HCL - Dell Latitude E7470

[Elias Mårtenson]

I've been using Qubes 3.2 on this laptop for a month or two now, and pretty much everything works well.

Note that immediately after installing the system the WLAN didn't work. I connected using ethernet and did a software update. After this the WLAN worked correctly.

The laptop seems to have TPM, but when I try to enable it it tells me I need to switch to UEFI. Unfortunately AEM doesn't support UEFI, so it can't be used.

I have also been unable to disable tap-to-click on the touchpad. Apparently this is because the touchpad isn't supported but if you're OK with having tap-to-click enabled the touchpad itself works well.

Regards,

Elias

[Elias Mårtenson]

(resend, with attachments this time)

[Tai...@gmx.com]

There is no technical reason as to why you need UEFI to use a TPM.

You have a business laptop, so you should call dell and insist to speak
to an engineering team member who can remedy that.
Note: it may be difficult if you don't have the us based pro-support as
the low wage outsourced techs will have no idea what you mean.

I would also insist on linux touchpad drivers, which again you can do
(because it is a business laptop)

[Elias Mårtenson]

On 17 February 2017 at 13:19, Tai...@gmx.com <Tai...@gmx.com> wrote:

I would also insist on linux touchpad drivers, which again you can do (because it is a business laptop)

I think it's possible to get it to work in Fedora 24, but Qubes dom0 is based on Fedora 23.

I'll try it again once Qubes 4 comes out.

Regards,

Elias

[Chris Laprise]

I agree... nothing should block you from using the TPM.

Chris