[ltp] What to take care of when buying a Lenovo?

[Petr Praus]

Hmm, your issue with 4965AGN is quite strange, because I use my R61
with 4965AGN running SuSE Linux 10.3 to connect to our WiFi network on
daily basis without any problem at all. It was just a matter of
installing two packages (iwl4965-ucode and iwlwifi) - there's really
no need to compile your own kernel ;)
Same applies for Gentoo and Arch which I ran before SuSE (= no need to
do anything special - just install two packages)

Peter


On 3/8/08, Michael B Allen <ioplex@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
>
>  I just got a new T61 and the Intel 4965AGN wireless doesn't work. The
>  driver isn't even in any distro Kernel I know of. But, Intel has a
>  driver so it seems like it's mostly just a matter of time for it to
>  make into the stock kernels (I'm hoping CentOS 5.2 will have it). So
>  if you want to use wireless, you'll have to compile your own kernel
>  and then block the kernel from updating or symbol versioning is going
>  to break your wireless every time you update (unless the updated
>  kernel includes the new driver of course).
>
>  The other thing that didn't work was a suspend issue but it's
>  described in ThinkWiki and was an easy fix. I just needed to create an
>  XML file under /etc/ somewhere.
>
>  Everything else I've tried seems to work fine but I haven't used the
>  machine much. I just bought it now so that it properly aged for when I
>  need it (case-in-point: wireless driver) (and also I wanted to get XP
>  before they EOL it).
>
>  Another thing to look out for is that Lenovo's policies seem to be a
>  little different from IBM. I had bought another T61 with the vanilla
>  widescreen and hated it and they charged me a $170 restocking fee. I
>  don't know for sure but I don't think IBM would have done that 5 years
>  ago. BUT, the prices are good. I was a little pissed about the
>  restocking fee so I looked at DELL and it was still more money for
>  less computer. I think Lenovo has decided they are going to drop
>  prices by $300 at the expense of some of the more luxurious services
>  and support. Oh well.
>
>  Mike
>
>  PS: If you're getting the widescreen, get the WSXGA+. The regular WXGA
>  is lame by comparison.
>
>
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