Working OS for OPi One?

Pranja · Published in 2016-3-20 08:41:09

Hi folks,

almost a week ago I received my OPi One. I spend last 4 days trieng to get it fully working but it seems there is major problem with HW support in released OS's.

Since Armbian and Raspbian couldn't make Ethernet on my board to work, I am seeking help to choose OS that will work. I realize that support fot USB WiFi is little bit too much to ask, but Ethernet would be nice. And changing screen resolution, too.

Also, what is with that buttun on the board-is there any OS that will support that?

GungSukma · Published in 2016-3-20 13:14:42

http://www.armbian.com/documentation/

igorpec · Published in 2016-3-20 14:33:52

Armbian is working on OPi one - with kernel 3.4.110 we got Ethernet, on kernel 4.4 ... no Ethernet yet.

rodolfo · Published in 2016-3-20 14:56:12

igorpec replied at 2016-3-20 07:33
Armbian is working on OPi one - with kernel 3.4.110 we got Ethernet, on kernel 4.4 ... no Ethernet y ...

I confirm working Armbian_5.05 (download from armbian.com) on OrangePiOne. Monitor resolutions FullHD
work. System idles at <1W, normal operation uses 2-3W, no heatsink. Server and Desktop versions trimmed for low memory usage.
Ethernet works at top speeds of 95 Mbit/s. Realtek wifi is not yet solved, some old zd1211rw-dongle works. Fast speeds
on both USB ports (normal and OTG).

Stick with Armbian and enjoy.

Pranja · Published in 2016-3-20 21:33:59

Zero success with this one. I did tried Armbian 5.05 with 3.4.110 first time, and after your recommendations, I tried it second time.

Using documentation that GungSukma linked, I menaged to change resolution, but that messed up everything-black turned dark green. Still no Ethernet.

I am formatting SD card (I even used brand new card) to give it third try, but I don't belive it will work.

Pranja · Published in 2016-3-20 21:44:13

I also forgot to mention that I always got message about error while changing CPU frq to 1296 MHz.

Pranja · Published in 2016-3-20 21:58:27

Well, I didn't do anything. Why do you think it's my fault?

While booting, board is named OPi2mini. I didn't downloaded wrong image, but something is broken here.

I fixed green screen problem-wrong color mode. Still no Ethernet, but during boot, board detected hub with RJ45 that I connected to OTG port.

Pranja · Published in 2016-3-20 22:24:01

Ok, I finally got Ethernet to work-after I put image again.

GungSukma · Published in 2016-3-21 00:05:27

wrong board detection and lost background image? http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/03/16/orange-pi-one-board-quick-start-guide-with-armbian-debian-based-linux-distribution/#comments

rodolfo · Published in 2016-3-21 22:29:40

Edited by rodolfo at 2016-3-21 15:31

trpaslikcz replied at 2016-3-20 19:09
Reason N°1 why people think an OS image running an a board would show problems: faulty SD cards. ...

Reason 2 ( or maybe 0 or

) may be crappy PSU and/or cable. Having detected and corrected power issues I was able to use rather
lousy cheap SDcards ( "class" 4,6 4G ) without any problems on Armbian5.05.