From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1E9C138AE9 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E11452BC00E; Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpcmd04131.aruba.it (smtpcmd04131.aruba.it [62.149.158.131]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B292BC002 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:08:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtps.aruba.it ([82.54.116.217]) by smtpcmd04.ad.aruba.it with bizsmtp id rm8M1w01Z4hW8sa01m8N8K; Fri, 29 Dec 2017 11:08:22 +0100 From: Stefano Crocco To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] help installing Gentoo on Asus Transformer T101HA Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 11:11:28 +0100 Message-ID: <3566432.RAEJ00gL0s@linux> In-Reply-To: <4e9c5e61-ffd8-0fc5-3144-edd15f4d8c99@gmail.com> References: <3050136.cXRzIXVGXk@linux> <4e9c5e61-ffd8-0fc5-3144-edd15f4d8c99@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=aruba.it; s=a1; t=1514542102; bh=orWyNy3FsSu1w1howEC+Ie82Z1jcMvz2GoQBznCerBQ=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=SaxjpGriQjMi7/5IXALEQlmkRCPAvuAEIMRmMS9apqaErWZXnT/S6im5MNNNYUzfD ST+AdCmM59SaGqoKmUBxjC14oABi7qCU6Fc9ZXrxfzIqAZKxm07t6Xi7nT6bnUC+oy CUV3YJShdcMBcEm3tRs3WRCxYx1N6HODKmf3FotplVScyG5+9/hLPPHQZk+rNihiDv 0k3/KVkdml7Q8yFnzkY5tCYbGAL2AnJqvZnbZ/E3iiMi92mXT1fQgNk9VPkPDBJf6y spHWt9VIhiEb8EnZ+aMU6UDcFpoSG7As/9AGaRHjp3Ks40buF/y+EGaZNqxmYQ7iDW ET5XxwmDx1rug== X-Archives-Salt: 4ed9db83-471d-4e78-b1fe-bd83c33fc3a0 X-Archives-Hash: abf9fb7b2b31fe57577ca7b9f2744d65 On venerd=EC 29 dicembre 2017 03:40:46 CET Daniel Frey wrote: > On 12/28/17 12:36, Stefano Crocco wrote: > > Hello to everyone, > > I'm trying to install Gentoo on an Asus Transformer T101HA and there are > > some issues I'd need help with. > >=20 > > First of all, I must say that many things worked fairly easily. I > > performed > > the installation from a SysrescueCD USB stick where almost everything, > > including WiFi and touchscreen, worked out of the box (aside from having > > to > > find out how to rotate the screen, both in X and in framebuffer). > >=20 > > After installing everything (of course, compiling all packages on my > > desktop machine), there are still some things which don't work. One is > > the touch screen but, given that it worked using the SysrescueCD stick, > > I'm not worried too much about it (besides, I'm not planning to use it > > much). > >=20 > > The most troublesome issues, right now, are the sound card and the SD c= ard > > reader. Both of them simply don't seem to exist: they didn't work with = the > > SysrescueCD stick, I can't find any mention of either of them in the > > output of dmesg, lspci and lsusb and Google gave pratically no answer. > > I'm starting to think neither of them is supported with Linux but I > > haven't been able to find any definitive information about this. I tried > > activating all kernel options I could find which seemed vaguely related > > to them, but to no effect. > >=20 > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able even to find out the exact models of > > the > > cards. All I know is that (according to Windows 10) the sound card is an > > Intel SSt Audio Device (WDM), while the codec is a Realtek I2S Audio > > Codec. I have no information at all on the SD card reader. The > > motherboard, according to lshw, is a T101HA by AUSTeK. > >=20 > > I attach my last version of the kernel config (using gentoo-sources-4.1= 4.9 > > which, I just found out, now seems to be masked). > >=20 > > I'd be glad for any hint about these issues. I spent all of this aftern= oon > > trying to solve them and I can't really think what else I could try. > >=20 > > Thanks in advance > >=20 > > Stefano >=20 > Hmm, after googling it seems some of those Transformer models are not > linux friendly. There are reports of no driver for the SD card reader > and models earlier than yours needed firmware to use the sound card. >=20 > You might be able to use hints from: >=20 > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/T100TA >=20 > to get the sound working, even though the model is older than yours. >=20 > Dan Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, the hints on the page you linked didn't work. The firmware o= n=20 that page is already included in linux-firmware (unless I'm missing somethi= ng,=20 of course). I tried compiling it in the kernel, but with no result. I belie= ve=20 the problem is something other than missing firmware, because I see no mess= ages=20 about failures to load firmware in dmes.=20 I just noticed there are some audio-related messages in dmesg which I hadn'= t=20 noticed before: [drm] HDaudio controller not detected, using LPE audio instead cht-bsw-rt5645: ASoC: CODEC DAI snd-soc-dummy-dai not registered cht-bsw-rt5645: snd_soc_register_card failed -517 I don't know whether they're significant or they're spurious messages cause= d by=20 my including every possible sound card drivers in the kernel. I fear you're right about this Transformer not being linux friendly: I just= =20 found out that it doesn't recognize the power button, either.=20 I think right now I need a break from this machine: I've alread spent about= =20 three days working on it and I have other things to do. I'll try to rebuild= a=20 kernel from scratch in a few days; in the meanwhile I'll use it as it is. Thanks again Stefano