No, the keyboard is unresponsive. I also tried Ctrl+Alt+F1...F7, and got absolutely nothing.
I did a BIOS update, as advised here, and the behaviour changed! Now the freeze happens BEFORE the PC goes to sleep. As in: it gets to the frozen state the moment I click the button and the screens remain on.
Don't need to check, I built the PC myself - it's currently running on the iGPU from the 7800x3d.
(K)Ubuntu is configured to apply updates at reboot to minimize any breakages
That's the problem - it never did apply the updates. I even tested that by manually telling it to download them all and then rebooting once they were all ready to install. I had to re-download them all after logging back in.
I also noticed that one account was always getting app updates while OS updates were ONLY showing up for the primary account,
I get how this may be "by design", but it's an infuriating design. :D
Did the toolbar just disappear from all apps?
Correct. It was just not there. I was able to add the Global Toolbar widget and get a "Mac-like" experience, or add it as a hamburger button on the titlebar, but that's it.
Automatic mounting of drives is done easiest through editing the /etc/fstab file in Linux. I am not aware any other methods that are more user-friendly
Which is also extremely bad design, if you ask me. For removable drives - sure, why not. But if it's a bloody NVMe sitting on the motherboard? Also: there just should be a prompt going "do you want to auto-mount this" the moment the user mounts it through Dolphin for the first time.
Unless you have a specific reason for using Tuxedo OS, I would highly recommend Fedora with KDE Plasma desktop environment
As of right now, I'm having a great time with Tuxedo OS - other than the Sleep function not working, everything else is smooth sailing. I don't want to use Fedora, because I'm more familiar (if still barely) with the Debian Linux family.
It also ships with the latest versions of the kernel, so you’ll have less driver issues.
Is there an easy way to check the kernel version I'm running vs the latest available?
Well, I updated the BIOS - no change so far. I guess I'm stuck without Sleep. :/
OK, that was journey... I'm on the latest BIOS version now! Of course I forgot to check ALL the settings before I installed it, so I ended up in a boot loop. All good now, hopefully.
There IS a behaviour change on the Sleep front - it now never actually goes to sleep, the screen freezes like before, I can see ALL devices getting kicked out, and then nothing more happens.
Before doing the update I removed the "mem_sleep_default=deep" bit from grub, tested, added it back in, tested again. No change noted.
Everything worked fine on Windows - wouldn't BIOS misconfiguration also cause problems there?
There's no Windows, I nuked the drive before installing Tuxedo OS.
Nvidia?
I currently have no dedicated GPU, just a Ryzen CPU.
I go CTRL + ALT + F6, wait for the login to show up
Tried that just now - doesn't work. It seems like all devices are disconnected so I can't use the keyboard to change the VT.
OK, I tried that. Ctrl+Alt+F2 gives me a black screen.
Ctrl+Alt+F1 brings me back to my desktop.
Ctrl+Alt+F3-F6 all have a text login screen. F7+ don't do anything.
I was able to grab the journalctl logs. You can find them (and an extra bit about the computer state I was able to get) HERE.
Hmm... Wouldn't I also have sleep problems on Windows if this was a BIOS issue?
Windows worked flawlessly.
Kubuntu had massive issues with other things, but I didn't test Sleep (due to those other issues I only had it for a day or two).
So, I did a BIOS update, as advised here, and got some interesting results!
The freeze still happens - but it now freezes BEFORE the PC shuts down.
As in: I click the Sleep button, all devices get disconnected (audio, network, BT, input - all of it goes), the OS freezes, but the screens stay on. I cannot switch to a different VT at this point as everything is disconnected.