[OS](2022) Manjaro ARM Linux- Dev - GS King X

spikerguy

Manjaro ARM for Beelink GS King X

The Manjaro ARM project is proud to announce the first alpha release for Beelink GS King X !!

Thanks to Beelink for the sample device. This image is running Mainline 5.16.0 Linux kernel.

CAUTION: To run this image you will need to erase android on emmc without erasing the emmc this will not boot at all.
Try only if you want to test it as you will lose all the data on emmc.
Users can use it from SDcard/USB drive, It can also be flashed on emmc using the script.

I or Manjaro ARM Linux will not be responsible for the lose of your data.

How to install:

• Download the Latest Image file from the download location. Verify that the download completed successfully.
  

• Install Etcher (sudo pacman -S etcher if on Manjaro) and burn the to an SD card (8 GB or larger).
  

• Andoird should be in emmc, without android on emmc Manjaro Image will not boot.
  

• Now insert the sd card which you have flashed latest manjaro mage on.
  
• This it should recognize the SD card as a bootable device and boot from it.
• You will see the Kernel loading and it will take you to the First Time OEM Setup screen
  

First Time setup

This release sports the First Time setup for all images, also via SSH. This means that at first boot, you will be asked about the following:

• keyboard layout
• username
• additional user groups (optional)
• full name
• password for that username
• password for root
• timezone
• locale
• hostname
  

Then the setup script will set these settings and reboot to the login screen. If it fails to restart then just power off and power on the device.

Features:

• New packages from upstream and Manjaro ARM.
• KDE Plasma 5.20.2
• Software Acceleration
• Wifi/BT/Audio - Works
  

Known Issues

• GPU processing is a bit slow. (Software Acceleration)
• Video Playback is over Software Acceleration.
  

Downloads:

Device	Kde Plasma
GS King X	Manjaro ARM GS King X Releases

This is a preview image and have known issues and bugs, if you come across any bug then feel free to post it in this thread.

• Netflix/Amazon/Spotify can be viewed using `chromium-docker`. Using the below command.
  
  • sudo pacman -S chromium-docker
    
• Please use MPV player to watch videos.
  

Why use Linux on GS King X ?

It can be the best ARM Based NAS Drive where you can run media server and access it over your network or outside the network.
Run Server over docker containers or natively on aarch64.

• Nextcloud
  
• Samba file sharing server
  
• Jellyfin Media Server
  
• Emby Media Server
  
• Plex Media Server
  
• Web and Mail Server
  
• Many More.
  
  

Donate!

Please consider supporting Manjaro ARM directly via Patreon, Ko-Fior Open Collective.
You can also donate to our upstream, which is Arch Linux ARM.

ns2049

spikerguy replied at 2022-04-22 03:30
1. Docker, MySQL and filerun are installed on GS King X.
2. After I mounted two 2T hard disks, I w ...

It may be that I had forced power-off before, which caused the data in EMMC to be damaged, so that I entered "you are in emergency mode". I have repaired it with the command "fsck - VA / dev / mmcblk1p1"

spikerguy

Yes showdown and reboot seem to have some problem.
To flash it on emmc you just have to run the install-to-eMMC.script which is located in /boot/

Run this script as root or sudo.
Make sure the time is correct before running this script.  

After the script is run successfully then reboot the device 2 times with sd card inserted.  

After this just shutdown and remove sd card and try to boot. Hopefully it should boot from emmc.  

Good luck.   

ns2049

spikerguy replied at 2021-01-23 08:26
Created an video tutorial for Flashing Manjaro ARM OS on GS KIng X on SD-Card and eMMC.

How to Flas ...

hi, spikerguy。I want to flash my GS king x into linux, and ask if the releases version of the gt king pro repository on github can be used for the device GS king x

JFL

spikerguy replied at 2021-01-23 08:26
Created an video tutorial for Flashing Manjaro ARM OS on GS KIng X on SD-Card and eMMC.

How to Flas ...

Hi Spikerguy,

Good tutorial.  The voice is a bit soft.

spikerguy

Users can put their HDD in Bays to sleep using a package called hd-idle
Install the package using

1. sudo pacman -S hd-idle

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Enable it but editing its config file in /etc/config.d/hd-idle and set the timing as per your requirement.
Start hd-idle service.

1. sudo systemctl enable hd-idle --now

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This will put the HDD to sleep once it have idled of the set time.

clarkss12

By stopping the burn at 15%, will that kill the device for ever?  When I wish to go back to the native Android, does the Burn tool work again to restore it?
Also, when I tried your Linux on another device, the fonts were too small to read at a 10' distance......  And I am not that good in Linux, I can muddle my way through it......

spikerguy

clarkss12 replied at 2020-11-19 23:48
By stopping the burn at 15%, will that kill the device for ever?  When I wish to go back to the nati ...

Hello,
At 15% it erases the emmc and when you remove it then it will have a blank emmc and this will just have no os on emmc.

Yes the burning tool will work like normal even after you erase the emmc using 15% cable removal method.
If you want to get Android again on emmc then just run the same process till 100%

Just to let users know that boot sequence is stored in Spi flash which is not erased at all.  So no need to worry about having a dead device just need to take care of the data so please make sure to backup all the data on emmc.
The test image is KDE Plasma and in this you can increase the scaling of the screen if you need bigger screen or just change the resolution if needed.

Good luck.

clarkss12

If I install this Linux, are there instructions for installing the samba server and Emby server?

spikerguy

clarkss12 replied at 2020-11-22 09:36
If I install this Linux, are there instructions for installing the samba server and Emby server?

Yes ofcourse you can install samba and Emby server(Either Docker or native)

Currently I am running Samba and Jellyfin (docker). It is working very well.

I will try to do a tutorial for you or get you some links to follow if I don't get time.

clarkss12

That would be great, thanks

spikerguy

Created an video tutorial for Flashing Manjaro ARM OS on GS KIng X on SD-Card and eMMC.

How to Flash Manjaro ARM OS on Beelink GS King X

Users of GT KIng Pro can follow the same steps and achieve the similar results.

spikerguy

JFL replied at 2021-01-24 23:02
Hi Spikerguy,

Good tutorial.  The voice is a bit soft.

Thank You for the feedback dear.

Yea My voice is soft and as It is my first attempt, I am still trying to figure out the right volume levels and distance.

Will work on it in my next video.

BTW I am looking for another topic to do a video about. Feel free to share some suggestions.