Help needed for Lenovo Ideapad S145

Just bought this laptop, cause my old one is about to die. I have disabled secure boot. Trying to install Fedora 30 KDE, the touchpad is disabled, I could only use the TAB key to navigate. But I managed to install Fedora. Thinking that once installed, I would have full navigation keys. Not so.
With Fedora now installed, only the TAB key works. I cannot activate wi-fi, nor the touchpad. Basically this is just a pretty brick.
Any help that could get me going would be appreciated.

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If possible, update BIOS/EFI firmware and collect some hardware information :

lspci -k -n -n
lsusb

Try to blacklist vendor specific kernel modules if any:

lsmod | grep -e ideapad
sudo rmmod ideapad-laptop
echo blacklist ideapad-laptop | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ideapad-laptop.conf

See also:

Thanks for replying, I have to locate an external mouse then I’ll give it a try. My only tool so far has been Krunner and that hasn’t been easy.

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The info requested:
lspci -k -n -n

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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Complex [1022:1576]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3817]
00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) I/O Memory Management Unit [1022:1577]
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) I/O Memory Management Unit [1022:1577]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:98e4] (rev da)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3f1a]
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: amdgpu
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:15b3]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3810]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge [1022:157b]
00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port [1022:157c]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port [1022:157c]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge [1022:157b]
00:08.0 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Carrizo Platform Security Processor [1022:1578]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3815]
00:09.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Carrizo Audio Dummy Host Bridge [1022:157d]
00:09.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Audio Controller [1022:157a]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3813]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:10.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller [1022:7914] (rev 20)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3812]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7901] (rev 4b)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:380b]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7908] (rev 49)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3819]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 4b)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3821]
Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 11)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3820]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney HT Configuration [1022:15b0]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney Address Maps [1022:15b1]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney DRAM Configuration [1022:15b2]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney Miscellaneous Configuration [1022:15b3]
Kernel driver in use: k10temp
Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney PM Configuration [1022:15b4]
Kernel driver in use: fam15h_power
Kernel modules: fam15h_power
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney NB Performance Monitor [1022:15b5]
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:c821]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]

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lsmod | grep -e ideapad

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ideapad_laptop 36864 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 ideapad_laptop
rfkill 28672 7 bluetooth,ideapad_laptop
wmi 32768 2 wmi_bmof,ideapad_laptop
video 49152 1 ideapad_laptop

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I have realized the major blunder I made, buying this laptop. I knew that Realtek was a problem in linux. But all the posts that I have read concerning Lenovo, were not too scary. It seemed that eventually the issues were resolved, albeit after a bit of work.
This laptop comes without an ethernet interface, so installation of drivers and the like offline is not trivial. To cut my losses and regain some peace of mind, I have decided to purchase an wireless dongle (known to work with linux), the Panda 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter.
So anyone considering buying this laptop, I suggest take the easy road, plug an external mouse, get a wireless dongle. Better still, stay away from it.

I was/am thinking about buy a laptop in the future, I did read a bit about some companys with good support of linux like dell but I am more interested in Lenovo and I did find this link → www.lenovo.com/linux

I am sorry it is coming too late and now is not helping you, but sure you will solve the issue you have what a bit of work like you said. This communty has good experenced members (I dont talk for me :sweat_smile:) that sure will you in the way.

I wish you the best of luck!
Regards.

Thanks for the kind words. It is always “Buyer beware”, I was a bit rash. I got fed up with my current laptop acting up and did not want to wait until its demise.
Have a nice day. :sunglasses: