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Just bought thinkpad t480 and have some problems with my usb devices: with my mouse and keyboard. Mouse and keyboard just don't work for 1 sec randomly. Fresh installed arch linux.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried on any other OSes besides this install? Did they work during the initial install process and just later on stopped working?

Also USB A or USB C?

[–] someoneFromInternet@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

usb A. looks like on arch installation - without problems

[–] Evv1L@mastodon.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@someoneFromInternet what BIOS version do you have? You can update firmware on T480 without USB stick. Use fwupd util.

[–] someoneFromInternet@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Evv1L@mastodon.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@someoneFromInternet looks old. Current BIOS version is 1.52.

You may have bugged version of thunderbolt controller as well.

Run fwupdmgr get-devices as root to check Thunderbolt Firmware version. Find "T480 Thunderbolt Controller" in output and check "Version" parameter.

It should say "20.00" or higher. If it's lower then I highly recommend you to upgrade your firmware ASAP!

Install fwupd and run these commands to update your firmware (run as root):

fwupdmgr refresh  
fwupdmgr update   

For more info check out this wiki page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fwupd

[–] Evv1L@mastodon.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@someoneFromInternet let me know if the issue will resolve after an update.

[–] someoneFromInternet@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

No, I think issue not resolved after update thunderbolt, but I just reinstalled arch and now all works good

[–] souldessin@noauthority.social 2 points 1 month ago

@someoneFromInternet
Intel chipset driver. That was always the chipset driver.

[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

try usbcore.autosuspend=-1 kernel switch.