VisionFive 2 Debian Image(December) Released

VisionFive 2 （English Forum)
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VisionFive 2 Debian Image-69 has been released, please download: https://debian.starfivetech.com/

Please update latest SPL and U-Boot binaries by following Guide: 4.3 charpter before running this Debian image. this is very important.

Here is the chang log:

What’s New

  • Supported SBC: VF2 v1.2A and v1.3B
  • Based on Linux kernel 5.15 (VisionFive2 Software tag: v2.5.0);
  • Upgraded Libre Office V7.3.4.2 to Libre Office V7.5;
  • Add a minimal desktop Image69 (almost 500MB);

Known Issues / Limitation

  • Mosaic pictures after login
  • xeglinfo crashes X server
  • Qt modules qtwebengine failed to build
  • Firefox hardware acceleration is not working
  • NWjs Filesystem access APIs failed.
  • NWjs mp3 encoder failed to be detected
  • Failure on dual display [MIPI+HDMI]
  • 4K monitor does not display properly
  • Boot flow(boot from SD or eMMC) are not supported yet
  • First login will prompt back to login page
  • Failure on multi-channel MJPEG decoding by GStreamer
  • Accidental Crash occurred on libreoffice v7.5

Fixed Issues

  • Mosaic cursor
  • Libreoffice When opening Forms or Tables in an .odb file, there would be an error “The connection to the data source could not be established.”
  • HDMI Audio not working
  • Auto-selection of 4GB/8GB ddr in uboot
  • Eth0 cannot be assigned IP address
  • Kernel crash when on high usage;
  • Missing netwok icon
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hello Michael,

great and many thanks for the work.
i got 502 Bad gateway for the link https://doc-en.rvspace.org/VisionFive2/PDF/VisionFive2_QSG.pdf

The SPL and U-Boot update works with the old image too or it breaks ?

Best regards
Damian

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I found this link works https://doc.rvspace.org/VisionFive2/PDF/VisionFive2_QSG.pdf

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yeah, latest uboot/spl also works well with the old image, but the issue of eth0 and ddr capacity remains

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Yeah thank you, it works.

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Hello Michael,

wouldn’t it be good to download the new u-boot & SPL Files u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out and
visionfive2_fw_payload.img on github ?

With a default config

Damian

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Yes, this two firmware have download link on github Release VisionFive2 Software v2.5.0 · starfive-tech/VisionFive2 · GitHub

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Update torrent file, sorry for the incovinence

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Hello together,

i installed the new image. Great work. The download from Google Drive was very fast about 5min.
Memory is now the correct value :slight_smile:

Merci
Damian

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image749×423 37.6 KB

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Hello @Michael.Zhu

what i found out the image has an /boot/boot folder. From this folder the kernel will be loaded.

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image756×397 67 KB

Is it possible tochange it to standard /boot ?

I found it out after my own kernel wasnt bootet.

Best regards
Damian

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Thanks for the minimal desktop image.

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GPU driver could not be loaded

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yes, we also found it. thanks for your remind.

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should be loaded, any log?

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¿Is It possible to update without ttl usb device?.

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No,
you can do without ttl usb:

  1. the u-boot and SPL update as described in VisionFive2_QSG.pdf p.26.
  2. Flash the img to SD Card.
    Login to the Image as root you need usb ttl
    Or you can change the sshd_config directly in the image when its mounted on your linux host.
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p.26 it is written:

Note:
This method only supports versions equal to or later than VF2_v2.5.0

Can I follow the procedure from image55 (which from it’s name seems to be a 2.3.0 ?)
OR this note apply only to u-boot&SPL v2.5.0 ?

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Here’s a magnet link to Image-69 if anyone wants to download without going through the Google Drive.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:ddefc7df6e3f7a708930183fc8c384a57eb8c331&dn=Image-69&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A6969%2Fannounce

For future release, could the .torrent file be put into github, or just on the low bandwidth site directly?

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As expected, image55 (v2.3.0) was not able to mount mtd devices then switched to the other solution (flashing through TFTP server).
As expected too, using image69 without updated u-boot & SPL failed booting and forced the boot to u-boot. From here the tftp procedure worked fine for updating u-boot and SPL
→ Reboot : debian booted directly.

Thx

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I have a gigabit uplink that I’ll leave running on that, though it’ll take a while to get inertia. It’s estimating 44 hours, so my Gbit uplink in the states should help.