HP Envy 15t-j000 Quad Edition

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Device	Status	Modules
Intel	Working	xf86-video-intel (on some versions use NVIDIA with bumblebee)
Ethernet	Working	atl1c
Wireless	Working	iwlwifi
Audio	Working	snd_hda_intel
Touchpad	Working	synaptics
Camera	Working
Card Reader	Working	rts5229 !!from 3.8, try rtsx_pci!!
Fingerprint Reader	Not Working	–

The HP Envy 15t-j000 Quad Edition is a laptop released in 2013.

Installing Arch

This laptop has secure boot enabled by default. In order to install Arch this should be disabled. UFEI should be set to legacy mode.

Backlight Issue

On some kernels the laptop backlight will not turn on, leaving a black screen on boot. This can be solved with the following kernel parameter.

 acpi_backlight=vendor

The following kernel parameter will also work, but will disable 3d acceleration.

 nomodeset

Battery and Power Management

The rated battery life for this laptop is 9hrs and with configuration 5.5 hrs is usually possible.

Install acpi

Install thermald, start/enable thermald.service

Install tlp

Configure it as per TLP

Install iw

Install smartmontools

Install intel-ucode

# su -c 'echo "microcode" >> /etc/modules-load.d/microcode.conf'

Install cpupower, start/enable cpupower

Mouse and Trackpad

The trackpad for this laptop supports a virtual scroll wheel. To enable it edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf

and make sure the following is commented out

Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
       MatchIsTouchpad "on"
       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
       Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Graphics, Video Card, and NVIDIA Optimus

If you have the version of this laptop with an NVIDIA card then you have an optimus based chipset.

Fingerprint Reader

This laptop comes with a fingerprint reader but there is no Linux driver for it.

Wireless Networking

Recent kernels contain a driver for this laptop's wireless adapter.

Sound

Sound works out of the box. pulseaudio and pavucontrol may be useful in configuring audio.

mSATA SSD Cache

This laptop has a mSATA bay that can include a cache hard drive. This mSATA can be used as a primary hard drive with some configuration.

Dual Boot