Main information based on:
https://github.com/5bentz/linux-asus-t100/blob/master/T100TA_guide.md
Added/removed some information based on my experience.
Grab 32bit efi boot loader from:
https://github.com/jfwells/linux-asus-t100ta/raw/master/boot/bootia32.efi
Download Kubuntu 21.10 ISO-file from Ubuntu homepage.
Use for example Rufus to write the ISO-file to an USB stick.
Copy over the bootia32.efi to the stick /EFI/boot.
Start from the stick.
Press ESC few times at boot time for one time boot menu.
Boot up the Kubuntu stick and choose try Kubuntu.
Open a terminal and start installation with sudo ubiquity -b.
Note: -b: So ubiquity installer won’t write a boot loader automatically.
Partitioning
Leave the 100mb efi partition.
Delete the windows partition.
Create a new ext4 partition and mount it to /
Install the system
After installation choose continue testing.
Fresh installation root partition is now mounted into /target
Mount also the 100mb efi partition to /target/boot/efi
Mount some local dirs to /target:
for dir in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys /run; do mount –bind „$dir“ /target/“$dir“; done
Change root into the target root directory.
chroot /target /bin/bash
Install boot loader:
apt update
apt install grub-efi-ia32
grub-install –efi-directory=/boot/efi
update-grub
Set cstate parameter correctly.
Note: Otherwise system will halt randomly after approx. 30min runtime.
vi /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“intel_idle.max_cstate=1 quiet splash“
update-grub
Exit chroot.
Unmount /target/boot/efi
Reboot
Install onboard:
sudo apt isntall onboard
Install evdev-rce:
https://github.com/PeterCxy/evdev-right-click-emulation
Note: Change order of cc commands – move flags to the end of line. After make you just have to start the compiled binary for tap-and-hold-for-right-click capability.
Note: I’m rarely using this, because in practice I do not need the right click function for the touchscreen very often. So when needed I just run the binary, use the right-click and then exit the binary again. Letting it run in background can bring up problems with other touchscreen operations e.g. Onboard on screen keyboard.
Replace Pulseaudio with Pipewire:
Note: The default audio server Pulseaudio will let the sound crash after few minutes. Only a high frequent sinus tone is then emitted – will also bring problems with video playback then.
Note: When you want to stick with Pulseaudio you can recover from the crash with the pulseaudio -k command. I changed to Pipewire, as I could not find any permanent solution for Pulseaudio. A good starting point for further research could be: https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues/3868
sudo apt install pipewire*
sudo apt install libspa-0.2-bluetooth
Note: This lib is needed for Bluetooth audio working properly.
Disable powersaving function for Wi-Fi adapter:
cd /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d
mv default-wifi-powersave-on.conf default-wifi-powersave-off.conf
vi /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-off.conf
[connection]
wifi.powersave = 2
Reboot
when you experience issues with not remembering tap to click on your touchpad on reattach, add to /usr/share/X11/x11.org.conf.d/40-libinput.conf:
Note: Remember to restart libinput by at minimum relogon.
Section „InputClass“
Identifier „Asus TouchPad“
MatchDriver „libinput“
MatchIsTouchpad „on“
Option „Tapping“ „true“
Option „NaturalScrolling“ „True“
EndSection