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== Model ==
 
== Model ==
Lenovo Thinkpad {{R61}} 8919-6VG, BIOS 7KETC6WW (2.26)
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Lenovo Thinkpad {{R61}} 8919-6VG, BIOS 7KETC9WW (2.29), ECP 7KHT24WW (1.08)
  
 
== General ==
 
== General ==
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I do not use the TouchPad, thus, I disabled it in the BIOS settings.
 
I do not use the TouchPad, thus, I disabled it in the BIOS settings.
  
=== Trackpoint ===
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=== TrackPoint ===
SaX configures the Trackpoint in a way that it can be used to perform scrolling, similar to Windows.
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The [[TrackPoint]] can be used to perform scrolling, similar to Windows, by holding down the middle button and moving the TrackPoint. Horizontal scrolling is now enabled by default. The Opera browser moves forward and backward in its history instead, see [[How to configure the TrackPoint#Configure Opera for using trackpoint horizontal scrolling|here]] to fix it or disable horizontal scrolling completely by:
{{NOTE|Horizontal scrolling is now supported and enabled by default.}}
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xinput set-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 8 -1 -1 4 5
  
 
== Power Management ==
 
== Power Management ==
{{TODO|Suspend to RAM and Suspend to Disk work out of the box. However, resuming from Suspend to Disk takes about 1 or 2 minutes while displaying a black screen.}}
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Suspend to RAM works out of the box.
  
 
== Integrated Fingerprint Reader ==
 
== Integrated Fingerprint Reader ==
The fingerprint sensor is a UPEK TouchStrip (USB vendor ID 0x147e). But the driver is only included in the development version of libfprint. Since 11.2 include the current release 0.0.6, the reader does not work.
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The [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] is a UPEK TouchStrip (USB vendor ID 0x147e). But the driver is only included in the development version of libfprint. Since the current release 0.0.6 is provided by the distribution, the reader does not work.

Latest revision as of 22:12, 1 February 2014

Model

Lenovo Thinkpad R61 8919-6VG, BIOS 7KETC9WW (2.29), ECP 7KHT24WW (1.08)

General

This installation instruction describes these parts that do not or do not completely work after my OpenSUSE 11.2 Final DVD installation using KDE 4.3.5 as window manager. If anything does not work as expected, please have a look at the older Installation of OpenSUSE 11.1 on a ThinkPad R61 for possible workarounds that I forgot to mention here.

Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

To install and configure the NVIDIA driver, follow the instructions of the openSUSE Wiki [1]. As an alternative, add the NVIDIA Repository via Software, Software Repositories, Add, Community Repositories in YaST.

UltraNav

TouchPad

I do not use the TouchPad, thus, I disabled it in the BIOS settings.

TrackPoint

The TrackPoint can be used to perform scrolling, similar to Windows, by holding down the middle button and moving the TrackPoint. Horizontal scrolling is now enabled by default. The Opera browser moves forward and backward in its history instead, see here to fix it or disable horizontal scrolling completely by:

xinput set-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 8 -1 -1 4 5

Power Management

Suspend to RAM works out of the box.

Integrated Fingerprint Reader

The Integrated Fingerprint Reader is a UPEK TouchStrip (USB vendor ID 0x147e). But the driver is only included in the development version of libfprint. Since the current release 0.0.6 is provided by the distribution, the reader does not work.