GNOME 3 experience on the WeTab.

Installation

Preparing the media

1. Create a bootable USB key (if the WeTab is your only device, see the developer page about getting root access)

2. Write some magic bytes for the benefit of the BIOS:

printf "\x9d\x2a\x44\x7b"|dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1 count=4 seek=440

Booting

1. Boot in the WeTab OS

2. Hard-power down the WeTab by pressing the corner (QuickStart) button and the power button together for 5 seconds.

3. When rebooting, press F11 repeatedly to get to the boot menu
4. Select the USB stick, and boot into your installer or live media

Notes and bugs (for Fedora 19)

• Webcam works
• Bluetooth works
• Video works:

  • HDMI output (Chrontel chip) support is not builtin to the Intel driver (Gross user-space implementation)

  • Touchscreen is supported (firmware update tools and instructions)

• Gyroscope/Accelerometer work including rotation.

• The ath9k wireless driver works (wide channels support is broken for some frequencies)

• The SDHC card reader works as expected
• The power button works as expected
• The Quickstart button doesn't work as expected, and uses "KEY_MEDIA" instead of a more appropriate keycode.
• 3G modem and Broadcom CrystalHD devices in the 3G version of the tablet were not tested, but should work.

See Also

• Downstream patches

• Installing Windows 7 on the tablet

• BIOS update