View source for Installing openSUSE 11.1 on a ThinkPad T500

[[:Category:T500|T500]] 

==Model specifics==

Model 2242 with

*P8400
*Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
*WSXGA+ display
*8G RAM
*250G 5400rpm hard disk
*Serial Ultrabay Slim DVD Multi III Drive (8x Dual Layer) 
*Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 WLAN controller
*ExpressCard/54 slot
*Bluetooth
*OpenSUSE 11.1 x86_64
*KDE

==Observations out of the box==

*Audio, video, networking (wired and wireless) work fine.
*Volume up and down work; mute doesn't.
*Kaffeine/xine seem to have trouble with DVDs (encrypted or corrupt DVD messags).  Packman and videolan are in the repositories list, before the stock openSUSE.org repositories...
*Thinklight control works.
*WLAN/BT/OFF toggle (Fn+F5 and mechanical switch) works.
*Power management (suspend and hibernate) works when initiated from the KDE applet.


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