Preview images with modern 4.18.y kernel:
BOOT=yes
NETWORK=yes
WIRELESS=yes
HDMI=yes
USB=yes
DVFS=no
Boot logs: http://ix.io/1kVQ
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Hi Igor,
thx for your image. But I have problem with it… there is some errors in logubuntu.txt (44,5 KB) In line “Started Raise network interfaces” whole system stop for a while.
HDMI not working. Lan OK - I can connect via putty from win machine.
Can you see on it? I am a linux newbie.
thx.
Preview development images come without support since this is waste of time and extremely expensive at this stage. Images were released since they are usable for certain applications and there are surely problems … which will eventually be fixed.
If you need some fixing or help, you need to do it alone or hire people who can. I am sorry.
Thank you very much for your effort. Armbian Stretch works flawlessly. Looking forward to AHCI support, to see how it performs in comparison to A10/A20.
I have a compiled image of ubuntu xenial with kernel 4.17.17 and uboot 2018.07. HDMI and Desktop working without problems, the only problem is the ethernet that does not work and instability with the wifi adapter, so I am using a usb wifi without problem, the system works perfectly. I have compiled Hyperion Ambilight and I have loaded codes with the Arduino IDE without problems. links: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AknGQkrSSFMagXdoNlpf-3afM29L https://1drv.ms/u/s!AknGQkrSSFMagXioPLz3RBphU0TY
You need to use current DEV branch with 4.18.y and also ethernet will work, wifi instability is unrelated … it depends which one you use.
I have tried to compile 4.18.y but the compiler gives error and the armbian versions do not have graphical interface and when installing the desktop appears but can not be used
Compiling the kernel by using https://github.com/armbian/build works!, tested at this moment just to be sure. If you do that on hand, you have to know what you are doing. Which compiler and patches to use …
Desktop worked last time I tried that. Pay attention at the login. You need to create a normal user, otherwise you won’t have a desktop. HDMI is experimental in both cases, 4.17 and 4.18 … it can be dead sometimes.
SATA don’t work on m2 berry.
Yes, known problem … but it will soon be working.
armbian have support BPI-M2 Berry/Ultra compile
SATA is fixed. Do apt update & apt upgrade + reboot in about 12h from now.
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Is the DVFS support on the plan? It’d be great if you can let me know your the schedule.
Thx
There is no schedule since this is amateur based development.
Hello,
I cant’ eth0 with nmtui. I have the following message :
Could not activate connection:
Connection 'Ethernet connection 1' is not available on the device eth0 at this time.
So, I have to use a wifi usb key .
I try also with Armbian-config but it’s not better.
“ip addr” displays that :
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 0a:7c:42:2b:9c:0e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 02:53:0b:7e:82:e8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet6 2a02:8434:875:1e01:53:bff:fe7e:82e8/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr
valid_lft 3069607492sec preferred_lft 3069607492sec
inet6 fe80::53:bff:fe7e:82e8/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: wlx1caff7646ca9: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 1c:af:f7:64:6c:a9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.30.63/24 brd 192.168.30.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlx1caff7646ca9
valid_lft 3069607492sec preferred_lft 3069607492sec
inet6 2a02:8434:875:1e01:1d0a:557d:2843:41cd/64 scope global temporary dynamic
valid_lft 3069607492sec preferred_lft 3069607492sec
inet6 2a02:8434:875:1e01:c9e1:25de:701:fe11/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute
valid_lft 3069607492sec preferred_lft 3069607492sec
inet6 fe80::d6bc:b508:e6f8:40b4/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
I’m using “Linux bpi-berry 4.18.13-sunxi #341 SMP Wed Oct 10 22:55:04 CEST 2018 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux”
If I’m unplug and plug the network cable, dmesg displays near the end :
[ 1419.894394] dwmac-sun8i 1c50000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
[ 1422.145140] dwmac-sun8i 1c50000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
And i have a lot of error message if I’m trying to insert brcmfmac module for internal wifi.
Can somebody help me to activate eth0 ?
This build is not an official Armbian so this is pretty off topic. Where did you download it?
Downloaded from
Of course, alter install as root : apt update && apt upgrade and change hostname.
It’s not your mine ?
I have resolved my problem with changing /etc/network/interfaces like this :
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# Network is managed by Network manager
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcpAha, sorry. OK.
Than this seems to be problems with the Network manager application. I notice that sometimes takes some time that network is initialised, but at least it never happen to me to fail completely. Since we reuse Debian package base, there is little what can be done. If bug is there, bug is in Armbian as well.
Bottom line. Problem is solved.
I have an issue with i2c port
“i2cdetect -y 0” works as expected but “i2cdetect -y 1” until “i2cdetect -y 3” are wrong.
They take a long time for giving a wrong answer. I have connected a 0.96" OLED and it’s expected on port #2 at 0x3c address but it’s not found.
I check the connection with kernel 3.10.108
What I can see :
jpierre@bpi-berry:~$ dmesg | grep i2c
[ 3.813177] i2c /dev entries driver
[ 3.813302] mv64xxx_i2c 1c2ac00.i2c: could not find pctldev for node /soc/pinctrl@1c20800/i2c0-pins, deferring probe
[ 3.944221] axp20x-i2c 0-0034: AXP20x variant AXP221 found
[ 3.958471] input: axp20x-pek as /devices/platform/soc/1c2ac00.i2c/i2c-0/0-0034/axp221-pek/input/input0
[ 3.973758] axp20x-i2c 0-0034: AXP20X driver loaded
jpierre@bpi-berry:~$ ll /dev/i2c*
crw-rw---- 1 root i2c 89, 0 oct. 13 23:20 /dev/i2c-0
crw-rw---- 1 root i2c 89, 1 oct. 13 23:20 /dev/i2c-1
crw-rw---- 1 root i2c 89, 2 oct. 13 23:20 /dev/i2c-2
crw-rw---- 1 root i2c 89, 3 oct. 13 23:20 /dev/i2c-3
jpierre@bpi-berry:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
zstd 16384 4
lz4 16384 16
lz4_compress 53248 1 lz4
zram 20480 5
input_leds 16384 0
axp20x_adc 16384 0
axp20x_battery 16384 0
axp20x_usb_power 16384 0
industrialio 49152 3 axp20x_usb_power,axp20x_battery,axp20x_adc
evdev 20480 2
w1_gpio 16384 0
wire 20480 1 w1_gpio
uio_pdrv_genirq 16384 0
uio 16384 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
sch_fq_codel 20480 2
ip_tables 20480 0
x_tables 20480 1 ip_tables
hid_logitech_hidpp 24576 0
hid_logitech_dj 16384 0
pwrseq_simple 16384 1
realtek 16384 1
Any idea ?
How can I have the green led blinking as kernel 3.10.108 ?
I change /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list file like this :
# deb http://beta.armbian.com bionic main bionic-utils bionic-desktop
deb https://apt.uk.armbian.com bionic main bionic-utils bionic-desktopProbably ports are not enabled. That’s all. Since we didn’t develop overlay support for Allwinner R40, this is not plain simple. You can’t use armbian-config -> hardware configuration menu driven utility but you need to edit boards hardware description file (DTB) … which you need to invest some time to understand.
Editing DTB again (probably works also from userspace - use search for details and try):
user-led {
label = "bananapi:green:user";
gpios = <&pio 7 21 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ default-state = "heartbeat";
};
Those ideas are theoretical. I don’t know if they work since this board has no support. We just provide image as is. You are on your own to find out how to do this and that. It is similar as on other Allwinner boards. Make use of huge knowledge base: https://www.armbian.com/search
apt.uk.armbian.com is a mirror of apt.armbian.com … since there are no stable builds for this board, this is pointless.