Star64: Armbian Installation
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(05-30-2023, 05:08 PM)Der Geist der Maschine Wrote: For seeing all 8GB, you need to apply this patch https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18263. The "-dirty" suffix probably comes from me having a patch applied.

Yeah, a very few systemd services fail (smartmontools failed as well. I deinstalled it as I don't see a need on a micro sd card based system)

Code:
schaecsn@star64:~$ systemctl --failed
UNIT                        LOAD  ACTIVE SUB
armbian-zram-config.service loaded failed failed Armbian ZRAM
chrony.service              loaded failed failed chrony, an NTP client/
systemd-binfmt.service      loaded failed failed Set Up Additional Binary Formats

After not booting the star64 for some hours, the time was off. I gain the impression there is no RTC and having an NTP client is a must. One should look into the chrony service failure. [Update a few hours later: Kernel config SECCOMP is needed by  chrony: I updated the installation instructions][Update a few hours later: armbian-zram-config probably requires kernel option CONFIG_ZRAM - I'm not interested in zram and will simply disable this service].



I noticed one ethernet port is very flanky (the one directly on the board) and the other one works (the one on top of the other). I can't imagine that this is an armbian issue. Did you notice that on Fishwaldo's image as well?

Did you also notice that Xorg is very slow? I just started it once ... and decided to log in via ssh, only.

Xorg is extraordinarily slow, considering how fast Wayland was. As I understand it, X is usually sped up by establishing a shared memory area so that clients can talk to the server quickly and pass a lot of data. Back in the day, the connection to the X server was a stream of bytes. My guess is that the shared memory area wasn't enabled or a library was missing when Xorg was compiled.

Both of my Ethernet ports seem to be working fine. I was able to download many gigabytes on each of them. I did notice however that when I pull the cable out and put it in the other port, there's a one minute wait for the network to start working again.

Another issue I'm seeing is an error on the console where a kworker is blocked for too long.

The JH7110 SoC spec sheet shows that it has an RTC, but looking at the board I don't see a battery for it.

By the way 8GB is working for me now, your fix worked.

I've been updating my system with every package I could think of. The fact that X is too slow to use is the first big problem to tackle. Maybe I'll recompile the Xorg server.
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RE: Star64: Armbian Installation - by tantamount - 05-30-2023, 02:41 PM
RE: Star64: Armbian Installation - by tantamount - 05-31-2023, 02:23 PM

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