Hi, just a small addition, as I have installed Debian 12 on a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12.
> Hi, > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 03:10:02PM -0700, rgta8478jo96 wrote: > > I have recently installed Debian 12 on the band new ThikPadX1 Generation > > > > 12 laptop. > > I am going to assume you mean the 10th generation X1 Carbon since that > is the newest one of that line. Please can you check and confirm if this > is the case? > I think you confused this with the 2in1 convertible X1 laptop which is at Gen 10, but the "normal" X1 Carbon" is now at Gen 13. But not really important. > > > Installation went well and the system is working BUT the > > > > following is not working: sound, microphone, HDMI, and Wi-Fi. > > > I do not have this particular model but it seems that Arch users have > > it almost entirely working: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_10)#Audi > o > > You are very likely going to need a newer kernel, firmware-linux-free, > firmware-linux-nonfree and perhaps others (note the mention of soundcard > firmware). > > I'd probably start by trying bookworm-backports versions of these. If no > joy I'd try booting the forthcoming trixie installer in live mode to > see if that works better. To be honest for a new install today > especially on a laptop I'd probably go straight for trixie anyway as > it's very close to release as stable. > I can confirm that using the newer kernel from Backports solved the issues you reported. Wifi, sound, hdmi are all working with the backports kernel of Debian 12 on the X1 Carbon Gen 12.
