Lenovo ThinkPad T590
| Device | Status |
| Intel graphics | Yes |
| Wireless | Yes |
| ALSA | Yes |
| TrackPoint | Yes |
| Touchpad | Yes |
| Webcam | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Mobile internet | |
| Fingerprint Sensor | |
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This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on a Lenovo T590 laptop. Everything seems to work pretty much out the box.
For a general overview of laptop-related articles and recommendations, see Laptop.
Contents
Hardware
Using kernel 5.1.16-arch1-1-ARCH
Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 20N4CTO1WW Version: ThinkPad T590
lspci returns:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3e34 (rev 0c) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake) (rev 02) 00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 0c) 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model 00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP Thermal Controller (rev 30) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP USB 3.1 xHCI Controller (rev 30) 00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP Shared SRAM (rev 30) 00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] (rev 30) 00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 30) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 30) 00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Device 9de3 (rev 30) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f0) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0) 00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0) 00:1d.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #13 (rev f0) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 30) 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 30) 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 30) 00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP SPI Controller (rev 30) 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (6) I219-LM (rev 30) 01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) 02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01) 03:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01) 03:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01) 03:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01) 04:00.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 NHI (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01) 3a:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 15c1 (rev 01) 3d:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation SSDPEKNW020T8 [660p, 2TB] (rev 03)
lsusb returns:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b604 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Graphics Card
Integrated Intel graphics working out of the box. Discrete NVIDIA GeForce MX250 GDDR5 2GB not tested.
Suspend / Hibernation
Suspend and Hibernation work out of the box.
TrackPoint and Touchpad
Similar to the T490, the pointer occasionally jumps while pressing trackpad buttons
Power management/Throttling issues
It is unclear if this model is affected or if current firmware has addressed the issue.
See
- X1 Carbon Gen 6 Power management/Throttling issues
- ThinkPad T480s Thermal Throttling Fix
- https://github.com/erpalma/throttled
UEFI/Firmware Updates
Lenovo provides firmware updates for this device through the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
Available updates and changelogs can be found on the LVFS website. These include security patches for the Intel Management Engine and the system firmware.
The updates can be installed using fwupd.
UEFI booting
systemd-boot confirmed working with Secure Boot disabled
Tools
Diagnostics
s-tui (s-tui): an aesthetically pleasing and useful curses-style interface that shows graphs of CPU frequency, utilization, temperature, and power consumption. It also has a built in stress tester.
intel_gpu_top (intel-gpu-tools): gives you some top-like info for the integrated GPU. This can be quite useful in diagnosing GPU acceleration issues.
powertop (powertop): provides detailed information about CPU power consumption and recommendations on how to improve it.
tlp-stat (tlp): a much simpler alternative to remembering which cat /sys/devices/system/* to run in many cases. It can give very detailed, structured information about components like the battery, processor, graphics card, etc.