LG Gram 17
2023 model
i7-1360p
32GB DDR5 RAM
Qubes 4.1.2
Based on singlerider’s post about the Framework Laptop with the same i7-1360p CPU and brainchild059’s post about the 2021 version of the same laptop, I did the following to get things set up:
-Disabled Secure Boot in BIOS (needed to install Qubes)
-Set BIOS date and clock to UTC time (fixes any SSL/connectivity issues)
-Installed Qubes 4.1.2 using install with kernel-latest option. Despite this, the graphical installer suffered from terrible screen tearing and it took a while to click through all the install options.
-Post-install, Qubes still suffered from screen-tearing. It is necessary to run (in Dom0):
sudo qubes-dom0-updates kernel-latest
to get an even newer kernel in order for the screen tearing to go away. Once using the latest kernel (6.5.8-1 at this time), the Qubes install becomes usable.
-Sound does not work out of the box, no devices are even detected. One needs to follow the instructions linked in brainchild059’s 2021 LG Gram 17 HCL post to even get Qubes to detect any sound devices:
- Add the following parameters to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=… in /etc/default/grub: snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1
- Run sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg
- Reboot, and you should have sound.
Unfortunately, while this does allow Qubes to detect sound devices and things to appear as expected, there is still no sound from the laptop’s built-in speakers. Sound works with any headphones or earphones plugged into the laptop, but the built-in speakers do not work. I think it might be a general kernel bug rather than a Qubes-specific issue, because I had this same problem when installing Ubuntu before trying Qubes.
Otherwise, networking works fine, the laptop runs quite hot and battery drains quite quickly (but I expect that to be the case with Qubes). I have not tried using sleep/suspend as I rarely use the function, so cannot comment on this.
BONUS that should interest many here:
Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+F7 in BIOS will reveal many advanced hidden BIOS options.
Go to Intel Advanced menu and find INTEL-FW
There is an option to “Temporarily Disable” Intel ME. Set the selection of ME Operation Mode to Temporarily Disabled.
From my reading, it seems to disable ME using the HECI (soft disable) method, not by flipping the HAP bit or by neutering any part of the ME.
No notable affect in-OS, but it does make the initial BIOS splash and load much longer (~20-30 seconds) on each boot.
The “temporarily disabled” mode seems to persist across reboots, but it will reset itself to “Enabled” on every hard reset (holding power button to force shutdown the laptop).
Remarks
Attachments
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layout:
'hcl'
type:
'notebook'
hvm:
'yes'
iommu:
'yes'
slat:
''
tpm:
'unknown'
remap:
'no'
brand: |
LG Electronics
model: |
17Z90R-K.ADS9U1
bios: |
R1ZH0330 X64
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 Device 51f1 (rev 01)
memory: |
32482
scsi: |
usb: |
3
versions:
- works:
'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
qubes: |
R4.1
xen: |
4.14.6
kernel: |
6.5.8-1
remark: |
FIXME
credit: |
FIXAUTHOR
link: |
FIXLINK
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