Installing Fedora 13 on a ThinkPad X40 - Revision history

Tonko at 07:54, 12 October 2010

2010-10-12T07:54:06Z

Tonko at 07:53, 12 October 2010

2010-10-12T07:53:04Z

Tonko at 11:33, 9 September 2010

2010-09-09T11:33:20Z

Tonko at 09:55, 2 September 2010

2010-09-02T09:55:14Z

Tonko: /* Success Chart - Out of the box experience */

2010-04-26T12:46:19Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Tonko: /* Success Chart - Out of the box experience */

2010-04-26T12:44:53Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Tonko: /* Success Chart - Out of the box experience */

2010-04-26T11:56:25Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Tonko: /* Success Chart - Out of the box experience */

2010-04-26T11:48:21Z

‎Success Chart - Out of the box experience

Tonko: /* ThinkPad Extra keys */

2010-04-23T17:13:12Z

‎ThinkPad Extra keys

Tonko: /* Untested on Fedora 13 */

2010-04-23T13:36:18Z

‎Untested on Fedora 13

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 {{NOTE|This is based on Fedora 13 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
 {{HELP|Not all models of this ThinkPad are equal, you may have a different WiFi adapter, or some options I did not have. If you tested them, please add their status down below.}}
 |}
 == New in this release ==

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 | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Space}} || zoom || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || Known Xorg limitation, scheduled to be fixed with the new XKB2 extension, whenever that may be.
 |-
-| VolumeUp || Volume Up || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
+| VolumeUp || Volume Up || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround. Hardware and Software volume controls are independent from each other.
 |-
-| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
+| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround. Hardware and Software volume controls are independent from each other.
 |-
-| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
+| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround. Hardware and Software mute controls are independent from each other.
 |-
 | Access IBM || Vendor key ||thinkpad_acpi ||  {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || No default action, but can be associated with gnome-keybinding-properties

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 |style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
 |style="vertical-align:top" |
-{{NOTE|This is based on the '''Beta''' version of Fedora 13 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
+{{NOTE|This is based on Fedora 13 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
 {{HELP|Not all models of this ThinkPad are equal, you may have a different WiFi adapter, or some options I did not have. If you tested them, please add their status down below.}}
 |}
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 | colspan=2| [[Embedded Security Subsystem|TPM (security subsystem)]] || {{Cyes}} || Enable security chip in BIOS, then "yum install tpm-tools", then "modprobe tpm_atmel; service tcsd start; tpm_version" works.
 |-
-| colspan=2| Dock removal || {{Cno}} || Dock removal is completely un-handled. doing so without first powering down is not recommended. [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15521 patches in bugzilla]
+| colspan=2| Dock removal || {{Cyes}} || Dock removal is fixed with the 2.6.34 kernel from the updates repository.
 |-
 |}
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 | Lid || Lid button || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| Dock || Dock eject button || acpi dock  || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || Does not cause any event
+| Dock || Dock eject button || acpi dock  || {{Cyes|text=}} udev || {{Cyes}} || Fixed with 2.6.34 kernel update
 |-
 | Ultrabay || Ultrabay eject switch || acpi dock || {{Cyes|text=}} udev|| {{Cno}} || Causes udev event, but missing handler. See below.

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 |style="vertical-align:top" |
 {{NOTE|This is based on the '''Beta''' version of Fedora 13 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different.}}
 |}
 == Success Chart - Out of the box experience ==
 This machines SMOLT profile is available [http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_1381d77b-e263-408f-87a2-a797d2872ba1 here].
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 | '''Key''' || '''Function''' || '''Handled by''' ||'''Event''' || '''Works''' || '''Notes'''
 |-
-| Fn-F3 || lock screen || thinkpad_acpi|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cyes}} ||
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F3}} || lock screen || thinkpad_acpi|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| Fn-F4 || suspend || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cyes}} ||
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}} || suspend || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| Fn-F5 || wireless || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || Switches WiFi on and off, has no effect on Bluetooth
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}} || wireless || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || Switches WiFi on and off, has no effect on Bluetooth
 |-
-| Fn-F7 || videomode || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || Fails if external monitor >1024 horizontal
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}} || videomode || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || Fails if external monitor >1024 horizontal
 |-
-| Fn-F9 || undock || acpi button || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || causes event, but does not actually undock
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F9}} || undock || acpi button || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || causes event, but does not actually undock
 |-
-| Fn-F12 || hibernate || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || button works, but hibernate does not
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}} || hibernate || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} HAL|| {{Cpart}} || button works, but hibernate does not
 |-
-| Fn-Home || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
 |-
-| Fn-End || brightness down || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|End}} || brightness down || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
 |-
-| Fn-PgUp || thinklight || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|PgUp}} || thinklight || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
 |-
-| Fn-Space || zoom || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || Known Xorg limitation, scheduled to be fixed with the new XKB2 extension, whenever that may be.
+| {{key|Fn}}{{key|Space}} || zoom || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cno}} || Known Xorg limitation, scheduled to be fixed with the new XKB2 extension, whenever that may be.
 |-
 | VolumeUp || Volume Up || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a workaround.
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 * Atheros WiFi
 * Parallel port
 [[Category:X40]][[Category:Fedora]]

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 | Ethernet || {{Cyes}} ||
 |-
-| [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)|Modem]] || {{Cno}} || Requires closed-source driver. Install the slmodem rpm from the rpmfusion-nonfree repository, edit /etc/sysconfig/slmodem and set INTERFACE=alsa and ALSA_DEVICE=modem:1 and optionally the country. Then run "chkconfig slmodem on; service slmodem start" and point your dialer to /dev/ttySL0
+| [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)|Modem]] || {{Cno}} || Requires closed-source driver. Install the slmodem rpm from the rpmfusion-nonfree repository, edit /etc/sysconfig/slmodem and set INTERFACE=alsa and ALSA_DEVICE=modem:1 and optionally the country. Then run "chkconfig slmodem on; service slmodem start" and point your dialer to {{path|/dev/ttySL0}}
 |-
 | Serial || {{Cyes}} || Requires dock

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 | colspan=2| [[Ultrabay]] device removal || {{Cpart}} || Eject switch causes udev event, but no default udev script to handle the event to unmount filesystems in time. ata_piix does handle the removal and insertion of ATA devices.
 |-
-| colspan=2| [[Embedded Security Subsystem|TPM (security subsystem)]] || {{Cyes}} || "yum install tpm-tools", then "modprobe tpm_atmel; service tcsd start; tpm_version" works.
+| colspan=2| [[Embedded Security Subsystem|TPM (security subsystem)]] || {{Cyes}} || Enable security chip in BIOS, then "yum install tpm-tools", then "modprobe tpm_atmel; service tcsd start; tpm_version" works.
 |-
 | colspan=2| Dock removal || {{Cno}} || Dock removal is completely un-handled. doing so without first powering down is not recommended. [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15521 patches in bugzilla]