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==Safety & Security==
*[[How to enable the fingerprint reader|Fingerprint Reader]] <tt>(How to make pam use the fingerprint reader)</tt>
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*[[How to protect the harddisk through APS]] <tt>(How to make automatic emergency disk head parking work)</tt>
 
*[[How to protect the harddisk through APS]] <tt>(How to make automatic emergency disk head parking work)</tt>
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==SL Driver==
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* [[ SL Driver on Ubuntu ]]  <tt>(How to get Alexandre Rostovtsev's SL-series driver working with Ubuntu)</tt>
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==Storage devices (harddisk, cdrom)==
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#Don't forget that the newer kernels have fancier cpu frequency governors like OnDemand and Conservative that are easy to configure via SysFS.  These governors are adequate in many situations and do not require user-space daemons such as cpufreqd, powersaved, or powernowd. Read more about it on the [[How to make use of Dynamic Frequency Scaling|Dynamic Frequency Scaling page]].
 
#Don't forget that the newer kernels have fancier cpu frequency governors like OnDemand and Conservative that are easy to configure via SysFS.  These governors are adequate in many situations and do not require user-space daemons such as cpufreqd, powersaved, or powernowd. Read more about it on the [[How to make use of Dynamic Frequency Scaling|Dynamic Frequency Scaling page]].
 
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 5 August 2011

This page holds information on how to make additional hardware work on your ThinkPad.

The pages linked here hold instructions for installing or configuring certain drivers to make them work with ThinkPad hardware. For an overview of the drivers themselves please look at the Drivers page.

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth (How to enable and configure Bluetooth)
  • IrDA (How to get IrDA working)

Graphics

Input

PowerManagement

Safety & Security

SL Driver

Storage devices (harddisk, cdrom)

Sound

Wireless LAN

Additional Hardware


FOOTNOTES [Δ]
  1. Don't forget that the newer kernels have fancier cpu frequency governors like OnDemand and Conservative that are easy to configure via SysFS. These governors are adequate in many situations and do not require user-space daemons such as cpufreqd, powersaved, or powernowd. Read more about it on the Dynamic Frequency Scaling page.