Installing openSuSE 11.1 on an X301

Installation

Most of the features seem to work immediately. I have seen this work out of the box:

• disk
• memory
• webcam
• microphone
• ethernet
• DVD reading

but I also encountered some issues which require manual fixing. Only those are described on this page.

Installation problems

Wireless

The driver is too old: broadcasts of close-by stations are not found, and connections get teminated all the time. Upgrade it as explained in Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 WLAN controller

Video

After installing, the video mode is autodetected too low. Go to KDE-personal settings to get it up to 1440x900. If that choice is not available, then first run SaX2 and try again.

After suspend, the resolution flips to something like 1400x1040, which is obviously wrong. I do not know how to resolve this yet. The shutdown and boot are so fast (because of the SSD) that I do not need suspend.

Compiz

Whether it has to do with the problems of the graphics driver or not, I don't know, but also Compiz does not survive a suspend.

Performance

Without any configuration, a new battery holds about 4.5 hours.

Applications

Skype worked without problems.