gpd-pocket-fedora
Disclaimer: This repository is no longer updated as I don't have a GPD Pocket anymore.
Prerrequisites
- Unlocked BIOS
- Thermal mod (optional but recommended)
- BIOS settings (optional but recommended)
- Enough free space on the hard drive. I've ended up shrinking the Windows partition (Google for it!)
Installation
- Follow the official instructions to create a bootable Fedora 27 pendrive and plugin it into the GPD pocket.
- Boot the GPD pocket while pressing "fn+f7" several times until a boot menu appears and select the pendrive you've just connected.
- Select "Start Fedora-Workstation-Live 27" but don't press enter yet
- Press "e" to edit the boot options
- Scroll down to the kernel line
- Add the following fbcon parameter after the "quiet" parameter to properly rotate the screen:
fbcon=rotate:1
- Press "Ctrl+x" to boot the installation
- Let Fedora 27 to start
- Once in the desktop and in order to rotate the screen in the live system, press the Windows button, type "displays" and press enter. This will open the displays settings.
- Modify the orientation to be "Portrait left" and apply the configuration NOTE: If the "apply" button doesn't appear, change the resolution as well and then it will appear. Then select the proper resolution again.
- Install Fedora 27 as you wish
Post installation tasks
- Clone this repo and copy it to an external pendrive. You can use the same pendrive than the Fedora installation to have all included.
git clone https://github.com/e-minguez/gpd-pocket-fedora.git /run/media/$USER/<pendrive>/
- Connect the pendrive in the GPD pocket once Fedora 27 has been installed and booted
- Run the
fix_wifi.shscript to enable wifi connectivity.
/run/media/$USER/<pendrive>/fix_wifi.sh
- Connect to your wifi network using the
basic_network.shscript as:
/run/media/$USER/<pendrive>/basic_network.sh <my_ap> <my_password>
- Then, run all the scripts in the following order and reboot.
cd /run/media/$USER/<pendrive>/
./alsa.sh
./chargerfix.sh
./dracut.sh
./firewalld.sh
./fix_kernel.sh
./grub.sh
./monitor.sh
./kernel.sh
sudo reboot
NOTE: The rescue kernel is removed in the fix_kernel script and prevent to be built again in the dracut script. Review it if you want to have a rescue kernel!!!
- After the first reboot, ensure you are using your new kernel:
uname -a
- Profit!!!
Compile the kernel manually
Compile the kernel in your F27 laptop using the following instructions:
sudo dnf groupinstall -y "C Development Tools and Libraries"
sudo dnf install -y zlib-devel libuuid-devel libattr-devel libblkid-devel libselinux-devel libudev-devel openssl-devel elfutils-libelf-devel
mkdir ~/git/
cd git
git clone https://github.com/jwrdegoede/linux-sunxi.git gpd-pocket-kernel
cd gpd-pocket-kernel
make clean
make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) binrpm-pkg LOCALVERSION=-gpd-custom
This will create two rpm packages that should be installed in the gpd pocket.
- Copy the kernel packages from your laptop from
~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64to the pendrive. - Install the kernel using dnf:
sudo dnf install -y /run/media/$USER/<pendrive>/*.rpm
To automate this procedure and make them available here
I use the gpd_kernel.sh script