Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 (Gen 9)

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Hardware
PCI/USB ID
Working?
Audio
8086:7e28
Yes
Fingerprint reader
06cb:0123
Yes
GPU
8086:7d45
Yes
NFC
No
NPU
8086:7d1d
Untested
Mobile Broadband
1eac:1007
Yes
Touchpad
Yes
Touchscreen
Yes
TrackPoint
Yes
Webcam
30c9:005f
Yes
"Intel IPU6"
Partial
Wi-Fi
8087:0033
Yes
The 9th generation of the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 2-in-1 (formely X1 Yoga) is an Intel based 2-in-1 laptop with a 14 inch touchscreen introduced in 2024. The laptop screen can be folded over transforming the device in a tablet like tool while also including a stylus as an extra form of input. It uses the Intel Iris Xe graphics card and the 14th generation of Intel processors.
One of the main changes is that the pen is not stored inside the housing but instead outside fixed with a magnet.
To ensure you have this version,
install
the package
dmidecode
and run:
# dmidecode -t system | grep Version
Version: ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 9
Accessibility
This laptop features a UEFI interface that is driven with a mouse or touchscreen; however, this interface can be disabled in favor of a traditional keyboard interface which is more accessible to use. Blind users might need to request help from a sighted person in order to make this change initially, but once changed the interface is far more easily navigable.
The boot device can be changed out of the box without needing to access the UEFI menu during boot by hitting F12, though the menu is initially on a 10 second timer so it might be necessary to input an UP or DOWN after the menu loads if the user is using a screen reader or something else which might take time in order to provide the user feedback on which option to select.
Audio
This laptop requires
Sound Open Firmware
in order to make the sound card working.
Fingerprint
The fingerprint reader works out of the box using
fprintd
. See
Fprint
.
Firmware
Similar to
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 10)#Firmware
, UEFI firmware and other device firmware is available through the
Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)
, and can be installed using
fwupd
. Updates to the UEFI firmware include updates to the Intel Management Engine, so they may fail altogether if IME is disabled on the UEFI settings. A workaround for this is to temporarily enable IME, upgrade the firmware with
fwupd
, and disable IME after that.
Secure boot works out of the box with custom keys from multiple tools, including
sbctl
.
Intel Total Memory Encryption works out of the box by enabling it in the firmware configuration. Probably applies to vPro variants only.
Function keys
In the firmware configuration it is possible to swap the
Ctrl
and
Fn
keys.
Key
Visible?
1
Marked?
2
Effect
Fn+Esc
No
Yes
Toggles Fn lock
Fn+F1
Yes
Yes
Toggles audio mute
Fn+F2
Yes
Yes
Audio lower volume
Fn+F3
Yes
Yes
Audio raise volume
Fn+F4
Yes
Yes
Toogles microphone mute
Fn+F5
Yes
Yes
Display brightness down
Fn+F6
Yes
Yes
Display brightness up
Fn+F7
Yes
Yes
Toggle display
Fn+F8
No
Yes
Marked as
Mode
Fn+F9
Yes
Yes
Print screen
Fn+F10
Yes
Yes
Launch2
Fn+F11
No
Yes
Marked as
Microsoft Phone Link
Fn+F12
Yes
Yes
Favorites
Fn+Space
No
Yes
Toggles keyboard backlights
Fn+4
Yes
No
System sleep
Fn+Left
Yes
No
Home
Fn+Right
Yes
No
End
Fn+l
No
No
Switch to low power mode
Fn+m
No
No
Switch to balanced/medium power mode
Fn+h
No
No
Switch to performance/high power mode
The key is visible to
showkey
and similar tools.
Wayland-only
indicates the code can only be seen from a Wayland session.
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.
Graphics
The still experimental Xe driver works, see
Intel graphics#Testing the new experimental Xe driver
for more details.
Libinput
Touchpad, Trackpad, Touchscreen, and Wacom digitizer work out of the box using
Libinput
and Wayland.
NFC
The instruction on
NFC
did not work in my case and I was not able to even list the device using
pcsc_scan -r
.
Mobile Broadband
There are two models supported: Quectel EM160R-GL G2, and Quectel RM520N-GL. Both modules use a direct PCI connection instead of USB, and they are all integrated through the new "wwan" subsystem: the Qualcomm based ones are supported in the kernel since 5.13.
Putting any other card will result in a "unsupported network card" message during POST following a forced shutdown.
Model
FRU
P/N
Quectel EM160R-GL G2
5W11H85449
?
Quectel RM520N-GL
5W11H85459
4XC1Q24435
Both card need the FCC unlock procedure as detailed in
Mobile broadband modem#FCC locking
.
For Quectel RM520N-GL that would be:
# ln -s /usr/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/1eac /etc/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d/1eac:1007
Webcam
There are two webcam types:
FHD 1080p camera - works out of the box
MIPI "Computer Vision" 2160p camera - does not work out of the box currently
Because webcam and display are treated as a single unit, the type is determined with the display option:
Display
Webcam
14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200)
FHD 1080p
14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) matte
FHD 1080p
14" 2,8K (2880 x 1800) OLED
MIPI "Computer Vision" 2160p
14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) ePrivacy
MIPI "Computer Vision" 2160p
Brightness OLED Screen
Unlike previous OLED panels, the value written in
/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
defines the screen brightness. For the OLED version the maximum value is
400
.
Performance modes
Lenovo supports 'platform-profiles', which can either greatly improve performance and throttling, or battery life and thermals. The default mode is "balanced" however users can switch between these modes using keyboard shortcuts:
Fn+l
- Low-power mode
Fn+m
- Balanced mode (aka Medium)
Fn+h
- Performance mode (aka High)
The currently active mode can be checked with the following command:
# cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile
The performance mode may also be queried and set using
powerprofilesctl
from
power-profiles-daemon
. See
CPU frequency scaling#Userspace tools
.