Which ISO did you install?
If you installed the R4.1.1, would you be willing to test the R4.1.2-rcX with a 6.1.X kernel?
Btw: I don’t have a NVIDIA GPU, so I only know about those, by searching the forum and reading others posts … :-/
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Yes, I will. Give me a few hours. I would like to try a few things.
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I have now tested this RC and made the following observations:
- The installer loaded without any additional NVIDIA options in grub loader
- The graphics work normally as expected, no mouse lag, windows move smoothly
- The there was no heat felt on the chassis, fan is absolutely silent or operates normally
- The icons and font sizes are still appear tiny on the high resolution screen
- No screen flickering or tearing of any kind
- Suspend - goes to suspend successfully. but can’t wake up from it
- Smooth YouTube video video playback in default personal AppVM, default FireFox window size
So far, I am happy with everything (can live without suspend) 
What else is there to test to complete hardware compatibility testing?
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Thanks a lot for testing! – and nice that the Release Candidate worked better! 
Maybe include some trivial things, like:
- Does sound work?
- Does network (wired/wireless)?
- If it has a webcam - does that work?
- Any other devices?
– I assume the first two are “Yes” (otherwise YouTube gets a bit boring) … but your word is better than my guess! 
Other that that, you should be able to run
qubes-hcl-report
in dom0 and get a report (that should include the R4.1.2-rcX & 6.1.X - but please check).
Wrt. suspend: There has been a few posts lately, about suspend … have you checked those?
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Hi @ChrisA
I confirm that:
- Sound works
- WiFi network works out of the box. USB-C to Ethernet also works, but has to be manually connected to sys-net.
- Webcam works
The makeup from suspend is still an issue. I added mem_sleep_default=deep option to the kernel, device goes to sleep BUT laptop responds to key press weirdly: powers on, black screen and shuts off. Definitely would be nice to get suspend to work correctly.
@ All please help!
I am going to skip this for now and continue with NVIDIA driver.
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I have followed these instructions:
to compile and install NVIDIA drivers. All worked, however, when I installed KDE Desktop Environment, enabled “Wobble effect” compared nouveau and nvidia drivers performance I find nvidia causes extra fan noise, even when idle, and tearing when moving “wobble” windows. So I have switched back to nouveau as it performs better and fan is totally silent when idle.
PS: if you are buying this model, get a generic Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 model and save some money @bankroll
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I am about to pull the trigger and get one of these, and just want to confirm - when using the 6.1 kernel, everything except “hibernate” works as expected?
That is correct. Good choice!
What I was also pleasantly surprised with is that when I plugged in the second SSD, I was able to install Windows 11 on its hardware. Depending on an individual threat model, you might like this option of hassle free dual boot hitting F7 at start.
Also you can make Windows as a default boot, so if at the airport one asks you to turn it on, they see Windows booting.
This dual boot is a risk for some, because /boot partition can potentially be accessed from Windows 11 and tampered with. The only workaround is to disable Qubes SSD from BIOS if installed in the second slot.
Good point, you mentioned ditching the Nvidia GPU and saving some cash, did you find that the Laptop was still able to run an external monitor with the integrated graphics? I have two 4k screens and am curious.
I won’t be able to tell you that. How do I disable NVIDIA card completely to test it?
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Great thread! Moved to Hardware Issues since that’s where this kind of thread belongs.
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Honestly, I am not sure. But one way or another I will have an answer in two weeks.
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I assume you are waiting for a delivery? 
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Yes, it is in assembly so I should have an answer in the next 2 weeks. I will be sure to post to this thread with results!
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I can verify that the Infinitybook 14 pro gen 7 works wonderfully. I get the model without the 3050 and it runs my 5120 x 1440 monitor without a problem. Now if only the “suspend” issue could be resolved.
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excellent! Thanks for your feedback
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Hello Kate,
is it possible to deactivate the Intel Management Engine (ME) on the Tuxedo Infinitybook? I have read that this should be possible via the bios.
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
seems I’m in the same boat with a Tuxedo InfinityBook 16v7 (no nvidia, only intel graphics): Apart from sleep anything works great.
- Yes, you can disable Intel ME in the BIOS
- For thunderbolt 4 functionality you have to keep the NHI adapter in dom0 by adding
rd.qubes.dom0_usb=00:0d.2to your linux cmdline. This will enable DP over USB-C and provide you with the devices in/sys/bus/thunderbolt/devices, where you can choose to authorize them. If there’s somebody with a deep understanding of thunderbolt/usb4: Does this have any further security implications?
In regards to the sleep issue:
- The laptop announces both: s2idle and deep in /sys/power/mem_sleep
- I understand s2idle won’t work with Xen yet, see https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6411
- Same behaviour with stock TuxedoOS as in Qubes when trying deep sleep: Laptop won’t resume properly aka keyboard and fans will resume, but network, screen (and anything else?) will stay dead.
- Tuxedo support says they’re unwilling to fix deep sleep.
Since this isn’t satisfactory - any pointers to some documentation on how to debug deep sleep resume in linux would be great.
Thanks
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Fwiw, I’ve managed to get my Tuxedo Infinity Book with linux powermanagement down to 6 Watt. It’ll get warm in the bagpack, but for me it’s enough to keep the engine running on a busy day.
NO warranties etc… This is NOT a fix. It’s just desperately trying to put this piece of hardware to work. There’s still the risk of overheating.
What I could not find out yet, is an equivalent for HW42s low power acpi profile for NVMEs. I run this script at lidswitch event via acpid. If someone has more ideas on how to improve power consumption, please let me know.
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo " usage: $0 suspend|resume"
echo " This script initiates some pm measures on tuxedov7 to get power consumption down."
exit 0
fi
if [ "$1" = "suspend" ]; then
# disable tuxedo keyboard backlit ~2W
sudo sh -c "echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/white\:kbd_backlight/brightness"
# stop all VMs
qvm-pause -q --all
sleep 3
# chill disk activities
sudo sync
sudo sh -c "echo 12000 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs"
# reduce cpu to one core with minimal frequency
sudo xenpm disable-turbo-mode
sudo xenpm set-scaling-governor powersave
for i in $(seq 1 13); do sudo sh -c "echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$i/online" ; done
sudo xenpm set-scaling-maxfreq 0 400000
# activate pm for all pci devices
for i in $(lspci | cut -d " " -f 1); do sudo sh -c "echo auto > '/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:$i/power/control'"; done
# disable touchpad
sudo modprobe -r i2c_hid_acpi i2c_hid
sudo sensors
elif [ "$1" = "resume" ]; then
sudo sh -c "echo 500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs"
for i in $(seq 1 13); do sudo sh -c "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$i/online" ; done
sudo xenpm enable-turbo-mode
sudo xenpm set-scaling-maxfreq 0 2601000
sudo xenpm set-scaling-governor ondemand
sudo modprobe i2c_hid_acpi
qvm-unpause -q --all
sudo sh -c "echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/white\:kbd_backlight/brightness"
sudo sensors
fi
Screen off is taken care for by xfce pm on lidswitch.