Minix U8K issue

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Hi,

Since a couple of weeks I’m using a minix U8k running CE22 nightly.

As I’m new to Coreelec I do hope I’m reporting this the right way and at the right place. As I couldn’t find a thread about this specific device to report issues, I thought it was a good idea to create one.

Currently, there are a couple of things not working.

-the big MINIX led light at the top of the device is not working.

-the small led at the front is not working as it should. It should be red if the device is turned of or into sleep and should be blue when the device is turned on. Currently, it’s always blue. It only turns red for a second when you turn on the device and than become blue again.

-WOL is not working. Is this common for CE22 at this point?

-Common question; Is there a place where I can find if there are updates for the dtb file for this device? I think I have to update this file manually? Or are these files also get automatically updated. I’m asking it because for the first run you have to mannualy need tor rename the file and place it in the root folder.

-The remote is not working using build in Bluetooth.

On the Minix Forum I read that the Minix team send you a box to test it and create full support for it. Is specific support for this box still in development? Or should I not expect further support for this hardware.

Best regards,

Marcel

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Probably custom driver that runs it written by minix. If you ask them nicely maybe they will provide kernel driver to it :slight_smile:

Same as above, custom driver probably or different gpios used for power led

You should “teach” CE what each key should do. BT remotes at least for me for basic functionality is using standard keycodes so up/down/ok/back at least should work.

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Will look into shortly.
From what I see the LEDs are not configured properly. There are 2 PWM leds and one GPIO (top probably).

For BT remote you do know it is not working OOTB and needs to be paired first.

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Next nightly will have LED fixed. Blue led when device is on and all led off when devices is shutdown.

Top white minix led/text is off by default and can be turned on manually from some systemd service or autostart.sh script with

echo 1 >/sys/class/leds/white_led/brightness

WOL is not working.

BT is unstable. It worked for some time but then stopped.

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Thanks a lot @vpeter for the quick fix. It’s working perfectly.

I added the code to autostart.sh and finally there is some light in the dark! :sweat_smile:

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