So I flashed Byzantium on my librem 5 Evergreen following skalman’ s instructions from May. Couldn’t do it from my QubesOS (lsusb returns -1) so I tried from my second laptop running MX Linux. Had issues getting uuu installed but I was finally able to get that done (installed the snapd) and I flashed successfully. Yesterday, I made the mistake of hitting the power button when it was attached to the charger. After that the phone wouldn’t start. It would blink green (stay green for a while and then blink quickly). I tried the charging battery recommendations. I even tried another battery (I have two). Although I got it fully charged, it would not start. I ended up having to flash the phone again. Is this a known issue on Byzantium?
You should be able to do it on Qubes OS if you use a disposable sys-usb with all necessary things installed. In such case, you don’t need to connect the USB device to other VMs.
That would have been really interesting to have heard about in a blog post. I’ve been waiting for the byzantium upgrade for quite some time. Will my amber version eventually propose an upgrade to byzantium, or do I need to reflash the phone?
I think it will eventually propose that, but first someone would need to provide a means of doing such an upgrade, hence right now you actually do need to reflash if you want to have Byzantium (with the attendant hassle of then re-establishing all your configuration, files, …).
Will that include using the smartcard? If so, what state does the card have to be in? e.g. PINs set but no key generated? PINs set and key generated? something else?