Installing Fedora 14 on a ThinkPad T510

NOTE! This is based on the Gnome live CD version of Fedora 14 64bit. Your experience with KDE or XFCE may be different. While this page is still very raw, i do invite all T510 fedora users to edit and fill it up. Tested with Thinkpad T510 model 4349-4JG with Intel Core i7 processor. Help needed Not all models of this ThinkPad are equal, you may have a different WiFi adapter or graphics, or some options I did not have. If you tested them, please add their status down below.

Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Item		Working	Notes
Installation	Local CD/DVD install	yes
	Network Installation	unknown
	USB Installation	yes
Video	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 3100M and 15.6" TFT display with 1600x900(HD+)	yes	The setup automatically installs the nouveau driver correctly, however if you want 3D acceleration you may install proprietary nvidia driver (described below)
	VGA	yes
	Brightness control	no	Not out of the box but there is a workaround that works well (described below)
Power Management	Software Suspend (hibernate)	yes
	Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep)	yes
Audio		yes
Wireless	WiFi - Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300	yes
	Bluetooth	yes	It´s always turned on after booting (workaround needed)
	Qualcomm Gobi 2000 WWAN modem	partial	works perfectly when firmware is correctly loaded (Gobiloader will not work on Fedora 14)
Input	Keyboard	yes
	UltraNav (TrackPoint / Touchpad combo)	yes
	Extra keys	partial	see ThinkPad Extra keys section below
	Fingerprint reader	yes
Ports	Ethernet	yes
	Modem	unknown
	Serial	unknown
	ExpressCard slot	unknown
	PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse	unknown	Requires dock. I do not have a doc. Maybe someone with it can test and edit this page
	Parallel	unknown
	USB	yes
	ESATA Port	yes
	Firewire Port	unknown
PCMCIA/Cardbus		yes
[Multicard reader 5-in-1 (MMC, MS, MS Pro, SD, SDHC)]		yes	4GB SanDisk MicroSDHC detected.
2.0MP webcamera		yes	Tested with Cheese and Skype. Works perfectly.
Harddisk Active Protection		no	There is now a hdapsd rpm, but it is not installed by default, and neither is the hdaps kernel module getting automatically loaded. And even after install it is not started automatically. Tried it manually (modprobe hdaps) but seems the module is not there in the kernel.
TPM (security subsystem)		unknown
Dock removal		unknown

Configuration

Video card

By default the open source Nouveau driver is installed and works quite well with this model. However, if you need 3D graphic acceleration you need to install nVidias proprietary driver.

UltraNav

Both Touchpad and TrackPoint work out of the box. Howerver I recommend to install gpointing-device-settings for more options then in standard mouse settings.

yum install gpointing-device-settings

after installation you can find it under System --> Settings --> Pointing Devices

Trackpoint

If you feel uncomfortable with the slow TrackPoint you can adjust it´s speed and sense by passing values between 0 and 255 to /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/[speed,sensitivity,rate] either manually or at boot with this script (this will not affect other pointing devices):

#! /bin/bash

# TrackPoint Settings

echo -n 200 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/speed 
echo -n 255 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/sensitivity
echo -n 255 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/rate 

save it as .trackpoint-settings in your home folder.
open a terminal and change into your home folder with

cd ~

make the file executable

chmod +x .trackpoint-settings

then add the file to your rc.local (replace YOUR_HOME_DIR with your username!!)

su -c 'echo ". /home/YOUR_HOME_DIR/.trackpoint-settings" >> /etc/rc.local'

play with the values between 0 and 255 until it fits for your needs.

To enable middle button scrolling for your TrackPoint open Pointing Devices go to TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint and check emulate mouse wheel. Choose a button from the dropdown (2 = middle)

Touchpad

Under Fedora you can use two finger scrolling. If you want to enable it open Pointing Devices and navigate to scrolling

Fingerprint reader

The fingerprint reader is supported by libfprint which is installed by default on Fedora 14. You can use the following commands in a terminal to manage the fingerprint reader

fprintd-enroll
fprintd-delete 
fprintd-list
fprintd-verify

To enable authentication with your fingerprint first you need to enroll your finger and then simply enable it in System --> Administration --> Authentication --> Advanced options.

NOTE!

The fingerprint reader is an INSECURE device and gives a false sense of security! There has been quite a bit of research by a hacker who outlined in two very good talks how to forge each and every available fingerprint sensor available at the cost of a few euros, using materials from your local hardware store, a digicam and a laser printer! Remember, using fingerprints for authentication is much similar to having a password which is written on anything you touch.

ThinkPad Extra keys

ThinkPad keys are handled by a mixture of the thinkpad_acpi, acpi button and acpi dock drivers.

Key	Function	Handled by	Event	Works	Notes
FnF2	Lock the computer	-	unknown	yes
FnF3	Select Power Plan	-	unknown	unknown
FnF4	Put Computer to sleep/standby mode	-	unknown	yes
FnF5	wireless	-	unknown	unknown
FnF6	Change camera/audio settings	-	unknown	unknown
FnF7	Switch Display output location	-	unknown	unknown
FnF8	Change ultranav device settings	-	unknown	partial	Allows to turn on/off trackpad
FnF12	Put computer in hibernation mode	-	unknown	unknown
FnHome	brightness up	-	unknown	yes
FnEnd	brightness down	-	unknown	yes
FnPgUp	thinklight	-	unknown	yes
FnSpace	zoom	-	unknown	unknown
FnPrtSc	Have the same function as the SysRq key.	-	unknown	unknown
FnScrLk	Enable or disable the numeric keypad.	-	unknown	yes
FnPause	Have the same function as the Break key.	-	unknown	unknown
ThinkVantage	Vendor key	-	unknown	unknown
VolumeUp	Volume Up	-	unknown	yes
VolumeDown	Volume Down	-	unknown	yes
VolumeMute	Volume Mute	-	unknown	yes
MicMute	Microphone Mute	-	unknown	no
NextTab	Browser Next tab	-	unknown	yes
PreviousTab	Browser Previous tab	-	unknown	yes
Power	Power button	-	unknown	yes
Lid	Lid button	-	unknown	yes