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IBM/Lenovo

ThinkPad

ThinkPad battery control

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Notes: tpacpi-bat is already covered in tp_smapi. tp_smapi#Supported laptops also already covers supported ThinkPads. (tp_smapi is already mentioned in the parent page at Laptop#See also, so it may be unnecessary to mention it here again to avoid duplication.) (Discuss in Talk:Laptop/Lenovo)

For newer ThinkPads it is possible to set a stop and resume charge threshold with tpacpi-bat. A user-submitted list of ThinkPads compatible with tpacpi-bat is available here. For many older, pre Ivy Bridge, ThinkPads tp_smapi is available.

Edge series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E330 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E335 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA SDcard (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Trackpoint (No)
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430 Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Not tested Yes NA NA SD card (yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E455 2015.04.01 Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E460 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (yes), Finger Print (yes), TouchPad/Trackpoint (yes*), Webcam (yes) Touchpad and trackpoint needs kernel parameters "i8042.noloop i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.reset" when using libinput.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E470 2020.11.11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA trackpoint (yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes NA NA SD card (yes), Finger Print (yes) E530 without fingerprint reader can be equipt with one.
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes NA SD card (yes), Touch Pad/Trackpoint (yes), Webcam (yes) WiFi only works with broadcom-wl-dkms
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E540 2015.08.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* NA SD card (yes), Finger Print (yes), touch pad and trackpoint (yes), Webcam (yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E545 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes* Not tested Yes NA SD card (yes), touch pad and trackpoint (yes) Webcam (yes) wifi works only with broadcom-wl-dkms
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E580 2018.05.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Fingerprint sensor does not work because of proprietary firmware

E series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad E485 2018-10-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Missing IVRS map in ACPI Table, add amd_iommu=pt ivrs_ioapic[32]=00:14.0 in kernel parameters. In order to get X to work correctly, add iommu=soft in kernel parameters (Linux 4.20 only). On Linux 5.2, add iommu=pt to prevent render artifacts on X. In order to get microsd (SDHCI) working, echo 'options sdhci debug_quirks2="0x8000"' > /etc/modprobe.d/sdhci.conf and change module load order MODULES=(sdhci sdhci_pci) in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (line 7). Do not forget to run mkinitcpio -p linux afterwards. If WiFi does not work on RTL8822BE adapter models, create a file /etc/modprobe.d/wifi.conf and add the following lines: blacklist rtw_pci
blacklist rtwpci
. Then, install rtw88-dkms-gitAUR and reboot.
Lenovo ThinkPad E585 2018-11-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A To solve all these issues mentioned here easier just install the latest BIOS update from Lenovo support website. Missing IVRS map in ACPI Table, add amd_iommu=pt ivrs_ioapic[32]=00:14.0 in kernel parameters. In order to get X to work correctly, add iommu=soft in kernel parameters (Linux 4.20 only). In order to get microsd (SDHCI) working, echo 'options sdhci debug_quirks2="0x8000"' > /etc/modprobe.d/sdhci.conf and change module load order MODULES=(sdhci sdhci_pci) in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (line 7). Do not forget to run mkinitcpio -p linux afterwards. Bluetooth does not work until a suspend/resume cycle occurs.
Lenovo ThinkPad E595 2020-02-29 (last update: 2020-05-24) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A

Update the bios, if missing IVRS map in ACPI Table.

Bios update can help if Ethernet is not working.

MicroSD does not work out of the box, see above (Lenovo ThinkPad E585) to fix it.

Wake up from suspend broken on X.Org with kernel >= 5.2; works with kernel >= 5.6

Add acpi_backlight=vendor in kernel parameters to fix systemd warning Failed to start Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video0

L series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad L380 Yoga Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Trackpoint*, Fingerprint reader
Lenovo ThinkPad L390 2019.09.01, 2021.03.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Webcam, MicroSD card reader is working out of the box. Not working out of the box: Touchscreen, fingerprint reader, NFC Touchscreen for model 20NRCTO1WW sort of works when blacklisting a kernel module: echo "blacklist raydium_i2c_ts" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_raydium.conf + update initramfs if required and reboot (see LaunchPad bug report)
Lenovo ThinkPad L420 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad L430 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Trackpoint*
Lenovo ThinkPad L440 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Trackpoint (Touchpad cannot be disabled, as mouse buttons are shared with Trackpoint), Fingerprint reader, SD Card Reader
Lenovo ThinkPad L450 2019.11.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Trackpoint, Fingerprint reader, SD Card Reader
Lenovo ThinkPad L460 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Trackpoint, Fingerprint reader, SD Card Reader
Lenovo ThinkPad L490 2020.12.13 Yes Yes Yes Yes1 Yes Yes NA2 Trackpoint, SD Card Reader, Webcam, USB-C generic dongle, USB-C to HDMI video, USB-C Power Delivery (PD) are working. 1Wireless chipset (RTL8822BE) might not work on standard linux kernel, showing errors like failed to read ASPM, ret=-5 and/or failed to power on mac , but it should work by running linux-lts kernel, with no further configuration. Wireless might not work with Arch Linux default installation media, since it uses default linux kernel. In order to install Arch Linux, use a wired connection, or create a custom installation media with LTS kernel to support device's wireless adapter instead. Do not forget to install linux-lts and linux-firmware packages before rebooting to a fresh installation.

2There is a variant with LTE, but this specific testing machine does not have that module.

Lenovo ThinkPad L520 2018.09.01-x86_64 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested Not tested Not tested
Lenovo ThinkPad L530 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Trackpoint*, Fingerprint reader
Lenovo ThinkPad L560 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested NA Trackpoint
Lenovo ThinkPad L590 No Not tested Not tested Not tested Not tested Not tested Not tested NA Kernels >= 5 will not boot at all and freezes at different stages of startup.
Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen2 2021.08.10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Micro SD Works, Fingerprint works after installing fprintd, Touch / Pen innput, Webcam, Trackpoint, Smartcard-Reader not tested
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen1 (Intel) 20U1000XFR 2020.09.17 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Yes NA Touchpad physical buttons not working, Trackpoint not working, MicroSD card reader not tested
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen1 (AMD) 20U50007UK 2021.04.20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Fingerprint reader does not work (No driver available). Smartcard-Reader works after installing drivers. DP over USB-C and HDMI works.
Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen1 (AMD) 2021.01.30 Yes Yes Yes Yes1 Not tested Yes NA Fingerprint reader (No driver available) Kernel parameters iommu=soft and acpi_backlight=vendor required.

1 Random disconnections with iwlwifi driver seems to be fixed by disabling power saving in iwlmvm. (See Wireless#Cause #6)

Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen2 (AMD) 20X7000QMB 2021.07.20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Touchpad, webcam, DP over USB-C
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen2 (AMD) 20X50049GE 2021-07-02 Yes Yes Yes Yes1 Yes1 Yes NA Smartcard-Reader works after installing drivers. DP over USB-C and HDMI works. IR-Camera does not work. 1 For wireless to work, rtw89-dkms-gitAUR must be installed.
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen2a (AMD) 20X50009GE 2021-09-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Webcams work. Sleep does not work (even with Mainline 5.14, linux-hardened does not boot, IRQ86 and IRQ88 consume a lot of CPU. see thread on BBS and thread on reddit.

A series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad A485 2018.12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Touch Pad/Trackpoint (yes), Webcam (yes) bluetooth does not work when activating Laptop Mode Tools runtime-pm module

P series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad P50 2016.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (libfprint-vfs009x-gitAUR), Wifi requires Kernel 4.3.3+
Lenovo ThinkPad P70 2016.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend working, hibernate not tested NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (libfprint-vfs009x-gitAUR), Wifi requires Kernel 4.3.3+
Lenovo ThinkPad P51 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (No GNSS/GPS)
  • Working: SD card, Webcam, Express card, Smartcard reader, Fingerprint Reader (libfprint-vfs009x-gitAUR)
  • Not working: TPM, Color calibrator, UEFI flash
HDMI audio requires nvhda module
Lenovo ThinkPad P52 2018.09 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend working, hibernate not tested NA Webcam (yes), IR camera (yes), Touchpad (yes), SD Card Reader (yes), Smartcard Reader (yes with pcscd installed), Fingerprint (no)
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 2018.12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend working, hibernate not tested NA Webcam (Yes), multi-monitor (yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (Gen 2) 2019.09.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend working, hibernate working NA Webcam (not tested), multi-monitor (yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad P52s 2019.02 Yes* (See Remarks) Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend (Yes), Hibernate (Yes) Not tested Webcam (Yes), Multi-monitor (Yes), Card Reader (Yes), Smartcard Reader (Yes), NFC (No, see this), Fingerprint (No, see this) *Intel graphics needs to be specified in the Xorg config for Xorg to work, see Lenovo ThinkPad P52s
Lenovo ThinkPad P53 2019.12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend working, hibernate not tested NA Webcam (Yes), Multi-monitor (Yes), Hybrid nvidia/intel (Yes), Card Reader (Yes), Smartcard Reader (Yes), Fingerprint (Yes with libfprint and current beta firmware) Use nvidia-prime to switch between cards. External outputs are connected to the nvidia gpu.
Lenovo ThinkPad P53s 2019.10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested Not tested Webcam (Yes), Multi-monitor (Not testes), Card Reader (Not tested), Smartcard Reader (Not tested), Fingerprint (Not tested) Trackpad is really bad compared to the Thinkpad T480.
Lenovo ThinkPad P73 2020.06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested Not tested Webcam (Yes), Multi-monitor (No), Card Reader (Not tested), Smartcard Reader (Not tested), Fingerprint (Not tested)
Lenovo ThinkPad P43s 2020.07 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested Not tested Webcam (Yes - both types), Multi-monitor (Yes), Card Reader (Yes), Smartcard Reader (Not tested), Fingerprint (Not tested) Also tested with Thunderbolt 3 eGPU and works well.
Lenovo ThinkPad P15s 2020.05 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Webcam (Yes - both types), Multi-monitor (Yes), Card Reader (Yes), Smartcard Reader (Not tested), Fingerprint (Not tested) Also tested with Thunderbolt 3 dock (monitor, usb) and works well.
Lenovo ThinkPad P17 (Gen 1) 2020.06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Suspend (Yes), Hibernate (Unconfirmed) NA Webcam (Yes, but IR not tested), Multi-monitor (Yes, HDMI port and USB-C to HDMI via adapter), Card Reader (Not tested), Smartcard Reader (Yes), Fingerprint (Not tested), TrackPoint (Yes), TouchPad (Yes) Thunderbolt 3 dock (Not tested). Graphics tested in Discrete mode only. Screen Brightness adjustment buttons may require kernel 5.1

T series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
IBM ThinkPad T60 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
IBM ThinkPad T60p Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested ThinkFinger
IBM ThinkPad T61 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM ThinkPad T61p Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T400 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T400s Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T410 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Card reader tested, no Fingerprint scanner
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Card Reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T430 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Untested
Lenovo ThinkPad T440p Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Card Reader See below
Lenovo ThinkPad T440s Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested See wiki page for more details about wireless
Lenovo ThinkPad T450 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested SD Card reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T450s 2015.10.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card reader; fingerprint scanner
Lenovo ThinkPad T460s Unknown Yes No beep Yes Yes Yes Untested SD Card reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T25 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card reader; fingerprint scanner; Touchscreen
Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card reader; fingerprint scanner
Lenovo ThinkPad T470s Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card reader; fingerprint scanner
Lenovo ThinkPad T480 2018.07.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C); SD Card reader; fingerprint scanner
Lenovo ThinkPad T480s Unknown Yes No beep Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C); SD Card reader; HDMI Cannot find a driver for fingerprint reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T490 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C); microSD Card reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T495 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T495s Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T500 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T520 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T550 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DisplayPort
Lenovo ThinkPad T560 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* MiniDP; Fingerprint scanner; Intel + Nvidia GPU; Card Reader See special notes for the hardware specifications of this test device
Lenovo ThinkPad T570 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes* not yet fully tested
Lenovo ThinkPad T580 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card Reader is supported; Fingerprint scanner works with python-validityAUR Tested on 14 July 2021 (with Linux 5.12.15)
Lenovo ThinkPad T590 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Similar to the T490, the pointer occasionally jumps while pressing trackpad buttons
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 1 2020-12-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Card reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 1 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Card reader; Fingerprint sensor
Lenovo ThinkPad T14/T14s (Intel) Gen 1 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD Card Reader is supported; Fingerprint sensor; Intel + Nvidia GPU
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (Intel) Gen 2 Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 2 2021-11-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Model with the Realtek Wi-Fi chip needs rtw89-dkms-gitAUR to work
Lenovo ThinkPad T15 (Intel) Gen 2 2021-05-22 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Fingerprint scanner is supported
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 2 2021-06-26 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested Wi-Fi driver is not in kernel as of 2021-06-26, kernel patch is available

W series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad W500 2019.12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Yes) Tested January 2020 / Linux 5.4.11
Lenovo ThinkPad W510 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Not tested) Tested April 2017 / Linux 4.10.8
Lenovo ThinkPad W530 2016.03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Yes) Tested September 2021 / Linux 5.14.6. (nvidia-470xx-dkmsAUR and nvidia-470xx-utilsAUR required for NVIDIA Quadro K1000M; does not work with nvidia since version 495.44-2.)
Lenovo ThinkPad W540 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Yes) Tested April 2017 / Linux 4.10.8
Lenovo ThinkPad W541 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Not tested) Tested August 2018 / Linux 4.17.12
Lenovo ThinkPad W550s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Yes) Tested April 2018 / Linux 4.15.15

X series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
IBM ThinkPad X60s NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X61s NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD slot
Lenovo ThinkPad X100e NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X131e NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), WLAN Led seems not controlled
Lenovo ThinkPad X140e NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), WLAN Led seems not controlled
Lenovo ThinkPad X200 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad X200S NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes Everything worked out of the box. However, fingerprint, SD card and webcam were not tested. Modem needs reset after sleep (sometimes).
Lenovo ThinkPad X201 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested
Lenovo ThinkPad X220 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes) Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] requires linux-firmware
Lenovo ThinkPad X230 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), UMTS Modem (Yes), Accelerometer (No)
Lenovo ThinkPad X240 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WWAN LTE (yes) SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X250 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X260 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint (Yes) PSR powersaving is causing some microfreezes. Fix below.
Lenovo ThinkPad X270 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD Card (Yes), Webcam (Yes ? not with cheese but guvcview ?)
Lenovo ThinkPad X280 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Fibcom L830-EB-00) Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X390 2019.08.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Fibocom L830-EB) Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X390 Yoga 2020.02.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Fibocom L830-EB) Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X395 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint reader requires installing Synaptics drivers with fwupd, refer to here. Prevent amdgpu issues by updating to latest BIOS [1]
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 (AMD) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Proprietary/nonfree Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga (Gen 2) NA Yes Yes NA Yes Yes Yes No Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint (Not Tested), Touchscreen & Pen (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes), NFC (Not Tested), Smart Card (Not Tested)
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Proprietary/nonfree Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 2) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 3) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 4) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 5) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 6) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 7) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Internal Mic not working out of the box
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 8) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Tested
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Fingerprint reader not supported, Thunderbolt ports not tested Graphics requires some configuration to work correctly
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 3) NA Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested Yes NA
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 3) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial NA SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint (No), Touchscreen (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 4) NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Webcam (Yes), Microphone (Yes), Fingerprint (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes), NFC (No)

Yoga Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 2015 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes), Tablet (Partial) The Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 (20FY) is a convertible 14-inch Ultrabook developed by Lenovo in 2015. It is one of many iterations in the ThinkPad line. It's also known as P40 Yoga (type 20GR, 20GQ), S3 (20G0, 20G1) and Yoga 460 (20EM, 20EL). A hardware maintenance manual is provided online.
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 260 2015 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Unknown), Touchscreen (Yes), Tablet (Partial), Accelerometer (No) Wifi requires Kernel 4.3.3+
Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested SD card (Yes), SD card (Yes), Stylus (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes), Tablet mode sensor (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes)
Lenovo Yoga 530 2018 Yes Yes Not tested Yes Not tested Not tested Not tested SD card (Not tested), Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Not tested), Touchscreen (Yes), Tablet (Partial) Trouble with touchpad, but worked with kernel parameters "i8042.noloop i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.reset" and xf86-input-synaptics
Lenovo Yoga 710 2016 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Yes Not tested SD card (Yes), Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen Everything works
Lenovo Yoga 720 2018 Yes Yes NA Yes Not tested Yes Fingerprint (No), Touchscreen (Yes), Digitizer (Yes) Digitizer tested in Krita on 720-13ikb
Lenovo Yoga 9 14ITL5 2020 Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes), Tablet (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes), Fingerpring Reader (No) See Lenovo Yoga 9 14ITL5 for more details.
Lenovo Yoga 920 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (No), Touchscreen (Yes), Active Pen (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes), Automatic Keyboard and Touchpad Disable (Yes, when the screen is flipped all the way) On KDE, Autorotation can be achieved with custom scripts, the hardware supports it. Not sure whether automatic tablet mode like in Windows could work, would have to find sensor output.
Lenovo Yoga c930 2018 Yes Partially (Fix needed for hinge soundbar, bottom speakers not working. Microphone not working) N/A Yes Not tested Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen See https://github.com/droserasprout/lenovo-yoga-c930-linux for more information and fixes.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 (AMD Ryzen 5) 2020 Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes, but no Suspend to RAM N/A Webcam (Yes), SD card (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (Unknown) See https://github.com/jrandiny/yoga-slim7-ubuntu for more information and fixes.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (AMD Ryzen 7) 2021 Yes* (See remarks) Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes* (See Remarks) N/A Webcam (Yes) *BIOS version G7CN16WW (and possibly above) needed for S3 sleep to work. *"Brightness down" hotkey causes screen to turn off after S3 sleep, turns on again on "brightness up". Software brightness adjustment works fine. Seems like a BIOS/firmware issue, tested with BIOS version specified above.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro (Intel Core i7) 2021.10.01 Yes* Yes* N/A Yes Yes Not tested N/A Webcam (Yes), Keyboard (Yes*) Panel Self Refresh needs to be disabled with i915.enable_psr=0 to prevent screen flickering. sof-firmware is required for the sound to work. Keyboard needs i8042.direct and i8042.dumbkbd kernel parameters.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 14ITL5 2021-04-11 Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes) Touchpad requires additional work, keyboard needs special kernel parameter.
Lenovo Yoga C740 2021.01.17 Yes Yes* N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (No) *sof-firmware is required for microphone support. Maximum charge can be limited with the ideapad_acpi driver. See #Battery Conservation Mode on IdeaPad laptops
Lenovo Yoga Duet 7 13IML05 2020.05.27 Yes No N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), Touchscreen (Yes), Tablet (Yes), Accelerometer (Yes), Detachable keyboard/trackpad (Not when detached), SD Card (Not tested). No fix for sound at present. Detachable keyboard/trackpad will connect via Bluetooth, but no events are received.
Lenovo Yoga 9i 15IMH5 2021 Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), Fingerprint Reader (No), Touchscreen (Yes), Touchpad (Yes) Issue with bottom speakers. Touchscreen on Xorg not well handeled with finger, with stylus it's OK, works perfectly with Wayland.

Helix Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Unknown YES YES NA YES YES NA Touchscreen (yes), Pen (yes), Sensors (yes)
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix 2nd Gen 2018.04.01 (USB) YES YES NA YES Not tested Yes* (with updated BIOS) Touchscreen (yes), Pen (not tested), Sensors (w/ patched kernel) NA Only suspend-to-idle ("freeze") is supported

Lenovo

IdeaPad

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo IdeaPad 120S 2018-04-26 Yes Yes Not tested Yes Yes Yes N/A Everything works
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 10 Yes Yes* Yes Not tested Yes Yes Yes N/A Touchscreen*
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14 Yes Yes Yes Not tested Yes Yes Yes N/A Fingerprint sensor
Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested N/A
Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Touch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested N/A
Lenovo IdeaPad U430p Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested N/A
Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 2015.12.01 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Not tested N/A Trackpad - buggy Trackpad requires pata_legacy to be blacklisted
Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A
Lenovo IdeaPad 720s 2018.03.01 Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes N/A Fingerprint reader not working *requires USB or USB C dongle
Lenovo IdeaPad 720s (Ryzen) 2018.02.01 Not tested Not tested Yes* No Not tested Not tested N/A Fingerprint reader not tested but most likely not working *requires USB or USB C dongle
Lenovo Ideapad 320 2018.03.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested N/A To stop constant annoying messages by AMD-Vi, use 'iommu=soft' & 'amd_iommu=off' in kernel arguments
Lenovo Ideapad 320-15IKB 2018.03.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Synaptics Fingerprint does not work. There is a dead driver project here and little/no hope of Lenovo or Synaptics developing a driver for Linux
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-14IKB 2019.10.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested N/A Firmware Error (ACPI): Could not resolve [^^^GFX0.AFN2], AE_NOT_FOUND (20181213/psargs-503) is raised every few seconds, and can only be turned off by disabling the ACPI (acpi=off) or by connecting the laptop to a charger. Tried with both the stock BIOS and the latest update (7SCN34WW) to no avail.
Lenovo Ideapad N24 2018.04.01 Yes Yes Not tested Yes Not tested Not tested N/A Touchscreen
Lenovo Ideapad 3-15ARE05 2020-10-27 Yes Yes Not tested Yes Yes Yes N/A Touchpad requires blacklisting the elants_i2c kernel module to work; fingerprint sensor (by Elan Microelectronics Corp. - USB ID 04f3:0c57) does not work (no support in fprint)
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 2020.09.15 Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Not tested N/A Secure boot and Intel VMD Controller need to be disabled in BIOS, sound requires sof-firmware, xbacklight does not work (use light), fingerprint sensor (by Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. - USB ID 27c6:55a2) does not work (no support in fprint) *requires USB or USB C dongle
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15are05 2020.11.9 Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes N/A Screen backlight control requires acpi_backlight=video kernel argument; fingerprint sensor (by Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. - USB ID 27c6:55a2) does not work (no support in fprint) *required USB or USB C dongle
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Gaming 15ARH05 2021.11.3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A Fn+Q to change fan/performance modes seems to be working, although there is no way inside Linux to tell as of kernel 5.14 (had to reboot into the firmware), ideapad_laptop does not show said changes in the fan_mode interface
Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH 2021.12.13 Yes Yes Yes* Yes** Yes Yes N/A 120hz screen, brightness adjustment, function keys and keyboard backlight is working. Wi-Fi (MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7961) works out of the box *requires USB or USB C dongle

**If the Wi-Fi chip is Realtek 8852AE, you need this driver (RTW89)

There appears to be no way to control the keyboard backlight through software. The machine always boots with the keyboard backlight disabled. Using Fn+Spacebar still works to control the backlight.

Battery Conservation Mode on IdeaPad laptops

Battery Conservation Mode is a feature that limits battery charging to 55-60% of its capacity to improve battery life, being most useful when the laptop tends to run on external power much of the time. If your particular laptop model supports it, it can be enabled or disabled in the following manner:

First make sure the ideapad_laptop kernel module is loaded, with the lsmod command.
If it is, run the following command as root to enable Battery Conservation Mode:
# echo 1 >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/ideapad_acpi/VPC2004:00/conservation_mode
A 0 will in turn disable the feature.
Note:
  • Both the presence and implementation of this feature vary by model. Particularly, the name of the folder VPC2004:00 could differ.
  • If the above does not work on your laptop, you can try a different method described here, which may require some (further) trial and error.

B series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo B50 NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Not tested Not tested
Lenovo B50-70 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested NA See below*
Lenovo B450 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Not tested NA

K series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo K450e NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested Yes Not tested

N series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo N200 (3000) Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes* NA NA See below

S series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo S20-30 2020.06.26 Yes Yes Yes Yes* ? Yes NA SD Card (Yes), VGA Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes)
Lenovo S21e-20 2015.07.01 Yes Yes NA Yes* ? Yes NA SD Card (Yes), USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI Out (?), Touchpad (Yes*)

U Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo U31-70 2015.10.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes NA SD Card (Yes), USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes)

V Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo V110-15ISK ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Tested Yes NA SD Card (Yes), USB 3.0 (Not Tested), HDMI Out (Not Tested), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo V130-15IKB ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD Card (Yes), USB 4.0 (Yes), HDMI Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo V330-15IKB 2018.10.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Tested Yes NA Fingerprint (No, no driver exists for the Validity/Synaptics 06cb:0081 Fingerprint Reader), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes)
Lenovo V15-IIL ??? Yes Yes No Yes Not Tested Not Tested NA SD-Card Reader (Yes), HDMI Out (Not tested), USB 3.0 (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes) Touchpad needs pci=nocrs in kernel parameters to be detected
Lenovo V15 G2-ALC ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes Works with bluez Yes NA HDMI Out (Yes), USB 3.0 (Yes), Type-C (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes) Wireless is not working at start, rfkill unblock all should be run for it to work.

Legion series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo Legion Y520 2019.06.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD card (Not working properly), Webcam (Yes), USB & USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI (Yes), USB-C (Not tested), Touchpad (Yes), NVMe M.2 SSD (Yes), GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Yes) Tested Feb 2020 / Linux 5.5.4. Must change SATA configuration in BIOS from RAID to AHCI in order to recognize SSD.
Lenovo Legion Y520 2020.10.06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA SD card (Not working properly), Webcam (Yes), USB & USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI (Yes), USB-C (Yes, also works as DisplayPort), Touchpad (Yes), NVMe M.2 SSD (Yes), GeForce GTX 1050 (Yes) Tested Oct 2020 / Linux 5.8.13. Must change SATA configuration in BIOS from RAID to AHCI in order to recognize SSD. Some CPU throttling is possible [2]. Fan control does not seem to work [3]
Lenovo Legion Y730 ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Webcam (Yes), USB & USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI (Yes), USB-C (Not tested), Touchpad (Yes), NVMe M.2 SSD (Yes), GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Yes) Tested September 2019 / Linux 5.2.13. Must change SATA configuration in BIOS from RAID to AHCI in order to recognize SSD. Disable nouveau at kernel command line with module_blacklist=nouveau or nouveau.modeset=0
Lenovo Legion Y7000P-1060 2019.03.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Webcam (Yes), USB & USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI (Yes), USB-C (Yes), Mini DisplayPort (Not tested), Touchpad (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile (Yes) First tested Aug 2019 / Linux 5.2.9.

https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?computer=af3a4bc1494f

Lenovo Legion Y540 2020.02.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Webcam (Yes), USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI (Yes), TouchPad (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes with AHCI in UEFI), Geforce GTX 1650,1660Ti (Yes, with nvidia and nvidia-prime, with or without switchable/discrete graphics in UEFI), Mini Display Port (Yes, with nvidia and nvidia-prime), Hibernation (Yes, see remarks) Tested on 4 September 2020 with Linux 5.8.5

Only hibernation to file was tested, setting resume and resume_offset kernel parameters was not enough, adding intel_lpss_pci to initramfs as mentioned here did the job.

Lenovo Legion Y545 2020.05.01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Webcam (Yes), USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI (Yes), TouchPad (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes with AHCI in UEFI), Geforce GTX 1650,1660Ti (Yes, with nvidia and nvidia-prime, with or without switchable/discrete graphics in UEFI), Mini Display Port (Not tested), Hibernation (Yes) Tested on 17 October 2020 with Linux 5.8.14 (Installed Arch on 17 May 2020)
Lenovo Legion 5 2020.11.05 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI (only with NVIDIA Card, Touchpad (Onlwith patched i2c_hid module), NVMe M.2 SSD (Yes), GeForce 1650Ti (Switchable graphical with PRIME, need reboot). AMD Version. Tested with Linux 5.9.3.
Lenovo Legion 5i 2020.08.15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Webcam (Yes), USB & USB 3.0 (Yes), HDMI (Yes), USB-C (Not tested), Touchpad (Yes), NVMe M.2 SSD (Yes), GeForce RTX 2060 (Yes, switchable graphics works flawlessly with NVIDIA Optimus#Using optimus-manager) Intel Version. Cannot change brightness in dynamic graphics mode as of Linux 5.12.13 (26 June 2021).
Lenovo Legion 5Pi 2020.08.11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI (Untested), TouchPad (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile (Yes, switchable graphics works flawlessly with NVIDIA Optimus#Using optimus-manager) Tested on 11 Aug 2020 with Linux 5.7.12. Brightness keys do not work.
Lenovo Legion 7i 2020.08.02 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam (Yes), USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI (Untested), TouchPad (Yes), NVMe SSD (In AHCI mode in UEFI), Nvidia Card (Untested) Sound does not work. Tested on 2 Aug 2020 with Linux 5.7.11
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 2021.07.21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Webcam, USB & USB C, HDMI, DisplayPort via USB C, Touchpad, NVMe SSD all work. Linux 5.12.15. 165Hz only works on discrete mode (with Nvidia GeForce RTX3060 laptop). Brightness control both in discrete and hybrid modes. Discrete mode works on NVIDIA Driver Version: 460.6 with
Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
added to xorg.conf. Cannot see CPU temperature or control fans. Fn+q works to change performance/balanced/quiet mode. Fn+l works to toggle Y light on back of screen. Realtek RTL8852AE WiFi 6 802.11ax PCIE Adapter requires linux-firmware and rtw89-dkms-gitAUR.

ThinkBook series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 2 AMD ??? Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), Fingerprint (Untested) Tested Feb 2021 with Linux 5.10.16
Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 2 Intel ??? Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A USB & USB C (Yes), Thunderbolt 4 (Yes), HDMI Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), Fingerprint (No) Tested Apr 2021 with Linux 5.11.14
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 3 ACL (Ryzen) 2021 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), Fingerprint (NO - Elan 04f3:0c4b), Cardreader (Yes) Tested November 2021 with Linux 5.15.2
Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 AMD ??? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A USB & USB C (Yes), HDMI Out (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), Fingerprint (NO - Elan 04f3:0c4b), Cardreader (Yes) For battery conservation look at IdeaPad section Tested Mar 2021 with Linux 5.10.19
Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 2 AMD ??? Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes N/A USB & USB C (Yes), Touchpad (Yes), Webcam (Yes), NVMe SSD (Yes), Fingerprint (NO - Elan 04f3:0c4b), Cardreader (Yes) Tested Nov 2021 with Linux 5.15.4

Special Notes (*):

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Lenovo U31-70

Wireless needs linux >= 4.3 and latest linux-firmware, both packages are currently in testing. Copy one of the firmware blobs eeprom_ar6320_2p1_NFA345i.bin or eeprom_ar6320_2p1_NFA345i_highTX.bin from the windows driver to /usr/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-pci-168c:0041:17aa:3545.bin.

Wireless with firmware blobs from windows driver may no longer work on linux >= 4.4. Download firmware blob https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/f428f53b36b144971c9c4c3d2ebd5fa8cae86c89/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin and copy it to /usr/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-2.bin. Tested with linux 4.4.5-1 and linux-firmware 20160113.40e9ae8-1nu

With packages linux 4.6.1-2 and linux-firmware 20160516.80d463b-1 being in stable, wireless works without any additional steps needed.

Thinkbook 13s (Intel)

This laptop requires firmware in order for the soundcard to work. See Advanced Linux Sound Architecture#ALSA firmware.

xf86-video-intel causes Firefox and Chromium to freeze in X11 session. Removing solves the issue.

Lenovo B50-70

  • UEFI:
    • to be able to disable Secure Boot (necessary for dual boot, not needed for Linux only), you have to switch from "UEFI first" to "UEFI only" (or something like this) in UEFI setup menu; the Secure Boot option appears then on the Security tab
    • after UEFI update having Linux and Windows installed, the Linux bootloader ceased to be the default one, UEFI started to load Windows by default and it was impossible to select the Linux one in the UEFI boot menu and in the UEFI setup - reinstalling the bootloader helped; having no access to a boot media that supports UEFI, a solution might be also replacing the Windows EFI bootloader file with a Linux one temporalily, in order to be able to boot Linux from HDD
    • for the UEFI update, a Windows OS is needed
  • Touchpad:
    • Synaptics - works after installing Synaptics drivers from repo, possible to change behaviour (like reaction for double tap) according to your wish
  • Video:
    • in laptops with dual video card (Intel and ATI) - detects both, Intel is active as a default, not checked if it's possible at all to switch between them

Operation with a HDD caddy

When you install an SSD in the place of the plate HDD drive and you want to have your HDD still inside the laptop, it is possible to install it in the place of the optical drive in a special "HDD caddy". The optical drive is of 9 mm height, but a 9,5 mm caddy (ultra slim) fits in the slot. A caddy with a SATA interface is needed. It is difficult to separate the front bezel from the original optical drive (and opening its case does not help, but brings a danger of making a mess in the opening mechanism; the only option is just to pull the bezel using a bit of force, but you risk breaking the latches).

While the HDD installed instead of the optical drive operates flawlessly in Windows, it was not going to work out of the box in Linux, at least in one case. The kernel tries to establish a connection with the disk, but fails to do it (SATA link down entry in /var/log/messages). The solution is to force a 1.5 Gbps transfer speed (instead of 6 Gbps) by adding a libata.force= kernel parameter. See [4] for details.

Lenovo K450e

After installing Arch Linux and booting, a single beep may be heard. To disable this beep, press F1 during startup, then change Boot Priority to 'UEFI First', as well as enabling 'CSM'.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon 3rd

Lenovo 3000 N200

  • Sound:
    • You may have to append options snd_hda_intel model=lenovo to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf for sound to work.

Lenovo ThinkPad T430

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  • Bluetooth (0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad]) appears to be functional, even during standby or hibernation.

Lenovo ThinkPad T440p

  • ClickPad: the whole trackpad clicks, and disabling the trackpad using older versions of synclient makes the trackpoint essentially unusable. This has been resolved in newer versions of xf86-input-synaptics.
  • Audio:
    • HDMI audio is the default audio output device. Consult the ALSA page for details on changing the default.
    • As the X100e/Mini10, it's possible to mute the headset and speaker outputs separately to the master. Muting the speaker output improves bass output on the headset port.
    • If the system fails to wake from sleep, it can lose sync with the internal audio card and speakers/headphones may fail to work. In this case, put the system to sleep, and wake it again and audio functionality should be restored.
  • The fingerprint sensor is a Validity VFS5011, available in fprint.
  • thinkpad_acpi:
    • To toggle Fn-Lock, press Fn + Esc, this will toggle the LED on the keyboard. While the Fn LED is on all Fn functionalities work as intended out of the box.
    • Controlling the 'glowing I' LED is apparently not possible.
    • fan control does not seem to work.
  • Graphics and Video:
    • With the integrated GPU, xrandr can crash while attaching or detaching displays connected via the dock.
    • The built-in miniDisplayPort will sometimes spew I²C issues into the kernel log.
    • Hardware video acceleration is highly recommended as it performs significantly better than CPU decoding of large media files.
    • The BIOS should not be upgraded past version 1.14, as newer BIOSes cause memory corruption when used with Bumblebee. See Bumblebee GitHub
  • Connectivity:
    • Bluetooth is extremely fragile. The controller works fine most of the time, but can cause the system to wedge totally on sleep/wake cycles, especially if a connection was active at sleep. Disable the controller using bluetoothctl before sleeping.

Lenovo ThinkPad T560

  • No automatic brightness adjusting when switching power supply battery <-> AC
  • Hardware specifications of test device
    • CPU: Intel CORE i7-6600U @ 2.60GHz or Intel CORE i5-6200U @ 2.30GHz or Intel CORE i5-6300U @ 2.40GHz
    • GPU Primary: Intel HD 520
    • GPU Secondary: Nvidia GeForce 940MX or None
    • WiFi: Intel 8260
    • Ethernet: Intel I219-LM
    • Card reader: Realtek RTS522A

Lenovo ThinkPad T580

  • Although not officially supported, the fingerprint scanner works with python-validityAUR (tested 14 July 2021 on Linux 5.12.15)

Lenovo S21e-20

tpacpi-bat

There is an issue with tpacpi-bat not reporting the right value for the stop threshold. This seems to be related to a buggy BIOS and can not be fixed application wise.

See https://github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat/issues/44

ThinkPad Edge E420s Delay with Space Bar

Solution: Update BIOS (at least 1.08).

Lenovo IdeaPad Y700

Thinkpad X260

Thinkpad T14

  • In order to get sound you need to install sof-firmware
  • On the AMD version, the internal microphone requires a kernel version of at least 5.8-rc7 with CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_RENOIR=m and CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_RENOIR_MACH=m. 4-pin jack plugs work with a linux kernel of 5.7.

See also