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====== Asus VivoMini VC65 ======

  * CPU Intel Pentium G4400T @ 2.90GHz
  * Intel High Definition Graphics 510
  * Ethernet Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit
  * WiFi Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565
  * Bluetooth USB controller IMC Networks 13d3:3472

===== Wake-on-LAN =====

To enable Wake-on-LAN you must enter the BIOS setup (Pressing **F2** or **Canc** at boot). Enter the //Advanced//, //APM Configuration// menu and **disable the ErP**. ErP ([[wp>Energy-related_products]]) support determines whether to let the system consume less than 1W of power in S5 (shutdown) state. This feature is not compatible with **Power On By WOL** and other nice features like **Restore AC Power Loss**, etc.

{{.:vivomini:asus_vivomini_wol.jpg?direct&200|Enabling W-o-L from BIOS}}

===== Installing Debian Linux =====

In short, starting from a plain **Debian 8 Jessie**, we needed the following extra packages:

  * **linux-image-4.6.0** (from jessie-backports)
  * **linux-base_4.3** (from jessie-backports)
  * **firmware-realtek** (from jessie-backports)
  * **firmware-misc-nonfree** (from jessie-backports)
  * **firmware-atheros** (from Debian Stretch)
  * **xserver-xorg-video-intel** (from jessie-backports or pinning from Debian Stretch)
  * **libgl1-mesa-dri** (from jessie-backports)

==== Firmwares ====

This is the list of non-free firmwares needed by the hardware:

  * **skl_dmc_ver1.bin** (provided by ''firmware-misc-nonfree''), required for graphics card power management.
  * **rtl8168h-2.fw** (provided by ''firmware-realtek''), required by the Ethernet controller.
  * **AthrBT_0x31010100.dfu** (provided by ''firmware-atheros''), this is the Bluetooth firmware.
==== Intel HD Graphics 510, X.org and 3D acceleration ====

We installed **Debian 8 Jessie**, but found that kernel linux-image-3.16.0 does not handle the Intel **High Definition Graphics 510 GPU**. At boot time no Intel framebuffer is detected and text console is just 80x25 chars. So we installed **linux-image-4.6.0** from jessie-backports, now the kernel detects the GPU and text console is now at high resolution:

<code>
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20160229 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
</code>

X.org does not recognize the Intel card and uses a generic Vesa driver; forcing the **''/etc/X11/xorg.conf''** file in this way:

<file>
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "device1"
    Driver      "intel"
EndSection
</file>

no devices are detected and X server does not start at all. The error in ''/var/log/Xorg.0.log'' is:

<code>
[  8879.997] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
        i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
        915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
        Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
        GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, HD Graphics,
        HD Graphics 2000, HD Graphics 3000, HD Graphics 2500,
        HD Graphics 4000, HD Graphics P4000, HD Graphics 4600,
        HD Graphics 5000, HD Graphics P4600/P4700, Iris(TM) Graphics 5100,
        HD Graphics 4400, HD Graphics 4200, Iris(TM) Pro Graphics 5200
[  8880.003] (EE) No devices detected.
</code>

The problem is with **xserver-xorg-video-intel** package: Jessie has the old 2.21.15 version. We need instead the newer **2.99.917** version from jessie-backports or pinning it from Debian Stretch (testing).

Finally we needed a newer Mesa library for 3D acceleration. Starting a 3D-aware program with Jessie library will bring the error:

<code>
pci id for fd 50: 8086:1902, driver (null)
i965_dri.so does not support the 0x1902 PCI ID.
</code>

Just download and install the package **libgl1-mesa-dri** version **11.1.3** form jessie-backports, which will replace the 10.3.2 version.