Framework Laptop 13th Gen, Intel i5-1340P

singlerider · July 25, 2023, 4:56pm

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  'unknown'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Framework
model: |
  Laptop (13th Gen Intel Core)
bios: |
  03.04
cpu: |
  13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:a707]
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:a7a0] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz (rev 1a)
memory: |
  32475
scsi: |

usb: |
  4
versions:

- works:
    'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
  qubes: |
    R4.1.2
  xen: |
    4.14.5
  kernel: |
    6.3.9-1
  remark: |
    FIXME
  credit: |
    FIXAUTHOR
  link: |
    FIXLINK
---

QubesOS Version

4.1.2

dom0 Kernel

6.1.35-1.fc32

Remarks

Requires disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS
Requires setting time and date in BIOS to match UTC/GMT

If there is something missing from the section below, it is assumed to be working:

State During and Immediately After Installation

Screen tearing/slow display refresh rate (depends on how “busy” the window manager is) (see fix below)
Brightness hotkeys not working (see temporary workaround below)
Suspend/resume completely broken (does not come back from apparent low-power state and must be power-cycled) (see fix below)
Terrible battery life (4 hours, doing light tasks)

Known Fixes

The following has been tested on a new installation, with the commands being run exactly as shown:

SSL Issues

Set BIOS time and date to match UTC/GMT

Screen tearing

From dom0:

sudo qubes-dom0-update
sudo qubes-dom0-update kernel-latest

Suspend / Resume

From dom0 - feel free to use nano, if preferred:

sudo vim /etc/default/grub

Use the following grub configuration [note the addition of module_blacklist=hid_sensor_hub (for brightness keys) and nvme.noacpi=1 (for better efficiency of power for NVME drives]:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX rd.qubes.hide_all_usb mem_sleep_default=deep module_blacklist=hid_sensor_hub nvme.noacpi=1"

Apply the GRUB config changes (from dom0):

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg
sudo dracut -f

Reboot
Verify the arg shows up and is applied (from dom0):

sudo cat /etc/default/grub

placeholder root=/dev/mapper/qubes_dom0-root ro rd.luks.uuid=luks-39f8de13-ee6d-46fb-9f15-975f32c850c8 rd.lvm.lv=qubes_dom0/root rd.lvm.lv=qubes_dom0/swap plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles rd.driver.pre=btrfs rhgb quiet rd.qubes.hide_all_usb mem_sleep_default=deep

Done

Attachments

Qubes-HCL-Framework-Laptop__13th_Gen_Intel_Core_-20230725-122922.yml is pasted above.

Next Steps

If something is in this section, it means the steps did not work.

Fix Poor Battery Life Performance

Steps Taken

None, yet.

Fix Brightness Hotkeys

Steps Taken

From dom0:

sudo qubes-dom-0-update brightnessctl

The following commands can be mapped to change brightness (from dom0):

brightnessctl set +5%
brightnessctl set 5%-

XFCE

With this knowledge, in XFCE, in System Tools => Settings Manager => Application Shortcuts, the above commands can be Add ed. However, the brightness hotkeys still are not recognized (even after toggling Handle display brightness keys in Power Manager). So, I just use F8 and F7, respectively for now.

balko · July 26, 2023, 5:22am

Great that you describe solutions to the issue you have. Thanks.

b34 · July 27, 2023, 5:58am

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Framework
model: |
  Laptop (13th Gen Intel Core)
bios: |
  03.03
cpu: |
  13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1340P
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:a707]
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:a7a0] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz [8086:2725] (rev 1a)
memory: |
  65243
scsi: |

usb: |
  4
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'yes'
    qubes: |
      4.2.0-alpha
    xen: |
      4.17.1
    kernel: |
      6.3.2-1
    remark: |
      FIXME
    credit: |
      b34
    link: |
      FIXLINK

Similar results for Qubes 4.2rc1.

Remarks:

Installation with latest kernel goes completely smooth - no screen issues.
Had to disable secure boot in BIOS.
Camera also works.
Battery life appears to be poor as @singlerider reported.
Same issue with brightness keys as @singlerider reported.

Small modification to fix sleep (thanks to @idempotent:

1. `sudo nano /etc/default/grub` in dom0
2. Add `mem_sleep_default=deep` to the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
3. Run `sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /book/grub2/grub.cfg`

I have not been able to get an external screen to work with the Framework HDMI module. See https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/usb-external-display-framework-laptop/20068.

singlerider · July 27, 2023, 1:29pm

The last time I tested 4.2rc1 (on another laptop), the machine would hard lock randomly, all the time, sometimes even on the hard disk decryption screen. I’m intentionally avoiding it, as the new features are not compelling enough to risk that experience, again.

b34 · July 27, 2023, 1:53pm

Thank you for the update!
I haven’t encountered any problems yet, but I will update if I experience the same issues.
I did run into issues when I tried to install it without the latest kernel option immediately in the installation, but I didn’t investigate.

Doug · July 28, 2023, 2:01pm

Thanks for this. Very helpful!

singlerider · August 4, 2023, 4:54pm

Solved!

For some reason, I can’t edit my original post, anymore. But, if you want your Framework running perfectly, simply follow the instructions above, using the following grub configuration (this is the last line in my post above:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX rd.qubes.hide_all_usb mem_sleep_default=deep module_blacklist=hid_sensor_hub nvme.noacpi=1"

Note the addition of module_blacklist=hid_sensor_hub (for brightness keys) and nvme.noacpi=1 (for better efficiency of power for NVME drives).

Sven · August 5, 2023, 1:03am

Thank you @singlerider for your HCL report, which is online now!

Sven · August 5, 2023, 1:03am

Thank you @b34 for your HCL report, which is online now!

balko · August 21, 2023, 3:51pm

How did you checked the difference? How did you know you have a problem with NVMe in the first place?

moonlitOrca · September 7, 2023, 11:35pm

I just posted up a sort of guide for Framework Laptop users specifically on setting up and tweaking certain aspects of Qubes that I have needed to in order to get everything working exactly I desired. Hopefully it will be helpful to everyone. I am using an 11th gen Framework, but the hardware is nearly the same as the latest versions, so it should still be quite relevant. I will probably make a post about it as well separately to see if there might be a place to put general guides like that.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/moonlitOrca/be8618e5ca5b6a1c7d9d94a66f1e31de

qubes-frameworklaptop-usage-guide.md

<b>Guide to Qubes 4.1 and 4.2 on Framework Laptop</b>

The purpose of this guide is to provide ways to configure not only specifically the Framework laptop, but also to give a new users a leg-up in configuring some fairly common workstation type things that I need to dig around the Internet and Documentation for to set up for myself.  Some things are not documented yet anywhere else I could find.  I am planning to tweak this and update it as I go to make it as useful and easy as possible for new users in general, but specifically for Framework laptop users as that is what I am using with Qubes OS.  My machine is the original 11th generation Framework, but I know most of the hardware is the same in all generations so far so most of this should work for you.  I *strongly* suggest making regular backups of your critical VMs using the handy "Qubes Backup" GUI Tool.  I have had to restore more than once.
<br>
<br>
A couple other users have made useful resources for framework laptops too and I will link a couple of them here, first a guide by another user, and then the HCL reports: <br>
https://gist.github.com/EncryptedGiraffe/39eea9cc7598d09a98711efe7c7a2c89
<br>
The HCL reports from the forum for 13th gen and 11th gen: <br>
https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/framework-laptop-13th-gen-intel/20052/10 <br>

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balko · September 8, 2023, 5:35am

How many USB controllers do you have? What devices and physical USB connectors do they belong?

What happens is you connect USB controller to some wrong qube (that does not redirect input to dom0), will keyboard and mouse still work like in case of PS/2 keyboard/mouse?

rishenei · September 15, 2023, 11:31pm

Thanks for this helpful guide. I followed the instructions (with different grub.cfg path for 4.2) and have suspend and resume working and brightness keys.

I did notice that my ethernet card stopped working after suspend/resume. This happen to anyone else? I haven’t had time to debug yet but will report back once I do.

rishenei · September 23, 2023, 4:44pm

Hi,

A few updates. I used the HDMI expansion card and it worked fine with no issues. The ethernet expansion card is still not working after suspend/resume. Anyone have suggestions on how I can diagnose this? I suspect that it might not be specific to the framework laptop and be an issue with usb ethernet adapters more generally - but that is just a suspicion. I’m using 4.2-RC3.

Thanks.

b34 · October 15, 2023, 9:05pm

I have not been able to install 4.2.0 RC3 nor RC4 (rc1 worked fine) on a Framework 13th Gen.
I get an error message during the installation that sys-net can’t start, and then when I try to use Qubes after the installation, no appVM works (other than dom0). They all fail with
The libxl-driver log says: stubdom_xswait_cb: domain 5: stubdom 6 for 5 startup: startup timed out.

rishenei · November 15, 2023, 10:28pm

I’ve experienced regression as well - though I can’t tell if it was simply the result of updating or if I messed something up. Right now my wifi and ethernet don’t work. Planning to do try a clean install once RC5 is out.

deeplow · December 29, 2023, 5:03pm

2 posts were split to a new topic: Framework Laptop 13th gen Intel i7-1370P

balko · December 29, 2023, 6:39pm

@singlerider
Thank you for HCL and additional information. Can you please fill the detailed report based on this template:

Example of user providing the answers is here. The more information the better, it may be helpful to other users, thank you.

balko · January 17, 2025, 4:36am

@singlerider, @b34 and @rishenei have you fixed your issues (including regressions) on R4.2?

cure1245 · March 10, 2025, 2:38am

I’m also having issues. I’m trying to get R4.2.4 working and running into an issue with both the thunderbolt controllers and the Intel wifi card.

EDIT: Never mind. turns out I had the clock issue as well.