Tiger Lake Laptop

[ChrisUK]

(Mods, please move if better-suited in another sub-forum)

No idea how often I'll log in here, as I've had a lot going on IRL for months (No, not Covid related... though that too) - but as I bought a new Laptop with the latest Tiger Lake processor and Iris XE integrated GFX, I thought I'd post my experiences so far. I'm hoping this will help the devs as I'm running a Kernel and Virtual box from the test repo.

Firstly, no matter what I tried (The Dell Bios has more options than you can imagine) the MX19.3 USB would not boot - it got about half way, never got to a desktop. I tried with other Linux USBs (Linux Lite, Q40S) - same result. So I downloaded the AHS version of MX and it booted first time. Installed without error.

Touchpad worked, but it was missing a couple of features (no scrolling etc) and was only recognised as PS2 Mouse in the Mouse Settings- so, I tried the 5.9.0-5mx-amd64 Kernel... touchpad works as it should.

Virtual Box was messed up (wouldn't load kernel module etc) - tried the version in test repo (6.1.16) - works fine.

Everything else (Function Keys - Brightness Volume Keyboard Backlight etc), all work. Sleep/resume all OK. So far everything works great (and fast).

I will be back properly, just not sure when. I will drop-in to check for any questions concerning this post.

In the meantime stay safe people... things will improve... eventually

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System:    Host: mx19ahs Kernel: 5.9.0-5mx-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9.0-5mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=aaab75a5-8783-41ee-aec1-0d0f0448cc27 ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.3_ahs_x64 patito feo November 11  2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5502 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0WNVYK v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.1.3 date: 09/12/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 53.0 Wh condition: 53.0/53.0 Wh (100%) volts: 17.4/15.0 
           model: SMP DELL 9077G09 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: N/A family: 6 model-id: 8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 60 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 22118 
           Speed: 1300 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1300 2: 1301 3: 1301 
           4: 1300 5: 1302 6: 1301 7: 1302 8: 1302 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 0000:00:02.0 
           chip ID: 8086:9a49 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci bus ID: 0000:00:1f.3 
           chip ID: 8086:a0c8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.0-5mx-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell 
           driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 0000:2b:00.0 chip ID: 168c:003e 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 3-10:3 chip ID: 0cf3:e007 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 50.37 GiB (21.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB size: 238.47 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           rev: 21106012 scheme: GPT 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel Device driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: 3000 bus ID: 0000:00:0e.0 
           chip ID: 8086.9a0b rev: N/A 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 46.11 GiB size: 45.14 GiB (97.89%) used: 12.04 GiB (26.7%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2616 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ buster ahs
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 290 Uptime: 20m Memory: 7.51 GiB used: 1.82 GiB (24.3%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 

[asqwerth]

Good to hear from you.

Tough going in the UK right now with the mutated strain and the current lockdown. It makes sense to cancel the Christmas relaxation of the lockdown rules, but of course it's a major downer.

It's certainly affecting family members there.

[ChrisUK]

Just a quick update:

All of my Laptops and PCs (Yes, I have a few ) are workhorses, not often used for entertainment, so I just discovered that everything is perfect with the 5.9.0-5 kernel... except for sound... there isn't any No audio device recognised - So I'll suffer the loss of touchpad scrolling and go back to the 5.8.0-3 kernel for now.

Good to hear from you.

Tough going in the UK right now with the mutated strain and the current lockdown. It makes sense to cancel the Christmas relaxation of the lockdown rules, but of course it's a major downer.

It's certainly affecting family members there.

Yes, and it just got worse... they've just found two cases of the South Africa variant here too. The Christmas side doesn't bother me, I'd happily move to the Arctic or Antarctic, except they've just found Covid cases there too. I have to say that I don't feel positive about the future of Mankind - OTOH the rest of the Animal Kingdom could do with rest from people anyway

[Huckleberry Finn]

Hi Chris, maybe you try

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snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1

in boot options with 5.9 (though mic. may not work this time, in case you necessarily need that)

[ChrisUK]

Hi Chris, maybe you try

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snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1

in boot options with 5.9 (though mic. may not work this time, in case you necessarily need that)

Thanks, I'll reinstall 5.9.0-5 kernel tomorrow and report back whether it helped.

[ChrisUK]

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snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1

in boot options with 5.9 (though mic. may not work this time, in case you necessarily need that)

Well that restored the audio with the 5.9.0-5 kernel, thanks for that. I've not tested the microphone, as the last time I remember using one was with windows 95, and that was a very long time ago

[Huckleberry Finn]

that restored the audio with the 5.9.0-5 kernel

Thank you, too for the feedback :)

[Stevo]

Maybe they'll have fixed those quirks in later kernels. I'm going to try backports of 5.10.2 from Debian Experimental later on tonight for the test repo.

[|-|ans]

Hmm.. the boot option worked like a charm for me, until.. yesterday.

Now I lost sound again, although I can send it to HDMI but.. no speakers anymore. And the speaker symbol on the bottom of the screen turned to grey.

Tried removing the "snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1" making the speaker icon white again but also no sound, applying it again resulted in changing the icon to grey once more and still no sound.

[Huckleberry Finn]

As always: Please, a new thread beginning with "Quick System Info" from Menu :)