Known tweaks for specific hardware

Audio Devices Missing

• Lenovo Laptops
• Intel NUC (NUC7I3BNH)
• Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING
• Omen AX-250 laptops

If the pulseaudio mixer only reports a "dummy" output device available, then the audio device order may need to be reversed.

Solution: Run as root: echo "options snd_hda_intel index=1,0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.confthen reboot the computer.

Nvidia driver doesn't work

Nvidia proprietary drivers often will not work on Project Trident out of the box due to their inclusion in the ZFSBootMenu initramfs after install of them. Nouveau drivers are also in the initramfs too and could cause problems as well.

Solution: To fix this, create /etc/zfsbootmenu/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf with a line containing these contents: omit_drivers+=" nouveau nvidia ". Then do sudo generate-zbm and reboot.

No Wi-Fi on some Dell computers

Seen In:

• Dell Latitude E7440
• Dell Latitude E7470

If Trident/Void reports that no wifi devices are available, but you can see the little wifi light flicker on/off during bootup, there there might be a BIOS-level hardware switch enabled which is preventing the device from being accessible to Trident. This seems to be more of an issue with the newer 5.7 Linux kernel than the 5.4 Linux kernel.

Solution:

• Bootup the system and hit the keyboard button to open up the system BIOS ("F2", but sometimes "delete" or "F12")
• Look for a setting in the BIOS with one of these names
  • "Kill Switch" (relating to wifi/network devices): Make sure this is not enabled.
  • "Enable UEFI Network stack": Make sure this is enabled.
• Save your settings and bootup the system again.