Running Ubuntu with a Tablet-PC HP Elite X2 1012 G1

[gaussian]

I am totally shooting in the dark here, since I haven't bought mine yet. Anyways, for Spectre X360 the following fixes the sound: http://askubuntu.com/questions/60052...p-spectre-x360

Maybe worth testing with Elite X2? Both HP models of similarity vintage.

[baumber]

@fmsafar:

Please try Ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.4 or test with a vanilla kernel
Link:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

The Skylake audio support is still being worked on:
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...-For-Linux-4.6

@gaussian:

In my opinion, do not buy this tablet, because there are a lot of bugs in hardware and software (BIOS).

see link:
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/thre....68692/page-49

I brought back this device to the distributor and got my money back.

The reviews are good, but there is no long-term test, so it is better to look at the user forum discussions.

Review; good rating , but useless, when the hardware and software is in beta stage.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Elit....164293.0.html

[stefan39]

My HP Elite X2 works with this configuration well:
BIOS: 01.13 Rev.A
Thunderbolt firmware: 16.1.7.0.6 Rev.A
OS: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04
Kernel: 4.6

It is very important to update the BIOS and Thunderbolt firmware. I haven't tested the BIOS versions higher than 01.13 Rev.A.

Things, which work:

• keyboard with mousepad
• touchscreen
• USB-A
• USB-C (power, USB and HDMI with Anker Premium USB-C Hub)
• loudspeakers (internal audio is working)
• microphone
• headset jack
• standby
• WLAN
• Bluetooth
• frontcamera

Things, which are buggy:

• the sound of the HDMI of the USB-C hub.

Things, which don't work:

• LTE module (https://forum.ubook.at/index.php?pag...&threadID=3308 doesn't work for me)
• Wacom pen
• backcamera

Things, which are not tested:

• Thunderbolt dock

As virtual keyboard I use onboard, which works very well.

Is anyone able to use the LTE module, the Wacom pen, the backcamera or even the Thunderbolt dock?

[stefan39]

I updated the BIOS to version 1.16 and the kernel to version 4.7. All things work just as before.

I tested the Thunderbolt dock. Unfortunately, it doesn't work.

[Jan_Drewes]

I'd like to add a few cents myself. I am running Kubuntu 16.10 on my Elite X2 1012 G1, 8GB m5, and almost everything is working.

-Screen works
-Touchscreen works
-Wacom pen works (Touchscreen can be disabled separately, meaning you can then rest your hands fully on the screen and still use the pen)
-Front camera works
-Suspend and Hibernate work, but:
-Bluetooth works, but stops working after suspend.

rmmod btusb && modprobe btusb

solve the problem - but that's inconvenient if you are using a bluetooth keyboard like me.
-Wifi works

I have no 4G/LTE installed.

-The backcamera doesn't work. No idea how to activate it, there seems to be no driver around that would be able to claim it.
-Fingerprint reader doesn't work. There seems to be binary blob floating around, but it's unfree and requires recompilation of the fingerprint libraries, which I have not done (yet).

I tried a Dell DA200 thunderbolt mini dock, and it worked fine.

There appears to be ways to make the screen rotate automatically, but I currently don't want that so I didn't try.

If anyone has any clue how to make the back camera work, I'd really appreciate a tip!