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iv597

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From: United States

Registered: 2011-09-18

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HP Spectre x360 (Kaby Lake) - Multiple Audio Issues

Does anyone else run Arch on this thing? I have the latest (dual Thunderbolt 3) Spectre x360. The device mostly works splendidly (better than my XPS 13 did, I'd argue), but I've got two audio issues I figured I'd ask around about to see if any Archers have workarounds/thoughts:

Firstly, the speakers above the keyboard don't function at all. I can't even get PulseAudio to use them as 4.1 surround speakers, they just *do not* function, at all. I can use the (tinny) speakers on the bottom of the device, but they're pathetically quiet and largely unusable - this device is clearly supposed to use the top speaker grille as the default but the ALSA drivers can't power it at all.

Secondly, the headphone jack has a pretty brutal clipping-style distortion to it. This seems to be a known problem with other laptops using this same audio chip (Realtek ALC295), but I haven't found any workarounds (modprobe flags, etc.).

Both problems exist both on the 4.8.x kernels in core, and the 4.9.x kernels in testing.

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Currently running Arch on a Samsung Chromebook Pro (dual booted with ChromeOS), and various VPSes and Docker containers.

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weltensturm

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Registered: 2017-01-25

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Re: HP Spectre x360 (Kaby Lake) - Multiple Audio Issues

Here's the kernel bug report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189331

Anyone gotten automatic keyboard disabling on flip to work?

JanusDC

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2012-05-20

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Re: HP Spectre x360 (Kaby Lake) - Multiple Audio Issues

Anyone gotten automatic keyboard disabling on flip to work?

Check this:
https://github.com/tegan-lamoureux/Rotate-Spectre
It worked for me.