orange pi zero2w allwinner h618 no gpu/sound support

[mike19]

Hi,

i have an orangepi zero 2w and tried noble gnome image with the "current" kernel (v6.6.x).
I activated the gpu via armbian-config and reboot. Then it stucks somewhere in the booting  process. It shows nothing on the screen.
If i use the orange pi image instead, i can activate the gpu with orangepi-config, which is a similar tool like armbian-config.
The gpu works fine then and has great performance. So it's theoretically possible.

 

Can someone explain to me what the problem is here. If it was a simple port, it would surely have already been done.

 

I tried also the dtb from the orange pi image, but then it also didnt boot up.

Thanks for all replies.
Mike

 

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  On 4/4/2025 at 3:18 PM, mike19 said:

"current" kernel (v6.6.x).

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The GPU issue has been resolved in kernel 6.12 and subsequent versions.

[mike19]

If i activate the gpu in the device tree manually by setting the status from "disable" to "okay", then it works with the 6.6 kernel.
So there is maybe something wrong with the overlay.

I tried the "next" build (kernel 6.13.7). For the orange pi zero 3 everything worked fine and gpu overlay also.
The orange pi zero 2w instead does not boot up. The green led, which indicates that the kernel is loaded, stays off.
If i use the zero 3 image for the zero2w, the zero 2w boots up. What is wrong there?

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  On 4/6/2025 at 6:01 PM, mike19 said:

What is wrong there?

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The possible problem is in the u-boot loader.
In order to understand what the problem is, we need a boot log from the UART console.