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Jerror wrote:

I don’t know, I don’t have a Hi10 Plus, but the latest kernel in arch testing (4.12.2-1) works just as well as the custom hi10pro kernel above sans backlight control. I think it’s likely that if you build the customized kernel above (or even just install the packages I linked) it’ll work on the Plus just fine, but they’re packaged for the Arch Build System / pacman. It’d be far easier to just install whatever 4.12 kernel is available in the Linux Mint repositories; you ought to get battery monitoring, OOTB wifi and a more stable system overall. Maybe try out Linuxium’s latest Ubuntu LiveUSB; I never got around to it but it’s 4.12-based so it should let you test the new functionality.

 

Thanks for your advice. I’ve upgrade the kernel from 4.8 to 4.12 and as you said, I have the battery indicator, power button and touchscreen (with the gslx680 driver and silead_ts.fw firmware that you’ve posted above) working without issues. But there’s some things that i would like to fix.

– Before updating the kernel i installed this wifi driver (https://github.com/apinela/rtl8723bs) with which i could scan all the near networks but when i tried to connect to my network  it’s stayed on “connecting” (I also enabled SDIO Support – PCI Mode on BIOS).  After upgrade the kernel this issue is still there however, i can use a external wifi or pair the bluetooth without any problems.

– I would also like to be able to change the brightness level.  With xbacklight any changes that i made have no effect and with xrandr i got a error “need crtc to set gamma on” so none works. What else should i try?

 

After all i think i might make a fresh linux install and after that upgrading the kernel.

 

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Jerror wrote:

IT WORKS! I built https://github.com/danielotero/linux-on-hi10 (kernel 4.12-rc6 configured for the Z8350 Hi10 Pro) on my Z8300 Hi10 Pro and it went off without a hitch. Got video, backlight control, battery monitoring, and wifi OOTB. Kernel took about 6.5 hours to build; I had to do it from tty so that the additional drain of gnome wouldn’t overpower the charger. Here’re the compiled packages, for all you impatient Archers: linux-hi10-4.12-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-hi10-headers-4.12-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-hi10-docs-4.12-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz After nearly a year, my tablet is finally convenient for regular use

Right now i’m using linux mint cinnamon on my Hi10 Plus.  Do you know how can i make this kernel work on it?

 

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