Dell Chromebook 11

smurnjiff · 2014-04-20 04:11:00

Just got my Dell Chromebook 11 up and running Arch Linux thanks so much to the Arch Wiki! One note for other people following the wiki, if you are using the latest kernel (3.14.1 as of writing), make sure that only the following patches are downloaded: 307{8491, 4401, 4431, 4411, 8481}. This will prevent patch from failing when the chrome script is ran.

- for patch in 3078491 3078481 3074391 3074441 3074421 3074401 3074431 3074411; do
+ for patch in 3078491 3074401 3074431 3074411 3078481; do

Hope this helps!

bawigga · 2014-04-21 04:37:37

Any initial thoughts on how well linux runs on the Dell?

I've been researching Chromebooks to use as a cheap linux computer all weekend. I've narrowed it down to either the Dell Chromebook 11 or the Acer C720 4G model.

smurnjiff · 2014-04-21 06:20:27

Initial thoughts: very responsive: 1080p videos viewed on YouTube work fine (with flashplugin) using about 10-15% CPU. Webpages load snappy, even ones with flash advertisements.

I would elect for the Dell (not having used the C720 mind you). The construction quality of the Dell is solid and Linux runs great upon it. In fact, I just found out that Dell sent me the wrong model (sent me the 2GB instead of the 4GB); I would have been none the wiser had I not checked my available memory.

bawigga · 2014-04-21 13:30:24

Do you know if it's possible to upgrade the SSD? There doesn't seem to be any info online as to if the SSD is soldered in or not.

smurnjiff · 2014-05-08 06:45:16

Not as far as I know. You can insert a SD card to make up for it.

chutsu · 2014-08-17 18:49:00

Has anyone had any problems with sound via headphone jack?

Also has anyone tried controlling the fan? Fancontrol is no use because there are no pwm sensors...

smurnjiff · 2014-08-22 07:43:51

The only problem with the headphone jack is that it is a tight fit. Re: controlling fans, do not know how to control them.

mrshankly · 2014-08-26 20:33:05

Has anyone tried the custom ROMs provided by John Lewis? If so, did you run into any problems?

scot14 · 2014-08-28 12:45:28

Does the backlight work with 3.15 or greater kernels?

mrshankly · 2014-09-27 08:07:09

I'm getting this message during boot:

usb 1-4: string descriptor 0 malformed (err = -61), defaulting to 0x0409

Does anyone know what it means, or how I can debug it? I'm currently running 3.17rc5 and the john lewis rom from 2014/09/04 (the message was also there with 3.16 and the stock rom). I also have the bluetooth modules blacklisted.

Everything seems to be working fine, I'm just curious to know what that message is about.

scot14 · 2014-09-27 15:56:44

mrshankly wrote:

I'm getting this message during boot:
usb 1-4: string descriptor 0 malformed (err = -61), defaulting to 0x0409
Does anyone know what it means, or how I can debug it? I'm currently running 3.17rc5 and the john lewis rom from 2014/09/04 (the message was also there with 3.16 and the stock rom). I also have the bluetooth modules blacklisted.
Everything seems to be working fine, I'm just curious to know what that message is about.

It means that one of the USB devices doesn't specify what language to use when looking up strings, so linux assumes that english should be used. A patch was submitted upstream to provide a better error message, but hasn't been accepted yet.

mrshankly · 2014-09-27 16:27:14

scot14 wrote:

mrshankly wrote:
I'm getting this message during boot:
usb 1-4: string descriptor 0 malformed (err = -61), defaulting to 0x0409
Does anyone know what it means, or how I can debug it? I'm currently running 3.17rc5 and the john lewis rom from 2014/09/04 (the message was also there with 3.16 and the stock rom). I also have the bluetooth modules blacklisted.
Everything seems to be working fine, I'm just curious to know what that message is about.
It means that one of the USB devices doesn't specify what language to use when looking up strings, so linux assumes that english should be used. A patch was submitted upstream to provide a better error message, but hasn't been accepted yet.

Anything I can do to get rid of it?

scot14 · 2014-09-27 21:33:20

mrshankly wrote:

Anything I can do to get rid of it?

It's a hardware error. Some options to completely remove it include: use a different laptop, or disable all usb devices or re-compile the kernel to remove the message

Last edited by scot14 (2014-09-27 21:34:28)

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Dell Chromebook 11

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