Making linux related notes and troubleshooting for HP Omen 16 R7 7840HS RTX 4060 (16-xf0xxx)
Based on Pop!_OS 22.04 and Fedora Workstation 39
Wherever I haven't mentioned "Windows", the issue affects Linux only.
| Component | Works? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Display | ✔️ | - VRR works from GNOME 46 (tested on Fedora Workstation 40) - HDR doesn't work since Linux doesn't support HDR yet. - Displays colors by default are good enough. For even better color repro, use Adobe RGB color profile. - Disable AMD Vari Bright (THIS IS NECESSARY if you care about color accuracy on battery power) |
| Keyboard | ✔️ | - Keyboard backlit can be turned ON and OFF from Linux - You can't control the RGB settings of keyboard on this model from Linux yet. hp-omen-linux-module doesn't work either. However, if you're on dual boot, (only static) RGB settings changed from Windows will persist on Linux. - You can't control the brightness of the keyboard from Linux either - Surprisingly, the calculator key does launch the calculator app on Gnome - Orange indicator on mute button doesn't work on Linux but the button itself does the mute/unmute function |
| CPU | ✔️ (Please read the notes on this one) |
- AMD-pstate works from kernel 6.5.x - Please update the BIOS for improved performance of the 7840HS |
| HDMI | ✔️ | - HDMI works as expected. |
| DisplayPort | ✔️ | - DisplayPort works as expected (but only when booted on dGPU) |
| Ethernet RJ45 | ✔️ | - Ethernet works as expected. |
| Ryzen AI (AMD XDNA) | ✔️ | - HP has enabled it on BIOS so works on Windows but Linux doesn't have support for Ryzen AI yet :( |
| GPU (RTX 4060) | ✔️ | - Use proprietary drivers -To enable Dynamic Boost (thus changing max TGP from 80W to 140W) follow this - On Fedora, use negativo17 repo for CUDA and cuDNN; read more here -Use EnvyControl to switch between GPU modes (integrated, hybrid and nvidia) |
| Battery | ✔️ | - Battery life varies from 2-6 hours on Fedora Linux 40 Workstation Edition depending on the workload. - You can't see the battery cycle count on Linux - You can't set battery capacity limits on both Linux and Windows - The battery life is similar, if not better than Windows - Battery charges upto 84.66 Wh while the design capacity is 83.Wh. On Windows, the capacity is 81.0 Wh. |
| Speaker | - On Pop!_OS, speakers are buggy, no matter the kernel - Speakers work fine on Fedora 39/40 but doesn't sound even nearly as good as Windows (Windows have DSP hacks, similar setup can be reproduced on Linux using JamesDSP - Also, check this out |
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| Headphone jack | - Headphone jack is buggy on Pop!_OS - Works as expected on Fedora 39/40 |
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| Microphone | ✔️ | - Microphone works as expected. |
| Webcam | ✔️ | - Webcam works as expected. |
| Fans | ✔️ | - Fans seems to work fine (it does work when temps are above 40-50 degree celcius) though lm-sensors doesn't show the fan speed. - I will update this section later. - You can't manually control fans of this machine on Linux yet |
| Touchpad | ✔️ | - Touchpad works as expected. - multi touch gestures works too. |
| Fingerprint reader | - My model doesn't have a fingerprint reader. Someone else will have to test this. | |
| USB ports | ✔️ |
- All USB ports work fine |
| Bluetooth | ✔️ | |
| WiFi | ✔️ | - HP has put a MediaTek wifi card in this laptop. It works fine most of the time but does glitch sometimes in - Use sudo iw wlo1 set power_save off to disable power saving mode on the WiFi card |
| Suspend/sleep | ✔️ | - If you face random logouts after waking up from suspend, follow this - Suspend doesn't work if sleep state is set to S3 (deep) |
| Hibernation | - Always unreliable even when made to work |