Linux on the HP Stream tablet

[geolaw]

I just installed using the following ISO optimized for the ATOM CPU ... 

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1C1XwmM_Fv3E8g2cHMD6xTGtNM5ZtgsUZ&export=download

This installed perfectly without any need to tweak the EFI files 

upgraded to 18.04, turned on the accessibility option for the "onboard" on screen keyboard, used your sound "fix" above - I installed the Mate DE and it all seems to be working ... 

Have not tested BT yet

[SchottFamilyTN]

I have a stream 8 and tried this exactly as instructed, as well as the iso that the last gent suggested and I get the same message if I'm booting from efi or efi file

Selected boot image did not Authenticate.  Press <Enter> to Continue.

[kyle_b]

Some things to try:

• Check that you boot from the USB drive, do not use the "Boot from EFI FIle" option if that is what you are doing.
• Try clearing the Secure Boot keys in the BIOS.
• Try disabling secure boot in the BIOS.
• Make sure the USB boots on another computer.

[kyle_b]

I updated the installation instructions at the top for Ubuntu 18.10.  There is new device support and the GNOME desktop can be added to enable screen auto rotation.

[ShayBox]

Glad this thread is still fairly active, I hope to try again soon, maybe make a video on how I do it. sadly Arch doesn't build 32bit anymore, so I'll probably go for gentoo, there's a video of it working, but I wanted to get back into this because of a terminal I found called "edex-ui" looks good for a device like this, especially now with windows being so bad, I keep it plugged in all day and then I unplug it for an hour, it dies, But I unplug it while im using it and it lasts 3 hours... windows is killing the battery while in sleep.

[ShayBox]

Okay, I was able to install arch, as a matter of fact arch does not build for 32bit anymore, there is a 32bit community build but I was able to install the 64bit version just fine.

My Steps:

Flash arch to a usb like normal

Put in the bootia32.efi in /EFI/BOOT like before

Boot into grub (it will be a command line)

Run these commands

$ set root=(hd0,gpt1)
$ linux   /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_201811
$ initrd  /arch/boot/intel_ucode.img
$ initrd  /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
$ boot

That should get you into archiso, install like normal, your internal ssd being /dev/mmcblk1

(To get wifi working you have to run

$ ip link set wlan0 down

$ systemctl start dhcpcd

$ wifi-menu

From there it's normal

For the bootloader install grub, then when you get to the install command you run

$ grub-install --target=i386-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB

That will be a i386 EFI grub install (32 bit EFI) it will now successfully boot into 64bit arch with a 32bit bootloader

[Brozap]

ShayBox,

can you confirm if Bluetooth, Audio, Screen Rotation, SD card, hotkeys, etc are detected and working out of the box on Arch. if there are additional configuration needed, or any other about hardware support.

I currently have a decent install of lubuntu 18.10 and everything is working fairly well except BT. I dont want to wipe the drive unless someone can confirm good support under Arch

Thanks

[kyle_b]

FYI, I noticed that both Xubuntu and Lubuntu are dropping support for 32-bit with the 19.04 release so all Ubuntu releases will only support 64-bit now.  I have run 64-bit Ubuntu versions on my Stream 7 although they seem to use up the 1 GB of RAM and use swap sooner than 32-bit.

[kyle_b]

I just tested the Xubuntu 19.04 64-bit Beta released this week on my Stream 7 and 5.0 kernel natively supports Bluetooth!  I was able to pair my bluetooth mouse. The audio also works now (including automatic headphone detection) with no firmware installation needed.

I tried installing the GNOME desktop to enable auto screen rotation but it was a little flaky, it was not filling the whole screen in landscape mode so I switched back to Xfce.  The screen can be rotated manually in Xfce in the Display settings and the cursor orients itself correctly now so the automatic rotation is not essential.  Xfce also seems to use less memory than GNOME which is important since only 64-bit is available now. 

I will retest everything when the final release comes out in April and report back here (unless this thread becomes archived in the meantime).

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UPDATE: After installing the final release of 19.04, I noticed the Display utility screen rotation was not re-orienting the cursor as I stated above in the Beta.  As a double-check, I reinstalled the Beta today and it did not work.  I'm not sure how I was able to get it to work in the Beta previously, possibly I was mistaken.

[geolaw]

I had installed the bodhi desktop the last time I has booted the tablet up and it works well to automatically adjust the screen orientation. 

I've got mine updating from 18.04 LTS to 18.10 to see if I get any bluetooth, otherwise might try to do a 18.10 -> 19.04 beta update.  I think i would get much more use out of it via a bluetooth keyboard 🙂