firmware-open VS tuxedo-control-center

This reminds me a lot of FW update a8dd6c2, since rolled back, which came out about 4 months ago and caused problems with darp8 (e.g. https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/issues/469, https://www.reddit.com/r/System76/comments/1692nd2/darter_pro_fails_to_resume_after_fw_a8dd6c2/, https://www.reddit.com/r/System76/comments/168oehz/new_coreboot_update/)

I suspect that my current settings are still "overkill", so I'm wondering if there's a nice way (in the absence of https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/pull/365 being merged!) to find out what the minimum speed is I can get away with without my laptop spontaneously combusting? :D

There is an issue about this: https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/issues/407 They closed it (because there was an update), but yeah it's definitely not fixed. You can subscribe to this issue to see what's going on, but do not get your hopes high - they will rarely, if ever, update the issue.

There isn't a way without flashing the firmware at least once, but there is this PR instead which exposes userspace fan controls, which might work with some of the fan control software in Linux.

Issue opened: https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/issues/432

What Framework can't offer is Coreboot with Management Engine Cleaner and other great specs. System76 just announced a new fully open source bios for their intel 10th - 13 th gen models: https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/blob/77abfadf24c9a0c45ae042cd71d3ce7be26c846e/FEATURES.md

Hi! I check the firmware-open repository from time to time and noticed that since the initial release a few potentially interesting things have been committed (e.g. Disable ME by default on everything but TGL-U or Support for NVIDIA Dynamic Boost ). Should I wait for the "official" update to show up in firmware-manager? These changes seem to have been released quite some time ago, but there is no trace of them in the GUI. I am inclined to build and flash it myself. I've flashed my ec in the past, but I don't want to set the versions of ec and firmware-open too far apart. What's the policy here? There is this warning here about "normal" users who should not do this themselves. Perhaps I am not normal :-/

> With the TUXEDO Control Center you are able to control the performance and the behavior of the fans by yourself.

I remember seeing this project years ago when I tried to reverse engineer my own laptop's fan control functions.

https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center

I actually tried to make it work on my laptop back then. Didn't succeed unfortunately.

I'd really enjoy reading about how they figured out the power management and fan control stuff. I couldn't figure it out.

Take a look at this issue and the links form this comment if you want to read more about it.

check this out https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center/issues/168

I've been trying to get TCC to work on my InfinityBook since I got it. Even when I choose "stationary use," the computer continues to charge to 100%. This issue is still unresolved and has been raised here: https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center/issues/268

i did but that didn't work but I did fixed it with reinstalling tuxedo control center it had to do with missing tuxedo-keyboard driver. Link

Depend on your laptop, I can change the fan speed with this https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center

I don't know about a live version of Tuxedo_OS, but see if you can install the Tuxedo Control Center. It lets you customize the fan settings, set CPU limits, and default brightness. I have a profile that's completely silent on mine.

https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center - Adds a control center-style app to Linux. Mostly here for tuxedo_io, which aids in energy management I think (I haven't really tested this) Also adds kernel level support for the keyboard and lightbar.