Trying to setup Pop OS on Surface Pro

[Sauron]

1 minute ago, hello_world98 said:

Yes, how do i change this?

By adding the correct boot option, unfortunately I have never done this on systemd-boot and I couldn't help you there. Grub can autodetect it but you need to actually be using grub to boot for that to work and to have run grub-mkconfig. Switching bootloader is also a bit of a pain and something I personally never needed to do. I suggest you run Ubuntu or an Ubuntu variant, these problems would probably just go away - or ask someone who knows more about this than me. When I have some time I'll try this on a pop_os vm just to see if I can figure it out but I wouldn't hold my breath

[hello_world98]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

By adding the correct boot option, unfortunately I have never done this on systemd-boot and I couldn't help you there. Grub can autodetect it but you need to actually be using grub to boot for that to work and to have run grub-mkconfig. Switching bootloader is also a bit of a pain and something I personally never needed to do. I suggest you run Ubuntu or an Ubuntu variant, these problems would probably just go away - or ask someone who knows more about this than me. When I have some time I'll try this on a pop_os vm just to see if I can figure it out but I wouldn't hold my breath

Ok, ill do that. Thank you for your time! I will update this if i find a solution

[Sauron]

I figured it out, you need to copy these files

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here (I renamed them, you can keep the previous names but remember to be consistent in the next step):

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then add a surface.conf entry in /boot/efi/loader/entries:

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which must contain the following (again make sure the file names match):

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head back to /boot/efi/loader and edit loader.conf as follows (this will give you 5 seconds to choose what to boot):

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reboot and select the "surface" entry:

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and boom:

[hello_world98]

54 minutes ago, Sauron said:

I figured it out, you need to copy these files

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

here (I renamed them, you can keep the previous names but remember to be consistent in the next step):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

then add a surface.conf entry in /boot/efi/loader/entries:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

which must contain the following (again make sure the file names match):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

head back to /boot/efi/loader and edit loader.conf as follows (this will give you 5 seconds to choose what to boot):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

reboot and select the "surface" entry:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

and boom:

Did all that but when i chose "surface" from the boot menu it said it could not be found. below are my files:

[hello_world98]

1 hour ago, Sauron said:

I figured it out, you need to copy these files

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

here (I renamed them, you can keep the previous names but remember to be consistent in the next step):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

then add a surface.conf entry in /boot/efi/loader/entries:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

which must contain the following (again make sure the file names match):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

head back to /boot/efi/loader and edit loader.conf as follows (this will give you 5 seconds to choose what to boot):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

reboot and select the "surface" entry:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

and boom:

Nevermind i got it working!! The directory for the files in the boot loader entry have to start with /EFI, they cant be full directories like i did above. My touchscreen is working!! 

 

[Sauron]

1 hour ago, hello_world98 said:

The directory for the files in the boot loader entry have to start with /EFI

Yep ^^ if the problem is gone don't forget to mark the thread as solved by selecting a best answer

[hello_world98]

42 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Yep ^^ if the problem is gone don't forget to mark the thread as solved by selecting a best answer

Thank you Linux Sherpa! Not the first time you've helped my newbie self lol

[joisai]

On 5/1/2019 at 9:16 PM, Sauron said:

I figured it out, you need to copy these files

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

here (I renamed them, you can keep the previous names but remember to be consistent in the next step):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

then add a surface.conf entry in /boot/efi/loader/entries:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

which must contain the following (again make sure the file names match):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

head back to /boot/efi/loader and edit loader.conf as follows (this will give you 5 seconds to choose what to boot):

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

reboot and select the "surface" entry:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

and boom:

Thanks for this Sauron (and OP!). I had the same issue, I had expected the linux-surface script to switch the kernel for me but I've all got Pop!_OS working too thanks to this thread. Kudos to you both

[gaulinmp]

This worked 99% perfectly for me, but when I rebooted and selected 'surface', it said the files weren't found. After a restart with the old ctrl-alt-delete, and booting back into the working Pop!_OS, I ran the systemd-boot update, and everything worked:

$ bootctl update

Thank you all so much for the amazing tech support!

[wasab]

Lol, you are a rebel.