![]() ![]() Trackpad Gestures….Ĭoming from a Mac it’s just insane that Framework, but really, Linux in general, has such poor support. I re-installed Ubuntu because I didn’t think to dual boot at the time, and the sensor worked perfectly. Sure enough, the windows driver bundle put the sensor on a working firmware. Thankfully I had a compatible usb c → ethernet dongle, because wifi doesn’t work in windows out of the box on this new chipset, so that I could download the bundle! Went and downloaded the Framework driver bundle. Nope, the same exact problem with it claiming some usb device was busy and I could not upgrade the firmware.įinally, I decided to install windows 11 (LOL)Īt this point, I made the iso, didn’t put a product key in, and booted it. Surely, the fwupd stuff would work there? Why? Because framework mentioned Fedora 39 having better support, and no need for a custom kernel. So after wasting an hour, I decided to install Fedora. The daemon for fwupd froze up so bad that a reboot gets stuck for 5 minutes until that service dies. So I didn’t see how to disconnect that without being unable to do an update. That device ID matched the fingerprint reader. ![]() It would tell me a usb device is busy (I was sure to unplug all ports from the framework) and then just hang. Unfortunately for me, these 2-3 simple commands that are supposed to first, list your devices, and then install a new firmware, didn’t work, and didn’t work in a super annoying way. It seemed simple enough… Use the fwupd tool to update it. The solution is a newer firmware, or a downgrade from what I could tell by reading the forums. ![]() It works in Windows, but not Linux on this version. It turns out that some of their fingerprint sensors received a crappy firmware update from the manufacturer, out of their control, before shipping these. When I booted into Ubuntu and attempted to use the fingerprint sensor, I got an error, which they had a work around for. They chose to intertwine the “How to install Ubuntu” with the amd instructions as red footnotes under 2 steps. How to setup 7040 series boards on Ubuntu The Install guide is a bit janky in my opinion. I have already seen members in their official form miss steps because these red footnotes are nested in other guides. They should make a single document for post install of Ubuntu + Fedora that has all of these things, instead of so many nested steps on generic guides covering all of their laptop versions. The only real knock I can give framework on all of this, is having so many fixes in so many places. I really love what framework is doing, and a lot of these problems aren’t on them, its AMD + Linux for some of my gripes, and some are just on me. I tried to write down every random problem I ran into just to share with others who are looking to get into this new piece of hardware. This will be a few of my thoughts and struggles as I’ve gotten it setup the past few nights, and what my overall feelings are.Ī quick note, this might sound like a super long rant. 7 months ago I pre-ordered the very laptop I am writing this article on.Ī few days ago, it finally came in the mail. ![]()
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