LE Kodi likes superior Random 4K R/W speeds. NOT the "As advertised" sequential performance.
eMMC storage is usually superior for 4K Random R/W performance.
Whats the best way to real world test 4K R/W speeds? I've used f3 (F3 by Digirati) to test whether the entire card is good, but its only doing sequential writes & reads. Do you know of any test suites that'll do the different tests?
This is my config for an Alfawise H96 Pro +
It has this remote:
Where do I extract these 2 files? /storage/.config? What do I type next to make the file active?
Thanks.
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I've a reproducible stability issue with both the 8.90.4 adamg image as well with kszaq's image on Le Potato: Copying a huge amount of data crashes the device. I tried - and all crash:
cp /var/media/USB1/DVD.iso /var/media/USB2
cp /var/media/USB1/DVD.iso /storage
cp /var/media/USB1/DVD.iso /dev/null
From a Windows PC via network:
DVD.iso via Samba --> \\MyIP\Videos
scp DVD.iso MyHost:/storage
scp DVD.iso MyHost:/var/media/USB
For those methods that show a progress bar, the copy job crashes after a few 100 MB, and it's not always at the same amount of data. DVD.iso has about 7GB. Since even copy to /dev/null fails, I'd say it's something with the general load on some bus or so, not just the write operation. It can't be just the read process, since network also fails. Network itself is robust as far as I can tell by putting some load to it. Tried 3 PSUs, all working well even with demanding Raspberry Pi tasks, where Voltage never drops below 5V.
No idea how to collect troubleshooting info for this - any hints?
Hauke
I'd try scp DVD.iso MyHost:/dev/null, since that doesn't really use any local media on the LePotato to be failing. If that fails I'd look @ CPU temp, or it's a flaky box.
Wil the 905/905x builds work on 905w?
I have it running on Tanix TX3 & Xgody TX3.
I have 2 Xgody TX3 PRO boxes, took them apart to verify they have amlogic 905w soc chip, 1 Gig RAM. I have tried both toothpick method & "reboot update" from the command line in android, neither will boot from the sd mem card or either USB slot. I'm using the default dtb that comes with the image distribution. Has anyone had luck getting this box to boot LE from a mem card or USB? Thanks.
Problem fixed. I was using the default dtb that came with the distribution. Once I replaced it with gxl_p212_1g.dtb all is well.
I have 2 Xgody TX3 PRO boxes, took them apart to verify they have amlogic 905w soc chip, 1 Gig RAM. I have tried both toothpick method & "reboot update" from the command line in android, neither will boot from the sd mem card or either USB slot. I'm using the default dtb that comes with the image distribution. Has anyone had luck getting this box to boot LE from a mem card or USB? Thanks.
meadrocks Don't believe the splash screen, there are fake S905X on the market using RK3229 SoC. Check system info screen in Android.
There was no CPU info in the About This Device in android, pulled it apart, the mainboard has a part # H124_V4.42, googling reveals its a Rockchip CPU. I've requested to return it. Thanks for your help!
you might have tried some of these, boot from usb, try all ports, burn image using rufus, try another sd card.
Confirm the exact box you have, ie processor, ram different device tree
I tried all USB ports. When using the toothpick method I could see it was trying to mount the SD card slot & failing, when I insert a SD card I don't see that error, so I believe its mounting & reading the SD card.
According to the splash screen its a 905x CPU, and it was advertised w/ 1 Gig RAM, so I was just using the default dtb.img file.
I imaged the USB drive & SD card with dd on a Ubuntu linux pc, I don't do MS Windows products.
The exact box is in the original post. It can be searched on ebay with what was in the post. I believe the forum discourages links to hardware.
I bought a Pro S905x Android 6 Smart TV BOX Marshmallow Quad Core 8GB on ebay. $30, 8 GB emmc, 1 GB RAM. Should arrive in a week. I'll install Kszaq 8.1.1 LE Kodi build, report back on the experience. So far this seems cheap for a 905x box. It also comes with a wireless keyboard.
Well try as I might, I can't seem to get the box to boot LE. I've installed terminal emulator & typed "reboot update", as well as the toothpick method. The toothpick method appears to read the SD card slot but on reboot boots android.
Any help is appreciated.
I bought a Pro S905x Android 6 Smart TV BOX Marshmallow Quad Core 8GB on ebay. $30, 8 GB emmc, 1 GB RAM. Should arrive in a week. I'll install Kszaq 8.1.1 LE Kodi build, report back on the experience. So far this seems cheap for a 905x box. It also comes with a wireless keyboard.
yes i have mine working that way
Thanks, I'll try it tonight.
Has anyone tried installtointernal on the tx3?
It means it has only 1 GB RAM. Several manifacturer put fake RAM chips into their boxes and even prepare the Android to fake the amount of RAM.
To prove it you can run an android app which can reserve memory and you will see it crashes when it is out of the real amount of RAM.
Nothing to do with it. You can buy another one.
What is a good android app that can test the RAM? I have several boxes that Android states 2Gig RAM but LE reports 1Gig, and the other dtb files don't allow the box to boot. So it seems I may be in the same boat.
Whats the difference between the kvim & nand versions?
meadrocks So put it in /storage/.update along with the kodi update file you last used
I scp'd LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.0-8.0.2e.img & gxl_p212_2g.dtb to /storage/.update, reboot. Box just hangs. Works fine wo/ gxl_p212_2g.dtb. Is there another 2Gig.dtb file I should try?
I put the file in /storage/.update, rebooted.
It still only shows 1Gig.
LibreELEC:~ # free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 844040 283696 560344 0 42536 131920
-/+ buffers/cache: 109240 734800
Swap: 0 0 0
Do I simply put it in /storage/.update, or rename it? Do I also need to put a distribution tar file?
I have a 905x box running 8.0.2d, it has 2 Gigs RAM, but only reports 1Gig (well a little less). So which of the 3 2Gig device trees should I use? Do I need to rename the file in /storage/.update to dtb.img before I reboot or leave it as is & the update process will do the right thing?
