lenovo_x1_carbon_7th_generation_vs._ubuntu_19.10

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Lenovo X1 Carbon 7th generation vs. Ubuntu 19.10

i love my old Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th generation, it is light, still large enough to work productively while on the go and it has a long battery life. however, i recently got a new 7th generation x1 and would really love to use it instead due to the much better display (Hi-DPI, which starts to become usable even with Linux) and it supposedly lasts even longer on battery power.

sadly though, the Linux compatibility somehow is not the same anymore as on my old one. My 5th Gen worked out of the box from day 1, on the 7th gen i am struggeling to get some stuff working, even tough it is on the list of certified hardware for ubuntu!

i have currently the latest and up-to-date ubuntu 19.10 installed, but am still facing some issues:

… every now and then.. mostly after wakup from suspend but sometimes even right after booting the computer

not fixed so far! supposedly there should be a firmware upgrade for the synaptics touch pad which could fix this. the problem is, the synaptics pad firmware can only be updated under windows and I don't have a windows partitoin anymore!

another suggestion is, that it might have something to do with the NFC module.

it is started in PCIe mode bu there are no linux drivers for the module in pcie mode and there will never be pcie drivers

- the speaker volume can only be 100% or 0%, any volume higher than 0% will result in 100% volume (even though a lower value is displayes it will scream out of its speakers)

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  • Last modified: 07.11.2019 01:22
  • by Pascal Suter