Posts by ilmich

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    hi oneillb,

    i'm away from home for a little vacation.

    but, wich kind of issue?! freeze or crash?!

    Freeze are often voltage/power.. but crash maybe is another thing.

    Can you share some logs?? Are you using some addons?! Crash is with some particular file formats?! For example I've noticed some crash with xvid files (maybe lack of MPEG4 hardware decoding)

    regarding dtb.. alfawise is similar to v88mars.. try and let me know.

    thanks a lot for testing

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    Quote from oneillb

    I do get a warning that the driver cannot write to the idbloader area of the NAND, so maybe the request to write over the idbloader is not happening. Are there different types of NAND out there? and does the above image contain the required NAND drivers? (What I think is the NAND chip on my board is labelled 7MG22 NW814, but that doesn't give many results on google so I'm not 100% sure).

    hi oneillb, it's correct. At some point the rockchip released a driver which is no longer able to update the loader (

    https://github.com/rockchip-linux…a197b77b6e448fc)

    The multitool driver should be able to update it (because it has an old kernel).

    This is because once the nand was deleted, you were able to restore android. Which you couldn't have done otherwise.

    I have used it successfully with

    - empty nand

    - nand with android installed

    - nand with another operating system

    and I have never had problems on my boards.

    The only difference from your procedure is that I unzip the image before using it with the multitool (multitool supports compressed images, I've just never tried it).

    An alternative procedure is the flash through the open source rockchip tools (if you have linux available) explained here RE: [unoffical] LE-9.2/9.80-Images for RK3229/RK3228

    I don't mention it often because multitool is the simplest method, and I've never had any particular problems.

    Let me know

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    oneillb, typically wifi errors like yours are due to arp protocol issues.

    I don't know how to explain the cause, but basically the router loses the indication of the mac address of the box, which becomes unreachable.

    I solved it by increasing the frequency of beacon signals.

    For example in my router (dlink 3782) the option is called

    Signal-Interval: Set the rate at which your wireless network is advertised. The default is 100 milliseconds

    I hope it will be useful

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    hi oneillb,

    I'm glad my build is working fine for you.

    I have more or less the same board as you and you are lucky, because it's one of the best around.

    To install the build in NAND I used the multitool, but I didn't skip the idbloader.

    That option is needed, because some NAND drivers skip the first sectors(even if you erase NAND). But it doesn't work for everyone.

    Try ignoring that option and let me know.

    edit: I'm slowly improving the documentation of the first post.

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    hi JoeEdison,

    compiled device trees are in the tar version of my builds

    On my google drive, oldest builds are in the archive folder.

    However I'm working on a new build.

    In a slower way, but because the build is quite complete.

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    Hi all,

    new build available with:

    - linux 5.10.109

    - small stability fixes

    - backported rockchip remotectl with wakeup/suspend

    - ddr3 at 534mhz by default for better compatibility (for example green screen issues)

    I would like to thank jock2 and fabiobassa for the support (including moral) and the community behind libreelec.

    This operating system is great. As well as the official support for rockchip boards (my job is nothing compared to those who, for example, have been involved in hardware decoding).

    Without these people, I would never have been able to make a great alternative to Android for my boxes.

    Thanks again

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    Hi dale,

    unfortunately I don't know how to help you.

    My images are tested to be flashed as is. You are even using the miniloader from another project (which has a lot in common with this one anyway). I understand that you have difficulty in making it work, but unfortunately for me it becomes difficult to understand where the problem lies.

    I can tell you that in today's build I removed a miniloader that was giving me problems. Try and tell me if it's better.

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    Hi dale, yes... my images contains miniloader, uboot, trustos... in short, it can be flashed directly on the nand / emmc with the various rockchip tools.

    I always recommend for those who want to make a backup.

    edit: and to assume all the risks involved. the tests were done on a board with nand (mine) and a board with emmc (thanks jock2) so it works. But the rk3229 boards are so many that is difficult for me to give you a certainty, apart that you can't hard brick the board (you can ever go back to another working firmware)

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    hi MIKMXIII, unfortunately in the last build I changed some kernel parameters which led to some regressions. If you don't need the driver for the 6051p try the previous build. However there are some important changes upstream, as soon as they are released I will update my build. thanks for your patience.

    tsbarcelos it seems you have a different chip version than the one supported by the driver. a lot of my patches come from armbian, and unfortunately not having a box with that chip I can't help much. For now, I advise you to use an external wifi.

    dale i don't know why you didn't install my build directly in nand / emmc (previous backup). But keep in mind that:

    - the mainline kernel needs a partition table to work (legacy doesn't)

    - I haven't seen your device tree yet .. but the legacy ones obviously can't work on mainline kernels. try to use mine directly.

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    Hi, sorry for the late reply, but I took a little break :)

    JoeEdison cec should be enabled. My box does not support it, but if you tell me that with the legacy it worked I try to take a look.

    alexwhites wifi gives me problems too, I'll try to understand where is the problem (i think jock2 is right about the cause)

    dale tell me which legacy image works for you. I suspect universal dtb has some problem with your board.

  • [UNOFFICIAL][Le11-10][RK3228/RK3229][box]Libreelec builds

    Hi all,

    new build available with:

    - updated mesa (gpu works better)

    - safe device tree (without ddr3), and possibility to change it via shell script (login into libreelec with ssh)

    about this last feature I will document better in the main post, but in the meantime:

    Code
    rkelec:~ # rk322x-dtb-switch.sh 
usage: /usr/bin/rk322x-dtb-switch.sh [list|switch|help]

      show                      show current device tree
      list                      show available device trees
      switch [device tree]      switch to a device tree
      help                      show this help

    list available dtbs

    Code
    rkelec:~ # rk322x-dtb-switch.sh list
rk3229-box-mxq4kpro-ovclk
rk3229-box-mxq4kpro
rk3229-box-ovclk
rk3229-box-v88mars-ovclk
rk3229-box-v88mars
rk3229-box

    switch, for example, to rk3229-box-v88mars

    Code
    rkelec:~ # rk322x-dtb-switch.sh switch rk3229-box-v88mars
Device tree rk3229-box-v88mars founded
Are you sure(y/n)?y
Mounting flash rw
Switching dtb
Mounting flash ro
Switching is ok, now you need to reboot!!

    and reboot box.