Installing openSuSE 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61 - Revision history

ThinkGNU: Linux is not an OS like windows, it is a kernel.

2025-04-11T07:11:56Z

Linux is not an OS like windows, it is a kernel.

Jdthood: /* Fingerprint reader */

2011-08-05T16:28:09Z

‎Fingerprint reader

Jdthood: /* Fingerprint reader */

2011-08-05T16:27:57Z

‎Fingerprint reader

Jdthood: /* Fingerprint reader */

2011-08-05T16:27:10Z

‎Fingerprint reader

Jdthood: /* Fingerprint reader */

2011-08-05T16:26:29Z

‎Fingerprint reader

Jdthood at 19:15, 24 October 2009

2009-10-24T19:15:36Z

Stoneshop: /* CardBus slot */

2009-06-01T10:00:55Z

‎CardBus slot

Stoneshop: /* Fingeprint reader */

2009-06-01T08:08:35Z

‎Fingeprint reader

Jdthood: Installing openSUSE 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61 moved to Installing openSuSE 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61

2009-02-17T03:08:53Z

Installing openSUSE 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61 moved to Installing openSuSE 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61

Jdthood: /* Power Management */

2009-02-16T13:52:04Z

‎Power Management

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 {{NOTE|OpenSUSE 10.3 uses probably too old X.Org for this command to work, exits <code>X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist)</code>}}.
-The older BIOSes had a bug which not only affected Windows but Linux too. The laptop had, when resumed from suspend to ram, turned the backlight at maximum. Installing [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67983 newer BIOSes] from Lenovo's site solves this. The newer BIOSes also solve weird USB interrupt bug which looks in <code>dmesg</code> like this:
+The older BIOSes had a bug which not only affected Windows but GNU/Linux too. The laptop had, when resumed from suspend to ram, turned the backlight at maximum. Installing [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67983 newer BIOSes] from Lenovo's site solves this. The newer BIOSes also solve weird USB interrupt bug which looks in <code>dmesg</code> like this:
 <pre>irq 21: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
   [&lt;c014e3b6&gt;] __report_bad_irq+0x36/0x75

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 The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_integrated_fingerprint_reader_with_BioAPI|a bit complicated]].
-You can also use the [[How to enable the integrated fingerprint reader with fprint|fprint]].
+You can also use [[How to enable the integrated fingerprint reader with fprint|fprint]].
 == ACPI -- hotkeys ==

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 {{HINT|You can use GDM instead of KDM to be able to login using fingerprint reader}}
-The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_integrated_fingerprint_reader_with_BioAPI|a bit complicated]]. You can also use the [http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page fprint] driver.
+The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_integrated_fingerprint_reader_with_BioAPI|a bit complicated]].
 == ACPI -- hotkeys ==

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 {{HINT|You can use GDM instead of KDM to be able to login using fingerprint reader}}
-The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_integrated_fingerprint_reader|a bit complicated]]. You can also use the [http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page fprint] driver, but it only works when some user is already logged in.
+The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_integrated_fingerprint_reader_with_BioAPI|a bit complicated]]. You can also use the [http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page fprint] driver.
 == ACPI -- hotkeys ==

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 == Fingerprint reader ==
-The [[Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader|fingerprint]] reader (made by SGS Thomson Microelectronics) works out of box and could be even [http://en.opensuse.org/Using_Fingerprint_Authentication configured in YasT]. You only need to set the fingerprints in every user account that will be using this device. After that, you can login using your fingers :-)
+The [[Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader|fingerprint reader]] (made by SGS Thomson Microelectronics) works out of box and could be even [http://en.opensuse.org/Using_Fingerprint_Authentication configured in YasT]. You only need to set the fingerprints in every user account that will be using this device. After that, you can login using your fingers :-)
 How easy and working this seems to be, the truth is that you cannot use KDM to login and KScreensaver (resp. <code>kdesktop_lock</code>) to lock your desktop. The KDM just don't know you have some fingerprint reader and the KScreensaver crashes and needs to be killed from the terminal. Also, the KDE password dialogs (<code>kdesu</code>) don't know how to use the fingerprint reader. Fingerpint works correctly when used from console. There is already a [http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116682 KDE bug] filled at the Bugzilla.
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 {{HINT|You can use GDM instead of KDM to be able to login using fingerprint reader}}
-The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader|a bit complicated]]. You can also use the [http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page fprint] driver, but it only works when some user is already logged in.
+The alternative binary driver [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp <code>bioapi</code>] seems to solve all the problems but it's installation is [[How_to_enable_the_integrated_fingerprint_reader|a bit complicated]]. You can also use the [http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page fprint] driver, but it only works when some user is already logged in.
 == ACPI -- hotkeys ==

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-This article describes installation of {{openSUSE}} 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61 performed in February 2008.
+This article describes installation of openSUSE 10.3 on a ThinkPad X61 performed in February 2008.
 (This is english translation of a [http://www.abclinuxu.cz/blog/linux/2008/3/lenovo-thinkpad-x61-3-instalace-opensuse-10.3 czech blogpost] originally published on [http://www.abclinuxu.cz Abclinuxu.cz])
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 power management:</pre>
-== What does and what doesn't work ==
+== {{OpenSUSE}}: What does and what doesn't work ==
 The following list is applicable to a openSUSE-patched kernel 2.6.22.17-0.1.
 === Working HW ===

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 == CardBus slot ==
-Nearby the SD card reader, the Cardbus slot could be found. Lenovo declares that it should support even the ExpressCard cards using an adapter (but this is gonna be probably some king of emulation). Regardless of the ExpressCard support, it runs 32-bit CardBus and older 16-bit PCMCIA cards fine.
+Nearby the SD card reader, the Cardbus slot could be found. Lenovo declares that it should support even the ExpressCard cards using an adapter (but this is gonna be probably some kind of emulation). Regardless of the ExpressCard support, it runs 32-bit CardBus and older 16-bit PCMCIA cards fine.
 == Wired Ethernet ==

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 Lenovo used the Bluetooth adapter BCM2045B made by Broadcom and connected to the USB bus. The hardware is correctly recognized, no configuration is required. The {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}} keyboard shortcut doesn't work out of box but you can enable it using script on page [[ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate (BDC-2)]].
-== Fingeprint reader ==
+== Fingerprint reader ==
 The [[Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader|fingerprint]] reader (made by SGS Thomson Microelectronics) works out of box and could be even [http://en.opensuse.org/Using_Fingerprint_Authentication configured in YasT]. You only need to set the fingerprints in every user account that will be using this device. After that, you can login using your fingers :-)

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 This particlar model is shipped with a [[UltraBase X6]] docking station. The dock works mostly out of box, but it needs to be configured to work perfectly (eg. automatically change screen resolution after docking). OpenSUSE has a utility set called [http://en.opensuse.org/Dockutils Dockutils] which handles the docking process. If you want to get you dock working better, please see the [[UltraBase X6]] article.
-== Power Management ==
+== Power management ==
 The CPU frequency scaling works automatically after installation and could be set using KPowersave or sys filesystem (more on this in [[How to make use of Dynamic Frequency Scaling]]).