I’ve installed it on my laptop a few weeks ago and most of the things worked indeed out of the box!
The only things not working are its fingerprint reader and the higher refresh rates of its display. I haven’t been able to solve either problem yet. :(
There doesn’t seem to be any Edge version for 22.x, so I guess I’m using the normal one.
The thing with my refresh rate is that the highest one available to me is just 60 Hz. I’m using a Huawei Matebook X Pro (2018) and if I’m not mistaken, its display should have 90 Hz at a resolution of 3.000x2.000 (yep, it’s display is somewhat uncommon and has a 3:2 format). I’ve noticed because since the switch, the screen looked very choppy to me.
You could try installing the newest kernel. Mint apparently comes with a great built-in tool to do so.
It might contain newer drivers that fix your issues. I also see there’s a variant with Nvidia GPU… in that case it also might be Nvidias fault. Which would be not surprising at all. (Mint got a driver utility you could meddle with).
I switched to the newest Kernel version and sadly the problem still persists. :(
Yep, I have the variant with a Nvidia GPU and I also think that it’s highly likely that they fucked up. I’ve already noticed that I don’t see a lot of settings in the Nvidia server settings app where other people seem to have way more options than me.
Perhaps the nvidia driver doesn’t load correctly. Could you open a terminal, enter lspci -nnk and look for your GPU in the list to check if the kernel driver in use says “nvidia” and/or “nvidia_drm”?
Ah, then you probably also got the Intel GPU and it’s a hybrid configuration with the Nvidia being the “high performance GPU”.
If it doesn’t say “kernel driver in use” (at least once you open some demanding application) saying “nvidia” it might uses nouveau, which would be wrong. However given the hybrid configuration your Intel GPU should be the one in control of the display, so no matter what Nvidia screws up it shouldn’t affect your refresh rate settings… I think.
Guess it would be best to head to the linuxmint.com forums and ask there. It’s probably a small fix, like your intel driver not being fully aware of all display capabilities on this specific device (which you could set manually, I’d have to look up the exact xrandr command though - will also change in the future once Mint fully moves from X11 to Wayland).
I’ve installed it on my laptop a few weeks ago and most of the things worked indeed out of the box!
The only things not working are its fingerprint reader and the higher refresh rates of its display. I haven’t been able to solve either problem yet. :(
Stop hiding your pain, Harold…
The refresh rate problem is uncommon… do you use the “Edge” version of Mint or the normal one?
Unfortunately drivers for fingerprint readers (or the lack thereof) are often an issue.
There doesn’t seem to be any Edge version for 22.x, so I guess I’m using the normal one.
The thing with my refresh rate is that the highest one available to me is just 60 Hz. I’m using a Huawei Matebook X Pro (2018) and if I’m not mistaken, its display should have 90 Hz at a resolution of 3.000x2.000 (yep, it’s display is somewhat uncommon and has a 3:2 format). I’ve noticed because since the switch, the screen looked very choppy to me.
You could try installing the newest kernel. Mint apparently comes with a great built-in tool to do so. It might contain newer drivers that fix your issues. I also see there’s a variant with Nvidia GPU… in that case it also might be Nvidias fault. Which would be not surprising at all. (Mint got a driver utility you could meddle with).
I switched to the newest Kernel version and sadly the problem still persists. :(
Yep, I have the variant with a Nvidia GPU and I also think that it’s highly likely that they fucked up. I’ve already noticed that I don’t see a lot of settings in the Nvidia server settings app where other people seem to have way more options than me.
Perhaps the nvidia driver doesn’t load correctly. Could you open a terminal, enter lspci -nnk and look for your GPU in the list to check if the kernel driver in use says “nvidia” and/or “nvidia_drm”?
I’ve an entry “3D controller” which mentions my GPU (GeForce MX150). There I have the following kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia.
So I guess it should be fine, since both of the entries you mentioned are there.
Ah, then you probably also got the Intel GPU and it’s a hybrid configuration with the Nvidia being the “high performance GPU”. If it doesn’t say “kernel driver in use” (at least once you open some demanding application) saying “nvidia” it might uses nouveau, which would be wrong. However given the hybrid configuration your Intel GPU should be the one in control of the display, so no matter what Nvidia screws up it shouldn’t affect your refresh rate settings… I think.
Guess it would be best to head to the linuxmint.com forums and ask there. It’s probably a small fix, like your intel driver not being fully aware of all display capabilities on this specific device (which you could set manually, I’d have to look up the exact xrandr command though - will also change in the future once Mint fully moves from X11 to Wayland).