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Lenovo Legion Y530 Linux issues and solutions for wifi and touchpad mostly (Debian & Ubuntu)
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Intel i7-8750H nVidia GTX 1050 Ti

Summary of my findings (Please comment if you can get further than me) :

edit: 06/2019 guys in the comments have found workarounds and new solutions !

Most importantly : Lenovo refuses to provide any kind of support for their product on Linux, even though the computer is sold without an OS

Ubuntu 18.04

  • switch the BIOS to UEFI (and don't forget to create the EFI partition, ~256Mb)
  • the computer will randomly freezes, during the setup phase, or afterwards. Current theory is that switching from iGPU to dedicated GPU causes the computer to freeze/hang (cursor still moves, but nothing else).
  • the keyboard and trackppad are not usable during the setup, though afterwards they both work.
  • the graphics performance are good (until the computer feezes of course)

Debian 9.5 (stable)

  • Switch the bios to UEFI (don't use legacy, don't forget to create the EFI partition, ~256Mb)
  • It installs properly in command-line using the expert mode.
  • GNOME will start and work as expected
  • The graphics drivers used by defaults appears to be "nouveau", graphics performances are poor
  • Installing nvidia-driver thru apt will cause GDM to fail starting.
  • The keyboard works during the setup and afterwards too
  • The touchpad doesn't work at all
  • The wifi works after typing sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop or adding blacklist ideapad_laptop to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf otherwise
  • The function keys are enabled by default, so altering the volume requires using the Fn key, for example.

Debian buster

  • no issues ! Install Debian 9.5 stable, changes your /etc/apt/sources.list to buster then apt update && apt upgrade && apt dist-upgade).
  • [edit] actually two things : no keyboard backlight, you have to use the Fn key to change the volume/brightness
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p043prg commented Apr 4, 2020

Hello, I use pop os live usb but whenever I install it on my computer (ssd or hdd) it becomes very slow. It doesn't work smooth. why? I have y530.

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mohitpalsingh commented Apr 7, 2020 •
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Guys, If anyone can tell me what all battery backups you guys are having on your respective distros,
i have tried a few like pop os 19.10, manjaro, arch, ubuntu 19.10 and recently ubuntu 20.04 lts beta build.
Apparently the battery sucks even after installs tools like tlp and powertop, It doesn't seem to last long.
I need help!

and for notes, everything works superfine in all those distros. The wifi, bluetooth and trackpad, everything smoothly except the battery for some reason

@nickkostov
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I have troubles only with the touchpad in my 81FV Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH using Ubuntu 20.04.1 I think its a weird one. It happens only after being locked and suspended. I think it could be due to absence of swap but I did set up.

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I have an issue with the battery. It sometimes shows two batteries. I have put up the issue on another page.
kfechter/LegionY530Ubuntu#105 (comment)

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