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56 minutes ago, Randy Joshua Simorangkir said:

Orangepi4a_1.0.4_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_gnome_linux5.15.147

This is not an Armbian image. We do not support 3rd party images.

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I think this OS for T527 Allwinner should work on 4A. Official 4A releases are stuck at jammy while this has Noble

https://github.com/AvaotaSBC/AvaotaOS/releases

 

If you observe the contents inside `linux-dtb-sun55i-t527-bsp_0.3.0.4_arm64.deb` you will realise it's doesn't have 4A `dtb` So after burning image copy `dtb` File from jammy. Kernel is same so I belive it should work

 

 

 

 

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Regarding the VPU under jammy I have compiled a guide here 

https://github.com/defencedog/orangepi4A/tree/main/GPU_VPU

 

Gstreamer players like clapper do use HW acceleration for H264 & H265 (however 10bit HEVC) are not working ad per my tests

 

Version 1.0 of `libcedarc` is used. In v2.0 HEVC 10bit support is added. If anyone can provide git links & some help to compile I am ready to spend time on it

 

In whole internet I only got x1 git for this

https://gitlab.com/tina5.0_aiot/media/cedarc-release/libcedarc_v2.0

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None of the images are no longer working for me, no matter which recent image I take, the A5E board just remains stuck with a solid blue light (with some green light flickering).

I even tried compiling armbian myself, but that also didn't work.

The only image working for me is the 25.02 version from earlier this year.

I am using the Radxa A5E v1.2 version with 4gb ram.

 

I also mounted the SD card to a linux machine and looked into /var/log for a boot file or reading the journal but I don't see any logs written.

Have somebody stumbled unto a solution or does somebody have advice me how I can get the logs to find the culprit?

Edited by BillyBlaze
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I was able to find a UART module to read out the boot.

See the file attached of the full log I was able to capture.

 

It seems to fail on this part:

Starting kernel ...

done.
Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
done.
Begin: Waiting for root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done.
done.
Gave up waiting for root file system device.  Common problems:
 - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
   - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
 - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT!  UUID=0a0755af-1936-4167-9d26-9ca9a87a9103 does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!


 

U-Boot SPL 2025.10-rc3-armbian-2025.txt

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Zitat

ny Ubuntu Noble release?

https://mega.nz/folder/Gv5VjKqL#SLnQdtk8XS8j3twNSFLsVQ

 

I uploaded a Trixie and Noble image, I didnt test the noble one yet.

 

I added pcie and spi support in U-Boot and the Kernel yet somehow if I try to directly load the kernel from the nvme I get stuck on Starting Kernel.

I just added the nvme to the boot targets and set bootcmd_nvme to 'devnum=0; run nvme_boot', did I miss any steps?

The Led blinks one time and then light in blue permanently.

U-Boot SPL 2026.01-rc2-armbian-2026.01-rc2-S365a-Pd317-He0b4-V52aa-Bb703-R448a (Nov 11 2025 - 08:59:26 +0000)
DRAM: 4096 MiB
Trying to boot from sunxi SPI
NOTICE:  BL31: v2.12.0(debug):armbian
NOTICE:  BL31: Built : 14:59:35, Jul 18 2025
NOTICE:  BL31: Detected Allwinner A523 SoC (1890)
NOTICE:  BL31: Found U-Boot DTB at 0xa0bbf80, model: Radxa Cubie A5E
INFO:    GICv3 without legacy support detected.
INFO:    ARM GICv3 driver initialized in EL3
INFO:    Maximum SPI INTID supported: 287
INFO:    Configuring SPC Controller
INFO:    BL31: Platform setup done
INFO:    BL31: Initializing runtime services
INFO:    BL31: cortex_a55: CPU workaround for erratum 1530923 was applied
INFO:    PSCI: Suspend is unavailable
INFO:    BL31: Preparing for EL3 exit to normal world
INFO:    Entry point address = 0x4a000000
INFO:    SPSR = 0x3c9
ns16550_serial serial@2500000: pinctrl_select_state_full: uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id: err=-19


U-Boot 2026.01-rc2-armbian-2026.01-rc2-S365a-Pd317-He0b4-V52aa-Bb703-R448a (Nov 11 2025 - 08:59:26 +0000) Allwinner Technology

CPU:   Allwinner A523 (SUN55I)
Model: Radxa Cubie A5E
DRAM:  4 GiB
sunxi_set_gate: (CLK#35) unhandled
Core:  89 devices, 25 uclasses, devicetree: separate
WDT:   Not starting watchdog@2050000
MMC:   mmc@4020000: 0
Loading Environment from SPIFlash... SF: Detected w25q128fw with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
OK
In:    serial@2500000
Out:   serial@2500000
Err:   serial@2500000
Net:   eth0: ethernet@4500000
starting USB...
sun4i_usb_phy phy@4100400: External vbus detected, not enabling our own vbus
USB EHCI 1.00
USB OHCI 1.0
USB EHCI 1.00
USB OHCI 1.0
Bus usb@4101000: 1 USB Device(s) found
Bus usb@4101400: 1 USB Device(s) found
Bus usb@4200000: 1 USB Device(s) found
Bus usb@4200400: 1 USB Device(s) found
       scanning usb for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
PCIe: Acquiring resources...
PCIe: All resources acquired. Starting power-on sequence...
PCIe: Toggling external device reset (PERST#)...
PCIe: Hardware power-on sequence successful.
PCIe: Disabling DBI write protection...
PCIe: DBI  region: 0x04800000-0x04c80000
PCIe: IO   region: 0x21000000-0x22000000
PCIe: MEM  region: 0x22000000-0x30000000
PCIe: CFG  region: 0x20000000-0x21000000
PCIe: Lanes: 1, Max Speed: Gen2
  Link Status: 0x00000004
  RDLH_LINK_UP: 0
  SMLH_LINK_UP: 0
  LINK_SPEED: 0
  LINK_WIDTH: 0
  Link Status: 0x00000004
  RDLH_LINK_UP: 0
  SMLH_LINK_UP: 0
  LINK_SPEED: 0
  LINK_WIDTH: 0
  Link Status: 0x00000017
  RDLH_LINK_UP: 1
  SMLH_LINK_UP: 1
  LINK_SPEED: 0
  LINK_WIDTH: 0
pcie link up success
PCIe: Link active at Gen2

Device 0: Vendor: 0x1e0f Rev: AEMS0104 Prod: 41KPHGXCQQWL
            Type: Hard Disk
            Capacity: 122104.3 MB = 119.2 GB (250069680 x 512)
... is now current device
Scanning nvme 0:1...
Found U-Boot script /boot.scr
4641 bytes read in 0 ms
## Executing script at 4fc00000
U-boot loaded from SD
Boot script loaded from nvme
190 bytes read in 0 ms
The file sun55i-a527-radxa-a5e.dtb was not found in the path /dtb/allwinner
Load fdt: /dtb/allwinner/sun55i-a527-cubie-a5e.dtb
43273 bytes read in 1 ms (41.3 MiB/s)
Working FDT set to 4fa00000
Failed to load '/dtb/overlay/sun55i-a527-fixup.scr'
23607275 bytes read in 61 ms (369.1 MiB/s)
34167296 bytes read in 87 ms (374.5 MiB/s)
Moving Image from 0x40080000 to 0x40200000, end=0x42390000
## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 4ff00000 ...
   Image Name:   uInitrd
   Image Type:   AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    23607211 Bytes = 22.5 MiB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 4fa00000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x4fa00000
Working FDT set to 4fa00000
   Loading Ramdisk to 4897c000, end 49fff7ab ... OK
   Loading Device Tree to 0000000048909000, end 000000004897bfff ... OK
Working FDT set to 48909000

Starting kernel ...

 

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