orangepi5
By Efe Çetin / General purpose • Desktop / 0 Comments

Orange Pi 5 and 5B

PCI support is broken on vendor kernel (6.1.xx) on versions higher then 24.8.1. Use this version and freeze kernel (armbian-config -> system) prior to updating OS. PCI works on other Rockchip 3588 devices, while fixing this on all represent expensive technical challenge which we will be able to proceed once your donations for entire project reaches at least 1000 USD per month. With Orangepi devices we have extremely high negative support budget. Alternative operating systems that relies on our work face the same problem. We appreciate for your understanding.

4K Video acceleration within Chromium works only in Jammy / Noble Gnome images with kernel 6.1.y

Enable AP6275P Wireless Module on Orange Pi 5:

Enable orangepi-5-ap6275p overlay from Hardware menu of armbian-config and reboot.

In order to run Kodi (sudo apt install kodi) with HW acceleration, you have to run kodi under gbm or wayland.

Armbian 24.8.1 Noble Gnome test report:

  • Flashed to SD card with USB imager
  • Boot ok, from sdcard and NVME
  • HDMI is ok, HDMI audio works
  • USB2 ports are ok
  • Gigabit Etherner is ok, troughput ~940Mbit/s
  • 4K video playback works in Chromium (accelerated)
  • Reboot and shutdown work as intended
odroidm1
By Ricardo Pardini / NAS • General purpose / 0 Comments

Odroid M1

Installation instructions:

  1. Write image to SD using BalenaEtcher.
  2. Boot from SD by holding the recovery (RCI) button while powering the board.
  3. Release RCY button after the blue LED flashes once.
  4. Once booted, use armbian-install to write u-boot to MTD (SPI flash). This completely and irrevocably removes Petitboot, replacing it with mainline u-boot.
  5. You can also install to NVMe, USB, or eMMC. NVMe or eMMC is recommended.
bananapi-m5
By Bret / General purpose / 0 Comments

Bananapi M5

  • powering with PD capable PSU is not possible. It has to be dumb 5V
  • To change display resolution, add below to the /boot/armbianEnv.txt: 
    extraargs=video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60
Picture of a Rock5B
By Lin Hanzhen / General purpose • Desktop / 0 Comments

Radxa Rock 5B

orangepi4-lts.png
By jock jock / General purpose • Desktop / 0 Comments

Orange Pi 4 and LTS

  • Images for non LTS version can be downloaded here

Ubuntu Noble 24.8.1 XFCE testing:

  • Boot ok, from both sdcard and emmc
  • HDMI ok, boot splash screen shows up
  • USB2 and USB3 ok
  • Gigabit ethernet ok
  • Wireless ok
  • Bluetooth ok (although a bit spotty and usual cohabitation issues with wifi)
  • Analog audio codec is ok
  • Reboot and shutdown work as intended

 Debian Bookworm 24.8.1 minimal testing:

  • Boot ok, from both sdcard and emmc
  • HDMI ok
  • USB2 and USB3 ok
  • Gigabit ethernet ok, throughput is fine (~960mbps)
  • Wireless ok, throughput ok (~50mbps at 2.4ghz, but far from router)
  • Analog audio codec is ok
  • Reboot and shutdown work as intended