Archlinux on ACER Chromebook Spin 311 MT8183 / Mali-G72 MP3

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Archlinux on ACER Chromebook Spin 311 MT8183 / Mali-G72 MP3

Postby thoadr » Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:41 am

Hi,
I am using an ACER Chromebook Spin 311 (CP311-3H-K2RJ) and tried to install Archlinux on it.
I couldn't find any instruction how to install Archlinux on this chromebook, so I followed the guide of the Acer Chromebook R13 (using ArchLinuxARM-oak-latest.tar.gz).

I could boot on the USB without any problem (no sound error, so the alarm image seems to be the correct one), however I only have a black screen, as if the graphic drivers were not working.
My assumption at the moment is that the Mali-G72 MP3 is not recognized. I have no idea how to go further.

Thank you for your support, comments and sharing your experience with this device.

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Here the commands I used to create the USB bootable key (32GB):
sudo fdisk -l
sudo umount /dev/sda2
sudo fdisk /dev/sda
g
w
sudo cgpt create /dev/sda
sudo cgpt add -i 1 -t kernel -b 8192 -s 63536 -l kernel -S 1 -T 5 -P 10 /dev/sda
sudo cgpt show /dev/sda
sudo cgpt add -i 2 -t data -b 73728 -s 4038623 -l Root /dev/sda
sudo partx -a /dev/sda
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
cd /tmp
curl -LO http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinux ... est.tar.gz
mkdir root
sudo mount /dev/sda2 root
sudo bsdtar -xf ArchLinuxARM-armv7-chromebook-latest.tar.gz -C root
sudo dd if=root/boot/vmlinux.kpart of=/dev/sda1
sudo umount root
sudo sync
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Re: Archlinux on ACER Chromebook Spin 311 MT8183 / Mali-G72

Postby squareman » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:10 am

Arch on chromebook? :shock: :o

Following!

How about Lenovo IdeaPad Duet Chromebook https://productz.com/de/lenovo-ideapad-duet-chromebook/p/aMew4
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