Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop, missing internet browsers and other problems

[EDM]

Armbianmonitor:

https://paste.armbian.com/betibuwafi

FYI, Device is Odroid N2+ 4 GB.

 

Some months ago I installed/ran:

Armbian_25.2.1_Odroidn2_bookworm_current_6.12.13_xfce_desktop.img

with no issues that I could not overcome. I re-downloaded it yesterday and re-installed/ran it on another Odroid N2+ 4GB with no issues.

 

However when I try to install/run:

Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop.img

"* Desktops are very simple and minimal but containing standard features such as Chromium, Firefox browser, Office tools etc."

It leads to a number of issues, but the most important one is no internet browsers are installed that are either visible from the Applications Menu, or that can be fixed/updated through either "apt" or by using "synaptic". Trying to update Firefox through "synaptic" leads to this error:

 

W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.vinehost.net/armbian/apt/pool/noble-desktop/f/firefox/firefox_133.0+build2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1armbian1_arm64.deb
  Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/firefox_9%3a133.0+build2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1armbian1_arm64.deb - open (2: No such file or directory) [IP: 143.20.69.35 80]

 

OR

 

W: Failed to fetch http://armbian.lv.auroradev.org/apt/pool/noble-desktop/f/firefox/firefox_133.0+build2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1armbian1_arm64.deb
  Could not open file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/firefox_9%3a133.0+build2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1armbian1_arm64.deb - open (2: No such file or directory) [IP: 23.186.113.5 80]

 

etc

 

I have installed and verified the sha256sum on at least 3 microsd cards with the same result for the Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop.img. version. Again the "bookworm" has no issues but "noble" seems to be broken.

 

I tried the Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_gnome_desktop.img as well. It has the same issues.

 

I realize that at this time of the year our minds are on the holidays/festive season. I hope that some clarity can be had as I have never seen this type of problem with a linux distro before this.

 

Thank you for your time, patience, and help!

 

[laibsch]

37 minutes ago, EDM said:

W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.vinehost.net/armbian/apt/pool/noble-desktop/f/firefox/firefox_133.0+build2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1armbian1_arm64.deb

 

FWIW, the file in question is available from the mirror.  Are you sure you do not have network issues?

[EDM]

I wish it was that simple!

 

I am on a different computer here...on the exact same network.. and yes I can download that file from here, different machine, different distro.

 

However from the Odroid N2+ it is a different story. I have with a few experiments found that WAN pings would not work from the Odroid N2+ machine with the "noble" distro. But that problem is NOT present with the "bookworm" distro. I thought it was the initial installation, but the problem is persistent in "noble" and never an issue with "bookworm".

 

Thanks for your reply, and any other ideas?

[laibsch]

well, so it does indeed sound like you DO have network issues on the Odroid N2+.  Something related to the network is not working right in noble for you.

[eselarm]

On an ARM computer:

cat Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop.img.xz.sha
1f3816553377dd63a12e46a476f7ff20b8c5118f63f879f8d3d7d27073c97b35 Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop.img.xz
unxz Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop.img.xz
losetup --show -fP Armbian_25.11.1_Odroidn2_noble_current_6.12.58_xfce_desktop.img
mount /dev/loop0p2 2 
passwd -d root --root $(pwd)/2/
systemd-nspawn -bD 2

 

Only as root login.

Browsers are installed:

Creating a new user account. Press <Ctrl-C> to abort

Desktop environment will not be enabled if you abort the new user creation

Please provide a username (eg. your first name): ^C
Disabling user account creation procedure

root@odroidn2:~# apt list --installed | grep -i -e firefox -e chromium 

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

chromium-browser/noble,now 2:1snap1-0ubuntu2 arm64 [installed]
firefox/noble,now 1:1snap1-0ubuntu5 arm64 [installed,upgradable to: 9:133.0+build2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1armbian1]

 

 

Running as a container without DE is very minimal, but packages are there and also networking is up. Things might go wrong when starting DE for the first time, the the occasions I had that in the past decade are rare an due to bad storage or so or something failing with graphics HW/stack.

 

You should maybe specifically look at what is managing network and what is managing DNS. Math permutation leads to 4 possibilities already if I look at what is installed. That is excluding all sorts of options you may have with your router or LAN.