rootfs for 1st gen Cubox

[TobiParticipant]

Hello,

I was wondering if the Cubox rootfs from the official downloads is compatible with the 1st gen Cubox (Armada Cubox, not Cubox-i)?

I’ve found an image from Dezember 2016 in the Solidrun forums.
If there are no official images for the old Cuboxes, this probably is the most recent one available, right?

Thanks!

• This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Tobi.

[skelosParticipant]

Hello I have old cubox with armada mee to.

Latest geexbox image for armada cubox is:
http//download.geexbox.org/snapshots/geexbox-kodi-armada5xx-cubox/latest/binaries.cubox/

Compiled in 28-Apr-2017 at 09:46

I have pleasure to share my problems with armada cubox with other users in order to find solutions.

I hope to replied fine to your question…

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by skelos.

[tomlohaveKeymaster]

Indeed, all snapshots can be found here : http://download.geexbox.org/snapshots/
unless you have not supported or no more supported hardware, it’s the only location to look at

Cheers !

[TobiParticipant]

Thanks both of you!

I’ve just created a fresh sd card with the latest development snapshot. It works like a charm. But I had to change the UI resolution to 720p in order to have a lag free UI.

It’s greate to see my old Cubox in action again ?

[Warped RudiKeymaster]

You might want to disable the RSS ticker. It’s also possible that “advancedsettings.xml” can be tuned a bit more. There are some known issues:

• sometimes after bootup you get a diagonally sheered picture, only solvable by reboot
• A/V sync doesn’t work for some videos
• CEC sometimes stops working with the message “CEC connection to TV lost”

It is possible that some of these things will get fixed in the future, but no guarantees. Also not sure if there will be a “Krypton” or “Leia” version, but we’ll keep the other packages as current as possible.

[togathParticipant]

• sometimes after bootup you get a diagonally sheered picture, only solvable by reboot
  I always thought it’s some kind of gfx driver issue.
• A/V sync doesn’t work for some videos
  Yepp, happens
• CEC sometimes stops working with the message “CEC connection to TV lost”
  TV doesn’t find CEC and keeps telling “Function not available”

These days I do use the Armada-box mostly for upnp flac-rendering.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by togath.

[Warped RudiKeymaster]

I always thought it’s some kind of gfx driver issue.

Most likely. However, it’s not clear if the cause of this is in the blobs or in the open source parts.

TV doesn’t find CEC and keeps telling “Function not available”

Strange. My TV doesn’t need to find anything. When the box boots up (i.e when Kodi starts), it switches to the corresponding HDMI input and CEC simply works. Except for these occasional disconnects :/

[tomlohaveKeymaster]

Strange. My TV doesn’t need to find anything. When the box boots up (i.e when Kodi starts), it switches to the corresponding HDMI input and CEC simply works. Except for these occasional disconnects :/

Same here, The problem appears with some samsung tv (no problem with my philips’ one)

[Warped RudiKeymaster]

Is that specific to 1st gen CuBox?

[tomlohaveKeymaster]

I think so.

[Warped RudiKeymaster]

Can you re-check if this really happens only on the 1st gen CuBox and not on the CuBox-i?

[tomlohaveKeymaster]

Sure, once I can find a samsung tv or maybe I can test on my philips tv too. First I need the device, maybe next week.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by tomlohave.

[Warped RudiKeymaster]

I’ve split the topic as we are addressing a different problem now.

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