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DebianOn is an effort to document how to install, configure and use Debian on some specific hardware. Therefore potential buyers would know if that hardware is supported and owners would know how get the best out of that hardware.

The purpose is not to duplicate the Debian Official Documentation, but to document how to install Debian on some specific hardware.

If you need help to get Debian running on your hardware, please have a look at our user support channels where you may find specific channels (mailing list, IRC channel) dedicated to certain types of hardware.

Models covered
HP EliteBook 820 G1

Sub-model (TBD) options:

Processor: Intel Core i5-4200U
Video card: Intel HD 4400
Screen size: 12" - no-glare 1366x768
VGA + DisplayPort
Wireless card: ?
Disk: 500 GB HDD
RAM: 4GB
Fingerprint Reader
SDCard Reader
SmartCard Reader
Docking Station Adapter
Battery Slice

Overall Status

Core Components
Boot Standard Kernel:
LAN network card:
Detect CD/DVD:	[-]
Detect hard drives:
Extra Features
CPU Frequency Scaling
Hibernation	[?]
Sleep / Suspend
Xorg
- OpenGL	[?]
- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)
Switch to External Screen
Mouse
- Built-in (Trackpoint)
- Built-in (Touchpad)
Modem	[-]
Wireless/Wifi
Keyboard's Hotkeys
SD Card Reader	[?]
SmartCard Reader	[?]
Fingerprint Reader	[?]
Webcam
Dock

Legend :
= OK ; Unsupported(No Driver) ; $/!\$ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
= Configuration Required; = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware

Important Note

Installation tested with Jessie RC1 as per notice in guide for InstallingDebianOn/HP/EliteBook 840 G1

Configuration

Storage

main disk bay is recognized as sda
m2 slot for small SSD is recognized as sdb
second m2 slot (unoccupied WWAN slot) was not yet tested
SW RAID was set up, following Multi HDD/SSD Partition Scheme, SSDOptimization

Audio

ordering of the recognized cards was reversed
options for modprobe had to be prepared

/etc/modules.d/snd-hda-intel.conf

options snd-hda-intel id=PCH index=0
options snd-hda-intel id=HDMI index=1

Touchpad

with synclient the emulation of simple tap and 3rd button was enabled

synclient TapButton1=1
synclient TapButton3=2

double tapping on the LED to (un)lock the touchpad is apparently only possible by patching the kernel ¹, ², ³

Power Management

installed TLP from sid repositories
acpitool (and entities in /sys) functioning ok
collection of battery stats was done following 720338

WiFi

wireless button should work with hp_wireless module loaded, LED seems not to show real status
firmware-iwlwifi was installed

Bluetooth

Works if firmware-iwlwifi is installed

dmesg | grep -i blue

Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load brcm/BCM20702A0-0a5c-21f1.hcd (-2)
bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
bluetooth hci0: Falling back to user helper
Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: patch brcm/BCM20702A0-0a5c-21f1.hcd not found
Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized

Keyboard's Hotkeys

Brightness

again inspired by InstallingDebianOn/HP/EliteBook 840 G1

/etc/acpi/actions/hp_brightness.sh

bri=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness)

case $1 in
    up)
      bri=`expr $bri + 50`  ;;
    down)
      bri=`expr $bri - 50` ;;
esac

echo $bri > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness

/etc/acpi/events/hp_brightness_up

event=video/brightnessup.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/hp_brightness.sh up

/etc/acpi/events/hp_brightness_down

event=video/brightnessdown.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/hp_brightness.sh down

Volume

the fn+f8 (microphone mute) does not generate any ACPI or keyboard event, LED is always on
volume and mute generate ACPI events

/etc/acpi/actions/hp_volume.sh

case $1 in
    up)
        amixer set Master 5+
        ;;
    down)
        amixer set Master 5-
        ;;
    mute)
        amixer set Master toggle
        ;;
esac

/etc/acpi/events/hp_volume_mute

event=button/mute.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/hp_volume.sh mute

/etc/acpi/events/hp_volume_up

event=button/volumeup.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/hp_volume.sh up

/etc/acpi/events/hp_volume_down

event=button/volumedown.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/hp_volume.sh down

Screen mode

* using netcat-openbsd a shell trigger in the user X session was implemented

~/bin/watcher_acpi.sh

socket=/var/run/acpid.socket

nc -U "${socket}" | while read event
do
    case "${event}" in
        video/switchmode*)
            ~/bin/monitor_switch.sh
            ;;
    esac
done

Sleep button

returns

button/sleep SBTN 00000080 00000000 K

System Summary

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller [8086:0a04] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller [8086:0a0c] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC [8086:9c31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 [8086:9c3a] (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I218-LM [8086:155a] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller [8086:9c20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:9c10] (rev e4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:9c16] (rev e4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:9c1a] (rev e4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB EHCI #1 [8086:9c26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller [8086:9c43] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:9c03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller [8086:9c22] (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359]
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5227 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5227] (rev 01)

Resources

Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs.

Useful Links

Credits

CategoryLaptopComputer

https://github.com/perusio/xorg-synaptics-led-support (1)
Arch forums https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142108, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138054 (2)
Ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1536305 (3)

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