https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Installing_OpenSUSE_12.1_on_a_ThinkPad_T500&feed=atom&action=historyInstalling OpenSUSE 12.1 on a ThinkPad T500 - Revision history2024-03-29T13:52:06ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.12https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Installing_OpenSUSE_12.1_on_a_ThinkPad_T500&diff=53608&oldid=prevJohnny: Initial revision of Installation instruction for OpenSUSE 12.1 on a ThinkPad T5002012-04-06T09:35:08Z<p>Initial revision of Installation instruction for OpenSUSE 12.1 on a ThinkPad T500</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Model ==<br />
Lenovo Thinkpad {{T500}} 2056-Y4R, BIOS 6FET92WW (3.22), ECP 7VHT16WW (1.06)<br />
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== General ==<br />
This installation instruction describes these parts that do not or do not completely work after my {{OpenSUSE}} 12.1 DVD installation using KDE 4 as window manager.<br />
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== Graphics ==<br />
Using the default BIOS settings, the [[Switchable Graphics]] with [[Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD|Intel GMA 4500MHD]] and [[ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650]] will cause high power consumption, i.e., 35W instead of 14W: Both kernel modules, Intel and ATI, are loaded on boot while X.org only uses the Intel graphics. Thus, if you do not need the ATI graphics, change the BIOS settings from Switchable to Internal graphics ''before'' installation. Please read [[Switchable Graphics]] for the pros and cons. Note that I did ''not'' test the ATI graphics.<br />
{{NOTE|Any time you change the BIOS setting after installation, execute {{cmdroot|mkinitrd}} in order to prevent loading of unnecessary modules.}}<br />
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== Power Management ==<br />
Suspend to RAM works out of the box. However, Suspend to RAM did ''not'' work reliably using the default Switchable graphics BIOS setting.<br />
Note that I did ''not'' test Suspend to Disk.</div>Johnny