HP Pavilion 15-au624tx
Hardware Info
- Intel core i5-7200U (kabylake)
- 4GB RAM
- Intel HD Graphics 620
- Nvidia GeForce 940MX
- 1TB SATA HDD 5400RPM (TOSHIBA)
- 1920x1080 Full HD LED Display
- Realtek ALC 295 (Intel HD Audio)
- Dual Speakers
- 2 USB 3.0, single USB 1, HDMI port
- Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW ( Wireless )
- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE ( Wired/Ethernet )
Notes
Installation
You have to disable Secure Boot, repeatedly press F10 during boot to bring up the BIOS setup, navigate to the boot section and disable Secure Boot.
Hpfall
Installed hpfall-gitAUR, followed Hpfall and tested it, works great.
Mute LED
For making mute led work, create the following file:-
/etc/modprobe.d/mute.conf
options snd-hda-intel model=alc295-hp-x360
Secure Boot
Secure Boot, if set properly works with GRUB, bootctl and shim.
Common errors on dmesg
ACPI
If you see any ACPI errors from dmesg, such as
"" acpi MSFT0101:00: platform device creation failed: -16 ""
Go to bios settings and set TPM device = Hidden
Nouveau
If you see Nouveau related errors, disable nouveau by adding "nouveau.modeset=0" in kernel cmdline and install Nvidia drivers from official website.