Installing Gentoo 2008.0 beta2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet
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Success Chart
| Item | Working | Notes | |
| Installation | Gentoo Minimal CD Installation | Yes | |
| Other Installation Methods (LiveCD(DVD), etc...) | Not tested | Don't see why it shouldn't work though. | |
| Display | Laptop Screen | Yes | Brightness controls work fine. |
| CRT / Projector | Yes | Well, sort of working...see below. | |
| Screen Rotation | Yes | ||
| Stylus | Yes | ||
| Power Management | Software Suspend (hibernate) | Not Tested | Working on getting TuxOnIce-sources working. |
| Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) | Yes | See details below. | |
| Battery | Yes | Charge/discharge thresholds, etc... working with tp_smapi. | |
| Audio | Yes | ||
| Wireless | 802.11b/g | Yes | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | Should work. | |
| Infrared | Not Tested | Didn't bother..don't have anything to test it with anyhow. | |
| Extra Buttons | Keyboard Section | Yes | thinkpad-acpi driver |
| Tablet buttons | Yes | Using setkeycodes and xbindkeys. | |
| Fingerprint Scanner | Yes | Using thinkfinger. | |
| Harddisk Active Protection | Not Tested | Installed the tp_smapi hdaps driver, just haven't actively tested it yet. | |
| X4 Ultrabase dock | Yes | Docking/Undocking requires a bit of tweaking...see below | |
| SD Card reader | Not Tested | Should work. | |
| USB Drive | Yes | ||
