Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 2

Hardware
PCI/USB ID
Working?
Haptic Touchpad
2C2F:0027
Partial
TrackPoint
Yes
TouchScreen
056A:5383
Yes
Stylus
056A:5383
Untested
GPU
1002:15bf
Yes
Webcam
04f2:b78b
Yes
IR camera
04f2:b78c
Untested
Audio
1022:15e3
Yes
Wi-Fi
14c3:0616
Yes
Bluetooth
0489:e0d9
Yes
Fingerprint reader
06cb:0123
Untested
USB4
Yes
TPM
Untested
Accessibility
The BIOS only offers GUI operation, and can be navigated to some degree via the keyboard.
Note
Blind users may want to request the help of a sighted person to change BIOS settings
Haptic Touchpad
The device uses a I2C HID Sensel haptic touchpad, with configurable force requirements and haptic feedback.
Sensitivity and Haptic intensity
The haptic intensity can be set using
hid-tools
at runtime. Configuration options can be listed as follows after installing the package:
# hid-feature list /dev/hidraw0
To set maximum haptics:
# hid-feature set /dev/hidraw0 -f b0000 100
Configuration for click sensitivity has not yet been identified,
The device reverts to default settings after reboot, which feels like a high sensitivity requiring only light press and a medium or low haptic intensity.
Webcam
Works out of the box. However, web applications have a tendency to pick the IR camera first, which will fail and require changing the camera selection.
GPU
The integrated GPU is seeing very active support from AMD. The iGPU is shared with certain Framework models, with AMD actively engaging with their forums.
The dedicated GPU is an older RDNA2 chip. All displays connect to the iGPU.
GPU Resets
The GPU currently has a tendency to reset under certain applications, Chrome and Electron in particular. Handling this gracefully requires a display server that correctly handles GPU resets.
In case of
Sway
, this currently requires running the master branch through
sway-git
AUR
.
Display brightness (OLED)
The brightness for the OLED panel uses the amdgpu's "aux" controls. The brightness slowly animates to the selected value. The scale appears very non-linear, with 30% under Linux more or less matching 75% under Windows.
Whenever the display is re-enabled (e.g., due to closing the lid), it does so at a default brightness value despite the kernel still reporting the previously set value.
USB4/Thunderbolt
When connected to a Thunderbolt 3 dock during boot, USB has a tendency to stop working after boot completes, despite USB being functional for example in the cryptsetup prompts earlier.
Disconnecting the cable and plugging it back in fixes it as a workaround.
Function keys
Ctrl
is placed to the left of
Fn
, which differs from the normal ThinkPad placement where
Fn
is on the left. The buttons are the same size, and can be swapped in the firmware as usual.
Key
Visible?
1
Marked?
2
Effect
Fn
Yes
No
XF86WakeUp
Fn+Esc
No
Yes
Enables Fn lock
Fn+F1
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioMute
Fn+F2
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioLowerVolume
Fn+F3
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
Fn+F4
Yes
Yes
XF86AudioMicMute
Fn+F5
Yes
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessDown
Fn+F6
Yes
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessUp
Fn+F7
Yes
Yes
XF86Display
Fn+F8
Yes
Yes
XF86WLAN
3
Fn+F9
No
Yes
Toggle Webcam
Fn+F10
Yes
Yes
XF86Go
Fn+F11
Yes
Yes
Cancel
Fn+F12
Yes
Yes
XF86Favorites
Fn+Space
No
Yes
Cycle keyboard backlight
Fn+Tab
Yes
No
XF86FullScreen
Fn+PrtSc
Yes
No
XF86Launch2
Fn+Shift_R
Yes
No
XF86Launch3
Fn+4
Yes
No
XF86Sleep
3
Fn+B
Yes
No
Ctrl_L + Break
Fn+P
Yes
No
Pause
Fn+K
Yes
No
Scroll Lock
Fn+Left
Yes
No
Home
Fn+Right
Yes
No
End
Fn+Up
Yes
Yes
Prior
Fn+Down
Yes
Yes
Next
Fn+S
Yes
No
Alt_L + Sys_Req
Fn+End
Yes
Yes
Ins
Fn+Shift_L+S
Yes
No
Meta_L
The key is visible via
wev
and similar tools
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
systemd-logind handles this by default
See also
Specification:
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_Z16_Gen_2/ThinkPad_Z16_Gen_2_Spec.pdf
Ubuntu certification:
https://ubuntu.com/certified/202311-32301