Questions tagged [lenovo]
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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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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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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Fuzzy, Garbled audio with slight echo
I've been using Ubuntu 16.04 on a Lenovo ideapad Y410P for about a month and a half, and for the duration I've been having audio issues, despite to this day making sure I have installed all updates. I ...
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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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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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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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Set F-Keys primary instead of special keys on Lenovo
I have a new Lenovo E540 which has the special keys like volume change and such on the F-Keys here. So to actually use the F-Keys the FN has to be pressed to, so when using Alt+F4 I have to press Alt+...
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systemd-journald crashed with SIGABRT in pthread_sigmask()
Fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 on a new Lenovo x1c6, I'm getting this error sometimes after resuming from suspend.
I have no idea what it means, and search online leads to a bug report that doesn't ...
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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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Right-click on Touchpad not working after update to 18.04 LTS
I have a Lenovo Yoga 910-13IKB. I was running Ubuntu 17.10 with no issues. I upgraded to 18.04 LTS and now my right-click on my touchpad does not register. I can only left-click.
I already tried the ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon support
I am considering selling my Mac to get money towards a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 because what I really want to do is to be running an Ubuntu system all the time.
Is this machine completely supported in ...
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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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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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Audacious with shortcuts in keyboard
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and audacious as audio player.I am using a lenovo G460 notebook.It has keys which can play music.They work with Amarok. But , I want to make them work with Audacious.Can anyone ...
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Disable XF86Back and XF86Forward (browser back/forward on Lenovo Thinkpad)
My Thinkpad R500 has back/forward keys just about the direction keys, so on Firefox I keep losing entered text, accidentally.
How to disable these back/forward keys?
Excerpt from xev:
KeyPress ...
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I upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10 on a Lenovo T540p which has broken two finger touchpad scrolling and right clicking
Trackpad two finger scrolling and right-click issue with Ubuntu 17.10 (i386, 64bit, GNOME 3.26.1) on a Lenovo T540p (the model with a Intel Core i5-4210M Haswell CPU etc)
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How to switch/disable functionality of fn keys on Ubuntu - USB keyboard
Hi I have a problem with my new USB Lenovo keyboard, I can't (don't know how) switch Fn keys in Linux, on windows it was very easy.
But I don't know what I can do on Linux to switch Fn keys (or ...
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Fingerprint reader in ubuntu 18.04
I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad e580 with Ubuntu 18.04
I tried fingerprint-gui but it says "no devices found!".
lsusb command results this:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root ...
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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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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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Status of Ubuntu for Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga
I am strongly considering to buy a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 14 and since I will have to use it for work, I will have to partition it and install Ubuntu.
For this, I am wondering about the current status ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad 11e Randomly Freezes on Ubuntu 16.04
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad 11e (with the Intel chipset not the AMD), that used to experience freezes randomly under 14.04 which have persisted after a clean install of 16.04.
Description of the freezes ...
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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 to prevent shutdown when one of two batteries is empty?
My Lenovo T460s has two batteries. When one of them is empty the laptop does an emergency shutdown which basically makes the 2nd battery obsolete.
I already set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins....
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Sleep mode consumes as much as battery as when laptop is in use
I'm running Ubuntu 17.10 on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th gen. When closing the lid or putting the laptop to sleep manually, I notice that the battery drains as fast as when I'm using it. The laptop gets hot ...
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Force hibernate using hibernate instead of pm-hibernate
I'm running 18.04 and trying to have my system use hibernate instead of pm-hibernate when my laptop's lid closes.
I have a swap partition of 20GB on 16GB of RAM, so ample space.
When I use pm-...
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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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How to install finger print driver on lenovo X1 carbon on Ubuntu 16.04
I need to install the finger print driver of my X1 carbon 5th gen on Ubuntu 16.04. Where can I find drivers for Linux distributions?
Here are the outputs of lspci
kasun@kasun-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-5th:...
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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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Unable to mount Kindle on Ubuntu 14.04
Upon connecting my kindle, nautilus opens up for just a second and then flashes a message saying that kindle is unavailable. Then there are a host of messages on dmesg about device not accepting set ...
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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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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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Right-clicking on \ hovering over Chrome browser tabs not working
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on an essentially-brand-new Lenovo IdeaPad 3 (with an external USB mouse), and use Google Chrome as my primary web browser. Lately, I've been having a really irritating problem:...
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Is there a way to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu in a Lenovo Ultrabook (without loosing the SSD cache)?
I have seen many people trying to install Ubuntu on laptops like the Lenovo U410 and fail. Sometimes,we have to give up the SSD cache. Have the developers solved it now? Can we install Ubuntu on an ...
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Lenovo X1 Thinkpad battery not charging in 17.04
I have a 8 month old Lenovo X1 Carbon (5th generation) which was originally running 16.04LTS.
When I upgraded to 17.04 I noticed the battery is no longer charging. When the AC is plugged in battery ...
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How to skip filesystem checks during boot
Whenever I shut down my Ubuntu 20.04 and reboot, I always get this message at the bottom of my screen:
Press Ctrl+C to cancel all filesystem checks in progress
This process will take too long and ...
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Internal Microphone Not Detected [Lenovo Carbon X1 7th Gen, Ubuntu 19]
UPDATE: This guide's script ended up working for me, even though I had done all the commands individually on my own previously. Don't really know why, but wanted to throw it out there for anyone else ...
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Why is the "Connect" button greyed out when entering the WiFi password for wireless networks?
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo-B-480 machine recently. I am not able to connect to wireless networks. Its detecting all the networks available, allowing me to type in the password but not ...
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Ubuntu 20.04, on-screen keyboard not showing when using touchscreen on LENOVO YOGA 500
Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I ...
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Install 19.04 on ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2
I would like to install the latest Ubuntu (19.04) on a ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2. I have read about some issues with installing previous versions of Ubuntu on the Gen 1, ie the BIOS update, but I'm ...
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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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Touchpad edge scrolling not working on upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10 and now I can't use edge scrolling on my laptop's touchpad! Why is this happening?! A few hours back everything was fine in 13.04. Is this a bug? Any workarounds ...
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Very slow, intermittent WiFi speeds with 14.04 and Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh]
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on the harddisk of a Lenovo Y650 Ideapad laptop. The wireless adapter is an Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh].
Initially I could not connect to any ...
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How to change PrtSc key to Menu in Ubuntu 17.10?
I have Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 14 which has PrtSc key on the keyboard. I personally find this key totally useless as I prefer using Screenshot application to select the required area and take a snapshot. ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Keyboard not working on Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a brand new Yoga Slim 7i Pro. Everything seems to work fine, except for the fact that the internal keyboard is usually unresponsive after turning on the computer - ...
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fastboot not detect my android device - ubuntu
I have Lenovo Yoga Tablet PC 1051L.
I try this :
$ lsusb
result :
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 17ef:77a5 Lenovo
then:
$ adb devices
result:
List of devices attached
Baytrail678EC0A0 device
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How do I add a keyboard model to Ubuntu and give back that model to the community?
Hey I have new Lenovo z570 laptop recently. It has a unique keyboard. I am able to use it but not to its full capabilities. I am unable to map some of the 'extra' keys to their respective functions. ...
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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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How to use fingerprint reader on Lenovo ThinkPad? Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Thinkpad X380 Yoga running Ubuntu 20.04 freshly installed (I am a complete beginner coming from windows).
I have tried the solution suggested here:
[How do I install a fingerprint reader on ...
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Bumblebee and Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 with Nvidia GeForce GT 630M
Bumblebee doesn't recognizes my graphic card,
$ lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible ...
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