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{{NOTE|This is based on Fedora 16 with the default GNOME desktop. Your experience with KDE may be different. Since the video adapter in this ThinkPad is rather dated, Gnome 3 will run in Fallback/Classic mode.}}
{{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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== New in this release ==
Fixed or new in this Fedora release, with regards to this model ThinkPad is the following;
* ..

Regressions;
* ..

== 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].
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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|colspan=2| '''Item''' || '''Working''' || '''Notes'''
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|rowspan=3|Installation
| Local CD/DVD install || {{Cyes}} ||
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| Network Installation || {{Cyes}} ||
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| USB Installation || {{Cyes}} ||
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|rowspan=2|[[Intel Extreme Graphics 2|Display]]
| Laptop Screen (LVDS)|| {{Cyes}} ||
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| VGA || {{Cyes}} ||
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|rowspan=2|Power Management
| Software Suspend (hibernate) || {{Cyes}} ||
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| Suspend to Memory (ACPI sleep) || {{Cyes}} ||
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|colspan=2| Audio || {{Cyes}} ||
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|rowspan=3| Wireless || WiFi - Atheros || {{Cyes}} ||
|-
| WiFi - [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter|Intel 2200BG]]|| {{Cyes}} ||
|-
| [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)|Bluetooth]] || {{Cyes}} ||
|-
| rowspan=3|Input
| Keyboard || {{Cyes}} ||
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| [[TrackPoint|TrackPoint]] || {{Cyes}} ||
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| Extra keys || {{Cpart}} || see ThinkPad Extra keys section below
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| rowspan=9|Ports
| Ethernet || {{Cyes}} ||
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| [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)|Modem]] || {{Cno}} || Requires closed-source driver. May work by installing 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
|-
| [[IrDA]] || {{Cno}} || It seems the device is detected, but then it tries to register a second device and fails with "nsc_ircc_open(). can't get iobase of 0x2f8".
|-
| PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse || {{Cyes}} || Requires dock. Mouse works, but disables Trackpoint.
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| Parallel || {{Cunk}} (should work)|| Requires dock
|-
| USB || {{Cyes}} ||
|-
| PCMCIA/Cardbus || {{Cyes}} ||
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| [[Ricoh R5C511|SD slot]] || {{Cyes}} || 4GB SDHC flash card automatically detected.
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| colspan=2| [[Active Protection System|Harddisk Active Protection]] || {{Cpart}} || There is a hdapsd rpm, but it is not installed by default, and neither is the hdaps kernel module getting automatically loaded. And even after install it is not started automatically. Starting it manually (modprobe hdaps; hdapsd -d sda), does seem to cause the HDD heads to get parked, but it gives lots of warnings that seem to indicate it does not yet work as intended.
|-
| 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.
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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 || {{Cyes}} ||
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|}

= Tested and Verified on Fedora 16 =

Information in this section has been tested and verified using Fedora.

== Installation ==

Installation is straight forward; you can follow the generic Fedora install instructions.

== Configuration ==
=== Kernel ===
It is recommended to edit {{path|/boot/grub/grub.conf}} and add {{bootparm|hpet|force}} to the kernel line. This will activate HPET (High Precision Event Timer), which will allow the CPU to sleep for longer periods and save power.
=== X Server - Intel 855GM ===
Both LVDS and VGA displays work in mirror and extended desktop mode, although extended desktop is rather limited as the Intel graphics chip is limited to just a 2048x2048 desktop size.

Issues
* Unknown physical LVDS display size (reported as 0mm x 0mm)
* Cycling through external display modes with Fn-F7 only works, if the combined horizontal resolutions of the LVDS and external display combined does not exceed 2048 pixels. Since the LVDS (ThinkPad LCD) is 1024 pixels horizontal on a X40, that means the external display cannot have more then 1024 pixels either or otherwise Fn-F7 will fail.
* Xv (Xvideo) when in mirror mode works on the external display, but not the LVDS

=== WiFi ===
Both the Intel 2200BG and Atheros wireless should work out of the box.

=== ThinkPad Extra keys ===
ThinkPad keys are handled by a mixture of the thinkpad_acpi, acpi button and acpi dock drivers.

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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| '''Key''' || '''Function''' || '''Handled by''' ||'''Event''' || '''Works''' || '''Notes'''
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F3}} || lock screen || thinkpad_acpi|| {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} ||
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}} || suspend || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} ||
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}} || wireless || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cpart}} || Switches WiFi on and off, has no effect on Bluetooth
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}} || videomode || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cpart}} || Fails if external monitor >1024 horizontal
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F9}} || undock || acpi button || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cno}} || causes event, but does not actually undock
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}} || hibernate || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} ||
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|End}} || brightness down || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|PgUp}} || thinklight || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
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| {{key|Fn}}{{key|Space}} || zoom || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cno}} || Known Xorg limitation, scheduled to be fixed with the new XKB2 extension, whenever that may be.
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| VolumeUp || Volume Up || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume controls are independent from each other.
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| VolumeDown || Volume Down || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software volume controls are independent from each other.
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| Mute || Mute || thinkpad_acpi || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD. Hardware and Software mute controls are independent from each other.
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| Access IBM || Vendor key ||thinkpad_acpi || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cpart}} || No default action, but can be associated in the Gnome3 keyboard settings
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| NextTab || Browser Next tab || standard keyboard driver || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} ||
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| PreviousTab || Browser Previous tab || standard keyboard driver || {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} ||
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| Power || Power button || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} || Need to press button for ~1 second to trigger a suspend event.
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| Lid || Lid button || acpi button|| {{Cyes|text=}} yes|| {{Cyes}} || Triggers a suspend event
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| Dock || Dock eject button || acpi dock || {{Cyes|text=}} udev || {{Cyes}} ||
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| Ultrabay || Ultrabay eject switch || acpi dock || {{Cyes|text=}} udev|| {{Cno}} || Causes udev event, but missing handler. See below.
|-
|}

=== Ultrabay ===
Ultrabay eject is not handled properly by default. Since there is no undock udev handler. This udev rule and eject script works for me: [[How to hotswap Ultrabay devices]]

= Untested =
* Parallel port

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 * Cycling through external display modes with Fn-F7 only works, if the combined horizontal resolutions of the LVDS and external display combined does not exceed 2048 pixels. Since the LVDS (ThinkPad LCD) is 1024 pixels horizontal on a X40, that means the external display cannot have more then 1024 pixels either or otherwise Fn-F7 will fail.
 * Xv (Xvideo) when in mirror mode works on the external display, but not the LVDS
 === ThinkPad Extra keys ===

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 == Configuration ==
 === Kernel ===
-It is recommended to edit {{path|/boot/grub/grub.conf}} and add {{bootparm|hpet|force}} to the kernel line. This will activate HPET (High Precision Event Timer), which will allow the CPU to sleep for longer periods and save power.
+It is recommended to edit {{path|/etc/default/grub}} and add {{bootparm|hpet|force}} to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line, and running {{cmdroot|grub2-mkconfig}}. This will activate HPET (High Precision Event Timer), which will allow the CPU to sleep for longer periods and save power.
 === X Server - Intel 855GM ===
 Both LVDS and VGA displays work in mirror and extended desktop mode, although extended desktop is rather limited as the Intel graphics chip is limited to just a 2048x2048 desktop size.

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