BPI M2 Berry + Armbian 13 M2U = unable to reboot/poweroff

Mykeul · 2026-05-26T11:32:15Z

Armbianmonitor:

https://paste.armbian.com/uwisuyazid

Hello,

Thanks for armbian on Banana PI, it is really wonderful compared to official releases.

I installed the image "Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.904_Bananapim2ultra_trixie_current_6.18.29_minimal.img.xz" on my Banana PI M2 Berry (there is no image for this type), and all is working wonderfully well ... except rebooting or shutting down the Banana PI.

When typing reboot, all services stop but the screen blocks on

systemd-shutdown[1]: Rebooting.

and it never reboots.

It does the same for shutdown, stuck on same kind of message.

Could you help me please ?

Regards

Werner · 2026-05-26T11:54:23Z

In the world of cheap ARM sbcs you cannot simply use image for board X and assume it works for board Y. It may up to a certain point, even boot, but you have to live with regressions.

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_FAQ/#why-no-universal-image

If there is no pre-made image for a specific board, then you can DIY if it is even supported by the framework. keep in mind, boards in eos or csc status may or may not work. We don't know, we don't pay attention, we don't support.

Mykeul · 2026-05-26T12:45:07Z

Hello

Thanks for you answer, I understand the point that if even though M2B & M2U are very close, it does not mean it will work.

I really thought it was a simple thing to change "just" to turn off/on the board, as all the rest is perfect.

I had a look to https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/

but honestly I am not skilled enough to to this, I did not understand how building it on my PC will make it work on the BananaPi, and the config

./compile.sh build \
BOARD=uefi-x86 \  #bananapim2b does not seem to exist
BRANCH=current \
BUILD_DESKTOP=no \
BUILD_MINIMAL=yes \
KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no \
RELEASE=trixie

does not help on which string using for my board.

Regards