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Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #165 on: April 15, 2019, 06:07:29 PM »
 

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Finally... I didn't see UEFI release
Spend so many hours to try install regular Linux Lite, but no luck. Got stuck with MBR/grub install every time.
Now I did it with UEFI Build Linux Lite, just few clicks and vualya!!!
Love it!!!
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Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #164 on: March 02, 2019, 06:23:34 AM »
 

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Successfully achieved an install of LL4.2 UEFItestbuild on a Lenovo G580 i3-3110M.
Running updates, following the install went fine, after first carrying out the /etc/apt fix, outlined by Jerry in #135.  This is the first time I try any version of the LL4 series - it looks great - very well done & many thanks to Jerry & The Team  8)

Just one question: What about signing for Secure Boot?
During the initial install, I chose not to download updates / firmware at the same time. By choosing this option, i.e. install general updates & firmware updates after installation, I noticed that the Secure Boot signing option was greyed out.  Unsure here, about this signing procedure and how to do it. I've understood that if it's not done at least some software may not work - is that correct?

Your feedback is much appreciated, as ever
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64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung netbook) installed in Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #163 on: February 04, 2019, 08:55:23 PM »
 

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Thanks! This works as described in 32bit UEFI with Secure Boot on 64bit hardware.  Its on a Dell Inspiron 14 3000-3473 with a soldered 32G eMMC memory module. 

Awesome! Thanks for your feedback.
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #162 on: February 04, 2019, 08:50:47 PM »
 

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Thanks! This works as described in 32bit UEFI with Secure Boot on 64bit hardware.  Its on a Dell Inspiron 14 3000-3473 with a soldered 32G eMMC memory module. 
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #161 on: January 28, 2019, 02:23:34 AM »
 

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The spinning wheel is the default plymouth in both builds, it's the norm.
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #160 on: January 28, 2019, 02:21:32 AM »
 

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This time I even have the Linux Lite Grub screen.  Sweet!  I couldn't get that with the Linux Lite 3.0 UEFI Build Test.  Is there supposed to be a Linux Lite Plymouth screen?  I just get a blank dark screen with the spinning circle.  A customized Linux Lite Plymouth screen would be great.
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #159 on: January 27, 2019, 11:21:18 PM »
 

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Thanks @SleepyD I try to produce at least one per Series, keeps the haters quiet when they say ''LL doesn't do UEFI" :) You can also install with Secure Boot on for future reference.
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #158 on: January 27, 2019, 10:20:08 PM »
 

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Hi Jerry.  Thank you so much for trying a UEFI build again.  :D   It worked magnificently.  I am using using UEFI with Secure Boot disabled.  It installed without a problem and updated upon first boot without a problem.   I love Linux Lite 4.2.  It's the best version so far.  As always, it's one of the best Linux distros around. 
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #157 on: December 27, 2018, 08:04:05 AM »
 

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Nice one WW.

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Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #156 on: December 27, 2018, 08:01:54 AM »
 

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I've been able to mod this revised ISO to add 32bit UEFI boot support and have succeeded in installing the result to a BayTrail Atom based Lenovo Ideapad 100s (11") notebook.  Everything is working fine in the final install except the keyboard and touchpad :(.

I've been able to resolve the keyboard & touchpad not working on this Lenovo 100s - I had to add "i8042.reset" to the kernel command line as described here.  Original post also updated with solution.
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #155 on: December 23, 2018, 08:18:13 PM »
 

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I just installed the UEFI test version on my Asus x541na laptop with UEFI and secure boot enabled with no problems thus far. So far it is one of only a handful of os's that will boot up and run on this machine. Thanks a million for the effort. Its nice to be using LL again  :).


Great to hear.
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #154 on: December 23, 2018, 07:36:38 PM »
 

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I just installed the UEFI test version on my Asus x541na laptop with UEFI and secure boot enabled with no problems thus far. So far it is one of only a handful of os's that will boot up and run on this machine. Thanks a million for the effort. Its nice to be using LL again  :).
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #153 on: November 26, 2018, 12:52:10 PM »
 

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Should be ok to enable Secure Boot, you can leave it enabled during installation anyway.

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Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #152 on: November 25, 2018, 01:49:46 AM »
 

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inxi -F
System:    Host: josh-Lenovo-YOGA-710-14IKB Kernel: 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
           bits: 64
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Lite 4.2
Machine:   Device: un-determined System: LENOVO product: 80V4 v: Lenovo YOGA 710-14IKB serial: N/A
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN serial: N/A
           UEFI: LENOVO v: 2XCN38WW(V2.12) date: 07/10/2018
Battery    BAT1: charge: 47.5 Wh 98.2% condition: 48.4/53.0 Wh (91%)
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-MT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 706 MHz 2: 704 MHz 3: 700 MHz
           4: 705 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel HD Graphics 620
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
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           ID-2: /home size: 130G used: 289M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
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Info:      Processes: 197 Uptime: 2:09 Memory: 1655.1/7820.5MB
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 josh  ~  
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coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0:  +39.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0:        +39.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1:        +38.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

pch_skylake-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +35.5°C 

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I am running LL 4.2 in uefi with secure boot off and it installed fine first time around. What makes this interesting is that I am on a Yoga laptop and it is notorius for being a butthole about installing anything because it has a 32 bit uefi and it's a 64 bit PC and for some distro's that is just enough to make you spend a half of day figuring out that you would be better off to just to disable uefi all together and go with legacy but back to the point I was gonna install today anyway and I just went ahead and tried the uefi version and like I said it installed without any problems. I do got one question. Can I enable secure boot now or better to just leave secure off????I had already installed LL 4.0 and 4.2 but I was having a problem with fans running slowly all the time and never shutting down so I went on a distro hopping spree and came back today and thats when I decided to try the uefi. It really doesn't matter to me about the uefi but I do know that some people will not install without uefi support( I know weird right but anyways). Ya'll have a good and keep up the good work. One last thing do we not have a way to disable or change compistor on this distro???
 

Re: UEFI Build Test
« Reply #151 on: November 10, 2018, 04:08:13 AM »
 

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I've re-upped and tested a new ISO online. Original post updated.

I've been able to mod this revised ISO to add 32bit UEFI boot support and have succeeded in installing the result to a BayTrail Atom based Lenovo Ideapad 100s (11") notebook.  Everything is working fine in the final install except the keyboard and touchpad :(.  The Lite live boot didn't have the keyboard and touchpad working either so I used a USB keyboard and mouse to complete the install.  This is somewhat disappointing as the Xubuntu 18.04 ISO similarly modified comes up in the live boot (haven't tried installing) with both keyboard and touchpad working fine...  I've tried to compare the dmesg from both live boots but I can't see any real discrepancy regarding the keyboard and touchpad which are I2C HID devices on this machine.  The Lite Mouse and Touchpad settings dialog shows the touchpad detected and enabled under the name ENEE3730:0001.

For those with BayTrail and CherryTrail systems requiring 32bit UEFI bootloaders, this is how I modded the Xubuntu and Lite UEFI ISOs:
- I first used the Linuxium isorespin.sh script to add the 32bit bootloader support to the Xubuntu 18.04 ISO.  I just ran the script without options, selected the ISO and the advanced option to add Grub bootloader support (which covers the 32bit requirement) in a VirtualBox Lite VM on my Windows desktop then used dd to write the resulting ISO to a USB drive connected to the VM.  This process adds 2 copies of bootia32.efi to the ISO: one in /EFI/BOOT and the other in the vfat disk image /boot/grub/efi.img.  The respin script requires xoriso (sp?) to manipulate the ISOs and I estimate a minimum of 7GB usable free space in the working file system.

- I then used Rufus on the Windows desktop to write the Lite UEFI ISO to another USB drive using the default ISO Image (file copy) mode so that the unused space on the drive was accessible.

- I then copied /EFI/BOOT/bootia32.efi and /boot/grub/efi.img from the Xubuntu USB drive to the Lite UEFI USB drive (overwriting the existing /boot/grub/efi.img file on the Lite USB).

I booted the modded Xubuntu USB in the system first to confirm the 32bit loader was working, then went on with the Lite mod.  This machine had previously had the Windows 10 install wiped and replaced with a Linuxium modified Xubuntu 16.04 install which required a custom kernel to get the sound and WiFi working (if I recall correctly at least kernel 4.14 is required for full support) so its not a full test of Jerry's UEFI build, but that the install process coped with this and produced a bootable system without requiring any post-install surgery should increase confidence in this build.

The only limitation with the modded Lite install I can think of, other than the keyboard/touchpad not working on this machine, is that any necessary packages for the 32bit grub files aren't added to the apt database so if there are any updates they won't be applied.

Edit (27Dec18): the keyboard & touchpad now work - I had to add "i8042.reset" to the kernel command line as described here.

Edit #2 (1Sept19): I found that any update that included a new kernel would result in the keyboard and touchpad not working after the necessary reboot unless I manually use a "sudo update-grub" command after the update is completed but before rebooting.
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