Hi everyone,

I recently installed Linux Lite 6.2 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8 laptop, but I'm having trouble getting the audio to work.

Here's what I've tried so far:

* Reinstalled PulseAudio and ALSA
* Checked BIOS settings (audio is enabled)
* Made sure there are no physical mute switches engaged
* Updated Linux Lite to the latest version
* Tried loading different kernel modules (`snd_hda_intel`, `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl`)
* Checked the ALSA mixer (`alsamixer`)

Despite these efforts, the system still doesn't detect any sound cards (`aplay -l` shows no output).

Here's a summary of the relevant terminal output:

* **lspci:** Shows that the audio device is an Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller, but the kernel driver in use is `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl`.
* **dmesg:** Reveals errors related to the `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl` module failing to initialize the audio device.
* **lsmod:** Confirms that the `snd_hda_intel` module is loaded but not actively used.
* **aplay -l:** Shows no soundcards found.

I suspect there might be a driver issue or a compatibility problem between the `sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl` module and my Intel audio chip.

Has anyone else encountered a similar issue with this Lenovo model on Linux Lite? Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Linux Lite 6.4 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8, and I'm having trouble getting the touchpad to work. The touchpad worked perfectly fine in Windows, but it's not even being recognized by Linux Lite.

I've tried the following troubleshooting steps:

BIOS: Confirmed that the touchpad is enabled in the BIOS settings.
FN Keys: Tested all FN key combinations (Fn + F6, Fn + F8, etc.) with no effect.
Drivers: Installed and updated the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics driver.
GRUB: Modified the GRUB configuration with various parameters (i8042.nopnp=1 pci=nocrs).
X11 Configuration: Verified that the touchpad isn't disabled in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf.
Blacklisted Modules: Confirmed no touchpad-related entries in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.
Hardware Switch: Checked for a physical switch, but my model doesn't have one.
Reinstalled Input Drivers: Reinstalled xserver-xorg-input-all without success.
Kernel Modules: I also tried manually loading the psmouse and elan_i2c kernel modules, even though they weren't listed in the output of lsmod, but it didn't make a difference.

Additional Information:

The touchpad isn't detected in Linux Lite's "Mouse and Touchpad" settings.
xinput output:
Virtual core pointer              id=2    [master pointer (3)]
⎜  ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer          id=4    [slave pointer (2)]
⎜  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan              id=7    [slave pointer (2)]
⎜  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan Keyboard          id=8    [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard              id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
  ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard          id=5    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Power Button                  id=6    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan              id=9    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C        id=10    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Ideapad extra buttons              id=11    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard          id=12    [slave keyboard (3)]
  ↳ Razer Razer Taipan Keyboard          id=13    [slave keyboard (3)]

sudo dmidecode -t 3 output:

# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.4 present.

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: IdeaPad Slim 3 14IAN8
Serial Number: PF4Z8QKW
Asset Tag: NO Asset Tag
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00000000
Height: Unspecified
Number Of Power Cords: 1
Contained Elements: 0
SKU Number: SKU Number

I'm hoping someone in the Lenovo or Linux Lite community has encountered this issue and can offer a solution.

Is there a specific driver or firmware update I should try? Any configuration tweaks that might help? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hi there
where is this prompt configured?

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Hit:3 http://update.send-anywhere.com/linux/debian stable InRelease
Hit:4 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:7 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:8 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite fluorite InRelease
Hit:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Ign:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/micahflee/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuh...ss2/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:13 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/xtradeb/apps/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Err:14 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/micahflee/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
Reading package lists...
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/i18n/Translation-en' as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/i18n/Translation-en_US' as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/cnf/Commands-amd64' as repository 'http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease' doesn't have the component 'universe' (component misspelt in sources.list?)
W: http://update.send-anywhere.com/linux/de.../InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/micahflee/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release' does not have a Release file.

Hey,

I'm trying to run a Live System version of Linux Lite off a USB on a work Lenovo thinkpad x13 which is running Windows 11 and is bootlocker protected with TPM2.0.

I can boot it by turning off Safe Boot but then it's a pain as when i try to boot the windows partition it asks for a BitLocker recovery key.

I can also boot it with Secure Boot by enabling "Allow Microsoft 3rd Party UEFI CA" in the Lenovo Bios, but for some reason that still triggers Bitlocker recovery when booting into Windows?

Has anyone found a solution for this? Why should bitlocker care that 3rd party is enabled, it's still a certified secure boot? Is it to do with the TPM? I would love to just be able to boot off the USB without going into the BIOS everytime. Thanks in advance!

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Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Hit:3 http://mirror.kamp.de/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirror.kamp.de/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite fluorite InRelease
Hit:6 http://mirror.kamp.de/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:7 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Ign:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nathan-...lux/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:9 http://mirror.kamp.de/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Err:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nathan-...lux/ubuntu jammy Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
Hit:11 http://mirror.kamp.de/ubuntu jammy-proposed InRelease
Reading package lists...
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nathan-renniewaldock/flux/ubuntu jammy Release' does not have a Release file.

I am new to LL, but not to Linux, I've been using ubuntu linux and derivatives since 2009 when I started with Jaunty.

Extracted iso to a freshly formatted USB drive.  All operations were successful.  I can see all items in the drive in both Windows and LLOS 5.8.  Macrium Reflect does not see the drive and Gparted sees the drive as unallocated.  The drive was formatted in both NTFS and fat 32 with the same non bootable results.  I have never had this issue before and boot LLOS 5.8 from a USB external HDD.  This same USB drive had Ubuntu Cinnamon installed on it last month and it booted fine.

First, I have linuxlite 6.6 installed on a bootable 64Gb SanDisk Cruiser USB stick. Second, my Internet access is through my Android phone's hotspot.
Two nights ago I installed KSTARS and it was working fine - including downloading DSS images from the internet.  When I went to shut down later, I got an "error trying to log out".  Trying to logout and shut down again gave me the same error. I had to power off the computer. Last night, KSTARS failed to download any images. I tried to start up Chrome to search for a solution to this problem, but nothing happened after clicking the Chrome icon on the panel. I also noticed that the word Menu on the left end of the panel was replaced by the linuxlite feather icon.  It turns out that it brings up the whisker menu which is similar to the original menu.  Trying to logout and shuthut down from there gives me the same "error trying to logout".  Any ideas as to how I should proceed to fix these problems?

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How do i fix my update errors? Thanks From Joe