The original post: /r/debian by /u/Cyb3rOperator on 2024-11-14 10:05:49.
So, yesterday I received my brand new Thinkpad T16 Gen. 3. Ordered it without an OS because I was planning on installing either Linux or Windows myself, but so far I’m kind of lost.
I’m not a complete beginner with Linux, and I have installed and configured plenty of computers from the ground up without as many issues. When I received it I though that it would be a good time to finally try and jump to Linux and wanted to try with Debian because of its stability and because I sometimes have to use Kali for work.
Aniway, yesterday I created a bootable Debian-KDE-Live USB and tried to run it, but was not able to, even in its safe mode. Looks like it complains about several missing drivers:
It wont get past that. So, I downloaded the netinstall image just to check, it also complains about the following missing firmware, which appears to be audio related. Checked SOF’s github page and looks like the file is there, and although I don’t know how to get it, read of some people that are not able to provide it via USB aniway:
Now, the trackpad doesn’t work either, as well as wifi, which is nothing new. I plugged it via Ethernet and tried the installation process again, which I was finally able to complete. But, when I finally reboot to log into Debian the laptop will only boot into Lenovo’s PXE, and it looks like I can’t boot into the new installation:
If I click on the NVMe there it does nothing.
What’s going on? What am I missing? I guess Debian was not the best choice because of drivers for a brand new laptop even if it’s a Thinkpad?
Thank you in advance.