H2: Sunvell R69 Android TV Box (AliExpress)

[raschid]

8 hours ago, hekkru said:

nand install, self-compiled headless debian9 image

what exactly do you mean by "headless" - the default config for the armbian build system gives you hdmi support?

Did you change the max cpu frequency (should not exceed 1008 kHz)?

My R69s rarely exceed 40 degs ...

[hekkru]

3 minutes ago, raschid said:

what exactly do you mean by "headless" - the default config for the armbian build system gives you hdmi support?

Did you change the max cpu frequency (should not exceed 1008 kHz)?

My R69s rarely exceed 40 degs ...

i mean headless is server image, without gui, but with framebuffer tty console.

no, i did not changed any max values.

right now, staying idle on my desktop.

 

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Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq   CPU  C.St.
16:15:39:  912MHz  0.01   1%   1%   0%   0%   0%   0% 51.5°C  0/7^C

 

[raschid]

Time        CPU    load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq   CPU  C.St.

17:17:45: 1008MHz  0.11   7%   4%   3%   0%   0%   0% 36.2°C  0/7

same build (4.14.20-sunxi). Ambient temp: 21 degs.

 

[winit_a]

My board PCB V1.1 

sometime can't boot from microsd
I try power-off and on manytime

 

I want install to emmc 

I try other u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin  but error

Partition too small. Needed: 1182 MB Avaliable:  MB 

 

please share u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin  

[raschid]

Did you build your kernel with the armbian build system? Like this:

# git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/armbian/build
# cd build
# ./compile.sh BOARD=sunvell-r69

Use the <NEXT> kernel. There have been changes recently to DRAM timing which have increased stability.

To transfer the OS from SD-Card to eMMC use $sudo armbian-config. There is an option in the "Systems"-menu to transfer the OS to the internal eMMC.

[winit_a]

2 hours ago, raschid said:

Did you build your kernel with the armbian build system? Like this:

# git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/armbian/build
# cd build
# ./compile.sh BOARD=sunvell-r69

Use the <NEXT> kernel. There have been changes recently to DRAM timing which have increased stability.

To transfer the OS from SD-Card to eMMC use $sudo armbian-config. There is an option in the "Systems"-menu to transfer the OS to the internal eMMC.

Yes I try it 

don't show emmc for install 

[raschid]

So in armbian-config / Systen settings / Install "Install to SATA, eMMC, NAND or USB" you hit OK and did not get the option:

"1   Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC"?

 

Can you post the output of lsblk to check that the OS "sees" the eMMC? That should look something like this:

test@sunvell:~$ lsblk
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0      179:0    0 29.7G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1  179:1    0 29.4G  0 part /
mmcblk1      179:8    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk1p1  179:9    0  7.2G  0 part
mmcblk1boot0 179:16   0    4M  1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:24   0    4M  1 disk

 

[winit_a]

3 hours ago, raschid said:

So in armbian-config / Systen settings / Install "Install to SATA, eMMC, NAND or USB" you hit OK and did not get the option:

"1   Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC"?

 

Can you post the output of lsblk to check that the OS "sees" the eMMC? That should look something like this:

test@sunvell:~$ lsblk
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0      179:0    0 29.7G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1  179:1    0 29.4G  0 part /
mmcblk1      179:8    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk1p1  179:9    0  7.2G  0 part
mmcblk1boot0 179:16   0    4M  1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:24   0    4M  1 disk

 

my board show
root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0 14.9G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0 14.7G  0 part /
 

please share your image rom for testting

[TheLinuxBug]

On 12/13/2017 at 2:26 PM, TheLinuxBug said:

My hope is that this weekend I will get my blog post up about my adventure and showing the mods I have made to have this run reliably.  I will come back then and update again.

Well, it wasn't that weekend, it took me a while but I did eventually make a blog post for it: Sunvell R69 - My adventures with a cheap TV Box

 

Additionally, Sunvell R69 is fully supported by H3Droid but we do suggest the use of a fan for sure!

 

Cheers!

[manuti]

6 hours ago, TheLinuxBug said:

Well, it wasn't that weekend, it took me a while but I did eventually make a blog post for it: Sunvell R69 - My adventures with a cheap TV Box

 

Additionally, Sunvell R69 is fully supported by H3Droid but we do suggest the use of a fan for sure!

 

Cheers!

Great!! I'll take a look this weekend. 

[hekkru]

So @TheLinuxBug confirms my temperature findings.

[hekkru]

13 hours ago, winit_a said:

my board show
root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0 14.9G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0 14.7G  0 part /
 

please share your image rom for testting

what's your kernel version?

uname -a

[winit_a]

3 hours ago, hekkru said:

what's your kernel version?

uname -a

I try 2 rom it same
download form this forum and rebuild on my pc

 

root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 3.4.113-sun8i #2 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 25 00:12:07 +07 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@sunvell:~#
 

 

root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.18-sunxi #24 SMP Fri Feb 9 16:24:32 CET 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
 

[hekkru]

21 minutes ago, winit_a said:

I try 2 rom it same
download form this forum and rebuild on my pc

 

root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 3.4.113-sun8i #2 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 25 00:12:07 +07 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@sunvell:~#
 

 

root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.18-sunxi #24 SMP Fri Feb 9 16:24:32 CET 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
 

[14:42:27] [root@sunvell ~ ]# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.20-sunxi #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 18:01:09 UTC 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
[14:42:27] [root@sunvell ~ ]# lsblk
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk1      179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk1p1  179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
mmcblk1boot0 179:8    0    4M  1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:16   0    4M  1 disk

 

(this is emmc, tf card slot is empty)

i uploaded image i generated that worked for me. https://dl.dropbox.com/s/76hz7lb4g0ykkjx/Armbian_5.41_Sunvell-r69_Debian_stretch_next_4.14.20.img?dl=1

try it and compile your own firmware, dont trust some random guys from internet

[winit_a]

57 minutes ago, hekkru said:

[14:42:27] [root@sunvell ~ ]# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.20-sunxi #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 18:01:09 UTC 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
[14:42:27] [root@sunvell ~ ]# lsblk
NAME         MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk1      179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk1p1  179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
mmcblk1boot0 179:8    0    4M  1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:16   0    4M  1 disk

 

(this is emmc, tf card slot is empty)

i uploaded image i generated that worked for me. https://dl.dropbox.com/s/76hz7lb4g0ykkjx/Armbian_5.41_Sunvell-r69_Debian_stretch_next_4.14.20.img?dl=1

try it and compile your own firmware, dont trust some random guys from internet

Thank you. for this rom I try it but dot'work

It possible PCB Version 1.1 don't support 

 

 

/ ___| _   _ _ ____   _____| | | |  _ \ / /_ / _ \
\___ \| | | | '_ \ \ / / _ \ | | | |_) | '_ \ (_) |
 ___) | |_| | | | \ V /  __/ | | |  _ <| (_) \__, |
|____/ \__,_|_| |_|\_/ \___|_|_| |_| \_\\___/  /_/

Welcome to ARMBIAN 5.41 user-built Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.18-sunxi
System load:   1.08 0.39 0.14   Up time:       1 min
Memory usage:  6 % of 1000MB    IP:            192.168.1.115
CPU temp:      55°C
Usage of /:    16% of 7.1G

Last login: Fri Mar  2 15:47:08 2018

root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.18-sunxi #24 SMP Fri Feb 9 16:24:32 CET 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
root@sunvell:~#
 

[hekkru]

3 minutes ago, winit_a said:

Thank you. for this rom I try it but dot'work

It possible PCB Version 1.1 don't support 

 

 

/ ___| _   _ _ ____   _____| | | |  _ \ / /_ / _ \
\___ \| | | | '_ \ \ / / _ \ | | | |_) | '_ \ (_) |
 ___) | |_| | | | \ V /  __/ | | |  _ <| (_) \__, |
|____/ \__,_|_| |_|\_/ \___|_|_| |_| \_\\___/  /_/

Welcome to ARMBIAN 5.41 user-built Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.18-sunxi
System load:   1.08 0.39 0.14   Up time:       1 min
Memory usage:  6 % of 1000MB    IP:            192.168.1.115
CPU temp:      55°C
Usage of /:    16% of 7.1G

Last login: Fri Mar  2 15:47:08 2018

root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.18-sunxi #24 SMP Fri Feb 9 16:24:32 CET 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
root@sunvell:~#
 

i see kernel 4.14.18 instead of 4.14.20 i provided. maybe you flashed wrong image.

[winit_a]

14 minutes ago, hekkru said:

i see kernel 4.14.18 instead of 4.14.20 i provided. maybe you flashed wrong image.

Welcome to ARMBIAN 5.41 user-built Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.20-sunxi
System load:   0.83 0.39 0.15   Up time:       1 min
Memory usage:  6 % of 1000MB    IP:            192.168.1.115
CPU temp:      52°C
Usage of /:    15% of 7.1G

Last login: Fri Mar  2 16:09:29 2018

root@sunvell:~# uname -a
Linux sunvell 4.14.20-sunxi #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 18:01:09 UTC 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
root@sunvell:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0  7.3G  0 disk
└─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  7.2G  0 part /
root@sunvell:~#
 

[raschid]

Ahhh, interesting. There is a difference between your (black) 1.1 PCBs and the (red) 1.3 ones most people seem to have:

The internal storage is NAND and not eMMC. At least the chip on you pics is a NAND chip (this one here: https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data Sheets/Micron Technology Inc PDFs/MT29FxG08xAA.pdf).

I don't think armbian supports installing to NAND at this time. Sorry.

 

[zador.blood.stained]

18 hours ago, winit_a said:

29F64G08CBABA is raw NAND, not eMMC. Raw NAND is not supported by Armbian on H3 on any kernel version.

[winit_a]

Just now, zador.blood.stained said:

29F64G08CBABA is raw NAND, not eMMC. Raw NAND is not supported by Armbian on H3 on any kernel version.

thank you for information
how to check tv box emmc version?

[JuniorJPDJ]

If we have everything to get it officially supported I don't understand why it didn't become supported and there are no official builds :/

[chwe]

1 hour ago, JuniorJPDJ said:

If we have everything to get it officially supported I don't understand why it didn't become supported and there are no official builds :/

Possible reasons:

• lack of resources (every new board needs testing and maintaining and we still suffer from both)
• board is of minor interest (armbian is mainly for SBCs not TV boxes)
• lack of samples for the maintainer (building images for boards which can't be tested ends often in a lot more support questions which can't be answered cause no dev has the board not at hand to reproduce the issue)
• no schematics available

On 2.3.2018 at 5:28 PM, winit_a said:

thank you for information
how to check tv box emmc version?

might be a reason too.. Even SBC boardmakers make sometimes changes to SBCs which end in a complete mess cause there are no informations  what they changed from revision to revision. For a cheap TV box which wasn't build for that propose, the situation get's even worse. They adjust their fex and since there aren't any updates it will work fine.. but how should a project like armbian deal with such a change? As soon as two hardware revisions are incompatible to each other, it needs more than one image, information for the end user which image he should use (and for sure, more support questions will came up cause the user picked the wrong image) and maintaining one TV box which not that exciting features ends in maintaining at least two other images. The only TV box which is officially supported by Armbian is the Beelink X2 which found the way to mainline (from device tree side). 

Images for the box can be built with armbians buildscript and in case something doesn't work as expected,  this thread fits perfect to discuss the issues. 

 

btw @winit_a opening the box, look for the second largest chip on the board which doesn't look like ramchips and google for some text you found on it might be a reasonable approach.  

 

the one, on the leftside to the two ram chips next to UART looks like an eMMC (don't sure if my eyes are good enough, but it looks like something KLM8... is written to it which is probably cheap Samsung 8GB eMMC. As far as I know cheap nand on such boards are never BGA chips (so you should see some pads going to the NAND. 

 

[guidol]

Today I did built the armbian 5.41 stretch No-Desktop Image with the armbian build-system, because I only got a 5.40 version running....

 

But I wonder at one small thing:
After installing the image I got the kernel 4.14.34, but after apt update & upgrade the sunvell-r69 is back at kernel 4.14.18

ARMBIAN 5.41 user-built Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.18-sunxi

 

armbianmonitor -u :  http://ix.io/17K6

[Igor]

6 hours ago, guidol said:

But I wonder at one small thing:
After installing the image I got the kernel 4.14.34, but after apt update & upgrade the sunvell-r69 is back at kernel 4.14.18

Hmm. We had some urgent updates from development branch which is already at 5.42 Splitting master and development branch, in general, brought some confusion and this is a direct consequence. Not that critical but it shell be fixed soon.

[winit_a]

how to disable uart debug (u-boot)

I want to used serial interface other module

 

I found patch script, but i don't know how to used script

 

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi/remove-boot-messages-from-hdmi.patch.disabled

 

 

how to used patch script ?

or please upload rom without serial debug function

 

[Igor]

7 hours ago, winit_a said:

how to used patch script ?

Copy to userpatches/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi, remove .disabled and recompile u-boot: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/ But I am not sure, this will be enough ...

[winit_a]

On 8/4/2018 at 1:34 PM, Igor said:

Copy to userpatches/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi, remove .disabled and recompile u-boot: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/ But I am not sure, this will be enough ...

Thank you

 

I try but
patch failed

jessei Debian 8 Jessie

default Vendor provided / legacy ( 3.4.x - 4.4.x )

 

[Igor]

37 minutes ago, winit_a said:

patch failed

 

Then it needs adjustments to current u-boot version. Check output/debug/patching and observe u-boot source code in the part where a patch is applying changes.

[winit_a]

I try many time but don't work

 

I want to disable serial console

 

please rebuild and upload rom 

 

thank you

 

diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
--- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ extern int soft_i2c_gpio_scl;

 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO
 #define CONSOLE_STDOUT_SETTINGS \
-    "stdout=serial,vga\0" \
-    "stderr=serial,vga\0"
+    "stdout=\0" \
+    "stderr=\0"
 #else
 #define CONSOLE_STDOUT_SETTINGS \
     "stdout=serial\0" \

[tasmatto]

sorry, but I did not quite understand if there is a version of armbian working on this box. is there a lite version so use it to download torrents and nas?