Linux Distributions for Orange PI H3 boards

lymon

nkk replied at 2015-11-15 06:39
Hi, dear Orange PI users and developers.
Is it possible to get driver for dlink dwa-125 rev. b (3C1E ...

try the following (as root):

modprobe rt2800usb
echo 2001 3c1e > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id

then insert wifi stick and see if it is detected and can be used

..also make sure you are using an image with the older udev (v.215), so firmware loading works correctly

syed.iddi

what you mean by removed the network connection? you unplugged the ethernet cable and plugged in?

nkk

syed.iddi replied at 2015-11-15 14:33
what you mean by removed the network connection? you unplugged the ethernet cable and plugged in?

No, just from this dialog


Now I installed Fedora22_Minimal, copied
uImage_OPI-2 to uImage
script.bin.OPI-PC_1080p60_dvi to script.bin
and wired network started automatically

giacomo892

I've just discovered that ethernet MAC address are not unique. Is there an easy way to change it? Using cmdline.txt ?Thanks

nightseas

Hi Loboris,

I got an error message when creating a rootfs.
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Sun Nov 15 16:31:36 CST 2015
=======================================================
Creating Ubuntu/Debian SD Card instalation for OrangePI
=======================================================

Using disk image "opi2-ubuntu.img"
Creating partition images, please wait ...

Creating new filesystem on opi2-ubuntu.img...
  New filesystem created on opi2-ubuntu.img.

Partitioning opi2-ubuntu.img...
  Creating boot & linux partitions
  OK.

Formating fat partition ...
  fat partition formated.
Formating linux partition (ext4), please wait ...
  linux partition formated.

Instaling u-boot to opi2-ubuntu.img ...
U-boot installed to opi2-ubuntu.img.
FATAL ERROR.
====================================


And I only changed the user name and password in param.sh
Looks like the script couldn't find some env variables.

My host pc is Xeon E5620 + Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-bit.
Is there anything I can check with?

Thanks&BR.

nkk

lymon replied at 2015-11-15 14:20
try the following (as root):

modprobe rt2800usb

1. root@OrangePI:/home/orangepi# lsusb
   
2. #...
   
3. Bus 006 Device 002: ID 2001:3c1e D-Link Corp.
   
4. #...
   
5. 
   
6. root@OrangePI:/home/orangepi# modprobe rt2800usb
   
7. 
   
8. root@OrangePI:/home/orangepi# echo 2001 3c1e > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2800usb/new_id
   
9. 
   
10. root@OrangePI:/home/orangepi# iwconfig
    
11. #...
    
12. wlan1     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any
    
13.           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
    
14.           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
    
15.           Encryption key:off
    
16.           Power Management:off
    
17. #...
    
18. 
    
19. root@OrangePI:/home/orangepi# ip link show wlan1
    
20. 7: wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    
21.     link/ether 90:94:e4:a4:58:b8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    
22. 
    
23. root@OrangePI:/home/orangepi# ip link set wlan1 up
    
24. RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory
    

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is it means I need another module?

Peca

Peca replied at 2015-11-15 04:45
I am trying to make the TV out work on OPI PC with Ubuntu Vivid image from Loboris. So I've been thr ...

OK I know now what was the problem it is the board design but I will open a new thread. If it the same board design like mine OPI PC tv out will not work good no matter what software.

lymon

nkk replied at 2015-11-15 18:37
is it means I need another module?

try disabling networkmanager if you manually want to set up or configure a connection.

also check if firmware was loaded correctly (see my previous note about udev version)

loboris

nightseas replied at 2015-11-15 09:53
Hi Loboris,

I got an error message when creating a rootfs.

Sorry, there was a bug in format.sh script when creating the root fs directly in the image file.
I usualy create the rootfs in local directory, then I use image_from_dir script to prepare the image file.

The bug is fixed now on GitHub.

gammaker

I installed Ubuntu Mate Vivid image and replaced uImage, script.bin, kernel and modules with scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz. Then I updated ubuntu to willy and made server. All worked fine for about a week but suddenly I noticed that my Orange Pi Plus CPU is very hot and slow. Top showes that kswapd0 uses 100% of all CPU cores. It happens regularly. How to solve this problem? I read that it is very common problem in all architectures and another kernel may help. Is there any kernel for it to try? 3.4.39 is very old.
loboris, I found that this kernel doesn't support zRam. It may be very useful since most Orange Pi have only 1 GB of RAM.