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183.amir

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[Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

Hi everyone,

I have recently bought a Thinkpad carbon X1 2016 and so far I am unable to install Linux on it.
Both Bios and UEFI bootloaders are working when I insert the archlinux iso but on UEFI I just get a black screen after I select the EUFI boot and on BIOS bootloder it gets stuck on Booting the kernel.

Has anyone installed Linux on this machine before? This is a really new laptop and I would appreciate it if anyone could help me.

Last edited by 183.amir (2016-03-11 22:11:15)

elkoraco

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

Secure boot?

183.amir

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

Yes I have tried it enabled and disabled. As I said bootloaders are working, kernel doesn't boot.

Last edited by 183.amir (2016-03-11 13:39:44)

Trilby

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

Have you tried your bootable media on other machines?  How did you create the bootable media?

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183.amir

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

With the dd command. Yes, it works on my older laptop.

183.amir

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

Ok I finally managed to boot with specifying "intel_pstate=disable" in kernel parameters.

Last edited by 183.amir (2016-03-11 22:10:24)

kumala

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

I boot mine with intel_pstate=no_hwp. Do you know if there is any difference?

183.amir

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

I don't know actually but it seems that you are disabling parts of it only.
But now that I have installed Arch Linux on my laptop, I am very happy
I couldn't get the fingerprint reader working with FPrint though.

kumala

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

I can't get the fingerprint reader to work either.
I'll look into the intel_pstate thing, if I find anything interesting I'll post it here.

kumala

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

By the way, what bootloader do you use?

183.amir

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Re: [Solved] Installaing linux on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th-gen 2016

I use systemd-boot.
This is a link to the bug that we are probably facing. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110941