ThinkWiki - Linux Thinkpad Wiki

This is ThinkWiki, the Wiki Web for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad users. Here you find anything you need to install your favourite Linux distribution on your ThinkPad. Windows users shouldn't run away, there's a lot of useful information for them as well. 8,843 users have registered since Sep. 2004 and created 1,297 articles (52,082 page edits so far). Please support us and help to extend this wiki. Thank you! Account creation on ThinkWiki More about ThinkWiki Hardware Hardware Specifications (Hardware specs of ThinkPad models) ThinkPad Technologies (special features of ThinkPads) Components & AddOns (ThinkPad components and addons) BIOS Upgrade (How to keep your BIOS up to date) Known Problems (Known problem with certain ThinkPads) Error Codes & Beeps (BIOS numerical and beep error codes) Hardware Hacking (Mods and stuff) Maintenance (How to keep your ThinkPad nice and shiny) Buyers Guide (Hints on buying ThinkPads) ThinkPad models HOWTOs ThinkPad Installation (How to install your favorite OS) Driver Installation (How to make certain drivers work) Preload Recovery (How to recover the preloaded OS) Power Management (How to get Suspend, Speedstep etc. working) Special Keys (How to setup/configure the extra keys) Performance (How to optimize your system) BIOS-Bootsplash (How to change the IBM BIOS bootsplash) How to read ThinkWiki Drivers and Patches Drivers (Useful drivers for ThinkPads) Tools (Useful Tools for ThinkPads) Patches (ThinkPad related patches) Scripts (ThinkPad related scripts) Configs (useful configuration files) Categories Further Information Glossary (explanations of special terms) Mailinglists (talk to other people and get help) important ThinkPad Links (links to useful sites) IRC-Channels (for urgent help and chatter)

ThinkWiki News 01.05.2013: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.20.5. 01.05.2013: Sorry for some downtime today (and yesterday) 13.08.2012: ThinkWiki got new hardware! 13.08.2012: ThinkWiki suffered a partial data loss 03.02.2012: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.18.1. 15.10.2011: We are pleases to announce our new partnership with thinkpads.com 28.06.2011: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.17.0. 07.06.2011: ibm.com MIGR Doc links are dead! Please convert any dead links to use the IBMDOCURL or LNVDOCURL template 20.03.2011: User account creation temporarily disabled, until we have an effective way to reduce SPAM. 08.02.2011: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.16.2. 17.05.2010: ThinkWiki got shiny new hardware! More News Industry Watch 24.04.2012: New fglrx driver version 12.4 released 28.09.2011: New fglrx driver version 11.9 released 19.02.2009: Ubuntu 10.04 will use nouveau drivers for nVidia GPUs. See this Phoronix article . 29.01.2009: New fglrx driver version 9.1 released with support for OpenGL 3.0, Hybrid Crossfile and Multiview. 18.09.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.9 (8.532) released. 10.06.2008: Engadget got some leaked technical specs of the new ThinkPads. 16.04.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.1 (8.476) released. 14.04.2008: Lenovo's entire new ThinkPad line leaked, X300 gets siblings. See Gizmodo for details. 18.01.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.1 (8.454) released. More News Recent changes 23 May 2013 (diff | hist) . . m Installing OpenSUSE 12.3 on a ThinkPad T430s‎; 22:07 . . (-7)‎ . . ‎Johnny (Talk | contribs)‎ (→‎Integrated fingerprint reader: Removed "vendor" since it is a complete USB ID.) 22 May 2013 (diff | hist) . . Installing Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) on a ThinkPad Edge E135‎; 23:42 . . (+51)‎ . . ‎Chrysn (Talk | contribs)‎ (→‎BIOS update: how to see the bios version) (diff | hist) . . Category:E135‎; 23:40 . . (+89)‎ . . ‎Chrysn (Talk | contribs)‎ (note hardware variations) (diff | hist) . . Installing Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) on a ThinkPad Edge E135‎; 23:29 . . (-230)‎ . . ‎Chrysn (Talk | contribs)‎ (→‎WiFi: removed obsolete note (superseded by the comment about signal strength and nonfree drivers)) (diff | hist) . . Installing Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) on a ThinkPad Edge E135‎; 23:27 . . (+653)‎ . . ‎Chrysn (Talk | contribs)‎ (updated to latest status) More changes ThinkWiki Blog Please wait.. ThinkWiki Blog Advertisment We recommend company WebHostingHub - ranked as the best on web hosting reviews site www.Webhostinggeeks.com Advertising on ThinkWiki

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