Lenovo ThinkPad T450

This article covers details pertaining to installing and configuring your Arch on Lenovo Thinkpad T450 laptop.

Installation

This laptop supports UEFI as well as the traditional BIOS.

There are no issues with installing Arch Linux with the latest Archiso.

The rest of the installation process can be followed with the Installation guide.

Hardware

All hardware works out of the box, except the following:

Sound

See ALSA#Set the default sound card to set the default sound card to Intel PCH (speakers and headphones).

 /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad-t450s.conf 
options snd_hda_intel index=1,0

Rebinding Forward and Back Keys

See T420