Installing OpenSUSE 10.2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-04-12T10:52:36Z

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== Success Chart ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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|colspan=2| '''Item''' || '''Working''' || '''Notes'''
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|rowspan=2|Installation
| Network Installation ||bgcolor=lightgrey| Not Tested ||
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| USB Installation ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes (DVD) ||
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|rowspan=4|Display
| Laptop Screen ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes || X.org i810 driver
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| CRT / Projector ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes ||
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| Screen Rotation ||bgcolor=lightgreen| Yes* || XRandR
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| Stylus ||bgcolor=lightgreen| Yes* || wacom serial driver.
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|rowspan=2|Power Management
| Suspend to Disk (hibernate) ||bgcolor=lightgreen| Yes* || [[Software Suspend 2]]
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| Suspend to RAM (ACPI sleep) ||bgcolor=lightgreen| Yes* || [[Software Suspend 2]]
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|colspan=2| Audio ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes || ALSA intel8x0 driver
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|rowspan=2| Wireless || 802.11b/g ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes || ipw2200 drivers
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| Bluetooth ||bgcolor=lightgrey| Not Tested || See [[Installing_Fedora_Core_4_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Bluetooth|Bluetooth on Fedora Core 4]]
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|rowspan=2| Card Slots || Cardbus ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes || yenta_socket driver
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| SD Card ||bgcolor=lightgreen| Yes* || sdhci driver
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|rowspan=2|Extra Buttons || Keyboard Section ||bgcolor=lightblue| Yes || ibm-acpi driver
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| Tablet buttons ||bgcolor=lightgreen| Yes* ||
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|colspan=2| Fingerprint Scanner ||bgcolor=lightgrey| Not Tested ||
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|colspan=2| Harddisk Active Protection ||bgcolor=lightgrey| Not Tested || hdapsd
|}
'' * = Configuration Required ''

== Installation ==

Installation is fairly simple, most features work out-of-the-box.

== Configuration ==

''(Instructions are for KDE)''

=== Tablet Configuration ===

General tablet configuration is pretty simple.

* Open Sax2
** First, go to the monitor section, we need to fix the screen size
*** Next to where it says "Monitor:", click the '''Change''' button
*** The auto-detected monitor is '''-->LCD / 1024X768@75HZ''', which is fine
*** Go to the '''Display Size''' tab
**** Enter '''248''' for the X-Axis
**** Enter '''186''' for the Y-Axis
*** Click '''OK''' to close the Monitor Settings window
** Now go to the '''Tablet''' section
*** Check '''Activate This Tablet'''
*** Select '''IBM / X41 TABLET PC (SERIAL)'''
** Go to the '''Port and Mode''' tab
*** Set the port to '''COM-1 [/dev/ttyS0]'''
*** Select '''TCPButton >>> on'''
*** Select '''AlwaysCore'''
*** Select '''ForceDevice >>> ISDV4'''
*** Set the mode to '''Absolute'''
** Go to the '''Electronic Pens''' tab
*** Check '''Add Pen'''
*** Click the '''Properties''' button
**** Select '''TCPButton >>> on'''
**** Select '''AlwaysCore'''
**** Select '''ForceDevice >>> ISDV4'''
**** Set the mode to '''Absolute'''
** Save

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