Librem 14 + Qubes OS - Multiple Problems

Librem
#1

Hi everyone,
months ago I received my Librem 14 and, overall, my experience as a client was pretty bad.
The hardware I received was pretty cheap, some letters in the keyboard are “stuck”, one of the screw was ruined and thus impossible to remove (and for this reason I had to literally cut the notebook to apply hardware upgrades), and it does not satisfy what the team said in the past months.

I know this is a startup and they had external issues that they could not control. But I think that they should not send devices like mine, because it should not pass quality control…

Anyway, this thread is regarding another topic: Librem 14 + Qubes OS.
I have several issues:

  1. WiFi is not working. My notebook does not show WiFi networks around me. Just ethernet connection is available. The WiFi part is not existent at all. How can I fix it?
    (With PureOS WiFi was working)
  2. Battery percentage is broken. I already applied latest PureBoot firmware and EC upgrade. Anyway the battery problem is still here (on PureOS and on QubesOS).
    The battery is always at 49%.

Thanks in advance for the help

#2

If your wifi was disabled via the kill switch when you installed and configured Qubes, it is possible that your sys-net VM was not assigned the wi-fi PCI device, causing this issue.
If that is the problem, you can fix this by:

  • reboot your L14 with the kill switch on (wifi enabled)
  • shut down sys-net
  • go into the VM settings for sys-net, in the devices tab, and manually add the wifi device (should be 01:00.0 Network controller)

Edit: after doing so, sys-net may fail to start if you turn your L14 on with the kill switch off. For a fix, check my solution here Qubes fails to start sys-net if wifi kill switch is off

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#3

Did you reach out to purism support?

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#4

I installed Qubes with the WiFi switch on.
I tried to reboot the L14 with the switch on and it’s not working anyway.

I will try to shutdown sys net and edit settings. Will update asap.

#5

This fixed my problem. Thanks.

What about the battery percentage issue?

#6

That might be an issue specific to your laptop. One thing you could try is to drain the battery to 0% and then charge it.

#7

Have you got issues with fan noise? What is the CPU temperature at start?

Thanks for your feedback @Purist

#8

No fan noise issue, will check temperature asap

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#9

Tried to do it. Does not help. Now battery is stuck at 35%

#10

Have you seen the thread Librem 14 Failed to charge SOLVED in reference to the battery charging issue?

#11

Do you know if the wifi disabled with the kill switch when you installed Qubes?

Have you tried to follow the bellow instructions?

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#12

I tried folllowing the tutorial you shared: https://source.puri.sm/-/snippets/1170

But nothing changes… Battery is still stuck and keeps saying “Charging”, while it’s always at the same level.

Now I will try to fully discharg it and see what happens…

#13

is your EC firmware up to date?

#14

Yes it was updated. Anyway, after a full discharge, it looks like now the battery is correctly charging and my OS is showing the right %

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