Picuntu on CX919ii (J22) working with Wifi & Mali 3D support

[ixoobb]

Hello,

I bought cx919ii android tv stick and set my personal goal to make it working correctly with picuntu distribution. I couldn't find one place on net explaining how to do this and as I succeeded I decided to share this on this forum. Some points might not be straight forward therefore if you spend some time challenging them probably you will succeed as I did

1) Download Ubuntu VirtualBox image targeted to AMD64 processor
2) Compile the kernel doing below commands

apt-get install git mc
mkdir /cx919ii
cd /cx919ii

[ Put here *.patch files from cx919ii.zip attachment ]


git clone https://github.com/phjanderson/marvin.git
git clone https://github.com/phjanderson/Linux3188
git clone https://github.com/phjanderson/Kernel-3188.git
git clone https://github.com/Galland/rk30_linux_initramfs
mv rk30_linux_initramfs initramfs


cd marvin
git apply --stat ../marvin_j22.patch
git apply --check ../marvin_j22.patch
git am --signoff ../marvin_j22.patch
cd ../Kernel-3188
git apply --stat ../kernel3188_j22.patch
git apply --check ../kernel3188_j22.patch
git am --signoff ../kernel3188_j22.patch
cd ../Linux3188
git apply --stat ../Linux3188_j22.patch
git apply --check ../Linux3188_j22.patch
git am --signoff ../Linux3188_j22.patch

cd ../marvin
./marvin install_builddep
./marvin platform picuntu3188
./marvin config J22 1080p ddr667


mcedit ../Linux3188/.config

[ find CPU Frequency Scaling section and make sure it looks like presented below ]

#
# CPU Frequency Scaling
#
CONFIG_RK_CPU_312=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_312_VOLT=900
CONFIG_RK_CPU_504=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_504_VOLT=925
CONFIG_RK_CPU_816=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_816_VOLT=1000
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1008=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1008_VOLT=1075
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1200=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1200_VOLT=1150
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1416=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1416_VOLT=1250
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1608=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1608_VOLT=1350
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1704=n
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1704_VOLT=1375
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1800=y
CONFIG_RK_CPU_1800_VOLT=1375
# CONFIG_RK_CPU_1896 is not set
# CONFIG_RK_CPU_1920 is not set
# CONFIG_RK_CPU_2016 is not set

[ find GPU Frequency Scaling section and make sure it looks like presented below ]



#
# GPU Frequency Scaling
#
CONFIG_RK_GPU_133=n
CONFIG_RK_GPU_133_VOLT=975
CONFIG_RK_GPU_200=n
CONFIG_RK_GPU_200_VOLT=1000
CONFIG_RK_GPU_266=n
CONFIG_RK_GPU_266_VOLT=1025
CONFIG_RK_GPU_300=n
CONFIG_RK_GPU_300_VOLT=1050
CONFIG_RK_GPU_400=y
CONFIG_RK_GPU_400_VOLT=1100
CONFIG_RK_GPU_600=n
CONFIG_RK_GPU_600_VOLT=1250
# CONFIG_RK_GPU_798 is not set

./marvin build

[ You should see below message ]

Your kernel is ready in:
/root/cx919ii/marvin/platform/picuntu3188/output/kernel_marvin_J22


3) Download Picuntu 4.5 http://www.g8.net/download/4.5/picun...sicgui-nand.7z
4) Replace kernel.img from extracted package by the one we just compiled
5) Install picuntu on cx919ii android tv stick

PS1. The Kernel-3188 is android kernel source. It is not necessary for this picuntu build. I prepared kernel-3188_j22.patch file based on this post entry: http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...159#post114159

PS2. I applied the changes then to Linux3188 branch and set-up marvin J22 config file based on various entries found on net. Initially my cx919ii stick was working correctly with wifi therefore every 1-2h it automatically rebooted. I then found CPU & GPU frequency scaling in configuration as well as ddr667 option - after tweaking it the way shown above picuntu started to work perfectly

6) Please boot your picuntu from your tv stick

7) If you wish you may stop now - your stick fully operates with WiFi. Let's try to configure xwindows to support Mali400 GPU coprocessor.

SETTING UP MALI DRIVER

8) Please follow instruction provided here (http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...l=1#post157509) being logged on your picuntu and see my notes

a) After putting modules under /lib/modules/3.0.36+/kernel/drivers I edited /etc/rc.local file and added below lines below "modprobe rkwifi":

modprobe ump
modprobe mali
modprobe drm
modprobe mali_drm

b) after going through full procedure I added picuntu user to "video" group:
usermod -a -G video picuntu
[reboot]

c) apt-get install glmark2-es2 mesa-utils-extra

d) run es2_info and es2gears to check if the set-up is working for you

PS3. At the beggining it didn't work for me as I was logged in as picuntu user in xwindows. After checking the rights on top of /dev/mali I noticed that video group has rights to it.

SETTING UP WIFI (FIXED IP)

1) wpa_passphrase WIFI_ID YOURPASSWORD > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

2) mcedit /etc/network/interfaces

[ make content look like below ]

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.0.254.253
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless-essid WIFI_ID
gateway 10.0.254.1
pre-up wpa_supplicant -B -Dnl80211 -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant

[ picuntu IP is set to be fixed -> 10.0.254.253. Gateway 10.0.254.1 (router IP) ]
[ just customize to your needs ]

3) [ reboot ] and enjoy wifi set-up

Take Care

[DarkDante]

Hello

Thank you, everything work, but flash not work in browser. How I can install adobe flash player?

[ixoobb]

FlashPlayer for chrominium

Thank you, everything work, but flash not work in browser. How I can install adobe flash player?

Hey,
I just made quick look and found this post : http://allhailtothepenguin.blogspot.com [Chrominum browser plus flash].
I found libepflashplayer.so over here: https://mega.co.nz/#!wIpDQbxK!PgMGvP...ew3CnMbOrFZKco

1) I downloaded the libepflashplayer.so
2) cp libepflashplayer.so /usr/lib
3) created startbrowser.sh and filled with below stuff:

chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-args=enable_hw_video_decode=0,enable_stagevideo_au to=0,enable_trace_to_console=0 --disable-flash-3d

4) chmod +777 startbrowser.sh

Once I executed this script flash started to work in the browser
I hope it will work for you too.

[ixoobb]

Nginx & ssl bug

Setting up NGINX on Picuntu & removing heartbleed bug (ssl)


1) curl https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz | tar xz && cd openssl-1.0.1g && ./config && make && make install
2) ln -sf /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl `which openssl`

3) "openssl version" command should return:
OpenSSL 1.0.1g 7 Apr 2014

[ reboot ]

NGINX

1) apt-get install libpcre3-dev libssl-dev
2) curl http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.1.tar.gz | tar xz && cd nginx-1.7.1
3) sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group nginx
4) ./configure --prefix=/usr/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module
5) make && make install

6) open /usr/nginx/conf/nginx.conf and add first line to the file -> "user nginx;"

7) create file /etc/init/nginx.conf and fill it with following stuff:

# nginx
description "nginx http daemon"
author "Philipp Klose <me@'thisdomain'.de>"

start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo)
stop on runlevel [!2345]

env DAEMON=/usr/nginx/sbin/nginx
env PID=/usr/nginx/logs/nginx.pid

expect fork
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
#oom never

pre-start script
$DAEMON -t
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then exit $?
fi
end script

exec $DAEMON

8) start nginx server by performing "initctl start nginx" command

[Johandersen]

rk3188t

Hi, does this work with t version? Also, could you share compiled img?

[ixoobb]

Hi, does this work with t version? Also, could you share compiled img?

I learned that rk3188t chip is slower than rk3188 version and has 1.4GHz. As asked I am attaching the precompiled kernel versions for both CPUs (1.8GHz & 1.4GHz) and both resolutions (720p & 1080p). I am using 1.8GHz & 1080p. Please check if any of those will work for your RK3188T chip.

Good Luck

[Johandersen]

Success

Thank you sooo much! 720p 1.4 ghz works perfectly, I haven't tested the others
My PCB is cyxtech 909 v1_1

[ixoobb]

Setting up VPN for iPhone/Android device

1) apt-get install xl2tpd openswan ppp
2) mcedit /etc/sysctl.conf and add below lines:

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.send_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.accept_redirects = 0

3) Create a file called "ipsec.vpn" in "/etc/init.d/" and put below data :

case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting my Ipsec VPN"
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -s 10.0.254.0/24 -j MASQUERADE
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
for each in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*
do
echo 0 > $each/accept_redirects
echo 0 > $each/send_redirects
done
/etc/init.d/ipsec start
/etc/init.d/xl2tpd start
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping my Ipsec VPN"
iptables --table nat --flush
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
/etc/init.d/ipsec stop
/etc/init.d/xl2tpd stop
;;
restart)
echo "Restarting my Ipsec VPN"
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -s 10.0.254.0/24 -j MASQUERADE
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
for each in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*
do
echo 0 > $each/accept_redirects
echo 0 > $each/send_redirects
done
/etc/init.d/ipsec restart
/etc/init.d/xl2tpd restart


;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/ipsec.vpn {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac




4) chmod 755 ipsec.vpn
5) update-rc.d -f ipsec remove
6) update-rc.d ipsec.vpn defaults

7) make "/etc/ipsec.conf" file look like below:

config setup
nat_traversal=yes
protostack=netkey
plutostderrlog=/tmp/log.txt


conn L2TP-PSK
authby=secret
pfs=no
rekey=no
type=tunnel
esp=aes128-sha1
ike=aes128-sha-modp1024
ikelifetime=8h
keylife=1h
left=10.0.254.253
leftnexthop=%defaultroute
leftprotoport=17/1701
right=%any
rightprotoport=17/%any
rightsubnetwithin=0.0.0.0/0
auto=add
dpddelay=30
dpdtimeout=120
dpdaction=clear




7) make "/etc/ipsec.secrets" file look like below:

%any %any : PSK "somegoodpassword"

8) make " /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf" file look like below:

[global]
auth file = /etc/l2tpd/l2tp-secrets
debug network = yes
debug tunnel = yes


[lns default]


ip range = 10.0.254.201-10.0.254.240
local ip = 10.0.254.253
require chap = yes
refuse pap = yes
require authentication = yes
name = <ENTER SOME NAME HERE>
ppp debug = yes
pppoptfile = /etc/ppp/options.xl2tpd
length bit = yes

9) make "/etc/ppp/options.xl2tpd" file look like below:

ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
ms-dns 10.0.254.1
noccp
auth
crtscts
idle 1800
mtu 1410
mru 1410
nodefaultroute
debug
lock
proxyarp
connect-delay 5000


10) make "/etc/ppp/chap-secrets" file look like below:

* * thisissomesecretpassword *

11) sysctl -p
12) /etc/init.d/ipsec.vpn restart
13) /etc/init.d/xl2tpd restart

14) open below ports on your main router : 500/udp 4500/udp 1701/udp

15) configuring the iPhone :
a) go to settings -> general -> network -> vpn (at the bottom). Choose 'Add VPN Configuration..."
b) The 'account' field can be anything you like.
c) Leave RSA SecurID off.
d) The Password is the PPP password configured in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
e) The IPSec secret (/etc/ipsec.secrets) goes into the 'Secret' field.
f) Keep 'Send All Traffic' enabled.

References:
1) http://louwrentius.com/setting-up-a-...and-linux.html
2) https://help.ubuntu.com/community/L2TPServer

[hiper]

I learned that rk3188t chip is slower than rk3188 version and has 1.4GHz. As asked I am attaching the precompiled kernel versions for both CPUs (1.8GHz & 1.4GHz) and both resolutions (720p & 1080p). I am using 1.8GHz & 1080p. Please check if any of those will work for your RK3188T chip.

Good Luck

I got the same J22 stick and I want to boot Picuntu from SDcard, can u make a RFS img for me? B.t.w. the kernel_J22_1080p_1.8ghz.zip u uploaded is corrupted and lubuntu 14.04 or above is better.