Posts by CGarces

Hi.

I have instaled LibreElec on a NAND unit and I have a side effect comparing to my previous instalation on SD card.

It's too fast!

I need to wait unit my external unit is mounted.

I see it mounted at /var/media/sda-usb-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0

LibreELEC:~/.kodi/addons/service.transmission/system.d # systemctl list-units | grep -i toshiba
var-media-sda\x2dusb\x2dTOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0.mount                                                                            loaded active mounted   /var/media/sda-usb-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0

I have tried this.

[Unit]
After=network-online.target
Requires=network-online.target
After=var-media-sda\x2dusb\x2dTOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0.mount
Requires=var-media-sda\x2dusb\x2dTOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0.mount

But not is working, looks like not wait for the unit.

I have made a workaround putting a "sleep 5s" inside the sh that launch the addon, but I prefer the systemd approach.

Why is not working?

Quote from rkmfl

I make some pretty dumb mistakes .. but this isn't one of them, lol.

No SD card is in the device. I don't know if it helps, but I did use the feature you added and recommended, "installtointernal" to move over to the NAND from the SD.

But again, there is no SD in the unit and no USB thumb drive. Nothing. What you are looking at is the NAND patitions.

Could this be a result of the "installtointernal" due to the original SD being 2GB and the "installtointernal" using same partition structure?

Can you post again the result of df -h?
In you previous post was...

/dev/mmcblk1p1 511.7M 146.2M 365.5M 29% /flash
/dev/mmcblk1p2 1.4G 1.3G 0 100% /storage

/dev/mmcblk1 should be a SD with 2 partitions, p1 and p2

The flash and storage running from NAND should looks like

/dev/system 975.9M 125.1M 834.8M 13% /flash
/dev/data 4.6G 150.1M 4.4G 3% /storage

Quote from kszaq

Device trees use a standard partition layout provided by Amlogic. For 8GB eMMC, system partition is a bit less than 1GB, data is ~4.8GB. If you want to resize partitions, you have to modify device tree on your own.

Sorry I'm lost.

8GB eMMC ~4.8GB for data (4.6G on my box) 1 GB for system... where is the rest?

LibreELEC:~ # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 309.9M 0 309.9M 0% /dev
/dev/system 975.9M 125.1M 834.8M 13% /flash
/dev/data 4.6G 150.1M 4.4G 3% /storage
/dev/loop0 123.9M 123.9M 0 100% /
tmpfs 411.5M 0 411.5M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 411.5M 6.3M 405.2M 2% /run
tmpfs 411.5M 0 411.5M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 411.5M 36.0K 411.5M 0% /var
tmpfs 411.5M 4.0K 411.5M 0% /tmp

Edited.

Ok, I reply to myself. Not all partitions are mounted and looks like the android device has 10

part-0 = <&logo>;
part-1 = <&recovery>;
part-2 = <&rsv>;
part-3 = <&tee>;
part-4 = <&crypt>;
part-5 = <&misc>;
part-6 = <&instaboot>;
part-7 = <&boot>;
part-8 = <&system>;
part-9 = <&cache>;
part-10 = <&data>;

kszaq Why the cache partition not is mounted? any specify reason to keep the partition untouched?

Quote from kszaq

The only way to update u-boot I can recommend is to install the latest Android firmware from manufacturer. I haven't tried and I don't recommend flashing u-boot from a different device.

S905 devices without freezes are WeTek Hub, WeTek Play2 and Odroid-C2. All my non-branded S905 devices "died" in one or another way, I can't check.

Also S905X devices are affected?

My V88 Pro with S905x comes with android 6 firmware (S905 usualy have 5.1) and is working fine. I don't know if the issue is related with the android version.

Quote from art.sormy

- boots successfully only with 10-30% chance
- power off button and restart doesn't work well (both on box and on remote) (looks like it goes to sleep, but there is no way to wake it)
- infrared remote doesn't work (no /dev/lirc0)
- some keys on remote (Plater) doesn't work
- it could be perfect to have /opt blank directory on squash image to use entware/optware for installation of extra soft (should be easy to fix)
- available resolutions for kodi detected only once on first boot, so if reboot with 4k tv attached - you will see 4k, if reboot with 1080p tv, then 4k will be not available even if you will switch on the fly connected tv
- resolution auto detect (may be a kodi issue)
- refresh rate auto set - it is buggy, for 60 fps 4k rip it could switch to 24hz, but anyway - playback is very smooth even with disabled refresh rate auto set

I would say that main blockers for me are low success boot chance, then lirc, then /opt

dmesg full log here: [ 0.000000@0] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000@0] Linux version - Pastebin.com

there is stack trace in video driver - search in log for "cut here"

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Note that this builds have know issues, see there and there

The boot issue is under investigation.
For /dev/lirc0 check this if your original remote not works, post the original remote.conf file from android to check what happens.

About the /opt if you need extra software not available on existing repositories you must compile a new package or try the docker containers.

Hi @kzsaq

Looking the commits I can see the huge amount of work to made this new version.

I see that you have tested newer versions of gpu-aml between builds.

Can you explain a little bit the error with r6p1-01rel0-2364187?

Quote from kostaman

Thanks kszaq,
A95X S905 1GB/8GB
Fixed freezing on "The Grand Budapest Hotel".
There are 32 Chapters in my movie file. Seek 10 minutes takes me to the next chapter not 10 minutes as .009 version. Corrected .009 did not jump 10 Minutes. It jumped to next Chapter.
I stopped movie and then restarted from around 25 minutes where i previously stopped and it worked fast.
I then activated mouse cursor on my remote , pulled up OSD and pointed mouse to a forward point on progress bar clicked ok and movie jumped 20 minutes with no problem. Fast resumed movie immediately.

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Hi!

Maybe test a experimental build with this source helps or at least check the commits to see if the backports contains something interesting.

Is a Kodi 16 + a lot of backports + LE patches + patches from other projects like OSMC
It contains 122 commits over the official version of Kodi 16

Comparing xbmc:Jarvis...asavah:Jarvis-amlogic · xbmc/xbmc · GitHub

Quote from Fredouye

AFAIK, Transmission is provided as an add-on in LibreELEC.

How? I see it only on unofficial-openelec-addons.

Where is the LibreELEC add-on? the only solution for me was compile it.

Quote from lrusak

Try

Code

echo 1 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank

With echo 1 the screen goes to black, but my expectation was see the "no signal" msg on my TV.

Quote from dwtdil

Hi there,

I decided to try libreelec image .009 build for my S905X Mini M8S ii TV box based on the recommendation from freaktab. Firstly, i must appreciate the effort put into this project. I have noticed that my kodi is noticeably slow in doing the following:
1. Loading content from kodi add ons such as exodus > movies for example.
2. Opening a stream

I'm happy to share verbose console logs or kodi debug logs as necessary but not sure what i'm looking for.

Thanks

LE not support banned addons
Official:Forum rules/Banned add-ons - Official Kodi Wiki

Quote from leximester

Thank you.

If I understand well, I have to compile the full LE with the selected torrent client? Can I compile only the client?

HI!

You need only the LE toolchain, compile the full LE not is neeed.

To compile one addon just put the files is the correct path inside a LE and create it

PROJECT=S905 ARCH=aarch64 ./scripts/create_addon youraddon

Quote from kszaq

For those who love testing new builds I have uploaded one with the following changes:

• added some mem leak fixes from Krypton and a few fixes from CGarces: Comparing 7.0.2.009...libreelec-7.0 · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub
• fixed WHub Bluetooth
• simplified a/v buffering patch: please report whether you see any improvements/regressions over .009
• added audio improvements from Kwiboo: sound/soc/aml/m8: work-in-progress by Kwiboo · Pull Request #23 · LibreELEC/linux-amlogic · GitHub

Download from: 2016-11-13
You have to use device tree from 7.0.2.009 bulid if you update from 7.0.2.008 or older.

Hi!

I not see the changes related to the audio, the kernel version is the same than 7.0.2.009
Also I'm not sure about the simplified a/v buffering patch, can you point me to the commits?

Quote from leximester

Hi!

I am searching a working torrent client for my Beelink M18(s905, LE 009). Somebody can help me? Thank you.

If you are confident with the LE build system, just compile one of this

I'm interested also in the same.

I have tried with /usr/sbin/fw_setenv hdmioutput 0

But not works.

Quote from Klojum

Incremental updates... That kind of sourcery is unfortunately not yet possible in LibreELEC.
Which changes are testing? Perhaps there is a simpler way to test things.

I'm testing some modifications over the WIFI driver that is used by my device.

4d4959ff8afcd4720a43f1cfe280d1354690ce4e

It's very boring copy the full LE image to test just one small part.

Quote from lrusak

/tmp is mounted via tmpfs, so it is in memory. It is probably faster than nand however it is volitile.

Ahh, ok I got it
/tmp is mounted at using/usr/lib/systemd/system/tmp.mount

But how the tmpfs unit is created?, I see that has 411.5M but I can't find where that space is assigned.
Ok the size is 50% of my total memory by default, but do not consume any memory if not is needed.

I'm confused on how the tmp folder is mounted.

LibreELEC:/tmp # losetup
NAME       SIZELIMIT OFFSET AUTOCLEAR RO BACK-FILE
/dev/loop0         0      0         0  1 /flash/SYSTEM


LibreELEC:/tmp # mount 
/dev/mmcblk1p1 on /flash type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)

I don't know how read this results...
So the /tmp folder is mounted over the sd SYSTEM partition?
It's possible to use the NAND for mount the /tmp? there are the tmp files stored on Android?

Hi!

I need to test several changes on my build that require a lot of try and error.

How can I generate a update.tar just with the part of LE that I'm changing?

The modification is related to one package inside linux-drivers, it's part of the *.kernel or *.system files?