Lenovo ThinkPad P14s (AMD) Gen 5

Hardware	PCI/USB ID	Working?
GPU	`xxx`	Yes
Wifi	`xxx`	Yes
Bluetooth	`xxx`	Untested
Ethernet	`xxx`	Yes
Audio	`xxx`	Yes
TrackPoint		Yes
Touchpad		Yes
Touchscreen		Untested
Webcam	`xxx`	Yes
TPM		Yes
Fingerprint reader	`xxx`	Yes
Smartcard reader	`xxx`	Untested

Device Specifications

Model Number: 21ME000RFR

This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s (AMD) Gen 5 laptop.

For a general overview of ThinkPad-related articles and recommendations, see Laptop/Lenovo.

Firmware

Warning: There is an issue that can leave your system in a broken state when changing sleep states in BIOS. See Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 3#Firmware.

This model is fully compatible with fwupd.

Run the following command to detect system components: fwupdmgr get-devices

This will detect:

System Firmware
UEFI BIOS
Webcam
Fingerprint sensor
CPU/GPU
TPM
NVMe controller

CPU

Since kernel 6.5, the AMD P-State EPP driver with "Active" profile is applied by default, no additional configuration is needed. Just ensure amd-ucode was properly added during installation.

Tip: Verify your CPU frequency scaling driver with:

cpupower or cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver Shell command should provide the following result:

amd-pstate-epp

GPU Resets

If experiencing GPU resets (black screen), refer to Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 3#CPU.

Input Devices

Touchpad

To disable sleep wake-up from touchpad, see Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 3#Disable wakeup from sleep on touchpad activity.

Touchscreen

Note: Not all variations of this model have a touchscreen.

The variation with product code 21ME000RFR does not have a touchscreen, but touchscreens should work out of the box for other variants.

See Touchscreen for additional information.

Audio

Speakers

Speakers work out of the box, but default sound quality is poor due to missing Dolby Atmos Convolver.

Improve sound quality using EasyEffects with a convolver effect. Refer to this example preset for a previous generation laptop.

Microphone

Recognized but Silent

If the internal mic is recognized by ALSA but the recorded input is silent, see this Arch Linux forum thread and adapt according to your model number.

Microphone LED

If the Mic LED seems to stay always on, see Lenovo ThinkPad T14 (AMD) Gen 3#Mute Mic LED always on.

Networking

WiFi

WiFi works out of the box.

With kernel 6.12, WiFi may not work after resuming from hibernation.

Likely related to ath11k module issue, probable fix: Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD) Gen 3#Network / WiFi

Peripherals

Smartcard Reader

Untested, but reportedly working. Follow instructions from smartcards.

Fingerprint Reader

Works as expected. Follow fprintd documentation.

Power Management

Sleep Modes

S3 vs S0ix Sleep

No BIOS parameter for sleep mode selection S3 (deep) sleep not supported by this CPU S2idle works out of the box without sleep/hibernation issues.

Sleep power consumption varies based on OS and peripheral sleep management.

Hibernation

Works fine If experiencing WiFi issues after hibernation, see #WiFi

Battery Management

Charge Thresholds

Battery charge thresholds can be set using:

TLP
KDE power management
GNOME power management

Power Profiles

Important notice

Warning: TLP and power-profiles-daemon are conflicting. Choose one method.

TLP, especially with tlpui^AUR has seamless integration, easy and reliable configuration. power-profiles-daemon, on the other hand, whereas integrated in Gnome and KDE, does not offer (yet) as many options as tlp.

TLP

Install tlp Start/enable the tlp service Optional: Install tlpui^AUR for configuration

Power Profiles Daemon

Install power-profiles-daemon Start/enable the power-profiles-daemon service.

Function keys

Key	Visible?¹	Marked?²	Effect	Note
`Fn`	Yes	-	`XF86WakeUp`	Can be swapped with left Ctrl in BIOS
`Fn+4`	Yes	No	`XF86Sleep`
`Fn+Esc`	Yes	Yes	Toggles Fn lock	Has status led
`Fn+F1`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioMute`	Has status led
`Fn+F2`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioLowerVolume`
`Fn+F3`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioRaiseVolume`
`Fn+F4`	Yes	Yes	`XF86AudioMicMute`	Has status led
`Fn+F5`	Yes	Yes	`XF86MonBrightnessDown`
`Fn+F6`	Yes	Yes	`XF86MonBrightnessUp`
`Fn+F7`	Yes	Yes	`XF86Display`
`Fn+F8`	Yes	Yes	`XF86WLAN`	Marked with airplane mode
`Fn+F9`	Yes	Yes	`XF86Messenger`	Marked with message box
`Fn+F10`	Yes	Yes	`XF86Go`	Marked with phone answer call
`Fn+F11`	Yes	Yes	`Cancel`	Marked with phone end call
`Fn+F12`	Yes	Yes	`XF86Favorites`
`Fn+Tab`	Yes	No	`XF86FullScreen`
`Fn+Left`	Yes	No	`Home`
`Fn+Right`	Yes	No	`End`
`Fn+P`	Yes	No	`Pause`
`Fn+S`	Yes	No	`Sys_Req`
`Fn+K`	Yes	No	`Scroll_Lock`
`Fn+B`	Yes	No	`Break`
`Fn+PrtSc`	Yes	Yes	`XF86Launch2`
`Fn+Space`	Yes	Yes	Change keyboard backlight level

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