Then to boot your system:. As promised, the system runs appropriately albeit without modesetting. One could add a newer kernel from the Kernel Repo to compensate for this or go for Tumbleweed. The eternal rolling release with all the latest goodness.
The Tumbleweed ISO is 2 parts, 1st part is boot segment, 2nd part is data. Same as Fedora, "linuxefi" and "initrdefi" are used so we'll take the following steps. Grub may or may not complain about a couple of things missing but at the minimum you should get a selection menu to start the installer.
From here do as the Romans do. Follow the installer steps and let the installer do its thing. When it's almost done you'll get a polite message:.
Keep calm and carry on. The installer will still deploy a grub. Let the good times roll from there. Verdict: Tremendous! Tumbleweed effectively uses half the memory Fedora 27, boots faster and feels snappier overall. No idea what GDM is doing but the overhead is rediculous for what is nothing but a session manager. Before we continue, an honorable mention for "Linuxium" which is an Ubuntu for Bay Trail and Cherry Trail based devices.
While I had a mixed experience with it previously I don't feel it warrants its own section any more seeing as how well Ubuntu Ubuntu Remember to be connected to the internet during the installation so Ubuntu can install a bit Grub correctly on your behalf. That's all there is to it really. The ISO when burned to a USB stick will create 2 partitions, the EFI partition is relatively small so we'll make some space by deleting the bit bootloader and copying a bit version on.
Your screen will be dark for a moment or two followed by a familar purple background, just be patient and the live session will boot. The installer finishes up and provided you are connected to the internet it correctly deploys a bit bootloader which boots properly at the first reboot. Don't really have any other comments. The new Gnome based environment feels faster then Fedora Verdict: bit Ubuntu is as Ubuntu does and it does it very well indeed. I'm a big fan of Arch Linux so some things may not apply to your particular flavour of distro.
I hope that you may atleast gleam helpful clues from all this. Before we begin there are a couple of basic requirements:.
This enables the boot partition on the stick to be modified as normally it's mounted read-only. Eject your stick and re-plug, you can now modify the boot slice. You'll need a bit UEFI bootloader , there's a couple of options to get that sorted. The UEFI spec expects the file to be called "bootia You can have a different name but that will require you to make a seperate boot entry and likely having to manually get Grub going with the internal command line.
I've concocted a BayTrail Grub. This version will fit the "" release, in case I don't get a chance to update be sure to search and replace accordingly. Grub will automatically pick it up when copied to the right path. In the "Boot" section, set "Secure Boot" to "Disabled". Exit and Save Changes. If all is right you'll be greeted by GNU Grub.
If you don't have a need for fancy boot menus and are not using the grub. On the grub command line we must first set a root device:. If Grub complains, issue the "ls" command for a list of other sources.
Now we'll tell Grub what to boot, if root is set correctly you get tab complete powers. Keep in mind to match the "archisolabel" accordingly with the volume name of the ISO, here I'm using the December release. Protips: - You have tab-completion powers. Console in Portrait Mode:. If you end up with a black screen after the initial init try adding "i The December install media comes with kernel 4.
Use a MicroSD reader in the interrim and be ready to compile a Kernel to work around bug Afterwards, with the magic of UUID, swapping the card from reader to internal slot becomes hassle free. Should you be installing on the internal eMMC you are good to go, this bug doesn't affect you.
If you still run into issues corruption or other issues during installation it may be worth having a look in the Power Management Section for possible clues. If the deities smiled upon you then your device should be presenting the base Arch environment from which you can commence your installation as per the Beginners Guide.
Take note installing the bootloader is the step that will deviate, as by default it is assumed a bit environment will have a bit bootloader which is a no-go given we are dealing with bit UEFI on the Venue 8 Pro. Optionally, if you intend to dual boot you'll have to partition accordingly.
See what works out best for you. Kernel 4. A quick "lsblk" provides the clues we need. If you mounted the correct partition the following path should show you the Windows boot manager. Why give up valuable space, use zramswap instead. However, you'll need storage backed swap space if you'd like hibernation to function.
You can partition your MicroSD card with a single partition for Linux use as per the guide if you intend to dual boot. Otherwise use your internal MMC as you see fit. Otherwise, again, do as you would.
Do make sure you install btrfs progs before you mkinitcpio, else you'll get complaints that btrfs. It's been a long wait and an interesting journey but with Kernel 4. As long as your battery is reporting for duty then capacity and charge status are correctly reported. Suspend your device and patiently wait for your battery to drain.
Some time ago my Venue 8's battery decided to disappear, updating the BIOS brought it back and then a month later it disappeared again. Trying a forced reflash of the BIOS did not result in any change. Now to clarify the battery itself still remains functional but the charging light gives no feedback no white or orange colour and software is unable to report any details such as charging status or charge level.
Running the onboard diagnostics will show you there's something there but all the values are incorrect. One characteristic of this "confused" power state is that the Venue 8 will turn on immediatly when pressing the power button where as under normal circumstances powering on requires a good 2 second press of the button. My theory is that in this instance it's almost like the power manager has a variable stuck where the tablet thinks it's always left in a stand-by state and it is never cleared.
Because of this stand-by state it assumes it has a battery but never checks it exists and thus nothing is reported. While I was testing suspend I forgot to keep track of time and thus drained the battery flat. Initially the Venue 8 refused to power on or show any signs of life but after leaving the charger connected for a couple of minutes the charging status light came on white which was a very promising sign.
I left the unit to charge for half an hour after which it turned on fine again. Booting into the system confirmed that things had turned back to normal and with an over night charge the system reported a full battery and a 9 hour possible run time.
A good 2A USB power supply is recommended. The charger block from the Venue 11 is also compatible. Your charge rate can easily drop to less then 0. Each new Kernel has progressively improved the stability of the Venue 8.
Initially I was lucky to get an hour of uptime and at the very worst constant freezes, fast forward to the present and using the device for an entire day with few surprises is now achievable. I've not had any issues with filesystem corruption since Kernel 4. On AC power I've managed to get to 2 days and 7 hours straight, on battery as much as 10 hours and 33 minutes 2 Cores, audio streaming and light browsing with randomly connecting the charger to see if it would upset things.
There seems to be some correlation with having removed and reinstated the ath6kl kernel modules. A number of days prior I had a full lock up some hours after an rmmod cycle after about a days worth of uptime. Unpowered it does not appreciate any plug and unplug activities on the Venue side, causing the system log to overflow with ACPI errors, but you can safely do things on the OTG cable end.
The device will resume when either the "meta" button near the headphone jack or the power button is pressed. The volume buttons will not wake the device. Likewise any USB attached keyboard or mice will not wake it either. Only niggles I've found sofar is that sound doesn't always re-initialize right if you had an audio source playing.
Stopping any playback before suspend negates this issue. Surprisingly Wifi is very well behaved and has sofar been reconnecting on resume. TuxOnIce is an alternative sub-system for hibernation that offers a more compelling feature set then the stock mainline sub-system does. The author's webpage seems to be under construction at the moment so a wayback machine link is provided, alternatively see Wikipedia. Tried to compile the latest git release but no luck today.
ToDo: Experiment more another day. I use this when testing so it disables things immediately upon boot when running from battery power. But this will suffice for now. The Intel GPU kernel driver has a number of options that can be tried. Power Management can be enabled on i2c devices to save a little more. While PowerTop has an auto pilot I'm not sure if I want to trust it at present so we pass some selective flags.
Saving up to another 0. You can install "powertop", but powertop can be slow in refreshing the overall battery discharge rate. However, we can ask the kernel these things combined with a little math. Keep in mind you'll need to disconnect your power adapter to get a correct output. I tend to live in shells most of the time so I don't need quad core power. Additionally, this saves about 0. Meanwhile I'm curious as to why the P-State driver is not turning cores off.
In lieu of this, we force cores offline which achieves a "similar effect". Disable turbo state which can save up to another 0. The CPU is also likely to generate less heat. Bay Trail CPU's are classified as being friends with the Sandy Bridge architecture and Intel recommends the "ondemand" governor for best results.
However, to minimize heat you can consider using "powersave" instead. Either you can set it on the command line or you can set it as a default when compiling the kernel. WiFi eats up to 0. Without a bluetooth keyboard in use this is a practical measure at the moment. Based on Kernel 4. Wifi off, XFCE: 1. Wifi off, TTY: 1. Your choice of wallpaper and UI theme can impact power use.
Likewise your choice of application can impact power use. Visible applications that have interface elements that constantly refresh, for example the visualizer in Audacious can eat 0. Simply hiding it becomes instant savings. ToDo: New table with facts. As per title, this is the shipping default. Screen rotation works as does touch input. So far so good. The following switches offer a solution to this. Do not my friends expect alot of excitement here, it is still early days but we have a little progress since last time.
The same demo under Sway seems broken at this time. Mouse input is obviously fine in both lands. For now a traditional X11 environment is more fruitful. I've had little difficulty with the framebuffer overall since the start of this journey and you have two options to explore. Be advised the overall stability of all options combined is up in the air at present. Remember, only one "AccelMethod" at a time. SNA default with TearFree enabled looks and feels great with no tearing.
Glamor uses slightly less power at approximately 0. Feel free to experiment with the config below. Should not be needed with DRI 3 enabled. The "RandR" Resize and Rotate protocol is what allows for rotating the desktop as well as changing resolutions. It is also helpful in setting your scaling factor to keep everything reading by way of changing the DPI level.
At this point in time it's normal if the screen stays black for a brief period as Xorg does its thing. This tends to occur if you rotate in any direction that is not degrees mirrored to your current setting. This behaviour happens both with the Modesetting and Intel Xorg Driver. Let's install Enlightenment. If you're happy to use your fingers, pen or keyboard to work the UI, it's decent. OpenTTD is hard to play without a "right mouse" button. By default Button 1 bottom click is mapped to "left" and Button 2 upper click to "middle".
Button 1 is shared with the pen tip so we seem to loose "left click" on the tip if we change it, Button 2 can be freely changed to right click. Be advised, some may consider Pen Input somewhat sensitive. A modified rotation script based on the T version by John allows us to set the touch input, pen input and screen rotation appropriately but we are dependent on parsing the output of xinput and xrandr. For me personally, my desktop is already set in landscape and I just want the input rotated 90 degrees.
For wifi to work we need a newer release of the ath6kl firmware then is currently shipped in the Linux firmware package. Qualcomm has these in their ath6kl firmware repo. For reference, the intel firmware repo may have updated versions available if you run into difficulties. Bay Trail audio is a very odd beast. Weird mixers, everywhere Straight ALSA works but the overall experience is better with PulseAudio as it will make it easier to switch between headphones and speaker output as well as having input controls to toggle between device microphone or your headset microphone.
Can confirm automatic sensing of a headphone jack being present works on recent Kernels. This may still be the case on older distros, this is a legacy item at this point For ALSA to properly configure the hardware we need a set of " Use Case Manager " files which help ALSA understand how the hardware works and what the correct default initialisation state should be.
Copy these in place as directed and just to be safe remove your current ALSA state file if present. Proceed to reboot to activate the UCM data and regenerate the state file. You should now have sound. Works, if you are so inclined. Out of the box resampling will cause CPU time overhead but fortunately we have ways of controlling this.
This command will show you all supported resampling methods from "cheapest" to most "expensive" CPU wise. Pick and then apply your choice pending on personal preference. Make sure to uncomment the option. How do I find my Dell WiFi driver?
Why is my Dell desktop not connecting to WiFi? How do I fix WiFi disabled on Windows 10? Where is the wireless switch on my Dell computer? How do I enable the wireless adapter on my Dell desktop? How do I download Dell drivers and install? How do I update my Dell drivers Windows 10?
Make sure you know what Dell product you are using. By clicking Check for Updates, Dell will find and update your drivers automatically. The following methods can be used to locate and download drivers manually:… Save the file by clicking the Download button next to the driver you want to download.
Start by clicking on the Start button. The Control Panel will appear. This post provides 5 solutions to let you disable automatic updates on Windows Check the step-by-step guide. To check the WiFi driver name and version in your Windows 10 computer, you can follow the steps below. Tip: If you want to find and check Windows 10 WiFi driver folder, you can go to Windows 10 driver location to search for the wireless driver folder.
Also learn how to change Windows 11 password. The WiFi driver in Windows 10 needs to be updated to fit the new versions of the wireless adapter in Windows If the WiFi driver gets outdated, you can go to Device Manager, expand Network adapters, right-click the wireless adapter, and select Update driver to update it. To uninstall and reinstall the Windows 10 WiFi driver, you can select Uninstall device, and restart your computer to reinstall it.
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