installing on asus zenbook UX305, with an upgraded Kernel?

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-08 21:53:34

Aha... some new developments / problems.

I tried plugging in a VGA monitor, through a mini-HDMI-to-VGA connector. It works in the Ubuntu live USB, but for some reason ARandR in BL can't detect it.

Also, when I tried ARandR, the touchpad got very sluggish and practically non-responsive. Basically unusable. I'm not sure if it's connected to opening ARandR, because I think it happened again when I tried apt-get update and upgrade.

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-08 22:55:46

One discovery: When I plugged the monitor into the laptop through the connector, that's when the touchpad got sluggish. And everything else seems to be working fine, the laptop itself doesn't seem to be running out of memory or anything, other programs are operating with no delays.

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-08 23:24:08

This might be close to a bug that I saw on the Fedora buglist while googling the issue:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104789

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-08-09 07:36:57

JasonMehmel wrote:

I tried plugging in a VGA monitor, through a mini-HDMI-to-VGA connector. It works in the Ubuntu live USB, but for some reason ARandR in BL can't detect it.

What is the full output of `xrandr` with the VGA monitor connected?

You can check if the device is detected by opening a terminal window and running this command:

dmesg --follow

Then plug in the monitor and watch the terminal output.

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-09 17:34:05

Here's xrandr before I plug it in:

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1080, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080
default connected 1920x1080+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1920x1080      0.00*

and here's after:

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1080, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080
default connected 1920x1080+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1920x1080      0.00*

There's no response from

dmesg --follow

when I plug in the monitor.

This is another feature that I've got working in Ubuntu... is there anything I could check in that installation? I've got Ubuntu working as another bootable option now, but I'm still hoping to get BL to full usability... it feels more like home!

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-08-09 17:37:10

Wild shot in the dark:

sudo apt install firmware-misc-nonfree/jessie-backports

https://packages.debian.org/jessie-back … sc-nonfree

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-09 17:43:26

Another interesting development...

I tried rebooting while VGA monitor was still plugged in: it went straight into Grub on the VGA screen! So when I went to BL 4.6, it also is showing up on that screen. (But not the laptop display.)

Here's xrandr from that:

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1600 x 900, maximum 1600 x 900
default connected 1600 x 900+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1600x900      0.00*
   1024x768      0.00
   800x600        0.00
   640x480        0.00

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-09 18:12:57

Good thought with the shot in the dark, but no new developments. No changed responses from xrandr, and no updates from dmesg --follow.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-08-09 18:19:16

Ah well, we gave it a good go.

With Broadwell hardware, I think you will have to wait until we push out some Helium testing images next year to get full support.

If Ubuntu works then use that, just make sure you blacklist all the Canonical IPs so it can't phone home...

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-09 18:23:39

SIGH

But I want my BunsenLabs!

pouts

All kidding aside, that's the way it's been looking. I'm now wondering if Lubuntu would work as well as the baseline and if so, maybe I could skin Lubuntu to be as BL as possible...

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-08-09 18:35:48

I have no idea if this will actually work but you could try adding the BunsenLabs repositories (1) to the Ubuntu system then run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bunsen-meta-all

https://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian/pool/ … -meta-all/

That meta-package will install all of the BL packages in one fell swoop

https://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/

JasonMehmel · 2016-08-10 18:25:17

Again, dumb question time... that'll give me access to all the BunsenLabs basics, like Openbox, Tint2, etc?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-08-10 18:35:37

JasonMehmel wrote:

dumb question

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/538156- … stions-put

that'll give me access to all the BunsenLabs basics, like Openbox, Tint2, etc?

Ah, no.

The meta-package is for all the BL-specific packages; Openbox & tint2 (and most other packages tbh) are drawn from Debian's repositories.

Try this list:
https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-ne … kgs-norecs

You can paste that into a text file and use:

sudo apt-get install $(cat packages.txt)

Some package names may have to be changed to match those in the Ubuntu repositories.

yunn · 2016-08-10 20:39:29

Hi everyone, well if you want @JasonMehmel you can try install on ubuntu/Lubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial with the next post

http://entornosgnulinux.com/2016/05/07/ … ts-xenial/

Also you have to know than the keys changed for the repository BunsenLabs, the new keys are,

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=2281

Regards,

Last edited by yunn (2016-08-10 20:51:26)

johnraff · 2016-08-11 05:37:24

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

that'll give me access to all the BunsenLabs basics, like Openbox, Tint2, etc?
Ah, no.
The meta-package is for all the BL-specific packages; Openbox & tint2 (and most other packages tbh) are drawn from Debian's repositories.

Sorry to contradict, but a glance at DEBIAN/control will show that bunsen-meta-all recommends (not hard depends, for long complicated reasons) all the necessary packages, not just bunsen-*, so installing it (as long as you don't have --no-install-recommends set by default) should give you a full working BL setup.

Any complications are likely to come from parts of the Ubuntu install interfering with the BunsenLabs system. You might be able to get it working just by deleting the culprits one at a time as you discover them.

EDIT: There might also be some packages in that metapackage list which don't exist in Ubuntu, or have slightly different names. I think something pretty much like BL should be possible, but it will probably need some hacking and tweaking to get there.

@yunn Thank you for reminding me - bunsen-keyring has now been added to the recommends for bunsen-meta-all on GitHub. It should arrive on the repository in a few days.

Last edited by johnraff (2016-08-11 08:35:42)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-08-11 07:50:00

johnraff wrote:

Sorry to contradict

No need to apologise, thanks for the correction

JasonMehmel · 2016-09-27 06:26:53

Thanks for the ideas, everyone! I had to put the Bunsen experiment on hold for a few days but I should be trying it again this week! I'm thinking of installing Lubuntu, assuming everything works the same as it did with Ubuntu, and then installing that bunsen-meta-all to see how close I can get to a Zenbook running the tasty sweet experience of BL that I've come to love so well.

JasonMehmel · 2017-06-29 17:57:11

Interesting development, that last laptop was stolen and now I'm planning on a replacement. Would the below advice hold, with perhaps some updated keys?

yunn wrote:

Hi everyone, well if you want @JasonMehmel you can try install on ubuntu/Lubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial with the next post
http://entornosgnulinux.com/2016/05/07/ … ts-xenial/
Also you have to know than the keys changed for the repository BunsenLabs, the new keys are,
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=2281
Regards,

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