⚠️ Note:

This will install packages from bionic repositories. E.g.: Linux Mint 19, Ubuntu 18.04.

For xenial, check out the xenial branch.

⚠️ Note: Brightness scripts are implemented on lightdm. It won't work on gdm.

I haven't worked with Ubuntu 18.04/gdm (yet) because I consider it broken for now.

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ℹ️ Note: Extra packages have been moved to a different repository:

• Redsandro/ansible-ubuntu-software

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ThinkPad X1 Yoga Provisioning Playbook

This playbook was made for and tested on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2nd gen) JD series with UHD OLED panel.

Basically for when I was switching between different distros, but it crystallized into a playbook for Linux Mint 18.3 codename sylvia. Some others wanted to use it, so I put it here.

There's really not a lot of fine-tuning, so you best download this repo and remove all the things you don't want:

git clone https://github.com/Redsandro/thinkpad-x1-yoga.git /tmp/thinkpad-x1-yoga

Features

Most importantly, this contains a workaround for OLED Brightness Control through the Fn Keys.

• Change brightness through Fn Keys
• Set default Brightness
• Install tlp Advanced Power Management
• Install Official packages (Skip with --skip-tags packages)
• Install Extra packages (Skip with --skip-tags extras)

Requirements

Get the latest ansible:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt update && sudo apt install ansible

Usage

Most probable use-case

sudo env ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1 ansible-playbook x1yoga.yml --skip-tags="packages,extras"

Everything except packages

sudo env ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1 ansible-playbook x1yoga.yml --skip-tags packages

tlp Advanced Power Management only

Or simply for updating your configuration.

sudo env ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1 ansible-playbook x1yoga.yml --tags tlp

GRUB background + 3 second timeout

sudo env ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1 ansible-playbook x1yoga.yml --tags grub

Enable touch in Firefox

sudo env ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1 ansible-playbook x1yoga.yml --tags firefox

Tips

Battery

The tlp power management is configured to keep the battery below fully charged to improve battery life. So before you get on an airplane, it makes sense to fully charge the battery once:

• sudo tlp fullcharge

For more power management options, see the tlp manual.

Disclaimer

Use at your own risk. For advanced users only. Inspect the source before using. Worst case scenario: If something is conflicting or incompatible with your environment, your display manager might fail. You might have to log into textmode and undo related things.

Contribute

Please if you have some ThinkPad X1 Yoga specific tweaks to make this laptop work better and last longer, contribute those tasks.

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