Bug Report: Rock5C-Lite

[Qengineering]

What happened?

The support for the Rock5C-Lite still fails:

After the initialization steps Ubuntu 22.04 release v2.3.2 2024-09-04 reboots and the Rock5C-Lite errors with: fail to start casper-m5check Verifiy Live ISO checksums.

The Ubuntu 24.04 release v2.3.2 2024-09-04 shows in a glimpse the Ubuntu 24.04 screen, jumps to command line messages and stocks with only a blinking cursor in the top. No initialization whatsoever.

Kernel version

unable to fetch

SBC model

Rock5C-Lite

What operating system are you seeing this problem on?

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish), Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Nombat)

Relevant logs

No response

[ModFol]

I just tried to boot a rock 5c lite from an nvme drive. I could not get it to work. I have attached a copy of the uart console output in case that is helpful. 5c-lite.txt

[kisturyo]

It needs to flash a patched U-Boot to unlock the GPU Core if you want to enter desktop environment.

[krishna4104]

It needs to flash a patched U-Boot to unlock the GPU Core if you want to enter desktop environment. @kisturyo Did u find a way around or anything that can solve this

[kisturyo]

It needs to flash a patched U-Boot to unlock the GPU Core if you want to enter desktop environment. @kisturyo Did u find a way around or anything that can solve this

Armbian's u-boot has patched.You can use it.

[Qengineering]

@kisturyo, Please, enlighten your pearls of wisdom.
Most readers aren't as senior in the Debian / Linux world as you are. They need more guidance, more a step to step approach.

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