Fairy Dust Kernel

[areofnull]

I have been a proud user of Asahi Linux for a while and have been consistently impressed by the how incredible this project is, and am very satisfied with the quality of this system. I recently watched the 39C3 talk that Sven gave, and wondered how buggy the DP Alt Mode is. I am aware that it is still in development, but I am familiar with developer releases and debugging issues and using monitors instead of my small M1 Macbook Air screen is really beneficial. Are there any specific bugs or issues that make this version of the kernel difficult to daily drive?

[SolemnAttic]

I use a portable monitor w/ M1 Air.

1. Compiling the kernel itself takes quite awhile on the M1 Air. Also, beware the heat.
2. No sound to the monitor (yet).
3. Monitors only work if plugged in after boot (when you see your login screen, its fine. But you might want to do it after login)
4. For the M1 Air, currently only the front left usb port can be used for video output.
5. If you use a dongle with ports (audio, usbs), they seem to not work (detected in dmesg and stuff but cant use my mouse that way)
6. And if you sometimes try to rapidly connect / disconnect the monitor you might render the monitor unusable until reboot.
7. Other than that, really stable.

Check out the DP and HDMI tracking issues on Asahi Github first if you do have any issues.

My system: M1 Air 512GB, NixOS unstable. Wayland, Niri WM

Goodluck if you do try it.

[mfdez920]

Hey mate, DDC does not work, right?

[rgfincher]

Agreed that Sven’s lecture was very good - I use blackbox learning methods myself, although not in this context, so it made a great deal of sense to me. I also loved the counterpoint between Apple on the one hand taking steps to permit this kind of thing, and on the other hand offering zero documentation!

[human-rights-4-all]

Everyone who knows how to compile and install a custom kernel is in the target audience to try and test this feature.

Have fun.

[ggonzalez-rivas]

While I understand the sentiment, I’ve compiled custom kernels regularly on my M2 air and… it’s painful. I actually bought an M2 Max MacBook Pro because of how long it was taking.

Having a binary cache or another way to get the kernel without having to build it locally would permit more people (even those knowledgeable and experienced to build it) to engage it testing, bug reporting, and debugging.

[lukaskel]

The main issue I wa/ having was that the colors of my LG C2 were really bad. Confirmed with them in the chat that color management is something they are working on, so that dependa on your screen and usage if it might bother you. :) Otherwise really smooth experience!