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Disclaimer: This repository is no longer updated as I don't have a GPD Pocket anymore.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.sh script to enable wifi connectivity.

/run/media/$USER/<pendrive>/fix_wifi.sh

• Connect to your wifi network using the basic_network.sh script 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_64 to 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

References

• http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/17445.html
• https://github.com/stockmind/gpd-pocket-ubuntu-respin
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GPD_Pocket