Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-26 Thread Claudia
brendan.h...@gmail.com: On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-4, Claudia wrote: Just to humor myself, I was going to try testing if I could hear sound from Qubes after resume, but it seems audio isn't working at all. Which is a whole 'nother problem. Aplay says "... unable to open slave;

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-26 Thread brendan . hoar
On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 1:24:57 PM UTC-4, Claudia wrote: > Just to humor myself, I was going to try testing if I could hear sound > from Qubes after resume, but it seems audio isn't working at all. Which > is a whole 'nother problem. Aplay says "... unable to open slave; audio > open

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-26 Thread Claudia
Chris Laprise: On 7/25/19 11:04 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: ...there are very very early test-builds of Qubes R4.1 out there utilizing Xen 4.12 and Fedora 30. This 2019-07-01 build appears semi-stable in light testing. It is, at a high level (and Marek can correct me if I am wrong), the

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-26 Thread Chris Laprise
On 7/26/19 7:52 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 12:16:00 PM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: On 7/25/19 11:04 AM, brend...@gmail.com wrote: > I was able to install that particular test build on a Thinkpad X230 for > testing:

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-26 Thread brendan . hoar
On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 12:16:00 PM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: > > On 7/25/19 11:04 AM, brend...@gmail.com wrote: > > I was able to install that particular test build on a Thinkpad X230 for > > testing: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/3021 > > > > (note: click on assets tab for

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-25 Thread Brendan Hoar
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:15 PM Chris Laprise wrote: > If it doesn't work, then the problem is probably entirely in dom0 and > Fedora 25. Assuming you already have the testing 4.19 kernel, have you > thought of upgrading it to the even newer 5.x one as 'latest'? The > latest kernel is installed

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-25 Thread Chris Laprise
On 7/25/19 11:04 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: ...there are very very early test-builds of Qubes R4.1 out there utilizing Xen 4.12 and Fedora 30. This 2019-07-01 build appears semi-stable in light testing. It is, at a high level (and Marek can correct me if I am wrong), the R4.01 codebase

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-25 Thread brendan . hoar
On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 10:18:29 AM UTC-4, awokd wrote: > > > Are there any other Xen-based distros out there I could test? > > You can add Xen to your stock Fedora install. That takes it roughly to > where Qubes begins, but you might want to use the same version of Fedora > dom0 uses. >

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-25 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Claudia: > This also really complicates the search process. It's not good enough to > find a laptop that is known to suspend under Linux. It's a wonder > *anyone* has working suspend in Qubes. Unfortunately, this is true! Lots of things have to work together in order for suspend to function. See

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-25 Thread Claudia
Chris Laprise: My experience is that consumer BIOS will result in poor suspend compatibility. Not surprising :( But there are indeed some Thinkpads, MSI, System76, Purism, and other high-end business-class machines on the HCL with suspend not working. So it's still a bit of crapshoot. Just

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-23 Thread panina
A lot of this sounds like my issues, so I thought I'd give my side. I run an AMD thinkpad A485 with ryzen 2500u pro. Not what I'd call a low-end laptop, but the issues are mostly the same. On 7/22/19 11:09 PM, Claudia wrote: > Claudia: >> Chris Laprise: >>> On 7/22/19 11:38 AM, Claudia wrote:

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-22 Thread Claudia
Claudia: Chris Laprise: On 7/22/19 11:38 AM, Claudia wrote: So I finally got around to doing this. Qubes works and all the basic features are supported, VT-x VT-d, and so on, as far as I can tell. One major issue, hardware/firmware-wise: 1) It doesn't come back from suspend. The fan

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-22 Thread Claudia
Chris Laprise: On 7/22/19 11:38 AM, Claudia wrote: So I finally got around to doing this. Qubes works and all the basic features are supported, VT-x VT-d, and so on, as far as I can tell. One major issue, hardware/firmware-wise: 1) It doesn't come back from suspend. The fan stops, but

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-22 Thread Chris Laprise
On 7/22/19 11:38 AM, Claudia wrote: So I finally got around to doing this. Qubes works and all the basic features are supported, VT-x VT-d, and so on, as far as I can tell. One major issue, hardware/firmware-wise: 1) It doesn't come back from suspend. The fan stops, but there are no

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-07-22 Thread Claudia
Chris Laprise: On 5/22/19 3:17 PM, Claudia wrote: Thanks for all the info! All good news except for the part about BIOS/UEFI feature support, which doesn't come as a surprise. I understand that, for maximum certainty, one should look at high-end, business-class, Linux-friendly product lines.

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-05-30 Thread brendan . hoar
On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 10:01:07 AM UTC-4, Claudia wrote: > 1) Should I update the BIOS before attempting to install Qubes? Is this > a generally recommended practice for Qubes, and if so, why isn't it > mentioned in the installation guide? I know you're asking Chris, so feel free to

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-05-30 Thread Claudia
Chris Laprise: On 5/22/19 3:17 PM, Claudia wrote: Thanks for all the info! All good news except for the part about BIOS/UEFI feature support, which doesn't come as a surprise. I understand that, for maximum certainty, one should look at high-end, business-class, Linux-friendly product lines.

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-05-23 Thread Claudia
Chris Laprise: On 5/22/19 9:44 AM, Claudia wrote: Hello, I've read the system requirements page, the HCL, and the "advice on finding a Qubes compatible notebook" thread, all of which seem to refer to Intel almost exclusively. I've also done some searching around, but there seems to be very

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-05-23 Thread Chris Laprise
On 5/22/19 3:17 PM, Claudia wrote: Thanks for all the info! All good news except for the part about BIOS/UEFI feature support, which doesn't come as a surprise. I understand that, for maximum certainty, one should look at high-end, business-class, Linux-friendly product lines. However, this

Re: [qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-05-22 Thread Chris Laprise
On 5/22/19 9:44 AM, Claudia wrote: Hello, I've read the system requirements page, the HCL, and the "advice on finding a Qubes compatible notebook" thread, all of which seem to refer to Intel almost exclusively. I've also done some searching around, but there seems to be very little

[qubes-users] R4 system requirements; AMD compatibility?

2019-05-22 Thread Claudia
Hello, I've read the system requirements page, the HCL, and the "advice on finding a Qubes compatible notebook" thread, all of which seem to refer to Intel almost exclusively. I've also done some searching around, but there seems to be very little information about Qubes' compatibility on