How to install armbian in h618?

[Nick A]

What’s the error this time?

[svyatoslav]

The directory is incorrectly specified

[Nick A]

Is this an error in the build or installing jammy?

[svyatoslav]

installations

[979101h]

@Nick A It works perfectly now. Thanks a ton

[979101h]

@Nick A It works perfectly now. Thanks a ton!

[979101h]

@Nick A It works perfectly now. Thanks a ton!

[Alfi ciio]

Quote

 

sudo update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy

sudo update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy

 

@Nick A Thanks a lot, this helps me as well

[svyatoslav]

I have already created a new virtual machine. And again an error.

[Werner]

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/9ff15f78966871bd737f0c8cbd23ee9fdb767b8d/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh#L48-L58

setting locale seem to fail.

For the BTF thing either give the vm more memory (>8G), disable or enforce it as mentioned in the image and risk getting OOM killed.

[svyatoslav]

then there is no more option, all that's left is to accept it

[svyatoslav]

I figured out the audio, the problem was in the hdim cable.

did not solve the problem with usb wifi, usb MT7601U Wireless Adapter. how to make it work?

[Nick A]

I see this isn't set. I'll change it and make a new image for you. 

https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/blob/v20250306/config/kernel/linux-sunxi64-edge.config

# CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_MEDIATEK is not set

 

CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_MEDIATEK=y
CONFIG_MT7601U=m

 

https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/WLAN_VENDOR_MEDIATEK.html

 

@svyatoslav

https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/download/20250306/Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_X98h_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_xfce_desktop.img.xz

 

You might need the firmware for it.. 

https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?p=371686&sid=626a6750240ccb1b690a1e2c6e0eba88#p371686

Edited Thursday at 10:33 PM by Nick A

[svyatoslav]

Thanks Nick A!!!
wifi worked, immediately upon loading it offered to choose a network name.
all that's left is to find a usb-hab and it can be used as a children's PC.
thanks to everyone who helped with advice and action, thanks for being understanding.

[Rodrigo Campos]

@Alfi ciio, did you try to change the PRETTY_NAME on os-release file? It should be "Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" to install HA Supervisor

 

[Rodrigo Campos]

On 4/29/2025 at 9:00 PM, Nick A said:

@Rodrigo Campos have you tried my latest images? There’s a new patch for dram detection

Hi @Nick A, sorry my late answer. I can't directly use your image, because my box is that boot-secure. I need to compile it every time I want to update, so my last build have about 4 months, but I think that time it just have a "new patch for dram" unless have a other new dram patch. Anyway, I'll try to build it again to try. If you have any additional tip to this, I'll appreciate. Thanks again for all your efforts.

[Nick A]

@Rodrigo Campos the patch is less then three months old. If you need secure boot i have the steps here. You just need to edit the defconfig patch for the board you are using. 

 

 

[Rodrigo Campos]

5 hours ago, Nick A said:

If you need secure boot i have the steps here

Yes, you already teach me how to make a patch to use secure boot and it works fine.

Anyway, the ram patch didn't work. I build a new image now and it still shows only 2GB instead of 4GB. Maybe I miss a step to apply this patch?. The strange thing is that u-boot shows 4GB, than kernel shows 2GB in boot log. Even with a half of memory it works very well.

Edited Friday at 07:39 PM by Rodrigo Campos

[Nick A]

@Rodrigo Campos The patch is only for uboot and it’s already in my newer builds. I guess there’s an issue with the kernel. 

[Rodrigo Campos]

1 hour ago, Nick A said:

@Rodrigo Campos The patch is only for uboot and it’s already in my newer builds. I guess there’s an issue with the kernel.

Yes, maybe. There are a way to make a similar patch for kernel instread of u-boot?

In Android, the boot logo show some parameters like DRAM_VCC, DRAM_CLK, Chip id, Param1, param2 and tpr113 , it helps?

 

Tanks for your time.

 

[626]HELLO! SBOOT is starting!
[629]sboot commit : 4b34f2890a
[632]set pll start
[634]periph0 has been enabled
[637]set pll end
[641]unknow PMU
[642]unknow PMU
[646]PMU: AXP1530
[650]dram return write ok
[653]board init ok
[655]enable_jtag
[656]DRAM BOOT DRIVE INFO: V0.651
[660]the chip id is 0x2000
[662]chip id check OK
[684]DRAM_VCC set to 1500 mv
[687]DRAM CLK =648 MHZ
[689]DRAM Type =3 (3:DDR3,4:DDR4,7:LPDDR3,8:LPDDR4)
[697]Actual DRAM SIZE =4096 M
[700]DRAM SIZE =4096 MBytes, para1 = 310b, para2 = 10000000, dram_tpr13 = 6041
[709]DRAM simple test OK.
[711]rtc standby flag is 0x0, super standby flag is 0x0
[717]dram size =4096
[719]Use rtc to store dram tuning para
                 
                          
[723][mmc]: mmc driver ver 2021-10-12 13:56
[727][mmc]: b mmc 2 bias 4
[735][mmc]: Wrong media type 0x0, but host sdc2, try mmc first
[741][mmc]: ***Try MMC card 2***
[770][mmc]: RMCA OK!
[773][mmc]: MMC 5.1
[775][mmc]: HSSDR52/SDR25 8 bit
[778][mmc]: 50000000 Hz
[780][mmc]: 119280 MB
[782][mmc]: ***SD/MMC 2 init OK!!!***
[858]read toc1 from emmc 32800 sector
[862]OLD version: 0.0
[864]NEW version: 0.0
[870]don't have rotpk, skip check
[941]load rotpk hash
[1204]load vbmeta_a-key hash
[1207]load vbmeta_a hash
[1214]load vbmeta_b-key hash
[1217]load vbmeta_b hash
[1220]monitor entry=0x48000000
[1223]uboot entry=0x4a000000
[1226]optee entry=0x48600000
[1229]opensbi entry=0x0
[1231]no need rotpk flag
[1234]tunning data addr:0x4a0003e8
[1239]run out of boot0
NOTICE:  BL3-1: v1.0(debug):54937d5
NOTICE:  BL3-1: Built : 17:44:59, 2021-12-13
NOTICE:  BL3-1 commit: 8
NOTICE:  cpuidle init version V2.0
NOTICE:  secure os exist
MESSAGE: [0x0] TEE-CORE: OP-TEE version: 5c40397e #1 Tue Feb  2 07:45:37 UTC 2021 arm
NOTICE:  BL3-1: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world
NOTICE:  BL3-1: Next image address = 0x4a000000
NOTICE:  BL3-1: Next image spsr = 0x1d3

U-Boot 2018.07-gb99798b4 (Apr 04 2023 - 13:23:26 +0000) Allwinner Technology

[01.302]CPU:   Allwinner Family
[01.305]Model: sun50iw9
I2C:   ready
[01.313]DRAM:  4 GiB
[01.322]Relocation Offset is: 70ecd000
[01.358]secure enable bit: 1
[01.360]smc_tee_inform_fdt failed with: ffffffff
[01.365]pmu_axp152_probe pmic_bus_read fail
[01.369]PMU: AXP1530
FDT ERROR:fdt_get_regulator_name:get property handle twi-supply error:FDT_ERR_INTERNAL
[01.383]CPU=1416 MHz,PLL6=600 Mhz,AHB=200 Mhz, APB1=100Mhz  MBus=400Mhz

[Nick A]

You could use this tool to extract your dram settings from an android update or boot0.bin. 
https://github.com/apritzel/sunxi-fw

 

sunxi-fw info -v boot0.bin

Edited Saturday at 11:34 PM by Nick A

[Rodrigo Campos]

Thanks again @Nick A, I already did it, the file I got, cant understood well, and there are very low information about dram, just 3 params

dram {phandle = <0x7a>;};

vcc-dram = <0x04>;
dram = "/dram";

 

dtb.0.dts

[Rodrigo Campos]

Ok, maybe I made a mistake before. I tried with an no secure-boot .img file and it give a long list of DRAM params and I put it in the file below. But I don't know What I can do with it... I will appreciate your help. Thanks.

DRAM_Transpeed_M98txt

[Nick A]

Not sure which board you are using but if you look at the u-boot defconfig file you will see the dram config in there. 
 

https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/blob/v20250306/patch/u-boot/u-boot-h616/171-add-x98h-defconfig.patch
 

The row with h616 is your dram config settings 

Edited Monday at 09:06 PM by Nick A

[Rodrigo Campos]

Ok, I think I got it. Tomorrow I will give a try, thanks. Mi box is the Transpeed M98 Plus by the way.

[svyatoslav]

Tell me what external WiFi2. 4g, 5g USB to buy that is not expensive but supports armbian.

Edited 17 hours ago by svyatoslav

[firepower]

@svyatoslav

Recommended usb wifi.

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi