Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.04 on MK808b Plus

[voron]

Please download the driver module rtl8723bs ?

[devitrified]

I tried it sometime ago and had kept a copy. I just uploaded it to google drive to be able to re-share. Wifi works

[yeahman45]

New link for ubuntu-mate-15-04-s805-standard-0_95_Beta.img.xz

https://goo.gl/qbZ3dK

does wifi work? where did you get the link?

[devitrified]

New link for ubuntu-mate-15-04-s805-standard-0_95_Beta.img.xz

https://goo.gl/qbZ3dK

[royeiror]

Hello everyone, is there a current tutorial that shows how to install the wifi drivers?

I truly don't know the first thing about Linux and would love to get this working.

I got the .img flashed with a slight problem because the .img was bigger than my SD, so I went ahead and flashed onto a bigger flash drive, resized the partition and truncated the dd img file. Now I'm working on getting linux working completely on this device, and it seems I may have a different version or a clone because neither bluetooth nor wifi work out of the box.

In any case, I think I need to download the drivers onto usb and either copy, make or install them via CLI onto the MK808b plus.

Can anyone help me out?

[herr_marechal]

I installed this doble Firmware but was bricked my mk808b plus from beelink.


i tri send the .img original from windows the amlogic tools, show 100% ok.
but now just show grey screen from google freeze. Who make this doble sistem android and ubuntu dont give me any attention.
By SD card give show some erros i no reinstall, think the system dont detect the nand partition, or this partition was durty ... no wipe...
If you think reinstall to original loader sistem think serious, in my case i dont know what do... because i try all ways, by windows and by sd card to restore.
I am unhappy....

[mittelalf]

Running Ubuntu on such a small device is great. But it's a pity if such a linux doesn't run stable. And neither this ubuntu mate nor the debian8 are stable.

Here (screenshot) I copied more than 3500 files and more than 35 GB from a USB stick to a HDD. But after 40% done the system froze. The same happened also with Debian8. Maybe instead of a device, which isn't much supported for linux, better I should choose a Raspberry P3. Such a device is very well supported and the OS systems like Raspian should run stable.

[devitrified]

In case you want to put this on a 4GB MicroSD (e.g. if like me you want to get rid of the Mate GUI stuff and use Ubuntu as a headless server), here's how:

1. Get the image file; I got _ubuntu-mate-15-04-s805-standard-0_95_Beta.img.xz
2. Extract it:
   xz -dk _ubuntu-mate-15-04-s805-standard-0_95_Beta.img.xz
3. Have a look at the partition layout:
   fdisk -lu _ubuntu-mate-15-04-s805-standard-0_95_Beta.img
   ..
   [press w, enter]
   sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sda2
   sudo resize2fs -p /dev/sda2
   sudo sync
   sudo eject /dev/sda
4. Enjoy.

Thanks for this write-up. I tried it and it works. Just to confirm, this is not actually supposed to get rid of the GUI and make the installation headless, right?

[Xroft]

Put please once the module is suitable for rtl8188. In the link above, the file is not available

[prahjister]

U can from Android with terminal emulator. Type su then reboot recovery

[pelangi]

you have to press the little button in the hole opposite the light with a paperclip while plugging in the power.

I did exactly that but still it won't boot from SD Card. Is there anyway to change where to boot from ADB?

[prahjister]

you have to press the little button in the hole opposite the light with a paperclip while plugging in the power.

[pelangi]

Try a different SD card it is a little picky

I tried with a different SD card but still I can't make it booting from SD Card. Is there any setting that I can change from Android shell (adb) that will make the machine boot from SD card? Thanks.

[sammaz]

Hi! Can you please reupload this file?
Can someone give me the link to this file?
Please help! I really need it.

I am also looking for the file.

[kira1992]

http://www.filedropper.com/showdownload.php/8723bs the module for ubuntu.

Hi! Can you please reupload this file?
Can someone give me the link to this file?
Please help! I really need it.