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[Destry]

BBaker wrote:

@destry over on the Linux Mint forum says he’s got his Chuwi Hi12 booting on USB with WiFi working.
I think he’s booting with the latest distro; Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 (which has the 4.4 Kernel). Have a look…
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=223722&p=1184439#p1184439

[Edit] Also, be sure to check his TT Linux on Chuwi Hi10 thread here, and his other thread on the LM forum.

That is correct! I am using the latest distro LM 18 with the 4.4 kernel. However to get the wifi working, I had to do a little work on it that I found right here in this forum thread.. I don’t remember the location of the posts that helped, but here is what I did.

sudo apt-get -y install git

cd
git clone https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs.git
cd rtl8723bs
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot 

Booted into Bios/ South Bridge/ LPSS & SCC CONFIGURATION/ SCC SDIO Support = changed acpi to PCI then saved and exit. After reboot, wifi working! Connected and online!

inxi -Fxz still shows card not found even though the wifi is working…

Linking to screenshots and pictures taken with my android phone.

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I changed the screen resolution to 1600 x 1024 as the 2160 x 1440 makes everything too small to read on the 12 inch screen.

We all know the rules when modifying equipment from factory specs. Warranty void, you break it, your broken equipment.

Linux Mint on my Chuwi Hi12