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truewar

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2016-08-30

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HP ZBook 15 Studio G5

Hi Archers!

Yesterday I've bought this laptop. I have it more or less configured now and want to share some experience:

1. I've updated BIOS from windows before linux installation. Good thing is that you can do it without that os later.
2. Secure Boot must be disabled in BIOS before installation. I also disabled legacy boot mode, just EFI.
3. By default laptop was with switched off hybrid graphics, just discrete one. It saved my time a lot, because rest of distributions can not boot in other case.
4. Later I've configured hybrid graphics using this and this and enabled it in bios. Works like a charm.

Unsolved issues are:
1.  iio-sensor-proxy package enables accelerometer, but load averages jumps to 1.5 due to some interrupts. I don't care about screen rotation due to it is normal laptop, not 2 in 1, so I just removed it. Same issue I had on fedora and ubuntu. So workaround is to remove that package.

2. suspend works in a strange way

# /etc/systemd/logind.conf

HandlePowerKey=poweroff
HandleSuspendKey=suspend
HandleHibernateKey=suspend
HandleLidSwitch=suspend
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend
HandleLidSwitchDocked=suspend

But nothing happens if I close the lid. Therefore if I press power key, the laptop suspends! But takes a lot of time to wake up. I have a feeling that it is also some BIOS feature, but don't know which one yet.

EDIT: Solution:
Suspend on lid close started working after I set:

LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=no

3. Sometimes reboot takes a lot of time. OS closes, I see screen with blanking cursor for a minute or so, then laptop reboots.

If anyone have some idea how to solve unsolved issues, I'll be thankful and happy. In any case I'll try to keep this page up to date for others

Last edited by truewar (2019-04-04 19:29:07)