Revive Orange Pi Plus 2

[Pilinha]

I have an Orange Pi Plus 2 that has worked with Android installed for a long time. But now I needed to install Linux on it. I needed to find a Linux image to install on it, and I've already got several, but all the ones that worked, and that were on the login screen, didn't go beyond that, since in none of the 4 USB ports the keyboard worked and I imagine the mouse. I read somewhere that the image Armbian_5.38_Orangepiplus_Ubuntu_xenial_default_3.4.113_desktop.7z or Armbian_5.20_Orangepiplus_Debian_jessie_3.4.112_desktop.7z, but I don't know where to get it, hoping to solve all the problems. Can someone give a helping hand, please?

[Werner]

moved

 

https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-plus-2e/

[Pilinha]

Thanks, but this image is one of the tested ones, and doesn't work. Thank you anyway!!!"

[Werner]

Maybe you find a working one in oldarchive: https://fi.mirror.armbian.de/oldarchive/orangepiplus2e/archive/

[Pilinha]

Thank you very much!!!

[Igor]

1 hour ago, Pilinha said:

Debian_jessie_3.4.112

This is around 10 years old (!) demo / beta image that was deprecated cca. 8-9 years ago.

If automated builds doesn't work (we can't cover for endless software support for endless ultra-cheap hardware), IMO your best (only) way is digging into https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/ and fixing reasons which are preventing latest kernel / boot loader to work. It might be trivial, it might be hard. Probably nobody knows without research. This will help you http://debug.armbian.de/ 

[Pilinha]

I'm coming here again, and I apologize for the insistence, but there was a lot of progress, and I managed to get an image working, and even with the mouse and keyboard working, I just couldn't get it to have a graphical interface. He was always asking for commands. I still tried to install grafic ambient as LXDE ou XFCE I saw with Copilot but it gave  errors when installing!! Any suggestions/help you can give please?

Edited April 28 by Pilinha

[catotinha]

Hi, Pilinha.

 

I am having the same problem. How did you get to get the keyboard working?

[Pilinha]

No, unfortunately not. But there was an image, among many others that I tested that worked, but it had other problems, I don't remember anymore. And even if I want to recover it, I can't find it anymore. I spent a lot of time testing a lot of images, and then I just started putting in a folder the ones that ran well at boot and started without problems. I have a four or five, but all without working usb ports. However, since I only wanted to install the Pi-Hole on it, I found that I could access it via a computer via SSH. And since then everything has been much easier, even higher with the help of our friend CHATGPT!! And even then, the image that finally worked is where I installed the Pi-Hole. must have problems. From time to time it freezes. I see that I'll have to test others. If there is news, I will say so. And if you also have any news, please share it.
Hug

[catotinha]

Thanks for the reply, Pilinha.

 

How did you manage to SSH into the system without a keyboard?

I planned to do that, but then i realized that I needed to set up a root password beforehand and I could not do that without a keyboard.

[Werner]

1 minute ago, catotinha said:

realized that I needed to set up a root password beforehand

wrong. auto-login is enabled on serial and hdmi only. ssh default login is always root/1234

 

[Pilinha]

Hi catotinha,

Once you know the ip that the router assigned to you (if you go to the settings of the router where you have the devices connected, and see there what the Orange Pi is) just make it in Windows that you are on the same network with the command line with administrator privileges "ssh root@192.168.1????. Then enter "root" and "1234". Then just ask ChatGPT for help and a whole world of possibilities opens up. I was just yesterday asking him for help, since mine, from time to time, freezes". So good luck, and please share your experience. It may also be useful to me. Big hug,