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Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
Touchpad | `04f3:31be` | Yes
Keyboard |  | Yes
GPU (amdgpu) | `1002:164c` | Yes
Webcam | `5986:2137` | Yes
Ethernet | `10ec:8168` | Yes
Bluetooth | `0cf3:e300` | Yes
Audio | `1022:15e3` | Yes
Wireless | `168c:003e` | Yes
Microphone |  | Yes
TPM |  | Untested

## Installation

Wireless and possibly Bluetooth are blocked by rfkill(8), you can enable them by running `rfkill unblock all`.

As mentioned in the Installation guide too, Secure Boot should be disabled from BIOS while installing Arch Linux.

## Firmware

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Reason: This section should contain instructions about Secure Boot (Discuss in Talk:Lenovo V15 G2-ALC)

### fwupd

fwupd is supported on this device.

### Journalctl warnings

#### PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled

Following warning message gets logged to journalctl(1) despite all the ports are working:

    PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp

If you do not want to see this message, add `i8042.nopnp` to your kernel parameters.

#### Failed to load regulatory.db

Following regulatory domain related warning message can be fixed by installing wireless-regdb from official repositories:

    kernel: platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
    kernel: cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db

## Function Keys

Key | Visible?1 | Marked?2 | Effect
--- | --- | --- | ---
`Fn+Esc` | Yes | 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 | Inputs `Super+p`3
`Fn+F8` | Yes | Yes | `XF86RFKill`
`Fn+F9` | No | Yes | Unknown
`Fn+F10` | No | Yes | Unknown
`Fn+F11` | No | Yes | Unknown
`Fn+F12` | Yes | Yes | `XF86Calculator`
`Fn+Insert` | No | Yes | Unknown
`Fn+Print` | Yes | Yes | Inputs `Super+Shift+s`4
`Fn+Left` | Yes | Yes | `Home`
`Fn+Right` | Yes | Yes | `End`
`Fn+Up` | Yes | Yes | `Prior`
`Fn+Down` | Yes | Yes | `Next`
`Fn+Q` | Yes | No | `XF86Launch4`
`Fn+I` | Yes | No | `Insert`
`Fn+P` | Yes | No | `Pause`
`Fn+S` | Yes | No | `Print`
`Fn+K` | Yes | No | `Scroll_Lock`
`Fn+B` | Yes | No | Inputs `Ctrl+Break`

1. The key is visible to `xev` and similar tools.
2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
3. Default shortcut for opening "project" (as in projector) menu on Windows
4. Default shortcut for capturing screenshots on Windows

## Known Issues

### Touchpad acceleration speed drops randomly

This issue happens while charging the machine. It is currently unsolved but you can try to;

1. Not use your device on charging,
2. Use an external mouse,

until a proper solution is found. Follow this forum thread and this GitLab issue for updates.

## See also

- Official manuals: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-v-series-laptops/v15-g2-alc/documentation/doc_userguide
- Linux Hardware: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=57a3728f0d

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