Framework Laptop 13

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Hardware	PCI/USB ID	Working?
GPU		Yes
Wireless		Yes
Audio	`8086:a0c8`	Yes
Touchpad	`093a:0274`	Yes
Webcam	`0bda:5634`	Yes
Fingerprint reader	`27c6:609c`	Yes
Bluetooth		Yes
Accelerometer		Untested
TPM		Yes
Ambient light sensor		Yes

This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on a Framework Laptop.

For a general overview of laptop-related articles and recommendations, see Laptop.

Hardware

Framework is intended to be a configurable and upgradeable laptop. The lists below is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the hardware sold with the framework, but rather a list of tested modules that are specially made for the Framework laptop.

Motherboards

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Reason: Probably needs a better way to distinguish between motherboard revisions and CPU model used. (Discuss in Talk:Framework Laptop 13)

CPU Model	Working?
Intel i5-1135G7	Yes
Intel i7-1165G7	Yes
Intel i7-1185G7	Yes
Intel i5-1240P	Yes
Intel i7-1260P	Yes
Intel i7-1280P	Yes

WiFi/Bluetooth

Device Name	PCI ID	Bluetooth USB ID	Working?	Bluetooth?	Notes
AX200	`8086:2723`	`8087:0029`	Yes	Yes	Pre-production units
AX201 vPro			Untested	Untested	Professional Edition
AX201 w/o vPro	`8086:a0f0`	`8087:0026`	Yes	Yes	Base/Performance Editions
AX210 vPro	`8086:2725`	`8087:0032`	Yes	Yes	DIY Edition (Optional)
AX210 w/o vPro	`8086:2725`	`8087:0032`	Yes	Yes	DIY Edition (Optional)
AX411 vPro	`8086:51f0`	`8087:0033`	Yes	Yes	Not sold by Framework, but works

i915

Device Name	PCI ID	Working?
TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]	`8086:9a49`	Yes
Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics Controller	`8086:46a6`	Yes

Expansion Cards

Card Name	PCI/USB ID	Working?
USB-C	N/A	Yes
USB-A	N/A	Yes
MicroSD	`090c:3350`	Yes
HDMI	`32ac:0002`	Yes
DisplayPort	`32ac:0003`	Yes
Storage 250GB	`13fe:6500`	Yes
Storage 1TB	`13fe:6500`	Yes
Ethernet	`0bda:8156`	Yes

Headset jack

The Framework laptop includes a 3.5mm combination headphone/headset jack (TRRS). In kernel versions before 5.18.1 [1], devices plugged into the jack will only be recognized as headphones. To allow recognition of a headset (with microphone), use dell-headset-multi as the value for the model=, as explained in Advanced Linux Sound Architecture#Correctly detect microphone plugged in a 4-pin 3.5mm (TRRS) jack.

When powersave activates and deactivates on the sound card, there is a small noisy popping sound. If you are using TLP, one way to avoid this is to disable the SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ variables in /etc/tlp.conf.

Speakers

By default, the speakers do not sound very balanced (due to downward firing speakers), so you may want to use an equalizer to fix this. One way is to install EasyEffects and use one of the presets in this github repo, such as philonmetal.json.

Firmware

BIOS Updates

The current Framework laptop BIOS version is 3.17 for 11th Gen Intel Mainboards [2]. As of writing Framework laptops with 12th Gen Intel Mainboards are currently stuck on BIOS version 3.04 [3]. The BIOS can be updated by EFI shell script placed on a bootable USB flash drive. However, this firmware update method clears EFI bootloaders registered in NVRAM, so having a recovery disk or alternate method of reinstalling your bootloader(s) handy is recommended. If your bootloader installs itself as the EFI fallback at esp/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (systemd-boot will by default, GRUB will with GRUB#Default/fallback boot path), no recovery disk is necessary, but your bootloader may need to be reinstalled to restore its NVRAM entry.

LVFS

Support for fwupd is in testing [4], and can be enabled by running:

$ fwupdmgr enable-remote lvfs-testing

BIOS versions previous to 3.17 do not have capsule update support, so uncomment this line, update to 3.17 or higher, and then comment the line again after the BIOS is updated:

/etc/fwupd/uefi_capsule.conf

DisableCapsuleUpdateOnDisk=true

Secure Boot

One can enroll custom keys into the Framework Laptop without any Option ROM concerns, or use the SHIM approach. See Secure Boot for details.

Suspend

Adding the kernel parameter acpi_osi="!Windows 2020" fixes a regression in s2idle, making the keyboard backlight and power button correctly turn off when suspending, as well as decreasing battery drain in suspend to about 1%/hour[5].

If your system fails to wake up from suspend due to the SSD disconnecting, you can try putting nvme.noacpi=1 in your kernel parameters. This may also improve battery life in suspend, if your SSD has a bad ACPI implementation.

Warning: Some NVMe drives do not successfully wake from the deep sleep state described below, disconnecting from the laptop and becoming inaccessible until a reboot, which typically causes the laptop to lock up. One example is the Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0[6][7]. Before enabling this sleep state in a production installation, you may wish to test the suspend functionality of your NVMe drive from the Arch installer environment so as not to cause corruption.

See Power management/Suspend and hibernate#Changing suspend method if you want to use S3 sleep instead of s2idle.

Touchpad

There are reports of the touchpad exhibiting issues (e.g. pointer does not move, two-finger scroll does not work, etc.) after waking from sleep. Disabling PS/2 mouse emulation under Advanced in the BIOS seems to resolve the issues[8].

Function keys

Key	Visible?¹	Marked?²	Effect
`Fn+Esc`	Yes	Yes	Toggles Fn lock
`F1`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioMute`
`F2`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioLowerVolume`
`F3`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioRaiseVolume`
`F4`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioPrev`
`F5`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioPlay`
`F6`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioNext`
`F7`	Yes	Yes	`XF86MonBrightnessDown`
`F8`	Yes	Yes	`XF86MonBrightnessUp`
`F9`	Yes	Yes	`Super_L+p`
`F10`	Yes	Yes	`XF86RFKill`, soft blocks wlan and bluetooth
`F11`	Yes	Yes	`Print`
`F12`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioMedia`
`Fn+Delete`	Yes	Yes	`Insert`
`Fn+Space`	Yes	Yes	Controls the keyboard backlight
`Fn+b`	No	No	`Control_L+Break`
`Fn+k`	No	No	`Scroll_Lock`
`Fn+p`	No	No	`Pause`
`Fn+Left`	Yes	Yes	`Home`
`Fn+Right`	Yes	Yes	`End`
`Fn+Up`	Yes	Yes	`Prior/PgUp`
`Fn+Down`	Yes	Yes	`Next/PgDn`

The key is visible to xev and similar tools.
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.

Ambient light sensor

Should work out of the box with iio-sensor-proxy. On GNOME it is enough to install the package and restart the session (or reboot, just in case). Then run monitor-sensor to check if it is working.

Troubleshooting

Stuttering, flickering and periodic freeze

There are reports of stuttering, flickering and periodic freezes on the laptop. Disabling Panel Self-Refresh (as explained in Intel graphics#Screen flickering) has been reported to work. However it is helpful for battery life, so it should be left on if there are no issues.

This can also happen if you have installed xf86-video-intel instead of using modesetting, see the note at Intel graphics#Installation.

Two/three finger clicks

By default, the touchpad provides middle and right click by clicking on specific regions (bottom middle for middle click and bottom right corner for right click). To switch this two-finger click for right click and three-finger click for middle click, you will need to set the "click method" via libinput. First, find your "Touchpad" device name:

$ xinput

And then set the click method, where device is the name (or ID) found in the previous step:

$ xinput set-prop "device" "libinput Click Method Enabled" 0 1

To make this persistent, put it in a startup script. Alternatively, if using X11, one can create a custom Xorg configuration file with the appropriate settings (see libinput#Via Xorg configuration file).

HiDPI settings

Using 1,5 scaling factor is suggested. For more details, see HiDPI.

Lowering fan noise

The handling of fans can be significantly improved by using the thermald service. Install the package and then you can Start and Enable the service via the thermald.service unit file.

Changing the brightness of the monitor does not work

See Backlight#xbacklight returns : No outputs have backlight property.

For Alder Lake CPUs a solution for using the backlight keys instead of the light sensor is to deactivate the ambient light sensor.

/etc/modprobe.d/framework-als-deactivate.conf

blacklist hid_sensor_hub

Reboot is required, the light sensor module will be deactivated and the backlight keys work.

Bootmanager flashing black screen and not loading operating system

If your Framework laptop loads the bootloader and can recognize the EFI system partition on your flash drive or m.2. drive, but cannot load your boot manager (it only flashes a black screen before returning to the bootloader), you must disable Secure Boot.

Reboot holding F2. There is a bug in some versions of the BIOS that prevents the F2 key on the builtin laptop keyboard from being recognized during reboot or power up. The workaround is to connect an external USB keyboard to the laptop an hold the F2 key on the external keyboard while rebooting or powering up the laptop. After the laptop has entered the BIOS settings the builtin keyboard can be used and the external one can be disconnected.
Go to the Security Tab
Secure boot defaults to ON; disable it
Save changes and restart

Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 reset/ low throughput / "Microcode SW error"

Under high stress, Wi-Fi device restarts and network speeds become abysmally slow or non-responsive until disconnecting and reconnecting to WiFi network.[9]

This issue has been observed by owners of other manufacturers' laptops (not just framework). [10]

Disabling IEEE 802.11ax seems to be a suitable workaround for the time being. [11]

/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf

options iwlwifi disable_11ax=Y

Intel is aware[12] of the issue and there is a patch[13] that fix slow tx after restart, and another[14] that address the SW error.

Fingerprint reader device disconnected error

When the fingerprint reader has been used to enroll a fingerprint on Windows, and you later attempt to use the reader under Linux without first unenrolling your print from within Windows, fprintd can fail to work. In this situation, upon enrolling with fprintd-enroll, the command will hang, as fprintd has crashed.

The best way to deal with this, if you still have access to Windows, is to boot back in and unenroll your fingerprint from there. If this is not possible, you can try a script posted by someone on the Framework laptop forums.

Low framerate or stuttering webcam

This issue can occur if the program displaying the webcam feed is using the YUYV 4:2:2 color format. Most GUI camera applications do not allow for configuring this. Some applications that will let you configure this include guvcview and obs-studio, and they also appear to work with the default configuration. You can also open the webcam using vlc with:

$ vlc v4l2:///dev/video1 --v4l2-chroma MJPG

12th gen Turbo-Boost on battery with tlp

This article or section is a candidate for merging with TLP.

Notes: This is not specific to this hardware and should thus be on the page for the specific tool. (Discuss in Talk:Framework Laptop 13)

By default the 12th gen will not Turbo-Boost on battery if tlp is installed. This can configured in tlp's configuration.

/etc/tlp.conf

CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=balance_performance
CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT=balance_performance

12th gen brightness and airplane mode keys

On the 12th gen motherboards there is a bug where ALS and the brightness up/down including the airplane mode keys conflict. In order to make the brightness and airplane mode keys work in the detriment of using the ambient light sensor, blacklist the hid_sensor_hub module.

Ethernet not working with tlp

By default tlp will power limit the framework ethernet adapter. This can be changed in tlp's configuration where 0bda:8156 is the ID of the framework ethernet adapter.

/etc/tlp.conf

USB_DENYLIST="0bda:8156"

Additional Hardware

Docking Stations

The following docking station(s) work out of the box with no additional configuration:

Name	Model Number	Interface	Power Delivery?	Notes
Hyper Drive Power 9-in-1 USB-C Hub	`HD30F-GRAY`	USB-C	Yes	Needs to be reconnected if power is removed while connected.
Anker PowerExpand 13-in-1 USB-C Dock	`A8392`	USB-C	Yes
Anker 777 Thunderbolt Docking Station	`A8397`	USB-C	Yes	Instantaneous wakeups from suspend when connected to the dock if using `s2idle` for sleep; PCI/USB devices are not detected after resume from sleep when using `deep` for sleep.
ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock	`DBB9003L1`	USB-C	Yes	Dock Power button does not work properly to boot the laptop
ThinkPad Universal Thunderbolt 4 Dock	`40B00135AU`	USB-C	Yes	Dock Power button does not work properly to boot the laptop. Requires Framework firmware version 3.06 to be installed on the laptop.
ThinkPad USB-C Dock	`40A09`	USB-C	Yes	Dock Power button does not work properly to boot the laptop
Dell USB-C Dock	`WD19`	USB-C	Yes
Dell Thunderbolt Dock	`WD19TBS`	USB-C	Yes	Thunderbolt 3, power button does not work
OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock	`OWCTB3DK14PSG`	USB-C	Yes
uni 8-in-1 USB-C Hub	`8IN101`	USB-C	Yes	Short removable cable can be replaced; the Spigen USB 4 cable works.
CalDigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt 3 Dock	`TS3 Plus`	USB-C	Yes
StarTech.com USB-C Travel Docking Station	`DKT30CHPD`	USB-C	Yes

External GPU

Name	Model Number	Interface	Power Delivery?	eGPU?	Notes
AKITO Node Pro Thunderbolt 3	`T3NP`	USB-C	Yes	No	Errors with PCIe bus expansion for eGPU, 3.16.5 kernel, 3.07 firmware
Sonnet	`eGPU 550`	USB-C	Yes	Yes	Tested in kernel 5.15 and above
Razer	`Core`	USB-C	Yes	Yes	Tested in kernel 5.15 and above
Mantiz MZ-03 Saturn Pro eGPU V2	`MZ-03-EU-SG`	USB-C	Yes	Yes	EU-edition, Potentially needs intel_iommu=on,Tested in kernel 5.15 and above 3.06 Firmware 3.10 and 12th gen framework