12th January, 2018

Kali Linux 2017.3 on the GPD Pocket

Unofficial Kali ISO Image available now for download
UPDATE: ISO 20171226-1 & Kernel 4.15.0-rc5-re4son+_8

Wifi
Bluetooth
Touch screen
Screen rotation
Proper display scaling & fan control
Built natively with debian lb and d-i

What is working:

Proper screen orientation for graphical debian-installer
Display properly rotated in terminal buffer, login screen & desktop
Scaling set to 0.60 ( 0.50 in gdm )
Touchscreen aligned to rotation
Multitouch
Wifi
Screen brightness
Cooling fan
Bluetooth
Sleep/wake
HDMI port
Charging at full speed
USB-C for data
Audio & Headphones

What needs some more work:

Encrypting the root partition is not supported yet. Coming in mid Jan.

Installation:

Download the latest ISO image from here:
https://whitedome.com.au/re4son/download/kali-pocket/
Write the image to a USB drive
Insert the stick into your GPD pocket, turn on and press F7 until boot menu pops up
Select boot from USB stick
In the Kali menu, select “Kali Live” and boot into desktop
In Kali, run GParted and unmount primary partition
Run debian-installer-launcher
Install
Reboot
Enjoy

The Pocket-Kali image comes with a limited set of tools to keep the size down (i.e. “top10” and “wireless” meta packages).
Just install “kali-linux-full” to get the whole shebang.
Install the latest kernel as documented in the next chapter
Follow @Re4sonKernel on Twitter for notifications on updates

Kernel updates:

Version included in ISO: 4.15.0-rc4-re4son+_2

The Kernel is based on Hans’ source tree with all the latest patches to support the GPD Pocket.
You should update to this one:

Latest Stable Version: 4.15.0-rc5-re4son+_8

Improved hardware support, performance and stability
Workaround for touchscreen I2C errors after resume from suspend
Fix for ugly “pcspkr” message on boot
Fix for missing objtool during runtime compilations
kalified kernel config
includes installer

Latest Test Version: 4.15.0-rc7-re4son+_2

All of the above, plus
Latest kernel updates
KTPI patch
touchscreen workaround replaced by permanent fix
workaround for debian bug #862175

Download and install new kernel via:

# Either download the stable version:
# (SHA256: 0e4720abcf7246489d63339773c08a3eeb3fb7a3097d878cdcf313f5e907fb72)
wget -O re4son-pocket-kernel.tar.xz https://whitedome.com.au/re4son/downloads/12376/
# Or download the test version:
# (SHA256: 3d036b373b22e1a79e663090a0137c6e80320ac8bf32bbfa1696af826d60152a)
wget -O re4son-pocket-kernel.tar.xz https://whitedome.com.au/re4son/downloads/12439/ 

tar xJf re4son-pocket-kernel.tar.xz
cd 4.15.0-rc5*
./install.sh

Remove old re4son kernel, e.g.:

apt remove linux-image-4.15.0-rc4-re4son+ && apt remove linux-headers-4.15.0-rc4-re4son+

Fixes (Not required for ISO versions 20171226-1 and later):

Backlight Control:

Please copy and paste this into a terminal:

echo "pwm-lpss" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
echo "pwm-lpss-platform" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
echo "i915" >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
update-initramfs -u

That’ll fix it. The next image will include this.

Audio:

Please copy and paste this into a terminal:

wget -O /etc/pulse/daemon.conf https://github.com/Re4son/Pocket-Kali-live-build/raw/master/kali-config/common/includes.chroot/etc/pulse/daemon.conf
mkdir -p /usr/share/alsa/ucm/chtrt5645
wget /usr/share/alsa/ucm/chtrt5645/HiFi.conf https://github.com/Re4son/Pocket-Kali-live-build/raw/master/kali-config/common/includes.chroot/usr/share/alsa/ucm/chtrt5645/HiFi.conf
wget /usr/share/alsa/ucm/chtrt5645/chtrt5645.conf https://github.com/Re4son/Pocket-Kali-live-build/raw/master/kali-config/common/includes.chroot/usr/share/alsa/ucm/chtrt5645/chtrt5645.conf
wget /etc/acpi/events/headphone-jack https://github.com/Re4son/Pocket-Kali-live-build/raw/master/kali-config/common/includes.chroot/etc/acpi/events/headphone-jack
wget /etc/acpi/headphone-jack.sh https://github.com/Re4son/Pocket-Kali-live-build/raw/master/kali-config/common/includes.chroot/etc/acpi/headphone-jack.sh