Cosmos VIII 15.6" compatibility

deunix

New member
We chose Clevo because we generally have good compatibility with Linux.
Configuration:
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Processeur Six Core Intel® Core® i7 9750H (2,6 GHz, 4,5 GHz Turbo)
16 Go Corsair 2133 MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16 Go)
NVIDIA® GeForce® MX250 - 2 Go de RAM vidéo DDR5 - DirectX® 12
SSD 120 Go ADATA SU650 2,5 POUCES, SATA 6 Go (520 Mo/R, 320 Mo/W)
1 To ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 Mo/R, 1500 Mo/W)
GIGABIT LAN ET WI-FI INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2,4 Gbps) + BT 5.0
System:
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Debian buster, plasma desktop, kernel 4.19.0-5-amd64

GIGABIT LAN ET WI-FI INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2,4 Gbps) + BT 5.0:
No driver for kernel 4
Intel provide a driver for kernel 5 but not tested (because there is no distribution stable with that kernel)
My solution:
buy an intel wifi 9260GW module for 13€ (aliexpress or amazon) and replace the intel ax200.
install firmware-iwlwifi from package main non-free
reboot and all work fine (2.4 Gbps, BT 5.0 and bluetooth)

NVIDIA® GeForce® MX250 - 2 Go de RAM vidéo DDR5
No working driver for kernel 4
But work well as an intel card.
It's ok for me.

Conclusion:
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Everything works well now.
But it was necessary to make an effort to integrate linux.
We can not rely on this integrator (pcspecialist) to offer us a little less recent equipment.
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Thanks for sharing the info. I've merged that into your original topic as people reading it might find this update helpful :)
 

stukem

Member
I also had problems with this wi-fi card (and lack of drivers in kernel 4). However, in the end I found a simple back-port driver that worked


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-hwe-team/pc-oem-dkms
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install backport-iwlwifi-dkms
reboot
 
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