Laptop: IdeaPad Slim 5 16IMH9

[Peter-Yung]

Releases

Linux Mint 21.x

Compatibility

Works perfectly, Works fine with some minor problems

Description of the hardware

System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-24-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83DC v: IdeaPad Slim 5 16IMH9 serial:
Chassis: type: 10 v: IdeaPad Slim 5 16IMH9 serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76463 WIN serial:
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_83DC_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad Slim 5 16IMH9 uuid: UEFI: LENOVO
v: N7CN32WW date: 03/18/2025

CPU:
Info: 14-core (4-mt/10-st) model: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP smt: enabled
arch: Meteor Lake rev: 4 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 14 MiB L3: 18 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1531 high: 4300 min/max: 400/4500:3600:2500 cores: 1: 1972 2: 4300 3: 4300
4: 2748 5: 2056 6: 1827 7: 1683 8: 1908 9: 1054 10: 768 11: 400 12: 1012 13: 400 14: 993 15: 946
16: 400 17: 400 18: 400 bogomips: 107827
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-13 ports: active: DP-4,eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:7d55 class-ID: 0300

Optional - Notes

!!! Note !!!
The input form is not updated and I can't choose Linux Mint 22.x! Actually, Releases I have tested should be Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon!!!

After Update Manager updated all packages once finished the installation, I can't get in Cinnamon desktop again until I ask Grok AI and it suggests run following commands on command prompt after 1st run of Update Manager before reboot:

sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-24.04

Then, everything work just fine with kernel updated from version 6.8 to 6.14 as below:

System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-24-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

I am not sure is it an official way to fix this similar problem. However, before the latest official Edge ISO available for Linux Mint 22.x, if you have hardware problem, hopefully, it's the only way you can fix it by yourself.

[Sadia2000]

EDGE ISO's have been retired since LM 21.x, now the latest versions of LM already feature the newest officially supported kernel via the LM team, which is 6.8x to my knowledge.