CoreELEC 19.5-Matrix_rc2 Discussion

[nd299]

Oh “reworked”, weird i was sure it said “removed”

[frequenzy]

Just installed on an old X96 S905x, so far no issues.

[Wind]

安装的版本CoreELEC-Amlogic-ng.arm-19.5-Matrix_rc2-Generic.img.gz，dtb是sc2_s905x4_4g_1gbit.dtb，U盘写入EMMC出错，代码：No CoreELEC installation found on eMMC 
Install in dual boot mode, CoreELEC and Android on eMMC 
Use CoreELEC data from 
[1] current used SD or USB device
[2] existing backup on current used SD or USB device 

Install in single boot mode not possible! 
No DT partition was found Please choose one option? [1/2]: 1 
Free space of 'partition CE_FLASH': 512MB 
mount: mounting /dev/loop1 on /media/CE_STORAGE failed: Invalid argument 
Error running pclose on cmd: `mount -o rw,loop /dev/loop1 /media/CE_STORAGE`. Error: 255 Error executing cmd 'mount -o rw,loop /dev/loop1 /media/CE_STORAGE' 
Failed to mount 'CE_STORAGE' partition! 
Failed to read free space of partition 'CE_STORAGE'! 
Failed to create new partition table!
求解答怎么处理，谢谢！

[7Ji]

ceemmc won’t work on the > Android 11 firmware found on these s905x4 boxes for now, on which the system(super) and storage (userdata) partitions are newer ext4 fs either created from underlying device-mapper or stored directly on these partitions yet not readable for the 4.9 kernel CE is currectly using.

Also, to keep the new partitoon table from being reverted back, ceemmc has to remove the partitions node from dtb so the u-boot won’t “helpfully fix” the partition table, which is also not doable for these S905X4 boxes which must read the partition node in dtb instead of the partitoon table to get the location for several partitions, so removing the node will brick the box…

You could find some other ways to install to internal for these boxes not supported by anyone especially teamCE, but I don’t recommend even trying to install to emmc on S005X4 boxes for now.

[Betatester]

@Wind

sc2_s905x4_4g_1gbit.dtb，U盘写入EMMC出错，代码：No CoreELEC installation found on eMMC
Install in dual boot mode, CoreELEC and Android on eMMC

As per documentation:

[rabaraf]

After the upgrade to 19.5-Matrix_rc2 on Odroid-N2 two lines on boot screen:
[INFO] Skipped Optee TEE-Suplicant
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Amlogic OPTEE Video Firmware Preload Service.

Is it possible to get it rid?
And what does it means?

[7Ji]

“Optee TEE-Suplicant” service (opentee_linuxdriver.service) is skipped since the condition is not met:

CoreELEC/CoreELEC/blob/2e0198edcb26a68274b813debdb7573dcfacfa67/projects/Amlogic-ce/packages/linux-drivers/amlogic/opentee_linuxdriver/system.d/opentee_linuxdriver.service#L10

And “Amlogic OPTEE Video Firmware Preload Service” (video-firmware-preload.service) failed to start since it requires opentee_linuxdriver.service:

CoreELEC/CoreELEC/blob/2e0198edcb26a68274b813debdb7573dcfacfa67/projects/Amlogic-ce/packages/sysutils/tee_preload_fw/system.d/video-firmware-preload.service#L4

Since these two services are only used for S905X4 for now you can simply disable these services if you’re not using a S905X4 device:

systemctl disable opentee_linuxdriver.service
systemctl disable video-firmware-preload.service

[rabaraf]

Ops… it doesn’t work on my N2:

CoreELEC (official): 19.5-Matrix_rc2 (Amlogic-ng.arm)
MyN2:~ # systemctl disable optee_linuxdriver.service
Failed to disable unit: Unit file optee_linuxdriver.service does not exist.
MyN2:~ # systemctl disable video-firmare-preload.service
Failed to disable unit: Unit file video-firmare-preload.service does not exist.
MyN2:~ #

[7Ji]

Sorry I’ve mistyped the service names, they should be opentee_linuxdriver.service and video-firmware-preload.service, I’ve editted my original post

[rabaraf]

@7Ji

systemctl disable video-firmware-preload.service

nope, it doesn’t work, I mean: commands executed without any output so probably successfully but after N2 reboot still those two lines are on TV screen.

[vpeter]

If you really need to hide messages then mask both services:

systemctl mask opentee_linuxdriver.service
systemctl mask video-firmware-preload.service

And looks like we could improve this two scripts to not show anything in any case.

[domi1]

I’m getting HDMI sync issues on my Odroid N2+ with RC2.
As soon as anything is displayed at 2160p (even the UI) my projector will lose signal and resync every ~10 seconds.

I downgraded to RC1 and the issue is gone. Any ideas?

[Portisch]

Try first do remove resolution.ini from COREELEC partition. If this does not help limit colour depth to 10 or 8 bit in kodi display expert settings.

[Jamaikajon]

I have found a bug an my minix u22-xj max. After playing 3D movies, the switch to the normal image mode in Kodi menu dos not work. The screen is splitted an the resolution is to big. “Disable stereoscopic 3D mode when playback ended” does not work correctly. It is in Settings / Player → Videos

[hder]

Apologies if this is a known issue, but on my ODroid N2 (not plus), after the HardKernel logo splash screen shows up, I just get a blank screen on this version.

I thought it might be an issue with my hardware but I tried Armbian and everything looks OK.

[hder]

Not sure how to debug this because I don’t see anything. Tried Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc. but couldn’t get anything to show up either.

[Betatester]

@hder

blank screen

Maybe start here and see if that solves it.

[Portisch]

Remove resolution.ini and try if it solves your issue. If not SSH to your booted box and run dmesg | paste

[ondraok]

Hello ,

i have installed latest coreelec on my vontar x3 (905x3) and there is no working LAN. Wifi is ok
LAN is working under stock android. And im using sm1_s905x3_4g_1gbit.dtb from device tree.
Because it is my device configuration

thank you for help

[7Ji]

Did it work on rc1 or did you just start to use CE from rc2?
If none of the existing images work, can you SSH into the box and run the following command to check if your ethernet PHY is JL2101?

dmesg | grep 'eth%d: PHY ID'

If it says something like this (PHY ID 937c4032), then your box has a JL2101 PHY:

[    0.742444@3]- eth%d: PHY ID 937c4032 at 0 IRQ POLL (stmmac-0:00) active
[    0.742611@3]- eth%d: PHY ID 937c4032 at 1 IRQ POLL (stmmac-0:01)

If it says something like this, then your box does not have a JL2101 PHY:

[    0.598830@2]- eth%d: PHY ID 001cc916 at 0 IRQ POLL (stmmac-0:00) active
[    0.598834@2]- eth%d: PHY ID 001cc916 at 1 IRQ POLL (stmmac-0:01)

You can also run the following command and paste the link to us so we can check the full kernel log:

dmesg | paste

And if your PHY is JL2101, then can you try either one of the following images to check if the ethernet works? (or if you don’t know how to SSH, then you can simply try these images anyway)

Report about Amlogic S905X4 HK1 RBOX X4

Here is a test and image with the PR from @7Ji included to add JL2xx1 support for the 4.9 kernel. So anyone what have such HK1 box with this gbit LAN SoC try this image if 1gbit connection get established than. Just place the tar in the update folder and reboot.

(This one uses the generic PHY driver for JL2101)

Report about Amlogic S905X4 HK1 RBOX X4

I modified the official JL2101 driver once again and now it can be loaded without any error on boot or during userspace. Can you try this test image to check if the network now works on S905X4? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vgXiphp1fPJ7A6lvTePSKw7WTnRtpPYi?usp=sharing There’s both the update tarball and full generic image, both should work. If you can test both that’ll be much appreciated

(This one uses the official driver from JLsemi I ported for JL2101)

I developed the JL2101 patches for my S905X3 box (HK1 Box), and verified it work nicely, but testers with S905X4 and JL2101 reported it did not work, and since I don’t have a S905X4 box with JL2101 I can’t further fix the problems. Since you are using basically the same model as mine (vontar x3 is basically hk1 box rebranded), the patched image should work for you, could you give it a try?