Questions tagged [thinkpad]
Brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo.
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Thinkpad E16 doesn't recognize fingerprint scanner
I recently bought Lenovo Thinkpad E16 2nd Generation and I am somehow not able to set up fingerprint login on Ubuntu. When I display all connected busses and the devices connected to them (''lsusb&...
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Ubuntu 22.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad x1 Carbon Gen 12 Fingerprint sensor (fprintd) keychain issues
So I have been using my ThinkPad a lot recently and I noticed that the Ubuntu fingerprint recorder in settings is terrible and does not work very well upon login (usually says failed to authenticate). ...
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No suspend with kernel 5.15.0-119-generic on Lenovo x1 | Ubuntu 22.04
After an automatic upgrade, my Lenovo Thinkpad x1 did not suspend anymore. It resumed its active state after attempting to suspend.
I could not find the reason but after upgrading the kernel to 5.19 ...
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Lenovo Integrated Pen not detected by Lenovo Thinkpad X13 Yoga G4 running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
I recently received from my employer a Lenovo Thinkpad X13 Yoga Gen 4 (type 21F2). I'd requested the version shipped with Ubuntu but unfortunately it was not possible to obtain it, and hence I ...
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Thinkpad X1 Carbon 12th Gen Ubuntu 22.04 Fingerprint Sensor not working well
I have been using my Thinkpad for a little bit now and I have noticed that the fingerprint sensor does not work most of the time. Could this be a driver problem? If so how would I fix it? I could only ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: Suspend, hibernate, and shutdown fail in different ways
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Laptop - Lenovo Thinkpad X260
OS - Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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I use suspend at least a couple times daily, and noticed an issue with it two days ago where suspend fails and I can only reboot.
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Lenovo thinkpad E14 gen5 amd ryzen 5 is not supporting usb bootable pendrive for ubuntu
I have Lenovo thinkpad E14 gen5 amd ryzen 5 with windows 11 pre installed. I want to install ubuntu on the machine but the bootable usb drive not detected. Also i tried by disabling secure boot and ...
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Speaker and microphone not working in Ubuntu24.04LTS
I installed the Ubuntu 24.04 on my ThinkPad X1C Gen10, and the speaker and microphone do not work.
The output device is showing "Dummy Output".
restarting the pipewire service, alsa or ...
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Thinkpad T460 Shutdown/Suspend in Ubuntu 24.04
I have a Thinkpad T460 with Intel I7 and 16 GB of RAM. I installed Ubuntu 24.04 from scratch using the new installer with automated minimal installation with all codecs and proprietary drivers. I have ...
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Touchpad 2 finger scroll is way too fast
I have a lenovo t14 gen5 AMD with ubuntu 24.04 and Gnome 46. As it's a recent laptop, I have a lot of painful problems with it. The most annoying right now is the touchpad 2 finger scroll that is way ...
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Ubuntu 24 doesn't find modem on Lenovo Thinkpad X1 8th Gen
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 8th Gen has a built-in modem, but my freshly installed Ubuntu 24.04 doesn't find it.
mmcli -L returns "No modems were found"
ModemManager --debug returns "could ...
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Speaker is not recognized on Ubuntu 24.04
My ThinkPad's e495 speakers are not recognized by Ubuntu 24.04. I tried to run some scripts, but so far it did not work.
AlsaMixer:
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Mute Button LED Not Functioning on ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 with Ubuntu 24.04
I'm using a ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 with an Intel processor and running Ubuntu 24.04. While the mute button on my keyboard correctly mutes and unmutes the system, the LED indicator for the mute button does ...
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Trouble Installing after booting on Thinkpad T430
I've recently been trying to install Ubuntu on my T430. After getting through the booting process and to the installation I get an error message that says
"We're sorry, but we're not sure what ...
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System crash when wifi is connected and ethernet cable gets plugged in
My xubuntu 24.04 thinkpad x270 consistently crashes when wifi is connected and an ethernet cable gets plugged in.
The system does not freeze completely, but get's unusable. For instance typing a ...
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Looking for an Ubuntu image for ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
I've recently got my brand new ThinkPad X11 Carbon Gen 12. Initially, I was going to order it with Ubuntu 22.04, but this option was unavailable in my region, so I ordered it with Windows 11 Pro, ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS speaker issues
I'm having audio issues after installing Ubuntu 24.04 on my ThinkPad Carbon X1 Gen 9 laptop. The headphone output works fine, but the speakers themselves don't produce any sound. In the settings, I ...
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CPU throttling problems on my ThinkPad X1 Carbon (i7-10510U)
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ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 with Intel i7-10510U
Ubuntu 24.04
extensive throttling down to 400 MHz even if temperature is low
GOAL: be able to squeeze the max out of my CPU while keeping the ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 on Levono Thinkpad: Only *one* audio output device
I just installed Ubuntu 24.04 on a Levono Thinkpad E16. With earlier versions of Ubuntu on different machines I would have two audio output devices to choose from: The internal laptop speaker and ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 : Laptop crashes after sleep, Lenovo P51
I have recently upgraded my laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad P51) to Ubuntu 22.04.
Everything seems to be working correctly except the sleeping/waking up. Triggered by closing and re-opening the lid.
I read ...
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Trackpad Stopped Working on Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 Gen 12 with Ubuntu 24.04
Hello Ubuntu Community,
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04 on my Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 Gen 12.I'm facing an issue with the trackpad not working. I selected the full installation during the setup, ...
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Issue Installing Ubuntu on Lenovo ThinkPad T470
I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my Lenovo ThinkPad T470, which originally had Windows 10. I removed Windows to install just Ubuntu, but I'm facing issues with both versions 22.04.4 and 24.04.
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I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my laptop Thinkpad X1 carbon 4th gen. But immediately after the installation it always reboots. "Reset System"
As it's not showing anything I can't provide any more images or something. BIOS is updated to the latest.
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Speaker and Microphone not working on ThinkPad E14
I have a few students using ThinkPad E14, where both the mic and speakers are not functioning. Most of them are using Ubuntu 20.04. But on one student's laptop, I reinstalled Ubuntu 24.04, but the ...
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My thinkpad E15 being too slow, sluggish and laggy. Load average above 115. I have reinstalled ubuntu twice but it is still not performing well,
Result of Neofetch
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64
Host: 20TD003KUS ThinkPad E15 Gen 2
Kernel: 6.5.0-28-generic
Uptime: 1 hour, 52 mins
Packages: 2277 (dpkg), 16 (snap)
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: ...
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Lenovo T410 - wifi driver not working
I installed ubuntu 22.04.3 to my old Lenovo ThinkPad T410 and wifi isn't working. I reinstalled OS few times... it worked on server release and when i installed this one again it hasn't been working ...
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What do the "charge_..." files do in "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/" and can I turn one of them from 100 to 80 without any problems?
I am trying to preserve long-term battery life by capping my laptop's charging behavior so that the battery doesn't go beyond 80% (or maybe 60) charged. I've been reading several posts and threads, ...
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ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 1, Ubuntu 23.10 networks show question marks
I have just updated to 23.10 from 22.04.
Wifi connects to my network, but shows question mark icon and no internet connection
The same story with both Ethernet and network through Bluetooth.
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Ubuntu 24.04 in Thinkpad X201i
I want to install ubuntu 24.04 in thinkpad X201i. But, i have problem with my installation. If I run the bootable iso with my fd, my laptop force shut down. I have try to check the checksum is normal. ...
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Fingerprint reader not working: Thinkpad Yoga 390 (Device is: 138a:0097)
Just got myself a Yoga 370. Tried installing Ubuntu 24.04, everything works great except the fingerprint reader cause 138a:0097 validity isn't supported.
I tried unicorn's python-validiity as a fix ...
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How do I change battery charge thresholds (on a newer ThinkPad model)?
I'm trying to conserve my new laptop's battery for many years to come. Can you help me set this up optimally (probably a way to have it automatically stop charging the battery after it reaches some ...
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Thinkpad charging issues in Ubuntu 24.04
Thinkpad x1 extreme gen 2
Intel Core i7, 32gb, 1tb
BIOS version 1.5 (current)
Ubuntu 24.04 bare metal
kernels tried: 6.8.0-31-generic (most stable, current), 6.8.8 (unstable, reverted back)
Brand new ...
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Tinny sound on 22.04 (Lenovo thinkpad L380)
Using 22.04 kernel x86_64 Linux 6.5.0-1020-oem
The audio sounds really tinny. In another post i read that it should be fixed for kernel 6.1.something but I'm still having bad quality (How to apply ...
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Display brightness control not working with 24.04 on Thinkpad E14 Gen5 AMD
I installed Ubuntu 24.04 on a new Thinkpad E14 and I am unable to get the display brightness control working. I tried almost all suggestions that were proposed here:
Ubuntu 20.04 brightness adjust not ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen 5 not booting installer
I am trying to install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in Thinkpad E14 and am trying to dual boot Ubuntu 22.04 LTS alongside Windows.
My USB drive has a Ubuntu image, but when I try to initialize with a USB drive it ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 takes over a minute to wake from deep suspend
After looking at the dmesg, I can see that it looks like the cause of the delay is the PCIEport 0000:20:00:0 which is not ready.
running lspci -s 20:00.0 shows:
20:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad Z16 gen 1 booted by Ubuntu-20.04 LTS USB media error
I am not able to boot into desktop of Ubuntu-20.04 LTS with USB media on my Lenovo Thinkpad Z16 gen 1. I tried multiple times with different USB drives(Sandisk cruzer and SanDisk Extreme pro) but ...
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Fingerprint Verification Problem - Thinkpad T480
fprintd was not working, so I installed "open-fprintd", which successfully enrolles the new fingerprints, but not verifying any. Actually I tried command "fprint-enroll" with and ...
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Frequently 'Not charging', Ubuntu 22.04 on Thinkpad X1 Carbon
I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon laptop and installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on it. It is quite weird that almost every day before properly charging this laptop, I have to go to bios and disable the battery (...
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Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS freezes completely and logs point to mouse curser problems
In the last two weeks my system froze two or three times, when I had a few browser windows and MS Teams open at the same time, but nothing it couldn't handle before.
The resource monitor points to ...
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Wifi Connection does not work anymore over the night when Laptop was locked and has a low power
here is the journal of the NetworkManager:
Mar 04 12:59:02 david-ThinkPad-E15-Gen-4 NetworkManager[699]: <info> [1709553542.1224] device (wlp2s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 freezes trying to enter suspend mode
Everything was working fine until a day or two ago. Up until now, I've been able to close my laptop lid, and it automatically enters suspend mode and the back light turns off.
For some reason (likely ...
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Thunderbolt failure, all USB ports stop working. AER: can't recover
I am using a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 5 with a fully updated Kubuntu 23.10/KDE/X11 session. I have two external monitors and a bunch of devices connected via a Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 Dock. Every ...
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Touchpad scrolling behavior
So I installed Ubuntu on my new (old) Thinkpad X1 carbon Gen 6. Everything runs pretty much perfectly.
Right now, when I scroll through pages on the touchpad, the page moves when I move my fingers and ...
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trackpoint issue, close lid without suspending
I own a thinkpad t14s gen1, ubuntu 22.
I have using gnome tweaker, I have configured the lid to not trigger suspend.
Since, I have issue with the trackpoint and phyical touchpad button. When the lid ...
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No Wifi Adapter Found Ubuntu 20.04
I recently bought a used Thinkpad T480s and put a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 image on it. The wifi worked fine for the first time it was on, but now the intel 8265ngw adapter can’t be found. I used lspci and ...
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MiPi Camera and Ubuntu Linux: New kernel 6.5 no longer working
I followed the steps here (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lenovo) to get my MiPi camera working on my Thinkpad X1Gen10 with Ubuntu 22.04.
These steps work under 6.2:
$ sudo apt install linux-modules-ipu6-...
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Ubuntu 22.04 / Linux kernel 5.15.0 freezing on Mr Greg's laptop with 1st gen Core i5, Intel graphics (ThinkPad T510)
Lenovo ThinkPad T510 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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Mouse Buttons not working after suspend on Lenovo T560
I have a problem with my Mouse Buttons of my Lenovo T560 running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
When I place the Laptop into suspend sometimes the Buttons above the touchpad stop working. This seems to be a ...
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When I try to select text, I often paste when I don't want to
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 1.
When I want to select text, I click the touchpad with one finger and then with another finger, I drag the cursor over the text I want to select. ...
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