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# Acer Cloudbook

## Hardware

Processor: Intel Celeron N3050 @ 1.60GHz

Video: Intel Corporation Device 22b1 (rev 21)

Audio: Intel Corporation Device 2284 (rev 21)

Wireless NIC: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3160 (rev 83)

    lspci -nn
    00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2280] (rev 21)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22b1] (rev 21)
    00:0b.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22dc] (rev 21)
    00:10.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2294] (rev 21)
    00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22b5] (rev 21)
    00:18.0 DMA controller [0801]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22c0] (rev 21)
    00:18.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22c1] (rev 21)
    00:1a.0 Encryption controller [1080]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2298] (rev 21)
    00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2284] (rev 21)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22c8] (rev 21)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:22cc] (rev 21)
    00:1e.0 DMA controller [0801]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2286] (rev 21)
    00:1e.4 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:228c] (rev 21)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:229c] (rev 21)
    00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2292] (rev 21)
    02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 [8086:08b3] (rev 83)

## Installation

Installation made with the 2015_12_01 image, which includes the kernel version 4.2.5.

### BIOS configuration

- Touchpad: Basic
- Boot Mode: Legacy
- Boot priority order: the eMMC block device needs to have a lower boot priority than the USB bootable device.

Then save and exit.

### Kernel parameters

Without these options, the installation image won't load at all:

- edd=off
- noapic

Without this option, the kernel will automatically load the pinctrl_cherryview module which is incompatible with the Acer Cloudbook:

- modprobe.blacklist=pinctrl_cherryview

If that module gets loaded, multiple ACPI issues will arise; systemd-udevd will freeze and report multiple errors.

Therefore these parameters needs to be added at the end of the kernel parameters' line of the boot launcher:

    linux /vmlinuz-linux ... edd=off noapic modprobe.blacklist=pinctrl_cherryview

### Installation

- Everything should function without any issues thanks to the previous kernel parameters, proceed to install the image as normal.
  - The module for the wireless NIC is included with the kernel, so Wi-Fi works out of the box.
- Do not forget to add edd=off noapic modprobe.blacklist=pinctrl_cherryview to the kernel parameters of the boot launcher's configuration file. See: Kernel parameters.

Example with Grub:

    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet edd=off noapic modprobe.blacklist=pinctrl_cherryview"

in the /etc/default/grub configuration file.

## Troubleshooting

### GDM

If Gnome/GDM is installed and started, the login page will flicker up-to the point that it becomes nonfunctional. See GDM#Use Xorg backend.

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