Trying to run Linux on Samsung Galaxy Book 10.8

Sharing some experiences about running, more precisely trying to run, Linux on a Samsung Galaxy Book 10.8" x86 tablet.

TLDR: Touchscreen is not working. So without attached keyboard, avoid this tablet.

PS: Samsung Galaxy Book 10.6 or 10.8 ? dmidecode says 10.6.

What works

Basic functionality is working (kernel ??) :

• Keyboard
• Touchpad
• Adaptive brightness
• WiFi (kernel 5.17+)

I haven't tested much more than that.

What seems buggy :

• Screen orientation

What is not working :

• Speakers
• Touchscreen
• Webcam

To be tested :

• Bluetooth
• Gyroscope

Customization of the tablet

The tablet configuration was like this :

Samsung Galaxy Book 10.8
Intel(R) Core(TM) m3-7Y30 CPU @ 1.00GHz
4GB RAM
64GB SSD
10.8" touchscreen display
+ a cover keyboard

The tablet was delivered to me in the end of April 2019. It was saled on Ebay as used but never opened.

Trying Linux Live

The computer came with Windows 10 Home installed.

Download EndeavourOS 2022 and write it on an USB drive.

Here is the steps to boot from the USB drive :

• Boot the computer
• On the boot screen displaying Samsung Galaxy Book Logo press F10
• Choose the USB UEFI entry

Boot the usual live session :

• Screen is in portrait mode :
  • open a terminal
  • type "xrandr -o left"

WiFi is working. Touchscreen sometime kind of works, but not usable.

Battery life is good.

Output from some commands

sudo lshw -sanitize

linux@tablet:~$ sudo lshw -sanitize > output/lshw.txt
[sudo] password for linux:
linux@tablet:~$

Soon. Crashing right now :

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'
  what():  basic_string::_M_create

lsmod

linux@tablet:~$ lsmod > output/lsmod.txt
linux@tablet:~$

See the output in output/lsmod.txt.

See the output with clearlinux2019 in output/lsmod_clearlinux2019.txt.

See the output with Fedora 31 in output/lsmod_fedora31.txt.

lscpu

linux@tablet:~$ lscpu > output/lscpu.txt

See the output in output/lscpu.txt.

See the output with clearlinux2019 in output/lscpu_clearlinux2019.txt.

See the output with Fedora 31 in output/lscpu_fedora31.txt.

cat /proc/cpuinfo

linux@tablet:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo > output/cpuinfo.txt
linux@tablet:~$

See the output in output/cpuinfo.txt.

cat /proc/meminfo

linux@tablet:~$ cat /proc/meminfo > output/meminfo.txt
linux@tablet:~$

See the output in output/meminfo.txt.

dmesg

linux@tablet:~$ dmesg > output/dmesg.txt
linux@tablet:~$

See the output in output/dmesg.txt.

See the output with clearlinux2019 in output/dmesg_clearlinux2019.txt.

See the output with Fedora 31 in output/dmesg_fedora31.txt.

Thermal sensors

linux@tablet:~$ sensors > output/sensors.txt
linux@tablet:~$

See the output in output/sensors.txt.

Other references

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