Framework Laptop 13 Pro is stable?

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Now with Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Core Ultra 5 325, Core Ultra X7 358H, & Core Ultra X9 388H? Now with CAMM RAM? Whose will try to tested as stable uses?

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Hi, i have now the ā€œUltra X7 358Hā€ variant. So far, I havenā€™t managed to get Qubes running in a usable state. Installation using the 4.3.1 image was possible in text mode (via VNC) with kernel-latest. However, the system only boots with `nomodeset`. The graphics chip is not yet supported by the available drivers, and sys-usb and sys-net also appear to be having issues, though they do start . Right now, I only have console access without network in Qubes ;- (. Access to sys-usb and sys-net via ā€œxl consoleā€ fails. If anyone has tips on getting the system up and running, that would be great.

Here is the output of lspci of this machine:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) PTL-H12Xe (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Panther Lake [Arc B390] (rev 04)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) DTT (rev 04)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) PCIe Root Port #9 (rev 01)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) USB Type-C Subsystem PCIe Root Port #21 (rev 01)
00:07.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) USB Type-C Subsystem PCIe Root Port #22 (rev 01)
00:07.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) USB Type-C Subsystem PCIe Root Port #23 (rev 01)
00:07.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) USB Type-C Subsystem PCIe Root Port #24 (rev 01)
00:0a.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) Crashlog and Telemetry (rev 04)
00:0b.0 Processing accelerators: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) NPU (rev 04)
00:0d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) Type-C Subsystem xHCI (rev 01)
00:0d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) Thunderbolt DMA0 (rev 01)
00:0d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) Thunderbolt DMA1 (rev 01)
00:13.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) CSME HECI #1 (rev 01)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) Standalone xHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) Shared SRAM (rev 01)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) CNVi Wi-Fi (rev 01)
00:14.7 Bluetooth: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) CNVi Bluetooth (rev 01)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) I2C #0 (rev 01)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) I2C #1 (rev 01)
00:15.2 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) I2C #2 (rev 01)
00:15.3 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) I2C #3 (rev 01)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) CSME HECI #1 (CSE) (rev 01)
00:18.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) CSME HECI #1 (rev 01)
00:19.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) I2C #4 (rev 01)
00:19.1 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) I2C #5 (rev 01)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device e402 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) HD Audio (rev 01)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) SMBus (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Core Ultra Processors (Series 3) SPI (flash) Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Extreme Pro / WD Black SN750 / PC SN730 / Red SN700 NVMe SSD

I hope we can get the Framework 13 Proā€™s up and running quickly. I think itā€™s a great device.

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Iā€™ve finally gotten it to work.

After installing via VNC, you should edit the grub.conf file to use the xe driver instead of the i915 driver.

This will also make the initial setup dialog work.

I had to configure X to use ā€œmodesettingā€ and set the ā€œAccelMethodā€ to ā€˜snaā€™ or ā€œnone.ā€

To get Bluetooth working, I installed the ā€œlinux-firmwareā€ package from the testing repository; this was also necessary for ā€œsuspend2ramā€ to work.

I hope this helps you.

Iā€™ll post a compatibility report in a few days.

Have fun with it.