armbian-install, wifi, ethernet not working on x96 mini (s905w) #621

box-automation1 · 2022-10-13T19:52:32Z

Before You Open ISSUE, Make Sure You have Read Armbian Firmware Instructions and Documentation

Describe the bug

I booted Armbian_22.11.0_Aml_s905w_jammy_5.15.73_server_2022.10.13.img.gz from SD card by renaming u-boot-s905x-s912.bin to u-boot.ext and extlinux.conf.bak to extlinux.conf
While Loading, it notifies that wifi, ethernet failed to load. ( see screenshot below )
armbian-install complains that there is no onboard emmc present. ( see screenshot below )

Expected behavior

Wifi, ethernet should load during startup.
armbian-install should install armbian to x96 mini emmc.

Screenshots

Armbian Version

Kernel Version: 5.15.73
Release: jammy
Edition: server

Device (please complete the following information):

SOC: S095w
Brand: none
Model: x96 mini

Additional context

Wifi works with external usb adapter TP Link Archer T3U( mediatek chip )
Last rom flashed was Android 9 Stock Rom
Photos of my box below:

The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:

Scirese · 2022-10-13T23:09:20Z

Can you show your /dev folder?
The Sv6051 wifi chip seems don't have a driver in the kernel, it's normal that wifi don't work.

ophub · 2022-10-14T00:37:43Z

Don't rename extlinux.conf.bak, don't rename u-boot, can you send me the tutorial address where you see these 2 operations.

Try to modify the dtb name:
vi /boot/uEnv.txt
Modify the name of the dtb file

Test the following 2 files separately
meson-sm1-sei610.dtb
meson-g12a-x96-max-rmii.dtb

sync && reboot

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T07:26:17Z

Can you show your /dev folder? The Sv6051 wifi chip seems don't have a driver in the kernel, it's normal that wifi don't work.

ls-output.txt

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T07:39:09Z

Don't rename extlinux.conf.bak, don't rename u-boot, can you send me the tutorial address where you see these 2 operations.

I realized that renaming u-boot-s905x-s912.bin to u-boot.ext is not needed but the system fails to boot without renaming extlinux.conf.bak to extlinux.conf ( check attached photo below )

It only boots if I rename extlinux.conf.bak to extlinux.conf

Test the following 2 files separately
meson-sm1-sei610.dtb
meson-g12a-x96-max-rmii.dtb

Tried both of them, none work. The system boots, but armbian-install complains that there is no emmc present and wifi doesn't work.

Scirese · 2022-10-14T07:43:05Z

Can you show your /dev folder? The Sv6051 wifi chip seems don't have a driver in the kernel, it's normal that wifi don't work.

ls-output.txt

I see. There's only one mmcblk under your /dev and it seems like your sd card. Your internal emmc wasn't recognized by the system. Strange 🤔

ophub · 2022-10-14T07:47:20Z

try meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

lsblk

ophub · 2022-10-14T07:49:12Z

If you use extlinux.conf, modify dtb in both his and uEnv.txt files.

u-boot is not needed, you will cause a lot of errors if you add it. For unknown devices, do not add these unwanted files arbitrarily.

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T07:58:26Z

The u-boot.ext was unnecessary, my fault.

If you use extlinux.conf, modify dtb in both his and uEnv.txt files.

Will try modifying in both and report.

u-boot is not needed, you will cause a lot of errors if you add it. For unknown devices, do not add these unwanted files arbitrarily.

Yes, the system boots without u-boot.
But it doesn't boot if I don't rename extlinux.conf.bak, This error

ophub · 2022-10-14T08:10:57Z

meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb
meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

Test these public version files to see which one can drive your wired network card.

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T09:27:05Z

meson-gxl-s905x-p212.dtb meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

Test these public version files to see which one can drive your wired network card.

Tried both, none worked sadly.

I hope the above config is correct. I tried 281 too, same results.
Would it be worth giving the debian image a try?

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T09:30:12Z

Can you show your /dev folder? The Sv6051 wifi chip seems don't have a driver in the kernel, it's normal that wifi don't work.

ls-output.txt

I see. There's only one mmcblk under your /dev and it seems like your sd card. Your internal emmc wasn't recognized by the system. Strange 🤔

Yes, it completely fails to detect the internal emmc.

ophub · 2022-10-14T09:58:28Z

There is no independent network card chip on the motherboard, which is integrated by the soc.

Do you know which NIC driver the box needs?

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T10:14:10Z

There is no independent network card chip on the motherboard, which is integrated by the soc.

Do you know which NIC driver the box needs?

I'll check if wifi works on bables150's firmware to confirm. On another note, the wifi isn't related with the emmc not being detected right?

Scirese · 2022-10-14T10:17:33Z

yes, they're different problems.

box-automation1 · 2022-10-14T14:49:35Z

There is no independent network card chip on the motherboard, which is integrated by the soc.
Do you know which NIC driver the box needs?

I'll check if wifi works on bables150's firmware to confirm. On another note, the wifi isn't related with the emmc not being detected right?

Yeah, doesn't work on that either, I checked on armbian forums, and more users faced similar with sv6051/sv6051p(ssv6051/ssv6051p) wifi chips.
There is a driver for sv6051/p, but it's for 3.x kernel and the driver is poorly written and needs to be re-written for 5.x kernel.

So apparently wifi will be completely dead and I'll have to use my wifi adaptor for that. I'm fine with that for now, but is there any solution for the emmc not being detected?

TThanhXuan · 2022-10-15T07:43:45Z

try below instruction for detect internal EMMC:

sudo apt-get install device-tree-compiler

dtc -I dtb -O dts -o meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dts meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

edit this file searching for "mmc@74000" block
max-frequency = <0x5f5e100>;
5f5e100 in hex = 100000000 in dec
edit it to 0x2faf080, 50000000 in dec

dtc -I dts -O dtb -o meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dts

box-automation1 · 2022-10-15T18:32:23Z

try below instruction for detect internal EMMC:

sudo apt-get install device-tree-compiler

dtc -I dtb -O dts -o meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dts meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

edit this file searching for "mmc@74000" block max-frequency = <0x5f5e100>; 5f5e100 in hex = 100000000 in dec edit it to 0x2faf080, 50000000 in dec

dtc -I dts -O dtb -o meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dts

Thanks a lot, install to emmc works.
meson-gxl-s905w-p281.zip
@ophub could the above dtb be added in source(for x96 mini) with @TThanhXuan as author ?

ophub · 2022-10-16T01:47:49Z

Thanks for sharing, I will add your two names to the dts source code.

Did you test that both wired and wireless work?

meson-gxl-s905w-x96-mini.dtb.zip

I compiled it according to the above revisions. After you download it, unzip it, upload it to the /boot/dtb/amlogic directory, change the previous two configuration files(extlinux.conf & uEnv.txt), and restart the test to see if it is correct.

ophub · 2022-10-16T03:54:17Z

You download the dtb file in the above post and test feedback, no problem. I submitted it to the unifreq kernel source repository.

meson-gxl-s905w-x96-mini.dts

// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
/*
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>.
 * Based on meson-gxl-s905d-p231.dts:
 * - Copyright (c) 2016 Endless Computers, Inc.
 *   Author: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
 *           github.com/TThanhXuan, github.com/box-automation1, github.com/unifreq
 */

/dts-v1/;

#include "meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dts"

/ {
	compatible = "amlogic,p281", "amlogic,s905w", "amlogic,meson-gxl";
	model = "X96 mini";
};

/* eMMC */
&sd_emmc_c {
	max-frequency = <50000000>;
};

box-automation1 · 2022-10-16T22:16:54Z

Did you test that both wired and wireless work?

This only fixes armbian-install
Wifi cannot be fixed due to missing drivers :( [ Need to rewrite drivers from 3.xx kernel to 5.xx )

meson-gxl-s905w-x96-mini.dtb.zip

Works with armbian-install. lsblk also detects internal emmc

ophub · 2022-10-16T23:37:14Z

Is the wired network card working?

Neverends4 · 2023-02-09T10:44:57Z

Strange, just found this issue, but my old version downloaded here can detect emmc directly.
Same X96 mini with S905W 2+16G, inferior CPU can only go up to 1.2G.
Installed to emmc and running for about one year...
uname -a Linux X96mini 5.4.184-flippy-70+o #395 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 11 22:39:41 CST 2022 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/armbian-release
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=lepotato
BOARD_NAME="Aml s905w"
BOARDFAMILY=meson-gxl
BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build.git
BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=2daf351
VERSION=22.05.0-trunk
LINUXFAMILY=meson64
ARCH=arm64
IMAGE_TYPE=user-built
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm64
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image
BRANCH=current

seem-sky · 2023-02-15T10:25:18Z

x96 mini emmc中已经安装来armbian系统想重装，需要先擦除emmc中都系统才能从U盘中启动吗？

ophub · 2023-02-15T10:33:43Z

如果usb无法启动，把emmc里/boot下的boot.src和boot.cmd改个名字就无法从emmc启动了，也就会从usb启动了

seem-sky · 2023-02-15T12:23:34Z

如果usb无法启动，把emmc里/boot下的boot.src和boot.cmd改个名字就无法从emmc启动了，也就会从usb启动了

因为我都系统有点问题。我忘记来root密码导致系统无法正常启动不能访问emmc无法访问emmc下的文件

ophub · 2023-02-15T12:31:08Z

那你就线刷会安卓吧

seem-sky · 2023-02-16T03:46:08Z

那你就线刷会安卓吧

好的，感谢回复。

e-renna · 2023-06-17T14:23:59Z

Just installed armbian with kernel version 6.1.34 on a X96-Mini. Setup went smooth following the suggestions on this issue.
However, the system is only recognising 923Mb of RAM instead of the 2Gb the board has.
Do you have any idea why this might be happening @ophub ?

ophub · 2023-06-17T14:27:40Z

armbian-update -k 6.1.33

Try updating other kernels

e-renna · 2023-06-17T14:48:29Z

armbian-update -k 6.1.33

Try updating other kernels

Tried it, but it didn't work ai'm afraid

ophub · 2023-06-17T15:00:27Z

https://github.com/ophub/kernel/releases/tag/kernel_stable

Try updating other kernels

evanferrao · 2023-06-20T15:24:20Z

Just installed armbian with kernel version 6.1.34 on a X96-Mini. Setup went smooth following the suggestions on this issue. However, the system is only recognising 923Mb of RAM instead of the 2Gb the board has. Do you have any idea why this might be happening @ophub ?

I have this exact same issue. I have 2 x96 mini. One of them shows up as 2gb ram and other shows up as 1gb only. In android, both of them show up as 2gb ram.

I've noticed something weird though. On the 2gb box, the ram utilization is ~600mb and on the box that falsely shows up as 1gb, the ram utilization is exactly half, i.e. ~300mb. These observations were made by running both the boxes side-by-side. Ram measurements in both cases are directly after boot.

Another observation is with a desktop environment running with the same video playback on both the boxes. The first box reported 1400mb ram usage and the second box reported exactly half (~700mb) ram usage with the same desktop environment and same video playback.

This makes me believe that the entire ram is being used, but the software reports utlization by a ratio of 0.5

Just to note, to avoid confusion, the account box-automation1 is mine, and the images posted above of the box is the one that works correctly (software reports 2gb ram)

adoyle-h · 2023-06-21T08:08:41Z

Same issue with x96 mini. Wired interface is working, but wireless interface is not existed. It is under the latest kernel version "6.1.34". @ophub

$ uname -a
Linux armbian 6.1.34-ophub #1 SMP Thu Jun 15 22:19:25 EDT 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

$ ip a
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: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
3: ip6tnl0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1452 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/tunnel6 :: brd :: permaddr 5613:86a2:308::
4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a2:b1:d2:61:69:b1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.81/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0
       valid_lft 85651sec preferred_lft 85651sec
    inet6 fe80::9d9e:d5f0:9339:a2a5/64 scope link noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

ophub · 2023-06-21T08:20:46Z

What version of the kernel did you have before you could use the wireless function normally?

adoyle-h · 2023-06-21T08:41:45Z

What version of the kernel did you have before you could use the wireless function normally?

It is an Android TV, not Armbian. The kernel version is 3.14.29.

SXMB · 2023-08-30T16:54:54Z

您好！现在x906mini安装ambian，只需要uenv.rext中指定dtb就可以了，不需要其他多余的操作？

ophub · 2023-08-30T22:35:12Z

对

SXMB · 2023-08-30T22:44:19Z

谢谢您的回复，一会把盒子折腾起来。

deenbee · 2023-09-04T01:35:15Z

I have the same TV BOX, but need a desktop version,

I try this image : Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_bullseye_current_5.9.0_desktop.img

I see this tutorial https://youtu.be/WngZ4ncBQM8?feature=shared

but my TV BOX do not boot nothing, i press my AV buttom from inside for boot but nothing

any idea?

ussing this server version can install desktop ?

Now try ussing: Armbian_23.08.0_amlogic_s905w_lunar_6.1.50_server_2023.09.02.img
who these files i need to rename to u-boot.ext , but need edit text file extlinux.conf.bak

extlinux.conf.bak , text inside:

ophub · 2023-09-04T02:37:16Z

armbian-software
201

deenbee · 2023-09-04T11:01:15Z

armbian-software 201

201 ?

deenbee · 2023-09-05T00:55:47Z

armbian-software 201

don't work

ophub · 2023-09-05T01:10:36Z

Your system files are not downloaded here, use the method to check in the downloaded post.

deenbee · 2023-09-05T18:05:39Z

Your system files are not downloaded here, use the method to check in the downloaded post.

I need the desktop version,
the link is died:
Give me a real link

https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/releases/download/Armbian_Aml_jammy_10.13.0358/Armbian_22.11.0_Aml_s905w_jammy_5.15.73_server_2022.10.13.img.gz

deenbee · 2023-09-05T18:28:32Z

I will use this links https://mirror-us-phx1.armbian.airframes.io/dl/aml-s9xx-box/archive/?sort=time&order=asc

deenbee · 2023-09-05T18:38:13Z

I open a new topic here:

#1683

vanatd-printify · 2023-12-01T10:22:53Z

Hello @ophub, I need some help!
~~I'm trying to run boot mode from tf sd card and my x96 mini with two scenarios:~~

Add my meson-gxl-s905w-x96-mini.dtb to the uEnv.txt and rename u-boot-s905x-s912.bin to u-boot.ext - the result continues reloads with x96 logo blinking

Add my meson-gxl-s905w-x96-mini.dtb to the uEnv.txt - screen goes black and my monitor goes sleep mode as no signal is coming

~~Please, can u advise what I did wrong? Or what can I do else?~~

UPD
Never mind, it was a problem of my monitor. It doesn't want to work with terminal/boot mode.
~~however, can u help me to setup wifi? Any external or internal. Seem like armbian does not see my external usb wifi as well :(~~

internal wifi could not be working.
found how to enable my RLT8188GU
here is the link for those how is looking too.

timsams · 2024-01-04T16:28:28Z

For future users that can't achieve an install (no boot with the sd card like other users).
Check out the chip inside is really S905W. I received a X96mini with a H313 CPU, batch from october 2023.

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