Lenovo ThinkPad T495s

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Hardware	PCI/USB ID	Working?
GPU		Yes
Wireless		Yes
Audio		Yes
TrackPoint		Yes
Touchpad		Yes
Webcam		Yes
Fingerprint reader	`06cb:00bd`	Yes
Mobile broadband		Untested
Bluetooth		Yes
Smartcard Reader	`058f:9540`	Yes

This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on a Lenovo T495s laptop.

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Fingerprint reader

The fingerprint reader works with some recent firmware and software updates.

Use fwupd to install the latest firmware for "Synaptics Prometheus Fingerprint Reader". The update might have to be done manually as the released firmware is in testing; or you could enable the testing remote in fwupd to allow automated upgrade. The relevant firmwares are Prometheus Fingerprint Reader and Prometheus Fingerprint Reader Configuration.
fprintd ≥ 1.90.1 and libfprint ≥ 1.90.1 are required. Alternatively, use the latest Git master through fprintd-libfprint2^AUR and libfprint-git^AUR.

fprint has more details on how to setup the fingerprint, for PAM-based authentication for example.

Backlight

Backlight works correctly by manipulating the values, between 0-255, inside /sys/class/backlight/amdgpu_bl0/brightness or using a backlight managing utility.

systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service requires masking as it seems to be triggered and fails on boot.

Firmware

Although the fwupd utility works to update some of the components, Lenovo does not support BIOS updates for the T495s yet. A BIOS update Bootable CD iso that is OS agnostic may be downloaded from Lenovo support[1].