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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
ThinkPad Edge E330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad Edge E335 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad Edge E420s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested No: Trackpoint BIOS update 1.08 fixes spacebar issue.
ThinkPad Edge E430 Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
ThinkPad Edge E455 2015-04-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad Edge E460 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes TouchPad/Trackpoint needs i8042.noloop i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.reset with libinput.
ThinkPad Edge E470 2020-11-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad Edge E530 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad Edge E531 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes *WiFi only works with broadcom-wl-dkms
ThinkPad Edge E540 2015-08-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad Edge E545 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Untested Yes *WiFi only works with broadcom-wl-dkms
ThinkPad Edge E580 2018-05-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint sensor does not work because of proprietary firmware

E series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad E485 2018-10-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #ThinkPad E485.
ThinkPad E585 2018-11-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #ThinkPad E585.
ThinkPad E595 2020-05-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See #ThinkPad E595.
ThinkPad E15 Gen 2 2022-01-10 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes See #ThinkPad E15 Gen 2.

L series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad L380 Yoga 2018-09-21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo ThinkPad L390 2021-03-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Touchscreen 20NRCTO1WW partial with blacklisting raydium_i2c_ts
ThinkPad L420 2014-11-23 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
ThinkPad L430 2014-11-23 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad L440 2019-01-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad L450 2019-11-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad L460 2019-06-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad L470 2022-01-24 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Trackpoint, Fingerprint reader, SD Card Reader
ThinkPad L490 2020-12-13 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes** Untested Untested: Fingerprint reader *RTL8822BE
**Configure fans to avoid thermal throttling (e.g. thinkfanAUR).
ThinkPad L520 2018-09-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested Untested
ThinkPad L530 2014-11-23 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad L560 2018-12-28 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
ThinkPad L590 2019-11-14 Untested Untested Untested Untested Untested Untested Kernels ≥ 5 will not boot at all and freezes at different stages of startup.
ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen2 2021-08-10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Smartcard-Reader
ThinkPad L14 Gen1 (Intel) 20U1000XFR 2020-09-17 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes No: Touchpad physical buttons
Trackpoint
Untested: MicroSD card reader
ThinkPad L14 Gen1 (AMD) 20U50007UK 2021-04-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Fingerprint reader (No driver available)
ThinkPad L15 Gen1 (AMD) 2021-01-30 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Untested Yes No: Fingerprint reader (No driver available) iommu=soft required for UEFI≤1.13, acpi_backlight=vendor allows saving/loading backlight brightness.
* Random disconnections require disabling power saving in iwlmvm.
ThinkPad L15 Gen2 (AMD) 20X7000QMB 2021-07-20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad L14 Gen2 (AMD) 20X50049GE 2021-07-02 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes No: IR-Camera * rtw89-dkms-gitAUR required
ThinkPad L14 Gen2a (AMD) 20X50009GE 2021-09-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial* *No sleep, IRQ86 and IRQ88 consume a lot of CPU. see on BBS and on reddit.

A series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad A485 2018-12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Laptop Mode Tools runtime-pm disables Bluetooth

P series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad P50 2016-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint Reader (libfprint-vfs009x-gitAUR)
ThinkPad P70 2016-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate: Untested Fingerprint Reader (libfprint-vfs009x-gitAUR)
ThinkPad P51 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (No GNSS/GPS) No: TPM, Color calibrator, UEFI flash
ThinkPad P52 2018-09 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate: Untested No: Fingerprint
ThinkPad P1 2018-12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate: Untested
ThinkPad P1 (Gen 2) 2019-09-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Webcam
ThinkPad P1 (Gen 4) 2022-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: TPM
ThinkPad P52s 2019-02 Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested NFC: No
Fingerprint: No
ThinkPad P53 2019-12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate: Untested
ThinkPad P53s 2019-10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested Untested: Multi-monitor
Card Reader
Smartcard Reader
Fingerprint
ThinkPad P73 2020-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested No: Multi-monitor
Untested: Card Reader
Smartcard Reader
Fingerprint
ThinkPad P43s 2020-07 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested Untested: Smartcard Reader
Fingerprint
ThinkPad P15s 2020-05 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Smartcard Reader
Fingerprint
ThinkPad P17 (Gen 1) 2020-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernate: Untested Untested: Webcam (IR)
Card Reader
Fingerprint
Graphics tested in Discrete mode only.
ThinkPad P14s (AMD) Gen 2 2022-02-19 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes For better suspend battery usage, set sleep mode in BIOS to Linux. For touchscreen, append blacklist raydium_i2c_ts to /etc/modprobe.d/unneeded-modules.conf. Wi-Fi needs rtw89-dkms-gitAUR.

T series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad T60 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T60p Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T61 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T61p Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T400 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
ThinkPad T400s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes
ThinkPad T410 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T420 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T420s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T430 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T440p Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested See #ThinkPad T440p
ThinkPad T440s Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T450 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
ThinkPad T450s 2015-10-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T460s Yes No beep Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T25 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T470 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T470s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T480 2018-07-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T480s Yes No beep Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested No: Fingerprint reader misses drivers
ThinkPad T490 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T495 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T495s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T500 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T520 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad T530 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T550 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T560 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* *No automatic brightness adjustment when switching from battery to AC
ThinkPad T570 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes*
ThinkPad T580 2021-07-14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint scanner works with python-validityAUR
ThinkPad T590 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Similar to the T490, the pointer occasionally jumps while pressing trackpad buttons
ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 1 2020-12-30 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 1 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T14/T14s (Intel) Gen 1 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T14 (Intel) Gen 2 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 2 2021-11-20 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad T15 (Intel) Gen 2 2021-05-22 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 2 2021-06-26 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested

W series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad W500 2019-12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad W510 2017-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Fingerprint Reader
ThinkPad W530 2016-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes See NVIDIA#Unsupported drivers
ThinkPad W540 2017-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad W541 2017-08 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested: Fingerprint Reader
ThinkPad W550s 2018-04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

X series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad X60s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X61s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X100e Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad X131e Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested WLAN Led seems not controlled
ThinkPad X140e Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested WLAN Led seems not controlled If suspend hangs, try echo 0 > /sys/power/pm_async.
ThinkPad X200 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X200S Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint, SD card and webcam: Untested. Modem might needs reset after sleep.
ThinkPad X201 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad X220 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X230 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Accelerometer
ThinkPad X240 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X250 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X260 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PSR powersaving is causing some microfreezes.
ThinkPad X270 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X280 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Fibcom L830-EB-00)
ThinkPad X390 2019-08-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Fibocom L830-EB)
ThinkPad X390 Yoga 2020-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Fibocom L830-EB)
ThinkPad X395 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint reader: See dedicated page. Prevent amdgpu issues by updating to latest BIOS
ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 (AMD) Yes Yes Yes Yes Proprietary/nonfree Yes
ThinkPad X13 Yoga (Gen 2) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Fingerprint (Not Tested), NFC (Not Tested), Smart Card (Not Tested)
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Yes Yes Yes Yes Proprietary/nonfree Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 2) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 3) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 4) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 5) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 6) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 7) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 8) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial
ThinkPad X1 Extreme Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint reader: No, Thunderbolt: Untested
ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 3) Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Yes
ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 1) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No: Accelerometer
ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 3) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No: Fingerprint
ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 4) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested No: NFC

Yoga Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad Yoga 14 2015 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial: Tablet Hardware maintenance available.
ThinkPad Yoga 260 2015 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Fingerprint Reader (Unknown), Tablet (Partial), Accelerometer (No)
ThinkPad Yoga 370 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not tested
Yoga 530 2018 Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Untested SD card (Not tested), Fingerprint Reader (Not tested), Tablet (Partial) Touchpad needs i8042.noloop i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.reset and xf86-input-synaptics.
Yoga 710 2016 Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
Yoga 720 2018 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Fingerprint Reader
Yoga S740-15IRH 2019 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Fingerprint Reader (Not tested), SD card (No)
Yoga 9 14ITL5 2020 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Fingerprint Reader
Yoga 920 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested No: Fingerprint Reader
Yoga c930 2018 Yes Yes* Yes Untested Yes *See https://github.com/droserasprout/lenovo-yoga-c930-linux for more information and fixes.
Yoga Slim 7 (AMD Ryzen 5) 2020 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial: No Suspend Untested: Fingerprint Reader See https://github.com/jrandiny/yoga-slim7-ubuntu for more information and fixes.
Yoga Slim 7 Pro (AMD Ryzen 7) 2021 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* *BIOS version G7CN16WW (and possibly above) needed for S3 sleep to work.
Yoga Slim 7i Pro (Intel Core i7) 2021-10-01 Yes* Yes* Yes Yes Untested *Panel Self Refresh needs i915.enable_psr=0 to prevent flickering. Keyboard needs i8042.direct and i8042.dumbkbd.
Yoga Slim 9 14ITL5 2021-04-11 Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Touchpad requires additional work, keyboard needs special kernel parameter.
Yoga C740 2021-01-17 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes No: Fingerprint Reader
Yoga Duet 7 13IML05 2020-05-27 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Untested: SD Card Detachable keyboard/trackpad will connect via Bluetooth, but no events are received.
Yoga 9i 15IMH5 2021 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Fingerprint Reader Issue with bottom speakers. Touchscreen on X handles fingers poorly, OK with stylus, perfect with Wayland.
Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 14ACN6 2021 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes *Speakers have very low volume

Helix Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad Helix Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
ThinkPad Helix 2nd Gen 2018-04-01 Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes* Untested: Pen *BIOS update needed

Nano Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkPad X1 Nano 2021 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested: Fingerprint Reader

Lenovo

IdeaPad

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
IdeaPad 120S 2018-04-26 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IdeaPad Flex 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IdeaPad Flex 14 Yes Yes Untested Yes Yes Yes
IdeaPad S10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
IdeaPad S100 Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
IdeaPad S400 Touch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
IdeaPad U430p Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
IdeaPad Y700 2015-12-01 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Untested Trackpad - buggy Trackpad requires pata_legacy to be blacklisted
IdeaPad Z580 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IdeaPad 720s 2018-03-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint reader
IdeaPad 720s (Ryzen) 2018-02-01 Yes Yes Yes* Untested Untested Untested: Fingerprint reader
Ideapad 320 2018-03-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested To stop constant annoying messages by AMD-Vi, use iommu=soft & amd_iommu=off
Ideapad 320-15IKB 2018-03-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fingerprint does not work. There is a dead driver project and little/no hope of Lenovo or Synaptics developing a driver for Linux
Ideapad 330S-14IKB 2019-10-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested Firmware Error (ACPI): Could not resolve [^^^GFX0.AFN2], AE_NOT_FOUND (20181213/psargs-503) log spam requires disabling ACPI (acpi=off) or connecting to a charger.
Ideapad N24 2018-04-01 Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Untested
Ideapad 3-15ARE05 2020-10-27 Yes Yes Untested Yes Yes Yes Touchpad requires blacklisting elants_i2c
fingerprint sensor 04f3:0c57 is not supported in fprint
IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 2020-09-15 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Untested xbacklight does not work (use light)
fingerprint sensor 27c6:55a2 is not supported in fprint
IdeaPad 5 15are05 2020-11-09 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Screen backlight control requires acpi_backlight=video
fingerprint sensor 27c6:55a2 is not supported in fprint
IdeaPad 3 Gaming 15ARH05 2021-11-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fn+Q appears working but ideapad_laptop does not show said changes in fan_mode
Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH 2021-12-13 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No software control for keyboard backlight, always disabled at boots: Fn+Space works.
IdeaPad 5 Pro 14ACN6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Battery Conservation Mode on IdeaPad laptops and Others

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. This works on many Lenovo laptops like IdeaPad and Thinkbook series. To check if your laptop is supported, try to set the battery conservation mode in the Vantage app on Windows. If it works on Windows, it can be enabled or disabled on Linux 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
B50 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Untested
B50-70 Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested See #B50-70
B450 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested

N series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
N200 (3000) Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Untested

S series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
S20-30 2020-06-26 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Untested Yes
S21e-20 2015-07-01 Yes Yes Yes* Untested Yes Untested: HDMI

U Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
U31-70 2015-10-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

V Series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
V110-15ISK Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested:
USB3
HDMI
V130-15IKB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
V330-15IKB 2018-10-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes No drivers for Validity/Synaptics 06cb:0081 Fingerprint Reader
V15-IIL 2022-02-16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Touchpad needs pci=nocrs in kernel parameters to be detected.
V15 G2-ALC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Legion series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
Legion Y520 2020-02 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD card (Flaky), USB-C (Not tested)
Legion Y520 2020-10-06 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SD card (Flaky) Possible CPU throttling. Fan control does not seem to work
Legion Y730 2019-09 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: USB-C Disable nouveau with module_blacklist=nouveau or nouveau.modeset=0
Legion Y7000P-1060 2019-03-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Mini DisplayPort
Legion Y540 2020-02-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hibernation requires intel_lpss_pci in initramfs
Legion Y545 2020-05-01 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Mini DisplayPort
Legion 5 2020-11-05 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested
Legion 5i 2020-08-15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: USB-C Cannot change brightness in dynamic graphics mode as of Linux 5.12.13 (26 June 2021).
Legion 5Pi 2020-08-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested Untested: HDMI Brightness keys do not work.
Legion 7i 2020-08-02 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: HDMI
NVIDIA GPU
Legion 5 Pro 2021-07-21 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot see CPU temperature or control fans. RGB keyboard can be controlled with l5p-kbl. 165Hz requires discrete mode (with Nvidia GeForce RTX3060 laptop), works on NVIDIA beta 510. WiFi adapter requires linux-firmware and rtw89-dkms-gitAUR.

ThinkBook series

Model version Date Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power management Modem Other Remarks
ThinkBook 13s Gen 2 AMD 2021-02 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untested: Fingerprint
ThinkBook 13s Gen 2 Intel 2021-04 Yes* Yes* Yes Yes Yes No: Fingerprint *modesetting fixes browser freezes
ThinkBook 14 Gen 3 ACL (Ryzen) 2021-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Elan Fingerprint 04f3:0c4b
ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 ITL 2022-05 Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Probably works: Elan Fingerprint See battery conservation section
ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 AMD 2021-03 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Elan Fingerprint 04f3:0c4b See battery conservation section
ThinkBook 16p Gen 2 AMD 2021-11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No: Elan Fingerprint 04f3:0c4b

Troubleshooting

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Reason: Lots of vague or unproven bugs/workarounds, poor writing (Discuss in Talk:Laptop/Lenovo)

ThinkPad E485

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.

ThinkPad E585

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.

ThinkPad E595

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

ThinkPad E15 Gen 2

Resume from hibernate will not work until intel_lpss_pci is added to MODULES() in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. See Power management/Suspend and hibernate#Suspend/hibernate does not work, or does not work consistently for details.

The trackpoint and physical buttons will stop working after resuming from hibernate. Use modprobe -r psmouse followed by modprobe psmouse to get the functionailty back

Fingerprint reader is unsupported. Neither fprintd nor libfprintd-tod will work.

If the Fn keys do not work, to update the BIOS, download the "Bootable CD" of the BIOS Update, and use geteltoritoAUR to extract the .img from the .iso with geteltorito.pl -o bios.img downloaded.iso, then use etcher / mintstickAUR / dd to make a bootable USB. See [1] for details.

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.

ThinkPad X260

Panel Self-Refresh (PSR) can cause the screen to randomly freeze every few minutes. This can be fixed by disabling PSR.

See https://reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/gu0a8a/ for more details.

IdeaPad Y700

The subwoofer needs https://gist.github.com/BXZ/48cd8173807676a1402cf4bc7928c0c0 to get it working.

IdeaPad 3 14IIL05

Passing pci=nocrs as kernel parameter fixes the touchpad. Unfortunately this also disabled my wifi(it was seen by iwctl but never presented a station no matter what i did). I see others online also have this problem(various posts on stackexchange etc). I finally managed to fix it by also passing pci=realloc so the full line is:

pci=nocrs pci=realloc

for getting both wifi and touchpad working.

Note: I am using refind as boot manager(holy cow so much more straight-forward and less confusing than grub2) and i seem to recall being unable to boot with pci=realloc using grub2. This could just be me dreaming though so it probably bears testing first.

Everything else works, except the brightness keys -- which sometimes work, and sometimes do not. I have not figured out in which instance they work or not yet.

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.

N200 (3000)

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

S21e-20

Tested with broadcom-wl-dkms 802.11 wireless driver

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

See also