Rkdeveloptool - flash bootloader on orange pi 5

 Install

sudo snap install rkdeveloptool --edge

Enable raw usb access

 snap connect rkdeveloptool:raw-usb

echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2207", MODE="0666",GROUP="plugdev"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

rkdeveloptool ld

DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x350b,LocationID=102 Maskrom

rkdeveloptool ld

DevNo=1 Vid=0x2207,Pid=0x350b,LocationID=102 Maskrom

Clear SPI flash on orange pi 5

 run rkdevtool

select third tab

 select 5. spinor

select minitloader.bin

click download

 

 click switch storage

 click erase all to clear spiflash

 done

 

 

 Realtek wifi not working properly in ubuntu 23. Add following file.

usr/lib/modprobe.d$ pwd
/usr/lib/modprobe.d

 

/usr/lib/modprobe.d$ cat 70-rtw89.conf
options rtw89_pci disable_clkreq=y disable_aspm_l1=y disable_aspm_l1ss=y

 Set wifi.powersave to 2 to disable powersave

 

sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf 

NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_POWERSAVE_DEFAULT (0): use the default value
NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_POWERSAVE_IGNORE  (1): don't touch existing setting
NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_POWERSAVE_DISABLE (2): disable powersave
NM_SETTING_WIRELESS_POWERSAVE_ENABLE  (3): enable powersave 

 

Armbian Linux on RK3318 tv box

To install Armbian linux on RK3318 tv box

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/26978-csc-armbian-for-rk3318rk3328-tv-box-boards/

 Enabling adoptable storage on android phone

adb shell
sm list-disks
// HERE YOU GET YOUR DISK ID, SOMETHING LIKE "disk:179,64" - REMEMBER THOSE NUMBERS
sm set-force-adoptable true
// IN NEXT LINE, SIMPLY PUT THOSE NUMBERS AFTER "disk:" AND ALSO AFTER WORD "mixed" TYPE PERCENTAGE OF SPACE LEFT AS EXTERNAL, SO IN MY CASE:
sm partition disk:179,64 private
// IT TAKES TIME. BE PATIENT. WITH THIS LINE I TRANSFORMED WHOLE EXTERNAL SD INTO 40% OF INTERNAL AND 60% OF EXTERNAL
sm set-force-adoptable false

Keyboard color for Ubuntu 20 on Clevo made laptop

 Checkout source and compile

git clone https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-keyboard.git

cd tuxedo-keyboard

git checkout release

make clean

sudo make dkmsinstall

modprobe tuxedo_keyboard

sudo cp tuxedo_keyboard.conf /etc/modprobe.d/tuxedo_keyboard.conf

Load module on startup

sudo su

echo tuxedo_keyboard >> /etc/modules 

Contents of tuxedo_keyboard.conf 

options tuxedo-keyboard mode=0 brightness=75 color_left=0x6666ff color_center=0xFFFFFF color_right=0x6666FF color_extra=0x666FF
 

For keyboard with single zone color. Use parameter color_extra.

cat /etc/modprobe.d/tuxedo_keyboard.conf
options tuxedo-keyboard mode=0 brightness=75 color_left=0x6666ff color_center=0xFFFFFF color_right=0x6666FF color_extra=0x666FF