Questions tagged [thinkpad]
Brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo.
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Ubuntu 22.04 not booting and fan speed is fast
On my thinkpad T14 Gen 2 which I purchased on July 2022 I have installed Ubuntu 22.04. Recently the fan speed runs very fast and System Monitor does not show the CPU is working hard. I have tied to ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 kernel crashes on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4
After upgrade from version 22.04 to version 22.10 the kernel started to crash. It happens each time after booting up the computer and logging in. Doesn't happen in single user mode. I updated BIOS to ...
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Carbon X1 Gen 10 Lenovo not detecting monitor through usb - c connection?
I have a new Lenovo machine----X1 gen 10 and its not detecting/displaying the external usb c monitor through the usb-c connection. (My pervious thinkpads T490 worked well in the same set up). Any ...
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Why would the touchpad on my Thinkpad T14 Gen 3 ryzen freeze up after its been idle for a bit
I have ubuntu 22.04 64bit dekstop installed, no funny business, from the ubuntu download page installed on my brand new Thinkpad t14 g3 Ryzen laptop. If I don't touch the touchpad for a minute, ...
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Is there a Driver for the Thinkpad E14 Gen 4 fingerprint reader? (10a5:9800)
I got a Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen 4 with a fingerprint reader. When trying to set it up I get
$ fprintd-enroll
Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices ...
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WWAN T14S Support, Modem-manager can't find modem
I have a Thinkpad T14s (AMD) with the WWAN card offered directly by Lenovo.
Modem manager can't seem to detect the card though?
(Ubuntu 22.04)
having seen This post, I ran lspci which returned:
05:00....
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100% CPU usage caused by upowerd
On my Thinkpad (L490) notebook I have installed Ubuntu 22.04. Except for Docker it is basically the default setup of Ubuntu desktop.
Periodically I have a CPU utilization of all cores of 100%. Looking ...
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where are default acpi hotkey actions configured?
Previously, I used Xubuntu 18.04 and later 20.04 on a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Gen.
As I recall, there was no default binding for the Fn+F4 hotkey to mute/unmute the mic. I wrote my own script and bound ...
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control thinkpad power led to display charging status
Older ThinkPads had a row of dedicated LEDs from which one could tell at a glance status of various subsystems (hdd access, wifi, external power, etc).
I now have a refurbished X1 Carbon 6th Gen which ...
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WiFi not available on Lenovo Thinkpad / Ubuntu 22.04
I bought a new Laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad E15 Gen 4 21EE) and installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. The problem is that I can only access the internet via an ethernet cable, as there is no option for WiFi. I ...
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Thinkpad T14 Gen 3 Intel on Ubuntu - sleep mode issue
I recently purchased a thinkpad T14 gen 3. Installed Ubuntu only on it, worked like a charm until I closed the lid.
Whenever the computer is on sleep mode, I cannot use it afterward. I have to reboot ...
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Xorg segfault after pressing volume buttons on thinkpad / Ubuntu 22.04.1
Occasionally when pressing the volume function buttons (volume up, down, or mute) on my thinkpad P14S, Xorg will crash and restart. It only happens sometimes when pressing these buttons, so it's hard ...
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How does suspend fix my touchpad and break my wifi, and how can I take control over this?
So I’ve got a Thinkpad A475 running xubuntu 22.04. Everything works great right from the start, except the touchpad and the little red nob. Now if I suspend the laptop, the touchpad and the little nob ...
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Disabling ThinkPad's Trackpoint button on U
I recently noticed that my ThinkPad's red trackpoint button keeps moving automatically. I disabled it from BIOS but it still moves whenever I touch the trackpoint. On Windows I managed to turn it off, ...
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14 Jammy Security Updates will not upgrade when running 'sudo apt upgrade'
Running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen2
When I run
sudo apt update
apt list --upgradable
sudo apt upgrade
14 Jammy updates are found.
After running sudo apt upgrade it install 0/14 ...
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No display after resume from suspend after fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04.1, Nvidia 515.65.01 and kernel 5.15.0-48-generic on Lenovo Extreme Gen5
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 5 laptop v1.08 BIOS suspends successfully after closing the lid and appears to resume when opening the lid. However, no video is displayed. Instead, the LCD screen ...
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Twin Battery issues after Ubuntu 22.04 install (ThinkPad)
Lenovo ThinkPad X270, Ubuntu 20.04, everything worked OK.
Then I installed 22.04.
Now (on adapter) the top panel indicator shows battery at about 70%, not charging. In Power settings: built-in battery ...
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Lenovo P50 crashes gnome-shell regularly after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04.1 using Wayland (default)
I've been using Ubuntu on my slightly aging but never failing Lenovo Thinkpad P50 (20ENCTO1WW) laptop since I got it in 2017. It has survived with just a few bumps all the upgrades. Since the stable ...
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ThinkPad X1 Carbon gen 10 webcam driver IPU6 Ubuntu 22.04
i have a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 10th gen. It came with Ubuntu 20.04 preinstalled and the webcam (IPU6 Intel) worked fine, I think because an additional driver was installed by default, but when I upgraded ...
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22.04 software update downloaded 5.15 kernel but laptop still boots into 5.14
On a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 9th gen, software update installed the 5.15 kernel, but machine still boots into 5.14, which is puzzling. I'm guessing it has something to do with the 5.14 kernel being "...
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Ubuntu 22.04 no longer recognizing trackpad or nub
I'm running a relatively new (<1 week old) install of 22.04 on a Thinkpad E14 (also relatively recently purchased, about a month ago). After doing some day-to-day tasks for about a week without ...
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Locked out of Kubuntu due to fprintd. I have the password but I still can't get in
I have a Thinkpad x1 Carbon (2nd Gen) with a fingerprint scanner. The machine has Kubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) installed.
Since it's Kubuntu, I installed fprintd to scan my fingerprint for login. ...
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Fingerprint Support - Ubuntu
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 - Model# PF-1j8ptz laptop and have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I have having issues when trying to get the fingerprint to work. I have gone through and tested many ...
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Can't find any laptops that are certified by Canonical with a standard Ubuntu image
I'm considering buying a ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 that comes pre-installed with Windows. So I looked at Ubuntu's list of certified hardware to see if the laptop is certified/compatible with Ubuntu. ...
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Thinkpad Dock - Ububtu - lost the connexion to the Displays
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad and a Lenovo dock station....everything was working well until last night. Now the displays connected via the dock are not receiving any signal.
I suppose that is due to the ...
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Critical error when open lid of suspended thinkpad T14
Three days ago arrived my new Thinkpad T14 (AMD 7 Pro 5850U, DDR4, SSD M.2) with Windows 10.
I installed a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 beside Win10.
Partitions:
| EFI | Reserved Windows | Windows 10 | Restore ...
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Lenovo X1 Thinkpad Yoga 3rd Ubuntu 22.04 login via fingerprints or camera
I own Lenovo X1 Thinkpad Yoga 3rd. It looks like my hardware is not supported to login via fingerprints. After lsusb command there is nothing related with fingerprint. Is there any way to add this, I ...
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How to disable lap detection?
I run Ubuntu on a ThinkPad T15 Gen 2i and I constantly have issues with performance mode being disabled due to lap detection.
I'm not that impressed with lap detection in general, as it's just a ...
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Factory reset a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 from customised Ubuntu
my dad passed away and had an old Lenovo ThinkPad T60 which original ran Windows XP.
He had formatted the OS to a customised Linux Ubuntu.
I want to factory reset the machine, but I don't have his ...
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Cannot download PPA for Thinkpad Power Manager on 22.04
I'm trying to install the Thinkpad Power Manager GUI on 22.04
I'm following this guide:
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/11/install-tlpui-in-ubuntu-or-linux-mint.html
but when I do:
sudo add-apt-...
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No sound devices on Lenovo x1 carbon after upgrade to 20.04
I have upgraded my Lenovo X1 Carbon to Ubuntu 20.04. After the reboot, I cannot see any sound card nor for input nor for output.
I have tried to follow several different solutions such as:
Microphone ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad E14 hangs on boot about every third time - Xubuntu 22.04
Two months ago I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad E14 and installed Xubuntu 22.04. It ran perfect for about one month. Then it startet hang on cold boot about every third time. When I make a hard reset it ...
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Stuttering Trackpoint and Imprecise Touchpad Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Thinkpad T440p
I got this Thinkpad T440p and it has issues with the trackpoint and touchpad.
The trackpoint has a stuttery motion and get's really annoying to use. Still has precision for small/slow motion though.
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Graphical glitching in 22.04 - ThinkPad X270
After installing 22.04 on my ThinkPad X270, I am experiencing numerous screen glitches which I have never seen on 20.04.
It looks somewhat like what you would see on an old TV before slapping it a few ...
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laptop still consumes battery despite being in sleep mode
i know that there have been multiple similar questions like this, but so far i haven't found one that supports my system's (ThinkPad E14) BIOS configuration settings. are there any other alternate or ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 - My battery icon doesn't show my battery charging when plugged in
When my battery is low, I'll plug in my charger and hear the sound it makes to let me know it's charging, but the icon still shows a red low battery icon. I can get the icon to show it's charging by ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 reads incorrect battery level to critical which causes laptop to shutdown
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad P2 running Ubuntu 20.04. I am getting critically low battery level even though I have more than 80% charge at times. Due to this, my laptop shuts down within a minute or two ...
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Laptop only boots to BIOS screen after I attempted to set an older kernel version as default
Let me preface this by saying I am new to this area of computer science. I will be saying BIOS a lot in this post, but I am not sure if I am using it correctly or if I actually mean UEFI.
I have a ...
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Touchpad is missing and recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse on Thinkpad E14
I am having a problem with my touchpad on Thinkpad E14. It worked well in the first Ubuntu 20.04 installation (Update: also after fresh Ubuntu 22.04 installation), but after using it for some time (...
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Garbled laptop screen on 22.04
Ever since I installed 22.04 (Lenovo Thinkpad T480, Nvidia GeForce MX150, Linux kernel 5.15) in April I've been having episodes of my laptop display becoming garbled seemingly at random, every 1-2 ...
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How to make my thinkpad e14 gen3 fingerprint work on ubuntu 22.04?
I can't see fingerprint settings on ubuntu but my ThinkPad e14 gen 3 has a fingerprint sensor. I tried some solutions found on the internet, but still no result.
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My laptop battery "Is not charging" after recent update of Ubuntu
About two weeks ago after some system update of Ubuntu 21.10 my battery stopped charging when the power cord is plugged on the working system. If I close it's cover and plug cord in - it begin ...
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How can I change dummy ouput mode audio on linux (Ubuntu 20) to the default mode? (I can't hear anything!)
I want change the audio mode from dummy output mode to the default mode, I can't hear anything in dummy mode and I don't know why it's happened, I can't hear anything! so please help me! can I change ...
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webcam problems - can not save picture
i have at least 2 issues with my webcam.
first: when i start it up there is no image. setting the resolution then helps as described in this answer.
what i could not resolve so far it that when i take ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 / Linux kernel 5.15.0 freezing on laptop with 1st gen Core i5, Intel graphics (ThinkPad T410)
Lenovo ThinkPad T410 with Intel Core i5 M 520 (1st gen), 4 GB RAM (no errors with MemTest86), only integrated Intel HD Graphics. BIOS is updated.
When booting up an Ubuntu 22.04 USB drive on this ...
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Not able to adjust brightness in Thinkpad E14 Laptop
My Laptop has the following configuration.
Processor: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz × 8
Graphics: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0, 256 bits)
OS Name: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
GNOME Version: 3.36.8
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Ubuntu 22.04 installation failed every time
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad t460p with 8GB RAM and 128GB Lexar SSD. I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 on it by following this guide.
After the installation completes when I restart the system, it ...
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Keep keyboard backlight on? Lenovo Thinkpad P53S
On 20.04. Every time I wake it from sleep, the keyboard backlight is off and I have to re-enable it with Fn+space. I would like it to just always be enabled.
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Touchpad utilizes CPU even if totally disabled in BIOS and X
I have problems with CPU spikes from irq/204-rmi4_sm when I touch the touchpad in a Lenovo Thinkpad Extreme. I have disabled the Touchpad in BIOS as well as in X. However still the IRQ is fired every ...
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ThinkPad OneLink Pro does not recognize external monitor correctly, x1 Carbon 21.10 Wayland
When I first plugged in my ThinkPad OneLink Pro Dock, with an external monitor (really a Samsung TV) connected via a Displayport-to-HDMI cable, and it worked. My computer is an X1 Carbon 3rd gen.
Then ...
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