How to revert to stock bootloader?
(03-04-2021, 02:09 AM)LMM Wrote:(03-03-2021, 09:19 PM)nyankat Wrote: Hi folks, after my troubles installing Debian the other day I decided to try some other distros instead of diving too deep down that rabbit hole just yet.Hi,
To my disappointment, I was unable to get any video out the HDMI port on either Manjaro or Armbian.
I think the problem may be the bootloader I flashed to the SPI which doesn't seem to initialize the HDMI display (I get no video during the bootloader, nor during kernel boot).
Is there a microSD image I can use to flash the stock bootloader back so that the board is in the same condition it was as when I got it?
if I understand well this instruction : https://github.com/sigmaris/u-boot/wiki/...oot-to-SPI from @sigmaris, there is an image that erases the SPI (it is similar to the instructions you gave your link). Have you tried to plug the hdmi cable power on ? I also use Ayufan image (but not the sigmaris image) and I a face sometime the same issue. I use Armbian and after the installation I configure Armbian and transfer the config to the bootloader (with armbian-config command)
By the way Ayufan released some new images since 2018
I did see the other image to erase the SPI but I was afraid to use it because I don't want the SPI to be blank, I want it to contain the stock bootloader. I'm afraid that erasing the SPI will render my board permanently unbootable.
Or is the SPI supposed to be blank from the factory and the mask ROM bootloader can jump right to the bootloader on the SD card?
(03-04-2021, 05:33 AM)nyankat Wrote:(03-04-2021, 02:09 AM)LMM Wrote:(03-03-2021, 09:19 PM)nyankat Wrote: Hi folks, after my troubles installing Debian the other day I decided to try some other distros instead of diving too deep down that rabbit hole just yet.Hi,
To my disappointment, I was unable to get any video out the HDMI port on either Manjaro or Armbian.
I think the problem may be the bootloader I flashed to the SPI which doesn't seem to initialize the HDMI display (I get no video during the bootloader, nor during kernel boot).
Is there a microSD image I can use to flash the stock bootloader back so that the board is in the same condition it was as when I got it?
if I understand well this instruction : https://github.com/sigmaris/u-boot/wiki/...oot-to-SPI from @sigmaris, there is an image that erases the SPI (it is similar to the instructions you gave your link). Have you tried to plug the hdmi cable power on ? I also use Ayufan image (but not the sigmaris image) and I a face sometime the same issue. I use Armbian and after the installation I configure Armbian and transfer the config to the bootloader (with armbian-config command)
By the way Ayufan released some new images since 2018
I did see the other image to erase the SPI but I was afraid to use it because I don't want the SPI to be blank, I want it to contain the stock bootloader. I'm afraid that erasing the SPI will render my board permanently unbootable.
Or is the SPI supposed to be blank from the factory and the mask ROM bootloader can jump right to the bootloader on the SD card?
OK, it looks like I answered my own question. I went ahead and erased the SPI and now I see the bootloader on my screen.
I still don't have any display in Armbian itself, though, although that may be a problem with the resolution or my monitor or something.
Do I need to do anything specific to enable HDMI in Armbian?
Per this thread I reverted to the legacy 4.4 kernel using armbian-config and I have a display now! I would still rather have the up to date kernel but this will do for now.