Posts by kashmoney

Quote from kszaq

No, beacuse S905X doesn't need (and thus doesn't use) SARADC driver.

Hey kszaq simce we know the issue only occurs on S905. Could it be the different revisions of S905 ie rev 020b or 020c?

All my devices are 020b. Maybe the Wetek Hub, Wetek Play2 and Odroid C2 use 020c?

Quote from kostaman

Correct you are.
Just call them Beelink MiniMx Non branded. The Beelink Branded ones have the logo on the casing.
It just helps those trying to help you, identify they have the same box.
I knew your box after you mentioned the Welcome Bear. I have the same box.

hate to say it but ur thinking of the Beelink MiniMXIII (S905) or the Beelink MiniMXIII II (S905X).
TBH i'm gonna continue calling it a Beelink MiniMX as i know where it came from and advertised as, as well as i have opened the unit to verify that it is the real deal.

Quote from kashmoney

MiniMX 2GB/16GB with Broadcom Wifi
DTB file: gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb

g5207357 fresh installed to NAND

USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, hung at Welcome Hi! Teddy Bear Logo Screen after 15 reboots
NO USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, hung at Welcome Hi! Teddy Bear Logo Screen after 3 reboots

I have now reverted to 7.0.2.009 (not Nov 19th) build to do a boot test on it to get a baseline and confirm that boot issues do not occur at all.
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Just to provide an update on my boot testing:

MiniMX 2GB/16GB with Broadcom Wifi
DTB file: gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb

7.0.2.009 fresh installed to NAND

USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, hung at Welcome Hi! Teddy Bear Logo Screen after 8 reboots
NO USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, over 25 reboots and still going

i will let it run the reboot test for 100 reboots, if it doesn't hang we can def say that is the golden image for boot stability as long as no USB devices are plugged in

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So my 100 reboot test with 7.0.2.009 was successful that is the golden build for 64bit atm.

New Test for g3b038ea

MiniMX 2GB/16GB with Broadcom Wifi
DTB file: gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb

g3b038ea fresh installed to NAND

USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, 50 reboots and no hangs

this version is def the winner
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Quote from kostaman

Nexbox A95X S905 1GB/8GB
SD Card LE Installation.
As well as internal on same box.
Updated from g5207357
To githash g3b038ea
gxbb_p200_1G_100M_RealtekWiFi.dtb 18-Dec-2016 16:54 39375
USB Mouse receiver plugged into USB Port
Box using LAN

Merry Christmas 2017
Fixed. I have done 30 reboots one after the other without waiting.
No Freezes.
I will wait for 64bit release to test MiniM8sPro S905 2gb/8gb
I have my other MiniMx 1gb/8gb Non Branded Beelink running Krypton, so i will report back on that as well when fix is available.
EDIT: Just run SD Card LE githash g3b038ea gxbb_p200_1G_1Gbit.dtb 18-Dec-2016 16:54 39543
on this MiniMx and confirm no Freezes.
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You have a MiniMx Non Branded Version. From now on try to name it as that.
This confusion has been around since the beginning of LE.

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hey kostaman are you sure? All the MiniMX boxes 1GB/8GB or Mini MX v1.0 2GB/16GB boxes i have received all have had the teddy bear logo as they are Netxeon manufactured. Bee-link (the brand) gets the boxes made by Netxeon(the manufacturer), even all the firmwares v105L1 to v107L1 have the teddy bear on them.

I've bought various units from Gearbest and Geekbuying and same model. Some with Broadcom Wifi and others with Realtek Wifi (only the 1GB/8GB versions)

MiniMX 2GB/16GB with Broadcom Wifi
DTB file: gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb

g5207357 fresh installed to NAND

USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, hung at Welcome Hi! Teddy Bear Logo Screen after 15 reboots
NO USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, hung at Welcome Hi! Teddy Bear Logo Screen after 3 reboots

I have now reverted to 7.0.2.009 (not Nov 19th) build to do a boot test on it to get a baseline and confirm that boot issues do not occur at all.
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Just to provide an update on my boot testing:

MiniMX 2GB/16GB with Broadcom Wifi
DTB file: gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb

7.0.2.009 fresh installed to NAND

USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, hung at Welcome Hi! Teddy Bear Logo Screen after 8 reboots
NO USB Airmouse Connected - used Kitty with autologin and shutdown - c, over 25 reboots and still going

i will let it run the reboot test for 100 reboots, if it doesn't hang we can def say that is the golden image for boot stability as long as no USB devices are plugged in

Quote from kszaq

Unfortunately no, it can be disabled in kernel compilation options.

I don't think thermal sensor is the root cause of freezes but I don't know what else can be... For the time being you can downgrade to 7.0.2.009.

Sadly on the 64bit 7.0.2.009 i run into the memoryleak issue with my iptv subscription causing box to freeze lol.

Thats why im so keen to have 7.0.3.011 working

Quote from kszaq

I don't think that I want to remove temperature sensing for always-booting. I would like to have both.

Hey kszaq any chance there is a command or something that those of us with the s905 boxes like the minimx can disable the tempsensor in the kernel via. This way any of us that want to disabke it can do so till we get a permanent fix. My wife hates the box when it freezes after powering it on Nd am scared i may come home to a smashed box lol

Quote from kostaman

MEGA

thanks man apprecaite it

update: so this firmware caused my box to hang at boot after the 6th boot which is the most i have had in my many tests so far. so im gonna be going ahead with htis firmware till a better version is created by kszaq

Quote from JonSnow

I created a fresh SD card and flashed 011 to internal, tried stock 011 kernel, test1 and test2 but was unable to get my Beelink MiniMXIII to reboot 10 times in a row. The only way it booted 10 times in a row was when I removed the SD Card and unplugged my remote.

So with my test it seems like the boot issue is caused by the usb ports or SD card, @Kaszq could you build a kernel that disables booting from USB? I really think it maybe the USB ports coz as soon as i unplug my remote it boots. Yes I've tried different remotes and the results are the same, the stock remote stopped working but I haven't tested it since 008 since I don't use it anyways.

@ kostaman maybe you can try unplugging everything from the box except hdmi/lan and reboot using the stock remote or via ssh?

im def gonna try this by flashing 7.03.011 to my box and only using stock remote. if it works u sir are a blessing. i was using my usb remote for the whole ordeal

update: sorry bud but this doesnt work, box rebooted 4 times before hanging, only hdmi and power plugged in 7.0.3.011 installed to nand on my mini mx s905 1gb/8gb realtek wifi box.

Quote from vzone

Sorry to report no apparent change to the boot failure issue on my Beelink MiniMX 1G/8G. No apparent change in the frequency of boot failures either (varies from 1 to 5 consecutive succesful soft reboots following a succesful cold boot ).

Once again, I would also like to point out (as I have mentioned several times before) that the LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0-devel-20161212161011-r23559-gd4fc4f6 development version works like a charm on the same device. It NEVER fails to boot/reboot.

(I could upload it if that is interesting )

hello vzone
can u please upload it so i can try on my boxes?

Quote from kszaq

First kernel to test for users who have booting issues. How to use:

• Install 7.0.3.011.
• Make the box boot.
• Choose kernel URL:
  
  
  • 32-bit: kernel.img
  • 64-bit: kernel.img
• Login over SSH and exectute:
  
  
  • SD card:
    
    
    Code

    mount -o rw,remount /flash
    cd /flash
    rm kernel.img
    wget link_to_kernel_image
    sync

  • Internal:
    
    
    Code

    cd /tmp
    wget link_to_kernel_image
    dd if=kernel.img of=/dev/boot

• Reboot, report.

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hi kszaq i tried both via sd card and internal on my mini mx s905 1gb/8gb realtek wifi and the modified kernel didnt help. it still hangs at boot but instead of 1 in 2 times its more like 1 in 3 times now. i know its not the box because if i use 7.0.2.008 it works properly many times however i notice the back button the stock remote doesnt work and i run into the memory leak issue.

also i have 2 of the mini mx s905 1gb/8gb realtek wifi and same issue on both

kostaman if u can update the nov 19th build it would be much appreciated. i'd like to test that out

Quote from stormrev

Hi guys,
for all the people using beelink minimx S905 1GB ram/1Gbit eth/8 GB rom and installed LE to internal NAND: I've tested three different bootloaders (u-boot) extacted from original Android FW (s905_103L1/s905_105L1/s905_107L1)
The best results for the (re)boot and powerdown issue comes with the bootloader from s905_105L1.

In attach the binary file.

In order to write the bootloader you need to boot successfully the box,
connect to the box via ssh and then flash the image.
First of all, copy bootloader.img to download (or update) shared folder on the box and then

ssh root@<ip-addr-for-the-box>
dd if=downloads/bootloader.img of=/dev/bootloader
sync
reboot

ciao

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hey thanks for the bootloader but sadly it didnt help after about 3 boots the box kept hanging at boot when i would restart after 2min of the box being on.

Quote from kszaq

My builds don't modify bootloader at all, you keep the one that was installed last time with Android. When you see "Updating bootloader..." during update process it actually does nothing to bootloader, it's only about updating device tree.

I'm sorry about the boot issue. I have 3 S905(X) boxes, I made them automatically reboot every 30 seconds and all rebooted fine all the time with 7.0.3.011. It's hard for me to tell what's causing the issue when I cannot reproduce it.

Thanks for the quick reply kszaq yes the mini MX 1gb/8gb is s905. My mini m8s ii 1gb/8gb s905x works amazingly fine. Without any of the boot issues. So I can def say and from reading the thread that it seems to be a s905 problem.

Any chance that you might be able to upload the development builds between 7.0.2.008 and 7.0.2.009 as I can't seem to find them in the development folder?

Hey kszaq with my minimx 1gb/8gb i too am plagued with the boot issue. I was wondering if there is any way to not have the install flash the bootloader? Like if it can leave it default so we the plagued users could see if that makes any difference.

If i use the android image i dont notice any boot issues but with 7.0.3.011 32bit i notice it 1 of every 2 times i reboot. Using 7.0.2.009 64bit i notice some boot issues but not as many but then i am plagued with the memory leak issue. Which when i try to use stalker iptv i notice the memory leak issue the most.

Quote from JoKeRzBoX

For those who may be interested in running regular 32 bit arm binaries on your S905 64 bit arm (AARCH64 architecture), you will be happy to hear the linux kernel compiled by kszaq already has all kernel config parameters to allow for that. The only thing missing were the actual 32 bit libraries so I created this simple modification to add those to your LibreELEC setup.

F.A.Q.

[Q] why would I want to run 32 bit binaries on my awesome 64 bit arm device?
[A] Unfortunately not all source packages out there have already been ported to AARCH64. And from the packages not available yet, you will find many gaming related ones which make use of some assembly coding for faster responses (I believe those will take a little longer to be ported). One example is RetroArch, which although I have been able to compile it for S905 AARCH64, it does not make use of assembly code and therefore is quite slow on some cores. But if you use the RetroArch compiled for S805 devices for instance, which is an armhf 32bit binary, you can enjoy faster emulation.

[Q] what is the trade-off of running both 64 and 32 bit programs on my box.
[A] Slight RAM usage increase. When you start a 32bit program it will need to load the required libraries (ld-linux-armhf at a very minimum plus others it needs) into memory for the first time. So by running 64 bits and 32 bits applications in parallel you will use a bit of more memory. However, in most situations this side effect will not be noticeable and not affect your box's performance. Also by just having the 32 bits libraries there you are not using more RAM, just when you start launching 32 bit apps.

[Q] for which boxes does this MOD work?
[A] All S905 boxes for which kszaq's LibreELEC package work. It is basically the same package as his with the additional 32 bit libraries.

[Q] how was this modification implemented
[A] It is a very simple mod. I unpacked LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0.2.008-fix.zip, extracted the SYSTEM squashfs image file and mounted it so I could access the files. I then did the same for the S805 LibreELEC image from kszaq and then copied the 32 libraries from S805 version into equivalent /lib32 and /usr/lib32 new folders I created on the S905 SYSTEM partition file. Next I created a symbolic link of /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 pointing to /lib32/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 and added a startup script into /etc/profile.d to add these two new library folders into LD_LIBRARY_PATH. In the end, I just repackaged the updated SYSTEM into a tar file for easy update on LibreELEC.

DOWNLOAD
I have only repackaged the latest LibreELEC for 905 version created by kszaq (v 7.0.2.008-fix). You can download the same package with added 32bit libraries from here:
LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0.2.008-fix_lib32Added.tar
If new versions are released by kszaq, I will create correspondent packages with 32 bit libraries.

INSTALLATION
The installation is done as an update to a working LibreELEC installation. Steps to follow:

• If not done yet, you should first install the latest (as of now: LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0.2.008-fix) version provided by kszaq as per instructions provided on his thread: LibreELEC
• download the tar file from the link provided and copy it into the /storage/.update folder of your box. You can do this via SSH or samba mapping as per official LibreELEC upgrade instructions from here. You should also download the appropriate device tree for your device (as per update instructions from kszaq`s thread), rename it to dtb.img and put it into .update folder as well. Then just reboot the box and it will start installing the mod.

THANKS
All credits for the S905 unofficial version of LibreELEC go to its maintainer: kszaq.

That's it. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to ask questions on this thread and I will try to answer as time permits.

Cheers!

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hey JoKeRzBoX any chance of making this version with the new 7.0.2.009 version from kszaq?

kszaq i noted that with 7.0.2.008 bluetooth was working on my minimx however with the latest dev build its not working anymore

any fix for that?

Quote from sagacity

It's the S905X 2GB/8GB variant. Not sure if it's specifically "B7N" though, where can I check that?

if i may ask where did u buy it? can u pm me im pretty sure its the B7N as only the B7N is the S905X

Quote from chewitt

I'd like to stop this thread. If you want a hardware listing it should be in a maintained wiki page not a forum thread that very quickly becomes 20+ pages and hard to follow. I would also ask you to refrain from using the terms "to buy" and "not to buy" as forum rules ask you not to promote commercial products (and we'll extend the same idea to the wiki). I would also prefer if the eventual wiki page had a consistent maintainer who keeps the content up-to-date as LE software and vendor firmware evolves, i.e. not a free for all. Make sense?

i had originally posted for kszaq to provide a list of boxes that work with his firmware however i was told to make a new thread as it wouldnt be able to be known which boxes work and dont by kszaq. i was just going thru all the seperate threads and finding all the models that actually work.

if you want me to stop then i shall. i was just going to update the OP each time someone posted a working model.

Quote from adamg

Both TX3 (S905) and TX3 Pro (S905X) work

thanks for the info

Quote from kostaman

Please remove links to sellers.
That is not allowed.

my bad sorry i didnt know. i was just trying to confirm which of those 3 specific boxes was used