New Special Builds out today!
Download 64 bit build from https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special//Camd64OS_R62-9901.B-Special.7z
SHA256: ac9423218735b00f3bfc1f68dca03944482e62e5abbfb397fa60b4d6f2271edb
Enhancements
- R62 Chromium Release
- Google Drive Integration
- Improved Linux Firmware Support as per https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-20170314.ebuild.
- Improved Wireless support due to disabling APManager
Known Issues: https://github.com/arnoldthebat/chromiumos/issues
The Update Servers are now online as of 19/11/17 so update away!
Hi Arnold, thanks for builds. First time running yours on my Thinkpad T60p.
I noticed no touchpad support. (TrackPoint – the red joystick in the middle of ThinkPad keyboard – works, but I dislike it).
FlintOS vanila v1.1 R60 have my touchpad working (sadly with no two finger scrolling even after suggested tweaks).
What files to look at and compare? The ones in /etc/gesture ??
Any advise appreciated.
Try the special build. It has better touchpad support.
It was a special build. Hence post in this thread.
Now I installed the enhanced Vanilla r62. And…
1) My touchpad works. But two finger scrolling doesn’t.
2) Not sure why my Radeon V5250 (X1700 alike) card is supported by radeon kernel module here. I though it’s only special builds support radeons…
I read that Flint OS said that they committed PC related changes upstream… (“Our first step has been to enable Radeon card support which we have successfully submitted back to the upstream project. “) Maybe they are coming down now?..
And indeed:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/minigbm/+/3f25951570d82dc940f63cae34b48d13490c55c0%5E%21/
How much storage will be included when installed to the flash drive?
Around 8GB used for the USB drive. Installing to hard drive uses it all.
Thanks Arnold. Downloading the image now in hopes of better touchpad support. I have been testing on a Dell Latitude XT2 XFR. It works great except for the touchpad. When the computer is asleep I can wake it with the touchpad, so there is hope.
Well, I try to load the image and it gets to the Kernel boot and sits at a black screen requiring a hard shutdown of the machine.
Hmmm, looks like a lack of support in the kernel for older graphics so maybe an oversight on my part. Have you tried the daily builds just to compare?
I tried today’s build with no success either. Last version that I was able to have working was Camd64OS_R62-9901.B-Vanilla.7z
That’s odd since both Vanilla and Special kernels are pretty much the same, barring the touchpad stuff!
Let me take a look and see whats occurred..
I met the same problem on an older machine with only Intel G41 Express Chipset(no other graphical adapters)
Forgot 2 say – R60 works fine~
Sorry, wrong build, I believe it was R60-9592.B, but I’m going to double check.
Yes the kernel version is Aug 28, which is the R60-9592.B-Special build. That is what I currently have installed on the XT2 and works with everything except the touchpad.
OK, let me go and compare, and find out whats occurred.
Widevine support ?
Nope.
can it be implemented ? ( thanks arnold for all the great work )
There is a gentoo pacakge I have tried before, to no avail: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins
Ill take another look however..
thank you again, netflix and spotify are not working because of it.
All the v60 and 62 builds (Special and Vanilla) have me stuck on the splash screen for hours. Only v58 and older works. What’s going on?
Plus, I retried v58, and tried to OTA to 60, but it kept saying it’s up to date. OTA isn’t working — on any channel
Update servers will be online later today. R58 was the last X11 build variant so likely you have fallen foul of the lack of overall graphics support
Huh. Flint OS was still compatible with my PC on its latest v60. Can you do the same?
My computer runs on the Intel Celeron 2955U graphics. Those are no longer compatible?
I cannot back port. But Ill review for the next build.
Ok. But what do you mean by back port?
hey arnold 🙂 i was watching Google I/O 2016 and in the minute 3:46 the presenter is runing the play store in chromium os https://youtu.be/ZLYzX0G0YKQ?t=3m46s
and According to some Google devs, most of the code needed for running Android apps on Chromium OS (the code supporting this ability is collectively referred to as “Arc++”) is now available as open source, and, for the most part, “there’s nothing stopping people from implementing this approach elsewhere.” See :
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?hl=en#!topic/chromium-os-discuss/OfBln-hl7ug
what do you think ?
It looks possible, but I would need a real Chrome OS device to do a comparison with. Since I don’t have one of those, would anyone like to volunteer? As per https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-os-discuss/OfBln-hl7ug/4H-Yo9hkAwAJ we would need to at least review a working system…
I wish i can help 🙁 i’am sure if you make a post in the front page about it someone will help. thanks again arnold for all your great work and effort.
I can send an Asus Flip c101 with a cracked digitizer but with a working screen. It is one of the Android supported models. Email me if you’d like to coordinate it. It would be an unbelievable amount of awesome to have full play store support. You’re welcome to have it if you’d like.
Hi Erik
Emailed you!!
Ok. But what do you mean by back port?
Plus, I tried updating again, but it still hasn’t worked
I have installed Chromium on my hard disk as in instructions here:
http://blog.championswimmer.in/2016/01/multibooting-chrome-os-on-your-laptop
and it works quite well. Basically, it is copying the ROOT-A and STATE partitions and making some change to ‘chromeos-startup’ file. The only problem is that I can’t get into the terminal with Alt+Ctrl+F2. It works when installed on USB though.
Where am I going wrong?
I think I managed to fix this similar issue by adding ‘cros_debug’ to the boot arguments/flags of Chromium.
I’ve done the update from server but now my Wifi is disabled. What appened?
Is this build getting a x86 compilation? My laptop only runs Chromium x64 if it’s CloudReady. My lap is a Samsung N210 Plus, Intel Atom 450 processor
Ill review for the R64 build. R62 will not be getting an x86 build since Im struggling for time.
You can boot 64 bits, i had the same problem, and the fix is booting in legacy mode instead of UEFI mode
Any chance to get nvidia graphics working in a new build?
Still trying!
What about google play store?
at the moment it is not working and asking to update.
The google play store is still not working.
Hi Everybody,
i want to definitively replace Windows with ChormiumOS on my personal PC. But i’d like to have the play store to share apps among smartphone and tablet Android. Is there in this build the play store?? Did anyone test it?
thanks in advance for your help
Bye Bye
I understand that Google Play Store is not an option right now and I’m okay with that. Is there any decent document on how to side-load an APK file?
Well, you can use a Chrome extension called ARChon (must be installed as an unpacked extension) and, once installed, use an Android app called ARChon Packager in your phone to convert your Android apps (even you have them installed or as an APK)
ARChon Runtime for Chrome: https://archon-runtime.github.io/
ARChon Packager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2956983&stc=1&d=1412202203
so…I tried this on a HP Stream 7 tablet and the touch screen worked, and an otg keyboard to install it, so far it works decently, however it does freeze quite often, still cool to see a chromium tablet tho
Arnold, will Play Store be available in R64 special build?
Hello Arnold,
I am trying out your build for a kiosk application use case, yet I cannot get Single-App Kiosk mode working. I followed every guide I could find on the internet, yet it doesn’t seem to work. Any thoughts?
Also, is there any way one could circumnavigate the Google services that come baked into the OS?
Thanks for the awesome project!
Could you log this in https://github.com/arnoldthebat/chromiumos please as a new issue? Then I can take a look.
Hello, I have been trying to get this to boot properly on my Acer Spin 111-31 N4200 celeron CPU 4GB RAM 64gig EMMC storage however it is RIDICULOUSLY slow. Just booting from the USB takes forever. I tried creating a partition on the emmc drive and DD the install image to the emmc to rule out the speed limit of the USB drive but it’s still painfully, unusably slow. It takes about 10 minutes just for the chromium logo to come up.
Is there any way I can contribute to making this run smoother?
Not seeing this on any of the build testing Ive done.