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Entry created
@2023-02-08@

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Models covered
Dell Chromebook 7310

Overall Status

Legend :
= OK ; Unsupported(No Driver) ; = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
= Configuration Required; = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware

Important Note

Required Firmware Upgrade

To install Debian as the primary OS on the machine you will need to disable the firmware protection and install the MrChromebox "coreboot / UEFI full ROM" firmware. Until you do so you will not be able to boot from a thumbdrive containing the Debian ISO. Doing so will completely remove ChromeOS from your machine, although a procedure is available to back up the old firmware. Options to dual-boot were formerly available but since ChromeOS is no longer supported on this older machine they are no longer recommended.

Configuration

Display

Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)

On initial install the VESA driver was active which provides minimal performance. To activate the Intel driver create:

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

With the following contents:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "Intel Graphics"
  Driver "intel"
EndSection

And restart.

Audio

Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)

Works right out of the box.

Mouse

Works right out of the box.

Power Management

I do not see a hibernation option in the XFCE menus. Sleep/Suspend works fine and the computer comes back properly each time.

WiFi

Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev bb)

Works, but requires non-free firmware, and you need it to finish installing packages. I was successful using the AMD64 unofficial non-free "cd including firmware" ISO which did detect this machine's network controller.

System Summary

lspci

$ lspci -nn

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev bb)
boutell@lilbiggins:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI [8086:1604] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 [8086:1616] (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller [8086:160c] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller [8086:9cb1] (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 [8086:9cba] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller [8086:9ca0] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:9c90] (rev e3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller [8086:9cc5] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] [8086:9c83] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller [8086:9ca4] (rev 03)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 [8086:08b1] (rev bb)

lsusb

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5685 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

$ sudo lsusb -v 2>/dev/null | grep -E '\<(^Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)'
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         3 
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  iProduct                0 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5685 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  iProduct                1 Integrated_Webcam_HD
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller

Resources

Chromebook Special Keys

By default the Chromebook's special keys act as F1 through F10. This keyboard has no F11 or F12.

If you wish, you can use the "Application Shortcuts" tab of the "Keyboard" control panel to configure most of these keys to have their usual Chromebook functions.

First install the following packages for brightness control and screenshot capability:

sudo apt-get install xbacklight scrot

Then add the following keyboard shortcuts:

F5: scrot -b -d 5 '%Y:%m:%d:%H:%M:%S.png' -e 'mv $f ~/Desktop/'
F6: xbacklight -dec 10
F7: xbacklight -inc 10
F8: amixer sset Master mute
F9: amixer sset Master unmute 10%-
F10: amixer sset Master unmute 10%+

Choice of Desktop

Because of the 4GB RAM limitation of this machine, use of the Xfce desktop is recommended.

Note on Other Chromebooks

While there are no guarantees, most other Intel-based Chromebooks that were formerly supported under GalliumOS (see this hardware compatibility list) are likely to work under Debian 11 (Bullseye), with the "unofficial non-free" drivers, much like this machine. Most drivers that were formerly part of the GalliumOS project have been added to the mainline Linux kernel.

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