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# HP Spectre x360 - 13-ae005na

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Device | Status | Modules
Video | Working | i915
Wireless | Working | iwlwifi
Bluetooth | Working | bluetooth
Audio | Partially Working | snd_hda_intel
Touchpad | Working | ?
Touchscreen | Working | hid_multitouch
Pen input | Working | ?
Webcam | working | uvcvideo
Card Reader | Working | rtsx_pci
Wireless Switch | Working | ?
Function/Multimedia Keys | Working | ?
Suspend/Resume | Working | ?
Fingerprint sensor | Untested | ?

This article covers specific configuation of this laptop. Currently based on experience with Gnome, running on Wayland.

## Hardware Info

### Hardware Options

This is the 2018 edition of the Spectre x360 from HP.

- Intel i7-8550U Kaby Lake Refresh
- 8GB Ram
- 512 GB NvMe SSD
- 4K IPS touchsceen with Elantech pen
- 4 Speaker Sound
- 2 USB-C, Thunderbolt 3 Ports
- 1 USB 3
- TPM 2
- Synaptics Fingerprint Sensor

### lspci for 13-ae005na

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 5914 (rev 08)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5917 (rev 07)
    00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08)
    00:13.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Integrated Sensor Hub (rev 21)
    00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
    00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
    00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d11 (rev f1)
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
    00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
    00:1e.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO UART Controller #0 (rev 21)
    00:1e.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO SPI Controller #0 (rev 21)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d4e (rev 21)
    00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
    00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
    00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
    01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
    6e:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0115 (rev 01)

### lsusb for 13-ae005na

    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp.
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05c8:0815 Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink)
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

## Installation

Installation is very straightforward. You will need to disable secureboot in BIOS (ESC to bring up menu, then F10 for BIOS and/or F9 for Boot options). Using the 2018-01-01 Arch ISO and following the installation guide presented no issues.

## Issues and Further Configuration

### Audio

The laptop has a Realtek ALC295 Codec with a 4 speaker system built in. Currently only the 2 speakers on the underside of the machine will work. More information at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189331

### Mute Button

Most of the media keys work without configuration in Gnome, but in order to get the Mute button to function properly, you must add the following line to `/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf` (create `alsa-base.conf` if it doesn't exist) and then reboot. The button should now work and allow feedback of the mute state to Gnome, however the LED within the mute button does not illuminate.

    options snd-hda-intel model=hp-led-gpio

Note: This is no longer needed with newer kernels, since at least 4.17.x but probably earlier. Also since 4.18.9 the mute led also functions

### HiDPI

Follow HiDPI for recommendations here. Gnome works out of the box, but other software may need more configuration.

### Auto Rotation

See Tablet PC#Automatic rotation for common methods of achieving this. Installing iio-sensor-proxy worked with no further configuration needed on Gnome.

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- HP