Hey, wanted to say thanks for the tips. The settings you provided gave me a smooth install.
I wanted to come by and say my webcam, USB-C and MIC worked. The USB-C was a WD19S dock and at first it wasn't working except to charge my laptop. After running updates through Qubes it worked after a few reboots and has been working since. I didn't mess with it too much, it just kind of happened. My 9360 already had an Intel network card, only has 8gb of RAM but is an i5-7300u. Again, appreciate the post. On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 5:27:07 PM UTC-4 Satnam Ram wrote: > I just installed the latest Qubes R4.0 on my XPS 13 FHD-Model (9360). It > required some minor tweaking. > > 1. Preparation > > - update your BIOS > Version: 2.6.2 Release Date: 22 Mar 2018 > - replace killer wifi with an Intel 8265 card > - apply Thunderbolt 3 Firmware Update (don't know if this was required) > - apply adaptive brightness display firmware update (only if you want/need > it) > > 2. BIOS Settings > > - change SATA Operation from "RAID On" to "AHCI" > - disable secure boot > - disable EFI (the first time the Installer froze while installing the > Whonix template) > - disable Intel SpeedStep (!!!) > If you don't the OS will run a lot slower if you start the device > unplugged no matter if you > plug it in later. I can confirm the "happy" and "unhappy" states > described here: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/9Hqyepkp8XM > Booting on battery was about 1min25s for me while booting with AC gave > me 55s. After turning > it off I get about 55s in both situations which is fine. > > 3. Qubes > - enable trackpad features > add the Option entries to your > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-libinput.conf touchpad section > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" > MatchIsTouchpad "on" > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" > Driver "libinput" > -> Option "Tapping" "True" > -> Option "PalmDetection" "True" > -> Option "TappingDragLock" "True" > EndSection > > --- > > Update: > > I use Qubes for about a week now - primarily for go development with > Goland, browsing and watching videos. Everything I used worked very well. > The battery life is good. Video playback and similar things (using software > rendering) heat up the CPU and drain considerably more power (my estimated > remaining time is usually halfed). Booting takes about 1 minute (starting > net, firewall and whonix qubes). Suspend to RAM works most of the time - > once in a while the screen stays black after resume - this is the only bug > I encountered so far but its negligible. I managed to install Kali 2018.1 > after I set the system volume size to 30GB (default setting caused the kali > installer to fail). I was able to expose my Intel 8265 directly to the kali > hvm and put it into monitoring mode. Rising initial memory to 1GB lowers > boot time for most VMs, setting a high VCPU count for VMs where you cannot > afford lag helped transitioning from bare metal. I installed Steam and > Factorio in a another VM and I was able to play with minor glitches > (v-sync) and major cpu heat. > > not tested: > - USB-C > - Webcam > - Mic (but its recognized) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/84264ff6-4cb9-4ffb-9ba0-87368f6f0c12n%40googlegroups.com.
