HP Folio 13

Device	Status	Modules
Intel	Working	xf86-video-intel
Ethernet	Working
Wireless	Working	broadcom-wl (brcmsmac not working)
Bluetooth	Working	btusb (needs tweaking to work)
Audio	Working	snd_hda_intel
Touchpad	Partially Working	xorg-input-synaptics
Camera	Working	uvcvideo
USB 3.0	Working	xhci-hcd
USB 2.0	Working	ehci-hcd
eSATA	Working
Card Reader	Working
Function Keys	Partially Working

Hardware

CPU Intel Core i5-2467M (1.60 GHz Dual-core, 3 MB Cache). i3 Model available too.

Mainboard Intel HM65

RAM 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 (single DIMM slot, no spare slots)

Display 13.3" HD LED (1366x768)

Graphics adapter Intel HD3000

Soundcard Intel HD Audio

Network Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B, Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n

Hard disk 128GB SSD

Webcam HP Truevision HD

Touchpad Synaptics ClickPad with multitouch gestures.

Configuration

This article is based on HP Folio 13. The model specifically is the dm3-1008TU, which is the i5 variant. An i3 variant is also available with otherwise the same hardware (13-1016TU).

Installation

The Folio 13 lacks an optical drive, so you will need to create a USB install media and boot from the USB (hit F9 at startup to select USB as boot drive). The following notes refer to Arch x86_64 installed using the 2011.8 netinstall disc. As noted below, you will need to alter the kernel boot line in order to prevent the display from blacking out once the kernel loads. This applies to the install media and 1st boot once installation is done.

CPU

Works out of the box. See CPU Frequency Scaling for more information on power saving. Both cpufrequtils and cpupower work. Latter is recommended for additional features.

Video

This laptop has integrated HD3000 Intel Video. Works with xorg-intel driver (see above). Plays HD video fine, no graphical anomolies on the desktop (gnome-shell tested). Visual effects work fine.

{{Note| In order to prevent the screen from turning off/black at startup, you need to add the following to your kernel's startup line in /boot/grub/menu.lst:

 i915.modeset=1 acpi_backlight=vendor

Audio

Works out of the box.

HDMI

Not yet tried.

Touchpad

Mostly works. Pointer can jump around a bit and due to the stiffness of the trackpad buttons, click-dragging and resizing can be a pain. Right-click area on pad doesn't work - you need to use a two-fingered poke on the trackpad to enact right-click functionality. Also, there is no functionality to disable the trackpad by double-tapping the top left corner of the pad (a function provided for in the windows drivers).

Suspend to RAM

Not tested.

Webcam

Works out of the box.

Function Keys

Mostly work. The screen brightness function keys and wireless on-off keys don't, but sound level/mute and keyboard backlight on-off keys do work. Others haven't been tested on my setup.

Bluetooth

Doesn't work out of the box. You will need to add the following to /etc/rc.local:

modprobe btusb &&
echo "0a5c 21e3" >> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_id

Wireless

The Broadcom BCM4313 suffers from very weak wireless signal when using the stock out-of-the-box 'brcmsmac' driver. this is a known bug. In order to get normal wireless strength back, you will need to blacklist the following modules by creating a file '/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf'and editing it to read:

blacklist b43
blacklist bcma
blacklist ssb
blacklist brcmsmac

Using the wired ethernet connection, install 'broadcom-wl' from AUR. There is no need to edit the modules line in rc.conf, it should load the wl driver automagically.