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# Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 13)

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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
GPU | `8086:64a0` | Yes
NPU | `8086:643e` | Untested
Wi-Fi | `8086:a840` | Yes
Bluetooth | `8086:a876` | Yes
Mobile broadband | `` | Untested
Audio | `8086:a828` | Yes
TouchPad |  | Yes
TrackPoint |  | Yes
Webcam | `30c9:005f` | Yes
Fingerprint reader | `27c6:658c` | Yes

This article is about Arch Linux on a Lenovo ThinkPad x1 Carbon Gen 13.

## Accessibility

The firmware is GUI-based. It supports keyboard navigation as well as mouse navigation. To access firmware settings, press `F1` while the computer is starting. The firmware provide an audio cue to indicate that it has entered the settings menu. There are no accessibility-specific options or modes available.

Note Blind users may need to request the help of a sighted person to change firmware settings.

OCR assistive tools might struggle with presenting the UI's layout in a useful way for navigation.

The default text size is a little larger than average. The background color is white, and the selected menu option is highlighted with a thin blue colored dashed box.

### Disabling Secure Boot

1. Power on the system, or press `Ctrl+Alt+Del` to reset if it is already running.
2. Press `F1` until the audio cue.
3. Wait a couple of seconds.
4. Press 4x `Down` to highlight the Security tab.
5. Press `Enter` to display the Security menu content.
6. Press `Tab` to enter the menu on the right side.
7. Press 9x `Down` to select Secure Boot sub-menu
8. Press `Enter` to enter the sub-menu.
9. Press 2x `Down` to select the Secure Boot toggle button.
10. Press `Enter` to enable/disable secure boot.
11. Press `F10` to save and exit.

### Selecting a boot device

1. Power on the system, or press `Ctrl+Alt+Del` to reset if it is already running.
2. While the system is starting press `F12` until the audio cue indicate it will enter the one time boot menu.
3. Pressing `Down` the number of time required to select your usb, the first press will select the first entry in the list.
4. Press `Enter` to select the entry. The USB should be at the bottom of the list, below the already installed OSes and the internal SSD.

## Firmware

fwupd supports updating the UEFI BIOS out of the box.

## Audio

This laptop requires sof-firmware in order to make the sound card working. See Sound Open Firmware.

## Fingerprint reader

The fingerprint reader works out of the box using fprintd. See Fprint.

## Function keys

Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect
--- | --- | --- | ---
`Fn+Esc` | No | Yes | Toggles 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` | No | Yes |
`Fn+F9` | Yes | Yes | PrtSc
`Fn+F10` | Yes | Yes |
`Fn+F11` | Yes | Yes |
`Fn+F12` | Yes | Yes | `XF86Favorites`
`Fn+Super_R` | Yes | Yes | `Menu`
`Fn+Space` | No | Yes | Adjust Keyboard Backlight
`Fn+Left` | Yes | No | `Home`
`Fn+Right` | Yes | No | `End`
`Fn+Tab` | No | No |
`Fn+4` | Yes | No | `XF86Sleep`
`Fn+B` | Yes | No | `Break`
`Fn+K` | Yes | No | `Scroll_Lock`
`Fn+P` | Yes | No | `Pause`
`Fn+S` | Yes | No | `Sys_Req`
`Fn+N` | No | No |
`Fn+G` | No | No |

1. The key is visible to `xev` and similar tools.
2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.

## See also

- ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 and ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Linux User Guide (pdf)

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