Linux Mint on Chuwi Hi10 & Hi12 Tablets

[Super]

Hi Lupo and Tikilou,

I have a Chuwi Hi 10, same BIOS version as Tikilou’s (I checked it from the video you posted), but I can’t boot a Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 USB key (neither live or installation). I can boot a live USB session or installation session with “nomodeset” option but I can’t rotate the screen and the system is very slow, almost not usable.

I tried to prepare the USB key with Rufus and Lili, same negative result.

I will now try to install Linux Mint 17.3 to try the same configuration as Lupo’s one.

I honestly can’t explain why Tikilou’s system is booting Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS on a USB key prepared with Lili and my one is not. I think we have the same hardware, I’m also using a very similar USB SanDisk USB 3 key. I tried four different USB sticks, same negative result.

Can you please give me some hint about how to proceed?

[zak]

Super wrote:

Hi Lupo and Tikilou, I have a Chuwi Hi 10, same BIOS version as Tikilou’s (I checked it from the video you posted), but I can’t boot a Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 USB key (neither live or installation). I can boot a live USB session or installation session with “nomodeset” option but I can’t rotate the screen and the system is very slow, almost not usable. I tried to prepare the USB key with Rufus and Lili, same negative result. I will now try to install Linux Mint 17.3 to try the same configuration as Lupo’s one. I honestly can’t explain why Tikilou’s system is booting Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS on a USB key prepared with Lili and my one is not. I think we have the same hardware, I’m also using a very similar USB SanDisk USB 3 key. I tried four different USB sticks, same negative result. Can you please give me some hint about how to proceed?

Can you please tell when you boot to linux your system info he show intel hd graphics or gallium ?

You have a single boot or dual boot CHUWI HI10 ?

[Super]

Hello Zak, thank you for your interest!

I have a single boot Chuwi Hi10. If I boot from a Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 USB stick using “nomodeset” option I see Gallium 0.4 in System Details (picture attached).

So I have a different setup from Tikilou, he can boot Ubuntu correctly because he has an updated Chuwi Hi10…

I’m trying to install Linux Mint following Lupo’s hints: I guess I have to install Mint on a USB key with “nomodeset” option, then I need to update xserver-xorg-video-intel as Lupo explained.

I’ll keep you updated!

 

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[zak]

Super wrote:

Hello Zak, thank you for your interest! I have a single boot Chuwi Hi10. If I boot from a Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 USB stick using “nomodeset” option I see Gallium 0.4 in System Details (picture attached). So I have a different setup from Tikilou, he can boot Ubuntu correctly because he has an updated Chuwi Hi10… I’m trying to install Linux Mint following Lupo’s hints: I guess I have to install Mint on a USB key with “nomodeset” option, then I need to update xserver-xorg-video-intel as Lupo explained. I’ll keep you updated!

Hi

I have the same issue with single boot chuwi , Tikilou use dual boot chuwi with different bios version but the hardware are the same.

I have tride all linux distro ubuntu ubuntu gnome xfce mate unity debian arch linux …..etc etc you can’t boot without nomodeset option, the problem is not the driver for intel HD graphics the problem is the BIOS version who don’t allow linux to access to the GPU and DRM.

The only thing that we can do here is flashing BIOS chip with bios.bin from CHUWI HI10 dualboot with eeprom programmer (CH341A) CHUWI single or dual use the same BIOS CHIP W25Q64FW erase blank and write the new code and we will see if this work and i think it will,

Will try this when i receive the CH341A from ebay

[Lupo]

zak wrote:

I have tride all linux distro ubuntu ubuntu gnome xfce mate unity debian arch linux …..etc etc you can’t boot without nomodeset option, the problem is not the driver for intel HD graphics the problem is the BIOS version who don’t allow linux to access to the GPU and DRM.

That isn’t true … I have purchased one of the first chuwi hi10, it boots only windblows 10 by default.

I’m using it right now with Linux Mint + updated Intel beta driver (check the previous posts) and I’m NOT using the “nomodeset” option, just the opposite, I’m booting with i915.modeset=1 wich is the opposite option of the nomodeset option.

When booting with the nomodeset option the screen rotation isn’t working here.

[zak]

Lupo wrote:

zak wrote:

I have tride all linux distro ubuntu ubuntu gnome xfce mate unity debian arch linux …..etc etc you can’t boot without nomodeset option, the problem is not the driver for intel HD graphics the problem is the BIOS version who don’t allow linux to access to the GPU and DRM.

That isn’t true … I have purchased one of the first chuwi hi10, it boots only windblows 10 by default. I’m using it right now with Linux Mint + updated Intel beta driver (check the previous posts) and I’m NOT using the “nomodeset” option, just the opposite, I’m booting with i915.modeset=1 wich is the opposite option of the nomodeset option. When booting with the nomodeset option the screen rotation isn’t working here.

Your serial ?

[Super]

Hi Lupo, I’m trying to replicate your configuration right now.

I am installing Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa on a Sandisk USB 3 stick.

I prepared the USB drive with 3 primary partitions:

500 MB ext2 for /boot

≈57 GB ext4 for /

2 GB for Swap

I set up the boot loader installation on the /boot partition (see image attached) and around 80% of the installation process I get an error saying that it wasn’t possible to install the boot loader on /target/.

Can you please help me getting Mint installed?

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[zak]

Super wrote:

Hi Lupo, I’m trying to replicate your configuration right now. I am installing Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa on a Sandisk USB 3 stick. I prepared the USB drive with 3 primary partitions: 500 MB ext2 for /boot ≈57 GB ext4 for / 2 GB for Swap I set up the boot loader installation on the /boot partition (see image attached) and around 80% of the installation process I get an error saying that it wasn’t possible to install the boot loader on /target/. Can you please help me getting Mint installed?

HI

Just tell me when you get linux boot without nomodeset or when you get INTEL HD GRAPHICS

[Super]

I will. I tried to install Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa using only one partition for / on the USB key, boot loader installation on MMC, no luck. I get the same error as before, the boot loader could’t be installed on /target/

I’m trying now with Linux Mint 17.2…

[Lupo]

zak wrote:

Your serial ?

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[zak]

Lupo wrote:

zak wrote:

Your serial ?

you have 150 series

and we are talking about 160xx series

[Lupo]

Here is a short demo of my Linux Mint on Chuwi Hi10

[zak]

Dude i know it’s work, but here we have a 1604 chuwi hi10 not 1500 series my bios version is 35e and on the dual boot version you will find 35f

[Super]

I was finally able to install Linux Mint 17.3 on the external USB key and I followed Lupo’s instruction to update the i915 driver and I added all the lines he suggested. It didn’t work.

I believe Zak is right and there’s something wrong with our version’s BIOS…

[Tikilou]

Lupo wrote:

Here is a short demo of my Linux Mint on Chuwi Hi10

How did you get support of sensors, Bluetooth and internal soundchip ? Can you share screens of all your bios settings (i’ve doing it before, so we can gonna compare it after that => http://osremix.com/download/chuwi-Hi10/captures ), many choice inside it, and i’m thinking it can play a role, about your support of Linux…

Anyway, i have a bad new, Chuwi enterprise seems be to play the same game to Mediatek ! They want to take open source code, compile and using it on their tablet, without redistribute it, like a closed-source software !

Answer of enterprise about releasing the source code of Android and kernel :

De :[email protected]
Envoyé :Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:12:10 +0200
À :Tikilou
Sujet :Re: Hellow Chuwi, i just receive my Chuwi Hi10 DualOS ! 🙂
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am sorry that we only give you the instrution to install the offical os. So I am sorry that I cannot give you the source code.

Thats f*cking insane, this is not Mediatek behind this source code build, this is Intel ! And Intel is a member of Linux Foundation !

So i’ve answering :

What ?! I have bought your tablet for it! It’s a legal obligation, your use open source code by Intel and multiples enterprises, community, with multiple licences like GPL,
you have to share it with your modifications !
Think about it, your in china, but Intel is not Mediatek… It’s a US company, you can’t do what you want about it like a thief, and have responsibilities, reputation.
Can you give me one explanation about your decision to doing it?
Be careful, depend of your answer, i will contact Intel, free software fondation, linux Fondation.

I’m waiting they answer…

I’ve contacted the community manager on Chuwi facebook page too, he not seem’s to be happy about my behaviour !

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