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Revision as of 17:18, 3 October 2007
Contents
Model
Lenovo Thinkpad R61 8919-6VG, BIOS 7KET71WW (1.21)
General
This installation instruction describes these parts that do not or do not completely work after my OpenSUSE 10.3 Final DVD installation.
Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
To install and configure the NVIDIA driver, follow the instructions of the openSUSE Wiki [1]. The URL of the NVIDIA rpm-md repository for 10.3 is ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.3/.
Sound: AD1984
After installation, the speaker is turned off and the headphone is turned on. Use alsamixer to turn on the speaker switch. When using kmix in the "Mixer Window" there is a "Switches" tab where the speaker can be turned on. Then, select "PCM" as the "Master Channel" to be able to easily change the volume by, e.g., using the mouse wheel over the KMix tray icon.
TouchPad
The TouchPad is not a Synaptics but a ALPS. Furthermore, it is just recognized as a "PS/2 Generic Mouse" (hwinfo --mouse) by the kernel. Thus, the Synaptics TouchPad driver for X does not work. Consequently, there are no advandced features like scrolling available.
Trackpoint
SaX configures the Trackpoint in a way that it can be used to perform scrolling, similar to Windows.
Power Management
The machine is known to s2ram, but the chosen fixes do not work with the NVIDIA driver. If the framebuffer device is used for the virtual consoles, i.e., there is a nice splash screen while booting, s2ram -f -a 2 works from X. If not, s2ram -f is sufficient. See [2] for configuring additional s2ram options.
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
ThinkFinger, see How to enable the fingerprint reader with ThinkFinger, does not work. This is because the fingerprint sensor is now made by TouchStrip (USB vendor ID 0x147e).
