Running Linux on the EZBook 2?

[Ricardo Simões]

baba wrote:

Any news about the Linuxsupport? I read this thread a couple times, but i didn’t really get whats actually working. wifi is working? And i read sth. about the sound driver, too, is it working? whats with the touchpad? Also i read nothing about bluetooth, so is it working out of the box? I’m not shure if I should buy the ezbook or not… Im a student and I need a cheap Laptop with a very long battery life… I’m using ubuntu only, I don’t want to work with windows 10… Does anyone have an advice for another device maybe? Hope this thread isnt dead, greetings from germany!

I’m still here… sorry Brad and everyone but I’m having so much work that I can barely have time to install a USB and test it, and I must confess that by now I though this would already be working after so many hours I put into with the help of everybody, but no, no wi-fi, no sound, no touch pad, and no bluetooth.

On ubuntu 16.10 the screen brightness can be adjusted out-of-the-box but that’s it. Linuxium version also nothing.

The real pain for me is the sound, it’s the only thing I can’t live to make this usable, cause wi-fi I can buy a cheap dongle, touchpad I don’t use ever (I Prefer mouse) and bluetooth I can also live without it… but without sound it’s a deal breaker to me, so I’ve been dual booting but shamefully I have to use W10 almost all the time :(((

I only hope that sooner or later full linux support (out-of-the box or not will come) at least for sound, until then I’m stuck

P.S: But when I have the time I’ll repeat every process made earlier that Brad told me to do and paste updated reports, so maybe someone might see something fixable

Again sorry for staying silent for so long, but I promise you that I won’t give up ever (that how linuxers roll), it’s just that I’m an IT freelance and sometimes there’s little to do, and sometimes there’s a lot, and keeping that balanced with a wife and kid is a lot to take in, but it’s super fun!

Best regards
Ricardo

[Gabriele]

Same problem, Hi all!

[Robert]

Someone tried CloudReady https://www.neverware.com/#mediatext or ChromiumOS Special https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/wordpress/chromiumos-special-builds/ on EZBook 2 ?

[Ricardo Simões]

Robert wrote:

Someone tried CloudReady https://www.neverware.com/#mediatext or ChromiumOS Special https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/wordpress/chromiumos-special-builds/ on EZBook 2 ?

Personally not yet, but will do ASAP and report back

Best regards
Ricardo

[Robert]

CloudReady – not working USB mouse, Wi-fi and sound, ChromiumOS latest night build same problem.

[Ricardo Simões]

Robert wrote:

CloudReady – not working USB mouse, Wi-fi and sound, ChromiumOS latest night build same problem.

not working USB mouse…, and what about the touchpad? Is it working?

Best regards
Ricardo

[Robert]

Touchpad does not work too

[Ricardo Simões]

Robert wrote:

Touchpad does not work too

Oh that’s a shame, every other distro I tested, it worked fine with my USB mouse, and also with my 1TB Toshiba USB 3.0 External HDD

Best regards
Ricardo

[Matteo Serra]

Hi, I’ve just ordered a jumper ezbook 2 new version (they could have fixed the external hard disk issue and should have improved the internal cooling)

Is there any way to have a linux distro full working?

I just need an OS with a lot of battery life and good performances

best regards

[Ricardo Simões]

Matteo Serra wrote:

Hi, I’ve just ordered a jumper ezbook 2 new version (they could have fixed the external hard disk issue and should have improved the internal cooling) Is there any way to have a linux distro full working? I just need an OS with a lot of battery life and good performances best regards

My external Toshiba 2.5″ HDD USB 3.0 works well with this EzBook 2 on windows 10 and ubuntu (I plug it on its USB 3.0 port on the right side). Don’t know if other models and/or brands will work too.

This EzBook comes with Windows 10 Home x64 and everything works fine. I resized the W10 partition and made room for a linux install, and I’m now successfully dual booting but every linux distro I installed wi-fi + touchpad + sound + bluetooth don’t work.

The most annoying problem to me it’s the sound, everything else I can deal, for wi-fi I can buy a cheap dongle, for touchpad I can use a usb mouse (which I prefer BTW) for bluetooth… I don’t care LOL!!!!

So for now I’m stuck with Windows 10, but I believe it’s just a matter of time until some new kernel and/or driver will fix these problems

Best regards
Ricardo

[Ricardo Simões]

Latest Linuxium build “Cherry Picked Patches for Cherry Trail Devices” released today, but… I’ve just tested it live and still no wi-fi devices found even if …”To turn on wifi for mini PCs with Broadcom wifi chips it is often necessary to reload the driver. In a terminal window enter ‘sudo modprobe -r brcmfmac’ followed by ‘sudo modprobe brcmfmac’.”… and still no touchpad, no bluetooth and no sound.

But now sound shows a different thing:

“Analog Output
Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Configuration Registers”

Best regards
Ricardo

[Janus Reith]

Wow, just wrote a long post explaining what I got working so far, after submittinh it was gone…
I have the Yepo 737s, which has similar specs.

So, short form: Use latest Antergos with Kernel 4.8, Touchpad and standy work out of the box, Keyboard shortcuts also work including backlight control.

I got Bluetooth to work, Wifi is also detected now but doesnt find any APs.

Wifi: https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs, Bt: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bs_bt. You need to build your own kernel with the patch 0001-My-changes-for-4.7.0-rc7-for-Baytrail-T.patch

Still investigating Battery and sound. Maybe I will rewrite this post more detailed when my frustration is gone that the previous, detailed post just vanished. ATM Im buidling a new kernel including more patches, will report back.

[Ricardo Simões]

Janus Reith wrote:

Wow, just wrote a long post explaining what I got working so far, after submittinh it was gone… I have the Yepo 737s, which has similar specs. So, short form: Use latest Antergos with Kernel 4.8, Touchpad and standy work out of the box, Keyboard shortcuts also work including backlight control. I got Bluetooth to work, Wifi is also detected now but doesnt find any APs. Wifi: https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs, Bt: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bs_bt. You need to build your own kernel with the patch 0001-My-changes-for-4.7.0-rc7-for-Baytrail-T.patch Still investigating Battery and sound. Maybe I will rewrite this post more detailed when my frustration is gone that the previous, detailed post just vanished. ATM Im buidling a new kernel including more patches, will report back.

YEEAAAAAHH @Janus Reith

Go Go Go, latest stable kernel is 4.9 and 4.10-rc1 came out today https://www.kernel.org/

Please report back, I’m also trying very hard to get this laptop to work, and I’ll do some more tests with Mint 18.1 and then I’ll try to follow your instructions

Keep up the excellent work 😉

Best regards
Ricardo

[Ricardo Simões]

Janus Reith wrote:

… So, short form: Use latest Antergos with Kernel 4.8, Touchpad and standy work out of the box, Keyboard shortcuts also work including backlight control. I got Bluetooth to work, Wifi is also detected now but doesnt find any APs…

Janus I’m using antergos-2016.11.20-x86_64.iso and I can’t install it because it’s need internet connection to install, but when running it live I confirm that screen brightness works out of the box, but touchpad does not work and everything else 🙁

kernel is 4.8.8-2-ARCH

Did you manage to install it on your hdd? How?

Best regards
Ricardo

[Janus Reith]

I used my android phone wih USB tethering. You could also use a supported wifi stick.

Trackpad: Verify that xf86-input-libinput is installed and in use, if it still fails uninstall all other packages starting with xf86-input

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