Beelink S82 / Tronsmart S89 / VissonTech S82 Linux

[Methanoid]

Hi,

there is no repository of any kind. AMLinux is basically pure linux kernel + buildroot as rootfs + amlogic specific stuff and patches. It is not full feature linux distribution.

Thanks. At least I now know...

[no_spam_for_me]

Hi all,

I'm also considering buying a device with a amlogic s802. The idea of running linux and xbmc on it is great.
I see there has been some complaints going around for newer hardware versions not running the amlinux stable.
Is this only beelink s82 related? or is it just the same with the tronsmart s89 or vissontech devices?
I know it might be a hard question to answer since these devices are probably all rebranded products.

Greetz

Kweker

All round ones are the same, so you can also run in the same problem at tronsmart s89 and so on... but maybe Stane can fix it in one of his next releases (we will see)?
Maybe, if you only want to use the box for XBMC Linux by Stane, have a look at the square ones (the parallel sub-forum) and look/ask there if there exist also a problem with different PCB releases... (or maybe Stane will release a XBMC Linux for MXIII 1GB/8GB (also we will see)...)

[MikeD]

Install on MEasy B4A

Today I tried to install your image on the MEasy B4A.
After installing over sd and booting up the system freezes after 5-30 seconds. Sometimes it makes several hot reboots ("Starting AMLinux" screen reappear) before it freezes. I recognized that the news feed at the bottom is stuttering. There is nothing running smooth.
I was fast enough to save dmesg.txt. I hope it will help you to help me

dmesg.txt

[stane1983]

Today I tried to install your image on the MEasy B4A.
After installing over sd and booting up the system freezes after 5-30 seconds. Sometimes it makes several hot reboots ("Starting AMLinux" screen reappear) before it freezes. I recognized that the news feed at the bottom is stuttering. There is nothing running smooth.
I was fast enough to save dmesg.txt. I hope it will help you to help me

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dmesg is not very helpful. Try getting xbmc.old.log from /root/.xbmc/temp folder.

It seems that xbmc is crashing. Try to hit pkill xbmc several times in ssh. That should stop box from rebooting. Seems that XBMC is reason for crashes (maybe wrong alsa configuration?). Anyway, try to get me xbmc logs.

[MikeD]

OK, here it is. I attached the old and the actuall logfile. ssh daemon was still running after xbmc freeze.

xbmc.logs.zip

[stane1983]

OK, here it is. I attached the old and the actuall logfile. ssh daemon was still running after xbmc freeze.

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Lol, copy once again and issue sync command after.... Why? Open zip file and you'll see that files are 0 bytes in size

Btw, from what you wrote XBMC is problem... he is crashing, and from provided logs I'll know why (probably)

[MikeD]

Sorry for that. The files I zipped were not empty. There must something went wrong while packing.

I just zipped them because attaching .log files was not possible. Now Í renamed them.

xbmc.old.log.txt
xbmc.log.txt

[Hoffes_tp]

Sorry for that. The files I zipped were not empty. There must something went wrong while packing.

I just zipped them because attaching .log files was not possible. Now Í renamed them.

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Thanks Mike That you're helping Stane to get the AMLinux Build running on all AMLogic Boxes.

i Only have the old revision which is also owned by Stane so on my box everything is running fine.

@stane once again. great job!

aeh btw. are you going to add hibernating or standby support?
That would be great. Because booting takes a long time.

Brgds
Dominik

[stane1983]

Thanks Mike That you're helping Stane to get the AMLinux Build running on all AMLogic Boxes.

i Only have the old revision which is also owned by Stane so on my box everything is running fine.

@stane once again. great job!

aeh btw. are you going to add hibernating or standby support?
That would be great. Because booting takes a long time.

Brgds
Dominik

I remember someone already asked (you?) about hibernate and standby. Standby would be an option, but for now it's not priority. There is kernel related issue which makes wakeup not working (same thing is on MX and 3.0 kernel). Thats why I implemented workaround. System actually goes to standby, but when wakes up, kernel reboots whole device. It will stay as is until I found proper solution for this.

[MikeD]

Here are another 2 logfiles. Seems to be this line:

DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (Pointer.xml) ------

This is mostly the last entry before crashing.

xbmc.log2.txt
xbmc.old.log2.txt

[dankec]

Just to add that VissonTech S82 Linux is working great on MBOX S82b, thanks Stane! I found just one video with a/v out of sync, which is great.

Offtopic: If someone has faq how to set liveTV streaming in XBMC please post!

[Hoffes_tp]

I remember someone already asked (you?) about hibernate and standby. Standby would be an option, but for now it's not priority. There is kernel related issue which makes wakeup not working (same thing is on MX and 3.0 kernel). Thats why I implemented workaround. System actually goes to standby, but when wakes up, kernel reboots whole device. It will stay as is until I found proper solution for this.

ok that would be okay.
i have asked so much, sorry about that.
but your AMLinux is what im searched for and im so happy that this is so great.

one thing is, that in the audio options of xbmc i cannot configure how much speakers i have(eg 5.1 or 7.1) is this works as designed?

[stane1983]

ok that would be okay.
i have asked so much, sorry about that.
but your AMLinux is what im searched for and im so happy that this is so great.

one thing is, that in the audio options of xbmc i cannot configure how much speakers i have(eg 5.1 or 7.1) is this works as designed?

Current behavior is ok. I have to rewrite alsa config for hdmi output, spdif output and analog output then re-enable it in settings of xbmc.

Problem is I dont have any external receiver so testing spdif would be kind of dificult. I'll try to manage something.

[Hoffes_tp]

Current behavior is ok. I have to rewrite alsa config for hdmi output, spdif output and analog output then re-enable it in settings of xbmc.

Problem is I dont have any external receiver so testing spdif would be kind of dificult. I'll try to manage something.

If you need debugs or help or Something i can assist or give you access to my box if you want to.

brgds

[MikeD]

As it seems I got one of these "problem boxes" let me know if you need more infos.
I can test any new fw or give you ssh access to the box.