Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 3)
The Thinkpad X1E Gen 3 is workstation/multimedia laptop from Lenovo's 2020 ThinkPad X lineup.
This page specifically concerns the specifics of running Arch Linux on this laptop. See Laptop for generic laptop-related information, or ThinkPad for other ThinkPad laptops.
Audio
Built-in audio
This laptop requires firmware in order for the soundcard to work. See Advanced Linux Sound Architecture#ALSA firmware.
Blacklist the snd_hda_intel
and snd_soc_skl
modules.
Configure PulseAudio's to load Alsa modules with the correct device
and channnel
settings, by adding these two lines to /etc/pulse/default.pa
:
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:0,0 channels=4 load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,6 channels=4
Unmute the Master channel:
$ alsamixer -c 0
Then press m
on your keyboard.
Integrated webcam
The integrated webcam needs the uvcvideo kernel module to be loaded to work. See Kernel module for module-loading instructions.