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Revision as of 20:55, 24 November 2009

T400s

Disclaimer

On this page experiences, tips, and tricks how to get most out of a Lenovo T400s are collected. Everyone is invited to share his part. Feedback is very welcome. No warranty that any of the information on this page may harm your hard- or software is given.

Intro

I started to write up this page as of 2009-08-12. It is work in progress. The "template" was taken from Ubuntu 9.04 on a T400. The good news is: Nearly everything works out of the box on [[ http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/910features | Karmic ]]. Where are the good old times it took you a couple of nights to get a new box up and running? ;)

Before Installation

Backup your data. Maybe dd the rescue partition.

BIOS Upgrade

There is a Bios upgrade available. Not sure if it is required. Install from a CD went smoothly.

What works out of the box?

  • Wireless with iwlagn driver (Intel WiFi Link 5100/5300 WLAN controller)
    • G mode + WEP and WPA2 PSK
    • With status LED and everything! (LED does not work for ThinkPad 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter III)
    • version: 1.3.27k
    • Firmware: iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
  • Bluetooth
    • Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0a5c:2145 Broadcom Corp.
    • With status LED and everything!
    • Tested with Motorola headset HT820. After connecting with Blueman the audio device shows up in pulseaudio
    • Tested with Nokia 810 and BlueMaemo (Mouse, Keyboard)
  • Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
    • module e1000e
  • Intel driver for Integrated Graphics (Intel Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD), module i915
    • with 3D acceleration out-of-the-box
  • VGA/HDMI output
    • xrandr support
    • Using HDMI nearly every day
    • VGA works too (less tested)
  • Sound card
    • module snd-hda-intel
  • Internal mic
  • Optical drive
    • tested cd/dvd read
    • tested cd-r, cd-rw (also blank) write
  • built-in webcam (tested with skype, cheese and ekiga) (idVendor 0x17ef Lenovo, idProduct 0x480d, bcdDevice 23.38, iManufacturer 1 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.)
  • 7-in-1 card reader Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822 (rev 01)(MMC, Memory Stick, Mem Stick Pro, SD, SDHC, XD, XD Type H Memory)
    • tested with SD card
  • Touchpoint and Trackpad
    • Use gpointing-device-settings to configure)
    • x-axis range 1472 - 5472
    • y-axis range 1408 - 4448
    • pressure range 0 - 255
    • no idea how to use gestures/multitouch
  • Control buttons/Hotkeys
    • Volume control buttons
    • Audio out mute button
    • Screen brightness control (FN + Home/End)
    • Thinklight control (FN + PgUp)
    • WLAN/BT/OFF toggle (Fn+F5 press once: Wlan and BT off/Press second time: BT off, Wlan on/Third time: BT on, Wlan off/Press another time: BT and Wlan on)
    • To add a bluetooth-only-toggle (Fn+F6) that doesn't affect WLAN take a look here
    • Wlan/BT hardware switch
    • Media player control (FN + arrows)
    • Browser history buttons
    • Switch to extern Monitor (FN + F7 press once: picture on both monitors/Second time: on external Monitor/Third time: Laptop monitor)
    • Suspend shortcut (FN + F4)
    • Hibernate shortcut (FN + F12)
    • Battery info shortcut (FN + F3)
    • Screenlock shortcut (FN + F2)
    • dock eject button (FN + F9) not tested yet!
    • ThinkVantage Button (You only have to allocate a programm!)


  • Some ACPI features
    • Battery status, power graphs and history (tested with an single 6-Cell battery)
    • Lid states and events
  • Suspend/Hibernate
    • Suspend works
    • Hibernate works



Please feel free to edit this page. If you have trouble, comments, etc. please contact me.


Stay tuned, more to come.


Active Protection System

see here: Install Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on a ThinkPad T400#Active_Protection_System