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(Changed the graphics card to the FX 880M--I have a W510, so I'm quite certain.)
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* Resume results in corrupted display objects with kernel < 2.6.33 and/or driver less than 195.36.03
 
* Resume results in corrupted display objects with kernel < 2.6.33 and/or driver less than 195.36.03
 
* System can only resume from sleep once - acpi related kernel crash occurs on resume (but system continues to operate), next resume shows BIOS screen and hangs
 
* System can only resume from sleep once - acpi related kernel crash occurs on resume (but system continues to operate), next resume shows BIOS screen and hangs
* Audio intermittent
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* Audio intermittent (citation needed--I have no audio problems. -[[Quinxex|User_talk:Quinxex]])
 
* No support for display brightness controls when using binary video driver
 
* No support for display brightness controls when using binary video driver
* Wired networking stuck at 10Mbit without manual change using ethtool. For Ubuntu Karmic this can easily be fixed by manually downloading and installing the [http://bit.ly/bTvbWx e1000e driver from Intel].'''
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* Wired networking stuck at 10Mbit without manual change using ethtool. For Ubuntu Karmic this can easily be fixed by manually downloading and installing the [http://bit.ly/bTvbWx e1000e driver from Intel].
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* Archlinux cannot easily be configured, as the wireless and ethernet cards both require drivers that are not present in the 2009.08 release. (This may be a problem for other distros, as well.)'''
  
 
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* On Ubuntu Karmic, Wireless can be enabled by installing linux-backport-modules-karmic.  This adds missing firmware for 6000-series cards.
 
* On Ubuntu Karmic, Wireless can be enabled by installing linux-backport-modules-karmic.  This adds missing firmware for 6000-series cards.
 
* All Versions: System cannot suspend unless <nowiki>SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci"</nowiki> is added to /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules (may need to create this file)  Note that this does not resolve the "crash on second resume" problem.
 
* All Versions: System cannot suspend unless <nowiki>SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci"</nowiki> is added to /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules (may need to create this file)  Note that this does not resolve the "crash on second resume" problem.
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* To change the brightness, one can switch to a virtual console and change it there, and the new brightness will remain when resuming X usage.
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* On archlinux, ethernet will work after one manually installs the newest kernel26 package, while wifi requires the appropriate microcode package, iwlwifi-6000-ucode.
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* The Nouveau open source nVidia driver [http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2194707&postcount=20 is said to work] at full resolution without freezing (but without 3D acceleration).
  
 
=== Hardware notes ===
 
=== Hardware notes ===

Revision as of 06:11, 26 February 2010

ThinkPad W510

Standard Features

Linux Installation

As of 2010-02-14 the following problems exist with the W510 under Linux:

  • Suspend not implemented yet in USB 3.0 (xhci) driver - system cannot suspend unless driver is unloaded first
  • nVidia FX 880M with any current release driver will show a "fuzzy screen" after a console switch or logout/login - fixed in 195.36.03 beta, but graphics still suffers freezes.
  • Resume results in corrupted display objects with kernel < 2.6.33 and/or driver less than 195.36.03
  • System can only resume from sleep once - acpi related kernel crash occurs on resume (but system continues to operate), next resume shows BIOS screen and hangs
  • Audio intermittent (citation needed--I have no audio problems. -User_talk:Quinxex)
  • No support for display brightness controls when using binary video driver
  • Wired networking stuck at 10Mbit without manual change using ethtool. For Ubuntu Karmic this can easily be fixed by manually downloading and installing the e1000e driver from Intel.
  • Archlinux cannot easily be configured, as the wireless and ethernet cards both require drivers that are not present in the 2009.08 release. (This may be a problem for other distros, as well.)

Workarounds:

  • On Ubuntu Karmic, Wireless can be enabled by installing linux-backport-modules-karmic. This adds missing firmware for 6000-series cards.
  • All Versions: System cannot suspend unless SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci" is added to /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules (may need to create this file) Note that this does not resolve the "crash on second resume" problem.
  • To change the brightness, one can switch to a virtual console and change it there, and the new brightness will remain when resuming X usage.
  • On archlinux, ethernet will work after one manually installs the newest kernel26 package, while wifi requires the appropriate microcode package, iwlwifi-6000-ucode.
  • The Nouveau open source nVidia driver is said to work at full resolution without freezing (but without 3D acceleration).

Hardware notes

  • The W510 ships with a large (nearly doubled size of the old 90W) 135W power supply. However, it is possible to plug old (90W) power supplies, but they get rather warm. Upon boot there's a notification message, that a power supply with reduced performance is connected.

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