# Build / downloaded img freezes on chromebook **URL:** \ **Category:** Genode and Sculpt OS\ **Created:** [September 9, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://genode.discourse.group/t/build-downloaded-img-freezes-on-chromebook/213 "2025-09-09T12:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tayirvadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tayirvadai](https://genode.discourse.group/u/tayirvadai)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://genode.discourse.group/t/build-downloaded-img-freezes-on-chromebook/213/1 "2025-09-09T12:16:53Z")
Good Day. I have a chromebook with coreboot which runs xubuntu but i dont want a hefty linux kernel. So i would like to try the genode/nova. Since the chromebook (CB3-111-C4HT - Intel celeron 2840N vt-x only) does not have vt-d, it seems to freeze at splash screen. I would like some help with this. 1. What is the minimum hardware (RAM/Storage) needed to install Genode. 2. Is there a way to see the logs (GDB is enabled, but i am not sure how to listen to the logs) on the laptop. 3. Changing the kernel to foc and sel4 causes out of memory exception for the BOARD=pc configuration. While kernel=hw and board=pc causes the same effect as the downloaded 24.04 img file. What is the next course of action? Appreciate any help here. Thanks Tayirvadai ---
**Author:** ![alex-ab](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/user_avatar/genode.discourse.group/alex-ab/32/10_2.png) [@alex-ab](https://genode.discourse.group/u/alex-ab)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://genode.discourse.group/t/build-downloaded-img-freezes-on-chromebook/213/2 "2025-09-13T17:25:47Z")
We never tried Sculpt running on a Chromebook, yours seem to be, according to the spec, quite dated. The oldest notebook we try from time to time is a Lenovo X201. See [Genode - Sculpt Operating System 25.04](https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-25-04#Hardware_requirements_and_preparations) for the general requirements. You may try following things: - Follow the steps of [Genode - Sculpt with Visual Composition (VC)](https://genode.org/documentation/articles/sculpt-vc#Sculpt_as_a_hardware-probing_instrument) to setup a component which periodically writes the system logs to the USB stick. (Assumption is that the usb host driver is running fine). You will have to setup this on a machine with working Sculpt OS support however. - Get somehow uart/serial output of your machine to see the actual reason. - Alternatively, you may try a debug image from me, [https://depot.genode.org/alex-ab/images/debug\_image\_25\_04.img](https://depot.genode.org/alex-ab/images/debug_image_25_04.img), based on ([Commits · alex-ab/genode · GitHub](https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/commits/debug_image_23_05/) - probably), which is a collection of basic graphic driver tests, to see which of the driver is potentially working. ---
**Author:** ![tayirvadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tayirvadai](https://genode.discourse.group/u/tayirvadai)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://genode.discourse.group/t/build-downloaded-img-freezes-on-chromebook/213/3 "2025-09-15T12:06:57Z")
Thank you for the reply will try it. @alex-ab .. Similarly i have an AMD Opteron 6272 CPU based desktop that did not work either. I will try this approach on that as well. ---
**Author:** ![alex-ab](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/user_avatar/genode.discourse.group/alex-ab/32/10_2.png) [@alex-ab](https://genode.discourse.group/u/alex-ab)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://genode.discourse.group/t/build-downloaded-img-freezes-on-chromebook/213/4 "2025-12-17T15:17:02Z")
I updated the debug image [https://depot.genode.org/alex-ab/images/debug\_image\_25\_10.img](https://depot.genode.org/alex-ab/images/debug_image_25_10.img) and added also a Sculpt 25.10 variant, which only uses the boot\_fb driver during boot. Later on one may try to start the vesa driver or the Intel gpu+display driver. Image is based upon [Commits · alex-ab/genode · GitHub](https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/commits/debug_image_25_10)