Re: NFS CARBON FULL ISO INSTALLER CD-KEY Crack
Savage Doherty
The BIOS firmware is non-free and proprietary as it the case with all ThinkPads and nearly all laptops. According to this thread there is a bug in the default BIOS that means that suspend to RAM is broken in GNU/Linux.
I downloaded the amd64 net install image from the normal place and installed the rest of the system using the built-in Ethernet port which required no firmware or extra drivers. I did the normal dd if=FILENAME.iso of=/dev/sdX method of getting the installer onto the a USB stick to boot. I turned off restricted boot in BIOS first. In general, the latest version of the Debian installation guide is always a good source of guidance on installing Debian.
If you want to use the built-in wireless and/or Bluetooth, you will need to install the non-free iwlwifi firmware package. It is very lame that we still have to do this to use hardware we have purchased.
Alternatively, you can buy the OneLink Pro dock which apparently works with higher resolutions over its DisplayPort connector. I have exchanged docks but have not received the Pro version so I cannot verify this.
As a long-term ThinkPad user, I love the TrackPoint pointing stick. If you plan on using this, the built-in touchpad is incredibly aggravating because it is very easy to brush against it while using the TrackPoint.
In BIOS, there is an option to disable the touchpad. Although this works in Windows, it does absolutely nothing in GNU/Linux. Part of the issue is that, unlike the older X1 Carbon and other ThinkPads, there are no TrackPoint buttons. Instead of buttons, there are regions at the top of the touchpad which are configured, in software, to act like buttons. If you want to be able to click, the touchpad can never be truly turned off.
This is not problem unique to the Haswell X1 Carbon and a number of people have been struggling with this issue on other Lenovo laptops. Essentially, what you need to do is configure your touchpad so that the buttons are where you want them and so that it ignores any input for the purposes of cursor movement.
Essentially, the first Option line will create a middle button that is 36% of the width and 42% of the height, and a right button that is 34% of the width and 42% of the height. The synaptics manpage (man synpatics) will give you more detail on the general way this works.
As I write this this, released kernels do not support the adaptive keyboard Fn button which means you cannot use anything other than the F-keys out of the box. I believe it also means that resuming from suspend to RAM breaks these keys.
That said, Shuduo Sang from Canonical has released several versions of a patch to to the thinkpad_acpi kernel module which adds support for the Home mode. The other modes (web and chat) do not seem to be supported. The latest version of the patch is on on the Linux Kernel Mailing List and the relevant commits are:
Although this is not supported in Debian testing at the time of writing, a bug was filed in Debian and quickly fixed by Ben Hutchings in Debian kernel version 3.14.2-1 which is currently in sid/unstable. As a result, if you install the latest version kernel from Debian unstable (3.14.2-1 or later), the adaptive keyboard just works.
Many new Thinkpad laptops have a dock (Thinkpad OneLink Dock) containing a usb ethernet chip that is supported by the ax88179 driver. However its USB ID is not included in the driver shipped with the 3.13 kernel used in Trusty. A patch to add this ID has been sent to the LKML (see ) and it would be very convenient for all users of the dock if it could be applied to the Trusty kernel.
Sorry for spamming. Am in a hurry. If this does not work, I really have to read that article. Wont post any comment here anymore until I got a finaly solution.
Will not install windows on this beautiful machine.
Is it a coincidence that on the same day another prominent blogger posted about the very same subject (although a different point of view)? Namely: Setting up Linux on a Lenovo X1 Carbon. -laptop-blues/ How small is the world.
We were able to get some of these new X1 without Windows .. although we did have to make a commitment to buy 10 of them. We had to do the same to the previous version as well (which was a bit more Linux friendly).
MBR hard drive with BIOS boot
GPT hard drive with EFI secure boot
ISO9660 optical disc with El Torito images for both BIOS and EFI secure boot
legacy Apple Partition Map disc with bootable HFS+ filesystem
This is interesting but I would really appreciate a longer review of the island keyboard. I have never used one that is anywhere near as good as the old X series keyboard for touch typists. As a long time X series user I would appreciate your views.
Can you point me to a link? I was under the impression that (a) this required Wayland which is not included by default in any distribution and (b) this did not address the problem I currently have which is having two different screens being used at the same time with different pixel densities.
Did you consider the Chromebook Pixel? Like you, I hate the whole drive towards widescreen in screens, and it has a much nicer 3:2 ratio, with similar DPI (25601770). It works quite well with Debian; I added info to the Debian wiki at .
Were you able to make the scrolling with the trackpoint and the middle button work. They seem to have succeeded on Arch by modifying the synaptics driver. The problem is reported here: +source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/1246683
Unfortunately, the nipple mouse remains markedly inferior to those on previous thinkpads. The problem appears to be the reduced smoothness and physical responsiveness of the touchpoint at low force levels. As a result, fingers have to work harder to move the mouse around, which is basically a disaster.
I am considering switching my awesome X230 for a lighter laptop. And like you I am very fond of Lenovo. Could you please tell me a bit about the battery life you get ? Also what about Wi-fi performances ?
You write about an e1000 ethernet dongle, is it provided with the laptop ?
Many thanks for your answers !
Have you made any progress on the scaling issue. I also have a rather large secondary display (a 30 inch hp monitor at 2560X1600) When I dock the carbon (2015 model) the scaling is all wonky when I drag a window from one side to the other. I can get it to work with this dance of closing the window and reopening it to render first on the secondary display instead of being drug over from the laptop display.
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