Dell venue 8 pro
| Manufacturer | Dell |
|---|---|
| Name | Venue 8 pro (3845) |
| Codename | generic-x86_64 |
| Released | 2014 |
| Type | tablet |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Intel Bay Trail T Z3735 |
| CPU | Intel® Atom™ CPU Z3735 @ 1.832GHz (Quad-Core) |
| GPU | Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display |
| Display | 8" 800x1280 IPS LCD |
| Storage | 32 GB + sdcard reader |
| Memory | 1 GB |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Software | |
| Original software | Windows |
| Original version | 8.1 |
| FOSS bootloader | yes |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
| Mainline | yes |
| postmarketOS kernel | Latest edge |
| USB Networking | |
|---|---|
| Internal storage | |
| SD card | |
| Battery |
Partial |
| Screen |
Works |
| Touchscreen |
Works |
| Multimedia | |
| 3D Acceleration |
Works |
| Audio |
Works |
| Camera |
Broken |
| Camera Flash | |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi |
Works |
| Bluetooth |
Broken |
| Miscellaneous | |
| FDE | |
| USB-A |
Works |
| USB OTG |
Works |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Magnetometer | |
| Ambient Light | |
| Proximity | |
| Hall Effect | |
| Haptics | |
| Barometer | |
| Power Sensor | |
Contributors
Users owning this device
- Craftyguy
- Iliketwertles
- Neko (Notes: Dead SD, running Windows 8.1)
Information
- This tablet is essentially a small 32bit UEFI computer, suffers from 32bit UEFI with 64bit CPU
- Holding down the Windows button (above volume) holds the boot process, allowing you to:
- Enter bios (volume down)
- Select a boot device (volume up)
- Continue normal boot (wait or press windows button again)
- This tablet has no ability to flash via a computer, therefore installing has to be done manually on the tablet
Installation
Preparation
- Ensure secure boot is turned off
- Make the bootable usb
- Use pmbootstrap to make the usb, Use the
generic-x86_64codename and everything else is preference.
- Use pmbootstrap to make the usb, Use the
Flashing To Internal Storage
- Boot the flashed usb
- Hold down the windows button as before, power on the device, press volume up
- Then select the usb in the boot menu, reading what is on the screen
- Ensure you have an internet connection
- Re-run
pmbootstrap:- Install
pmbootstrapand rerun the init process, then install with--disk=<DISK>
- Install
- - The internal disk can be found with
lsblk
- - The internal disk can be found with
Hardware status
Bluetooth
Bluetooth support is available in other distros such as fedora, this means it will likely work in the future but no promises. likely configuration or driver related.
Camera
No Camera support in any known linux distros. Hopeful future support.
Battery
Battery charges and discharges as expected, however normally it does not report the %, it has been reported to work however. More investigation is needed
USB-A
There is no usb port on this tablet, however there is a microusb port which when paired with an adapter works just like a normal usb port. Hence why it is labeled as Works
Software issues
Audio Playback
If you experience issues with audio, or weird things like video playback hanging and an audible beep being emitted from the speaker, this is likely due to a misconfigured Sound OpenFirmware (SOF) setup. There are two different workarounds for this:
- Disable SOF, by unsetting
CONFIG_SND_INTEL_BYT_PREFER_SOFin the kernel or blacklisting the module(s) for it.
- Keep SOF and force a specific DSP driver when SOF loads:
$ echo "options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=2" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/byt-sof.conf
Tested DE
Gnome-mobile
Good, rare but possible lock-ups, assuming ram issue.
xfce4
Good, no complaints.
plasma-mobile
Works better with more recent updates, on the slow side but that should be expected with this device.