Updated images (test 20170313) , now they default u-boot from VIM (s905x). In the same images used by u-boot from s905.
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Update version 5.27 (test 20170316). Fixed the setting function in the internal memory eMMC.
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Ubuntu Server Kernel 4.9 Details of usage can be found here.
https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/2419-armbian-for-amlogic-s905-and-s905x/&do=findComment&
comment=28429
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Do you plan to update desktop images using this kernel?
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So far this is not working-HDMI video output, so it makes no sense in the desktop images (images on the screen is not).
A test image of Ubuntu with the Mate kernel 4.9 (test\4_9\20170329) if you wish
to see , let the poor, but the image of the desktop (the image is
doubling, how to cure, I have not yet found). Console output not
working, but the graphic image appears. Initial configuration you need
to perform either via SSH or via UART. After the initial setting, after
restarting there is a DE. 
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Hi, Balbes150:
Does the build use the Amlogic Openlinux official linux-4.9?
yes, Amlogic Openlinux official linux-4.9
I notice that Amlogic Linux-4.9 doesn’t comes to support MALI-GPU yet, did you build buildroot with MALI supporting?
No, not yet without mali. By the way, I’m not well versed in the peculiarities of the framebuffer on Amlogic, can you tell me why the image is cropped. I have a feeling that there is not enough memory to display the entire page. Because if you use the resolution in monitor settings, more (1080 instead of 720), the picture is cropped more.
By the way, I gathered another option with the latest kernel (4.10.8). System start, here the log run.
reading s905_autoscript
871 bytes read in 32 ms (26.4 KiB/s)
Executing script at 01020000
reading uInitrd
4121758 bytes read in 2161 ms (1.8 MiB/s)
reading zImage
14883328 bytes read in 7707 ms (1.8 MiB/s)
reading dtb.img
25872 bytes read in 43 ms (586.9 KiB/s)
Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 13000000 …
Image Name: uInitrd
Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 4121694 Bytes = 3.9 MiB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Verifying Checksum … OK
load dtb from 0x1000000 …
Flattened Device Tree blob at 01000000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x1000000
Loading Ramdisk to 73acb000, end 73eb945e … OK
Loading Device Tree to 000000001fff6000, end 000000001ffff50f … OK
signature:
fdt_instaboot: no instaboot image
Starting kernel …
uboot time: 19287078 us
domain-0 init dvfs: 4
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[ 0.000000] Linux version 4.10.8-g3fdae70-dirty (root@user-VirtualBox) (gcc version 4.9.4 20151028 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.9-2016.02) ) #3 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 1 08:46:29 MSK 2017
[ 0.000000] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [410fd034]
[ 0.000000] efi: Getting EFI parameters from FDT:
[ 0.000000] efi: UEFI not found.
System runs, but still gets these messages.
By the way, the console is a standard UART is working and you can see the whole process.
[ 2.594096] l2tp_ip6: L2TP IP encapsulation support for IPv6 (L2TPv3)
[ 2.600520] NET: Registered protocol family 35
[ 2.604929] Key type dns_resolver registered
[ 2.619582] ALSA device list:
[ 2.619622] No soundcards found.
[ 2.620881] Freeing unused kernel memory: 960K
[ 2.668783] random: systemd-udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.670766] random: systemd-udevd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.672841] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.672999] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.674555] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.674831] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.675112] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.675433] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.675941] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 2.676267] random: udevadm: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[ 4.490439] random: fast init done
[ 113.823831] random: crng init done
Test versions images (20170401) server and mate kernel 4.10.8. When run from SD card the system starts up and allows you to log in through the console UART. Network and USB does not work yet. Error with the eMMC. Note that these images are for experienced users only, if you would be willing to help with debugging and testing.
kernel 4.11.1 v 20170407
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Update test images kernel 4.11.0 (20170412). They have added modules for WiFi networks and many other elements. An important feature of primary configuration is possible only through the SSH connection. Network support is based on modules, so it is important when building your kernel to assure that the name of the directory with the modules , the name of the kernel.
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For initial setup through the console UART (for connectivity with root user), you need to add to the file /etc/securetty line description of the interface ttyAML0.
hi, Balbes150:
Did you compile 4.11 from official mainline linux?
I used the branch 4.12\integ
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-amlogic.git
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Does anyone using this image have a stable ethernet connection?
I’m experiencing strange network timeouts/hangs after a while without any further notification.
A corrected version of the images 20170413. The only difference is that you can perform the initial configuration via the console UART (fixed authorization root user through the console UART).