Cannot get my Orange Pi Plus to boot

G4USP

    I am having problems getting my Orange Pi Plus to boot...
   
    I am using a good quality 5v regulated PSU with capacity of better    than 2.5A
    I am using a TV as HDMI monitor
    I have tried separate USB mouse / keyboard and USB wireless keyboard
    I have tried several class 4 and class 10 TF cards of 8Gb capacity
    I have tried Lubuntu and Raspbian for the Orange Pi Plus downloaded    from http://www.orangepi.org/downloadresources/
    I have configured the TF cards following the guide on http://www.orangepi.org/quickstart/    using both Windows and Linux
   
    Having setup and inserted the TF card, connected the monitor    keyboard and mouse, then applied power to the board all I get is a    solid RED LED lit on the main board, and nothing on the monitor.
   
    I have extensive experience with both the Raspberry Pi and Banana    Pi, both of which I have had no problem getting to work. All of the ancillary hardware has been tested using both a Raspberry Pi and Banana Pi without problem...
   
    Can you please advise if there is anything I should try...
   
    Regards,
   
        Si.


   

bronco

Don't use the 'official' downloads but those from loboris instead. And where do you supply power?

G4USP

Hi power is being applied to the 2.5x5.5mm power connector...

G4USP

Shall try the Loboris software next...

G4USP

Have loaded OrangePI_Jessie_Xfce.img from the recommended site, following LINUX based instructions found there to set up the TF card.

Alas the results seem to be no better than before, just a solid red light and nothing on the display...

Any more suggestions?

Regards, Si.

phreon

I will also make a new post of this in the beginners forum.

OP PC First Run ( about 30 minutes from box to running) Should work on the other OP boards.

You can just follow the tutorial below and it will get you there. For more detial take a look at:
http://www.orangepi.org/orangepi ... tra=page%3D1&page=1

and ....
http://www.cnx-software.com/2015 ... development-boards/

The above link is a post by "loboris", he deserves many thanks and donations. If not for his work I don't think Orange Pi's would be usable by anyone except the experts. I am just starting and though I know a little about Linux and even less about embedded systems. I was helped greatly by guys like loboris, jacer, igorpec,  Jacaranda, zhao-steven, etc. Thanks to all.

On Windows
Creat a folder for you Orange Pi PC and download everything below into it.

Download Win32 Disk Imager
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

Download OrangePI_Jessie_Xfce.img.xz
https://drive.google.com/folderv ... WnVwSEU&usp=sharing

Download 7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/
unpack OrangePI_Jessie_Xfce.img.xz using 7zip (Windows)

Format your Micro SD card to FAT on Windows

Use Win32 Disk Imager to write OrangePI_Jessie_Xfce.img to FAT formated micro SD

unplug SD card and replug it in, you will see now a boot partition

in a windows command prompt go into that "boot" partition
then

                copy uImage_OPI-2 uImage

then

                copy script.bin.OPI-PC_720p60 script.bin

or whatever resolution your monitor or TV needs.

Eject the SD card from Windows and place it into your new OrangePi PC along with a keyboard, mouse, wireless dongle (or plug in your network)  and power it up. You should see a Debian login screen. Username is "orangepi" and password is "orangepi"

At this point your OP should be running and display on a HDMI monitor or TV

Resize the file system, open a terminal.

                                   fs_resize

this will allow you to use all of the space on your sd card.

my wireless dongle ( $2 from china) was recognized by the kernel. I added wireless from the Debian Desktop, set my SSID and and it just connected. Right Click on Network icon in the taskbar to do this.

open a terminal.

I then added me as a user:

                sudo adduser XXX

where XXX is your new login name, it asks for a new password and you are good.
I than added me to the "sudo" group.

                adduser XXX sudo

logout and relogin as XXX

Change the root password, ( after entering the command sudo it will ask for your password, enter it and now you are root. When you type passwd as root without a username it assumes you are changing the root password.)

                sudo su
                passwd
enter new password for root.

Download scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz

https://drive.google.com/folderv ... WnVwSEU&usp=sharing

cd into /home/XXX/Downloads
make a new directory and move scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz  into it.

                mv scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz "newdirectory"

expand scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz with:

                tar -zxf scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz


Copy uImage_OPI-2 or uImage_OPI-PLUS (depending on your board type) to /media/boot.
Boot partition should be mounted to /media/boot in loboris images.

                cp uImage_OPI-2 /media/boot        

Copy one of the script.bin.OPI-XXXX (depending on your board type and desired monitor resolution) to script.bin in /media/boot

                cp script.bin.OPI-PC_720p60 /media/boot

Backup your old kernel, script.bin and lib/modules/3.4.39 in case something goes wrong. (optional but advised :-)  )

Copy lib/modules/3.4.39 directory to SD Card Linux partition (delete old first)

                 cp -avr /home/al/Downloads/scriptbin/lib/modules/3.4.39 /lib/modules

                reboot


It looks great on my HDTV but I want to run it on my Acer x203H that has a DVI input not HDMI.
I used this tutorial to get DVI to HDMI adaptor to work.  http://www.orangepi.org/orangepi ... =viewthread&tid=475

Special thanks to member zipob!

Basically it says this

Install sunxi-tools

                sudo apt-get install sunxi-tools

Boot partition should be mounted to /media/boot in loboris images. As root, make backup of  script.bin and convert it to script.fex with bin2fex and edit script.fex with editor of your choice

                    sudo su
                    cd /media/boot
                    cp script.bin script.bin.bak
                    bin2fex script.bin script.fex
                    nano script.fex

Find section [hdmi_para] and add these parameters under it, (it is way down in the file)

    hdcp_enable = 0
    hdmi_cts_compatibility = 1

Save the file and convert script.fex back to script.bin

                    fex2bin script.fex script.bin

reboot

crazykill

phreon replied at 2015-12-22 22:34
I will also make a new post of this in the beginners forum.

OP PC First Run ( about 30 minutes from ...

Nice but it doesnt take 30 minutes to boot up even the first time.

phreon

crazykill,
not sure why yours is taking so long, my OP PC went from first power up to Debian login screen in a couple minutes.

fritz

@G4USP
Booting without SD? it should boot in to the android installed in the emmc.

nextstep would be connect a usb-ttl serial device to the debug port and "see" what's going on.

dhlii

I am having the same problem.

But I can give you some advice.

There appear to be many haing this problem.
I think it is mostly with the Orange Pi Plus.

You should see if the unit boots correctly into Android without an SDcard.

I thought my unit was dead, until I tried without an SDcard - mine boots android from the eMMC every time.

The Powersuppy is a big deal - this is trur of LOTS of boards.
I am working on a hummingboard right now that behaves very odd with anything less than a 1.8A powersupply.
Also some boards such as the Olinuxino will work fine from USB power But only if you do not connect a display.

Regardless, a hefty powersupply is key.

If you have worked with other boards - then you probably know how to set up a serial connection to the board.

With that you can watch the boot process.
My unit does ntohing at all with an SDcard.
and sprays all the normal Linux boot text with the eMMC android.