Linux Surface

Linux running on the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. Following the instructions below to install the latest kernel and config files.

What's Working

• Keyboard (and backlight)
• Touchpad
• 2D/3D Acceleration
• Touchscreen
• Pen (if paired and multi-touch mode enabled)
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• Speakers
• Power Button
• Volume Buttons
• SD Card Reader
• Cameras (partial support)
• Suspend/Hibernate
• Sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor)
• Battery Readings
• Docking/Undocking Tablet and Keyboard (for Surface Book)

What's NOT Working

• Dedicated GPU (if you have a performance base on a Surface Book, otherwise onboard works fine)
• Cameras (not fully supported yet)

Download Pre-built Kernel, Headers and IPTS_firmware

Downloads for ubuntu based distros (other distros will need to compile from source in the kernel folder):

https://goo.gl/QSZCwq

You will need to download :

• linux_image-*
• linux_header-*

Instructions

1. Copy the files under root to where they belong:  * $ sudo cp -R root/* /
2. Extract ipts_firmware.zip to /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/

• $ sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/intel/ipts
• $ sudo unzip ipts_firmware.zip -d /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/

3. Fix issue with Suspend to Disk:

• $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/hibernate.target /etc/systemd/system/suspend.target && sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hibernate.service /etc/systemd/system/systemd-suspend.service

4. Set permissions on mwifiex_pcie.sh script:

• $ sudo chown root /lib/systemd/system-sleep/mwifiex_pcie.sh
• $ sudo chmod 755 /lib/systemd/system-sleep/mwifiex_pcie.sh

5. Install the custom kernel and headers:

• $ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-[VERSION].deb linux-image-[VERSION].deb

6. Reboot on installed kernel.

NOTE: If your network won't connect on the 4.14.x series, you need to apply the apparmor-fix-4.14.patch file in /etc/: $ cd /etc/ && sudo patch -p1 < /path/to/apparmor-fix-4.14.patch

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