Arkm8c
Operating System for the R36S game console running only M8C
Download link:
Arkm8c.tar.xz 1.5 - 909 MB
Use BalenaEtcher to write the tar.xz file to an SD card.
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For version 1.3 and up, there is no need to uncompress it first.
You can find and change gamepad and other settings related to M8C or i3 in the /boot partition in a folder called "m8c-settings".
❗❗❗ If you experience latency after starting your device, put it in standby mode by pressing the power button and wake it up again. Your device will appear unresponsive for a couple of seconds, but after a short wait, it should work fine. ❗❗❗
Controls:
- D-pad = Navigation
- B = Edit
- A = Options
- Y or L2 = Shift
- X or R2 = Play
- R3 + Up or Down = Brightness Up or Down
- FN + Select = Shutdown
Problems
If you get nothing but a black screen after booting, copy the rk3326-r35s-linux.dtb file from the original SD card's /boot partition that came with your device. Then replace/rename it to rk3326-r36s-linux.dtb in the /boot partition of your fresh Arkm8c SD card.
Headphone problems with the R36S? This adapter might solve it:
Changelog:
v1.5 - updated M8C to version 1.7.6
- removed support for analog sticks in M8C
v1.4 - updated M8C to version 1.7.1
v1.3 - lowered latency even further
- cleaned up the status bar & added battery status (FN button)
- shrunk the image to 4GB (908MB compressed)
- doesn't expand filesystem anymore after the first boot.
- pavucontrol doesn't start at boot as default
- added settings folder with symlinks to M8C and i3 configs in /boot partition
v1.2 - we don't talk about version 1.2
v1.1 - lowered buffer size from 1024 to 256
Older versions:
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