r/linuxhardware

Hi, I just switched to Void Linux a little over two months ago. My main computer is an ASUS TUF A-16 Advantage Edition with an RX 7700S graphics card. Everything is working great, but for some reason, one of the two USB-C ports doesn’t work with external devices. I’ve read a bit about my system on other forums and learned that apparently the port that isn’t working is directly connected to the GPU. It seems to be the port that outputs via DisplayPort (or at least that’s what I understood), but even so, it strikes me as very odd, since the dedicated graphics card works without any issues—it’s even the main output I use on my system, and it’s not in sleep mode or anything. Even so, I tried to force it to activate via GRUB with the following command:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=4 amdgpu.runpm=0"

The system even correctly detects my graphics card and audio output controller, but for some reason the USB driver isn't installed.

❯ lspci | grep 03:00

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600 XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600] (rev c1)

03:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio

Does anyone else have a similar problem? I can’t use the supergfxctl utilities because they’re designed strictly to work with systemd, and I can’t find a patched version for runnit (I use seatd as my session manager since I don’t like how elogind drags in systemd’s features and backdoors).

Just wondering how well it works on linux as I am unsure how well a chinese brand like xiaomi would cater to open source drivers and inputs like touch-screens and sensors. Will be using Arch Linux so I would be getting the latest updates.

Either way ima be spending around $330, and i do need power efficiency so kinda leaning towards intel b580.
These would be paired with a ryzen 5 9600X and a 750w PSU

Rn i have rtx 3050 6gb laptop and running Linux, i just need something that’s better than that at 1440p on Linux.

Hey! I'm considering buying a Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 14AKP10 (Ryzen AI 5 340, Radeon 840M, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, OLED) and want to run Linux Mint on it.

( if this distro is impossible on this device, I'd probably be fine with choosing a different one )

I found a Linux Mint hardware report saying it worked well on Mint 22.2 with kernel 6.14.0-37, but I've also seen reports of occasional system pauses/freezes on other kernels. I'd like to understand how stable it is in practice.

I'm particularly interested in whether the following work reliably on a recent Mint release:

• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, including after suspend/resume
• Internal speakers and microphone, without patches
• Graphics acceleration and brightness controls
• Sleep/wake and battery drain

I'm happy to do some setup, but I'd prefer not to buy a laptop that requires extensive troubleshooting to work properly. ( I am not that well versed on troubleshooting, but if its light I'm sure I could power through. ) Any form of feeback would be appreciated!

Doesn't have to be powerful, just at least 16GB of RAM. I'm trying to avoid Amazon, but have sourced some local options as well to go in person (Toronto). Any good experience with online sources, especially recently post tariffs?

Hi, I recently purchased a Hp prodesk 400 g4 off of eBay to use as a plex server, however when I try to install Ubuntu server it does not detect an ssd. I have tried reseating and using different ssds to no avail, any tips or help would be amazing. Thanks

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Guys hi

Yesterday I posted this question in r/linuxquestions, they recommended to post here.

I have Dasung 13k bw eink monitor. Manufacture says type-c (dp alt mode) is preferred connection.

But I don't get any output / black screen. It works using HDMI though.

Trying to understand is it monitor, or my mini PC, or linux.

Mini PC is beelink ryzen ser 5 5500u, running Debian 13, it has 3 ports - dp, HDMI, type-c. Type-c is dp alt mode.

So the fingerprint reader on my laptop isn't listed in libfprint supported devices, is there any way to contributing code for it to work or am I just cooked? I'm not a low-level guy but could be an interesting side project if it was doable so I was just wondering.

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I'm looking for hands-on experience of running linux on a Dell Rugged tablet, e.g. the Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme. What works? What doesn't? How well does linux (which flavor?) handle the missing-keyboard situation?