Framework NixOS (Linux) users self-help

noblman · June 23, 2024, 5:08am

I recently started having problems with NixOS on my Framework 13, 11th Gen i5. I am running unstable (kernel 6.6.34) and hyprland.

My problem is with external monitors. If I unplug one of my external monitors, what use to happen (say a month ago) was that any open windows on that monitor would display on my internal monitor until I plugged the external monitor back in.

What happens now is that when I unplug an external monitor, the windows that were on that monitor do not appear on any of my other monitors, and when I plug the external monitor back in, the whole compositor seems to crash or restart, and I am left with empty workspaces on all monitors.

Anyone else getting this?

noblman · June 23, 2024, 5:17am

And one other issue I started getting: whenever I boot or resume, the keyboard backlight turns off. I just updated to FW 3.19, but it was doing the same thing with 3.17.

TheStachelfisch · June 23, 2024, 10:13am

This most definitely is an issue with Hyprland itself, check the logs of Hyprland when that is happening.
Logs can be found in $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr
Crash reports are stored in ~/.cache/hyprland or $XDG_CACHE_HOME/hyprland

Once you have more info, search for similar issues on Hyprland’s Github

TheStachelfisch · June 23, 2024, 11:04am

Also check, if this may be the issue

Bryan_Weatherly · July 11, 2024, 12:55am

I just tried a system update on a AMD Framework 13, and I got the following errors running nixos-rebuild:

error: builder for '/nix/store/xp0dagn3p4v3nm24x51zrgwwwfl0lpnp-fprintd-1.94.2.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > Program xmllint found: NO
       > Program python3 found: YES (/nix/store/z7xxy35k7620hs6fn6la5fg2lgklv72l-python3-3.12.4/bin/python3)
       > WARNING: You should add the boolean check kwarg to the run_command call.
       >          It currently defaults to false,
       >          but it will default to true in future releases of meson.
       >          See also: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9300
       >
       > meson.build:156:8: ERROR: Problem encountered: Python3 module 'pypamtest' required by test suite not found
       >
       > A full log can be found at /build/source/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/xp0dagn3p4v3nm24x51zrgwwwfl0lpnp-fprintd-1.94.2.drv'.

I update the system every few days, and I have had not any issues updating, or with the fingerprint reader until today. Any ideas how to resolve?

Mastermindaxe · July 11, 2024, 7:12am

What channel are you on? Might be a problem on unstable and fixed within a few days. I haven’t had any problem on my end. Could you attach the full log output? You should find that with nix log /nix/store/xp0dagn3p4v3nm24x51zrgwwwfl0lpnp-fprintd-1.94.2.drv

Alex_Shpilkin · July 11, 2024, 10:55am

It usually helps to check the main bug tracker for this sort of thing:

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs

Build failure: fprintd and fprintd-tod

opened 11:44PM - 08 Jul 24 UTC

closed 11:47PM - 08 Jul 24 UTC

Jackaed

0.kind: build failure

### Steps To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: 1. Build `fprintd` a…nd/or `fprintd-tod` ### [Build log](https://gist.github.com/Jackaed/62937ca46b6c3bc500186dc033bfa221) ### Additional context Add any other context about the problem here. ### Notify maintainers @abbradar  ### Metadata ```console [user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" this path will be fetched (0.00 MiB download, 0.00 MiB unpacked): /nix/store/yz7bhiif4qz46iv4za618903darbwqks-nix-info copying path '/nix/store/yz7bhiif4qz46iv4za618903darbwqks-nix-info' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'... - system: `"x86_64-linux"` - host os: `Linux 6.9.7, NixOS, 24.11 (Vicuna), 24.11.20240705.4284c2b` - multi-user?: `yes` - sandbox: `yes` - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.4` - channels(root): `"nixos"` - nixpkgs: `/home/edward/.nix-defexpr/channels/nixpkgs` ``` --- Add a :+1: [reaction] to [issues you find important]. [reaction]: https://github.blog/2016-03-10-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/ [issues you find important]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc

And after the fix is committed, Alyssa Ross’s PR tracker is your friend: https://nixpk.gs/pr-tracker.html?pr=325196 (didn’t work yesterday, but today it shows the fix has reached both nixpkgs-unstable and nixos-unstable).

Bryan_Weatherly · July 11, 2024, 8:53pm

@Mastermindaxe , @Alex_Shpilkin Thank you both, everything was indeed working today. Going forward, I’ll keep an eye on the nixpkgs repo.

I “discovered” NixOS a couple months ago, so I’m still climbing the learning curve.

It is by far the best Linux experience I’ve had with the Framework, particularly with power management.

Ayhon · August 3, 2024, 4:50pm

Hey, I had a quick question about configuring my Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen 7 7840U. I saw in a previous message in this thread that nixos-harware has pre-defined profiles for the FW13. However, it seems like the AMD one is for the 7040, not 7840. I didn’t notice at first until I got the following error

       error: The option `hardware.amdgpu' does not exist. Definition values:

I just wanted to ask if I had to perform these tweaks on my own, or if it is supposed to be working for my CPU as well, and this is just some simple mistake I made somewhere. If someone with the same CPU could let me know, I’d be helpful

lytedev · August 3, 2024, 6:37pm

You’ll need to paste your config. Hard to help without more information. NixOS Search the option seems to exist so I’m curious what you’ve got going on…

Ayhon · August 3, 2024, 8:12pm

Yes, you’re totally right. Here are my flake.nix, configuration.nix and hardware.nix.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/ayhon/8f1245c6ba4315e12770f8472e50772a

configuration.nix

# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).

{ config, pkgs, inputs, ... }:

{
  imports =
    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
      ./hardware-configuration.nix

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flake.nix

{
  description = "NixOS system flake file";

  inputs = {
    # NixOS official package source, using the nixos-23.11 branch here
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-23.11";
    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-23.11";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";

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hardware-configuration.nix

# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:

{
  imports =
    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
    ];

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lytedev · August 4, 2024, 1:55am

Looks like you’re on 23.11 and I’m guessing the options hardware.amdgpu are for 24.05. You could try updating your nixpkgs input in your flake to the 24.05 release and see if that resolves your issue?

Ayhon · August 4, 2024, 10:49am

Are you talking about the home-manager.stateVersion? Sorry, I’m a bit newbish to Nix and NixOS in general. I was under the impression that changing this value is generally discouraged, from a different post I came across. Otherwise, I have a nixpkgs-unstable input in my flake. Couldn’t I simply use that instead?

Ayhon · August 4, 2024, 2:57pm

Ok, sorry, I got what you meant. I updated in general all the inputs on my flake.nix to 24.05 and got everything working.

Ella_Kramer · August 14, 2024, 12:25am

Has anyone else had issues with the microphone being super peaky with default settings? I’ve had to lower microphone volume to about 40% to accomodate. I’m on the 7640u with Gnome 46, and my config is linked here.

lytedev · August 14, 2024, 2:00am

I have my mic set to 30%. Much more and it starts to sound rough.

Paradaxa · August 18, 2024, 5:31pm

Hi, I’m a NixOS (and sometimes windows) user and am wondering how the Framework Laptop 13 will work. I am finding myself increasingly in need of a laptop. (Used to have a M2 Macbook Air but we all know that apple is awful.)

Knowing how Nix doesn’t always work perfectly, I wanted to make sure it will work well (with a bit of tinkering) if I’m going to make quite a large purchase. I use Hyprland and my Nix config works perfectly well on my desktop with a Ryzen 5 7600x, 32gb Ram and RX6650xt.

Mario_Limonciello · August 18, 2024, 5:38pm

I don’t personally use it (I use Fedora or Arch/Cachy) but I know there are plenty of people that do this.

NickCao · August 18, 2024, 5:50pm

Can’t say for hyprland, but I’m using sway with framework 13 7640u and things are working as good as with other distribution.

Paradaxa · August 18, 2024, 5:52pm

I’d assume Hyprland would work similarly to Sway because they are both based on Wayland. I am currently so close to just biting the bullet and buying one but I know I should practise some restraint :).