Trouble setting up Linux on an Orange Pi PC

APerson · Published in 2017-5-23 22:50:35

Okay, so, I got an Orange Pi PC recently. And I'm having trouble setting it up to run a Linux OS. All I get is a black screen that seems to stay on forever. The lil' LED in the middle of the board also lights up.
When I plug it in with no SD Card inserted, it gives me an Android OS that seems to somewhat function... So I assume the problem isn't the whole Power issue a lot of people seem to run into with the OrangePi, I mean, if it can boot the Android System....

So am I doing something wrong when flashing the Linux into the card? I have tried the Lubuntu image from the Orangepi website, but I have also tried Armbian and even tried to manually set up Arch ARM by way of this Wiki article.

With all three of them, all I get is the black screen, what am I doing wrong?

igorpec · Published in 2017-5-24 00:00:27

If you changed to some other SD card and followed standard procedures: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/ it's possible that you have some hw defects on SD card slot?

Serial console might tell something more - get one, attach and copy / paste it's content.

APerson · Published in 2017-5-24 04:25:15

Edited by APerson at 2017-5-24 07:04

igorpec replied at 2017-5-24 00:00
If you changed to some other SD card and followed standard procedures: https://docs.armbian.com/User ...

Hmmm. I'll try a different card first, I was trying just the one card and hoping it would work because -- Hey, it worked on my phone! I'll see if using different cards will make a difference and get back to you.
@Edit: So as it turns out, all the MicroSD I have at hand are fucked in some way or another? I don't know HOW that came to be, but that seems to be the case. I'll see about getting a new SD card, then I'll worry about, y'know, the Pi itself.

igorpec · Published in 2017-5-24 14:06:07

Try getting genuine Samsung EVO 16 or 32GB.

https://forum.armbian.com/index. ... d-card-performance/

APerson · Published in 2017-6-8 05:37:17

So, it's been a bit.

I got myself one of these in the end:

Brand new, seemed a decent pick, a nice quality card. H2Testw claimed it was legit. And Etcher wrote the image fine.

But I'm still running into the same issue. Any ideas?

igorpec · Published in 2017-6-8 13:19:32

Failed SD card slot? You will need to get serial console to see if this is so.

https://forum.armbian.com/index. ... n-allwinner-boards/