ODROID GameStation Turbo with XBMC

[cotonec]

I will check if your particular device (VID_148F & PID_7601) is part of the driver or if the driver needs to be updated.

--> checked apparently it's part of it:

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        {USB_DEVICE(0x148f,0x7601)}, /* MT 6370 */

Edit:
So here are a couple things to check and that I found:
1. after installation of the DKMS module and the reboot is any device listed if you check ip a? It should show either wlan0 or ra0 or something similar
2. There is a file: /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat where you have to configure the device with your location specific settings.. there are different country codes that it knows which bandwidth to chose and things like that.
3. Can you check with lsmod if mt7601Usta is loaded? If not try modprobe mt7601Usta and check again with ip a if a wlan network adapter is listed or not.
4. also just in case please make sure the following package is installed: apt-get install firmware-misc-nonfree

If nothing works, let me know and I see if I can find a different driver for you

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root@gamestation-turbo:/home/odroid# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 1a:64:b6:bf:36:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.137.143/24 brd 192.168.137.255 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::1864:b6ff:febf:3611/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@gamestation-turbo:/home/odroid# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
sg                     23459  0 
sr_mod                 13411  0 
cdrom                  36288  1 sr_mod
cpufreq_ondemand        5273  0 
cpufreq_conservative     4285  0 
cpufreq_userspace       2252  0 
cpufreq_powersave        885  0 
vfat                    9143  1 
fat                    49103  1 vfat
mt7601Usta            563635  0 
smsc95xx               19090  0 
usbnet                 20024  1 smsc95xx
mousedev               10299  0 
gpio_keys               7062  0 
vhba                    8698  1 
snd_seq_midi            4630  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      5898  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                50855  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            19351  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device          5914  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
fuse                   65297  3 
ipv6                  295997  44 
autofs4                22368  2 
root@gamestation-turbo:/home/odroid# apt-get install firmware-misc-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
firmware-misc-nonfree is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 442 not upgraded.
root@gamestation-turbo:/home/odroid# 

[meveric]

looks fine, except there is no WLAN to be found..
I already contacted you on PM, let's try to find out a bit more

[AkiraSensei]

Hello, meveric. Is your OS still being updated? I decided to repurpose my XU4 but went with Armbian this time. However, I'm having a hard time making the OS run from a hard drive. But for GameStation, I know you made it super easy to work that way. But I'm just concerned if the OS is not being updated anymore. I want to use it for desktop applications, not gaming.

[meveric]

I still do updates for it, but the OS itself (Debian Jessie) is rather aged by now.
To be honest I haven't touched the U2/U3 in quite some time and there are some manual steps that need to be done:
viewtopic.php?p=206490#p206490

You could also try to use my Debian Jessie image instead:
https://oph.mdrjr.net/meveric/images/Je ... 5-U.img.xz

It's a server image where you can install the Desktop via setup-odroid so it's without all the gaming stuff.

Still I consider Debian Jessie very aged by now but it's somewhat hard to progress to a different OS (Debian Stretch/Buster) as the "official" Kernel is very outdated and doesn't support these OSes.
There are some OSes available which can use upsteam Kernel but they often lack GPU support. So things like hardware accelerated browsing or 3D applications may not work correctly.

[AkiraSensei]

Ah, I see. So in other words, the Odroid device itself is outdated because of its kernel. If that's the case, then there's no use trying other OSs, especially with no hardware accelerated support. I'm going with GameStation again since Kodi is preinstalled already, thanks.

[meveric]

One question first.
Your description says you have an ODROID XU4, but you postet your question on the ODROID U2/U3 Forum.
Which one do you have? As the XU4 is still well supported with Kernel and OSes everywhere.

[AkiraSensei]

One question first.
Your description says you have an ODROID XU4, but you postet your question on the ODROID U2/U3 Forum.
Which one do you have? As the XU4 is still well supported with Kernel and OSes everywhere.

Shoot! Wrong sub-forum! Yes, I was talking about the XU4! Hmm, but your GameStation Turbo is outdated, right? I was just reading about your Debian Stretch OS just now. It seems you got Kodi working, too! Armbian wouldn't play Kodi videos right. All I need is a browser and Kodi for this 24/7 device. I'm going to try the OS now.

[meveric]

it should run Kodi with 1080p videos as well.

[symbios24]

Hi any change you make an image for Odroid C4?

[meveric]

nope sorry there is currently no plan for the C4.