install Ubuntu server on u1

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Hello there,

is there any possability to install ubuntu server on the u1? if yes, is there any tutorial which i can use to accomplish this?


thanks in advance
 
Would anyone be willing to give a guide? What to download how to break it under Minix U1. I downloaded Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_20200205.img.xz and modified the DTB file where I modified the rewrite meson-gxbb-p200.dtb. There's just nothing going on.- (
 
QuicksilverCZ said:
Would anyone be willing to give a guide? What to download how to break it under Minix U1. I downloaded Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.037_Aml-s9xxx_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_20200205.img.xz and modified the DTB file where I modified the rewrite meson-gxbb-p200.dtb. There's just nothing going on.- (
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Have you tried this guide:
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw/

Take note of the opening sentence in red, if you've run CoreELEC previously you will need to flash the firmware:
Screenshot_20200530_150212.jpg
 
Hi again,

You may want to try with Ondroid. I managed to boot Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.038_Aml-s9xxx_eoan_current_5.5.0-rc6_20200205.img on my Minix U1, using both a micro-sd and a usb using the meson-gxbb-p200.dtb

I had to use both devices as it seems it uses the micro-sd for booting and the usb for the root fs. I'll poke around a little more and see if I manage to write the eMMC and make it permanent (fingers crossed). Plan B will be to use a 64Gb usb I'm not using and permanently assign it to the Minix/Linux as root fs.
 
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Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.038_Aml-s9xxx_eoan_current_5.5.0-rc6_20200205.img

I put this version there and everything went well, even though I didn't see the internet during the installation. Which is also confirmed and there is no wifi and also internet via lan. Would anyone know how to fix this?
 
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What do you want to create for os? Send me picture of settings at top left Deploy.apk.
Where do you want to create it, internally or externally?
 
I assume that you have adjusted all other settings?
Internally you can omit the mount point, should you try to create the img externally, you have to go to Mount in Deploy.apk
Specify a path to the external img / dev / block / mmcblk0 /, that's how it worked for me. You can start at deploy.apk with Start, then open the VNC viewer, localhost, and enter your OS name. Then go to start on the red OK and enter a password from the Deploy.apk settings.

You also have to see whether you have activated the localhost in the deploy settings at the top left.
I think you should click on it anyway, also look in the vnc viewer for the right resolution.
 
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So I started Ubuntu on it, but probably an older version. It's not extra smooth. In addition, the videos are cut through vlc, kodi, webbrowser.

Otherwise, I will still try Armbian, which I was able to install and also run. But also the videos are not smooth. 4K does not work via youtube and also it has a problem with avi via vlc. If I play the serial through a page, it works, but as I put the video in full screen, it starts to tear and slow down.

I don't think there is HW acceleration for Minix U1 alias S905. What is a pity, because it would be very interesting together with the code than android. Is there a solution to HW acceleration? Thanks
 
Linux Deploy apk

Newer distribution

Don't forget to update and upgrade with this distro.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.

I think in the terminal.
 
Linux is unusable here is terribly slow and YouTube is chopping up. I have a more question about Armbian speed is good here, but probably hw acceleration doesn't work well. Has anyone solved it or would anyone know how to fix it? After which version of Armbian do you recommend for MINIX U1.
 
So I've managed to steal some hours of sleep and investigate a little more on this... I've tried armbian and several other arm based linux distros (debian, arch, kali) have been a disappointment for the Neo U1. Their device tree blobs (dtb) come from the linux-meson implementation and so far none of them work without issues (closest one was the meson-gxbb-p201.dtb) , most critical problems for me were the network and wifi, first one apparently ok but not responsive at all and wifi wasn't even detected. Look into in the Jan 13 entry from 79bass in armbian forum which is pretty much the same experience I had with this versions.

On the other hand the ELEC distros work quite well on the U1. I have booted CoreElec on it with wifi and ethernet working without major configuration... Problem with these distros is that they are very limited and it looks challenging to install a compiler and package manager, but the good thing is that their dtb has an exact profile for our U1s (gxbb_p200_2G_minix_neo_u1.dtb)

Now I'm looking around for a linux distro that has dtb from the CoreElec branch but with a full set of tools to make it usable.

I'll update if a find something else.
 
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