[GilDev]

How do you install on the microSD? When I do it my GRUB (EFI installed on the microSD) boots to the command line and doesn’t seem to find the microSD drive.

EDIT: Lubuntu 19.10 indeed works fine (installed on a USB drive), including internal speakers. Touchpad seems to work better than on Windows 10 1909 (no twitching when plugged in). Don’t know how to make Bluetooth work. I would just like to boot from the microSD now, hope it’s somehow possible…

[GilDev]

Thanks for the feedback, that’s great news!

I’d personally would like to run something really light like Debian or Lubuntu, but dunno how WiFi could be made to work if it isn’t out of the box.

[GilDev]

Yeah LxQT is probably a bit lighter than Budgie. Trackpad works better in Linux that in Windows (where it shakes when the laptop is plugged in).

Any idea on how to boot from the microSD card? EzBook 2 can’t have an SSD.

[GilDev]

Martin wrote:

Unfortunately there are obviusly slightly different hardware revision, the distros mentioned above (manjaro, POP 18.10) does not work with my ezbook 2 due to different hardware (mine have broadcom wifi, not realtek) This worked for me:

Amazing! I’ve tried everything you said on my EzBook 2 using Ubuntu Budgie 19.04, touchpad works, WiFi works, I’ve installed kernel v5.1. Audio worked out of the box, along with volume and brightness controls from keyboard, although it took a few minutes before working, no idea why… I had one or two times where it lagged a lot, may need to test things further to see if it does it again, note that I’m currently running on a USB drive plugged into the USB 2.0 port.

I may finally be able to use this laptop a bit, thanks! I think I’ll try installing Lubuntu onto the micro-SD in order to get maximum performances and the lightest system possible.

EDIT: Can someone please explain to me how to boot from the microSD card (if it’s even possible)? Nothing shows up in the boot manager, only the old “ubuntu” entry which lands on GRUB and shows hd0, hd1 and hd2 when running “ls”, with only hd0 showing GPT partitions (4 ones), which is probably the EMMC with Windows installed.

[GilDev]

Any news on trackpad and WiFi support for the EzBook 2? =/

[GilDev]

Still no trackpad for me… Will it ever work? I guess I got a bad batch of motherboards… =(

[GilDev]

Brad wrote:

New release from Linuxium. Helpful? –> http://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com.br/2017/09/artful-aardvark-beta-1-and-mainline.html

Nope, still no trackpad for me…

[GilDev]

c chandel wrote:

Hi, Can someone check whether the file /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/nvram-74b00bd9-805a-4d61-b51f-43268123d113 is available? An alternate is to get it from the the win partition at \windows\system32\drivers\4345r6nvram.txt. This is a required file to get the wifi working. I’ve overwritten my win10 partition – so I don’t have access to this file. Perhaps someone can help by sharing it? Thanks

I only have “43430r0nvram.txt” and “43430r1nvram.txt”, along with bin files with the same name. Here they are.

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[GilDev]

Well 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.

[GilDev]

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…

[GilDev]

Hell, 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…

[GilDev]

Ricardo Simões wrote:

mine 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

[GilDev]

Alright, 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 my sudo inxi -xxAv6 is 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 Machine section looks quite different…

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[GilDev]

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!

 

Ricardo Simões wrote:

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.

[GilDev]

Sure, I want to keep Windows. Although it’s too bad we don’t have a Windows ISO for this computer.

I have written the image with dd. I wrote a lot of images like this in the past. I only tried with the “linuxium-v4.13-rc2-lubuntu-17.10-alpha2-desktop-amd64.iso” you provided. I got the same CPU as you.

I tried again a few times (this time with only one root partition), but I still get this error at the end of the install: “The ‘grub-efi-amd64-signed’ package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot.”, then then installer crashes. At all times, the touchpad doesn’t work, on the Lubuntu installer drive and on the Lubuntu installed drive. I tried with different USB drives.

Your advice on using VirtualBox is a great idea, but when I try, it gets really slow with the USB drive plugged in (it’s probably because it works in USB 1.1 mode. For USB 2.0 or 3.0 you need to install some kind of extension package on the client). I’ve set a permanent filter on the USB drive so it only goes on the VM and not my host. While the installer’s partitioning tool detects the USB drive, it won’t let me create a new partition table on it, it just says “Error opening /dev/sda: No media found”.

I’m trying to install the system in French, but I also tried in English

I guess now I will try with the Ubuntu image you provided.

EDIT: Alright the Ubuntu image booted great, but it seems to have rEFInd installed with it because it just launched rEFInd when booting for the drive using the internal boot manager. Sadly, still no touchpad, nor WiFi… What is happening?

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