station-m2_bookworm_edge_6.2.16_gnome_desktop.tar.img. Must I flash another rom before this img? I read this thread many times but I couldn't find where am I doing wrong ? I am using rk flastool 2.86 ( downloaded from hotnik's link). Please help me 😅 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted March 11 Author Posted March 11 (edited) On 3/8/2024 at 9:11 AM, Engin Demir said: ''found one maskrom device'' after the flash operation. this error happened to other users If you follow the tutorial You you find the 8GB devices Fix On 3/8/2024 at 9:11 AM, Engin Demir said: but I think it isn't run smooth (working but too slow) If you're hoping to run a graphical user interface, stick to Android. the original video driver came from android (kernel 4.2) Edited March 11 by hotnikq 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted March 11 Author Posted March 11 On 3/8/2024 at 4:14 AM, Armi said: Could you suggest may be method /tool to backup my original partition with firmware? This is explained on 4gb device topic. 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted April 4 Author Posted April 4 (edited) 🏆 Become a sponsor, help to add other boards in armbian standart, you don't need to be a programmer to help the community, just need a copy of the ARM BOARD and a x86 computer to compile new versions. ########################### EMMC: V1.1 HZDM Release Version ########################### If you like what you see here and want to help: Donate Armbian the like button only costs a few dollars. Armbian Needs you help! If you given up of Armbian Linux on your H96MAX RK3566 TV box Think Again and again and again and again, because: @hzdm updated armbian Build configuration: V1.1 HZDM original Build Armbian Tutorial: #START# On Linux: 1 - Follow the Build Armbian instructions if it doesnt Build your image as espected rm -rf build git clone --depth 1 --branch v24.02 https://github.com/armbian/build try again and again and again and again 2 - Download H96MAX Armbian Build Config (Original Source) 3 - Copy the h96-max-v56 directory to build/packages/blobs/ directory 4 - Copy the h96-max-v56.conf file to the build/config/boards/ directory 5 - Run the image build ./compile.sh On Windows: 6 - Download the Armbian.cfg file to RKDevTool (Original Source) 7 - Drop it on RKDevTool Boot, MiniLoaderAll: H96-MAX-8gb-MiniLoaderAll.bin H96-MAX-4gb-MiniLoaderAll.bin 8 - Shutting down H96 MAX. 9 - Press the Reset button. 10 - Turn on the H96 MAX. 11 - Wait until The message "Found One MASKROM Device" or "Found One LOADER Device" should appear. (1) 12 - Mark all 2 sections with check marks (2) 13 - Open 2 files for each section (3) 14 - Check "Write by Address" (4). 15 - Press the "Run" button (5). The download will start. When the message "Download image OK" appears, the download is finished (6). 16 - H96 MAX will automatically reboot. Done. Alternative: On Linux OS rkdeveloptool db MiniLoaderAll.bin # If this is not your first time flashing with this firmware, an error may appear here\. It\'s not a big deal rkdeveloptool wl 0x0 Your_Armbian_Image-trunk_H96-max-v56_jammy_current_6.1.62.img rkdeveloptool rd And because a malware was discovered in the XZ library from Edge trixie and Edge sid I came here again to remove and ReBuild all afected images. Ubuntu: One of the most popular Linux distributions is not affected as its xz version is the older 5.4 version. No updates are required. Debian Linux: No stable versions of the distribution were affected. but compromised packages were part of test, unstable and experimental versions. Users must update xz-utils. Read more: CVE-2024-3094 Video drivers: https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/mali-drivers/bifrost-kernel https://docs.mesa3d.org/download.html https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/panfrost.html Edited May 2 by Hqnicolas 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted April 4 Author Posted April 4 On 3/8/2024 at 4:14 AM, Armi said: what type of USB cable did you use Male to male USB A On 3/8/2024 at 4:14 AM, Armi said: is it just USB male male? YEP On 3/8/2024 at 4:14 AM, Armi said: Planning do it from my Linux PC Follow the last post i did here.... On 3/8/2024 at 4:14 AM, Armi said: Could you suggest may be method /tool to backup my original partition with firmware? dont put nothing that need backup inside that chinese dogshit box if you did, you can follow this post and this post 1 Quote
pocosparc Posted April 5 Posted April 5 As it seems interesting, I also purchased a new device RK3566 from Aliexpress. I started at the beginning by wanting to backup what is currently on a device (just in case I fuck something up later on). After reading a few threads I embarked on a journey to dump the eMCC contents. I started with the RKDev Tool and RkDumper with various drivers in Windows 11. I did not get very far, so I gave up for now and switched to Kali. I cloned the redeveloptool git repo, tried to compile it, but it failed out of the box. There is a warning treated as an error so you need to correct the code with static pointer casting and then it compiles. Lets try to get some info from the flash: ┌──(xxx㉿yyy)-[~] └─$ sudo rkdeveloptool ld DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x350a,LocationID=102 Loader ┌──(xxx㉿yyy)-[~] └─$ sudo rkdeveloptool rfi Flash Info: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG, value=00 Flash Size: 59640 MB Flash Size: 122142720 Sectors Block Size: 512 KB Page Size: 2 KB ECC Bits: 0 Access Time: 40 Flash CS: Flash<0> ┌──(xxx㉿yyy)-[~] └─$ sudo rkdeveloptool ppt **********Partition Info(GPT)********** NO LBA Name 00 00002000 security 01 00004000 uboot 02 00006000 trust 03 00008000 misc 04 0000A000 dtbo 05 0000C000 vbmeta 06 0000C800 boot 07 00020800 recovery 08 00056800 backup 09 00110800 cache 10 001D0800 metadata 11 001D8800 baseparameter 12 001D9000 logo 13 001E1000 super 14 007F5000 userdata ┌──(xxx㉿yyy)-[~] └─$ sudo rkdeveloptool rci Chip Info: 38 36 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ┌──(xxx㉿yyy)-[~] └─$ sudo rkdeveloptool rcb Capability:15 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 Direct LBA: enabled First 4m Access: enabled Read Com Log: enabled Read Secure Mode: enabled New IDB: enabled So we have a nice partition info with an address table. Nice. I started to read the eMMC from the first 0 sector till the end sector 122142720. It took a while and to my surprise, the .xz file was only 12ish MB large, which was nearly impossible. So I started to analyze the hex dump and to my surprise, after a while, there were only 0xCC values read from the module. After some digging around I found out that there is a protection in uBoot (I would really like to meet this guy or some stupid project lead that has come up with this idea, which is not secure nor meaningful) that prevents reading anything larger in size than 0x10000. As luck would have it uboot was completely dumped from sector 0x4000 onwards so by extracting it from the whole dump I stored the uboot.img. I found a Python script lying around somewhere that needed to be changed to my needs (offsets and length), which dumped uboot.bin. By loading it into ghidra one could search for this function and edit the branch call. I packed everything back into uboot.img and flashed it to the sector 0x4000 and dumped again. This time the .xz was something more than 2.2 GB, which is in a range of images on China Gadgat reviews page. Just to be sure I also retried with the RkDumper as the author suggested that his tool works till driver version 4.5 (if I remember correctly) and I knew that the last time I was able to fiddle around with changing driver *.inf files was in Win7, I searched for an already available VirtualBox image and I found a torrent. With some magic, I was able to edit and add the VID and PID device IDs to the driver and install it. After some trial and error, it persuaded VB to mount the RK Loader in win7. RkDumper did its job, but way slooooower as in Linux. Anyway, I have to separate and complete dumps of the whole eMMC. In the meantime I was also curious about the serial port connector on the board so I soldered the connector. I saw an Image @Hqnicolaswhere he soldered cables for the TTL UART converted and posted UART settings. I used the same principle, but how I was wrong the ground is on this board the middle pin, which I must say that in 20 years in the embedded world have not seen. I needed to prove this with a multimeter. From the UART log I got new information U-Boot 2017.09-dirty #s02 (Jul 27 2023 - 21:33:25 +0800)<CR><LF> <CR><LF> Model: Rockchip RK3568 Evaluation Board<CR><LF> PreSerial: 2, raw, 0xfe660000<CR><LF> DRAM: 7.7 GiB<CR><LF> Sysmem: init<CR><LF> Why the use of RK3568??? I have 8 GB of DDR4 RAM running with the frequency of 1056 MHz and also that dtb files are loaded from the kernel partition. Also, the I2C frequency of the bulk converter seems to be the right one for tcs4525 (also to format is correct, but the numbers are so small that I can't read them)., what was mentioned by @Hqnicolas in the 4G thread. So the next move was to dump/extract them all. There is also one Python script somewhere in git repo that dumps them - not so perfectly though. In Linux, I converted them into dts and I am sharing them in this post. @Hqnicolas For the card reader did you only solder the socket or you also added other components (I don't have the BOM list) as it appears that a lot of condensators were not placed on the board? So the next steps are going to be analysis of the log files and probing out the armbian linux installation. androidBoot_asc.txt dts_files.7z dtb_dump.7z 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted April 6 Author Posted April 6 (edited) 5 hours ago, pocosparc said: to backup what is currently on a device (just in case I fuck something up later on) you can burn the android image from https://disk.yandex.ru/d/F29OpGlUWmyfKA?w=1 and in the worst case you can short the EMMC CLK pins "next post image" Rockchip devices are unbrickable unless you short the power supply or EMMC got out of TBW 5 hours ago, pocosparc said: RkDumper with various drivers in Windows 11. Forgot Windows 11 you need the Junkyard 10 5 hours ago, pocosparc said: there were only 0xCC values read from the module. I think you need to swith the device mode before dump memory (i did it by trial and error) 5 hours ago, pocosparc said: . This time the .xz was something more than 2.2 GB, which is in a range of images on China Gadgat reviews page. nice it's a dump. 5 hours ago, pocosparc said: Why the use of RK3568??? RK3318 is the same as RK3328 RK3568 is the same as RK3566 you can swap firmwares between them 5 hours ago, pocosparc said: For the card reader did you only solder the socket only the socket and a drilled hole on plastic case with SD card you can archive better results! Thank's for the board images, I dont have patience to disassemble it again I think you be the gui that will bring the Video driver and RKNPU2 to armbian Edited April 6 by Hqnicolas 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted April 6 Author Posted April 6 (edited) Please, Use a debug Tool TTL UART Baud rate: 1500000 Data bit: 8 Stop bit: 1 Parity check: none Flow control: none ☑️ CP2104 TTL Tested the original one! ☑️ CP2102 TTL Tested the chinese fake one! Edited April 6 by Hqnicolas 0 Quote
Werner Posted April 6 Posted April 6 6 hours ago, Hqnicolas said: ☑️ CP2102 TTL Tested! Press X for 'doubt'. The CP2102 cannot handle 1.5Mbaud 0 Quote
Hqnicolas Posted April 6 Author Posted April 6 (edited) 7 hours ago, Werner said: Press X for 'doubt'. The CP2102 cannot handle 1.5Mbaud @Werner Are your CP2102 fake? I Have the Chinese Fake CP2102 and it works at 1.5M baud rate This gui's are fake ^^^^^^^^^ and this CP2102 works at 1.5M baud rate but the PL2303HX dont work with anithing is an absolute wast of metal Prolific PL2303 have fake versions to The Serial UART to USB looks like the TV-Box Market Edited April 6 by Hqnicolas 0 Quote
Werner Posted April 6 Posted April 6 https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/IC/cp2102.pdf https://x.na4.eu/KOTu3/ZAfupUHU45.png 0 Quote
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