Edit: Kubuntu22.04 seems to work. Thanks for your help.

I’ve tried to install plasma onto my new Framework 16. When I installed kubuntu directly, then after the second reboot, my laptop didn’t start up again. It shows the Framework logo, but then nothing. Then I’ve tried to install Ubuntu first, and everything worked, but after installing KDE afterwards and rebooting, I’ve the same problem. Even esc doesn’t bring anything up. What am I doing wrong? Does anybody have experience?

I’ve used Ubuntu/Kubuntu 24.04

  • DarkBugEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    Thanks for confirming! The keyboard was working intermittently and the touchpad stopped working completely this morning. 22.04 here I come

    • Rupert Reynolds@hachyderm.io
      2·
      6 months ago

      @Darkbug @Feeee23 My FW13 is happy on 22.04 LTS, and 24 is too recent for me. After getting bitten by (what looks like) an optimisation bug with gcc -O3 in Fedora 40, I’m back on Ubuntu, and holding back with 22.04 LTS for a while longer :-)

      • DarkBugEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I discovered today that one of the touchpad connections on the midplate is faulty. This morning the touchpad completely stopped working no matter the OS. I ended up moving the touchpad and I’m back in business. I’m currently on Ubuntu 22.04 and it seems to be stable. Hopefully FW will send me a replacement midplate.