Lenovo ThinkPad X201 - ArchWiki

# Lenovo ThinkPad X201

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The Lenovo X201 is a dual-core subnotebook produced by Lenovo.

Device | Working
Intel graphics | Yes
Network | Yes
Wireless | Yes
ALSA | Yes
Touchpad | Yes
Bluetooth | Yes
Webcam | Yes
Card reader | Yes
Power management | Limited
Backlight | Yes

## Configuration

### Backlight

Append the `acpi_backlight=video` kernel parameter.

### Hibernation

See Power management/Suspend and hibernate#Hibernation.

### Dock

See dockd.

## Troubleshooting

### Overheating

There are some discussions concerning overheating-related shutdowns when running under full load (video encoding, etc). [1] [2]

Use the following thinkfanAUR configuration [3]:

    /etc/thinkfan.conf

    #X201 user specific
    #lvl    low     up      RPM
    (0,    0,      47)     # 0
    (1,    42,     57)     # 2000
    (2,    44,     59)     # 3300
    (3,    50,     65)     # 3500
    (4,    54,     70)     # 3500
    (5,    60,     73)     # 3800
    (6,    62,     83)     # 3800
    (7,    65,     88)     # 4300
    (127,  70,     32767)  # 5300

cpupower can be used for frequency scaling; see Cpufrequtils for more information. Undervolting is not possible with the Intel core iX cpu.

### No speaker output

Try pressing the mute button (next to the Escape key). See this article for details.

### No ACPI events

See coreboot documentation: [4] [5]

### Display issues

See Intel graphics#SNA issues and Intel graphics#DRI3 issues.

X201s: If planning to use VT-d, it is also recommended to add

    intel_iommu=igfx_off

to the kernel parameters. see bug report.

### Hardware virtualization

If KVM claims virtualization support is disabled in BIOS, even with VT-x enabled, disable Intel TXT. [6]

## lspci

Note: Model: X201, Type: 3680-WPH

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
    00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
    00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
    00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
    ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
    ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
    ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
    ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
    ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
    ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)

## See also

- ThinkWiki.org
- ThinkWiki.de

Category:

- Lenovo