skulls
pre-built coreboot images and documentation on how to flash them for Thinkpad Laptops (by merge)
yoga-bios-unlock
unlock the advanced menu of Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 BIOS (by esno)
| skulls | yoga-bios-unlock | |
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| 50 | 5 | |
| 654 | 90 | |
| - | - | |
| 7.3 | 3.7 | |
| about 2 months ago | 7 months ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
skulls
Posts with mentions or reviews of skulls.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-13.
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Greatest “Classic” Mac Laptop: Powerbook G3 Pismo
I also have an X230 that I bought from a local recycler. Its small but also a bit on the chunky side when it comes to weight and thickness. I do enjoy using it though. I put a SATA SSD and a mSATA SSD in it, upped the RAM to 16GB, replaced the Bluetooth adapter with a USB plug that I have a Logitech Unify Adapter plugged into, and replaced the stock BIOS with Skulls (which also nuked most of the Intel ME) https://github.com/merge/skulls/
Since its running Coreboot/SeaBIOS now it won't boot Windows. That's fine though became it runs the XFCE edition of Manjaro just fine.
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Skulls loaded on the first boot but then nothing
I just flashed Skulls BIOS on a Lenovo Thinkpad T440p but successful boots are rare — usually the display doesn't turn on & CPU fan promptly turns off and no error beeps occur. Only the power button stays lit up.
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Raspberry Pi OS: Where are the the pi_bcm2835 and spidev files? Is "/etc/modules.load.ed" the same as "/etc/modules"?
I'm trying to flash Skulls BIOS using this guide and one of the steps states "For flashrom we put pi_bcm2835 and spidev in /etc/modules". Where can I find the pi_bcm2835 and spidev files?
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"enable_uart=1" missing from /boot/config.txt file
I'm trying to flash Skulls BIOS using this guide and one of the steps states "in the SD Cards's /boot/config.txt file enable_uart=1 and dtparam=spi=on". I found the file but it doesn't contain any "uart" entries. Would pasting the entry under "dtparam=spi=on" and saving it achieve the same result?
- What laptops that support Internal method for initial instillation?
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Just wanted to clarify some things
Skulls comes close to a "download and execute" experience.
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Moved from Windows to Debian Linux on the T420
Nice! Have you thought of changing to an open source BIOS with Skulls? It's more secure and faster. You can now flash it with a flash drive using 1vyrain.
- Undoing 1vyrain?
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T430 Coreboot question
Use this and flash ut with ivyrain https://github.com/merge/skulls
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Thinkpad x230 skulls/coreboot problem.
Known problem. See https://github.com/merge/skulls/issues/231
yoga-bios-unlock
Posts with mentions or reviews of yoga-bios-unlock.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-19.
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Stable Diffusion WebUI for AMD Renoir APUs and possibly more AMD APUs
To have the necessary VRAM the only way I've found is allocating it from the BIOS settings (some vendors lock this section so unless you're lucky or you can unlock your bios for now you won't be able to use this method, for Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 users you can use this tool: https://github.com/esno/yoga-bios-unlock). If you have any knowledge about how to allocate a certain amount of VRAM without the need of the bios please reach me out or contribute to the WebUI code.
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New Fedora Kernel 5.15.6-200 is out
Thank you for the suggestion. Sadly the option is hidden in Bios and I'd have to unlock advanced menu using this https://github.com/esno/yoga-bios-unlock And I'd rather wait till I can install Fedora than to mess with bios like that.
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Update BIOS without Windows
wait, that sounds like it's related to modern standby when I looked it up before buying it, many people complained about that, since linux doesn't really play ball with it you can disable modern standby if you unlock the BIOS, which I did under windows, but it seems some kind fellows did it under Linux as well: https://github.com/esno/yoga-bios-unlock hope this helps
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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 sleep issue
Should I do the bios unlock? (described here: https://github.com/esno/yoga-bios-unlock)
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For those who's struggling with suspend/wakeup on Lenovo laptops
You can unlock additional options using the tool available on this GitHub page.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing skulls and yoga-bios-unlock you can also consider the following projects:
t430-coreboot - coreboot rom for thinkpad t430
x220-coreboot - My my coreboot built for the thinkpad x220, including vga bootsplash, boot menu wait set to 1 sec, and me_cleaner
heads - A minimal Linux that runs as a coreboot or LinuxBoot ROM payload to provide a secure, flexible boot environment for laptops, workstations and servers.
coreboot-builder-scripts - Bash scripts and config files to simplify building of Coreboot using the official coreboot-sdk docker image
1vyrain - LiveUSB Bootable exploit chain to unlock all features of xx30 ThinkPad machines. WiFi Whitelist, Advanced Menu, Overclocking.
thinkpad-ec - Infrastructure for examining and patching Thinkpad embedded controller firmware
x210 - Collection of patches, mods and documentation for the 51nb x210.
Coreboot - Coreboot repository for flashing my devices
coreboot - coreboot component of Dasharo