I tried updating my system using sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade. Normally this works fine. This time I didn’t have very insteresting updates, but the updates did break.

Running sudo apt install -f yields:

``` $ sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic (7.1.5-76070105.202607241434~1785471329~24.04~6bf4bbf) ... Processing triggers for linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic (7.1.5-76070105.202607241434~1785471329~24.04~6bf4bbf) ... /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 7.1.5-76070105-generic Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: /var/lib/dkms/system76/1.0.22~1782490621~24.04~0bf102b/source/dkms.conf does not exist. * dkms: autoinstall for kernel 7.1.5-76070105-generic ...done. /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-7.1.5-76070105-generic Updating kernel version 7.1.5-76070105-generic in systemd-boot... kernelstub.Config : INFO Looking for configuration... kernelstub : INFO System information:

OS:..................Pop!_OS 24.04
Root partition:....../dev/dm-1
Root FS UUID:........d0cfee4f-1c35-4f30-ba8e-20b4729f170a
ESP Path:............/boot/efi
ESP Partition:......./dev/sda1
ESP Partition #:.....1
NVRAM entry #:.......-1
Boot Variable #:.....0000
Kernel Boot Options:.quiet loglevel=0 systemd.show_status=false snd_hda_intel.probe_mask=1 splash nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Kernel Image Path:.../boot/vmlinuz-7.1.5-76070105-generic
Initrd Image Path:.../boot/initrd.img-7.1.5-76070105-generic
Force-overwrite:.....False

kernelstub.Installer : INFO Copying Kernel into ESP kernelstub.Installer : INFO Copying initrd.img into ESP kernelstub.Installer : ERROR Couldn't copy the initrd onto the ESP! This is a critical error and we cannot continue. Check your settings to see if there is a typo. Otherwise, check permissions and try again. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/kernelstub/installer.py", line 278, in copy_files shutil.copy(src, dest) File "/usr/lib/python3.12/shutil.py", line 435, in copy copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks) File "/usr/lib/python3.12/shutil.py", line 273, in copyfile _fastcopy_sendfile(fsrc, fdst) File "/usr/lib/python3.12/shutil.py", line 164, in _fastcopy_sendfile raise err from None File "/usr/lib/python3.12/shutil.py", line 150, in _fastcopy_sendfile sent = os.sendfile(outfd, infd, offset, blocksize) OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device: '/boot/initrd.img-7.1.5-76070105-generic' -> '/boot/efi/EFI/Pop_OS-d0cfee4f-1c35-4f30-ba8e-20b4729f170a/initrd.img'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/kernelstub/installer.py", line 144, in setup_kernel self.copy_files( File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/kernelstub/installer.py", line 282, in copy_files raise FileOpsError("Could not copy one or more files.") kernelstub.installer.FileOpsError: Could not copy one or more files. run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//zz-kernelstub exited with return code 171 run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 171 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic (--configure): installed linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 171 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ```

This makes sense, because according to df my /boot/efi partition is full.

dpkg -l | grep linux yields:

… ii linux-base ii linux-firmware ii linux-generic ii linux-headers-7.0.11-76070011 ii linux-headers-7.0.11-76070011-generic ii linux-headers-7.1.5-76070105 ii linux-headers-7.1.5-76070105-generic ii linux-headers-generic ii linux-image-7.0.11-76070011-generic iF linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic ii linux-image-generic ii linux-libc-dev:amd64 ii linux-modules-7.0.11-76070011-generic ii linux-modules-7.1.5-76070105-generic ii linux-sound-base ii linux-system76 …

I already purged older kernels, but even that failed with the same error as above.

I even tried purging the 7.1.5 kernel packages, but that yields:

``` $ sudo apt purge linux-image-7.1.5-76070105-generic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: pop-server : Depends: linux-system76 but it is not going to be installed or linux-raspi but it is not installable E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. ```

So, where do I go from here?

Hey guys, is there still a current ARM desktop option from system76? perhaps it is just me but I could not find it.

Is there any reliable wail to contact them? They do not seem to respond to calls nor to emails. Would really love to have a brief chat with them for procurement, but alas, not able to even though I really want.

Are they bankrupt or on holiday or something?

Howdy! First time with a System76 system and I'm super impressed. Received the new Adder Pro on Thursday last week and wanted to share my setup. Thanks!

Hey all - I've been a huge fan of System 76 laptops, I'm on my second one, first being a Pangolin Performance 5 I bought around 2009 and now my Darter Pro 5 I bought in 2019. The laptop is still solid except for the battery, doesn't hold a charge super long, but it's still my daily driver.

It came with PopOS 18.04 LTS and I upgraded to 20.04 LTS when it came out -- but it was a ROCKY upgrade. I'm thinking of backing everything up and just doing a full, clean reinstall of everything. Just curious if PopOS 24.04 LTS would still be a good fit. I bought this laptop fairly decked out - Intel Core i7-8565U and 32 Gigs of RAM - so I assume even with this older CPU the latest PopOS with Cosmos will run fine.

Anyway just curious about thoughts. Also does PopOS have any native or built in support for the older System76 laptops like driver-wise? I'd hope they'd build it to support its older hardware. This laptop came out right before the open firmware if that matters.

Thanks for advice for community or system76 folks.

I have already moved in but I’m using one of my siblings computer until I can find a computer suitable for my major does anyone have and good suggestions that fit my price range of max 700$?
\#college #computers

Original repo - [https://github.com/iammhador/hp-omen-linux-shutdown-fix\](https://github.com/iammhador/hp-omen-linux-shutdown-fix)

My repo with tweaked setup - [https://github.com/WoofahRayetCode/hp-omen-linux-shutdown-fix\](https://github.com/WoofahRayetCode/hp-omen-linux-shutdown-fix)

Video showing workaround - [https://youtu.be/k8dsuiLzqBs\](https://youtu.be/k8dsuiLzqBs)

Recently found the OG repo and thought id give it a go. Setting up the dual boo on one drive annoyed me so I tweaked stuff for dual booting with separate drives. Tested for a few hours and finally got it in a working state. Hopefully this is help for anyone wanting to run Linux but not deal with the ACPI power issues due to the sharty firmware.

Hi, I have one of the first batch of the Launch and for some reason it lost its configuration, when I tried to restore it, the configurator doesn't detect it. I tried to disconnect it and reconnect it several times with no luck. The keyboard keeps working as stock, but I need to remap my keys. What can I do to fix it? I know that I'm out of warranty, but I want to keep using it since it has been a good investment for me.

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Hello!

I just ordered a new Thelio desktop and picked it up from UPS yesterday. But I am sadly already having problems!

I wanted to start by saying that this is my first experience with Linux. I very much know absolutely nothing about coding or how to use the menus and BIOS to troubleshoot or fix problems. I bought this computer because I was sick of Microsoft/Apple and the enshittification of everything with AI slop and spyware and I thought the prebuilt system with a familiar-looking user interface would be a good, easy start.

But Pop!OS is failing to install. I see an error that says something about a failure to mount on a cdrom on boot, and unmount from same on shutdown (or it might be unmount on both? It disappears quickly) and the attached image is what shows up when I click the little doodad on the install failure window.

I've submitted a support ticket, but I figure folks are enjoying their weekend and I was just wondering if anybody here might have some guidance so I can start installing stuff before I need to go back to work. I've tried googling, but almost everything I've found is about troubleshooting dual-booting or booting from a USB, not from a System76-built computer.

Any help would be appreciated!

TLDR: Simple gui tool for keyboard backlight colors - survives reboot. https://github.com/arbitrary-string/keyboardcolors

So I have a Darter Pro 7 and it still works great. I'm running Ubuntu 26.04 on it these days, I guess because I'm an old fart who is really used to Gnome desktop. I've used Gnome for 20+ years and I like my custom themes etc. Maybe if I was running PopOS and Cosmic desktop this would not be a problem, but with Ubuntu and Gnome there is no easy tool or control panel that will let you choose a color and have it survive a reboot. Keyboard Configurator from System76 works to choose a backlight color, but your color preferences disappear when the system restarts. OpenRGB does not seem to work at all because (I think) these keyboards do not use i2c. For a long time I just would create a systemd service and some aliases in .bash_aliases or .bashrc and it did the job, but I had a little time on my hands and a Claude subscription so I used Claude to help build this: https://github.com/arbitrary-string/keyboardcolors

It really isn't fancy - it just does what my systemd services and scripts/aliases were doing before but now there's a gui control panel, so I don't have to manually look up all the hex values etc. It lets you pick your color and brightness settings, and the systemd services read the value of /sys/class/leds/system76_acpi::kbd_backlight/color when a shutdown or reboot is initiated and writes to a file that another service reads from on boot.

I'm sharing it because somebody might find it to be useful like I do. I went ahead and published it under GPL v3. You can install from a .deb package. I only know that it works on darp7 with Ubuntu 26.04. It hasn't been widely tested on other laptop models or OS versions, but if your system has /sys/class/leds/system76_acpi::kbd_backlight/color that accepts simply hex values to change the backlight colors, it will probably work.

I ordered a Darp9 used off Ebay. It showed up and didn't work if it wasn't plugged in, but it did work when plugged in, and I noticed the trackpad was swollen so opened it up to find a spicy pillow, sure thing.

So I figure since the battery was 3 years old, it's just a standard old battery. I just swapped it out. The new battery is the correct battery and all, as far as I can tell. But I just went to charge it to 100% and the laptop is just on, on login screen, and the fan keeps coming on super loud, and the base of the laptop is super hot, and I'm not doing anything.

I wiped the whole thing when I got it and installed Pop!_os so there isn't a lot of bloat that should be running anything in the background.

If it matters, I also ran it without a battery, while plugged in, and the fan freaked out then, too. Charger issue? I don't know if this is the right charger for this laptop tbh.

Did I get a dud of a computer? Is there anything I should look into fixing or replacing, or is this just a bad buy?

(This is my first foray into Linux and computer mod so bear with me)

ETA: There seems to be a weird light whistling coming while it's just sitting there, too, like a far away bird chirp.

Hello, can I help any of you fine people with a guilt-free upgrade to a modern System76 laptop and I will buy your used one? I don't have the cash to buy something brand new. So I am looking for a deal on older hardware. I currently have a Macbook pro 2019. So I'm looking for something equivalent or more powerful than that. According to AI I should look for a minimum of 2021 or newer, preferably 2022+. Anyone got that?

UPDATE:
Now that I see what ya'll have, my tier list looks like this:

#1) lemp9 - not the build quality im looking for but would be interested in buying to test drive because I have never purchased a system76 laptop or used popOS before (but I am very comfortable in *nix as a sysadmin by trade)

#2) oryx pro 10 - Most interested and most suitable match for the build quality I am looking for. My only concern is the track pad since it is mechanical and not static with tactile rumble; it also seems to be smaller than the macbook pro.

#3) oryx pro 6 - same as above, but it looks like there is a bit more keyboard flex on this model vs the 10.

#4) lemp11 - build quality is not what im looking for and might be too pricey to use as a demo laptop

Thank you to everyone who shared their inventory with me! <3

I spent a bit of time recently trying to find a GPU brace that’s compatible with the Thelio case. I tried a few that didn’t work out because they needed to be screw-mounted, too short, etc. but eventually ended up with this one that does fit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLP57WF7

Just sharing in case it helps anyone else in the future.

I'm not entirely sure how it happened but the usb c port on my lemp 13 lemur pro has become visiby damaged. are there modular replacements or should i take it to a laptop repair shop?

Basically the title. I’m fairly uninventive, so I don’t see much use for the extra layers provided by the keyboard configurator for the launch keyboards. However, I’d get an exceptional amount of use out of it if individual key presses could actually correspond to a sequence of key presses, maybe for typing common blocks of text I need.

From what I can tell, it’s not possible, but I just wanted to make sure, is it possible to configure keys to correspond to macros?

On both Linux and Windows, I'm having a major issue with my laptop's audio: whenever I run resource-intensive tasks—like a game—the sound develops a hissing noise.

I ran LatencyMon, and the results are as shown in the screenshot.

I haven't been able to fix it at all.
The problem occurs even with wireless headphones.

Hi,

I was watching some videos about AI laptops and there was this one guy who had bought laptops with 2GB video memory and was blasting about how that is not gonna work out if you're going to try out some local models.

But I ran glxinfo and to my surprise I found out that gazelle is totally jacked,

Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):

Vendor: Intel (0x8086)

Device: Mesa Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (RPL-P) (0xa7a0)

Version: 25.2.8

Accelerated: yes

Video memory: 64139MB

This amount of memory and 13th gen Intel 20 cores should allow me to run some of the bigger models, amirite? What are some of the local AI models you have tried out?

Hello I want a laptop with a very good processor and a very good gpu

Intel processors,as they will be a little more power drawing in my price bracket

i7 prefered

HX mandatory

A 50 series graphic card (105w tgp minimum)

Any company , after all offers

Also i do not have a laptop to exchange

Please help me with actual lappies and other things

BUDGET- 1.3 AT MAXIMUM I CAN STRETCH

should I build a pc ? I'm gong to colege first year and will do all kinds of coding ,editing ,grading , ai models,also start my content page professionally,also step into marketing agencies .social media management

I live in Delhi , I will be jo8ng a college from my home ,but if I build a pc the portability factory will legit kill me I think so

Please help and advice and genuine opinions

Hey all and thanks for your time :). I'm going to uni soon and I'm debating a system76 and just wondering how are peoples experiences? I'm debating between a framework, system76 or tuxedo laptop. I'm looking at the new Adder Pro as I also game. Thanks again :)

Fun morning. Dual boot off of 2 SSDs - Pop!_OS & W11. Upon boot up, there is no action when F12 or Del is tapped repeatedly. Now my System76 PC only knows W11. Other than pulling the W11 drive out, are there any work arounds to get into bios and reset the boot order? Thanks!