Linux Distributions for Orange PI H3 boards

littleguy

After some initial confusion about distros I found this thread and was up and running with Debian Jessie on the built-in storage in a few minutes. Thanks a bunch!

I have noticed the board runs pretty hot (65 C in idle...) and for some reason the load is constantly >3.0... Anyone knows what could cause the load not to drop to zero when idle?

nobitakun

WereCatf replied at 2016-3-7 08:19
I'll take another look at the mpv-package, maybe I have messed something up. It's all a work-in-pr ...

Sorry for late reply.

Yes it worked!, it should be something related with mpv and the default audio source, since mpv is minimal interface based there are some options that it takes by default from the system. I really miss mpv to be like SMPlayer or any other simple program with a little more complete interface based, but I guess that's the philosophy of the program, so I don't complain

At the moment I'm using your build, I don't want to download the official Armbian 5.05 from their website since I've been reading there are some problems on some users concerning video playback, so I'll stick with yours till I finish my project for school, and in a couple of months I will look for a new Armbian build which will be enough stable to do everything 3D/video and administration related without a problem.

Thank you so much! ;)

atrias

Hello
I am using image Debian_jessie_mini on my orangepi pc and I am trying to connect a usb 3g modem
I have installed usb-modeswitch but it seems that my usb modem is not switched to modem state

the modem is a k3806-z with vendor id 19d2 and product id 1013
when i plug it on my desktop linux pc it gets switched to product id 1015
but this does not happen in the orangepi

is there anything else that I should do for modeswitching to work ?

chindasvito

Hi.

I am using Debian installation on my OrangePI-PLUS. I have the installation made on emmc internal memory, but i have discovered that if an SD card is plugged, the system don't boot. Makes nothing, but if i unplug the SD , it boots softly. It's a normal behaviour or i have something wrong configured?

Thanks in advance

amir_zohaib

No display over hdmi, please help HDMI to HDMI, Pi PC
only black screen, i use OrangePI-PC_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img on original kingston 32GB SD card, 5v 2Amp power
followed exact instructions listed here,

Arnulf

amir_zohaib replied at 2016-3-20 06:14
No display over hdmi, please help HDMI to HDMI, Pi PC
only black screen, i use OrangePI-PC_Ubuntu_V ...

You need to use correct script.bin file for your screen. For example I am using FullHD plasma TV za my screen, which means I copied 1080p60 (1080p is FullHD non-interlaced resolution, 60 Hz is screen refresh rate) to script.bin.

Your monitor/TV should have a recommended resolution and refresh rate, it's listed in the user manual.

mingfang

Hello  @loboris

I got an error when ./create_image :
"
Creating root filesistem in local directory linux-trusty...

DEBOOTSTRAP, FIRST STAGE
OK.                        
Creating "sources.list"
chroot: failed to run command ?.bin/bash?. No such file or directory
================================================
ERROR on second-stage, instalation NOT FINISHED.
================================================
"

But I have /bin/bash,  why ??
is my settings wrong?    I don't change param.sh .
help!

zdRobot

Hello, all!
Please advice - I have recently received my Orange Pi PC and I'm currently looking for a Linux image that can play HTML5 video embedded in web pages.
Like YouTube or Vimeo, etc.
Flash video playback would be nice too.

I have tried Lubuntu Vivid by Loboris, but it can't play it.
Installed 3D / 2D drivers following melanrz tutorial, 3D runs smoothly but video playback hasn't improved.
Tried Armbian but no luck either.

OpenELEC plays H.265 from SD card nicely, but it has no web browser so I can't even test YouTube.
On the other hand, it seems that OpenELEC already contains proper drivers with HW acceleration, so I'm wondering if there are other
images which use those.

jernej

zdRobot replied at 2016-3-29 10:55
Hello, all!
Please advice - I have recently received my Orange Pi PC and I'm currently looking for a ...

You didn't tell which browser do you want to use.

Generally, you want something like libvdpau-sunxi, vdpau (also "export VDPAU_DRIVER=sunxi"), recent ffmpeg with VDPAU support and recent firefox (>= 44.0) Please note that I didn't test this.

AFAIK, armbian should already include anything vdpau related, so you should be good by only installing ffmpeg and firefox, but as I said, I'm not sure.

BTW: Libraries used on OpenELEC are incompatible with basically any other program and are discouraged to use. Special support for this libraries was added to Kodi.

zdRobot

I was thinking Firefox or Chromium, but any modern browser is OK, actually (what else is out there, Midori?).

Thank you for the tips, I have actuallly been testing the images I have listed w/o installing anything (except for melanrz tutorial I have mentioned), just by running Firefox and trying to see if it can play HTML5 videos.

I'll try Armbian once more, will install ffmpeg, hope this will do the trick - http://forum.armbian.com/index.p ... eg-on-orange-pi-pc/