Running Linux From SD Card or USB Flash Drive - Using Balbes150 Method And Files.

[nosmokingbandit]

I'm having odd problems.

My box will work fine with Arch for a few days, then network activity stops. I ssh in to reboot it, and when it reboots it gets stuck at the vendor logo, like it has a bad dtb. But this dtb I used since the beginning, I extracted it myself from my box.

Using the latest Armbian image, it boots fine the first time. So I install a few packages (openvpn, samba, etc). When I reboot I get no video output and I can't ssh into the box. My router sees it and assigns an IP address, but I can't ssh.

[balbes150]

The symptoms sound like bad media. Have you tried to use a different carrier ? Slower, but more reliable working USB stick. I recommend in the event some problems are always to check the behavior of the system with the USB flashdrive. According to my observations and tests, if the flash drive works fine on PC, then on the TV box it works fine. Ie if you encounter problems, use normal flash drive and the problem persists - then the problem is likely in the system.

[Nofan Tasi]

The symptoms sound like bad media. Have you tried to use a different carrier ? Slower, but more reliable working USB stick. I recommend in the event some problems are always to check the behavior of the system with the USB flashdrive. According to my observations and tests, if the flash drive works fine on PC, then on the TV box it works fine. Ie if you encounter problems, use normal flash drive and the problem persists - then the problem is likely in the system.

Right, also: one can do an fsck on media partitions on other linux machine (if available). Sometimes the file system needs a fix. Once fixed one knows at least that the file system is OK.

[balbes150]

And if you have two media (master and working). If you encounter problems with the working media, you can run a Linux system with a standard bearer and perform inspection and repair work, make a backup of important files, etc.

[mikmod]

Hi
Is possible to add SATA support for S95 Telos? I see on motherboard JMicron JM20329 Hi-Speed USB to SATA Bridge
How make active?

In Openelec there /sys/devices/adc_keypad.45 but the rest of the key is missing. I'll keep looking.

[Pakbit]

Hi, can you explain to me how to get the linux rom 20170122 on s912 (GT1) saw that goes well on my S905

[Pakbit]

No total explain but schematic procedure... advance tank...

[balbes150]

Start the same as S905. Activation and multi-boot using the correct dtb file (if the system does not start using internal dtb).

[pakis_ch]

Does anybody knows why the installation of mysql-server fails?
I'm running Armbian_5.24_Vegas95_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.79_2016012 5.

ubuntu@vegas95:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  apparmor libaio1 libapparmor-perl libevent-core-2.0-5 libnuma1
  mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-server-5.7
  mysql-server-core-5.7
Suggested packages:
  apparmor-profiles apparmor-profiles-extra apparmor-docs apparmor-utils mailx
  tinyca
Recommended packages:
  libhtml-template-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apparmor libaio1 libapparmor-perl libevent-core-2.0-5 libnuma1
  mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-server mysql-server-5.7
  mysql-server-core-5.7
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 159 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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.10.95-0ubuntu2.5 [26.4 kB]
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rm64 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [6,135 kB]
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5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [1,724 kB]
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rm64 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [6,714 kB]
Get:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main arm64 mysql-server-5.7 arm64
5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [2,612 kB]
Get:10 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main arm64 mysql-server all 5.7.1
7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [10.1 kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...

Package configuration
$ Configuring mysql-server-5.7
   While not mandatory, it is highly recommended that you set a password
   for the MySQL administrative "root" user.

   If this field is left blank, the password will not be changed.

   New password for the MySQL "root" user:

   **************_________________________________________________________

                                   <Ok>








Package configuration
$ Configuring mysql-server-5.7


                 Repeat password for the MySQL "root" user:

                 **************_____________________________

                                   <Ok>








Selecting previously unselected package libevent-core-2.0-5:arm64.
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Setting up apparmor (2.10.95-0ubuntu2.5) ...
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba
ck to defaults
diff: /var/lib/apparmor/profiles/.apparmor.md5sums: No such file or directory
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Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf (my
.cnf) in auto mode
Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present)
Job for mysql.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
 See "systemctl status mysql.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.7; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.7 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu16) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.7
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu@vegas95:~$ service --status-all
 [ - ]  alsa-utils
 [ - ]  ap6212-bluetooth
 [ - ]  apparmor
 [ - ]  armhwinfo
 [ - ]  bluetooth
 [ - ]  bootmisc.sh
 [ - ]  brcm40183-patch
 [ - ]  checkfs.sh
 [ - ]  checkroot-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  checkroot.sh
 [ + ]  console-setup
 [ + ]  cpufrequtils
 [ + ]  cron
 [ + ]  dbus
 [ - ]  etc-setserial
 [ + ]  fake-hwclock
 [ - ]  firstrun
 [ + ]  haveged
 [ + ]  hddtemp
 [ - ]  hostapd
 [ - ]  hostname.sh
 [ - ]  hwclock.sh
 [ + ]  keyboard-setup
 [ - ]  killprocs
 [ + ]  kmod
 [ + ]  lirc
 [ + ]  loadcpufreq
 [ - ]  mountall-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  mountall.sh
 [ - ]  mountdevsubfs.sh
 [ - ]  mountkernfs.sh
 [ - ]  mountnfs-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  mountnfs.sh
 [ - ]  mysql
 [ + ]  network-manager
 [ + ]  networking
 [ + ]  ntp
 [ - ]  ondemand
 [ + ]  procps
 [ + ]  rc.local
 [ ? ]  rc.usbsrvd
 [ - ]  resize2fs
 [ + ]  resolvconf
 [ - ]  rsync
 [ + ]  rsyslog
 [ - ]  screen-cleanup
 [ - ]  sendsigs
 [ - ]  setserial
 [ + ]  ssh
 [ + ]  sysfsutils
 [ + ]  sysstat
 [ + ]  udev
 [ - ]  umountfs
 [ - ]  umountnfs.sh
 [ - ]  umountroot
 [ - ]  unattended-upgrades
 [ + ]  urandom

[Nofan Tasi]

Does anybody knows why the installation of mysql-server fails?
I'm running Armbian_5.24_Vegas95_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.79_2016012 5.

ubuntu@vegas95:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
apparmor libaio1 libapparmor-perl libevent-core-2.0-5 libnuma1
mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-server-5.7
mysql-server-core-5.7
Suggested packages:
apparmor-profiles apparmor-profiles-extra apparmor-docs apparmor-utils mailx
tinyca
Recommended packages:
libhtml-template-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apparmor libaio1 libapparmor-perl libevent-core-2.0-5 libnuma1
mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-server mysql-server-5.7
mysql-server-core-5.7
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 159 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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-stable-2 [55.9 kB]
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.10.95-0ubuntu2.5 [26.4 kB]
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ubuntu2.5 [427 kB]
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial/main arm64 libaio1 arm64 0.3.110-2 [6,204 B
]
Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial/main arm64 libnuma1 arm64 2.0.11-1ubuntu1 [
18.0 kB]
Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main arm64 mysql-client-core-5.7 a
rm64 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [6,135 kB]
Get:7 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main arm64 mysql-client-5.7 arm64
5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [1,724 kB]
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rm64 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [6,714 kB]
Get:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main arm64 mysql-server-5.7 arm64
5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [2,612 kB]
Get:10 http://ports.ubuntu.com xenial-security/main arm64 mysql-server all 5.7.1
7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [10.1 kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...

Package configuration
$ Configuring mysql-server-5.7
While not mandatory, it is highly recommended that you set a password
for the MySQL administrative "root" user.

If this field is left blank, the password will not be changed.

New password for the MySQL "root" user:

**************_________________________________________________________

<Ok>








Package configuration
$ Configuring mysql-server-5.7


Repeat password for the MySQL "root" user:

**************_____________________________

<Ok>








Selecting previously unselected package libevent-core-2.0-5:arm64.
(Reading database ... 48975 files and directories currently installed.)
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update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba
ck to defaults
diff: /var/lib/apparmor/profiles/.apparmor.md5sums: No such file or directory
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Setting up mysql-server-core-5.7 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.7 (5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf (my
.cnf) in auto mode
Renaming removed key_buffer and myisam-recover options (if present)
Job for mysql.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status mysql.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package mysql-server-5.7 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.7; however:
Package mysql-server-5.7 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu16) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.7
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu@vegas95:~$ service --status-all
[ - ] alsa-utils
[ - ] ap6212-bluetooth
[ - ] apparmor
[ - ] armhwinfo
[ - ] bluetooth
[ - ] bootmisc.sh
[ - ] brcm40183-patch
[ - ] checkfs.sh
[ - ] checkroot-bootclean.sh
[ - ] checkroot.sh
[ + ] console-setup
[ + ] cpufrequtils
[ + ] cron
[ + ] dbus
[ - ] etc-setserial
[ + ] fake-hwclock
[ - ] firstrun
[ + ] haveged
[ + ] hddtemp
[ - ] hostapd
[ - ] hostname.sh
[ - ] hwclock.sh
[ + ] keyboard-setup
[ - ] killprocs
[ + ] kmod
[ + ] lirc
[ + ] loadcpufreq
[ - ] mountall-bootclean.sh
[ - ] mountall.sh
[ - ] mountdevsubfs.sh
[ - ] mountkernfs.sh
[ - ] mountnfs-bootclean.sh
[ - ] mountnfs.sh
[ - ] mysql
[ + ] network-manager
[ + ] networking
[ + ] ntp
[ - ] ondemand
[ + ] procps
[ + ] rc.local
[ ? ] rc.usbsrvd
[ - ] resize2fs
[ + ] resolvconf
[ - ] rsync
[ + ] rsyslog
[ - ] screen-cleanup
[ - ] sendsigs
[ - ] setserial
[ + ] ssh
[ + ] sysfsutils
[ + ] sysstat
[ + ] udev
[ - ] umountfs
[ - ] umountnfs.sh
[ - ] umountroot
[ - ] unattended-upgrades
[ + ] urandom

does manual startup succeed?

/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf

or perhaps another mysql.cnf

[pakis_ch]

I used Armbian_5.24_Vegas95_Debian_jessie_3.14.79_2017012 5.img.xz and the installation worked fine. It is just an earlier version of mysql v5.5. And since I don't need v5.7 I don't mind.

[Teddybee]

Did anybody success to install it on T95U Pro? I am trying to put on the Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desk top_20170205.img, but no sucess. After rebooting the android(superceleron's rom) with sd card, no output on tv not even the led lights on the box. I have been patient but after 20 minutes I got fed up.
Should I get a dtb file for this device and put somewhere on the sd card?

[balbes150]

Did anybody success to install it on T95U Pro? I am trying to put on the Armbian_5.24_S9xxx_mate_Ubuntu_xenial_3.14.29_desk top_20170205.img, but no sucess. After rebooting the android(superceleron's rom) with sd card, no output on tv not even the led lights on the box. I have been patient but after 20 minutes I got fed up.
Should I get a dtb file for this device and put somewhere on the sd card?

Yes. You need to add the root correct media file "dtb.img".

[Teddybee]

Yes. You need to add the root correct media file "dtb.img".

I have copied the dtb.img of the original v5 rom to the sd card's root, but still doesn't work. :S
Am I missing something else?

[balbes150]

I have copied the dtb.img of the original v5 rom to the sd card's root, but still doesn't work. :S
Am I missing something else?

If without manually copying the file when using the dtb data from the internal memory, i.e., the firmware, the system does not start, so these data are not suitable for the kernel in Linux. Copying the file from the firmware you are trying to use the same data as is in the internal memory. You need to use only those files that are a part of the image (in the directory /dtb on the media).