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ASI183MM Pro fails on NanoPi M4

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I don't think so, I built the OS by following the Armbian instructions. That uses a desktop Ubuntu 18.04 image to cross-compile for ARM.
I built it in a VirtualBox VM.

I had nighmares with VNC too, nothing I tried would work properly. I think I tried every single package available with VNC in the name.
In the end I got it got it working fairly easily using tigervnc-standalone-server and a systemd unit file to start the service
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Have you considered downgrading the kernel to 4.15?

I know that the cameras work without a hitch with that kernel on a different mini-PC.
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I'd love to, but the only images I can find are either stable branch 4.4 or dev branch 5.3 ones.
FriendlyARM haven't released anything later than 4.4 for the NanoPi M4 and that's where Armbian pull the kernel from.

On the dev branch USB works fine, but I can't get WiFi to work. I can mostly live without it, maybe a USB WiFi stick will work for the few occasions that I need it. I'll try that out over the next few days.

I did find (using wayback machine) an old Armbian dev branch based on 4.19, but I haven't had a chance to try that one out yet. Maybe that will be OK, but as the kernel hasn't come from FriendlyARM, I bet there will be features missing
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Check out the synaptic package manager after installing Ubuntu MATE on the Nano-Pi. I skimmed over it quickly last night and I though kernels 4.15 and 4.18 were listed there.

I may be wrong, will have to check again tonight. If downgrading were possible, that would solve a lot of problems.
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Perhaps installing Ubuntu 16.04 could be the solution?
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How do you install Ubuntu Mate on the M4? I can't see an image for it, just the RPi3 one and that doesn't work.
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Start with the Ubuntu 18.04 Friendly Desktop Image and install either on the eMMC or on a micro SD card (use the fastest you can get).
Then go to Synaptic Package Manager and install all the MATE components.

Attached my install log and screenshot of the MATE surface after installation.

Synaptic also lists the images for 4.15, 4.18 and 5.0 kernels, but I have not figured out yet how to get the Grub menu to show when the system starts.
If you could figure that out, we may me able to solve the problem.

Ubuntu MATE runs GREAT on the NanoPi-M4, very fast and installing KStars and Indi went without a hitch, works fine, except for my ZWO imaging camera, which continues to hang (the ASI120MM works, though, so this seems to be an issue with the system not being able to handle the larger data flow through the ASI1600MM).

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Yep, that's what I've found. If I upgrade the kernel the machine doesn't reboot afterwards.

I have found a way to do it though, the dev image based on 4.19 has working wifi, if I upgrade the kernel through the package manager to a 5.3 rk3399 it works.
The machine can reboot and the usb and wifi work.
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Can you post detailed instructions?
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I will as soon as I can get to a desktop rather than being on mobile.

Basically though, I downloaded the dev build from January using the wayback machine.
Install the desktop using armbian_config.
Reboot to the desktop.
Use synaptic package manager to install the rk3399 5.3 kernel image.
Reboot.

I'll post links when I can.
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The image that I downloaded was web.archive.org/web/20190103120804/https...bionic_dev_4.19.0.7z

And the exact kernel version is "Linux nanopim4 5.3.0-rc4-rk3399 #5.93.190815"
It was already marked in Synaptic with an upgrade available, so I just selected it to do the upgrade
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What's the username and password to log in?
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