Questions tagged [thinkpad]
Topics related to Linux and other Unix-like operating systems (e.g. BSDs) on ThinkPads, a series of laptops formerly manufactured by IBM, and now by Lenovo.
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Trackpad on Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 6 (2018) Randomly Stops Working and Dissapears (Fedora 38)
I've been researching this problem for a while but none of the proposed solutions seemed to have helped. I tried disabling the trackpoint in Bios and added "psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=1" ...
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How can I activate my keyboard's microphone mute light when using set-source-mute?
Give these two commands, the command for set-sink-mute turns on the muted light on my keyboard for audio
pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle
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DisplayLink provider does not show up with USBC Lenovo dock
Trying to run two screens connected to a ThinkPad USBC dock, which is connected to my laptop via USBC. The dock is connected as it charges and works with external mouse / keyboard.
I have followed the ...
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Thinkpad T480 touchpad: enable vertical scroll (no DE), which config to use?
I don't know if im using libinput or synaptics cause i use both at the same time.
Xorg synaptic config
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the ...
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Can't set charge_control_start_threshold and charge_control_end_threshold to distinct values
I'm trying to set battery thresholds on a Thinkpad laptop. I'm executing the following two commands:
echo 45 > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_start_threshold
echo 50 > /sys/class/...
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How to debug mouse going crazy on Thinkpad T14s
I have an unusual issue recently with Thinkpad T14s. My trackpad is disabled in BIOS, I use the trackpoint. Randomly the mouse will suddenly go completely crazy, jumping around and opening menus / ...
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How can I find the Serial number on a Lenovo machine?
I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad. How can I find the serial number on this machine without shutting down?
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After resuming from suspend, my mouse pointer is confined to a small rectangle in the middle of the screen
On my Thinkpad T460 running XFCE on Debian Bullseye (11.7), when resuming from suspend, sometimes my mouse pointer is restricted to a small rectangle in the middle of the screen, and my keyboard no ...
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Thinkpad unable to boot into Fedora after shutting down during update
I have have a Thinkpad L13 yoga gen 3 (Amd) which I bought to use Fedora on and has mostly been a good experience.
Recently I installed a firmware update through Gnome software which was unusual since ...
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Corrupted display in mint linux thinkpad X240
Good day to all of you, I had this problem with manjaro, I erased my disk afterwords and installed mint, I encountered it again after a shutdown. It's a startup with X cursor shape and no basic window ...
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Dual monitor problem in Debian
I have a Lenovo laptop with Debian 10
Having it connected to 2 external monitors via a USB-C hub in one of them (DELL U2722DE).
Often when connecting to the hub one of the monitors do not connect ...
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how to configure trackpoint under libinput
What's the correct way of configuring trackpoint settings when using libinput? Back in the day I used a script that wrote an integer value into /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/{sensitivity,...
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The trackpoint on my thinkpad is jittery
I use Manjaro linux on my Thinkpad T14(gen 2). The trackpoint isn't smooth, it jitters and it's difficult to control. Is there any way I can improve this?
OS: Manjaro 22.0.5 Sikaris
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Thinkpad T470 w/Ubuntu two external displays on usb-c hub
Mi laptop only detects one external display when conected to dock station. Dock station has one display on displayport and another on usb-c with adapter to HDMI. The displayport one is detected only. ...
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Integrated camera stopped working/being detected on Debian 11 Lenovo thinkpad 4th gen
I have a lenovo thinkpad X1 carbon 4th gen that was working fine for several years, on Debian 11, but the integrated camera suddenly stopped working. It is enabled in the bios, just not detected ...
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Using a Lenovo Thunderbolt 4 workstation dock, I'm getting "xrandr: Configure crtc 1 failed"
I'm using the Lenovo Thunderbolt 4 Workstation Dock. Whenever I try to set the screen resolution with xrandr, I get
$ xrandr --output DP-3-1-5 --mode 2560x1080
xrandr: Configure crtc 1 failed
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Scancode is missing for XF86 key, yet keycode is available
I have a recent X1 thinkpad w/Fedora OS, and the new F9-F11 special keys don't work. They don't appear to be specified in the XF86 multimedia keys list: notifications, start call, and end call. From ...
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CPU freq locked to 800mhz shortly after boot (ps15 thinkpad)
I've got a frustrating mystery and I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.
Problem:
Under load, my system doesn't increase CPU frequency to meet demand after some period of time ...
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ThinkPad L14 Gen2 suspend to RAM turns on fan
Sometimes (I am guessing about a third of the times to half of the times) when I choose Logout -> Suspend, my laptop's fan starts spinning up instead of down. Once I just left it and after a few ...
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Thinkpad recovery options
I have a ThinkPad T14 laptop with Linux (Ubuntu)
It recommended that I backup the recovery image, which I didn't at the time, in order to be able to reset the laptop in the future. I tried searching ...
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How do I fix my linux kernel to support my touchpad?
What I want to do is to solve why my touchpad on my ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 work awesome when cleanly booted, but lag as hell when in between hibernation in Arch Linux (tested all kernels) and also tried ...
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Thinkpad dual-monitor connectivity issue in a docking station
Laptop is ThinkPad P14s Gen 1 (AMD) with dedicated GPU
Docking station: 40AJ (port colors don't match the ones in the picture, but should be this one)
Two identical screens are connected via DP
no ...
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Arch linux: My display driver chip keeps bricking
I use arch-thinkpad 6.1.7-arch1-1 on Lenovo x390 yoga with Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620]. I also use i3wm on xorg. Something like every two days my built-in screen display goes black ...
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Thinkpad T480 Linux Battery performance
I recently bought a used Thinkpad T480. It has two batteries. New version of this laptop are supposed to have an 17-hour battery life. I don't expect Linux to necessarily match that, but even still I'...
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Weird Artifacts on Thinkpad T60/Mobility Radeon X1400
I'm Running Arch (Kernel 5.15.86-1-lts) on my Thinkpad T60 with an AMD ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 GPU with the Radeon drivers installed. I'm using the Mate Desktop environment, but I've also ...
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Pairing with Thinkpad Trackpoint keyboard on Linux Mint fails - how to show PIN code?
I'm running LM 20.3 Cinnamon with Kernel 5.4.0-135-generic on a Thinkpad T470.
Connecting to bluetooth devices on this system generally has been everything from simple (e.g., smartphone) to ...
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Linux not sleeping and waking properly with Thinkpad X1 Carbon
I have an X1 Carbon 6th gen and installed the latest version of PopOS on it. I don't have any issues with it other than whenever I close or open the lid, the laptop doesn't sleep immediately and doesn'...
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Why is my touchpad lagging after closing laptop lid?
Every time I close the laptop lid, after I re-open it, the touch pad is really sluggish/lagging -- still "works" but is unusable, and is only fixed by a re-boot.
Laptop: Thinkpad t14s
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Debian bullseye: touching the touch-screen with a finger does not click on objects in Qt/Plasma applications
I am testing Debian Bullseye on a Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen 6, using a live cd with KDE and non-free drivers (debian-live-11.5.0-amd64-kde+nonfree.iso). I'd like to be sure that everything I need works ...
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Bluetoothctl not detecting any bluetooth controllers, worked on Fedora but not Arch
Issue: Bluetooth doesn't turn on, no connection can be made.
Evidence:
$ sudo bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# list
[bluetooth]# power on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]#
What I'...
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No audio device on thinkpad p50 (pop_os)
My laptop stopped recognizing the audio device seemingly at random (probably after doing something stupid that I don't remember). The audio settings show no inputs or outputs at all.
I ran through ...
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use thinkpad tablet as second monitor with touchscreen?
i have an old thinkpad x200t with linux installed on it; for a long time i wasn't using it, but now i would like to use it as an additional monitor with a touchscreen for my current linux computer, in ...
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Ubuntu installation disappeared after a day
I installed Ubuntu 22 on my new Thinkpad 2 days ago, it ran fine for a day. Then next day when I restarted my laptop, it's showing the ThinkPad boot menu.
But on the third day, the Ubuntu boot option ...
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Why does Linux crash when I put my Thinkpad into sleeping mode?
I am using Linux Mint 20.1 on a Thinkpad T14(AMD).
Every time I close the lid or let the laptop go into suspension mode due to idleness, the screen turns black and the computer doesn't react anymore ...
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What is XHCI ACPI?
I've been having a bear of a time getting this new Lenovo Thikpad X1 Carbon Gen 9 to suspend. I think these are the lines that indicate the cause of my problem
systemd-sleep[682835]: System returned ...
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ThinkPad P50 & Ubuntu 22.04: cannot wake up at all, why?
I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 on the ThinkPad P50 and cannot wake up the machine after suspend any more. Just after installation there was some offering for the firmware update that I did, but now ...
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Arch linux: CPU temprerature is -125°C (thinkpad x390)
I had some problems with fans in my laptop so I tried to diagnose it. When I run sensors command I get this:
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coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +58.0°C (high = +100.0°C, crit =...
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Battery and Touchpad issues with ThinkPad P14s
I am the happy owner of a Thinkpad P14s Gen1 with a AMD CPU since march 2021.
The problems I am going to describe occurred both with Ubuntu Gnome and Fedora xfce4 desktop environnement using i3wm.
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KDE display not working on NixOS - Thinkpad P15 Gen 2, NVIDIA RTX A4000
I'm trying to install NixOS on a new Thinkpad P15 Gen 2, and I can't get the desktop environment to show anything on my screen. Anytime I turn it on or reboot, the screen stays black until I ctrl+alt+...
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How to make battery charging threshold effective after shutting down?
I can use below script to set/get battery charging threshold to stop battery charging at 85% using:
echo 85 > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold
cat /sys/class/power_supply/...
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Touchpad stopped working after hibernate on Thinkpad X1 Carbon
I've got a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 9.
When I hibernate on Ubuntu 21.10 or Pop!_OS 21.10 or Manjaro, the touchpad either stops working after resume or the cursor moves very choppy. Both with Wayland ...
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Laptop switches between "discharging" and "fully charged" when charging via thunderbolt port
I have two options to charge my laptop: (i) via the normal charging port or (ii) via the thunderbolt port. Charging via the normal charging port works fine, but when I charge through the thunderbolt ...
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How to map the keyboard to type Lower than or Greater than symbol on thinkpad T430 keyboard?
I have a thinkpad T430 with an azerty keyboard running endeavourOS:
Unfortunately, I can't type the "lower than" and "greater than" symbols.
I was hoping that it should be ...
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Why fan gets enabled again and again after thinkfan started and ended once?
I used to manually disable fan writing "level 0" to /proc/acpi/ibm/fan and fan stayed off. Recently I installed thinkfan, started it, then stopped, but manual disabling it stopped working ...
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What is the "Integrated I" camera on Lenovo Thinkpad laptop?
My laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad T490s, Ubuntu 20.04) shows 2 different cameras for the integrated cameras:
[ 12.274248] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.50 device Integrated Camera (13d3:56ba)
[ 12.285342] input: ...
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Thinkpad T460 - how do I disable the touchpad?
I recently got a Thinkpad T460 and am running Ubuntu 20.04 on it. I don't use a DE, just plain old i3.
I'm like to keep my hands on the keyboard. That's why I like the trackpoint. However, I keep ...
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ThinkPad E14 G2 with Pop!_Os reboots after resuming from S3 suspend
Summary: After suspending, Pop!Os always reboots approx. 20 seconds after resuming.
Long story: I recently installed Pop!_Os 20.04 LTS on my new Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen2 Intel. I am running the 5.13.0-...
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Webcam stopped working after updating Arch Linux
I updated 2 days ago and my webcam stopped working.
The following softwares do not detect my built-in webcam:
Zoom
Discord
Chromium
/dev/video is not present.
/dev/video0 is not present.
The camera ...
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T440s with Linux freezes possibly due to hardware issue
I'm running Debian 9 with Linux 4.9.0-16-amd64 on a Lenovo T440s,
which has been stable until recently but started to hang a couple of
times per day. There have been no upgrades on it, so I suspect ...
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Audacity only hears system sounds
Audacity only hears system sounds. It is not capable of receiving microphone input.
In alsamixer, every option is unmuted and set to the maximum.
In PulseAudio Volume Control, the visual indicator ...
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