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August 31, 2017 at 1:32 pm #71248
Jump: Oh thanks, I thought it was something that needed to be installed on the client.
There’s no other options to give to isorespin.sh for the EzBook 2? I thought there would be more.
I don’t have a Windows computer available, I can use other writing software but the problem does not seem to come from this.
I guess I’ll try respinning the latest Lubuntu image now. I really really hope I will be able to make it work on my EzBook!
May I suggest you both run “sudo inxi -xxAv6” in your terminals and compare results? You should be able to tell if there are some hardware differences.
inxi isn’t pre-installed on the distros I have tried and I have no WiFi. Maybe I can install it while respinning an ISO.
August 31, 2017 at 3:11 pm #71259inxi isn’t pre-installed on the distros I have tried and I have no WiFi. Maybe I can install it while respinning an ISO.
Before I bricked my Jumper EzBook 2, I used my Android phone for tethering and have wifi while using live cds, that was the only method at the time the worked for me
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RicardoAugust 31, 2017 at 3:24 pm #71260Jump: Oh thanks, I thought it was something that needed to be installed on the client. There’s no other options to give to isorespin.sh for the EzBook 2? I thought there would be more. I don’t have a Windows computer available, I can use other writing software but the problem does not seem to come from this. I guess I’ll try respinning the latest Lubuntu image now. I really really hope I will be able to make it work on my EzBook!
May I suggest you both run “sudo inxi -xxAv6” in your terminals and compare results? You should be able to tell if there are some hardware differences.
inxi isn’t pre-installed on the distros I have tried and I have no WiFi. Maybe I can install it while respinning an ISO.
A complete list of options is available here, but the script has been updated, and the option ––atom takes care of everything. The option -u updates the kernel. They’re the only one you need in my opinion, however you could use the option -p to install some packages or -r to add repositories, but you can also do this later.
EDIT: Here’s a screenshot of my hardware info.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.August 31, 2017 at 7:52 pm #71271Alright, I’ve respun(?) the last Lubuntu 17.04 ISO:
sudo ./isorespin.sh -i lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso --atom -u --upgrade. Still no touchpad nor WiFi. As Ricardo suggested, I used Android USB network tethering to get internet and install inxi. The output of mysudo inxi -xxAv6is attached to my post because it won’t let me write copy and paste it here. Weird…I also attach the screenshot showing the same thing but like Jump did. Overall, the
Machinesection looks quite different…Attachments:
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Machinesection looks quite different…Yep seems so… even with my old https://pastebin.com/L3y2WMCx the CPU is different, mine was an Intel Atom x5-E8000 while yours is x5-Z8300
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RicardoAugust 31, 2017 at 8:26 pm #71277mine was an Intel Atom x5-E8000 while yours is x5-Z8300
Jump too has an x5-Z8300. What is going on with these things? Will I ever be able to use Linux on it? T_T
August 31, 2017 at 8:33 pm #71278mine was an Intel Atom x5-E8000 while yours is x5-Z8300
Jump too has an x5-Z8300. What is going on with these things? Will I ever be able to use Linux on it? T_T
Listen… I’ve learn my lesson, after bricking mine after a simple BIOS parameter it’s never again for me. These things are useless, I’ll never buy cheap unsupported devices again without checking if they’re Linux supported out of the box. I even got a Teclast TbooK 16 Pro after this one for my mother and it broke last week during an OTA android update, and guess what? GearBest said warranty is voided because they don’t assume responsibility over any kind of update… even OS updates… I know, ridiculous right?
I wish you all good luck… eventually there will come a time when Linux kernel will support all this chips out-of-the-box, but until then…
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RicardoAugust 31, 2017 at 8:36 pm #71279Hell, that was a cheap little laptop. Newer versions like the EzBook 3 or some laptops like that seems to be a lot better with Linux support now. But yeah, I should have looked more into Linux support, Windows is just so much more pain to use than I imagine it would be…
August 31, 2017 at 10:06 pm #71281Hell, that was a cheap little laptop. Newer versions like the EzBook 3 or some laptops like that seems to be a lot better with Linux support now. But yeah, I should have looked more into Linux support, Windows is just so much more pain to use than I imagine it would be…
Don’t get me wrong, what I intended to say was that it was my mistake not yours… I even did worse, I ordered knowingly that it hadn’t Linux support out of the box and it came with Windows 10!!! I thought what a great price for such specs, I’ll buy it and wipe Windows 10 as soon as it gets fully Linux supported 🙂 but products that brick just by changing some BIOS parameters or OTA updates are just not worth it.
Overall I spent around $200 and now I have to at least spend another $200 to get a new one, this equals to $400… I should have just spent that amount of money in the first place buying a good laptop instead of this garbage.
But like I said, I wish that all of you can get these devices working 100% on Linux sooner or later 😉
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RicardoAugust 31, 2017 at 10:22 pm #71282Fingers crossed! I’m not giving up so soon, although it’s pretty deceiving to see it works for Jump but not for me. Still so many unresolved mysteries…
August 31, 2017 at 10:39 pm #71283Fingers crossed! I’m not giving up so soon, although it’s pretty deceiving to see it works for Jump but not for me. Still so many unresolved mysteries…
Right now it doesn’t work because I bet your hardware is different/newer than other previous versions (like mine), but in time it will, that’s the true power of Open Source development and nothing beats Linux 😉
Linux kernel development is always getting faster and faster because anyone can join in, and there are always more people joining in all the time.
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RicardoSeptember 1, 2017 at 8:54 am #71285Alright, I’ve respun(?) the last Lubuntu 17.04 ISO:
sudo ./isorespin.sh -i lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso --atom -u --upgrade. Still no touchpad nor WiFi. As Ricardo suggested, I used Android USB network tethering to get internet and install inxi. The output of mysudo inxi -xxAv6is attached to my post because it won’t let me write copy and paste it here. Weird… I also attach the screenshot showing the same thing but like Jump did. Overall, theMachinesection looks quite different…Fingers crossed! I’m not giving up so soon, although it’s pretty deceiving to see it works for Jump but not for me. Still so many unresolved mysteries…
The only difference is in the BIOS, I have American Megatrends, you have Insyde . I didn’t know there were different revisions for this laptopt.
It seems I’ve got the right version to run linux by chance.I agree with Ricardo, hopefully you’ll be able to run linux on your ezbook2 sooner or later,maybe with future updates to the linux kernel.
After all, support for Intel atom devices was added just two months ago with kernel 4.12, so there is time! 🙂September 1, 2017 at 11:08 am #71294Alright, I’ve respun(?) the last Lubuntu 17.04 ISO:
sudo ./isorespin.sh -i lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso --atom -u --upgrade. Still no touchpad nor WiFi.At the moment Linux Kernel is at 4.13-rc7 https://www.kernel.org/
You need to respun ubuntu alpha which is at 4.13-rc(x) and you should get at least touchpad out-of-the-box (I remembered one time I didn’t even needed to respun it, I just made a Live USB from the ISO and it worked!)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/P.S: Regularly check for new daily builds because whenever a new rc kernel is released ubuntu alpha has it usually within a day or 2 😉
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RicardoSeptember 1, 2017 at 11:35 am #71295Well I’ve respun the latest stable Lubuntu (17.04) and it upgraded the kernel so it gave me a “linuxium-v4.13-rc7-lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso”. So I guess the kernel version isn’t the problem here, but sure I could try with Ubuntu daily builds.
September 1, 2017 at 11:56 am #71296Well I’ve respun the latest stable Lubuntu (17.04) and it upgraded the kernel so it gave me a “linuxium-v4.13-rc7-lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso”. So I guess the kernel version isn’t the problem here, but sure I could try with Ubuntu daily builds.
Aaah, very well then, I didn’t noticed that you upgraded the kernel (sorry for that).
So I guess for now there is nothing else you could do except to wait for a new rc kernel to be released, and keep trying until all hardware will become supported.
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