...but when you break the board due to lack of soldering skills; expect zero sympathy in this forum.
I agree.
E-book readers even more difficult. They aren't designed to be opened or repaired - you need pro level skills for that. However, feel free to post pictures of your progress here. That's new stuff for us, and maybe LE will run on an e-book reader in the future.
removable
I see. Those e-book readers are usually super flat, so I assume they all use soldered SMD chips.
PS: I don't know whether or not the Onyx Boox has a separate WiFi chip. You probably also need instructions how to open those devices. This can be more stressful than removing an SMD chip.
do you know by any chance if the wifi module from onyx boox is as accessible as the one from the pine?
No. What does "accessible" mean?
When you search for "desolder chip", then you'll find something like that:
So it's also possible with a cheap soldering iron.
Isnt a normal tech-repair shop able to help me in this regards when it comes do removing the wifi module?
Depends on the shop, I never did that. They are probably able to try the software solution first, as mentioned by chewitt .
It would be easier to disable the SDIO/BT module through device-tree changes (disable the sdio node, disable the BT node)...
Probably impossible for the thread starter, and needs further explanations.
...than to physically modify the board by unsoldering chips, although that could also be done if you have the tools/skills.
Doable for beginners, but it needs a heat gun, and watching a YT tutorial. However, I would start with the WiFi antenna, and see what the results are.
chewitt Thanks, then my internet source was wrong.
The WiFi module is part of the RK3566 SoC, so not removable. A WiFi module is usually connected to an antenna, which you'll probably find somewhere in your tablet. Disconnecting or removing the antenna can reduce power consumption.
... guess it's time to retire this rather old box...
You could try GParted to repair it. This tool is capable of leaving bad blocks out during formatting, so the drive would act like a clean one afterwards.
Seems like your USB drive is broken:
Oct 25 14:46:06.970019 LibreELEC kernel: usb 1-4: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Oct 25 14:46:06.970053 LibreELEC kernel: loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 895184
Oct 25 14:46:06.970070 LibreELEC kernel: EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem 8de60d34-0ca3-45d0-a6cb-056f4e2bf5d6 r/w with ordered data mode. Quota mode: disabled.
Oct 25 14:46:06.970088 LibreELEC kernel-overlays-setup: setup base modules
Oct 25 14:46:06.970277 LibreELEC kernel: usb 1-4: string descriptor 0 read error: -22
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Oct 25 14:46:09.774888 KODI-FR kernel: usb 1-4: string descriptor 0 read error: -22Wow, showcase! Consider to install MPD with DSD for super premium experience:
Thanks for the information.
Is Nvidia card is the main problem here? If so, would switching to an NUC or another device (for example pii) result in LibreELECT being able to do it (end to end true Dolby Vision passthrough, that is)?
No. Every DV device needs a payed license. You have to buy an official DV device, like Nvidia Shield, Apple Mac mini M4 etc.
Thanks. I don't think it's possible that way, because HDMI connection will always add video. Buy a USB sound card or audio interface,
Which hardware do you use (RPi and touchscreen)?
The YT add-on has its own cache management. That means it's an add-on problem with cache management, not an LE problem.
To only delete YT cache, delete the SQLite cache DBs inside of /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.youtube/HEX_STRING_WITH_SOME_ID.
Not sure if this is related to what you saw in the log.
CodeBEDROOM-LibreELEC:~ # pastecrash terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): No modesetting DRM card found Aborted (core dumped) https://paste.libreelec.tv/outgoing-shad.log
DRM seems to be disabled by systemd, but later in use by kernel:
Oct 15 14:11:12.863659 LibreELEC systemd[1]: [email protected]: Deactivated successfully.
Oct 15 14:11:12.863682 LibreELEC systemd[1]: Finished [email protected].
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Oct 15 14:11:15.007318 BEDROOM-LibreELEC kernel: [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
Oct 15 14:11:15.007348 BEDROOM-LibreELEC kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.108 Wed Dec 11 11:06:58 PST 2019Or does the first DRM mean "Digital Rights Management"?
The WLAN driver shows some errors in the crash log. So try with Ethernet, if you can (deactivate WiFi on the LE settings).
Yeah, it's been working for several years, and was on 12.0.2. It was one of the devices listed on Mr. Chromebox's page and I used his script to flash the firmware & install LibreELEC.
Do you use the same BIOS settings in both boxes?