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Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen Linux Setup.md

I'm documenting my setup for configuring my ThinkPad on Linux

Issues:

  • Brightness controls stop working (cinnamon.power) after suspend
  • Wireless (wifi) interface not found after suspend

Fixes:

  • Wireless problems (Ask Ubuntu Wifi doesn't work after suspend)
sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service

Overheating and Battery Life (from itsFOSS) To install TLP in Ubuntu based Linux distributions, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw

If you are using ThinkPads, you require an additional step:

sudo apt-get install tp-smapi-dkms acpi-call-dkms

Restart your system after installation. Check this page for installation instructions in other Linux distributions.

You may start to feel the difference in few hours or in couple of days. To uninstall TLP, you can use the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove tlp
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:linrunner/tlp
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