The Ultimate Arch + Secureboot guide for Ryzen AI Max (ft. HP G1A 128gb 8060S monster laptop)

A Linux kernel patch on linux-media fixes a self-deadlock in amd_isp4_capture's isp4sd_start_stream() error path that froze HP G1A (Ryzen AI Max 128GB, 8060S) laptops when the webcam failed, according to a forum post that built the fix into the linux-g1a 7.3.1 kernel. The poster reports the hang is gone but the camera still stays black because the ISP firmware rejects SET_STREAM_CONFIG after a BIOS update to 01.06.02. Other users in the thread report Fedora 45 beta working on first boot and no hangs so far.

The laptop always refuses to power off, no randomness here. Today I tried the CachyOS kernel as an alternative but everything froze when I tried using the camera. alanoo https://forum.level1techs.com/u/alanoo 265 Just tried Fedora 45 beta. Everything works as intended on the first boot, maybe the first time I had to do zero fiddling. Only small compliant is the by default the “performance” mode sticks the freq to 5+ Ghz and 20W+ and never goes down, which is a bit stupid and inefficient on a laptop. first time I got the update through fwupdmgr 1 Like G1a webcam update: the “everything freezes when the camera fails” bug fail to get out prop in journalctl -k , apps stuck until a reboot is a deadlock in amd isp4 capture . There’s a fix on linux-media: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd start stream error path https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261028-isp4-start-stream-deadlock-v1-1-babd80273148@proton.me/ . I’ve built it into linux-g1a https://github.com/gdkrmr/linux-g1a 7.3.1 , and the hang is gone. The camera still stays black for me, though: the ISP firmware rejects the stream config SET STREAM CONFIG returns a failure . It started right after I updated the BIOS to 01.06.02 . Does your camera work on 01.06.02, or did it break after updating? Honestly, I don’t use the camera that much, but keeping that in mind, I haven’t had any hangs yet? . I didn’t see one at first glance, but if you tell me of a way to reproduce it without doing anything very exotic, I can definitely check if it happens on my system.