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doc:appunti:hardware:jumper_ezbook_s3 [2018/07/31 11:05] – [How To Make the WiFi Working] niccolo | doc:appunti:hardware:jumper_ezbook_s3 [2018/08/01 09:29] – [TODO] niccolo | ||
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Installing **Debian** testing (Buster) on the **Jumper EZbook S3 notepad**. | Installing **Debian** testing (Buster) on the **Jumper EZbook S3 notepad**. | ||
- | ===== Booting from USB Key ===== | + | ===== Booting from the USB Key ===== |
We downloaded the netinst image **debian-buster-DI-alpha3-amd64-netinst.iso** from the [[https:// | We downloaded the netinst image **debian-buster-DI-alpha3-amd64-netinst.iso** from the [[https:// | ||
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* **firmware-misc-nonfree** (for i915/ | * **firmware-misc-nonfree** (for i915/ | ||
+ | ===== Installing on the Hard Disk ===== | ||
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+ | Everything went flawlessy with the Debian Installer: during manual partitioning we **removed** the **main Windows partition** (about 240 Gb) and a 700 Mb **Windows Recovery partition**. We leaved the first two reserver partition and created //swap// and //rootfs//: | ||
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+ | ^ # ^ Size ^ Type ^ | ||
+ | | 1 | 105 Mb | EFI system partition | ||
+ | | 2 | 16.8 MB | Microsoft reserved partition | ||
+ | | 3 | 8000 MB | linux-swap | ||
+ | | 4 | 248 GB | rootfs | ||
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+ | The EFI boot loader was copied into the first partition, you can see it mounted into **/ | ||
===== How To Make the WiFi Working ===== | ===== How To Make the WiFi Working ===== | ||
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The WiFi did not work with the stock installation. The **scanning** for available access points **is indeed working**, but **associating fails**. After the failed association, | The WiFi did not work with the stock installation. The **scanning** for available access points **is indeed working**, but **associating fails**. After the failed association, | ||
- | We downloaded the sources of a kernel module which expressly states the compatibility with that device, from it' | + | We downloaded the sources of a kernel module |
< | < | ||
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This will install a new kernel module into **/ | This will install a new kernel module into **/ | ||
- | To be safe, blacklist the original kernel module by writing into **/ | + | The kernel module **will not survive a kernel upgrade** (it should be recompilerd and reinstalled), |
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+ | To be safe, blacklist the original kernel module by writing into **/ | ||
< | < | ||
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After a reboot you should find ('' | After a reboot you should find ('' | ||
- | FIXME: | + | ==== WiFi Resume Problem Workaround ==== |
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+ | The WiFi adapter **does not resume** after the stand-by! It seems there is the **[[https:// | ||
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modprobe 8723bu | modprobe 8723bu | ||
</ | </ | ||
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+ | An automatic workaround seems to be creating an executable file **/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | #!/bin/sh | ||
+ | case $1/$2 in | ||
+ | pre/*) | ||
+ | ;; | ||
+ | post/*) | ||
+ | modprobe -r 8723bu | ||
+ | modprobe 8723bu | ||
+ | ;; | ||
+ | esac | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ===== Suspend and Hibernate ===== | ||
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+ | Tried with success the command line version of the commands: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | systemctl suspend | ||
+ | systemctl hibernate | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | The hibernate requires a swap partition equal or greather than the available RAM. | ||
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===== TODO ===== | ===== TODO ===== | ||
* How to prevent the notebook to go into stand-by mode, which make it unreachable from the network (e.g. ssh login). | * How to prevent the notebook to go into stand-by mode, which make it unreachable from the network (e.g. ssh login). | ||
* Bluetooth not working? | * Bluetooth not working? | ||
- | * WiFi adapter not working after resume? | + | * FIXME **Enter** key misbehaving in **less**. Problem: e.g. man page, backslash |
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doc/appunti/hardware/jumper_ezbook_s3.txt · Last modified: 2018/08/01 09:31 by niccolo