Need help on Thinkpad

I am looking at a Thinkpad which comes with

  • Intel Wifi Link 5300AGN
  • Switchable ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 256MB
  • Fingerprint Recognition Technology (not important as long as I can login)

Wondering if anyone is using and can help to confirm that the above is supported by openSUSE 11.1

Thanks a lot for the help.

Can’t confirm really, but ATI always slippery.

Have a check here:
Hardware - openSUSE

ThinkWiki

No luck with ThinkWiki … seems like I can’t buy then :frowning:

Have look here.
Linux on Laptops

I have a Lenovo/ThinkPad but probably not enough spec for you. Thing is though it’s just awesome.

HP and Dell offer Linux Laptops, usually *buntu but not exclusively.

Need Hardware? Without Windows?? DELL’s Answer… - openSUSE Forums

You didn’t specify the thinkpad model. I use a X60s and the only thing common with your spec is the finger print reader. It works out of the box on 11.1.

Thinkpads are generally well supported from what I’ve read so you may be lucky.

There’s a sort of sale over here and all the Thinkpad R/T/X series all comes with the ATI Radeon HD3470 video card.:expressionless:

You sure about the X series coming with ATI cards? My X60s comes with Intel 945 Express chipset (but saying that the Intel linux driver is not great). I thought the X61 series would have the same. Did you check the HCL on opensuse.org to see how well the models are supported? It may give you a better indication of what to expect. One thing going for Thinkpads is that some models were supplied with SLED so should be fully compitible with openSuse.

  • Intel Wifi Link 5300AGN
    supported with Kernel 2.6.30 >

  • Fingerprint Recognition Technology (not important as long as I can login)

this works,

libfprint0 - Library for fingerprint reader support

The fprint project aims to plug a gap in the Linux desktop: support for consumer fingerprint reader devices. The fprint project aims to plug a gap in the Linux desktop: support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.

Go to the Lenovo Website and get the latest 2009-06-02

Hard drive firmware update utility (Bootable CD ISO) - ThinkPad R60, R60e, R60i, R61, R61e, R61i, R400, R500, T60, T60p, T61, T61p, T400, T500, W500, W700, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, X200, Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

Update your bios!

Then check out this links. There is usefull stuff to get things done.

Index of /repositories/home:/Akoellh/openSUSE_11.1

Index of /repositories/home:/Akoellh/openSUSE_11.1_Update

Index of /repositories/home:/malcolmlewis/openSUSE_11.1

Index of /repositories/home:/malcolmlewis/openSUSE_11.1_Update

I just got a R500 from the Lenovo US outlet. Intel GPU, Intel Wlan/WiFi 5350.

I also recommend “wicd”
Index of /repositories/system:/wicd/openSUSE_11.1

I hope to see wicd in the future openSUSE 11.2 repositories.

Now your GPU!

You need two config files in your xorg.conf! Your Switchable Video Graphics, Ati Radeon HD 3450 (Dedicated 256MB GDDR3) and Intel X4500MHD need two setups.

YaST don’t do this for you.

Install the Intel driver then Install the ATI driver.

example
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Start like this …

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Driver “Intel”
VendorName “Intel”
BoardName “X4500MHD”
Screen 0
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device[1]”
Driver “radeonhd”
VendorName “ATI”
BoardName “Radeon HD 3450”
Screen 0
EndSection

If you don’t play games, turn off the Radeon HD 3450 in the BIOS. If you like playing games, turn off then the Intel X4500MHD!

Let me know if you get it done :wink:

Thanks , but a little too late.

Thought ATI wasn’t really supported so went ahead and got a laptop with the Intel graphics to avoid having a laptop but stuck with windows.

Thanks anyway.