21 Mar 2020

Clear Linux on Dell XPS 7390 2 in 1

dell, xps, 7390, 2in1, clearlinux, wifi, gnome, fix, issues, i915, and mesa

Almost all works out of the box on the current Clear Linux version 32660 with kernel Linux arazu 5.5.10-921.native #1 SMP Wed Mar 18 16:03:14 PDT 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux with some exceptions:

No camera
No fingerprint
No WiFi
Pereodic Gnome freeze for ~20 seconds due ti id915/mesa bug

WiFi fix

ln -s /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-48.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-52.ucode

=>reboot

Gnome Freeze fix

Disable subpixel font antialiasing via dconf editor/settings/coomand line

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings antialiasing 'grayscale'
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings hinting 'medium'

Additional Notes

Enable S3 sleep

Disable signs of life in bios for normal s3 sleep.
Add mem_sleep_default=deep to the /etc/kernel/cmdline then sudo clr-boot-manager update
=>reboot

Disable tap and drug for touchpad

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-and-drag false

Enable new IWD wireless backend for NetworkManager

Put it to sudo vim /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

[device]
wifi.backend=iwd

then run

sudo swupd bundle-add iwd
sudo systemctl stop wpa_supplicant.service
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service

=>reconnect to WiFi networks

Select `none` IO scheduler for nvme

Add w /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/scheduler - - - - none to /etc/tmpfiles.d/nvme.conf