New Alpha builds ready for testing!

These builds will not auto update but can be forced once the real R78 special version is deployed if desired.

When R78 special is ready, the upgrade process can be performed with the following command line after opening a shell prompt:

update_engine_client --update --omaha_url=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9080/update

Build Details

• Realtek rtl8192e wireless support
• Realtek rtl8712 wireless support
• Realtek rtl8723bs wireless support
• Realtek rtl8188EU wireless support
• Additional SOC sound card support
• MediaTek MT7601U support
• Added in various Wired Ethernet drivers support

Download

https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/alpha//R78-12476.0.2019_09_29_AMD64-ATB.7z
SHA256:22a0b3097e87e08e825bc6a74f8e448a2645f46f836e783c432a2c927a39300f

Known Issues

• Play Store does not work
• The Google assistant does not work.
• “This is the last automatic software and security upgrade statement” can safely be ignored since this will not prevent subsequent updates.

Testing

Please test and log issues on https://github.com/arnoldthebat/chromiumos/issues. Ensure you tag the issue with the ‘Alpha’ tag as well as detailing the version of the build the issue was found in. When detailing the version, please use the tag with version of the build you are testing against. For example, for this build, use the tag: ‘R78-12476.0.2019_09_29’

Alpha builds are now available for testing. These builds will pretty much always be near cutting edge release (in this case R78) and allow testing of new features before they are back ported into the released Special builds.
This will allow for a simpler mechanism to test and deploy new features without waiting for the cut of a specific release from Google to baseline in the main ChromiumOS repo.

Consider these builds even more alpha in quality therefore!

This particular build will not auto update but can be forced once the real R78 special version is deployed if desired.

When R78 special is ready, the upgrade process can be performed with the following command line after opening a shell prompt:

update_engine_client --update --omaha_url=http://chromebld.arnoldthebat.co.uk:9080/update

Build Details

• Added kernel based Broadcom brcm80211 drivers and removed old Broadcom STA driver
• Switched back to Intel IWL7K Wireless drivers
• Added in all 4.14 kernel supported Marvell Wireless cards

Download

https://chromium.arnoldthebat.co.uk/special/alpha//R78-12476.0.2019_09_08_AMD64-ATB.7z

SHA256:109bbfc2c9e545f36dea5722dcbea960179d6a288bbd6afb9803fd76a78998fb

Known Issues

• Play Store does not work
• The Google assistant does not work.

Testing

Please test and log issues on https://github.com/arnoldthebat/chromiumos/issues. Ensure you tag the issue with the ‘Alpha’ tag as well as detailing the version of the build the issue was found in. When detailing the version, please use the tag with version of the build you are testing against. For example, for this build, use the tag: ‘R78-12476.0.2019_09_08’