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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
GPU | `1002:1681` | Yes
Wireless | `17cb:1103` | Yes
Bluetooth | `17cb:1103` | Untested
Webcam | `04f2:b74f` | Yes
TrackPoint |  | Yes
Touchpad | `06cb:00f9` | Yes
Fingerprint reader |  | Untested
Smartcard reader | `058f:9540` | Untested
Mobile broadband | `2c7c:030a` | Yes

This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T14 (AMD) Gen 3 21CFCT01WW laptop. Everything seems to work pretty much out the box with linux≥5.19.0, except the keyboard does not feel the same as the first generation and the battery life is not great.

For a general overview of laptop-related articles and recommendations, see Laptop.

## Firmware

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Reason: This section should contain information about fwupd support. (Discuss in Talk:Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 3)
Warning:

- If you run system firmware version 0.1.17 do not set the suspend mode in UEFI setup to Linux (S3). This sleep mode is not supported by the CPU. If you set S3 mode and upgrade the system firmware you need to do a downgrade to 0.1.17 to change it back, because the option is removed in newer firmware. If you set S3 mode nevertheless and try to suspend to mem/S3 mode the system will crash and you need to reset it by holding the power button for a few seconds. s2Idle works even in S3 mode but the power consumption is much higher with 4W instead of 0.5W and would drain the battery very fast.

- If you already set the firmware to S3 mode and upgrade to a newer firmware, you can find the older firmware upgrade iso image on the lenovo support page for your device under bios. There you need to click on the small document symbol named "details" to see the older versions. Before you can do a downgrade you have do disable the UEFI rollback prevention under security in the UEFI setup.

### fwupd

fwupd supports the UEFI BIOS, the webcam, the touchpad, the CPU/GPU, TPM and the NVMe controller.

## Sleep to idle (s2idle, S0ix)

According to Lenovo staff the CPU generation in this device only supports s2idle and not S3 sleep.

To try S0ix, write `freeze` to `/sys/power/state` (see Power management/Suspend and hibernate). The system should behave like it is sleeping, except the power button light is on. Press power button to wake up.

S0ix can be used as an alternative to "Sleep to RAM", by changing the following systemd configuration:

    /etc/systemd/sleep.conf

    [Sleep]
    SuspendState=freeze mem standby

## Quectel EM05-G 4G LTE Modem

The integrated modem is supported by default, but you need a custom FCC unlock script for ModemManager. This script should be located at `/usr/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/2c7c` and has to be linked from `/etc/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d/2c7c:030a`

    /usr/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/2c7c

     #!/bin/bash

    # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
    # 2022 Leah Oswald <mail@leahoswald.de>
    #
    # Queltec EM05-G FCC unlock mechanism
    #

    # require program name and at least 2 arguments
    [ $# -lt 2 ] && exit 1

    # first argument is DBus path, not needed here
    shift

    # second and next arguments are control port names
    for PORT in "$@"; do
      # match port name
      echo "$PORT" | grep -q cdc-wdm && {
        CDC_WDM_PORT=$PORT
        break
      }
    done

    # fail if no cdc-wdm port exposed
    [ -n "$CDC_WDM_PORT" ] || exit 2

    # run mbimcli operation
    mbimcli --device-open-proxy --device="/dev/$CDC_WDM_PORT" --quectel-set-radio-state=on
    exit $?

Then link them:

    # ln -s /usr/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/2c7c /etc/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d/2c7c:030a

After that everything should work normal.

There is an issue at the ModemManager Gitlab to add this script to make this obsolete in the future.

## Function keys

Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect
--- | --- | --- | ---
`Fn` | Yes | No | `XF86WakeUp`
`Fn+Esc` | No | Yes | Toggles the Fn lock
`Fn+F1` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioMute`
`Fn+F2` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioLowerVolume`
`Fn+F3` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioRaiseVolume`
`Fn+F4` | Yes | Yes | `XF86AudioMicMute`
`Fn+F5` | Yes | Yes | `XF86MonBrightnessDown`
`Fn+F6` | Yes | Yes | `XF86MonBrightnessUp`
`Fn+F7` | Yes | Yes | `XF86Display`
`Fn+F8` | Yes | Yes | `XF86WLAN`
`Fn+F9` | Yes | Yes | `XF86NotificationCenter`
`Fn+F10` | Yes | Yes | `XF86PickupPhone`
`Fn+F11` | Yes | Yes | `XF86HangupPhone`
`Fn+F12` | Yes | Yes | `XF86Favorites`
`Fn+End` | Yes | No | `Insert`
`Fn+4` | Yes | No | `XF86Sleep`
`Fn+Tab` | Yes | No | `XF86FullScreen`
`Fn+s` | Yes | No | `Alt_L` `Alt_L+Sys_Req`
`Fn+d` | No | No | Toggles the PrivacyGuard feature
`Fn+k` | Yes | No | `Scroll_Lock`
`Fn+p` | Yes | No | `Pause`
`Fn+b` | Yes | No | `Pause`
`Fn+Right Shift` | Yes | No | `XF86FnRightShift`
`Fn+Space` | No | Yes | Controls the keyboard backlight
`Fn+Print` | Yes | No | `XF86SelectiveScreenshot`
`Fn+Left Arrow` | Yes | No | `Home`
`Fn+Right Arrow` | Yes | No | `End`

1. The key is visible to `xev` and similar tools
2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function

## Mute Mic LED always on

There is an issue where the LED light on the mic button is always on. A quick fix is running a simple script at startup and in conjecture with a hotkey deamon.

If the integer in the file `/sys/class/leds/platform\:\:micmute/brightness` is 1 the light is on, if its 0 its of.

    #!/bin/bash

    if pactl list sources | grep -A 5 "Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller Digital Microphone" | grep -q 'Mute: yes'; then
      echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/platform\:\:micmute/brightness
    else
      echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/platform\:\:micmute/brightness
    fi

## See also

- Youtube install playlist
- An issue coming out of Hibernate

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- Lenovo

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