# Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Touch

The Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Touch is an excellent quality laptop that works well with Arch. Almost everything worked perfectly out of the box, however there are a few things one might have to configure manually.

The purpose of this article is to outline the installation and setup of Arch Linux on your Lenovo IdeaPad S400 Touch laptop. As of 1/22/2014 this article only covers the success and difficulties of my own (Esko997’s) installation and setup of the laptop. This page is currently a work in progress.

Features:

- 1.9 GHz Pentium 2117U Intel Processor
- 4GB DDR3 RAM
- Integrated Intel HD Graphics
- Broadcom Wireless 802.11bgn Wireless Card
- 14” 10-point touch display
- Dolby Advanced Audio v2 speakers
- 720p HD webcam
- Multigesture control touchpad

## Installation/Setup

When I first purchased the laptop it came preinstalled with Windows 8.1. In order to begin the Arch Linux installation I had to, in Windows 8, enable booting into the BIOS via the Advanced Settings tab under Settings. Once in the BIOS I had to disable Secure Mode, enable USB boot, and enable Legacy Boot. From here I was able to install Arch without any problems. I chose to completely remove Windows 8.1, but should you want to preserve this OS please refer to the Beginners' guide for more information.

### Wireless

Wireless works out of the box however it is recommended that you install the broadcom wireless drivers as I have found the wireless speed can become throttled without them.

### Graphics

Setup regarding the graphics is as simple as installing the xf86-video-intel package via pacman.

    # pacman -S xf86-video-intel

### Audio

Audio works as soon as the channels have been unmuted. This process is detailed in the Beginners Guide.

## Post-Installation/Configuration

### Bluetooth

Not tested/configured but should theoretically work out of the box.

### Touch Screen

Works out of the box however gestures are not supported, the touch interface essentially just acts as another way to left-click.

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