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Hello Puppy enthusiasts!

I'm relatively new to the Linux scene, and even more so to Puppy Linux, but I've been able to revive several old laptops with various Puppies and that just scratches the perfect itch in my brain :) My most recent revival endeavor has been for an ASUS Chromebook C300MA (circa 2014 if Google is to be believed) and I have successfully converted it into a Puppybook running Bookworm64! However, the Chromebook is configured rather atypically for a laptop, mainly in the keyboard and I believe the lid function as well, so it isn't perfectly plug-and-play like a lot of the other laptops I've installed Puppies on. I did some poking around on the forums before making this post and couldn't find anything applicable to my situation, so I'm hoping I can get some assistance!

Rambly context aside, my main issues are finding the correct keyboard layout (tried the Chromebook layout, not sure what exactly all the keys are or if it's even the right one), getting the lid to properly suspend/sleep (perhaps even lock?) my Pupbook, and finding sound drivers/troubleshooting why my onboard speakers are not working.

More on the speakers: I attempted to test the audio with the preinstalled GTK Radio and all the speakers would do was pop at me and continue to be silent. Toggling different audio profiles didn't help anything either. I know the speakers work, as they were functioning perfectly fine on the stock ChromeOS.

Attached is a hardware report generated by PSI for further information. I am aware the battery is dead, I'm gonna order a replacement soon ;D

Thank you in advance!
-Helix

First you assume all the hardware is working 100% perfect.

Well, if it all does using some other operating system, that answers that.

Sound in BookwormPup64 needs to be setup the first time you use it.
Right click on the speaker icon right side of the desktop tray.
Select preferences.
Under the output devices tab make sure the correct output device is selected.
To select a listed device.
Click the green check mark icon for the device you need to be using.
Look at all the other tabs for anything that does not seem correct.

For more help with ChromeBooks look at this topic:
viewtopic.php?t=431

All chromeBooks are different, so read the different posts to see if one is providing some help for you.

I would not really expect everything to work perfect. Especially the F keys along the top of the keyboard.
But everything they can do can be done in Puppy by a program or settings.