I am planning to purchase new Lenovo Legion Slim 7i Gen 8 laptop and install EOS on it. This is after a few months of happily using EOS on my very old 2011 Mac.
I really like this laptop. However I seem to be seeing multiple threads around sound issues on Legion machines. Like this one - although on Ubuntu.
Can anybody clarify if getting sound to work is a huge challenge that requires kernel patching still as of May 2023 ? And, in fact, if anybody is aware of other major challenges please let me know !
24 dec 2022 — There is no sound only through the speakers. If I use bluetooth or headset - everything works fine. The problem seems to occur mostly on recent …
My Legion 7 Gen 6 is supposed to arrive next week. My understanding is that I could use Bluetooth or a separate external sound card. I do have Bluetooth …
30 jul 2022 — But the issue I have is with the audio. When starting from a cold-boot, only the left channel works. But after suspension neither works at all.
18 mei 2022 — So I recently picked up the AMD version of the Legion 7, and after some frustrating moments I got sound working using Xubuntu and a 5.18 kernel.
23 jul 2022 — Hi! I’m looking to buy this laptop as a machine I’ll use for practically everything, from carrying it everywhere to as a replacement for my …
10 mrt 2023 — Hello all. I made an attempt to set up Ubuntu 22.10. For some reason, it works using the discrete GPU only (no hybrid mode).Ontbrekend: Slim | Moet het volgende bevatten: Slim
1 jun 2021 — I installed Manjaro, and everything seems to more or less work, except for the speakers. The funny thing is that headphones, bluetooth, and HDMI …
My understanding is it has the Nahimic® Audio by SteelSeries 7.1 audio but not 100% on this? You will probably have issues since it doesn’t have support in linux … only Windows. You may be able to get some audio working but i suspect it will be problematic.
Edit: Not sure what the actual audio chip will be on it?
@ricklinux thank you very much - it does seem to have the one according to the Specification
Speakers
Stereo speakers (super linear speaker), 2W x2, audio by **HARMAN, optimized with Nahimic Audio**, Smart Amplifier (AMP)
Ah so sad, I need to make another choice it seems! Or just buy Thinkpad X1 as this one does seem to be certified for Linux and I mainly use it for coding…
Regrading Chip - it is this one:
Audio Chip
High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC3306 codec
It may be a realtek chipset as the nahimic audio is just software?
Edit: As posted above
Realtek ALC3306 codec
Edit: I can’t say for sure the audio will work or not but, it seems a lot of these gaming laptops have this chip and nahimic audio. Even MSI has has some laptops with it.
Bleh, I’m having a hell of a time finding the exact spec sheet online. I’m on vacation so she’s collecting dust back home. I’ve only got my Thinkpad otherwise I’d post the inxi for you. I’ll look through the share desktop thread. . .
I’m watching the newest one, it’s dropped almost to where I’m willingto buy it, and then mine will be for sale. But the new legion 7 gen 7 all amd is also all aluminum and I’ve got to hold a couple of them, and they feel macbook quality. Not that mine isn’t nice, it’s just not all aluminum quality. . . So. I’ll be upgrading soon and subsequently, the old one will need to go.
nahimic is just software, yes. Hardware is still realtek. Nahimic is a terrible software for Equalizing purposes. It literally kills performance and does little to nothing because it is buggy.
