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Lenovo make a large group of PC related products including desktops and more portable items such as Thinkpads and Ideapads as well as servers and display items.

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Wi-Fi not working on Lenovo ThinkPad E570 (Realtek RTL8821CE)

We just bought a Lenovo ThinkPad E570 (which is supposed to have the Intel 8265 for wireless). This laptop was bought in part because it is certified to run Ubuntu and as such to me at least it would ...
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My wifi Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0041] (rev 20) doesn't show up and work in Ubuntu 14.04.3 on Lenovo flex 3 14

I am new on linux systems I have tried some of the relevant solutions, those I could follow up, But nothing yet.Please help me figuring this out. Wireless info START Report from: 24 Sep 2015 22:40 ...
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How can I limit battery charging to 80% capacity?

I just learned that some Lenovo laptops include a utility that offers to limit battery charging capacity to within 0–80% in order to slow the attenuation of the battery lifespan: How can I do this in ...
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Unable to resume after suspend

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 & everything about it is great except that it just won't resume after suspend. I've tried the suggestions listed in this thread Entire system freezing after pressing "...
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How do I install a fingerprint reader on Lenovo ThinkPad?

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a fingerprint reader: How to make Ubuntu recognise it and use it for login? I already tried: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fingerprint/fingerprint-gui sudo apt-get ...
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Unable to change brightness in a Lenovo laptop

Brightness adjustment keys <Fn + ⇑/⇓> have no effect (although they are recognized by the environment), and I can't change the brightness using GUI tools as well. This seems like a problem in ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad E480 - No Wifi Adaptor Found in Ubuntu 18.04

I have recently a purchased Lenovo Thinkpad E480 laptop, I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 on it, everything is working fine except am not able to connect to network via WiFi. Please help. I followed ...
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Broadcom Wireless Drivers unclaimed after installing update 16.04

I recently updated my Lenovo Y50 computer to 16.04. Since the update, I have been unable to see or connect to any wireless networks. The output of running sudo lshw -C network is: *-network ...
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Lenovo IdeaPad 330 touchpad not working

I just bought a IdeaPad 330 Lenovo laptop. When I installed Ubuntu, touchpad was not working. I managed to install Ubuntu successfully with the keyboard, using the tab, space and enter buttons. I was ...
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Wireless disabled by hardware switch Lenovo Y40

I recently got a lenovo Y40 laptop and after i installed ubuntu 14.04 (also in the live usb) Wireless doesn't work. It says that it is disabled by hardware switch, however the hardware switch doesnt ...
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Brightness key not working Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I've just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Z400 notebook and everything was working. Today I tried to change the brightness of the screen and it gets dark and I can't go back. Can anyone help me? ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu on Lenovo Y500

I am totally unable to install any flavor of Linux on my lenovo Y500. TL;DR: with EFI on -> cannot even access installer with legacy - > installer runs fine, but installed OS never boots Long ...
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Switchable laptop graphics issues on Ubuntu 12.04?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Lenovo Z570 laptop with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics, and a switch to enable the dedicated GT630M graphics card. I've been having issues in general with my graphics ...
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Lenovo Yoga 13 Realtek wireless driver

I've recently purchased a Lenovo Yoga 13 and put Ubuntu 13.04 on it last night. I was unable to get wireless to come on and thought that I would mess around with it today. Today I have followed the ...
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Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 wireless not working on lenovo with 14.04.3

Help, I've tried the other fixes used for ubuntu 15.10 and the Qualcomm adapter but nothing is working for my lenovo ideapad 500 with the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 wireless adapter running 14.04.3. ...
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Where to Download Special Ubuntu Images Designed for Pre-installed Systems (OEM)?

Background My Lenovo X250 is arriving in two weeks, which according to Ubuntu Certified Hardware will work well only with "a special image of Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer." This Linux ...
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How to get a stable WLAN-connection with a Lenovo x121e?

I have permament problem when using WLAN with my Lenovo ThinkPad x121e. The wireless network adapter in use is this one: lspci: 01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ...
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Atheros AR9485 wifi disconnects randomly

I recently bought a new computer that has an Atheros AR9485 wireless NIC. So far it has been working ok except this one issue: Randomly (as far as I can tell) it will completely lose the internet ...
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No WiFi Adaptor found in Lenovo X1 Carbon Generation 7

I am new to Linux and Ubuntu and I just managed to install Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS onto my Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 7 in Dual Boot. From Windows Device Manager, I can see that my WiFi card is Intel(R) Wireless ...
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Simulate a middle-click on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Synaptics touchpad

I Am writing a Guide How to install Ubuntu on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro To get a middle Mousebutton, I tried this: I edited the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf. There I edited the "...
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No wifi connection on Ubuntu 13.10

I have a new laptop lenovo thinkpad edge e540 and I have installed ubuntu 13.10 on it, but now I am not able to connect to the internet via wifi. It seems that ubuntu cannot use my wifi card, there is ...
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Error 1962: no operating system found after installing 12.04 (Lenovo ThinkCentre)

I just installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 12.04 on a new Lenovo ThinkCenter from a USB drive. When I restarted after installation, the boot sequence didn't find the OS. Instead I got the no operating ...
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No Wifi-Adapter found on new Lenovo Yoga C930 with Ubuntu 18.10

Hello and merry Christmas, I have a new Lenovo Yoga C930 and try to install Ubuntu 18.10 on this machine, but Wifi is not working. I'm not a Linux professional but I tried a lot the last hours (also ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: Bluetooth device disconnects right after connect on Lenovo P50

After upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04, any device I connect to only stays connected for a couple of seconds. My laptop is a Lenovo P50 (20ENCTO1WW) /var/log/syslog reports: pulseaudio[????]: [pulseaudio]...
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Enable the keyboard backlights on supported Lenovo (e.g. Carbon X1) with command

Some Lenovo laptops have keyboard backlights, and they can be turned on using Fn + Space. There are three states: off, normal and bright. When I start Ubuntu, these laptops always default back to a ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga OLED Brightness

I'm running 16.04 on my X1 Yoga OLED. I can't change the brightness of the screen at all, it seems to be on maximum brightness all the time. I've tried: Fn+F5/F6 xbacklight -set 50(and 100, and 0, ...
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Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015 3rd gen 20 BS - trackpoint, clickpad and wifi

I have got a brand new Lenovo X1 Carbon 2015 with IPS Display which is really a great laptop. But when installing ubuntu there are some problems I have already solved and some I have not. I put this ...
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MiPi Webcam with Thinkpad X1 Gen10 not working with Ubuntu 22.04

I bought a brand new ThinkPad X1 Gen10 and the MiPi webcam (Camera,FHD,RGB+IR,MIPI,UF,Azw) is not working at all. Ubuntu doesn't even recognize the camera. Apparently this is a known problem with MiPi ...
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IdeaPad 5 15are05 - elan touchpad not working on 20.04 nor on 18.04

I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15are05 yesterday and installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it. Problem is, the touchpad doesn't work. I've also tried 18.04 and even Debian 10, but the only OS it works on is Windows....
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Installing Ubuntu alongside windows on Lenovo Yoga 720

I just got a new Lenovo Yoga 720 and I'm having trouble installing Ubuntu alongside Windows. After I boot to Ubuntu Live, in both 16.04 up to 17.10 the touchpad does not work, but the touchscreen, ...
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Wifi Not Working On Ubuntu 14.04 Lenovo G 50-30

I am facing problem to enable wifi on my Lenovo G50-30 Below are the command out put please help me out lspci | grep -i wireless: 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ...
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Rotate touchscreen and disable the touchpad on Yoga 2 Pro in rotated mode

On my Lenovo Yoga 2 pro I installed Ubuntu 14.04 32bit and kept the installed Windows 8 on another partition. In Windows, When you turn it into tablet mode, the keyboard and touchpad turns off so you ...
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Unstable wifi with intel 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev 3a) on Ubuntu 16.04 running on Lenovo P50

On my brand new Lenovo P50 the wifi is unstable. sometimes it connects, sometimes it does not, or just stops working. Sometimes wifi networks are shown in the network manager, sometimes not. Sometimes ...
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16.04 Dual Boot Install on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro - /EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi not found after booting back into Windows

I've been reading some other threads, especially about dual-boot installations on the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro running windows 8.1, but I didn't seem to find quite the exact same issue. I'm admittedly a ...
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lenovo e540 RTL8723be wifi not working

I'm really struggling to have working wifi on my laptop lenovo E540. I googled about my network card using ubuntu, but nothing solved my problem. First of all, I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64-bit. I ...
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Lenovo Y50 Subwoofer does no work with Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

I could not get my Subwoofer on Lenovo Y50 to work. Googled around and did not find any solutions. Let me know if anybody has any clue. Thanks!
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18.04 issues with X1 Carbon: alsamixer config + Microphone issues: What does "pacmd" do here?

The issue We deploy 18.04 to Lenovo X1 Extreme 8th Gen and often the first thing to fall off the truck is the audio quality, specifically the Microphone Under the Sound Settings, by default we can ...
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Install Ubuntu on Lenovo Yoga 730-15IWL with a i5-8265U CPU alongside Windows

Are there any problems installing Ubuntu on a Lenovo Yoga 730-15IWL? I tried the USB-version and everything seemed to work fine in the temporary system
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Saving monitor settings?

Is there a way to save my monitor settings? I have an external monitor at work, but each morning i have to plug it in, rearrange the windows from being side by side to being on top of each other. Can ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 draining laptop battery quicker than in 12.04 (1 hour versus 4+ hours)

I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 on a Lenovo T420 laptop (Corei7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz × 4 + Sandybridge Mobile). The battery is now over 2 years old, but under Ubuntu 12.04 it still lasted ...
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Realtek RTL8852AE issue on Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6 (Ubuntu 20.04)

I have an issue on my new Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ach6 with its wifi card : Realtek RTL8852AE - PCIe 2.0 with ubuntu 20.04 and the 5.12.9 kernel (it's work on Windows 10). I followed this topic : ...
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Touchpad not detected on Lenovo Ideapad 320 with Kubuntu 17.04

I just installed Kubuntu 17.04 on a Lenovo Ideapad 320, and the Touchpad is not detected. The touchpad works fine from the Windows 10 installation already on the laptop, but is not detected at all ...
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WiFi does not work, Broadcom STA Wireless driver does not work on a BCM4313 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX) I'm newbie in Linux and Ubuntu, but would like to improve my skills :) I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop (LENOVO B560,...
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How do I get brightness working on a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga?

I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga. It's been working flawlessly with Windows 8 - 9 hour battery life, awesome touchscreen, 4-second boot times. So obviously I wanted to try Ubuntu 12.10. Well, I ...
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lenovo IdeaPad-3-14ARE05 Touchpad not working. Ubuntu 20.04

I: Bus=0018 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="Elan Touchscreen" P: Phys= S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/AMDI0010:01/i2c-1/i2c-ELAN0001:00/input/input4 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event4 B: ...
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New install - no network devices available - Realtek Device b822

I just purchased a Lenovo Yoga 730 15" laptop, and installed Ubuntu 16.04 in place of Windows 10. Install seemingly worked fine, but now I have no wifi device available. Tried a reinstall just to be ...
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Bluetooth on Lenovo Ideapad S20-30

Today I installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo S20-30 and most things work but I can't use bluetooth. In the system preferences I can change the bluetooth switch to "on" but when I come back to the pane it is "...
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UEFI or Legacy? Which is advised and why?

While I know some facts about UEFI and Legacy and basic differences between them, like UEFI allowing for faster booting (I've checked this question already, but it doesn't answer mine), I have a bit ...
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How can we enable the fingerprint login in Ubuntu 20.04?

As I know, we don't need to install any library for Ubuntu 20.04 where we can enable by Settings → Users → Authentication & Login. However, when I try to enable fingerprint login, I'm getting an ...
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Lenovo Mute LED Button Not Working

The LED light that turns on when I press the mute button on or off, respectively, does not turn on in Ubuntu, yet turns on in Xubuntu. If anyone has any knowledge or help please lemme know! Btw, this ...
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