Questions tagged [thinkpad]
Brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo.
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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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What is the best way to configure a Thinkpad's TrackPoint?
The previously useful ThinkWiki pages appear quite outdated. I am trying to permanently change my TrackPoint sensitivity and speed settings and enable middle mouse button scrolling. I have tried ...
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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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"System Policy prohibits use as a Hotspot" when trying to turn on WiFi hotspot (option grayed out)
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on ThinkPad x230, W540, T440p, etc.
Sometimes (appears randomly) after a reboot, I try to click on "Turn on WiFi hotspot..." under WiFi settings, but it is greyed out and when ...
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External monitor turns off for several seconds every 5-10 minutes
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 installed on Lenovo ThinkPad T500 laptop with two external monitors connected via display and VGA ports.
I think the issue started after I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04. But I'm not ...
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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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Enabling Mic Mute button and light on Lenovo Thinkpads
I have a mic mute button on my Lenovo Thinkpad T420 , but it doesn't work.
So I tried xev command to monitor press event, and that key wasn't captured.
Is there anyway to fix it , like add raw key ...
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laptop fails to suspend or hibernate (wakes up after 2-5 seconds without user interaction)
This all started happening after upgrading to 13.10, now I am running 14.04 and still have the same issue.
When I close the lid or I do sudo pm-suspend the laptop goes into suspend for 2-5 seconds ...
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Thinkpad middle button scrolling
I'm running Ubuntu on my Thinkpad T60. Is there a way to get the middle button to act like a scroll like it would when it runs Windows?
I'd like to be able to hold the middle button down and scroll ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 audio disappeared after update
I've been using Ubuntu 18.04 on my Thinkpad X1 Carbon 7th gen for some time now with the audio working just fine, but after running some updates yesterday it seems like the audio card has stopped ...
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How to fix slow wireless on machines with Intel wireless cards?
I have looked through all the previous questions but turning power management off for the Wi-Fi card didn't work. This problem seems to be with the Lenovo Thinkpads. I switched to Ubuntu 11.10 from ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 bluetooth low volume
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 on a Thinkpad X1C6 to connect to my new Bose Soundlink Revolve speaker. The connection establishes without problems but the sound volume is super low. If I connect with my ...
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How to disable touchpad while using trackpoint on a Thinkpad?
Thinkpads (e.g. X230 that I'm using) have both a trackpoint and a touchpad. The touchpad is disabled when typing.
However, when I'm using the trackpoint, I often touch the touchpad as well, and ...
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How to use trackpoint but keep touchpad disabled on Lenovo ThinkPad e531
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad e531 laptop. This model has both a touchpad and a trackpoint. I'd like to use the Trackpoint, because I'm used to it from my previous laptop, but I'd also like to disable the ...
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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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How do I setup a self-encrypting Opal 2.0 SSD?
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1 on a Lenovo ThinkPad L480 with an Opal 2.0 compatible NVMe SSD inside. As far as I understand, the drive is always encrypted, but I need to set a password so ...
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Slack closes down on suspend
Running Ubuntu 21.04 on ThinkPad X1 Carbon 9th generation. When I suspend the computer, Slack closes down. Happens every time. Notified Slack, but wondering if anyone else here has encountered this.
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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.
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How do I fix a Thinkpad P14s to wake from sleep?
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad p14s (AMD), and I just freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it. If I go into suspend and then wake my computer up, the screen with the clock appears, but I can't use the keyboard ...
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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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Thinkpad does not wake from sleep - 14.04
On a freshly installed and updated Ubuntu 14.04 my ThinkPad E540 suspends successfully, but won't wake back up - a full reboot is necessary. Moreover, during the suspended state the fan is constantly ...
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Fibocom L850-GL installation on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a new gen 6 X1 carbon with a 4G connection. But, unfortunately, I could not install it in Ubuntu 18.04. I appreciate if anybody can help to install Fibocom L850-GL.
PS: I want to use the 4G ...
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Thinkfan on Thinkpad T410 - thinkpad_acpi doesn't seem to support fan_control
I try to run thinkfan.
I installed it and configured it.
But if i do this i get an error.
chris@chris-ThinkPad-T410:~$ sudo thinkfan -n
WARNING: Using default temperature inputs in /proc/acpi/ibm/...
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Touchpad is not scrolling on Ubuntu 18.04
On Ubuntu MATE 16.04, my touchpad scrolled just fine. Now, on Ubuntu 18.04 (gnome version, the basic one), it doesn't want to scroll when I go up and down at the right side of the touchpad like it ...
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"No Bluetooth found Plug in a dongle to use Bluetooth"
I am have a strange problem with my bluetooth setup. I recently purchased a new T760s ThinkPad that I am pretty certain has an internal bluetooth device. In fact, I have a very vivid memory of ...
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How do I perform easy switching to external monitor
I am currently changing between my laptop and my external monitor with the NVidia X Server Settings program and I'm sure I'm doing it in a really dumb way:
I currently select the external monitor, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Shutdown after Overheating
I use a Thinkpad L13. Now, I have thermal issues especially under full load. When I run my Python program which utilizes all cores, my laptop shuts down soon.
What have I tried so far? I installed TLP ...
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How to enable fingerprint device for Thinkpad t430s in 12.04?
I followed different tutorials to enable fingerprints reading, but without luck.
Fingerprint GUI keeps saying no device found.
Any help on this?
= Edit Following first answer =
I followed the ...
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Will long-term use of ubuntu via wubi harm my PC?
I do see a part of my question being discussed already. The specific answer I'm looking for is, will LONG-TERM use of Ubuntu via Wubi harm my PC (i.e cause irrevocable h/w failure or damage my ...
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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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How to determine identity of obscure `nic:br-` devices in powertop?
Currently, the powertop output from my computer (a thinkpad with skylake i7-6600U running ubuntu 16.04) looks like
The battery reports a discharge rate of 6.90 W
The estimated remaining time is 2 ...
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Suspend to Ram - Thinkpad X1 Carbon 2017, Ubuntu 17.04
Hy folks
I'm a long time MacOS user and i just switched to GNU/Linux. My X1 Carbon arrived one week ago. Config: i7-7600, 16GB, 512GB. I know how to use a Terminal, i also know some CLI commands. But ...
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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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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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TPM error 6 when booting thinkpad
When booting or restarting a ThinkPad running 16.04 with 4.4.0-23-generic. I see a brief error or warning that states
TPM error (6)
Looking at the system, I see a bit of chatter in dmesg
$ dmesg ...
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Where do I have to paste an "xinput" command so that it executes it when GNOME is started?
On my Thinkpad I need to execute something like this in the terminal:
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Middle Button Emulation" 8 1
so that my the 2 buttons on my touchpad emulate ...
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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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External Monitor display on Thinkpad W520 with 12.04
I know there is a lot of material regarding these problems, but much of it seems outdated and nothing seems to be working for my situation:
ThinkPad W520 (Intel 3000 and Nvidia 1000M chipset)
OS: ...
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Using Fingerprint Reader in Kubuntu 20.04. on Thinkpad T495
I installed a fresh copy of Kubuntu 20.04. on my Thunkpad T495 (AMD CPU + Vega graphics). I can enroll my finger prints with "fprintd-enroll" successfully. So the FP reader works generally. But I ...
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Install Fingerprint Driver 138a:0090 on Ubuntu 16.04 (ThinkPad T460s)
I'm about to config my new fantastic T460s with Ubuntu 16.04 (because of Skylake Kernel issue I've to chose such new version)
I tried to use my fingerprint sensor which is 138a:0090 (lusb)
Fingerprint ...
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Touch-pad's two finger scrolling not working after sleep sometimes in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 carbon
I have ThinkPad X1 carbon laptop with Ubuntu 18.04. Touchpad and gestures (Scrolling etc.) work perfectly. But sometimes after wakeup from sleep two-finger scrolling won't work. I have to restart the ...
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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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DisplayPorts in ThinkPad USB-C dock are not detected
My computer is a ThinkPad T480s and I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 running lightdm on Unity. I can use my mouse and keyboard when it is plugged in to the dock but the DisplayPort is not detected. When I plug ...
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How can I solve display glitches and poor performance with ATI fglrx driver on my ThinkPad X100e?
I noticed that video performance on my Thinkpad X100e was very poor compared to Windows 7, so I installed the ATI fglrx proprietary drivers by using the "Additional Drivers" dialogue box. The system ...
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How do I get the fingerprint reader to work on a Lenovo x230 Tablet?
I followed this post: How to enable finger printer with Thinkpad X230
and tried to install software support for my fingerprint reader. But the software does not find it.
This is the message when i ...
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Thinkpad fingerprint scan only at login
I know how to set up the fingerprint reader for my Thinkpad X220 in Ubuntu 11.10.
My question is: Is it possible to only use the fingerprint reader at the LightDM-Login and not when typing "sudo ..." ...
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