Lenovo thinkpad e14 gen 2 linux problem

Lenovo thinkpad e14 gen 2 linux problem

recently I bought a nice lenovo thinkpad E14 (with AMD). Installation of Manjaro MATE went pretty flawless and everything is running pretty smoothly.
However the fn keys are not working as expected:

working:

• fn + space is controling keyboard backlight
• fn + Esc is enabling FnLock, although the status LED is not enabled/disabled

not working

• all fn keys from F1 to F12 have no effect

When trying to edit a shortcut (e.g. volume up) in MATE keyboard shortcuts it is immediately set to «Wake up» when pressing the fn key (it is handled as an usual button).

I would really appreciate when owners of an E14 could let me know when they solved the issue or any other general help.

Thanks in advance!

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

the same with my E15 AMD Gen 2. 🙁

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

The media (XF86) keys don’t work after booting in the OS, however when you suspend the device and wake it up, they’ll start working.

I don’t know what’s causing the issue, nor how does the suspend+wake method works, but it works regardless of WM/DE and/or Wayland/Xorg.

The other issue with linux on this laptop is missing fingerprint reader driver, the request for it to be included in fprintd is here: gitlab issue

Kernel version: 5.8.3-arch1-1

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

Windows 11 got the same problem now. Suspend is needed that those keys work exactly the same it was on my manjaro.

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

I bought this model and I’m having the same problems described. I can’t use the FN keys on Linux (Any distribution). Sometimes, on Windows 10 I have the same problem and I have to reboot.

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

I am using Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2 got the same issue. But after suspending laptop and turning on it starts working.

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

I just bought a ThinkPad E15 Gen 2 and confirm this issue still persists (on Arch Linux).

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

Have been upgrading my BIOS every time Lenovo publishes a new one hoping that this problem will be fixed, all in vein. I recently upgraded to latest BIOS (E14 v1.14) and still the same issue. It’s sad that Lenovo does not fix this problem.

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

The same issue also persists on the Thinkpad E15 G3

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Re:Linux: Fn-keys not working — Thinkpad E14 AMD Gen 2

Tried this fix (https://github.com/masksshow/Thinkpad-E14-15-AMD-Gen-2-FIX) on Arch Linux, it’s working without any issues for now.

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