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**Toggle Wireless.  Use the ''Network Manager Applet'' on the ''gnome panel''.
 
**Toggle Wireless.  Use the ''Network Manager Applet'' on the ''gnome panel''.
 
*[[Active_Protection_System|Hard Drive Active Protection System]] (No luck yet)
 
*[[Active_Protection_System|Hard Drive Active Protection System]] (No luck yet)
*[[Thinkpad-acpi]].  "Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!" is displayed at startup.  Since acpi isn't working battery life in Ubuntu is less than in Windows.
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*[[Thinkpad-acpi]].  "Not yet supported ThinkPad detected!" is displayed at startup.  Since acpi isn't working, battery life in Ubuntu is less than in Windows.
 
**[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/552880 Bug report at launchpad]
 
**[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/552880 Bug report at launchpad]
 
**[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=4BD0838E.3030702%40gate-nine.de Thread at ibm-acpi-devel]
 
**[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=4BD0838E.3030702%40gate-nine.de Thread at ibm-acpi-devel]

Revision as of 17:51, 17 July 2010

This guide is for a Thinkpad Edge 14" with Intel processors.

Worked

  • WiFi . Must be turned on using Network Manager Applet on the gnome panel. The toggle wireless key on the keyboard doesn't work.
  • Ethernet
  • Pointing devices. Can be configured graphically using these instructions
    • TrackPoint
    • TouchPad
  • Fn+F[1-12]
  • Special Keys
    • Mute
    • Volume -
    • Volume +
    • Brightness down
    • Brigtness up
    • Previous track in Movie Player
    • Play/Pause in Movie Player
    • Next track in Movie Player
  • Hibernation
  • Suspend

Didn't work

Untested

  • Bluetooth - Turns on at startup but nothing else was tested.

Tweeks

Disabling Bluetooth

By default Bluetooth Radio is enabled at startup which drains battery life. If you never use Bluetooth and want it disabled append...

service bluetooth stop

...to /etc/init.d/rc.local

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