Installing OpenSUSE 13.1 on a ThinkPad T430s - Revision history

Johnny: Fixed formatting.

2016-12-27T10:23:48Z

Fixed formatting.

Johnny: /* Model */ Added firmware revision.

2014-07-06T11:58:25Z

‎Model: Added firmware revision.

Johnny: /* Model */ BIOS update.

2014-07-06T11:55:15Z

‎Model: BIOS update.

Johnny: /* Power Management */ Removed link to unrelated bug report.

2014-05-11T14:09:05Z

‎Power Management: Removed link to unrelated bug report.

Johnny: /* Power Management */ Added link to lenovo forum with SSD firmware update

2014-05-11T14:06:11Z

‎Power Management: Added link to lenovo forum with SSD firmware update

Johnny: /* Power Management */ Added another openSUSE bug report link

2014-04-19T19:24:10Z

‎Power Management: Added another openSUSE bug report link

Johnny: /* Power Management */ Simpler fix for shutdown problem.

2014-02-20T21:04:57Z

‎Power Management: Simpler fix for shutdown problem.

Johnny: /* Power Management */ Be more specific about the workaroung

2014-01-25T13:23:50Z

‎Power Management: Be more specific about the workaroung

Johnny: /* Power Management */ Added workaround for Intel SSD 520 SSD problems with laptop-mode-tools

2014-01-11T10:43:54Z

‎Power Management: Added workaround for Intel SSD 520 SSD problems with laptop-mode-tools

Johnny: Added power management section.

2014-01-11T09:45:17Z

Added power management section.

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	However, there seems to be no need to install [[Laptop-mode-tools]] but to only set the PCI power management of the Ethernet controller		However, there seems to be no need to install [[Laptop-mode-tools]] but to only set the PCI power management of the Ethernet controller
−	~~<code>~~
	echo "auto" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/power/control		echo "auto" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:19.0/power/control
−	~~</code>~~

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 == Model ==
-Lenovo Thinkpad {{T430s}} 2356-LPG, BIOS G7ETA0WW (2.60)
+Lenovo Thinkpad {{T430s}} 2356-LPG, BIOS G7ETA0WW (2.60), Firmware G7HT39WW (1.15)
 == General ==

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 == Model ==
-Lenovo Thinkpad {{T430s}} 2356-LPG, BIOS G7ET90WW (2.50), ECP G7HT36WW (1.12)
+Lenovo Thinkpad {{T430s}} 2356-LPG, BIOS G7ETA0WW (2.60)
 == General ==

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 == Power Management ==
-Suspend to RAM works out of the box. Unfortunately, the ThinkPad often reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116][https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848889] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is a "beta" firmware update (LB3i) from Lenovo, but yet only for windows.[http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x230-SATA-errors-with-180GB-Intel-520-SSD-under-heavy-write-load/m-p/1540734#M57711] Without the update, you have to set {{bootparm|INTEL_SATA_POWER|"0"}} in {{path|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}.
+Suspend to RAM works out of the box. Unfortunately, the ThinkPad often reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848889] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is a "beta" firmware update (LB3i) from Lenovo, but yet only for windows.[http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x230-SATA-errors-with-180GB-Intel-520-SSD-under-heavy-write-load/m-p/1540734#M57711] Without the update, you have to set {{bootparm|INTEL_SATA_POWER|"0"}} in {{path|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}.
 However, there seems to be no need to install [[Laptop-mode-tools]] but to only set the PCI power management of the Ethernet controller

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 == Power Management ==
-Suspend to RAM works out of the box. Unfortunately, the ThinkPad often reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116][https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848889] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is no fix from Lenovo, yet.[https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51861][http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430s-Intel-SSD-520-180GB-issue/td-p/888083] So, you have to set {{bootparm|INTEL_SATA_POWER|"0"}} in {{path|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}.
+Suspend to RAM works out of the box. Unfortunately, the ThinkPad often reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116][https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848889] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is a "beta" firmware update (LB3i) from Lenovo, but yet only for windows.[http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x230-SATA-errors-with-180GB-Intel-520-SSD-under-heavy-write-load/m-p/1540734#M57711] Without the update, you have to set {{bootparm|INTEL_SATA_POWER|"0"}} in {{path|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}.
 However, there seems to be no need to install [[Laptop-mode-tools]] but to only set the PCI power management of the Ethernet controller

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:23, 25 January 2014
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	== Power Management ==		== Power Management ==
−	Suspend to RAM works out of the box. However, sometimes the ThinkPad reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management\|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is no fix from Lenovo, yet.[https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51861][http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430s-Intel-SSD-520-180GB-issue/td-p/888083] So, you have to set {{bootparm\|INTEL_SATA_POWER\|"0"}} in {{path\|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}	+	Suspend to RAM works out of the box. However, sometimes the ThinkPad reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management\|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is no fix from Lenovo, yet.[https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51861][http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430s-Intel-SSD-520-180GB-issue/td-p/888083] So, you have to set {{bootparm\|INTEL_SATA_POWER\|"0"}} in {{path\|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}.
		+
		+	However, it seems to be sufficient to only set {{bootparm\|CONTROL_RUNTIME_PM\|1}} in {{path\|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/runtime-pm.conf}} and to disable most things else in {{path\|/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf}} by setting {{bootparm\|ENABLE_AUTO_MODULES\|0}}, {{bootparm\|CONTROL_READAHEAD\|0}}, {{bootparm\|CONTROL_NOATIME\|0}}, {{bootparm\|CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT\|"0"}}, and {{bootparm\|CONTROL_MOUNT_OPTIONS\|0}}.

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:43, 11 January 2014
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	== Power Management ==		== Power Management ==
−	Suspend to RAM works out of the box. However, sometimes the ThinkPad reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116]	+	Suspend to RAM works out of the box. However, sometimes the ThinkPad reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116] But thereby [[How_to_reduce_power_consumption#SATA_Link_Power_Management\|SATA Link Power Management]] will be activated by default and the Intel SSD 520 with 180 GB and 240 GB could time out on heavy I/O load. There is no fix from Lenovo, yet.[https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51861][http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430s-Intel-SSD-520-180GB-issue/td-p/888083] So, you have to set {{bootparm\|INTEL_SATA_POWER\|"0"}} in {{path\|/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/intel-sata-powermgmt.conf}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:45, 11 January 2014
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	== LCD Brightness Buttons ==		== LCD Brightness Buttons ==
	The LCD brightness buttons stopped working because of a change in the 3.7 kernel. Adding {{bootparm\|acpi_osi\|\"!Windows 2012\"}} as a kernel boot parameter using YaST reverts to the old kernel behavior. However, there is no on-screen display feedback in KDE.		The LCD brightness buttons stopped working because of a change in the 3.7 kernel. Adding {{bootparm\|acpi_osi\|\"!Windows 2012\"}} as a kernel boot parameter using YaST reverts to the old kernel behavior. However, there is no on-screen display feedback in KDE.
		+
		+	== Power Management ==
		+	Suspend to RAM works out of the box. However, sometimes the ThinkPad reboots instead of shutting down. Installing the [[Laptop-mode-tools]] might help.[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853116]