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]
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curl -O https://files.devuan.org/devuan_jessie/embedded/devuan_jessie_1.0.0_armhf_sunxi.img.xz
5) make sure sd card is not mounted
6) we copy image to sd card using dd
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xzcat devuan_jessie_1.0.0_armhf_sunxi.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=2M
7) We mount root folder.
8) We update sources
9) We download Xorg Display Server files
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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
11) We download network management tools (wicd)
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chroot /mnt apt install -d wicd-daemon wicd-cli wicd-setup wicd-gtk
12) We restart OS and boot into SD card (Ctrl+U). use root/toor as credentials
13) We install Xorg Display Server
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chroot /mnt apt install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg xinit
10) We install GUI packages (xfce4, lightdm)
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chroot /mnt apt install xfce4 xfce4-terminal lightdm
11) We install network management tools (wicd)
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chroot /mnt apt install wicd-daemon wicd-cli wicd-setup wicd-gtk
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