Lenovo X1 Carbon 1.gen

[Finsh]

Hello,

i recently got interested in the Qubes and i'm thinking on installing it
on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 1gen Type: 3460-1F4.

I couldn't find this specific Model in the HCL, are there any known issues?

Also i want to combine it withe Coreboot/ libreboot, which got recently
supported according to
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X1-Carbon-Gen1-Coreboot

Help is much appreciated,

Greetings from Germany, Finsh

PS: If helpfull, here ist the lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM
Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core
processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216
Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family KT Controller (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family
USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family
High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI
Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family
USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QS77 Express Chipset LPC
Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family
6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus
Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller
(rev 07)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205
[Taylor Peak] (rev 96)

[Holger Levsen]

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 07:00:04AM -0700, Finsh wrote:
> i recently got interested in the Qubes and i'm thinking on installing it
> on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 1gen Type: 3460-1F4.
>
> I couldn't find this specific Model in the HCL, are there any known issues?

I've installed Qubes on mine before it ran coreboot and encountered no issues.
(Except that 8gb RAM is a bit too little for my taste.)

> Also i want to combine it withe Coreboot/ libreboot, which got recently

I've not tested installing Qubes since it runs coreboot, mostly because I had
no real opportunity to do so since then…

(But I've seen a X200s where the Qubes installation failed to boot after it
was corebooted…)

So I suppose there is one way to find out: try. You should keep a backup of
your legacy BIOS anyway… ;-)


--
cheers,
Holger

[Jean-Philippe Ouellet]

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Finsh <finsha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i recently got interested in the Qubes and i'm thinking on installing it
> on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 1gen Type: 3460-1F4.
>
> I couldn't find this specific Model in the HCL, are there any known issues?

I also ran on a 1st gen X1 (lenovo type 3443, 16gb ram, some
2xxx-series i7, 256gb disk) for a few months on stock BIOS. I only
switched to a newer (4th gen) X1 because I had a hardware failure on
my old one. If I didn't need to resume being productive immediately I
would have preferred to fix the old one rather than replace it,
especially so in hindsight given that I just lived with broken
suspend/resume for a while on my 4th gen (fixed now).

All hardware was well-supported IIRC, and it was more than adequate
performance-wise, even for my usual workload of ~10 simultaneous VMs
and lots of compiling stuff.

The fact that it allegedly runs coreboot almost makes me wanna try to
fix it and go back to it! :) IIRC it even had external USB ports on
separate USB controllers whereas my 4th-gen X1 does not. Overall a
solid Qubes laptop, would recommend.

Cheers,
Jean-Philippe

[Finsh]

Thanks for the Answers, im installign Qubes right now, coreboot the next days.
We will see.

Greetings