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How to install Linux Mint on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon USB

Here is How to install Linux Mint on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon with both the methods Straight installation and Dual Booting with other operating systems.

Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon

• Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon is powered by 1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U with 4GB DDR3 of RAM and storage of 180GB.
• It has a 14-inch IPS display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels.
• Lastly, it weighs 3.15 pounds.

What is Linux Mint?

• Linux Mint is a Linux community-driven operating system which is based on Ubuntu.
• It is very easy to use with a modern and elegant design with full out-of-the-box support of multimedia
• The development of Linux Mint started in 2006 with the release of Linux Mint 1.0 based on Kubuntu.
• Linux Mint 2.0 is based on Ubuntu following its own codebase.

Advantages of Installing Linux Mint in your Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

• Low memory usage
• Many Useful features such as automatically fixing issues which is better than Ubuntu
• Ease in installing themes
• Faster, Lighter and sleeker experience with software
• Plenty of applications available by default such as media Codecs and Flash

Requirements

• Backup your Data
• A Formatted USB drive of 6/8GB
• Download Linux Mint image file from the official website – https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php. There are three versions of Linux Mint: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. Recommended: Cinnamon

Create a Bootable USB

1. After installing Rufus simply select the ISO file from the file manager and accept all settings when the popup window appears.
2. Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI and If your laptop has UEFI bios then select the other two options.
3. For the Filesystem select NTFS option and select if your PC has UEFI bios then select FAT32.
4. The default Cluster size option should be selected.
5. Make sure all three options including Quick Format, Create a Bootable disk using and Create extended labels and icon files are selected.
6. Finally, start the process and this software will automatically format and create bootable USB flash drive.

Change boot-order to boot from USB in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

• Turn your Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon off or restart it.
• To enter into BIOS press F1 or F12 repeatedly when Lenovo logo appears.
• Lenovo also provides a Novo Button to go directly in the Boot menu.
• Use Right Arrow to navigate to sections and use on-screen instructions to change the boot order to USB.

Instructions to Install Linux Mint on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Linux Mint will be installed on your machine after a few steps:

1. Selecting Language

• The First step is to select your desired language or the language you will be using in the operating system.
• Also, Language can also be changed later.

2. Keyboard Selection and Proprietary Software

• Choose your Keyboard Layout and Detect Keyboard Layout.
• To ensure keys working properly you can use the text box provided below. Now the Screen will ask you to install proprietary software.
• If you want to play media files like MP3 then you should select the option.

3. Target Installation

• The Linux Mint installation Wizard provides many options for where to install Linux Mint. If you want to install Linux Mint in the entire hard drive then Select “Erase disk and install Linux Mint”.
• The option will delete all your files permanently.
• So in case you want to install Linux Mint by erasing method then make sure that you have made a complete backup of your all files.
• The other two options are encrypting Linux Mint and Logical Volume Manager (a Linux system to manage data on the hard drive efficiently).
• Something Else is the option to create partitions or Dual booting with Windows or any other operating system. So if you want a clean install without any complications select these options else to select something else.

4. Dual Boot Windows and Linux Mint on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

• If you have already installed Windows on your Laptop then start installing Linux Mint with Windows and if not then read the guide to install Windows on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon.
• Select the “Something Else” option to create partitions on your machine and “Continue”.

1. Create Partitions

• We have to create Root, swap, and home partitions
• Firstly, You have to create a root partition.
• Now Choose the free space option and click on +.

• Choose the amount of space you want in your root partition (20GB or 21485MB recommended)
• Option “Use as” should be “Ext4 file journaling system” and mount point as “/” (Root)

Now you have to create the Swap Partition

• Size of Swap partition Depends upon the size of the RAM and available disk space.
• Since the RAM size of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the 16GB size of Swap should be half the size of RAM.

Now you have to create the Home Partition

• You should provide maximum size to the Home partition as this area is where you will keep all your files.
• Finally, after creating all the partitions Home, Swap and Root, click on install now to continue the process of installing Linux Mint on your Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon.

4. Select Timezone, Keyboard Layout, and Login Credentials

You have crossed all the hurdles after reaching this point. Now there are some easy steps left such as Selecting timezone, keyboard layout, and login credentials. Once the installation is completed two options will appear on the screen Continue testing live version or to restart the system. After restarting you will receive a beautiful Linux Operating system on your Screen.

Thanks for being patient and I hope the guide to install Linux Mint on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was helpful.

Welcome to Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Linux Mint

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 7)

Warning: There are reports that enrolling custom Secure Boot keys may brick this machine because of firmware bugs.

The most convenient way to install Arch Linux is by disabling «Secure Boot» Security -> Secure Boot — Set to «Disabled» . However it is possible to self-sign your kernel and boot with it enabled. For further information have a look at the Secure Boot article.

In case your efivars are not properly set it is most likely due to you not being booted into UEFI. Should the problem persist be sure to consult the UEFI#UEFI variables section.

Updates

Automatic (Linux Vendor Firmware Service)

In August of 2018 Lenovo has joined the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) project, which enables firmware updates from within the OS. BIOS updates (and possibly other firmware such as the Thunderbolt controller) can be queried for and installed through fwupd.

If your thunderbolt port is unstable after upgrading with fwupd, you can visit the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 7) driver website and upgrade the thunderbolt firmware manually.

Manual (fwupdmgr)

Lenovo may in the future provide cabinet files that can be directly installed with fwupdmgr. Check for Linux .cab files from the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 7) driver website.

1. Make sure the AC adapter is firmly connected to the target computer.
2. Launch Terminal.
3. Move to the directory where the cabinet file was placed.
4. Run fwupdmgr install xxxxxxxx.cab to schedule firmware update.
5. Restart the system.
6. The computer will be restarted and the UEFI BIOS will be updated.

Sleep/Suspend

The BIOS has two «Sleep State» options, Windows and Linux, which you can find in Config -> Power -> Sleep State . The Linux option is the traditional S3 power state where all hardware components are turned off except for the RAM, and it should work normally. The Windows option is a newer software-based «modern standby» which works on Linux (despite the name). One possible benefit to the Windows sleep state is faster wake up time, and one possible drawback is increased power usage.

Mark Pearson, a Lenovo employee, recommends using the «Windows» sleep state option as it is better supported on modern Intel processors. The same is true for other modern Thinkpads except for AMD models (as of November 2020).

S3 Suspend Bug with Bluetooth Devices

Occasionally your Thinkpad will wake up immediately after suspending with certain bluetooth devices added. To prevent this, remove the devices or disable bluetooth before suspending.

BIOS configurations

In Config > Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode set to Enabled. When disabled, power usage appears to be significantly higher because of a substantial number of CPU wakeups in s2idle.

Tip: You may need to disable Kernel DMA protection in Security > Virtualization > Kernel DMA Protection set to Disabled

Firmware issues

The following issues can all be resolved by upgrading the firmware with fwupdmgr (see #BIOS Updates), but there may be alternative manual/temporary fixes.

Touchpad issues

Due to a bug in a touchpad firmware, the touchpad might not work with following logs in dmesg:

[ 4.499490] i2c_designware i2c_designware.1: i2c_dw_handle_tx_abort: lost arbitration [. ] [ 12.668795] i2c_hid i2c-SYNA8005:00: failed to set a report to device. [ 13.678765] i2c_designware i2c_designware.1: controller timed out

Freeze when suspending

There are reports of the system freezing after initiating a suspend or hibernate. A temporary fix is to add snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0 to your kernel parameters. see [1]. This temporary fix is somehow disable the microphone, use this at your own risk

Power management/Throttling issues

A bug causes the CPU to consume less power than under Windows and throttle at 80°C instead of 97°.

The alternative fix is to install throttled , then start/enable throttled.service .

Audio

This laptop requires ALSA firmware to work.

If you are still having issues, add the following:

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist snd_hda_intel blacklist snd_soc_skl

load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,0 channels=4 load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,7 channels=4

Clicking/cracking noise when using headphones

If you are hearing clicking/cracking noises when using headphones, this command helped me. I have to run it after each restart.

# hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1d SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL 0x0

Clicking/cracking noise when using speakers

The newest alsa-ucm-conf is missing the speakers configuration. Downgrade it to 1.2.3-2.

Microphone

On version 5.3 and newer the SOF firmware can be enabled, see Talk#Microphone.

If you are having issues getting the microphone to be detected, see the troubleshooting section in #Audio.

Camera

Secondary IR

Some models of this laptop include a second infrared (IR) webcam (originally to be used with Windows Hello) which is uncovered by the privacy slider. v4l2-ctl —list-devices will show all available video devices. The IR emitter can be manipulated using chicony-ir-toggle.

Facial authentication can be archived using Howdy.

Function Keys

In the firmware configuration it is possible to swap the Ctrl and Fn keys.

Fingerprint sensor

An official Lenovo firmware with Linux support is available from fwupd. After installing fwupd, you can update the Synaptics Prometheus driver for the fingerprint sensor:

# fwupdmgr refresh # fwupdmgr get-updates Prometheus Fingerprint Reader Device Update: New version: 10.01.3158804 New features and enhancements: Support Linux system # fwupdmgr update

To use the fingerprint sensor, follow the instructions from Fprint.

If you had previously installed the testing version of this driver from lvfs-testing, there should be no issues updating to this driver version from the main repository.

Mobile broadband

The Fibocom LTE module has Linux support once switched to USB mode; see [2] and [3]

Disabling red LED in ThinkPad logo

You can temporarily disable the red LED in the ThinkPad logo on the cover:

1. Enable writing to the embedded controller registers by adding the kernel parameter ec_sys.write_support=1 .
2. Disable the LED with this command:

# echo -n -e "\x0a" | dd of="/sys/kernel/debug/ec/ec0/io" bs=1 seek=12 count=1 conv=notrunc 2> /dev/null

This would need to be run after each suspend/reboot to be permanent.

See also

• https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
• Dell XPS 13 9370 quirks: Some pointers on getting Watt usage down to ~2W, Intel video powersaving features might be interesting, see also the Intel graphics page for interesting power-saving options.
• Intel Blog: Best practice to debug Linux* suspend/hibernate issues, including the pm-graph tool to analyze power usage during suspend
• How to fix volume control (ALSA problem) This is where the volume fix came from originally.
• Windows System Power States
• System Sleep States at kernel.org

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