HP Envy x360 13z-ag000
The HP Envy X360 13z-ag000 was released in 2018. It has variable processors/ram and displays, from a Ryzen Mobile 2300U to a 2700U, from 4GB RAM to 16GB RAM, and a 1080p display to a 4K display.
The specs of my particular model are:
- 2500U with 16GB RAM
- 4K display
- Realtek RTL8822BE wireless chip
| Device | Model | Working? | Modules |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Vega IGPU | Yes | xf86-video-amdgpu; Backlight works |
| Wifi | Realtek RTL8822BE | Yes | r8822be |
| Bluetooth | Realtek RTL8822BE | Yes | btusb |
| Audio | Yes | snd_hda_intel | |
| Touchpad | Synaptics | Yes | synaptics |
| Camera | Normal 1080p + IR 336x340 | Yes | uvcvideo |
| Sensors | STM Sensor hub | No | On Windows used for orientation sensing and hard drive drop protection |
| USB C | AMD xHCI Host Controller | No | Data and DP working |
Installing Arch
This laptop has secure boot enabled by default. To start the installer you need to disable it in the UEFI. Then you can just boot the installer in UEFI mode and just install like a normal UEFI system.
There appears to be an option to use your own Secureboot keys. I have not yet investigated that.
Battery and Power Management
a 4 hour battery life because of the 4K display. Currently I'm running a patched 4.17 kernel; 4.18 might improve battery life somewhat.
Display, Video Card
The integrated Vega GPU works with the AMDGPU drivers. GDK_SCALE=2 is somewhat necessary for most applications.
Audio
The"Bang & Olufsen" top-soundbar is by default disabled. You can activate it by using the "hdajackretask" utility provided by alsa-tools. More information can be found in this thread: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189331
The exact pinout can be found in this attachment: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=282109&action=edit
Options : [x] Show unconnected
[ ] Set model = auto
[X] Advanced ovveride
[ ] Parser hints
Pin ID; 0x14
[x] Override
Connectivity : Jack; Location : Internal; Device : Speaker; Jack : Other Analog
Color : Unknown; Jack detection : Not present; Channel group : 5; Channel : Front
Pin ID: 0x17
[X] Override
Connectivity : Jack; Location : Internal; Device : Speaker; Jack : Other
Color : Unknown; Jack detection : Not present; Channel group : 5; Channel : Back
Touchscreen and Stylus
Kernel 4.19.5 or greater is needed. [1] [2]
The built in ELAN digitizer does not use the wacom driver by default, but it can be configured to do so. Switching to the wacom driver allows easier configuration of the digitizer and pen through tools like xsetwacom. This can be achieved with the following xorg configuration file:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-ELAN-stylus.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Elan driver override"
MatchUSBID "04f3:*"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
MatchIsTablet "true"
Driver "wacom"
EndSection
After a reboot xsetwacom should now correctly register the device.
$ xsetwacom --list devices
ELAN0732:00 04F3:262A stylus id: 13 type: STYLUS ELAN0732:00 04F3:262A eraser id: 18 type: ERASER
You can use xinput to probe the different devices and find out what actions get triggered by which buttons. For instance, the "wacom bamboo ink" pen triggers the eraser device while touching the screen while maintaining the second side button pressed.
$ xinput test $deviceID
The following simple example script will bind rightclick to the eraser device.
device=$(xsetwacom --list | grep -i "eraser" | awk '{print $(NF-2)}')
xsetwacom --set "$device" button 1 3
Orientation Sensor
No IIO sensors are enumerated as of 4.18-rc7, even with all possible IIO modules compiled. iio-sensor-proxy (from iio-sensor-proxy) returns no sensors detected.
Wireless Networking
Works out of the box. aspm=0 seems to prevent the card from dropping offline as much, but also worsens battery life.
Bluetooth
Works out of the box with Motorola Pulse Escape on kernel 4.19.5.
Hard Drive
Built-in NVME drive works with advertised speed. Blockdevices are located at /dev/nvme0n1p*.
Dual Boot
Untested, but there should not any difficulties.
Tested on the 13ag-0005ng, which is identical in specs (Ryzen 5 2500U, 16GB DDR4), except for the display, which is 1080p instead of 4k. Dual Booting with Windows 10 works just like it does on other devices. No difficulties.