[RESPONDED] Good news for people on the non-OEM kernel, and the latest Ubuntu

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Looks like Ubuntu have pushed updates for WiFI issues : Bug #2049220 “Update firmware for MT7921 in order to fix Framewo...” : Bugs : linux-firmware package : Ubuntu

Here’s the change in sudo lshw|grep -i mt79 and sudo dmesg|grep mt79

falken@frame:~$ diff dmesg-*
1,5c1,5
< [    5.254317] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
< [    5.258803] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: ASIC revision: 79220010
< [    5.344663] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20231120183400a
< [    5.361889] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____000000, Build Time: 20231120183441
< [    6.488580] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0
---
> [    5.610368] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> [    5.615145] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: ASIC revision: 79220010
> [    5.697732] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20230627143702a
> [    6.069980] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____000000, Build Time: 20230627143946
> [    7.184495] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0
falken@frame:~$ diff lshw-*
2c2
<                 configuration: broadcast=yes depth=32 driver=mt7921e driverversion=6.5.0-25-generic firmware=____000000-20231120183441 ip=192.168.11.42 latency=0 link=yes mode=2256x1504 multicast=yes visual=truecolor wireless=IEEE 802.11 xres=2256 yres=1504
---
>                 configuration: broadcast=yes depth=32 driver=mt7921e driverversion=6.5.0-25-generic firmware=____000000-20230627143946 ip=192.168.11.42 latency=0 link=yes mode=2256x1504 multicast=yes visual=truecolor wireless=IEEE 802.11 xres=2256 yres=1504
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Thanks for sharing this update @tom_chiverton

I think we will stick with kernel OEMs in the guides, still nice to know fix has trickled down. :slight_smile:

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Oh, for sure.

But this is exactly what I wanted from my first Frame.work - it’s not a set in stone custom release of LInux - all the fixes end up in upstream, so a bit of patience and you can probably safely use any distro.

For me, just being on the latest (LTS) Ubuntu would be enough.

I’ll probably manage to wait for the .1 release before updating :slight_smile:

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