Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G3 ACL (Type 21A2)

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---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  'unknown'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  LENOVO
model: |
  21A2
bios: |
  GQCN33WW(V1.19)
cpu: |
  AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with Radeon Graphics
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Root Complex [1022:1630]
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [1002:1638] (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
  Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
memory: |
  15200
scsi: |

usb: |
  2
versions:

- works:
    'FIXME:yes|no|partial'
  qubes: |
    R4.1
  xen: |
    4.14.5
  kernel: |
    5.15.89-1
  remark: |
    FIXME
  credit: |
    FIXAUTHOR
  link: |
    FIXLINK

---

Remarks

All is good. Audio, microphone, camera, bluetooth with sys-audio are all working. Video playback is smooth.

A regular PVH qube’s boot time is around 5 seconds, and battery life is decent (5-6 hours surfing the web), which can be prolonged with ryzenadj. Note that building it in fedora-37 will result in non-compatible glibc version in dom0 (2.34 in fc37 vs 2.31 in fc32, if my memory is correct ). So building it in debian-11 is recommended.

With current-testing Xen and kernel 5.15.89, suspend is working great most of the time. However, minor resume instability cannot be ruled out. Track the issue here:

Note that the AX200 wifi card needs firmware-iwlwifi to work. The firmware exists in default fedora-37 template, but not in default debian-11 template.

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Thank you @augsch for your HCL report, which is online now!

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---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  'unknown'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  LENOVO
model: |
  21A2
bios: |
  GQCN30WW(V1.16)
cpu: |
  AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Root Complex [1022:1630]
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Lucienne [1002:164c] (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b852
memory: |
  14158
scsi: |

usb: |
  2
versions:

- works:
    partial
  qubes: |
    R4.1
  xen: |
    4.14.5
  kernel: |
    6.1.12-1
  remark: |
    Specific kernel/firmware needed for Wi-Fi, sys-net needs reboot after resume, resume sometimes fails, [read more](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/lenovo-thinkbook-14-g3-acl-lenovo-21a2/17952)
  credit: |
    oftheforest
  link: |
    https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/lenovo-thinkbook-14-g3-acl-lenovo-21a2/17952

---

Remarks

This machine has been my daily driver for a couple weeks. It generally works well, with a few specific flaws:

  • The WI-Fi card is not recognized out-of-the-box—at least at time of writing—to use it, you’ll need to customize your NetVM with a specific kernel version and a blob from a specific linux-firmware version. If you do that, it should work well, except that:
  • If you suspend the machine, on resume you will probably need to restart your NetVM before the Wi-Fi card will be recognized again.
  • Also, **resuming from suspend is itself unreliable. **I think the pattern is that you can suspend and resume twice, but it won’t come back from a third suspend and you’ll need to reboot (but I’m not sure).

Things I tested that work perfectly:

  • Built-in keyboard/trackpad
  • Networking (Ethernet) (although the port is one of those collapsing ones that takes some finesse to use)
  • Audio playback (with built-in speakers or 3.5mm headphones)
  • USB-A
  • Keyboard backlight

I couldn’t get Bluetooth or the fingerprint reader working (but I didn’t try nearly as hard as I did with the Wi-Fi).

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Thank you @oftheforest for your HCL report, which is online now!

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Hi, since time has passed, are you still experiencing unstable suspend/resume and unrecognised wifi card? Would love to hear it.

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