View source for Installing OpenSuSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

== Success Chart ==

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|colspan=2| '''Item''' || '''Working''' || '''Notes'''
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|rowspan=2|Installation 
| Network Installation ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
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| USB Installation     ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes (DVD) ||
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|rowspan=4|Display
| Laptop Screen  ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || X.org i810 driver
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| CRT / Projector ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || 
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| Screen Rotation ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes (see discussion) || 
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| Stylus ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || wacom serial driver.
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|rowspan=2|Power Management
| Software Suspend (hibernate) ||class="diff-context"| not tested || [[Software Suspend 2]]
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| Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) ||class="diff-context"| not tested || [[Software Suspend 2]]
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|colspan=2| Audio ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || ALSA intel8x0 driver
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|rowspan=2| Wireless || 802.11b/g ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || 
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| Bluetooth ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
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|rowspan=2|Extra Buttons || Keyboard Section ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || ibm-acpi driver
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| Tablet buttons ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes (see discussion) || setkeycodes
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|colspan=2| Middle Mouse button ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes ||
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|colspan=2| Fingerprint Scanner ||class="diff-context"| not working yet || bioapi
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|colspan=2| Harddisk Active Protection ||class="diff-context"| not tested || kernel 2.6.16, hdapsd
|}

== Introduction ==
As you will realise quickly, I've taken the installation tipps from the (by the way very good) site {{Install|Fedora| Core 5|X41 Tablet}}. I've been a windows user for quite a long time so I decided to go with OpenSuSE because I've already had contact with this distro some years ago and found it very good, looking at usability, settings, installation, etc. Many things of your Thinkpad will work out of the box.Later in this article I'd like to show some software I'm currently using and that I find very handy on a Tablet.

== Installation ==
Download the OpenSuSE iso-Image and burn it either on CD's or DVD (if you go with DVD there's no need to swap media). An external drive should be recognized automatically.
Installing OpenSuSE 10.1 is just as simple as with every other Linux distro. Adjust your local settings and choose your packages (see Helpful software for detailed information). After a reboot you're ready to run with the chameleon;-) 

Personally, I logged on as user although you have some administration work to do, but the good graphical user interfaces like YAST or SAX make it easy.

== Display ==
=== Graphics ===
For the graphics setup you can either edit your preferences the "Linux"-way or you go with the "Windows"-method. I've chosen the second one and so made my preferences with SAX2 that you should find in System > Configuration > SaX2.

Change the settings of the monitor, like resoltuion or color depth like you want but make sure you TEST your settings before SAVING them.
Switching monitors with the FN-F7 combination should work out of the box.
=== Stylus ===
To enable the stylus simply go to the submenu "Touchscreen" in SAX2 and activate it. Choose "Wacom" and then "PenabledTablet". Save your settings and restart your computer and we're done here;-)

For information about enabling the stylus by editing the xorg.conf go to {{Install|Fedora| Core 5|X41 Tablet}}.

=== Screen rotation ===
Definitly a feature that would come in handy for use with a tablet. For information about updating your X-Server take a look at the discussion. After updating the X-Server you can rotate the screen using xrandr.
  xrandr -o right

should rotate the screen 90 degrees to the right. You can add this command to a starter on the desktop or the panel.
  xrandr -o normal

will flip back the screen to normal position.
{{NOTE| Although the screen rotates, the axis of the mouse and the stylus stay the same. So to avoid problems I changed the stylus settings as following:
1. Got to SaX2 to the submenu "tablet"

2. select "activate this tablet" and select "WACOM/ISDV4 TABLET PC(serial)"

3. select the register "electronic stylus"

4. select both stylus and eraser and click on "configure"

5. scroll down to the point "ROTATE" and select there "CW" do this twice

6. save the settings and restart the computer


Now, if you have the convertible like a normal laptop the mouse works fine but the axis of the stylus are different (no great deal because normally you use the mouse) but when you swivel the screen to tablet mode you can rotate the screen and use the stylus and it works fine!}}

== Power Management ==
It sounds weird, but I actually don't care about Power Management because I just shut down my Laptop or look for the next power supply, but I'm sure that some may be interested in this so once again I recommend you to visit the Fedora Core site.

== Audio ==
This feature works out of the box with no problems or any differences to Windows. You can even control the volume with the Thinkpad buttons but you don't get a graphical feedback.

== Wireless ==
No great thing there, both, wlan and bluetooth work properly and without any problems. Make sure you install the NetworkManager if you go with GNOME it's very useful.

== Extra buttons ==
{{NOTE|If you haven't installed "tpb" with OpenSuSE, please install it now. You will need it for this chapter.}}
=== Keyboard section ===
The FN-Combinations should work properly without any changes just as the volume up/down and mute key. I wonder why tcb doesn't give a graphical feedback but maybe someone can figure this out.

=== Tablet Buttons ===
I don't know hox to execute a command on startup so I've created a little starter that runs the following command:
  sudo setkeycodes 6e 109 6d 104 69 28 6b 1 6c 120
You just have to enter Root's password and you're done but somehow this setting gets lost on reboot.
{{NOTE|Take a look at the discussion. There's a possibility to activate the tablet buttons permanently}}

== Middle Mouse button ==
You can activate the middle mouse button using SAX2 again. Enter your administration password and go to the submenu "mouse". There activate the option "Emulate Mouse Wheel" and change the number besides to "2". Restart your Laptop and it works.

{{NOTE|Enabling the middle mouse button under Linux gives you more freedom than under Windows because the use of scrolling isn't anymore limited. You can scroll in every application that allows scrolling (exception: horizontal scrolling -> specific settings)}}

As I use Opera I also changed my Opera settings according to [http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint How to configure the TrackPoint]

If you're interessted in enabling the middle mouse button NOT graphical visit [http://www.thinkwiki.org/index.php?title=How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint How to configure the TrackPoint]

== Fingerprint reader ==
I loved this one under Windows. It always gives this "magic"-effect when everyone types his password and you just swipe your finger, but I'm very unhappy not to get this running. I'm having problems with the BioApi because OpenSuSE 10.1 uses a newer GCC and the hint on the site [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader How to enable the fingerprint reader] it didn't work

== Harddisk Active Protection ==
I'm not interested in this feature because I don't treat my laptop like a cocktail (shaken not stired;-))
== Helpful software ==
Getting at least some of the features of a tablet PC working will offer you new possibilities of working.
* '''Xournal''': handy program for taking handwritten notes (no recognition like OneNote). It has also the skill to annotate PDF's, very useful. Sources can be found [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-0.3.1.tar.gz?download here].
{{HINT| Installation is even for people who are scared of the terminal (like me;-)) easy, because there's an install script}}
* '''VYM''': If you ever need to create mind-maps (by the way a very good method for projects) "View Your Mind" is the right thing. You can select it on OpenSuSE Installation or get it via Internet or YAST.
* '''Scribus''': useful to create flyers or other DTP-stuff. You can get an rpm-Package [http://www.scribus.net/ here].
* '''JMathNotes''': Transforms handwritten formula into LaTeX. For Packages click [http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~tapia/JMathNotes/ here]
* '''MPlayer''':for some strange reason SuSE doesn't provide support for the libraries neede to view DVD's. This is where you're gonna need MPlayer. For details go [http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Getting_proper_media_support_with_MPlayer here]

=External Sources=
*This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo)] and the [http://tuxmobil.org/tablet_unix.html Linux on Tablet PCs and webpads survey].