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=== Linux Installation ===
 
=== Linux Installation ===
  
As of 2010-04-03 the following problems exist with the T510 under Linux:
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As of 2010-05-04 the following problems exist with the T510 under Linux:
  
 
* No support for display brightness controls when using binary video driver
 
* No support for display brightness controls when using binary video driver
 
* To enable brightness control in X, append 'Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"' to the Device-Section of xorg.conf, orginal source: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2204839#post2204839. This may result in a high-pitched whine after lowering the brightness within X. ALso, brightness is not lowered and raised in the same increments (on Archlinux).
 
* To enable brightness control in X, append 'Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"' to the Device-Section of xorg.conf, orginal source: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2204839#post2204839. This may result in a high-pitched whine after lowering the brightness within X. ALso, brightness is not lowered and raised in the same increments (on Archlinux).
 
* System can only resume from suspend once - acpi related kernel crash occurs on resume (but system continues to operate), next resume shows BIOS screen and hangs - https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15407
 
* System can only resume from suspend once - acpi related kernel crash occurs on resume (but system continues to operate), next resume shows BIOS screen and hangs - https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15407
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** This can be resolved by using a newer kernel than is found with Ubuntu Lucid, or by updating the BIOS to a revision later than 1.18-1.10 . http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-74267
 
** Suspend to RAM and Hibernate( suspend to disk ) works very well under Fedora 13 BETA (kernel 2.6.33), using both the proprietary Nvidia driver and the open source Nouveau driver.
 
** Suspend to RAM and Hibernate( suspend to disk ) works very well under Fedora 13 BETA (kernel 2.6.33), using both the proprietary Nvidia driver and the open source Nouveau driver.
* Lenovo will solve this resume issue in a BIOS update expected near the end of April. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532374
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Revision as of 18:24, 4 May 2010

ThinkPad T510

This page gives an overview of all ThinkPad T510 related topics.

Machine Type

  • 4313, 4314, 4349, 4384

Standard Features

ThinkPad T510

Linux Installation

As of 2010-05-04 the following problems exist with the T510 under Linux:

  • No support for display brightness controls when using binary video driver
  • To enable brightness control in X, append 'Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"' to the Device-Section of xorg.conf, orginal source: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2204839#post2204839. This may result in a high-pitched whine after lowering the brightness within X. ALso, brightness is not lowered and raised in the same increments (on Archlinux).
  • System can only resume from suspend once - acpi related kernel crash occurs on resume (but system continues to operate), next resume shows BIOS screen and hangs - https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15407

Pages in category "T510"

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