r/OrangePI

Hi, I have a Jellyfin with the arr stack running in the OrangePI5.

Right now I have an 240gb m.2 SSD for the OS and also as the media volume but it gets filled up quickly.

I'm looking for the best way to add more storage to the setup.

Right now I'm thinking about buying an HDD and a SATA to USB adapter with an external power supply.

I'm concerned of the orangePI not being able to deliver enough current for the HDD via its USB.

Any considerations? Thanks!

I know nothing about Linux but I just got a orange pi 4 pro to make a cyberdeck on the Armbian website I see support for every other version but the pro. Every answer I can find is for the orange pi 4. Apparently the orange os is buggy and not secure, but I want a desktop style os what can I do?

I checked the official Armbian site but couldn't find the download page for the Pi Plus 2. Does anyone have a direct link or know which image I'm supposed to use for this board? Appreciate any help!

Could someone who has successfully run an 8gb+ ollama model fully accelerated. Please tell me what Linux distribution that I need to download. Thanks.

I purchased an O Pi zero 3 with 4 GB RAM, the expansion board, and the official heatsink (before prices went whacko). Now that I’m about to get/print a case for it, I’m more worried about thermal so will add the heatsink. That makes me worry about clearance between the expansion board and the heatsink - bith from thermal efficiency and electrical safety - I may be mounting this on my 3D printer so vibration might cause an electrical “oopsie”.

What I’m thinking is in addition to longer brass standoffs, I would put an extra header on top of the onboard more height above the heatsink. I may need to use it without a case long enough to get my printer back in action, klipper up and running, so I can print one.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback?

Hi folks.

I am trying to get into kernel with buildroout using my Zero 3, but can't for the life of me make it work. I would be grateful if someone more experienced could point me into right direction.

According to recommendations the host is Ubuntu 22, but no matter what I do I end up with something like this:

UPD     include/generated/timestamp_autogenerated.h
  CC      common/version.o
  AR      common/built-in.o
  LD      u-boot
  CC      spl/common/spl/spl.o
  OBJCOPY u-boot.srec
  OBJCOPY u-boot-nodtb.bin
  SYM     u-boot.sym
  RELOC   u-boot-nodtb.bin
  AR      spl/common/spl/built-in.o
  LD      spl/u-boot-spl
  CAT     u-boot-dtb.bin
  MKIMAGE u-boot.img
  MKIMAGE u-boot-dtb.img
  COPY    u-boot.bin
  OBJCOPY spl/u-boot-spl-nodtb.bin
  SYM     spl/u-boot-spl.sym
  COPY    spl/u-boot-spl.bin
  MKIMAGE spl/sunxi-spl.bin
  BINMAN  .binman_stamp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/shumnyj/buildroot/output/build/uboot-2024.10/./tools/binman/binman", line 46, in <module>
    from binman import control
  File "/home/shumnyj/buildroot/output/build/uboot-2024.10/tools/binman/control.py", line 16, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1126: .binman_stamp] Error 1
make[1]: *** [package/pkg-generic.mk:273: /home/shumnyj/buildroot/output/build/uboot-2024.10/.stamp_built] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:83: _all] Error 2

I have tried:

• Installing/reinstalling "setuptools" and "pkg-resources" both via pip and apt
• Installing older versions caused different issues
• Googling alternatives

After my last post here about running a 4-node AI stack, a lot of people asked for more detail on the setup and how to actually make money with it. So I wrote it up.

The Orange Pi 5 Plus is the Ollama model server in my stack, runs qwen3.5:4b (4.7B parameters) comfortably under 7GB RAM. It handles all the AI inference for 14 agents across 6 crews. Cost to run: about $3/month in electricity.

The guide covers:

→ Single node budget path — Orange Pi only, under $125 total

→ Full 4-node distributed stack → The $8/month cost breakdown

→ 14 AI agents and what each one does

→3 services you can offer immediately to make money with it

Wrote it up as a guide, link in my profile if you want the full breakdown!

Happy to answer questions here, this community gave great feedback last time.

What models are you currently running on your Orange Pi?

Made a personal online storage using OPi 4 Pro, chose a minimalistic approach by using only Tailscale and Syncthing, not NextCloud. And designed a 3D printed case, working well. Documented in YouTube, this first part contains the software part. Will make part 2 about the case design and assembly, and part 3 about controlling fan speed according to CPU temperature.

Nothing fancy, just some fun 😇🙏🏼

I'm excited even though any programmer or serious nerd would probably scoff at this. I have finally given up on Wiim getting things together to make their products Plex endpoints and their half baked solution sucks for Plex. It's too bad. They do make a pretty good product that does a lot. It just didn't work for my case.

I managed to dig out my old Raspberry Pi 3B+ and get Ropieee going on that and put it upstairs. It works so well as an endpoint I wanted another. Well....Pi's are stupid priced anymore. So, I saw an Orange Pi 4 Pro for a decent price and decided to go for it as they can supposedly run quite a few different OS.

Got it and immediately tried doing Ropieee. Nope. Not sure what the underlying OS is for Ropieee but it didn't want to work for the 4 Pro. Tried some others and burned them to a card and still didn't work. The Orange Pi Debian install wouldn't activate SSH no matter what I tried. So, I decided to give Ubuntu a try as I have good history with it. BOOM! Ubuntu Jammy 5.15.147 did the trick and was running just fine.

Then, I used the process from Odinb which installs Plex headless (his is made for DietPi but works on Ubuntu). I actually followed this guide to get it going. Followed instructions and it worked! Had to adjust the output but now my second stereo is streaming from Plexamp just fine. Now, to figure out Snapcast and how to get stereos synced for whole house music. This is mainly for others to know that the Orange Pi 4 Pro can be used for this purpose and does a great job and pulls very little power. Cheers!

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