Linux Distributions for Orange PI H3 boards

mark2@opi · Published in 2015-10-16 15:42:59

After writing the .img to a sd card with Win32DiskImager the fat (BOOT) partion is created.
If X:boot (X can be any drive letter windows chooses) does not show up in your windows explorer remove and reinsert the SD card. Now should show up as a removable drive.
Go to the removable drive with windows explorer, and delete the uImage and script.bin. Copy/paste the uImage and script of your board type and rename it to uImage and script.bin.

After writing the .img to a SD-card with Win32DiskImager the fat (BOOT) partion is created.
If X:boot (X can be any drive letter windows chooses) does not show up in your windows explorer remove and reinsert the SD card. Now should show up as a removable drive.
Go to the removable drive with windows explorer, and delete the uImage and script.bin. Copy/paste the uImage and script of your board type and rename it to uImage and script.bin.

andreaok66 · Published in 2015-10-16 16:34:01

I have an orangepi-PC so I have installed OrangePI-PC_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img
All works well, but i don't know how to solve kernel headers problem

How can I instale kernel headers for my OS ?

loboris · Published in 2015-10-16 16:52:11

mark2@opi replied at 2015-10-16 06:35
Successfully build a OPI-plus kernel form github sources, GOOD JOB Loboris!!

On a vanilla Ubuntu(s ...

Thank you for specifying the needed packages. I'll include that in README.md

loboris · Published in 2015-10-16 17:01:21

Edited by loboris at 2015-10-16 10:14

Harald replied at 2015-10-16 06:51
"Installation on SD Card:
Copy uImage_OPI-2...to uImage"
When I open the micro-SD, both uImage_OPI-2 ...

mount is Linux term, on Windows just select the sd card drive (D:, E:, ...)
the file name can be with or without the extension...
you can copy one file to another, you will overwrite the destination file...
you can delete uImage, then rename uImage_OPI-2 or uImage_OPI-PLUS to uImage, the same is valid for script.bin...

loboris · Published in 2015-10-16 17:13:20

andreaok66 replied at 2015-10-16 09:34
I have an orangepi-PC so I have installed OrangePI-PC_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img
All works well, but i do ...

What exactly "kernel headers problem" do you have ?

darqoq · Published in 2015-10-16 19:56:31

@loboris:
1. On github you created project from file posted on orangepi.online ?
2. Do you know maybe, is it connected with https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/linux-sunxi or something any know source branch ?
I need to apply some patches but Is it possible to find where the branch come from and where started ?

jacer · Published in 2015-10-16 22:22:31

loboris replied at 2015-10-16 08:05
Many other distros are missing too ...
It is basicaly easy to create the specific distro if it is ...

Your Ubuntu distro for Orange Pi PC works great except the analog audio from the AV/CBVS jack is not working. No audio from this jack with Headphones plugged-in. On Android it is working. Any fix? I can only use the HDMI audio, it works great. Anyway we thank you for what you have done for the OrangePi community.

lymon · Published in 2015-10-16 22:41:52

loboris replied at 2015-10-16 07:43
UPDATED GitHub sources.
The problem with kernel panic after building is now solved.
(As GitHub does ...

Thanks, it works now.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-17 00:18:16

@Loboris: Thanks for your response. This did the trick

Still got one question: there is a cpu freq applet in the debian taskbar, when i change the settings and go back to the desktop the settings are set back to default...
How can i make changes to the settings so that the cpu freq will change?
I need real time scheduling for audio purposes so i need max freq at all time. (I use a cpu cooler and fan)

lymon · Published in 2015-10-17 00:41:46

mrroland replied at 2015-10-17 00:18
@Loboris: Thanks for your response. This did the trick

Still got one question: there is a cpu fr ...

you can try this to lock the cpu to max freq:

echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor