Linux on the HP Stream tablet

[halfluck]

Hello

What a treasure trove of info!

So i followed the guide to a tee on my HP Stream 8 Tab and Installed  Ubuntu MATE 32-bit 17.10

The Wifi is working and the unit is quite responsive, very usable

No sound so i tried

https://github.com/plbossart/UCM and used this command to copy it and then rebooted:
 sudo cp -r UCM-master/bytcr-rt5640 /usr/share/alsa/ucm

that was successful but there still isnt any sound

the rotation isnt working for me so i tried

     xrandr -o right
     xinput set-prop 'Goodix Capacitive TouchScreen' 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

The first command worked but the next one said Goodix not found.

So anyone got any advice on getting these working, if so i'd lkove to hear as i nearly have quite a usable tab again

Cheers Rob.

[cReverd]

> UPDATE - 24 June 2017 - Audio is working and the 4.12 kernel supports Wifi now

First of all, I'd like to thank you for your EXCELLENT job Kyle!

Following the update below, my HP Stream 7 has now sound functionnality but I can't use any headset because the autodetection does not work. Do you have any workaround in order to let me switch from speakers to headset manually?

Have a great day!

Christophe

[kyle_b]

Rob and Christophe, thanks, I'm glad that some people are still reading this thread.

Rob,  Copying the firmware files for the sound card should work, it does require a reboot.  You should see the Built-in Audio device under the Hardware tab of Sound Preferences, you can test it there also.  If you are using VLC, I had to go the VLC's Audio pull down menu and then Audio Device and switch it to the Built-in Audio playback device, it defaulted to the Atom Graphics device on my Stream 7 which I think may be HDMI audio which the Stream doesn't have. 

I just tried the below commands to rotate my screen and it worked, I'm not sure why it's not working for you, maybe there is a difference with the screen for the Stream 8, I'm not sure:

     xrandr -o right
     xinput set-prop 'Goodix Capacitive TouchScreen' 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

Christophe, Yes the autodetection for the headphones does not work but you should be able to switch to them manually in Sound Preferences => Output,  I have two Built-in Audio devices there, I had to select the lower one and there is a Connector selection with Headphone playback, Speaker playback and MonoSpeaker playback options.  These worked to toggle between the headphones and mono speaker in my Stream 7.

Kyle

[cReverd]

Yoohoo! You're the best! It works!!!!

Have a great evening!

Christophe.

[halfluck]

Hi Kyle,

Tried again after a fresh install and got the sound woring using this script ==> https://goo.gl/U7FB8I

pretty much does the same as you suggested.

the touch rotation i have working by copy and pasting your example in the terminal but when i create a .sh and chmod then when i run it the touch remapping works but the screen doesnt roate (the first command) do i have to do something different in a script (run elevated tec?)

soo close with this....

thanks Rob.

also found a good keyboard:

sudo apt-get install matchbox-keyboard

[kyle_b]

Rob,

I do not currently have a script to rotate the screen, I have just been running in portrait mode lately.  I did have a script for it in the past however and it worked without a problem.  There was nothing I had to do to it other than make it executable. Does it give an error when the first command does not execute?

Kyle

[ShayBox]

Doing this to my account

[bluesman13]

Hello,

have you found an "OTG USB hub" that allows to connect USB devices and at the same time to charge the tablet ?

Because I would have liked to use the tablet as a server under Linux !

In advance, thank you for your reply !

Ricardo

[Vavoom]

Hi Guys,

I was thumbing through this thread and wondering if there was a singe web page with all of the up to date instructions on how to get Linux running on a Stream 7?

Thanks.

[Photoray002]

Hey @kyle_b

I tried the fix on the first page for Unbuntu 17.04 32 bit. The drive is now seen, but I get the selected boot device failed. Press Enter to continue.

Any suggestions?