Ubuntu 21.04 on the Framework Laptop

@Simon_Pratt @Atul_Ingle the codec does not support mic input on the headphone jack on linux.

Do you mean driver? Codecs have nothing to do with the hardware itself. It’s just about what algorithm is used to convert raw audio into a more compact form.

@Simon_Pratt @Kieran_Levin I was able to get my mic input to work:

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@Atul_Ingle Thank you so much! I’ve added your extra step to the setup instructions.

After enabling the deep sleep my trackpad is not working after wakeup. I have updated the grub settings given in the above post. After laptop is wake up then mouse is not working. I had to restart laptop to make mouse working again.

I am using Ubuntu 21.04 with kernel version 5.11.0-34-generic,

Appreciate some help on this issue.

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Hi All,
Just an update from my side. Today all my Win10 Pro Laptops got new Windows10 updates.
And WiFi performance immediately increased to the maximum available via my ISP data plan:


I have the same stats under all my Win10 laptops, regardless of AX201( used by HP Omen) or AX210 used by Frame.Work! I don’t know if it’s Windows update that improves WiFi performance or Windows has also downloaded a better( newer???) WiFi driver from Intel.
Initially after the shock I thought that my provider has improved something. So I have rebooted to Ubuntu 21.04. Unfortunately, under Ubuntu the performance is the same as it used to be. So now Ubuntu download speed is 2 times slower than under the recent version of Win10 Pro. :sob:

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@Kesav_Kumar_Kolla turning off PS2 emulation in the BIOS helps with this issue you are facing.

Hello all, Just got my framework up and running. Had some difficulties with Ubuntu version at first but now on 21.04. Does anyone know fix for speed issues. getting less than 1MB/s up and down. Its a device issue not my network. There is some image quality issues, but that may get resolved with this.

Edit – disabled power saver wifi mode, and got up to 20, but should be close to 100mb/s

Edit 2 – tried upgrading kernel to 5.12, but it failed. Failed to boot, so had to select version of 5.11. Used this guide: Linux Kernel 5.12 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu | UbuntuHandbook

@Orrin_Frazier If this is a diy version I would double check if the WiFi module antenna wires are properly connected.

@Orrin_Frazier did you try installing the latest Intel firmware WiFi driver? (See the “Install the latest WiFi driver” section in the first post in this topic).

@Atul_Ingle They are per the Wifi module install, and I am getting semi-decent speeds, so its not disconnected. Cap is over module.

@Andrew_Wilcox Yeah newest drivers installed per that post.

Thanks for the help guys

IDK if this helps anyone, but if you’re comfortable manually loading drivers in linux, you don’t have to reboot to pick this up once it’s copied into /lib/firmware.

  • Download the firmware
  • Put the firmware in /lib/firmware, and verify the checksum
  • Disable wifi in NetworkManager (or whatever connection manager you’re using)
  • open a shell and run:
    sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi && sudo modprobe iwlwifi

This should prompt you for your password in order to unload/load the proper iwlwifi firmware. I’ve just done this on my framework and it was successful.

After this, if you want to verify,

  • sudo lshw -C network

and double-check the version that the wifi adapter shows as loaded.

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For me, I lose all my trackpad settings when waking from sleep.

  • cursor speed changed
  • tap to click is enabled (I disable it, because I can’t stand that feature on any touchpad as I always accidentally activate it… like my hands are super capacitive or something)
  • I can’t scroll with the touchpad in any direction

A reboot fixes the touchpad, but I’d prefer not to have to do that :slight_smile:

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I just had this issue as well. It took having to reboot and/or turn off and turn on the laptop for the settings to save and for the changes in the Mouse and trackpads settings menu to take effect.

@NullVoxPopuli The touchpad seems extremely sensitive, which, depending on preferences, can be a good or a bad thing. Since I also don’t like t2c on, I agree it does hinder me.

@NullVoxPopuli This is the exact same issue I had when deep sleep was enabled.

Do you have it enabled, or not?

yes?

cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
#  [s2idle] deep

That output says you don’t have deep sleep enabled. The part in the brackets is the enabled sleep mode, s2idle.

@NullVoxPopuli Oh hmm… No, that’s just standard S2. If deep were enabled, there’d be brackets around it like:

[deep]

I wonder if there was a weird, unrelated bug causing this and it’s now fixed. I’ll re-enable deep sleep and report back (the issue went away completely for me when I reverted back to S2, and it’s been consistently fixed for two months or so).

I’ll definitely appreciate the battery life :slight_smile:

I initially installed Kubuntu 21.04, just to try it out, but I knew 21.10 was coming soon, which I assumed would have better compatibility. I upgraded today and the experience has not been good. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience or tips here.

I get significant jank, in both the trackpad freezing momentarily every little while, as well as significant graphical artifacting while scrolling or switching apps. I am wondering if this is a Wayland issue, I got the sense (but never checked) that Kubuntu 21.04 was still using XOrg.

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My installation of 21.04 allows you choose between Wayland and xorg, at startup / login.