NovaCustom NV41 [Qubes 4.2]

Installation

  • Any problems with installation - NO
  • Was latest kernel required? - YES
  • Were some additional kernel options required? - NO

Basic Input

  • Keyboard - WORKS
  • External USB mouse [if possible to check] - WORKS
  • Touch-pad - WORKS
  • Touch-pad supports “tap as click” and scrolling with 2 fingers works, - WORKS
  • Display brightness change shortcuts, - UNTESTED
  • Sound volume shortcuts, - UNTESTED
  • Keyboard led and keyboard brightness change shortcuts, - UNTESTED
  • Output of xinput --list from terminal of dom0 - WORKS
    Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
    Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
    FTCS1000:00 2808:0101 Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
    FTCS1000:00 2808:0101 Touchpad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
    sys-usb: PixArt HP USB Optical Mouse id=17 [slave pointer (2)]
    Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    System76 ACPI Hotkeys id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    Intel HID events id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
    AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
    sys-usb: LiteON HP Basic USB Keyboard id=16 [slave keyboard (3)}
  • Check if keyboard and/or touchpad is PS/2 connected - Both keyboard and touchpad continued working during the sys-usb pause test.

Internet and bluetooth

  • Ethernet cable connection - works out of the box - WORKS
  • Ethernet cable connection - speed - N/A
  • Wifi connection - N/A
  • Wifi connection - speed - N/A
  • Bluetooth - works out of the box - N/A
  • Bluetooth - shows devices - N/A

Suspend

  • Suspend/Resume works - WORKS
  • Does resume breaks WiFi - N/A
  • Does resume breaks Bluetooth - N/A

Video [increase VCPU to the qube before test]

  • Fullscreen and windowed video playback of youtube - 720p/1080p/2K/4K in Firefox - WORKS
  • Video file playback of file using mpv/mplayer/smplayer - 1080p - WORKS
  • Multiple displays configuration works (HDMI) - WORKS

Audio

  • Speakers (sound playback) - WORKS (was sys-audio used?) - NO
  • Head-phones via 3.5" jack - WORKS
  • Sound output via HDMI - WORKS
  • Audio-optical - N/A

Fans

  • Are fans silent - YES
  • Are fans noisier than on Windows/Linux - NO

Other

  • Have you tried running Windows 10 HVM qubes - NO
  • Does CPU boost seem to be working properly - UNTESTED

Specs:

  • Link to the laptop page on the brand website - NV41 Series 14 inch coreboot laptop - NovaCustom
  • Display native resolution - Full HD (1920×1080)
  • Maximum possible RAM memory - 64GB
  • CPU score - UNTESTED
  • Number of USB Controllers - 3x USB Controller assigned to sys-usb [2 x USB 3.2 Gen. 1 port (Type A), 1 x USB 3.2 Gen. 2 port (Type C), 1 x USB 3.2 Gen. 2 port (Type C)]
  • Internal TPM - TPM 2.0
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