HCL - Lenovo ThinkPad P50 (20ENCTO1WW) Integrated Graphics (P530) & Quadro M2000M

User Support HCL Reports
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---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '1.2'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  LENOVO
model: |
  20ENCTO1WW
bios: |
  N1EETA2W (1.75 )
cpu: |
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1535M v5 @ 2.90GHz
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:1918] (rev 07)
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation HD Graphics P530 [8086:191d] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM [Quadro M2000M] [10de:13b0] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM [8086:15b7] (rev 31)
  Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev 3a)
memory: |
  65230
scsi: |
  Samsung SSD 850  Rev: 4B6Q
usb: |
  1
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      yes
    qubes: |
      R4.2.4
    xen: |
      4.17.5
    kernel: |
      6.12.18-1
    remark: |
      See additional notes on the Qubes Forum
    credit: |
      FIXAUTHOR
    link: |
      FIXLINK

Remarks

Working

  • Keyboard
  • Trackpad
  • Trackpoint
  • USB A
  • USB A connected devices (block storage / thumbsticks, mouse, USB headphones etc)
  • GPU - Intel Corporation HD Graphics P530
  • GPU - NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM (Quadro M2000M)
  • TPM 1.2 module (Discrete TPM chip 1.2 chip with TPM 1.2 mode)
  • Laptop Monitor - 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz
  • External Monitor via HDMI port - 2560 x 1440 @ 60Hz - both Landscape and Potrait modes (given local factors like monitor and HDMI cable used)
  • External monitor via Mini DisplayPort - 2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz - both Landscape and Potrait modes (given local factors like monitor, HDMI cable, and Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI convertor used)
  • Ethernet Networking
  • Wi-Fi Networking
  • Suspend/resume seems to work
  • Wi-Fi connection correctly resumes, after Suspend/resume of the laptop
  • Audio - Local music players, Spotify and YouTube audio all worked
    ā€“ In-built speakers work
    ā€“ USB audio works
    ā€“ 3.5mm audio jack works
  • Videos - VLC and YouTube video worked (a small bit of screen tearing occurred on some videos, but mostly worked well. I never looked further into it)
  • Microphone - gnome-sound-recording(1) on both fedora-41-xfce and debian-12-xfce both worked. The microphone recordings were loud and sounded ā€˜tinnyā€™ on playback - it picks up a lot of ambient noise (could be this environment, but never looked into it further)
  • Webcam - Tested with cheese(1), webcam quality isnā€™t brilliant for modern standards, but it does work on Qubes 4.2

Not Tested

  • HDMI Audio
  • Which of the GPUs was being utilised by the dom0 AdminVM to draw the GUI
  • Anti evil maid
  • ThinkPad Dock
  • Fingerprint Reader (138a:0090) - sys-usb detects the Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS7500 Touch Fingerprint Sensor, and seems like this could be made to work using Marco Trevisanā€™s validity-sensors-tools (see Install Validity fingerprint Sensors Linux tools on Linux | Snap Store) and fprintd(1) / pam_fprintd(8), but didnā€™t work on this any further.
  • X-Rite, Inc. X-Rite Pantone Color Sensor (0765:5101) - Attached to sys-usb by default in Qubes 4.2, and lsusb(1) detects the device, but I have no interest in it.
  • A handful of other unidentified USB devices attached to sys-usb that I never looked into.
  • Any other devices not listed

Not Working

  • USB C - The laptop has a single USB C port on the laptop, tried both low and high powered devices on the port but sys-usb didnā€™t recognise them. Didnā€™t do any testing to see if it could be resolved though, because I have never tried connecting anything before now on the USB C under alternative operating systems. I canā€™t rule out this port is broken on this laptop and Iā€™ve just never noticed it.
  • TPM 2.0 module (Intel Platform Trusted Technology with TPM 2.0 mode) - Qubes 4.2 couldnā€™t detect it.
  • 3f:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) - not understood by the kernel.

Other Notes

  1. After the BIOS was updated with the latest revision, disable TPM 2.0 by entering the BIOS; then go to Security ā†’ Security Chip ā†’ Security Chip Selection; and change default value of Intel PTT (the TPM 2.0 module) to Discrete TPM (the TPM 1.2 module). Qubes 4.2 canā€™t recognise the Intel PTT, but it can recognise the Discrete TPM.
  2. Once Qubes 4.2 is installed, permanently move the ā€œ3f:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Readerā€ PCI device from dom0 to sys-usb; in order to prevent this card reader from being able executing arbitrary code in dom0, whilst the laptop is unattended.

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