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How to use TX3-H (BZ) #1077

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irfanjunaid opened this issue Feb 18, 2023 · 16 comments
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How to use TX3-H (BZ) #1077

irfanjunaid opened this issue Feb 18, 2023 · 16 comments
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@irfanjunaid
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irfanjunaid commented Feb 18, 2023

Device Information

  • SOC: S905X3
  • Model: Tanix TX3-H
  • Config: 4GB RAM / 64GB Storage

Armbian

  • Armbian Version: 23.02.0
  • Kernel Version: both - 5.15.94/6.1.12
  • Release: jammy

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Hi @ophub First, Thank you so much for this amazing work! 👍 🥇 I am facing an issue with my Tanix TX3-H box when booting from the USB Disk / Micro SD card. The HDMI screen is shaking/flickering while boot process. This is happening when I flash the latest armbian image to USB disk and boot from it. Is there any specific step I am missing in addition to flashing the USB disk? I tried both the kernels.

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ophub commented Feb 19, 2023

Adjust the resolution of the display and try different proportions. My tx3-h (s905x3) has been used on TV (70 inches) and computer monitor (1920 * 1080). I didn't intentionally modify the resolution. The display is normal and won't shake from side to side.

If the display has "automatic adjustment", use this

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I tried tweaking every settings in my monitor and no change 😞 But, I have a Rock Pi 4B and noticed that its Armbian is running fine in the same monitor. Please see the video attached for reference.
Video: Rock Pi 4B
Is there any setting I can tweak in Armbian regarding this issue? The only thing I can notice is the left margin/border gap to which my monitor is trying to sync/adapt.

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Hi @ophub After installing to EMMC, the box did not boot from it. I tried both kernels again. I made a shocking discovery! The board I have is NOT the QZ one but a different version - TX3-H (BZ) 1B

The network chip is SP6330-X ZX210801

Please advise on which dtb to use for this. The box is not booting after I install to EMMC. I tried both 512 and 514.

Board images:

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@ophub
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ophub commented Feb 19, 2023

What installation command options do you use, what version of the Armenian system is installed, what version of the kernel is installed, and what is the prompt of startup failure

@irfanjunaid
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What installation command options do you use

Just gave armbian-install and gave 514 for bz version of my board.

what version of the Armbian system is installed

23.02.0 on the USB disk

what version of the kernel is installed

Tried both 5.15.94 / 6.1.12 on Jammy

what is the prompt of startup failure

After installing to EMMC and reboot, I see just a dark blank screen. If I insert a armbian usb disk again and reboot the box, it is booting from the usb disk.

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ophub commented Feb 19, 2023

Are you a 100M wired network?

Do you have your own Android system? Will you recover the Android phone system if the test fails?

https://github.com/ophub/amlogic-s9xxx-armbian/tree/main/build-armbian/documents

see: 12.10

If the main line u-boot cannot be started from the emmc, it needs to be short-circuited to recover the Android system. If you will recover the system, you can enable the mainline test during installation: armbian-install -m yes

If the Android system will not be restored, do not test it and use it on USB.

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irfanjunaid commented Feb 19, 2023

My wireless is working fine and I am able to run updates. I think I have erased the android when I did armbian-install?

I am trying the armbian-install - m option...

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ophub commented Feb 19, 2023

armbian-install -m yes

@irfanjunaid
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Hi @ophub Great news! After 7 attempts, finally succeeded in successfully installing the armbian. I don't know what messed up. But, I tried a combination of different USB disks, different kernels and versions. And the armbian-install -m yes definitely worked. So, to summarize:

  • I have to use BZ version of dtb
  • The shaky output in display is something related to my monitor 🤷‍♂️ I tried in a different monitor and it is fine
  • Install with mainline kernel with -m and option 514

⚠️ Note: Wifi is not working in the Bullseye version but only in the Jammy version. In debian, it only shows the WiFi network name but cannot connect to it.

Other than that so far so good 👍 Thank you so much again for your help and this great work 👌 🏆 🏆 🏆

@ophub ophub changed the title TX3-H screen output issue TX3-H(BZ) screen output issue Feb 20, 2023
@ophub ophub changed the title TX3-H(BZ) screen output issue How to use TX3-H (BZ) Feb 20, 2023
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ophub commented Feb 20, 2023

Thank you for sharing the use method. You are the first user of TX3 (BZ) box. Your test will help many people

@ophub ophub added documentation Improvements or additions to documentation support This need is supported new box Research Fills in the Blanks labels Feb 20, 2023
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Oh, wow! I am adding additional pics for reference:

Armbian version:

Release:

ℹ️ Note:
Only thing that annoys me is this network issue where a job is waiting for bring up the ethernet(eth0) interface up. It is not skipping the eth0 even though wlan0 is up. I am trying to fix this issue. The boot process can be much faster if this step is skipped. I am using Wifi and it is connected and working fine.

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Hi @irfanjunaid , is ethernet work ?

@irfanjunaid
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Hi @EastWoodYang Yes, both WiFi and Ethernet are working.

To confirm, I even ran a ping test after disabling WiFi

@ophub ophub closed this as completed Feb 24, 2023
@h3ld3rkid
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someone can install the new luna in tanix? all tryies were fawless
i boot up armbian but cant install HA

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begimot79 commented May 30, 2024

First of all, I want to say that everything is working well, thanks a lot for the work done. I want to ask how to keep the disabled state on the LED display after reboot?

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ophub commented May 30, 2024

# Led display control
openvfd_enable="no"
openvfd_boxid="15"
[[ "${openvfd_enable}" == "yes" && -n "${openvfd_boxid}" && -x "/usr/sbin/armbian-openvfd" ]] && {
armbian-openvfd ${openvfd_boxid} &&
echo "[$(date +"%Y.%m.%d.%H:%M:%S")] The openvfd service started successfully." >>${custom_log}
}

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