Difference between revisions of "Installing openSUSE 11.1 on a ThinkPad T500"
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*Audio, video, networking (wired and wireless) work fine. | *Audio, video, networking (wired and wireless) work fine. | ||
| − | *Volume up and down and mute work. | + | *Volume up and down and mute work. (Mute doesn't mute the headphones, only the speakers.) |
*DVD didn't have a region code set; starting xine in a console got various errors from libdvdread and a popup saying the DVD couldn't be read (corrupt or encrypted), even with libdvdcss from Videolan and replacments for xine/libxine1/etc. from Packman. Got regionset and set the region to 1. Restarted X and xine works now. | *DVD didn't have a region code set; starting xine in a console got various errors from libdvdread and a popup saying the DVD couldn't be read (corrupt or encrypted), even with libdvdcss from Videolan and replacments for xine/libxine1/etc. from Packman. Got regionset and set the region to 1. Restarted X and xine works now. | ||
*Fn+ combinations: | *Fn+ combinations: | ||
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**F8 (toggle trackpoint/touchpad) doesn't do anything. (I have the touchpad disabled in the BIOS.) | **F8 (toggle trackpoint/touchpad) doesn't do anything. (I have the touchpad disabled in the BIOS.) | ||
**F9 (not sure what that's supposed to be) doesn't do anything. | **F9 (not sure what that's supposed to be) doesn't do anything. | ||
| − | **F12 (hibernate) | + | **F12 (hibernate) works. |
**PrtSc (SysRq) doesn't do anything. | **PrtSc (SysRq) doesn't do anything. | ||
**ScrLk (NumLk) works. Embedded numeric keypad works as expected when NumLk is on. | **ScrLk (NumLk) works. Embedded numeric keypad works as expected when NumLk is on. | ||
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**PgUp (ThinkLight) works. | **PgUp (ThinkLight) works. | ||
**Spacebar (magnify) doesn't do anything. | **Spacebar (magnify) doesn't do anything. | ||
| − | **Cursor keys (Previous Track/Stop/Play-Pause/Next Track) | + | **Cursor keys (Previous Track/Stop/Play-Pause/Next Track) work, at least while Banshee is running. |
*Power management (suspend and hibernate) works when initiated from the KDE applet. | *Power management (suspend and hibernate) works when initiated from the KDE applet. | ||
[[Category:T500]] | [[Category:T500]] | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 10 October 2009
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
- Gnome
- Tried KDE first, but it was too flaky. Installed OK the first time, but then I hosed it up trying to get DVDs to work. Reinstalled from scratch and had invisible icons in the system tray. Reinstalled from scratch again and volume controls didn't work on sound....
Observations out of the box
Automatic configuration, enter the least amount of information possible for customization.
- Audio, video, networking (wired and wireless) work fine.
- Volume up and down and mute work. (Mute doesn't mute the headphones, only the speakers.)
- DVD didn't have a region code set; starting xine in a console got various errors from libdvdread and a popup saying the DVD couldn't be read (corrupt or encrypted), even with libdvdcss from Videolan and replacments for xine/libxine1/etc. from Packman. Got regionset and set the region to 1. Restarted X and xine works now.
- Fn+ combinations:
- F2 (lock) doesn't do anything.
- F3 (battery) doesn't do anything.
- F4 (suspend) doesn't do anything.
- F5 (toggle Bluetooth power) works
- F7 (toggle external monitor) doesn't do anything. (I don't have an external monitor attached, which might possibly have something to do with it.)
- F8 (toggle trackpoint/touchpad) doesn't do anything. (I have the touchpad disabled in the BIOS.)
- F9 (not sure what that's supposed to be) doesn't do anything.
- F12 (hibernate) works.
- PrtSc (SysRq) doesn't do anything.
- ScrLk (NumLk) works. Embedded numeric keypad works as expected when NumLk is on.
- Pause (Break) doesn't do anything.
- Home (increase LCD brightness) and End (decrease LCD brightness) work. There is no OSD showing the brightness level, however.
- PgUp (ThinkLight) works.
- Spacebar (magnify) doesn't do anything.
- Cursor keys (Previous Track/Stop/Play-Pause/Next Track) work, at least while Banshee is running.
- Power management (suspend and hibernate) works when initiated from the KDE applet.
