I will, as soon as I find time! Are you asking out of curiosity or you think it won't work?jguillen wrote:Anyone tried it out?logikarios wrote:Guys, this might interest us all https://github.com/atopuzov/c201
It's a guide to install Debian Stretch with the mainline kernel on an SD card and run that on C201 Asus Chromebook!
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C201 Chromebook : boot sequence after kernel
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I couldnt make it work. Got a white screen with either both kernel command lines he posted. Have opened an issue, so lets see if Aleksandar can help us a little more. Anyway, seems like there is a working Devuan image:logikarios wrote:I will, as soon as I find time! Are you asking out of curiosity or you think it won't work?jguillen wrote:Anyone tried it out?logikarios wrote:Guys, this might interest us all https://github.com/atopuzov/c201
It's a guide to install Debian Stretch with the mainline kernel on an SD card and run that on C201 Asus Chromebook!
https://archive.org/details/devuan-jess ... -libre-2GB
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Yeah, this is the one I'm using and it's running better than the Arch Linux one. I haven't managed to load the proprietary drivers for the wifi yet though; I'm using an Atheros dongle instead.jguillen wrote:Anyway, seems like there is a working Devuan image:https://archive.org/details/devuan-jess ... -libre-2GB
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Have you managed to install a desktop environment and run it?logikarios wrote:Yeah, this is the one I'm using and it's running better than the Arch Linux one. I haven't managed to load the proprietary drivers for the wifi yet though; I'm using an Atheros dongle instead.jguillen wrote:Anyway, seems like there is a working Devuan image:https://archive.org/details/devuan-jess ... -libre-2GB
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Yeah! X11 with lightDM and MATE. The same setup works far better in Devuan than in Arch Linux.jguillen wrote:Have you managed to install a desktop environment and run it?logikarios wrote:Yeah, this is the one I'm using and it's running better than the Arch Linux one. I haven't managed to load the proprietary drivers for the wifi yet though; I'm using an Atheros dongle instead.jguillen wrote:Anyway, seems like there is a working Devuan image:https://archive.org/details/devuan-jess ... -libre-2GB
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I've managed to compile chromeos kernel with all blobs, so lets see if I can install this kernel with a debian system
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How did that go?jguillen wrote:I've managed to compile chromeos kernel with all blobs, so lets see if I can install this kernel with a debian system
Re: C201 Chromebook : boot sequence after kernel
Hello everyone,
I finally managed to install linux in my Asus c201 with blobs working. Please, take note than I'm doing all my stuff directly on my asus c201 (using chrome OS), so you dont need any additional computer. We will install devuan to a SD card (/dev/mmcblk1 it may be different for you). These are the steps:
1) You need developer mode enabled [1]
2) (optional) install libreboot [2]
3) boot ChromeOS and access crosh. This can be done by pressing the Control, Alt and T keys simultaneously in Chromium browser. A new window will open showing a terminal-style prompt. Here it is necessary to type shell, followed by sudo -s. You should now have a root shell prompt.
4) download non-deblobbed devuan image [3]
5) make sure sd card is not mounted
6) we copy image to sd card using dd
7) We mount root folder.
8) We update sources
9) We download Xorg Display Server files
10) We download GUI packages (xfce4, lightdm)
11) We download network management tools (wicd)
12) We restart OS and boot into SD card (Ctrl+U). use root/toor as credentials
13) We install Xorg Display Server
10) We install GUI packages (xfce4, lightdm)
11) We install network management tools (wicd)
12) We reboot and start from SD again, just to check everything worked fine
13) GUI should start, Enter root/toor credentials
14) To show wifi applet, from terminal
15) To enable service automatically, from terminal
Happy playing ;)
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebia ... loper_Mode
[2] https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html
[3] https://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan/devu ... ron.img.xz
I finally managed to install linux in my Asus c201 with blobs working. Please, take note than I'm doing all my stuff directly on my asus c201 (using chrome OS), so you dont need any additional computer. We will install devuan to a SD card (/dev/mmcblk1 it may be different for you). These are the steps:
1) You need developer mode enabled [1]
2) (optional) install libreboot [2]
3) boot ChromeOS and access crosh. This can be done by pressing the Control, Alt and T keys simultaneously in Chromium browser. A new window will open showing a terminal-style prompt. Here it is necessary to type shell, followed by sudo -s. You should now have a root shell prompt.
4) download non-deblobbed devuan image [3]
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curl -O https://files.devuan.org/devuan_jessie/embedded/devuan_jessie_1.0.0_armhf_sunxi.img.xz
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umount /dev/mmcblk1*
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xzcat devuan_jessie_1.0.0_armhf_sunxi.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=2M
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mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /mnt
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chroot /mnt apt update
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chroot /mnt apt install -d --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg xinit
10) We download GUI packages (xfce4, lightdm)
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chroot /mnt apt install -d xfce4 xfce4-terminal lightdm
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chroot /mnt apt install -d wicd-daemon wicd-cli wicd-setup wicd-gtk
13) We install Xorg Display Server
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chroot /mnt apt install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg xinit
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chroot /mnt apt install xfce4 xfce4-terminal lightdm
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chroot /mnt apt install wicd-daemon wicd-cli wicd-setup wicd-gtk
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reboot
14) To show wifi applet, from terminal
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wicd-client
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update-rc.d wicd defaults
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebia ... loper_Mode
[2] https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html
[3] https://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan/devu ... ron.img.xz